Venetian mask and outfit during Carnival

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Carnival. Mardi Gras. Shrove Tuesday. There are several well-known destinations that celebrate the period before the fasting season of Lent, like New Orleans, Rio, and Venice. But three in particular have Carnival customs that seem a bit creepy. (Venice is one of them.) For the record, I realize Carnival isContinue Reading

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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

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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

Ellis Middle School

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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