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.
The trailer for Amityville: An Origin Story ends with a man saying, “The Amityville Horror is called a true story. It’s time to set that record straight.” At the same time, words flash up on the screen. First, “The Secrets,” then “Behind,” followed by “The Story,” before ending with “Revealed.”Continue Reading
The past four seasons of Very Scary People have examined just that. Some very scary people indeed. Some of America’s scariest, not to mention most infamous, in fact. When the new season premieres on its new home, Investigation Discovery, on Sunday, April 16, that trend will continue, starting with theContinue Reading
What’s the best time to go to Halloween Horror Nights? That depends on your definition of “best.” Do you want to buy the lowest-priced ticket possible? Or do you want to go during a peak time of the season? As in years past, Halloween Horror Nights 2023 ticket prices fluctuateContinue Reading
“Why did it have to be Norwegian?” I lamented when I read the cruise line’s big news. Beetlejuice: the Musical will be the headline production aboard its newest ship, Norwegian Viva. Then again, maybe I’m being unfair. My husband Wayne and I have only cruised with them once. It wasContinue Reading
When it comes to Vegas, casinos and showgirls are usually the first things that come to mind, not horror. Because as far as U.S. cities go, Salem, Massachusetts, or New Orleans, Louisiana, may seem like more obvious choices for a horror capital than Las Vegas, Nevada. Both of those otherContinue Reading
The events of September 11, 2001, were horrific enough, but could they have been even worse? “It can’t get any worse, can it?” is one question I try as hard as possible to avoid asking when going through tough times. I know from experience that the answer is always yes.Continue Reading
These days the faces of the TAPS (The Atlantic Paranormal Society) team on Ghost Hunters include paranormal investigators Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, Dave Tango, and Shari DeBenedetti. Faces that, for the most part, look pretty familiar to those from the original series. As does their style of investigating. But whenContinue Reading
Netflix released MH370: The Plane That Disappeared on Wednesday, March 8. At first, I was indifferent about it. “Meh. Are they still talking about that plane? Haven’t they figured out what happened to it yet?” I wondered flippantly. And yet…I found myself drawn to the three-part docuseries. After watching theContinue Reading
At the start of each Sideworld documentary, George Popov delivers a monologue reminiscent of Rod Serling’s Twilight Zone introduction. It goes like this: “When the line between fact and fiction is enshrouded in mist and shadow, beyond that threshold is a place that can change our perspective on everything weContinue Reading
The inspiration for the new Haunted Mansion movie was among the five things we knew about it. Of course it’s based on its namesake ride, but which park would it be from? Disneyland or Magic Kingdom? Or would it be a general mashup of both? Or would it be likeContinue Reading
The recent shoot-downs of mystery crafts over American and Canadian airspace have reignited the mania for extraterrestrials and Unidentified Flying Objects/Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UFOs/UAPs). So many are asking: what’s going on up there? Cottage Life’s latest original series Mission Unexplained hopes to provide some answers. Mission Unexplained includes accounts fromContinue Reading
Good news, nerds. Stranger Things: The First Shadow, a Stranger Things prequel, is in the works. But there’s also some bad news on that front too. It’s headed for the stage, as in it’s going to be a play, not a Netflix movie or series. It will premiere in lateContinue Reading
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