So Cold the River poster from Pigasus Pictures

“He made his name in blood. No one could touch him. Certain stories, they just refuse to die.” That’s one of the lines in the trailer for So Cold the River, a new horror movie releasing on Mar. 25, 2022. Specifically, it’s how Anne McKinney (Deanna Dunagan) describes a manContinue Reading

Horse-drawn carriage in front of the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island, Michigan.

Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel has some pretty groovy 2022 package deals all season long. However, while perusing a Michigan Live article that shared them all (there are over 30), three in October especially caught my eye. Let’s check them out and you’ll probably see why. They might catch yours too.Continue Reading

De Soto Hotel exterior

When I heard about the fire at the De Soto Hotel, I felt like it wasn’t that long ago I wrote something else about it. A quick site search revealed I was right. Last year the “paranormal crown jewel” of El Paso, as KFOX14 put it, made news when itContinue Reading

Historic Jefferson Hotel exterior at night

Is the Historic Jefferson Hotel one of the most haunted hotels in America? It’s para-friendly new owners think so and are on a quest to make it one of the most recognized haunted hotels in the world. They’ve even trademarked the moniker “the World’s Most Haunted Hotel.” Recently, The MarshallContinue 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

According to our Weird Holidays and Observances calendar, September 22 is Hobbit Day, which is a part of the larger Tolkien Week celebration. Hobbit Day celebrates both Bilbo’s and Frodo’s mutual birthday. (For those who are fans of the Lord of the Rings series.) I have a confession. I neverContinue Reading

The theme in my social media feeds the past week has been “haunted places that require waivers before you’re allowed in.” Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating a little. So far I’ve had friends share just two such places with me, both Spooky Stays. But two haunted hotels in one weekContinue Reading

In Changes to HJ Part 1, I explained that we’re in the process of changing a few things around here. In Part 1 I focused on how we added a Writers Wanted section and are currently “hiring.” (Have to use that word loosely since the pay is so minimal.) NowContinue Reading

I wrote about London’s most haunted hotel room (the Langham’s room 333), which I discovered while researching haunted hotels in London for our upcoming trip there. The thing I found sort of odd was I only seemed to come across four of them. They were: The Langham Hotel – There’sContinue Reading

A search of the Internet for haunted hotels in London quickly revealed a consensus no one seemed to dispute: London’s most haunted room is 333 at the Langham Hotel. Why am I searching specifically for haunted London hotels? Well, after years of dreaming about haunt jaunting to England, Ireland, andContinue Reading

I read an interesting article on TVGuide.com called 4 Theories on What American Horror Story: Hotel Is About. What got me excited was the possibility it might be about a haunted hotel. I’m all about the haunted hotels. Clearly. Just take a look at the Haunted Places section, which hasContinue Reading

Haunt Jaunts is pleased to welcome back guest blogger Eve Pearce, who this time treats us to five spooky stays in rural England. The English countryside is full of enchanting villages and picturesque market towns, places with long and noble histories but also many rural places that conceal a farContinue Reading