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.
You may have suspected but did you know for sure that certain Stranger Things 4 scenes were partially filmed in Europe? And you may guess that HBO’s forthcoming The House of the Dragon, a prequel to Game of Thrones, will follow in its predecessor’s footsteps with many exotic European filmingContinue Reading
After seeing The Black Phone, a lot of people want to know if the movie is based on a true story. But what I think people are more specifically wondering is whether the Grabber is based on a real serial killer. Or was that just me? Either way, let’s seeContinue Reading
The Museum of the Warrens, or the Warren’s Occult Museum as it was once better known, is no longer open. I never had the privilege of visiting to see the array of allegedly haunted and cursed objects that they collected during their investigations, such as the infamous man-killing Raggedy AnnContinue Reading
In a review where I examined how scary the werewolf movie The Cursed was, I mentioned that it partly drew its inspiration from the Beast of Gevaudan, a real-life man-eating creature. Which I guess pretty much answers the title question. Yes. The Beast of Gevaudan is real. Or was. ItContinue Reading
They may be separated by over 900 miles but the Roswell Incident will forever connect Roswell, New Mexico, and the Extraterrestrial Highway in Nevada, both of which rank among the 16 most popular UFO destinations in the U.S. Since 2022 marks the 75th anniversary of the incident, you know theContinue Reading
Updated: June 24, 2022 Trailers are supposed to get you excited about the movie and make you want to see it. Some do a better job than others, and every once in a while you’ll find one that grabs you like the trailer for The Black Phone. Or, at leastContinue Reading
Sesame Street is no stranger to controversy. Back in 2019, in honor of Sesame Street‘s 50th anniversary, Insider shared 11 of the show’s most controversial moments. The first one they highlighted was when Roosevelt Franklin, the first black muppet, was removed from the show in 1975 for perpetuating stereotypes ofContinue Reading
There’s lots of paranormal activity happening on Travel Channel and discovery+ from June 21 through July 3. In addition to the season premieres of UFO Witness, Fright Club, and Alaskan Killer Bigfoot, it’s also the season finales of Ghost Adventures: House Calls, Portals to Hell, and Paranormal Caught on Camera.Continue Reading
If you watched the A&E Ghost Hunters reboot with Grant Wilson from 2019-2020, Brandon Alvis and Mustafa Gatollari were among the paranormal investigators Wilson handpicked to join his team. But then discovery+ rebooted the series again in 2021, this time with Jason Hawes, Steve Gonsalves, and Dave Tango back helmingContinue Reading
“Haunted People Syndrome” is one of the theories to come out of a five-year research program study to try and better understand hauntings and related paranormal phenomena. In fact, it was one of the primary theories that emerged from the study, which is also the focus of a new book,Continue Reading
Just a couple of days ago I had a Twitter exchange with Courtney from The Ghoul Guide about the Saratoga County Homestead in Providence, New York. I’d tweeted a general question asking whoever saw it, “Where’s your haunted happy place?” The Ghoul Guide responded with a photo of herself inContinue Reading
Last year, while producing the Haunting American True Crimes season of the podcast, the year 1990 jumped out at me. It seemed to be a popular year for ghosts to solve their own murders. After watching two series that Hulu recently released, it happened again. I noticed that both ofContinue Reading
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