Last year, my friend Dinell shared a link to a NY Times article about a man who was killed while trying to create a Bigfoot sighting. It happened in Montana. The man was dressed in a “ghillie” suit, which is…
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Haunt Jaunts Gets a New Look
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
Last week I wrote to explain how I’ve been haunted by a new disease and that’s why HJ took a hiatus. There’s a bit more to the story I didn’t share that contributed to me stepping away for a few…
Haunted by a New Disease
by Courtney Mroch • • 18 Comments
Hello all! I’m writing to explain why I took the past few months off. You see, I needed to regroup, re-prioritize, and in general get a grip on myself. SICK Starting last October, I kept falling ill every two weeks.…
Wanted: Haunted Vacation Ghost Stories for New TV Show
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
I received an interesting email last week. Another one from producers looking for first person accounts for a new TV show. But what caught my eye about this one was it’s right up my alley: haunted vacations! I started Haunt…
Haunt Jaunts on Indefinite Hiatus
by Courtney Mroch • • 6 Comments
To any who check this blog more regularly than just landing here via searches, apologies for being so quiet lately. This year has gotten off to a rocky start. I have been sick a lot to start out 2013. Then…
Shout Out to TShirtPrinting.Org for Haunt Jaunts Shirt
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
This is a sadly long overdo shout out and BIG thanks to Emily at TShirtPrinting.org for hooking me up with my very own Haunt Jaunts T-shirt. I had hoped to order some to perhaps sell but they are based out…
Groupon for the Haunted Homestead in Hot Springs, VA
by Courtney Mroch • • 1 Comment
Got to make this disclaimer ahead of time: Group Getaways is one of our affiliates. I’ve been keeping a watch on Groupon Getaway deals each week to see if any haunted hotels come up. This week they have one! It’s…
Los Roques: The Next Bermuda Triangle?
by Courtney Mroch • • 4 Comments
The Guardian was the first article I read that pondered whether the Los Roques islands are the new Bermuda Triangle. The article was written after Vittorio Missoni’s plane disappeared on January 4, 2013. I’m not into fashion so I don’t…
The Haunted Places of Bowling Green, Kentucky
by Courtney Mroch • • 7 Comments
Located in the southern portion of the state, Bowling Green is Kentucky’s third largest city. It’s 60 miles from Nashville, Tennessee and 110 miles from Louisville, Kentucky. It was honored with a Dozen Distinctive Destination by the National Trust for…
The Six Haunted Places of “Stranded”
by Courtney Mroch • • 3 Comments
I wrote about Stranded back in November as one of the new crop of paranormal “reality” shows debuting on Syfy this year. Well, its time has come. Stranded will debut on Syfy on February 27 at 9/8 Central. It looks…
What a Giant Squid and the Paranormal Have in Common
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
Last week I saw a story on Today about how a team of researchers filmed a giant squid in its natural habitat for the first time ever. In fact, you may have caught the show Monster Squid: The Giant Is…
Movie Monday: Scopia
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
Last week I received some info about a movie that’s currently in the post-production phase: Scopia. It looks rather interesting. At least, it caught my eye because it deals with something else I’m interested in: past lives and past life…
A Rant of Paranormal Proportions
by Courtney Mroch • • 4 Comments
Lately something’s been bothering me, but it wasn’t until a friend share an article with me, which I will discuss below, that I even realized it. I’m a non-ghost hunter. I jaunt to haunted places. I don’t use equipment to…
Defining Paranormal “Evidence”
by Courtney Mroch • • 1 Comment
The other day on our Facebook page, a jaunter posted a picture of an “apparition” she “caught” (with her camera, of course, not her bare hands or some Ghostbusters-type contraption) at the La Fonda Hotel in New Mexico. It was…
Author Janice Tremeear Joins Haunt Jaunts
by Courtney Mroch • • 1 Comment
We are very pleased to announce we’ve added a new bio to our Writers page: Janice Tremeear. She’s going to be joining us here contributing some posts about her haunt jaunts and investigations. Janice is the author of four books…
Media Monday: The Secret of Crickley Hall
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
Do you like a good mystery with your ghost story? If so, let me recommend The Secret of Crickley Hall. I came to know of it when BBC America aired a film version of it in October 2012 for Halloween…
2012′s Mass Shooting Sites, Tomorrow’s Haunted Places
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
I’m not sure if 2012 had more mass shootings than any other year, but I felt they were more disturbing than any other year. Maybe because the shootings at the theater in Aurora, Colorado and Newtown, Connecticut were so senselessness.…
The Haunt Jaunts Match Game Challenge
by Courtney Mroch • • 7 Comments
Depending on how often you visit our site, you may or may not be aware we updated our header. It’s not a completely new look. Same style as our old one, just with some new photos. We wanted a refreshed…
The Ghosts of Downton Abbey
by Courtney Mroch • • 4 Comments
Previously I wrote about the ghosts of Highclere Castle, a.k.a where the Masterpiece Classic Downton Abbey is set. But what if Downton Abbey was haunted? There have certainly been enough deaths in the regal house to account for ghosts. I…
Haunt Jaunts Adds a Forum
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
Haunt Jaunts has decided to become more interactive in the New Year. We’ve decided to add a forum to our site. You can find it on our new HJ Forum page. WHY A FORUM? We know several great paranormal social…
Picture of a Ghost from the Shilo Inn?
