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.
Some of you might also follow Autumnforest’s blog Ghost Hunting Theories, but if not she recently posted the results of her “Haunting Formula” research. I was really excited about her research, which even she admits was ambitious, because it was that –ambitious. But potentially very useful, and definitely very interesting.Continue Reading
Photo from stock.xchng > Welcome to HauntJaunts.net’s new blog! Well, it’s not new. It’s still going to have the same Haunt Jaunts content as before, but it’s got a new look and address. WHY THE MOVE? I would have set up using WordPress to start with, but back whenContinue Reading
Logo by I thought I’d give you a quick update on HauntJaunts.net’s progress. I know some of you are interested when it’ll finally be launched. (Especially those of you whose stories I accepted. I know you want to know when you’ll get paid!) Hopefully by September 1. I got aContinue Reading
Yesterday I discovered an unexpected Eerie Eatery Haunt Jaunt when Wayne took me to Sunday Brunch at Mere Bulles. SOMETHING ABOUT THE PLACE… We had eaten at Mere Bulles before. Wayne took me there for lunch once. I didn’t “feel” anything then, so I wasn’t expecting to this time either.Continue Reading
Please forgive me up front. This is not a Haunt Jaunts related post…not exactly. There are no spooky places to tell of, no ghosts to mention, but a haunting of sorts is involved. THE HAUNTING HITCHHIKER If you’ve read my profile or checked out the About section on HauntJaunts.net, youContinue Reading
Here’s a contest for you Haunt Jaunting writers out there: America’s Haunted Roadtrip Ghostwriting Contest. If you have a ghost story encounter you’ve always wanted to share, here’s your chance! Download guidelines and an entry form on their site. Deadline for submissions is Sept. 15, 2009. MORE THAN A GHOSTWRITINGContinue Reading
Anytime is a good time to take a ghost tour, but ghost tours aren’t always offered year round. Soon the high season of ghost tours (October) will be upon us. After that many of them go on hiatus during winter before reemerging in spring. Technically we have about three monthsContinue Reading
A paranormal pal of mine, Donna Marsh, recently let me know about a new business venture she’s embarking on: Fun with Donna, which among other things hosts paranormal parties. Photo by Michael Pohl from stock.xchng HOW I KNOW DONNA Fueled in part by, I admit it, watching Ghost Hunters, IContinue Reading
On my post about ghost tours, Autumnforest (from Ghost Hunting Theories) made a comment about how she advises people interested in ghost hunting to try a tour on for size first. She even stated how her group, MVD Ghostchasers, conducts ghost hunting workshops four times a year. This is aContinue Reading
The time to make reservations for ghost tours in October is now. I discovered this thanks to my friend Amy. She thought it’d be fun to do a ghost tour with a group so she started asking people if they’d be interested. I think initially she had in mind toContinue Reading
Here’s an interesting opportunity for some of you Haunt Jaunters out there: a start-up company specializing in ghost tourism is looking for ghost tour beta testers. This opportunity came to my attention because of a comment left on one of my postings about paranormal tourism. My interest was piqued andContinue Reading
Autumnforest left some wonderful comments on yesterday’s post that of course got me thinking about other ways to improve ghost hunting investigation techniques. JOB ASSIGNMENTS Autumnforest brought up the very astute point that just as people are assigned certain duties within a ghost hunting group (such as lead investigator, caseContinue Reading
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