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.
On December 11, 2010 my friend Kim shared a link with me on HJ’s Facebook page to a story about an unknown creature photographed in Louisiana. I expected blogs to blow up in the following days with speculations and conjecture of the creature caught on the trap camera. It probablyContinue Reading
I get a ton of catalogs in the months leading up to Christmas. One of my favorite things to do is make a list of all the coolest and most unique gift ideas, gadgets and toys I come across every year. Some years the same things show up on the list.Continue Reading
Seattle’s Kells Irish Pub resides in a building that was once used as the Butterworth morgue. The Ghost Adventures investigation of it will be the last Ghost Adventures episode for this year. (New epis return January 7, 2011, though.) ABOUT THE EPISODE Rather than trying to recreate the wheel, here’s the GhostContinue Reading
I heard on the news the other night that Chernobyl is planning to open to tourists in 2011. The Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Ministry will open up the previously sealed “Exclusion Zone” around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. That means anyone interested in journeying to the actual plant itself will now be ableContinue Reading
In recent weeks one country in particular keeps popping up in my Google alerts for haunted places, ghost tours, and paranormal travel like never before: Australia. England and America usually always have some ghost related links, Scotland emerges with its fair share of stories and so does Canada, but AustraliaContinue Reading
When I was researching Zombie Road I came across the clip for Children of the Grave. It won the Best Paranormal Documentary of 2008 and was produced by the same people who made Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Zombie Road factors into it, as it is one ofContinue Reading
I put together a “For Ghost Enthusiasts” section under the Holiday Gift Ideas area of the Haunt Jaunts Emporium. I thought it’d be fun to highlight some of the best gifts, so voila: here’s a 20 great holiday gift ideas for ghost lovers list. If you’re still looking forContinue Reading
It was a bright and sunny day… That doesn’t sound like the start of a malicious or scary story, does it? But look at Aaron in that photo. What a face! He sure looks possessed. But he’s not. As they’re prone to at some point in their investigations he’s just goofingContinue Reading
Today my friend Autumnforest of Ghost Hunting Theories has organized a Blogger Zombie Walk that I’m participating in. (I’ve included a complete list of all the blogs participating at the end of this post.) I decided since Haunt Jaunts is a paranormal travel blog that my zombie-related contribution should center around something of that nature.Continue Reading
People often ask me where I find some of the info that I pass along. My number one source is Google Alerts, but I try to participate in as many social networks as I can too. People are always sharing interesting things that I can inevitably pass along. ButContinue Reading
When I worked as a paralegal in Phoenix in the late 1990s, my attorney’s secretary had an eight-year-old daughter who was nuts for Beanie Babies. This was around the time Beanie Babies were all the rage. Our offices were in the Arizona Center and there was a gift store that sold BeanieContinue Reading
Well, the ghosts factor in obviously, but what is it that really makes some haunted places more popular than others? I’ll give you a hint: it only has two letters. (I’ll reveal the answer later in the post.) But first, let me explain the catalyst for this post. In hisContinue Reading
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