Courtney Mroch taking the audio tour of Alcatraz

How good are your ears? Are you any good at distinguishing what EVPs are saying? (Whether you’re an actual investigator or a paranormal TV armchair one.) Bad Ears? I always think I have the worst ears. I rarely hear what people say they hear in EVPs. It has to beContinue Reading

Lost in the Wild's J.J. Kelley and Kinga Philipps

Earth’s lush terrain and shining seas can hide tales of adventures gone terribly wrong. Some people have met mysterious, ill-fated ends. With little evidence and just a few fragmented clues, the trail to truth eventually runs cold. Travel Channel’s new eight-episode series, Lost in the Wild, premieres Sunday, December 29Continue Reading

Pera Palace Hotel exterior nameplate

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here.  Something that’s been on my mind lately is the time we explored one of Agatha Christie’s haunts: the Pera Palace Hotel. Maybe because Turkey has been in the news recently? I don’t know, but it made me look back into itContinue Reading

One of the stories that stuck with me from the Ghost Tours of Anchorage tour was the ghost of the Snow City Cafe. Maybe because the delightful eatery had already bewitched me? It was only a block from our hotel. We’d ended up grabbing lunch there after we’d checked intoContinue Reading

John Wayne Gacy as Pogo the Clown

Preserved in a glass case among the exhibits at Alcatraz East are the curious clown suits of John Wayne Gacy. Although is curious the right word, or would creepy be better? They were both, I guess. I got to thinking about them because one of the serial killer spirits theContinue Reading

Charles Manson La Bianca Murder House

What will Zak Bagans do with his newly acquired “murder” house? The house at 3301 Waverly Drive in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, was barely on the market three weeks when he acted fast to snatch it up. Why? It’s in a beautiful and desirable area of L.A., near GriffithContinue Reading

Cecil Hotel Stay on Main Lobby

This is a guest contribution from Sally Writes. Spending a night or two at a hotel is pretty commonplace for anyone spending a night away from home. With an estimated 54,200 hotels in the United States, you’re bound to be within distance of a few at any given time. However,Continue Reading

Three bottles and a flask of Brushy Mountain End of the Line Moonshine

Does it seem a little out of place that I included June 5: National Moonshine Day on the Weird Holidays & Observances page? Maybe. But it does involve spirits after all… And it also gives me a great reason to write about my jaunt to Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary sinceContinue Reading

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here.  After writing “A Killing in Vicksburg: When Fictionalizing True Crime Goes Wrong,” I reached out to A Killing in Vicksburg author Teresa Lynn. I shared the post I’d written after she’d contacted me about her book. But before I get intoContinue Reading

Recently Kristy Summer from Soul Sisters Paranormal reached out to see if I’d share an article on the Haunt Jaunts Facebook page. It was from the Ocala Star about their investigation of the Ma Barker House in Ocklawaha, Florida. I remembered having shared something about a paranormal investigation of theContinue Reading

The Email Last summer, a woman named Teresa Lynn used the Haunt Jaunts Contact Us form to send an email with the subject line: “A Killing in Vicksburg.” The message was only one sentence long. It read: “On June 28, 2015 ghost hunters found a body in an abandon hospitalContinue Reading

“The ghosts,” was my husband’s answer. The question? “What brings you to the Drake this weekend?” As usual, my husband was trying to embarrass me. Or maybe he was trying to help me. I’m never quite sure. It’s sometimes hard to tell. He’s not into the paranormal like I am,Continue Reading