When I shared the link about the reader seeking advice on trip planning to haunted New Orleans on HJ’s Facebook page, I got a great comment from a Jaunter named Alyne. She lives in New Orleans and had some fantastic…
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Haunted New Orleans: Email Seeks Advice on Trip Planning
by Courtney Mroch • • 1 Comment
I love when people email questions seeking advice on planning their trips to haunted places. Here’s an email I recently received from someone planning a trip to haunted New Orleans: My name is Kaylie, and my best friend and I…
Haunt Jaunts 2011 Year in Review Travel Memories
by Courtney Mroch • • 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…
Where Are the Top Five Spookiest Cities To Spend Halloween?
by Courtney Mroch • • 2 Comments
Last year I wrote about five popular real haunted places that also have top Halloween haunted houses. I got to thinking about it the other day when I was reading a copy of Woman’s World magazine. In their Getaway section…
The Xs on Marie Leveau’s Tomb: Vandalism or Voodoo?
by Courtney Mroch • • 4 Comments
One of the most interesting things my ancestors showed me on their ghost tour of New Orleans was the cleaning of Voodoo Queen Marie Leveau’s tomb. I spotted the volunteers setting up and receiving instructions when we first entered St.…
My Ancestors Gave Me a True Ghost Tour of New Orleans
by Courtney Mroch • • 3 Comments
I took a ghost tour when we were in New Orleans. But I didn’t book a reservation with any of the tour companies. My dead ancestors guided me around. You see, with my heart of hearts I believe that when I went…
The Ghost That Haunts Hotel Monteleone’s Missing 13th Floor
by Courtney Mroch • • 17 Comments
A comment on HJ’s YouTube video about the Hotel Monteleone’s Haunted 14th Floor (embedded below) and the Missing 13th Floor… post on Ghost Hunting Theories sparked another Friday the 13th post today. On the video, a YouTuber asked, “how did everyone…
Why Hotel Monteleone’s Haunted 14th Floor Isn’t What It Seems
by Courtney Mroch • • 15 Comments
It was a tough decision picking which haunted hotel we wanted to stay at when we visited New Orleans, but I ultimately decided on the Hotel Monteleone. It was at the top of our budget, but you know what? Sometimes…
Semi-Wordless Wednesday: Almost Paranormal French Quarter Photos
by Courtney Mroch • • 0 Comments
We were only in New Orleans one night, but sometimes that’s all you need. In a place with the type of paranormal history and reputation that the French Quarter in particular has, almost any picture could take on a paranormal…
Some Haunting Mardi Gras Pictures and Videos
by Courtney Mroch • • 10 Comments
Happy Mardi Gras! I never thought I’d find myself in New Orleans during Mardi Gras, but I didn’t realize the celebration lasts for a few weeks before, all the way to, Fat Tuesday. It was already in full swing when we were…
Review of Wicked Walks New Orleans Ghost Tour App
by Courtney Mroch • • 3 Comments
Do you ever feel like kicking yourself? I just had one of those moments. If you read about my jaunt to Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans you may recall I said we ended up there on accident. There…
My Great Great Grandma Shares the Same Resting Place as Marie Leveau the Voodoo Queen?
by Courtney Mroch • • 5 Comments
Last Sunday after we checked our bags at our hotel and prepared to explore the French Quarter I hoped my ancestors would find a way to speak to me. It appears they did, though not in a way I was…
Do Ghosts in Haunted Hotels Give Guests Privacy?
by Courtney Mroch • • 6 Comments
When I used to go with coworkers to George & Dragon in Phoenix after work on Friday nights I never thought twice about using the bathroom. (Unless it was a particularly busy night and there’d be a line.) Until I…
Looking for the Ghosts of My Ancestors in New Orleans
by Courtney Mroch • • 8 Comments
Today Wayne and I are in New Orleans. Just for one night as we transition from cruise mode back to regular life mode. Tomorrow we’ll return home. New Orleans holds a special fascination for me. When I was little my…
Which Haunted Hotel to Stay at in New Orleans?
by Courtney Mroch • • 3 Comments
I’ve been putting my own Haunted Places Page to good use again. We’re heading to New Orleans and I need to find a hotel. Preferably a haunted one. I’m in luck. I’m heading to one of the nation’s haunted hotel…
Black History Month: Remembering Tragic Places Where the Ghosts of Slaves Roam
by Courtney Mroch • • 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…
The Voodoo Queen
by LindaMoffitt • • 2 Comments
Even after death, Marie Laveau works her voodoo magick. During her long life, not one person who knocked at her door was turned away. Now visitors and residents to New Orleans flock to her grave -knock on her door and…
Wicked Walks iPhone Ghost Tours: Yep, There’s an App for That
by Courtney Mroch • • 3 Comments
I was goofing off with my iPod Touch the other day and somehow stumbled across the Wicked Walks ghost tour apps. I can’t remember which one I found first, but whichever one it was it prompted me to search to…