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.
When ID announced the new specials, series, and seasons premiering this October, Hell House wasn’t among them. Turns out, that was for good reason. It’s not new. But it was new to me, and I might’ve missed it altogether if not for a “The Streaming Doesn’t Stop” newsletter from discovery+.Continue Reading
In Spirit Halloween: The Movie, three friends decide they’re too old for trick or treating anymore. Well, really one friend, Carson (Dylan Martin Frankel), pushes that envelope. Jake (Donovan Cole) wants nothing more than to spend Halloween like he always has, dressing up and going trick-or-treating with Carson and theirContinue Reading
The two-hour special, The Freeway Killer: Lost Murder Tapes, was among the titles highlighted in information about the new specials, series, and seasons premiering on ID this October. We didn’t know much about it aside from the fact that it would premiere on ID on Sunday, October 23 at 9/8cContinue Reading
Updated February 27, 2023 A press release caught my eye the other day that piqued my interest. The headline read “Corus Studios Moves into the Paranormal Genre with the Addition of Repossessed and Expands Offerings with New Seasons of Deadman’s Curse, The Big Bake and Styled.” Repossessed? Deadman’s Curse? IContinue Reading
The Screamfest Horror Film Festival is often regarded as “the Sundance of horror.” And for good reason. Here are just a few of the films that have been discovered and/or have premiered at the festival: Tigers Are Not Afraid, The Wretched, Tragedy Girls, Paranormal Activity, 30 Days of Night, Trick ‘rContinue Reading
This is it. We’ve reached the pinnacle of Ghostober 2022. Travel Channel and discovery+ have offered a ton of programming this year, but as the saying goes, they’ve “saved the best for last.” Halloween weekend kicks off with the premiere of Ghosts of Flight 401, a new Shock Docs special,Continue Reading
Portland? As in Oregon? How can it be the Ghostbusters Firehouse if it’s not in New York? That’s what fans of the classic Ghostbusters movie released in 1984 might wonder. After all, the Ghostbusters Firehouse is one of the most Googled original Ghostbusters movie locations. The exterior of the real-lifeContinue Reading
“Any hints on which haunted location(s) Paranormal Reserve Batch No. 2 will rest at?” I asked Harridan Vodka founder Bridgette Taylor last year when I spoke with her after the release of Batch No. 1. “We’re heavily looking at some places in Massachusetts,” she said. In 2021, Harridan Vodka releasedContinue Reading
With all the fanfare surrounding the release of Hocus Pocus 2 on Disney+ this year, there’s another special on the streamer. One that’s in danger of being overshadowed. Werewolf by Night, a Marvel Studios Special Presentation, started streaming on October 7. It’s the first such offering in the Marvel CinematicContinue Reading
Are you a fan of creepy TV anthology classics like The Twilight Zone and Tales from the Crypt? Was your imagination ever held hostage by spine-chilling old-time radio shows like Inner Sanctum or Lights Out? If you enjoy spooky listening like this, you’re in for a treat —just in timeContinue Reading
You know the paranormal is popular when a fast food giant gets into the act. In this case, it’s Burger King®. In addition to rolling out a new sandwich, the Home of the GHOSTS Whopper, today Burger King Canada released a press release about something spooky users can find inContinue Reading
Some commercials do their jobs better than others, don’t they? Like, with some of them you have no idea what they’re advertising, but with others, there’s no doubt. Visit Mississippi’s “Haunted Mississippi” commercial is one of those that you know immediately what it’s advertising: the state’s paranormal tourism! And it’sContinue Reading
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