by Courtney Mroch • • 6 Comments
Did I do more than perhaps experience the ghost children at the Shilo Inn when I stayed there? Did I perhaps capture a picture of a ghost? I believed I had never even taken any photos with “orbs” in them.…
Michele Montour to Guest Blog about Stull, KS
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
2013 may be the year of guest blogs here on Haunt Jaunts. At least it’s shaping up that way to start out the year. The other day I wrote about how we can look forward to a guest blog from…
Author Kathryn Hohmann to Guest Blog on Haunt Jaunts
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
We are excited to announced that Kathryn Hohmann, author of Soldiers Rest, has offered to write a guest blog for Haunt Jaunts. Here’s part of the pitch she sent me: I’m author of Soldiers Rest, a mystery story that’s based…
Is Paranormal Tourism Dark Tourism?
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
A long time ago my friend Jade Walker sent me a link (that I unfortunately no longer have) asking if Haunt Jaunts is dark tourism. I think the link was to the Institute for Dark Tourism Research, but for some…
The House of the Virgin Mary
by Courtney Mroch • • 4 Comments
Last December, during our trip to Turkey, one of the sites we saw was the House of the Virgin Mary. I’m not a Christian. Partly because I have a hard time believing in the Immaculate Conception. I was pretty ambivalent…
The Most Famous Ghost (Poll)
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
The other day I got to thinking about who the most famous ghost might be. Maybe because of the time of year. I know it’s the time to celebrate Christ’s birth, however, I can’t think of him without thinking of…
How to Survive an Apocalypse: Lessons from 12/21/12
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
If there’s one thing all the hype leading up to 12/21/21 has taught me, it’s how to survive an apocalypse. Here’s what I’ve learned: LESSON #1 The first thing is not to put too much stock into one coming. (Okay,…
What if 12/21/12 Brought…
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
…the end? Well, that’d be the end. Not much you can do about that. Although, it is the end –of a cycle in the Mayan long count calendar. But we all know I’m being cheeky. A lot of people have…
Gift HJ with an Improved Alexa Rating
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
As the year draws to a close and a new one prepares to begin, Haunt Jaunts is on a mission to improve its Alexa rating. That’s why we’re asking for some help. There’s something our fellow Jaunters can do to…
Best Places to Find Ghosts of Christmas Past
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
Two weeks ago when I did my Haunt Jaunt of the Week segment on “Keeping the Spirits Alive!”, I spoke about a great place to find the ghosts of Christmas Past: Jekyll Island. What I meant by “ghosts of Christmas…
Preview of Posts to Come
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
I was going through my photos the other night and realized something very bad. I have not written about a lot of my jaunts over the past couple of years. I may mention them on the Facebook page or share…
The Amazing Race and Major Disasters
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
Are you a fan of The Amazing Race? I am. If you are too, then you were also likely watching the season finale this past Sunday. Were you at all taken aback when one of the places teams got their…