A couple of magazines that we read have Caption This contests that we love. We got to thinking how that’d be something fun to do here on Haunt Jaunts. How It Works Each month we’ll publish a new Caption This post. We’ll aggregate the links here so it’ll always beContinue Reading
The Winchester Mystery House really is a mystery. Why did Sarah Lockwood Pardee Winchester spend millions transforming the eight-room farmhouse she purchased upon moving to San Jose, California, from New Haven, Connecticut, like she did? What was the purpose of all the doors, stairways, windows and skylights? Was there evenContinue Reading
If you’ve listened to my Haunt Jaunts radio show, you know I always start the show off with a couple of segments, namely: Skellie Shout Outs The Fake News or Not game. This past weekend I got a bright idea for a new segment: Trivia Tuesday. Big Tease Every weekContinue Reading
A lot of great spooky content dropped for Halloween 2024, didn’t it? Netflix’s docuseries The Manhattan Alien Abduction and the Peacock series Teacup and Hysteria! were the releases I was anticipating most. But a couple of other things snuck up and surprised me, including Netflix’s This Is the Zodiac SpeakingContinue Reading
“What does a vampire smell like?” Nosferatu, a new vampire perfume from Heretic Parfum, gives us a whiff. The short answer is: “cold, pale and pellucid, the fragrance evokes the uneasy chill of encountering an apparition.” But there’s more to it than that, including why the fragrance was developed toContinue Reading
Technically, The Manhattan Alien Abduction is a good docuseries if you measure it by its binge-ability. It was on my Halloween must-binge list, and I gobbled up all three episodes of the Netflix documentary pretty much in one sitting. (Except for breaks to hand out candy to trick-or-treaters.) But it’sContinue Reading
Are there any serial killer cases, whether solved or unsolved, that you’re just done with hearing about at this point? They’ve been analyzed and talked about to death. Can’t we just move on? I feel that way about two cases: Jack the Ripper and the Zodiac Killer case. I wasContinue Reading
“Who’s this from?” I wondered when I opened the small package and discovered an Adopt A Ghost inside. It was a logical question since I hadn’t ordered it, and it didn’t include a gift message. However, it also made me wonder something else. “Do they sell this version on AmazonContinue Reading
Even before I learned about the Teal Pumpkin Project, which aims to make Halloween more inclusive for kids with food allergies, I liked to hand out non-candy treats. Partly because I have friends whose kids can’t eat certain foods. I vowed never again to see the look of disappointment thatContinue Reading
My anticipation for Peacock’s new sci-fi horror thriller series, Teacup, was high even before I learned about the Overnightmare event at the Stanley Hotel. Which in part was to promote upcoming Peacock shows like Teacup (as well as Hysteria!) and Blumhouse’s new video game “Fear the Spotlight.” In fact, Hysteria!-inspiredContinue Reading
2024’s Fantastic Fest –one of the largest horror and sci-fi film festivals in the world— offered tons of fantastic premieres, including hits like Terrifier 3 and V/H/S Beyond. But one of the festival’s coolest films was an under-the-radar gem, Strange Harvest: Occult Murder in the Inland Empire. Horror fans areContinue Reading
Highbrow cinephiles often snub horror movies as unworthy of their viewing time. Even the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), which awards the industry’s highest honor, the Oscars, is often accused of bias against horror movies. I get it. Most horror movies equate to nothing more than justContinue Reading
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