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.
As I’ve been curating stories for the Haunted Headlines posts the past couple of weeks, I’ve noticed a trend: stories about the 25th anniversaries of a few notable creepy pop culture classics that debuted in 1993, namely: Hocus Pocus, The X-Files , and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas. Maybe evenContinue Reading
Here’s the roundup of paranormal, spooky and otherworldly news making haunted headlines from September 19-21, 2018. Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Clog report: Haunted 51B bus arrives early to all stops – The Daily Clog “We just assumed the bus driver who was taking over the shift was late, so weContinue Reading
As I mentioned in the first Haunted Headlines Weekender edition, I’m going to start posting the Haunted Headlines more often during the Halloween season. Because as you can see from this list, just Monday through Wednesday of this week so far is jammed packed once again. You may also noticeContinue Reading
Welcome to our first Haunted Headlines Weekender edition! As I alluded to in the Haunted Headlines September 7-14, 2018, Halloween season has brought out the paranormal news in hordes. It makes the posts way too long to try and enjoy –either curating or reading– by waiting to publish them inContinue Reading
This will be the last week for Haunted Headlines…in this form. Halloween season has unleashed so many headlines that instead of a weekly installment, we’ll publish a daily edition. Or as close to daily as possible. We might combine weekend stories for a weekender edition. We hope this makes enjoyingContinue Reading
Have you heard about the USA Today 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards? I discovered it when curating links to add to this coming week’s Haunted Headlines. Specifically, it was a link that led me to the vote for your favorite haunted destination. Of course I had to check that out andContinue Reading
Breaking Glass Pictures once again kindly gave me the opportunity to screen one of their films, this time Lost Child (a.k.a. Tatterdemalion.) It will hit select theaters on September 14, 2018, and it will be available on VOD/DVD on September 18, 2018. Synopsis Lost Child follows an army veteran, Fern, whoContinue Reading
The Travel Channel’s newest paranormal investigation series, Haunted Live, premiers this Friday, September 14. It’s the channel’s first weekly live series, where viewers can help drive the course of the show in real time. The series invites ghost lovers to join the live paranormal investigation alongside the Tennessee Wraith Chasers, a teamContinue Reading
You can tell Halloween is drawing near. The Haunted Headlines are plentiful. Here’s this week’s offerings for the week ending September 7, 2018.Continue Reading
We may have to consider releasing multiple Haunted Headlines if the weeks leading up to Oct. 31 are going to be as active as the one ending Aug. 31. Hope you enjoy this massive edition. Friday, August 24, 2018 We asked a paranormal investigation team to take us inside SouthContinue Reading
It seems like good ideas are like fine wine: they take time to age. In this case, I’m talking about the World’s Largest Ghost Hunt, which happens on National Ghost Hunting Day. (Both of which are listed on the Paracons & Horror Fests and Weird Holidays & Observances pages, respectively.)Continue Reading
Even though Fall is near and it’s the unofficial start of Halloween season (does it actually ever really end?), September sees the start of the wind-down on paracons and horror events. At least, that’s what a quick glance at the Paracons & Horror Fests Events page shows. The other thing to note,Continue Reading
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