In my very first blog I explained the reaction I’d had the very first time we drove by the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine: Here there be ghosts… Well, if you watched Ghost Adventures on Friday, you saw they investigated the fort. And they did find paranormal activity.Continue Reading

Okay, this is more of a “virtual Jaunt” rather than the kind of Haunt Jaunt I prefer to write about, but how could I pass up commenting about haunted dolls? It all started last Friday when my Google alert included a link to this eye-catching title: “Yet Another ‘Haunted Doll’Continue Reading

On one of the blogs I’ve been following lately, Ghost Hunting Theories, the author has concocted a “Haunting Formula” in conjunction with some research she’s doing to rate “50 haunted sites around the US.” She uses a criteria of six things to base her scoring on: What the building’s constructedContinue Reading

My Google alerts notified me about a great story today on Baxterking.com: “Get Yourself A Bottle of Wine Containing a ‘Real’ Ghost.” It was about a company selling ghosts in wine bottles, appropriately named Ghost in a Bottle. Oh, the array of “spirits” jokes that immediately popped into my mind…Continue Reading

There are a lot of administrative things to take care of while I’m building HauntJaunts.net, including designing a logo and tackling advertising. (Both from the perspective of doing it for the site and getting others to advertise on the site.) THE LOGO Last year Randy Okane at 5MinuteMystery.com hooked meContinue Reading

My favorite ghost show is Ghost Hunters, but while they’re in reruns this summer I can still get a ghost fix from other TV and radio shows. GHOST ADVENTURES In addition to Most Haunted, the Travel Channel also has another paranormal show featuring ghosts and ghost hunters: Ghost Adventures. StartingContinue Reading

I got to see the Telephone to the Dead in practice the other day while I was watching the Travel Channel. I had turned it on while I was folding laundry and Extreme Mind Blowing Hotels was on. I just happened to tune in right when they were featuring theContinue Reading

I am so excited about receiving my very first submissions for travel articles at HauntJaunts.net. I contacted Hope Clark at Funds for Writers to let her know about my call for submissions a couple of weeks back, and she included it in this week’s Small Markets listings. But I alsoContinue Reading

Today I joined Digg and came across some great articles, including one on a topic I’ve been pondering writing about/adding to HauntJaunts.net‘s Find a Jaunts page: Ghost Cams. WHAT’S A GHOST CAM?A ghost cam is a webcam set up to monitor paranormal activity. Then, you the at-home-ghost-hunter, can monitor theContinue Reading

Once HauntJaunts.net goes live, I’m going to have writers to pay. Which means I need a way to make money from the site. In addition to offering advertising opportunities, one of those ways was to become a Travelocity Affiliate Member. Anytime someone clicks through on our link and books travelContinue Reading

There is still a lot of work left to do, but HauntJaunts.net is well underway. ABOUT Just as Haunt Jaunts the blog is a travel blog for restless spirits, HauntJaunts.net will be a travel site for restless spirits. THE CONCEPT Several years ago I had an idea that I’d writeContinue Reading

I just read an interesting article called “Ghosts on a Plane” over at TravelParanormal.com. I thought it was going to be about planes that were haunted and experiences travelers have had on board, but it was a little different. It referenced air force bases being haunted, but talked primarily aboutContinue Reading