La Befana in Como, Italy

La Befana Day is one of the January days on the Weird Holidays and Observances page. (January 5.) Once upon a time, I wrote a little about La Befana when I covered creepy Christmas traditions around the world, but I thought it was high time she got a post ofContinue Reading

Ghost village emerges from beneath Lake Vagli

When I saw a Mirror article about a sunken “ghost village” set to re-emerge again, I couldn’t help but think of the French series, The Returned (Les Revenants). It’s set in a small Alpine village where a bridge and a lake factor into the plot. It makes for a hauntingContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from Adelina Benson. Are stereotypes stopping you from seeing the world? You are not alone. However, there are some stereotypes you have to abandon quickly and visit these amazing countries: Germany Most people see Germany as a country of workaholics who don’t know how toContinue Reading

Yesterday I was doing some Christmas (and personal) shopping at Lakeside Collection, when one of their sidebar articles caught my eye: Unique Christmas Traditions from Around the World. Presents under the tree and milk and cookies for Santa — it’s what Americans do every year in anticipation of Christmas. AroundContinue Reading

Happy Mardi Gras! Laissez les bon temps rouler! I thought it’d be fun to explore the most haunted Fat Tuesday/Carnival cities that I could find. Dare to join me? Let’s indulge… New Orleans, Louisiana I think it’s safe to say that the first place that probably pops to most people’sContinue Reading

If you receive the Haunt Jaunts weekly summary of posts, you may be wondering why you haven’t seen it in your email much the last few months. (If you don’t get it but would like to receive a list of all the posts made each week, see the “Subscribe2” sectionContinue Reading

Check out this marvelous Top 25 Dark Tourist Spots infographic from Baltic Travel Company. This is one of the neatest dark tourism lists/infographics I’ve seen yet. There’s a few places on here I haven’t seen on previous lists. (Such as numbers 2, 9, 17 and 18.) With a bit o’luck,Continue Reading

Haunt Jaunts is happy to publish the following guest post by Eve Pearce about five haunted cruise destinations. We’ve been to one. The rest are on our list. What about you? Cruise liner trips are among the best ways to explore the world; visiting historic cities, beautiful beaches, the highContinue Reading

While updating our Recommended Ghost Tours page today, I decided to include ghost tours from our affiliate, Viator. I had intended only to add ones for the United States, because I guess I figured that’s all they’d have. To my delight, I found a bunch of haunted European tours too!Continue 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

For today’s “Get a load of this while I’m on vacation” offering I present to you a YouTube clip of the Vatican City Ghost. My friend James sent me a YouTube link about a Canadian who went to Europe for his summer vacation and “caught a ghost” on his videoContinue Reading

What really fascinates me is different perception of paranormal activities, psychic abilities and magick practises in different areas of the World. Have you – living in your little corner of the Planet – ever thought that what you consider pretty normal, can be deadly somewhere else? Allow me to takeContinue Reading