An old spooky-looking house in Bannack, Montana

Visit Montana recently shared a press release about discovering Montana’s haunted history, which it’s rich in. After all, in addition to its spectacular beauty, Montana abounds in ghost towns and historical sites. And many of them boast tales of lingering souls and spooky spirits. In fact, I’d even venture toContinue Reading

Gothic haunted looking girl holding a heart in front of a puddle of blood with knife on the ground.

In year’s past, right about now is when haunted houses (of the Halloween variety) start advertising their Valentine’s Day dates. Where cities and states allowed it, haunted attractions did open for Halloween 2020.  So what about for the most romantic day of the year? Will haunted houses be open forContinue Reading

Circled aerial view map of Cleveland Tennessee area

Almost 10 years ago I wrote a post wondering where Cleveland, Tennessee’s, haunted Green’s Caverns were. Legend had it that a reaper-like shadowy figure lived in the caverns and could often be seen around them. A reader named Christy had left a comment asking for help locating it: Can someoneContinue Reading

Want to have a killer date night for Valentine’s Day 2019? Using the Ghost Tour and Ghost Hunting Events listings, (which includes more than ghost tours and hunts, such as off-season open haunted houses like the ones I’m sharing here), I came up with 61 haunted houses in 26 statesContinue Reading

The Haunted Headlines are once again spirited with descriptions of upcoming haunted happenings, past spirited events and investigations, and other paranormal activity happening during this, the most spooky season of the year. Happy Haunted Halloween! Thursday, October 4, 2018 It’s the monstrous new trend sweeping travel – what is cryptid-tourism?Continue Reading

Hello! Welcome back to a regularly scheduled weekly edition of Haunted Headlines. Well, somewhat regularly scheduled. I normally like to try and date them from Friday to Friday. I had intended to make this one from July 6 to July 13. Or at the very least an abbreviated version fromContinue Reading

Follow my blog with Bloglovin A couple months back, Kelly Rapone, Genese County’s Tourism Marketing Director, reached out about some updates on the Haunted History Trail site. A couple years ago I wrote about the Haunted History Trail of New York State‘s site after she’d reached out about it too.Continue Reading

The other day I got an exciting email from Kelly Rapone of the Genesee County Chamber of Commerce in Batavia, New York, about a wonderfully haunt jaunty website: Haunted History Trail of New York State. It’s a state-wide trail developed for those who enjoy haunted inns, investigations, tours, etc….Each locationContinue Reading

Strap on your hiking boots, folks. We’re off to Haunt Jaunt with Marianne O’connor, author of Haunted Hikes of New Hampshire. You might recall Ms. O’connor’s book was one of the prizes in my fiberdoodles-inspired Halloween Blog Party Giveaway. I mentioned back then that I’d be interviewing her. True toContinue Reading

Map of Pennsylvania with Ghost Rides and Horror Film Trail badges

Does VisitPA have actual physical badges of their trip and trail guides? Or are they for display only on their website? I don’t know. However, there are two guides (and badges) ghost enthusiasts and horror movie lovers would love: Ghost Rides and the Horror Film Trail, a.k.a. Trail of theContinue Reading

Six Flags Hallowfest logo

Several other major Halloween haunts canceled this year amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, including Terror Behind the Walls, Dark Harbor and Halloween Horror Nights. However, Six Flags Entertainment Corporation, the world’s largest regional theme park company, has decided to give the ax to its traditional annual Fright Fest to make wayContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from freelance writer Sally Writes. Some parts of America are believed to be haunted by spirits, including Oakland Cemetery in Atlanta, Georgia, and Coffin Rock, in Burkittsville, Maryland. If you’re brave enough to visit a haunted spot and camp out there on Halloween night, you mayContinue Reading