I’m not much of a baseball fan, but my neighbor and his wife are. Big time. Their son even played in the majors once upon a time. With baseball season just having gotten underway and so many of my friends posting about it on their Facebook pages, it got meContinue Reading

Here’s a video of a ghost caught on tape in one of my most favorite places: a hotel. It doesn’t have to be a specific hotel. (This one happens to be a Wingate in Illinois supposedly.) I just like hotels that are haunted. (It’s why I added a Haunted HotelsContinue Reading

Well, I’m already going to start cheating a bit on my weekly paranormal events reports. Maybe “cheating” isn’t the right word. “Modifying” my approach may be more appropriate. There wasn’t a whole heck of a lot going on for this week. Then I decided maybe it’d be better to giveContinue Reading

Have you made a horror movie? If yes, Chicago Fear Fest is looking for folks like you? The following is copied from a press release I received earlier this year. — CHICAGO’s newest indie horror film fest announces a call for entries! CHICAGO FEAR FEST APRIL 13-14, 2012 MUVICO THEATERSContinue Reading

Ellis Middle School

This is a guest post by William Collins. 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 series ofContinue Reading

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 for the color of their skin, their race, religious beliefs,Continue Reading

Has anyone heard of the Christmas tree ship? Perhaps some of the old timers have. From 1898 till 1912, Captain Schuenemann was the skipper of the Christmas Tree Ship. Bringing hundreds of Christmas trees across Lake Michigan to Chicago area residents, the skipper was known for his generosity and wasContinue Reading

Today Tony Hastings of The Top 10 Blog posted my guest blog, “Top 10 U.S. Towns for Taking a Ghost Tour.” Whew! As I stated in the guest post, it was hard to pick just 10! FOUR As I also stated in the post, I picked the towns I didContinue Reading

Mena Suvari is best known for the movie “American Beauty,” but this American beauty grew up and was raised in a home in Rhode Island the family believed was haunted. Her family reported seeing apparitions and hearing sounds. Neve Campbell is an American actress of Scottish ancestry who believes inContinue Reading