At first blush, Austin, Texas, may seem like a peculiar place for Lugosi’s Vampire Museum to open. However, Austin is sort of evolving into a vampire hub. What they lack in Dracula-inspired lore, they make up for with what many might consider his familiars: bats. Because of the colony ofContinue Reading
This year, TerrorFest, a Christmas-themed horror convention, is bringing Christmas cheer to those who fear. The event will take place on December 17-18 at The Lone Star Convention & Expo Center Conroe in Conroe, Texas. It’s Conroe’s first horror con, and they’re doing it up right, combining legendary Rock ‘nContinue Reading
When the De Soto Hotel went up in flames in February, people wondered a lot of things, including what started the fire in the over 116-year-old building and what the haunted hotel’s fate would be. Well, now we have a bit of an update. But first, let’s recap a fewContinue Reading
If you watched Paranormal Witness, you may have seen the episode that featured El Paso’s Monteleone’s Ristorante. (Not to be confused with the Hotel Monteleone in New Orleans, which is also haunted.) Specifically, the El Paso restaurant was on the “Dining with the Dead” episode from 2013. I tried toContinue Reading
Themed cocktails. Macabre magic. Sinister séances. Tarot readings. Strange roaming specters. Live music. Hidden secret games. Giant Ouija boards. Plus more. Such as, it all takes place in a haunted mansion. Sound like an evening you’d like to attend? Let’s take a look at the three cities where you canContinue Reading
Is the most haunted hotel in El Paso, Texas, the De Soto Hotel? I don’t know, because that raises the complicated question of how do you really determine what “the most haunted” is? However, the De Soto Hotel is definitely one of El Paso’s most known and popular haunted places,Continue Reading
Is the Historic Jefferson Hotel one of the most haunted hotels in America? It’s para-friendly new owners think so and are on a quest to make it one of the most recognized haunted hotels in the world. They’ve even trademarked the moniker “the World’s Most Haunted Hotel.” Recently, The MarshallContinue Reading
I don’t know if the Museum of the Weird also serves double duty as headquarters for the Keep Austin Weird movement, but it totally could. (And, yes, there is such a thing. Just check out #keepaustinweird on Insta. It’s very popular.) All I know is that when we jaunted toContinue Reading
If you Google “America’s first serial killer” H. H. Holmes pops up. Mental Floss wrote an article listing nine things we didn’t know about America’s first serial killer. There’s a documentary called H. H. Holmes: America’s First Serial Killer, which you can watch on Amazon Prime. Even tour companies inContinue Reading
Did you know Austin is a hot spot for witches and vampires and other creatures of the night? I guess it stands to reason since Austin is such a bat friendly city. (What with their famous bat residents who call the Congress Avenue Bridge home during certain parts of theContinue Reading
Are you a fan of either The Munsters or The Addams Family TV shows? Possibly even both? (That’s me. Tough to pick between them.) Recently Sally Writes submitted a guest contribution about three kid-friendly haunted destinations perfect for the Halloween season. One of them included the Munster Mansion. I didn’tContinue Reading
This is a guest contribution from Sally Writes. With 100 million Americans planning to go on a family vacation in 2019, many will be considering a fall holiday. However, for families who enjoy the Halloween season and wish to embark on a seasonally appropriate trip, finding a destination suitable forContinue Reading
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