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.
Are you a fan of The Amazing Race? I am. If you are too, then you were also likely watching the season finale this past Sunday. Were you at all taken aback when one of the places teams got their clues was Coney Island? I was. Why? Because this isContinue Reading
In January 2011 I wrote about a then-unreleased movie called Midnight Son that had come to my attention. I had lamented about the vampire genre being like vampires and refusing to die. However, judging by the trailer, this movie showed promise of offering something fresh. I had forgotten about MidnightContinue Reading
It’s been a while since we had a First Person Friday story to publish around here. This one comes to us by way of Jules V Ness. After what I have learned to call The Lennox Haunting, a haunted house that I lived in terror in for thirty eight daysContinue Reading
Happy Holidays! We’d like to spread some cheer so we’re doing a holiday giveaway. HOW TO PLAY Both here and on our Haunt Jaunts Halloween Emporium blog, we’ve been featuring a few of our favorite items from our affiliates lately, à la: 36 Unique Gifts for Paranormal Enthusiasts Under $20 FeaturedContinue Reading
If you are a fan of The Walking Dead and caught any of the commercials during the mid-season finale, you might’ve seen ads for a couple of the movies discussed below. They caught my eye. I decided to include them with some of the other horror and paranormal movies ofContinue Reading
Even though our Emporium has a blog that allows us to feature products we love from our affiliates, we still like to do it around here every now and then too. Especially at this time of year when thoughts are so focused on gift giving. While browsing our affiliates toContinue Reading
Why are scary pranks so funny? I mean, the poor unsuspecting people being pranked are about scared out of their minds sometimes, all so we can be entertained. My friend James shared a scary prank video with me and I of course had to share in return. This is oneContinue Reading
If you’re a fan of Joshua Gates and Destination Truth and have missed seeing him on Syfy, never fear. He’s coming back! Just not on Destination Truth. He’ll be part of a new crop of Syfy paranormal reality shows premiering in 2013 that I learned about from an article onContinue Reading
When I talk about my ghost hunting excursions with friends outside the paranormal community, a lot of them say how scared they’d be to go to a haunted place. I always think, “What’s there to be afraid of?” After all, ghosts are still mere theories. They haven’t been proven toContinue Reading
On Saturday November 24, 2012 at 6:00 p.m., Glory Haunt Hounds is going to hold a paranormal fundraiser to benefit the victims of Hurricane Sandy at the Irish Mist in Troy, New York with special guest Steve Di Schiavi from Travel Channel’s “The Dead Files” and….? (There might be moreContinue Reading
Among the movies shown during Syfy’s 31 Days of Halloween was one of my favorite Stephen King creations ever: The Mist. I recorded it because I wasn’t able to watch during one of it’s showings. A lot of people, my husband included, didn’t like The Mist. That’s why it tookContinue Reading
What’s the best EVP you ever heard? Were you instantly convinced it was a disembodied voice from someone deceased? I don’t remember the first EVP I ever heard. I wish I did. I wish I remembered who had captured it, where it came from, and what it said. I doContinue Reading
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