Historic Haunts

Springfield, Missouri’s Pythian Castle

by Janice Tremeear • January 21, 2013 • 2 Comments

Springfield, Missouri has her own castle. The structure sits well hidden behind Evangel College. Driving along Glenstone one would never know the castle existed from the view near the street. The building was designed to resemble a castle reflecting the…

by Courtney Mroch • December 30, 2012 • 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…

by Courtney Mroch • December 27, 2012 • 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…

by Courtney Mroch • December 14, 2012 • 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…

by Courtney Mroch • December 12, 2012 • 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…

by Guest Blogger • December 7, 2012 • 0 Comments

This is a guest post by author Pamela K. Kinney, whose newest book is Haunted Richmond II. She submitted it a while ago, and there was supposed to be pictures, but my email system kept screwing up and not allowing…

by Courtney Mroch • October 25, 2012 • 0 Comments

This Halloween season, I’ve come across some spooky stays, haunted attractions, and macabre museums both by accident and via people sharing with me. I decided to make a list of them, since there are a bunch I wanted to keep…

by Courtney Mroch • August 15, 2012 • 9 Comments

I’m pretty positive nothing lurks behind the walls of St. Augustine’s Lightner Museum, however…for a split second during our most recent visit I had my suspicions. The Lightner Museum is one of my favorite haunts. On my first visit…

by Courtney Mroch • August 14, 2012 • 2 Comments

Last night I didn’t dream I went to Manderley again. Maybe because I’ve never been there. I did dream of Loretta Lynn’s Ranch, though. Probably because we just jaunted there this past weekend. It’s been on my list of haunted…

by Emma Curtis • July 26, 2012 • 1 Comment

Hello All, Emma Rae Curtis here again. I’ve been a fan of Halloween since I was a little girl. The magic, the mystery, the feeling of the supernatural—I was enchanted immediately. It’s a magical time of year, and I’ve been…

by Guest Blogger • June 27, 2012 • 6 Comments

My friend Steve Vaughan of Ghost Eyes Paranormal and Most Haunted Places in America noticed I’ve not been able to tend to Haunt Jaunts like I usually do. He sent me the most wonderful surprise gift, an out-of-the-blue guest post…

by Courtney Mroch • March 14, 2012 • 0 Comments

I’m all about jaunts, both conventional and unconventional. Past life regression would definitely fall in the unconventional realm. In a way, it’s not only about discovering your self but also a way to accomplish a sort of time travel. I’m…

by William Collins • February 16, 2012 • 5 Comments

Since I was eleven years old, I’ve been keeping expansive lists of haunted houses. It started out on a yellow pad, moved to a journal that I rewrote and reworked over the years and now has been gradually transferred to…

by Courtney Mroch • January 11, 2012 • 9 Comments

One of the things I liked doing best while we were in Istanbul was visiting the Pera Palace Hotel. Or, as it’s known in Turkish, Pera Palas Otel. We didn’t stay there (out of our price range), but I made…

by Courtney Mroch • December 29, 2011 • 3 Comments

What a year it’s been! As 2011 draws to a close, the travel tally stands at: Four countries: Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Turkey Two continents: Europe and Asia (Three if you count flying over Greenland, which I’m inclined to do…

by Courtney Mroch • December 21, 2011 • 3 Comments

One of Istanbul’s architectural crown jewels is the Ayasofya, or Hagia Sophia as it’s also known. Upon its dedication in 360, it was used as the Greek Patriarchal cathedral of Constantinople until 1453. For a short time, from 1402-1461, it…

by Courtney Mroch • December 12, 2011 • 3 Comments

Taner, one of the front desk staff at our hotel, was loaded with great tips. The one I liked best was when he suggested we check out the Basilica Cistern and look for Medusa. I’m a huge Greek and Roman…

by Courtney Mroch • November 28, 2011 • 6 Comments

I never expected that I’d be saying I was headed to Turkey, but that is where our latest adventure is leading us. I’m very excited because this will be my first time abroad. Europe has been on my list of…

