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.
Tomorrow National Geographic Channel premieres a new series called Beast Hunter. From the brief clips I’ve seen, it looks fantastic! Like Syfy’s Destination Truth and it’s hunky host, Josh Gates, Nat Geo’s Beast Hunter has a hottie monster hunter manning the show’s helm, too: Pat Spain. Apparently Spain learned laterContinue Reading
I wasn’t sure what to expect when our ship docked in Costa Maya. Ports are so unpredictable. Ones you think will be nice are sometimes not. And small ones you don’t expect much from often surprise you. Costa Maya was the latter. It was a small port but it wasContinue Reading
Do you ever feel like kicking yourself? I just had one of those moments. If you read about my jaunt to Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1 in New Orleans you may recall I said we ended up there on accident. There I was in one of the most haunted places in the U.S.Continue Reading
Last Sunday after we checked our bags at our hotel and prepared to explore the French Quarter I hoped my ancestors would find a way to speak to me. It appears they did, though not in a way I was expecting at all. Wayne and I opted to do theContinue Reading
< p style=”text-align: center;”> One of my favorite places to take people who would come visit us when we lived in Jacksonville was Kingsley Plantation. Not only because of all the ghost stories surrounding it, but because the drive out there was gorgeous. (You drive along A1A, which winds along theContinue Reading
I didn’t do my research on Gloucester’s haunted places before we went on our Canada/New England cruise last year. I figured we’d take an excursion to Salem the day we docked there. Alas, we didn’t do the Salem route and instead spent part of the day walking around Gloucester. Which was great.Continue Reading
When I used to go with coworkers to George & Dragon in Phoenix after work on Friday nights I never thought twice about using the bathroom. (Unless it was a particularly busy night and there’d be a line.) Until I stopped one of the waitresses and complimented her on herContinue Reading
Today Wayne and I are in New Orleans. Just for one night as we transition from cruise mode back to regular life mode. Tomorrow we’ll return home. New Orleans holds a special fascination for me. When I was little my grandma would tell me stories of her life growing upContinue Reading
I’ve been putting my own Haunted Places Page to good use again. We’re heading to New Orleans and I need to find a hotel. Preferably a haunted one. I’m in luck. I’m heading to one of the nation’s haunted hotel meccas. But not just hotels. There’s no shortage of allegedly hauntedContinue Reading
I was excited to go on our cruise to the Western Caribbean as it was for a few reasons: It’s a cruise. As I’ve stated before and likely will state again, I love cruising! It’s to a warmer climate. After the winter we’ve had, I’m ready for some fun in the sun.Continue Reading
Everyone has their most haunted cities lists, don’t they? In honor of Valentine’s Day I thought it’d be fun to recap the 14 most romantic haunted cities we’ve jaunted to so far. (14 for February 14, get it?) You won’t see too many big cities on my list. Chicago and New YorkContinue Reading
The other day I finally got around to piecing together the footage I took during our Ghost Tours of Quebec experience and made a little video of it. (It’s posted below.) However, afterwards, as I was driving to a volleyball game, I got to thinking about one part I had madeContinue Reading
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