Courtney Mroch is a globe-trotting restless spirit who’s both possessed by wanderlust and the spirit of adventure, and obsessed with true crime, horror, the paranormal, and weird days. Perhaps it has something to do with her genes? She is related to occult royalty, after all. Marie Laveau, the famous Voodoo practitioner of New Orleans, is one of her ancestors. (Yes, really! As explained here.) That could also explain her infatuation with skeletons.
Speaking of mystical, to learn how Courtney channeled her battle with cancer to conjure up this site, check out HJ’s Origin Story.
What kind of paranormal programming can you expect to watch on Travel Channel between February 5-16? In addition to new episodes of current shows, there’s the series premiere of The Alaskan Triangle, a new season starting for These Woods Are Haunted, and the season finale of Lost in the Wild.Continue Reading
I thought it’d be fun to have a little Super Bowl fun, Haunt Jaunts style. Don’t worry. If you’re not a sports person, you don’t need to be to enjoy this post. You do have to like unusual places, though. That’s what we’ll be looking at. However, just in caseContinue Reading
If you follow HJ on social media (Twitter, Facebook and Insta), you might’ve seen our Dolly Parton Challenge. If not, you’ve seen it now! When I first shared it on Twitter last week, one friend laughed and said, “Dolly Parton Challenge? What the heck is that?” I happen to knowContinue Reading
What kind of paranormal programming can you expect to watch on Travel Channel between January 24 and February 2? There’s no new series premiering, but there is a season premiere (Paranormal 911), a couple season finales (Expedition Bigfoot and Trending Fear), and new episodes for current shows. Find more specificsContinue Reading
One of the birthdays I include on the Weird Holidays & Observances page is America’s first ghost hunter, Hans Holzer (January 26). Last year, exclusively and for the first-time ever, Travel Channel reopened his case files in the series The Holzer Files. Nearing the eve of what would’ve been hisContinue Reading
Have you heard about the haunted Frozen Elsa doll that supposedly “terrorized” a family? Talk about a story going viral…wow! The media could not “let it go!” So what’s the doll’s story and why does its original owners believe its haunted? Haunted Elsa’s Story Apparently a Houston mom said herContinue Reading
So many communities across America have stories of unexplained paranormal experiences. Through word-of-mouth and consistency, they turn into lore. Why? That’s what paranormal investigator and documentary filmmaker Steve Shippy will investigate in a new Travel Channel series: Haunting in the Heartland. He’ll explore Midwestern towns that have been traumatized for generationsContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. I’m still pinching myself that I got to jaunt to Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum. Not that it was necessarily a bucket list wish or that I’m a huge Zak Bagans / Ghost Adventures fan –anymore. Once upon a time, the firstContinue Reading
How good are your ears? Are you any good at distinguishing what EVPs are saying? (Whether you’re an actual investigator or a paranormal TV armchair one.) Bad Ears? I always think I have the worst ears. I rarely hear what people say they hear in EVPs. It has to beContinue Reading
A much anticipated new series starring one of horror movies most iconic actors is coming to Travel Channel: True Terrors with Robert Englund. That’s right, “Freddy Kruger” from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. He scoured news reports of yesteryear to find twisted tales ripped straight from the headlines, shiningContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. At the end of 2019 I made it my mission to discover if there had ever been a Most Haunted Village Guinness world record. I’d come across a claim in a video on YouTube that in 1989 the Guinness Book of WorldContinue Reading
It’s January, which means a couple of things: It’s a New Year, and HAuNTcon is right around the corner. January 17-19, 2020 to be exact. It’s always the first Halloween Con every year, and it’s once again taking place in New Orleans alongside the Halloween & Party Expo. What IsContinue Reading
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