In Part 1 guest blogger Psychic Investigator Paul Fitz-George described Whitby’s haunted history for his series “Whitby’s Fascination for the Literati or how Dracula met the Jabberwocky.” In Part 2 we learned of Whitby’s influence on Bram Stoker. Part 3 focused on Wilkie Collins. Part 4 is about Whitby andContinue Reading
In Part 1, Psychic Investigator Paul Fitz-George introduced us to haunted Whitby. In Part 2, he described its influence on Dracula author Bram Stoker. In Part 3 he continues his tour of “Whitby’s Fascination for the Literati or How Dracula Met the Jabberwocky” with how Whitby inspired author Wilkie Collins.Continue Reading
Today this Herald Journal article caught my eye: “Travel Channel, HBO confirm filming in Cache Valley.” Pretty innocuous title, right? You may be wondering why it appealed to me. It had to do with this description that accompanied the title in my feed: The “Ghost Adventures” episode will be partContinue Reading
Happy first day of September! Time for a new Caption This contest! But first… Have you seen our newest section? It’s our Weird Holidays and Observances calendar. You might’ve seen similar calendars listing a whole bunch of bizarre, unusual, fun, wacky and strange dates. (Just about every day of theContinue Reading
Did you know that August 30 is Frankenstein Day? Neither did we, until we stumbled across it on Holiday Insights, one of the Sources we used to create a brand new section here on Haunt Jaunts: Weird Holidays and Observances. It’s a calendar of the strange that’s geared towards anythingContinue Reading
Welcome to Part 2 of Psychic Investigator Paul Fitz-George’s guest series “Whitby’s Fascination for the Literati or how Dracula met the Jabberwocky.” In Part 1 he gave us some background on Whitby and its haunted history. In this post, he talks about Whitby’s influence on Bram Stoker. Stoker arrived inContinue Reading
I’m pleased to welcome guest blogger Psychic Investigator Paul Fitz-George to Haunt Jaunts. I met Paul on one of the LinkedIn groups we both belong to. He shared some information about his book, The Whitby Ghost Book, that caught my eye. Specifically, how many famous writers had found inspiration inContinue Reading
Starting this Saturday, guest blogger Psychic Investigator Paul Fitz-George will join Haunt Jaunts as he shares his six part series, “Whitby’s Fascination for the Literati or how Dracula met the Jabberwocky.” (We’re just calling it the Whitby Series.) Mr. Fitz-George caught my attention on a LinkedIn group we both belongContinue Reading
We’re beyond pleased to announce that we’ve added a new contributor to our midst: Lewis Powell IV. If his name looks familiar, that’s because Lewis has contributed guest blogs here before. Specifically, his Haunted Georgia: A Primer series. Lewis Powell IV’s Haunted Georgia: A Primer Series – Part 1 LewisContinue Reading
“Peopled with garrulous outraged baffled ghosts”—A Grand Tour of Southern Ghosts The weather was raw and freezing on that fateful January day in a remote valley called Shelton Laurel in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The Civil War had been raging for two long years and the tensions amongContinue Reading
The theme in my social media feeds the past week has been “haunted places that require waivers before you’re allowed in.” Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating a little. So far I’ve had friends share just two such places with me, both Spooky Stays. But two haunted hotels in one weekContinue Reading
Earlier this month I wrote about a clown named Gags who was haunting Green Bay. All of a sudden he just started showing up in the wee hours on Green Bay’s streets. What was up with this mysterious clown sighting? It seems Gags was a copy cat –who wasContinue Reading
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