Pluckley Most Haunted Village Guinness Entry

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. At the end of 2019 I made it my mission to discover if there had ever been a Most Haunted Village Guinness world record. I’d come across a claim in a video on YouTube that in 1989 the Guinness Book of WorldContinue Reading

HAuNTcon logo

It’s January, which means a couple of things: It’s a New Year, and HAuNTcon is right around the corner. January 17-19, 2020 to be exact. It’s always the first Halloween Con every year, and it’s once again taking place in New Orleans alongside the Halloween & Party Expo. What IsContinue Reading

Atlas Obscura logo

  This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. On our jaunt to Vegas, I introduced my husband to Atlas Obscura. I was shocked he didn’t know about them yet. In case you’re not familiar with Atlas Obscura, here’s what it’s all about: it’s a website loaded with curiousContinue Reading

Two tickets to the Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum

I have a whole new respect for Zak Bagans after visiting his Haunted Museum. Depending on how you feel about Zak, you could be wondering one of two things: “New respect? Did you ever have any for him?” “You didn’t respect him already?” The Struggle I used to love ZakContinue Reading

Memento Mori sign above the shop in Disney's Magic Kingdom

Ever since the cancer, most days are January 3, a.k.a. Memento Mori Day. Well, maybe not quite as frequent as when I was first diagnosed and the several years immediately following remission. But, yes, even now just about every day I find myself contemplating my mortality. It’s a good check.Continue Reading

Grim reaper memento mori statue

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. One of the more morbid January dates on the Weird Holidays & Observances page is January 3, Memento Mori “Remember You Die” Day. The astute among you may be wondering, “But wasn’t there a death day not too many months back?”Continue Reading

silhouette of a zombie man and a letter z

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. Recently I learned what Z Day is and why it’s observed on January 1. I’m pretty sure I listed it on the Weird Holidays & Observances page because I thought it had to do with zombies. Nope. Although, Z Day isContinue Reading

Exterior of Zak Bagans Haunted Museum

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here.  In the middle of December I wondered if some Tweets were a delusional rambling, hoax or warning to Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum. Luckily we all know now it was harmless. Well, maybe not harmless, but at least uneventful. Thankfully. In additionContinue Reading

Millennium Falcon at the Black Spire Outpost on Batuu at Star Wars: Galaxy's Edge in Disneyland

In a decade far, far away, a six-year-old girl sat in a movie theater at what was Tamarac Square Mall in Denver, Colorado. (The mall is now a Target.) As the theater darkened and the movie started, she found herself instantly transported to a galaxy far, far away. It wasContinue Reading

Little Monsters movie (2019) poster

After watching Little Monsters (2019) on Hulu, I only have two regrets: That I didn’t watch it sooner, and It had a better title. This Little Monsters is not a remake of the 1989 movie of the same name, which starred Fred Savage. (Not that I thought it was, butContinue Reading

Zak Bagans inside his Haunted Museum

I came across some alarming Tweets directed at Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum, especially centered around the Dybbuk box. I’ll explain in a seperate post after Christmas how they even came to my attention and why they alarmed me. Well, they may alarm you too. I’ve shared some of them below, butContinue Reading

Creepy scary Santa holding open a dirty bag in a menacing way

I was late updating the Christmas Haunted Houses on the Halloween Cons & Haunted House Events page this year, so I’m late getting this post out. Several haunts were open the weekend of December 6th and 7th to celebrate Krampusnacht. (December 5th every year. It’s one of my favorite listingsContinue Reading