Lockwood & Co. poster

Is Netflix’s Wednesday about to get competition for the Top 10 series spot, or maybe just some additional company? Wednesday has held strong with a Top 10 showing ever since it premiered on Nov. 23, 2022. However, The Irish Times recently shared its picks for the 10 best new showsContinue Reading

Snapshot from David Domine interview about his books including America's Most Haunted Neighborhood

I had no idea what a treat I was in for when the chance arose to interview David Dominé about his book, A Dark Room in Glitter Ball City. The interview ended up encompassing three things I love most: true crime, horror, and the paranormal. You know, Haunt Jaunts’ foundingContinue Reading

The kids in the cave in Spirit Halloween The Movie

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

I Know What I Saw book cover

Before I begin, I’m going to admit that I am a skeptic. If this were The X-Files, I’m much more of a Scully than a Mulder. However, I still enjoy tales of the paranormal –especially cryptids– because they’re fun and scary. Even though I know bigfoot could never exist, there’sContinue Reading

1974 newspaper clipping about Betz Mystery Sphere from the Miami Herald

What is the Betz Mystery Sphere? Is it alien technology left behind by extraterrestrial visitors? Or is it something manmade, and the real mystery is how it ended up on one Florida family’s property to begin with? No matter what it is, the headline-making and conspiracy theory-generating ball is partContinue Reading

Door to the Federal Reserve room at Jekyll Island Club Hotel

Jekyll Island, Georgia, is one of my favorite places to jaunt to. Well, specifically, I love staying at the historic Jekyll Island Club Resort. That’s why “The Creature from Jekyll Island” immediately caught my eye while I was watching an episode of the HBO Max docuseries The Anarchist. The firstContinue Reading

Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2 banner

Horror Addicts Guide to Life 2 was among the five original books that inspired the creation of “Haunting 2022 Nonfiction New Releases,” a new section in the Skareporium.  But what is this “guide written by Horror Addicts, for Horror Addicts” all about? Let’s check it out. Horror Addicts Guide toContinue Reading

Screen grab of Brandon Alvis, Mustafa Gatollari chat with Courtney Mroch

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 mind brain fog ghostly

“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

Five haunting nonfiction book cover releases 2022

This year is no different than any other. Several of my writer friends have released haunting new nonfiction in 2022. I’d of course love to show my support by buying and reading them all. However, constraints on both time and money don’t make that realistically possible. Of course, I canContinue Reading

101 Haunted Places Bucket Journal

The concept of bucket lists has long been popular in the world of travel. Climbing that highest mountain, visiting every National Park, flying the world’s best airlines…but what about a bucket list for paranormal travel? What if a traveler wants to choose the Stanley Hotel over a Florida resort, orContinue Reading

Screenshot from IMDB of Misunderstood Monsters cover from Come Play

One of the things I wondered as I watched Come Play was whether or not the book in it was real: Misunderstood Monsters, A Children’s Story. If you’ve seen the movie, you know what I’m talking about. If you haven’t, let me explain its importance to the plot. Misunderstood MonstersContinue Reading