In last week’s photo installment we talked about The Myths Surrounding Post Mortem Photography. Today, we’re going to continue in this same time frame of the Victorian era and daguerreotype photography, but instead of the dead, we’re going to focus on the most energetic and lively of people: children. AsContinue Reading
I love anything vintage. Literally anything. Vintage homes, vintage clothing, vintage decorations, just the overall vintage aesthetic and you can count me in. And so, naturally, when I first stumbled upon Post Mortem Photography (also known as Memorial Photography and Mourning Portraits), I was immediately enamoured by the history. (JustContinue Reading
I’ve got some exciting news! HJ’s Ambassador of Dark and Paranormal Tourism, Courtney Mroch (a.k.a. moi), is coming out of interview retirement/exile* to appear as a guest on Scott Morrow’s The Fearless Ghost Hunter radio show. That’s right. The spell is over. I’ll be stepping into the radio spotlight again.Continue Reading
We’re excited to introduce you to our newest contributing writer: Kelsey Morgan. Here’s a little bit about Kelsey in her own words: I’m a big fan of everything supernatural/scary/unsettling, and I could write movie reviews, TV show reviews (Ghost Adventures is a joke but honestly, it’s also my jam), asContinue Reading
We decided to add something new to our Calendar of Odd Dates: birthdays and deathiversaries. Whose birthdays and deathiversaries did we add? Great question! We’re talking heavyweights who have created some beloved classic horror movies (both producers, directors and writers), as well as beloved horror book authors. But it’s notContinue Reading
Just a quick note to let those who have been faithfully participating in our Caption This contests know that we’re taking a hiatus from them for the rest of 2016. We may resume them again in 2017 OR we may introduce some kind of fun new monthly challenge. You neverContinue Reading
Just a quick post to let whoever might care know that we’re back on Instagram. We were briefly on Instagram a long time ago when it was first launched. We deleted our account for some reason. (I think something to do with some of the Terms of Use wording?) SomeContinue Reading
Happy Halloween season!!! Before we get to the Caption This info and photo, let me tell you about what else we have going on around here this month. If you like contests and giveaways, be sure to stay tuned. We’ve got some great prizes and trophies we’re going to beContinue Reading
We’re almost done with our renovations around here. Almost. One more big addition is in the works, but let’s recap all we’ve done so far: Part 1 started with adding our Writers Wanted section. Part 2 saw changes to the Haunted Places, Ghost Tours and Paracons sections. We didn’t labelContinue Reading
According to our Weird Holidays and Observances calendar, today, September 9, is Wonderful Weirdos Day. Since it’s also Friday, which we like to celebrate as Freaky Friday and/or Friday Fun whenever possible, we thought we’d have some fun sharing a few of the weirdest images we’ve come across from aContinue Reading
Happy first day of September! Time for a new Caption This contest! But first… Have you seen our newest section? It’s our Weird Holidays and Observances calendar. You might’ve seen similar calendars listing a whole bunch of bizarre, unusual, fun, wacky and strange dates. (Just about every day of theContinue Reading
Did you know that August 30 is Frankenstein Day? Neither did we, until we stumbled across it on Holiday Insights, one of the Sources we used to create a brand new section here on Haunt Jaunts: Weird Holidays and Observances. It’s a calendar of the strange that’s geared towards anythingContinue Reading
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