I have probably seen an Alebrije before, but I didn’t know that’s what it was called. Or even that it had a name, because it was only shortly before I started writing this post that I learned it was an art form and a specific one at that. If IContinue Reading

On Twitter I like to share things based on the day of the week. For instance, Mondays can be many things, including: #MovieMonday #MysteryMonday, and #MonsterMonday just to name a few possibilities. Today I was going through my email and read an article in The Lineup digest that hit myContinue Reading

  For two decades, “DraculaTour,” has been the ultimate haunted horror travel experience.  It is a unique adventure which takes visitors to Eastern Europe’s most infamous land of the unholy, Transylvania (in Romania).  For one week during Halloween, travelers experience the definitive Halloween holiday with fellow fans, friends and ‘fiends’Continue Reading

This is a Guest Contribution from Michelle Maxwell. From the many Amityville Horror films to Annabelle and Conjuring installments, perhaps no paranormal investigating duo has earned the fame (and notoriety) of Ed and Lorraine Warren. Renowned for their world-spanning psychic work concerning all manner of hauntings and demonic activity, theContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from Desmond Rhodes. The tale of Sarah Lockwood Pardee, or later and more famously known as Sarah Lockwood Winchester, is one born of tragedy and shrouded in mystery. She was an heiress to an enormous fortune brought onto her by the death of her husband.Continue Reading

In January, we had a day layover in Los Angeles before we flew to Singapore. Perfect excuse to do something I’d long been wanting to do: book a room and stay aboard The Queen Mary. Other than to see it as we boarded a Carnival cruise from the cruise portContinue Reading

The Essential Guide to UFO Sightings Since 1945 (Schiffer Publishing 2017) by Frank Schwede is a small but mighty collection of specific UFO cases that many readers may have heard of or read about at one point in time.  The book covers the topics of over ten noted sightings sinceContinue Reading

Even though we don’t have cable, I of course know who Mike Wolfe is from American Pickers. Mostly because he has a house out in Leiper’s Fork and is neighbor’s with one of my tennis buddies. What I didn’t know was that he had a store here in Nashville calledContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from Desmond Rhodes. The Old Idaho Penitentiary, or the “Old Pen,” was home to over 13,000 murderers, rustlers, and bank robbers—among other criminals. Over its 101 year span, inmates were hanged, planned escapes, and kept in deplorable conditions. The Old Pen houses a history ofContinue Reading

I discovered Lesia Miller Schnur, a.k.a. The Haunted Librarian, when both of us were named on Feedspot’s List of Top 50 Paranormal Blogs. Not everyone on that list appealed to my particular paranormal sensibilities, but I liked what I saw on her blog. I added her to the list of WordPressContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from freelance writer Sally Writes. If you are intrigued by all things spooky and strange, you know that there are spirits out there looking to interact and engage with the living. When visiting a supernatural location like a haunted house, it is possible to sense deadContinue Reading

The other day I was finishing up some holiday shopping when I spotted these gigantic dog nutcrackers in TJ Maxx/Homegoods. And when I say gigantic I’m not kidding. Yes, I’m only 5’1″ so most everything and everyone towers over me, but these were even taller than my 6’2″ husband! Anyway,Continue Reading