“Will Sci-Fi World really open this time?” That’s what I wondered when I wrote about the museum’s announcement that it was finally set to open on May 27, 2024. As I explained in that post, “It’s a valid question since this wouldn’t be the first time they announced an opening date.”Continue Reading
CONTENT WARNING! Many of the exhibits at the Medieval Torture Museum contain explicit and graphic depictions of torture devices and methods. This post contains examples of some. Reader discretion is advised. “I think I’m going to go hunt ghosts at the Medieval Torture Museum,” I said when my husband askedContinue Reading
In addition to a cursed brothel bed, a cauldron from serial killer Ed Gein’s home, evil puppets, and a mummified head are among the eerie artifacts from Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum in Las Vegas. They’ve also inspired the next season of scripted episodes when the series The Haunted Museum returnsContinue Reading
At first blush, Austin, Texas, may seem like a peculiar place for Lugosi’s Vampire Museum to open. However, Austin is sort of evolving into a vampire hub. What they lack in Dracula-inspired lore, they make up for with what many might consider his familiars: bats. Because of the colony ofContinue Reading
In addition to galleries full of movie-making memorabilia and information for cinephiles to enjoy (including horror movie artifacts), the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures also offers special programs and series. One special program that recently started is the “Dick Smith: Godfather of Makeup” screening series. Horror fans are often familiarContinue Reading
“Clotilda: The Exhibition” will mark the “inaugural installation” for Africatown Heritage House, a new museum opening in Mobile, Alabama, this summer. Specifically, it will open to the public on Saturday, July 8. Founded after the Civil War, Africatown is a residential area north of downtown Mobile. Many of its residentsContinue Reading
At least once a year (if not more!) the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick hosts cool displays. Past exhibits have included William Mortensen’s “Witches” (2019), the 3D virtual “Apparitions” (2020), and “MEDIATRIX: New Work by Shannon Taggart” (2022), which captured mediums at work using Skype, Zoom, and FaceTime duringContinue Reading
Do you long to travel to Norway? I sure do. For one, because I’d love to see the fjords and mountains. But also because I’m addicted to Nordic noir, a genre of true crime fiction, and I love how the country embraces and incorporates trolls into its culture. Which isContinue Reading
It was impossible not to think of “The Ghost” and “The Darkness,” the man-eating lions that inspired the movie of the same name, when I spotted “The Man-Eater of Mfuwe” on display in Chicago’s Field Museum. I’d never heard of the beast before then. Nor did I realize at theContinue Reading
If you’ve listened to any of the Macabre Museum episodes during this season of the podcast, you know I have a thing for museums. But I never knew there was an Edward Scissorhands museum until today. It’s located in the real Florida house that served as the home where theContinue Reading
Before creating the “Get Swept Off Your Feet at These Bigfoot Museums” episode for the Macabre Museums season of the podcast, I might’ve told you Loren Coleman’s International Cryptozoology Museum was the first of its kind. I would have misled you. We’ll explore his museum more in the “Monsters &Continue Reading
Are you a museum person? Some people aren’t. Their eyes glaze over at the mere thought of going to one. Well, you haven’t ever gone with me. But you can. At least virtually. In season 3 of the Haunt Jaunts podcast, we’re going to explore Macabre Museums. The newContinue Reading
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