by Courtney Mroch • October 24, 2011 • 0 Comments

Saturday, I snookered my husband into jaunting down to the Rippavilla Plantation in Columbia, Tennessee. Earlier this year, I learned of Rippavilla’s Ghosts and Grits events. Then I saw a video about the plantation on Tennessee Crossroads. (Included below.) I…

by Courtney Mroch • September 26, 2011 • 7 Comments

I created a video of an impromptu jaunt I made after discovering yet another cemetery in an unexpected place. I was on my way to a tennis match a couple of weeks ago when I noticed it. I couldn’t stop then,…

by Guest Blogger • September 22, 2011 • 0 Comments

This is the third in a four part Haunted Georgia series of guest blogs by Lewis Powell IV. Also be sure to check out Part 1 and Part 2. 11. Georgia’s Civil War Battlefields For part of the Civil War, Georgia was…

by Courtney Mroch • September 19, 2011 • 4 Comments

In Part 1 I answered one reader’s question about best south Florida haunted places in the Treasure Coast region between Palm Beach and Vero Beach. Another reader had the same question about Florida, except Jim wanted to know about best haunted…

by Guest Blogger • September 15, 2011 • 1 Comment

This is the second in a four part Haunted Georgia series of guest blogs by Lewis Powell IV. Find Part 1 here. 6. Georgia’s Civil War Prisoner of War Camps—Sumter and Lawton The Civil War left gaping wounds on the landscape…

by Courtney Mroch • September 13, 2011 • 2 Comments

Two people have asked me recently, “I’ll be heading to south Florida soon. Know of any good haunted places?” {Smiles. Cracks knuckles. Sets to searching about.} I love when people ask me questions like this. It gives me something specific to…

by Guest Blogger • September 8, 2011 • 2 Comments

This is the first in a four part Haunted Georgia series of guest blogs by guest blogger Lewis Powell IV. 1. Savannah The city of Savannah has, in recent years, become a Mecca for anyone with an interest in the…

by Courtney Mroch • July 7, 2011 • 5 Comments

During the past year I’ve been noticing something kind of weird: old cemeteries in unexpected places. It’s actually very common to see old cemeteries around these parts, especially off of roads. But there are some that I’ve stumbled upon by…

by Courtney Mroch • May 30, 2011 • 2 Comments

Today I added a new photo album to HJ’s Facebook page: Monuments & Memorials. In addition to adding the images I’d included in The Haunting Images of Chickamauga, I added a few pics from our jaunt to Washington, D.C.…

by Courtney Mroch • May 6, 2011 • 3 Comments

I came across an article in my Google alerts called “A Night in a Haunted Museum.” It caught my eye because it was about the prison in Canon City, Colorado. My husband’s family on his mother’s side all live down there.…

by Courtney Mroch • April 11, 2011 • 4 Comments

This past weekend saw the Middle Tennessee area hosting two biggies in the paranormal investigation field. Well, four really. Chris Fleming was in town to do an event, and the Ghost Adventures boys (Zak Bagans, Nick Groff, and Aaron Goodwin)…

by Courtney Mroch • February 25, 2011 • 2 Comments

One of my favorite places to take people who would come visit us when we lived in Jacksonville was Kingsley Plantation. Not only because of all the ghost stories surrounding it, but because the drive out there was gorgeous. (You drive…

by Courtney Mroch • February 16, 2011 • 7 Comments

I was excited to go on our cruise to the Western Caribbean as it was for a few reasons: It’s a cruise. As I’ve stated before and likely will state again, I love cruising! It’s to a warmer climate. After the winter…

by Courtney Mroch • February 1, 2011 • 3 Comments

It occurred to me I’ve never done a Black History Month post before. I try not to distinguish ghosts any differently than I distinguish people. (That is to say, I try to see people for the people they are, not…

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