Has anyone heard of the Christmas tree ship? Perhaps some of the old timers have. From 1898 till 1912, Captain Schuenemann was the skipper of the Christmas Tree Ship. Bringing hundreds of Christmas trees across Lake Michigan to Chicago area residents, the skipper was known for his generosity and wasContinue Reading
While I was searching out haunted Christmas-named places I came across a delightful Christmas ghost story: the tale of the Mistletoe Bride. It hails from England, a land rich in wonderful ghost stories. I came across it while searching for haunted places named “Mistletoe.” That search led me to “TheContinue Reading
Last year I got to wondering about haunted Christmas places. You know, places that have Christmas-themed names? Like North Pole, Alaska or Santa Claus, Indiana. Did any of them have reports of paranormal activity? But that’s all I ever did was wonder about it. I never took the time toContinue Reading
I learned of a book I’d never heard of before this holiday season: The Twelve Terrors of Christmas by John Updike. It caught my eye because it’s illustrated by one of my favorite artists, Edward Gorey. I haven’t read it yet, but some of the reviews make me want to.Continue Reading
On December 11, 2010 my friend Kim shared a link with me on HJ’s Facebook page to a story about an unknown creature photographed in Louisiana. I expected blogs to blow up in the following days with speculations and conjecture of the creature caught on the trap camera. It probablyContinue Reading
I get a ton of catalogs in the months leading up to Christmas. One of my favorite things to do is make a list of all the coolest and most unique gift ideas, gadgets and toys I come across every year. Some years the same things show up on the list.Continue Reading
Seattle’s Kells Irish Pub resides in a building that was once used as the Butterworth morgue. The Ghost Adventures investigation of it will be the last Ghost Adventures episode for this year. (New epis return January 7, 2011, though.) ABOUT THE EPISODE Rather than trying to recreate the wheel, here’s the GhostContinue Reading
I heard on the news the other night that Chernobyl is planning to open to tourists in 2011. The Ukraine’s Emergency Situations Ministry will open up the previously sealed “Exclusion Zone” around the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. That means anyone interested in journeying to the actual plant itself will now be ableContinue Reading
In recent weeks one country in particular keeps popping up in my Google alerts for haunted places, ghost tours, and paranormal travel like never before: Australia. England and America usually always have some ghost related links, Scotland emerges with its fair share of stories and so does Canada, but AustraliaContinue Reading
When I was researching Zombie Road I came across the clip for Children of the Grave. It won the Best Paranormal Documentary of 2008 and was produced by the same people who made Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium. Zombie Road factors into it, as it is one ofContinue Reading
I put together a “For Ghost Enthusiasts” section under the Holiday Gift Ideas area of the Haunt Jaunts Emporium. I thought it’d be fun to highlight some of the best gifts, so voila: here’s a 20 great holiday gift ideas for ghost lovers list. If you’re still looking forContinue Reading
It was a bright and sunny day… That doesn’t sound like the start of a malicious or scary story, does it? But look at Aaron in that photo. What a face! He sure looks possessed. But he’s not. As they’re prone to at some point in their investigations he’s just goofingContinue Reading
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