In this guest post, supernatural folklorist Victoria Jaye examines the fallacy of demons having anything to do with mass shootings. Which you might think goes without saying, but there are people out there who believe that’s why we have so many in the U.S. Victoria helps us understand why that’sContinue Reading
Earlier this year Tui Snider asked if I’d like to be a guest on her Tui Snider Offbeat & Overlooked YouTube Channel. There was only one way to answer: You betcha! Tui is simply lovely —and lively. I wish I could remember how it was I first came to knowContinue Reading
There is no such thing as a “certifiably haunted jail” —or any other certifiably haunted place for that matter— so why is a jail in Florida listed as such? Well, likely because of the publicity it generates. Some savvy realtor or realtors know what they’re doing because let’s face it:Continue Reading
Fish swim in schools so it stands to reason that mermaids would too, right? In fact, learning how to operate that monofin skillfully requires lessons. That’s what AquaMermaid School does. Teaches people “how to swim like a mermaid.” Did you read that and think, “AquaMermaid School? Is there such aContinue Reading
NOTE: On Aug. 21, 2021, I received an email from Steven Orfield alerting me to inaccuracies first reported in this post when it was published on Feb. 16, 2021. When I asked him if he had time to elaborate on what I got wrong, he graciously did. This post nowContinue Reading
From the doctors and nurses to the police, fire, EMTs, delivery drivers, grocery store workers and everyone in between who’s out there during this coronavirus crisis, the Skeleton Crew at Haunt Jaunts extends our heartfelt thanks for all you’re doing. To those staying at home, either because layoffs have forcedContinue Reading
Children of Dave David Jessup’s therapy is creating curious sculptures out of discarded or broken toy parts. For the past 8 years, Jessup has reassembled toys, he calls his children, and sold them via his website, David-Jessup.squarespace.com, and various art galleries and specialty shops. If visiting the Dallas-Fort Worth area,Continue Reading
In addition to collecting stories for the Haunted Playthings anthology, the Skeleton Crew and I decided to venture down another fiction avenue in 2019. That’s why I’m excited to announce we’re now also accepting short story submissions. Short Story Saturday submissions to be exact. #ShortStorySaturday The goal is to publishContinue Reading
Do Better, Travel Channel: The Orb that Didn’t Transform into a Ghost Travel Channel is undermining the paranormal community. The new series Paranormal Caught on Camera is a prime example how. The series debuted last week. There were serious errors and omissions in the researching for that episode. This weekContinue Reading
Shutterstock’s Trending Colors of 2019 Ever since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute selects a “Color of the Year.” This year’s color is Living Coral. Owned by Pantone, LLC, which implemented the Pantone Matching System (PMS)—an industry-standardized color matching system used for reproduction services, the institute hosts two secret color selectionContinue Reading
Conyers, Georgia U.F.O. Sighting?? At 11:34 AM on January 30th, an unidentified witness captures three short videos of a large black rectangle shaped object floating across the sky outside Atlanta. This person wrote a report and submitted the sighting to MUFON, the Mutual UFO Network, later that evening. There hasContinue Reading
Cons as in conferences and conventions. I’m not trying to con anyone. Just trying to keep track of interests I have that may suit others too. Such as true crime conferences and conventions. It may have been fortuitous that I fell behind in my maintenance of the Paracons & HorrorContinue Reading
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