“Water witches” have traditionally used dowsing rods to find water. The practice goes by many names, including simply “dowsing” or by more colorful monikers like “doodlebugging” or “water witching.” But water isn’t the only thing some say dowsing rods can locate. As the Farmers’ Almanac put it, “some practitioners useContinue Reading
The premiere of Menendez Brothers: Misjudged? will kick off ID’s month-long nostalgic dive into some of the most shocking cases of the 1990s, with specials airing every Sunday in August at 9/8c on ID. Erik and Lyle Menendez’s brutal double murder of their parents gripped news stations across the country.Continue Reading
After seeing The Black Phone, a lot of people want to know if the movie is based on a true story. But what I think people are more specifically wondering is whether the Grabber is based on a real serial killer. Or was that just me? Either way, let’s seeContinue Reading
Amityville. The Bell Witch. Is there anything demonic happening in either case? Or maybe both? That’s what supernatural folklorist Victoria Jaye examines in this exceptional guest post. Enjoy! Reevaluating Amityville & The Bell Witch: Demonic or Not? By Victoria Jaye I decided to examine The Bell Witch legend and TheContinue Reading
Keeper of the Ashes: The Oklahoma Girl Scout Murders started streaming on Hulu on May 24. It examines the murders of Lori Lee Farmer (8), Michele Guse (9), and Doris Denise Miller (10), whose bodies were discovered early in the morning on June 13, 1977, at Camp Scott in LocustContinue Reading
I guess there are a couple of things you could do when true crime has been your passion since junior high. You could always head in the wrong direction and start committing crimes yourself. Or you could be more productive and provide an environment where other people who love itContinue Reading
Who killed Lori Lee Farmer (8), Michele Guse (9), and Doris Denise Miller (10) on June 13, 1977? From the moment the gruesome discovery of their bodies was made at Camp Scott in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, that’s what everyone wanted to know. What kind of monster was capable of sexuallyContinue Reading
In the first part of this special series, guest contributor Chaz CMP explored how some rappers are embracing chaos magic. One of the artists he mentioned was the late Florida rapper Xxxtentacion, or X (as is easier to refer to him). What’s the story of X’s demise? Did he discoverContinue Reading
Thanks to a guest contribution from Chaz CMP, we’re going to take a little detour and explore something we never really have before here at Haunt Jaunts. He’ll guide us into a world where black magic, cartels, and true crime meet. Specifically, he’s taking us into the realm of humanContinue Reading
Not all houses are haunted by ghosts. In the case of the Westfield Watcher house, its ghoul was a phantom stalker. And that’s the reason I included it in the “Cases of Creepy Haunted Houses” episode of the Haunting American True Crimes season of the podcast. The story is creepyContinue Reading
I’m not gonna lie. When I first watched the trailer for Murderville I thought it looked way too silly for me. However, Will Arnett was in it. My husband is a huge fan so I told him about it. The weekend before Wayne and I had binged another new NetflixContinue Reading
How could I not talk about the case of the Westfield Watcher during the “Cases of Creepy Haunted Houses” episode? (See season 2, Haunting American True Crimes, on the podcast.) Very few hauntings of the spectral variety are as creepy as that story. Which this one isn’t. It’s more likeContinue Reading
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