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.
All right, I was finally able to do the “Ghost from the Machine” drawing since the Internet cooperated and allowed HJ to stay online again so we could hold the giveaway. I used the Random Number Generator on Random.org to pick winners. We had a total of 13 entries. IContinue Reading
It’s amazing I still prefer traveling by car over most other travel methods given the amount of scary movies about road trips gone wrong that I’ve seen. Even crazier, it happens to be one of my favorite sub genres of horror movies. Maybe because there’s been so many good scary roadContinue Reading
Before I begin getting back to a regular posting schedule, I have some administrative matters to address. 1. Facebook The first has to do with an issue that was brought to my attention yesterday. A semi-cryptic comment was left on one of HJ’s wall posts about someone else who loves ghostsContinue Reading
Haunt Jaunts was hacked today. Since I don’t trust the old theme, which is how the hackers got in apparently, I chose a different theme. Please bear with us while we straighten everything out and adjust to this new design. Be sure to enter the Ghost from the Machine DVDContinue Reading
I don’t know about you, but I love late summer. It ushers in the start of the horror movie season. (There’s always a few horror movies sprinkled throughout the year, but late summer is when they seem to crop up all over.) I decided to make a list for myselfContinue Reading
I have been waiting how long to see Ghost from the Machine, formerly known as Phasma Ex Machina? Well, I guess about that long. Back before it got its new name, artwork and distribution. Matt Osterman, the film’s writer and director, was kind enough to send me a DVD ahead ofContinue Reading
Back in October of 2010 I got an email from a reader named Renee wondering the following: I am looking for a birthday cruise next year 2011. I will be 30 on October 28, 2011 and love your cruise idea!! I’m looking for rates if you have them. And groupContinue Reading
I took a ghost tour when we were in New Orleans. But I didn’t book a reservation with any of the tour companies. My dead ancestors guided me around. You see, with my heart of hearts I believe that when I went looking for the ghosts of my ancestors in New Orleans,Continue Reading
I first saw a “My 7 Links” post on Travel for Love last week. Loved it! I thought it was such a clever idea. Not to mention, I’ve recently found that blog so that was a neat way to catch up on some of their stunning and mesmerizing posts. Then IContinue Reading
At the start of the year, I mentioned that one of the things ahead for Haunt Jaunts in 2011 was a book. Specifically, one along the lines of the Travel Guide for Restless Spirits that I had first originally envisioned Haunt Jaunts to be, well before I decided to put it inContinue Reading
I haven’t done a Movie Monday post in a while, but I finally had a chance to watch the History Channel’s Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide so I have something to write about. The show’s premise was as follows: A team of top scientists come together with one goal: to createContinue Reading
When we took our Alaskan cruise in 2008 we flew into Anchorage. We spent a night there before catching the transfer that took us to the cruise terminal in Whittier. When we’d booked our cruise we were strongly encouraged to book a transfer through Carnival because getting to the terminal wasn’tContinue Reading
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