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Exploring the Sensational and Scary in Our Spooky Universe

Editorial

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Haunt Jaunts Closed Indefinitely Until Further Notice

2025-10-06
By: Courtney Mroch
On: October 6, 2025
In: Editorial

As much as it hurts my heart and soul, I have to announce that Haunt Jaunts will be closed for the foreseeable future. If you’re a regular around here, you’ve probably noticed the frequency of my posts has gone from one to three a day to maybe once a week—ifContinue Reading

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Talking Buttons vs. Spirit Box: Which would you rather use?

2025-04-17
By: Courtney Mroch
On: April 17, 2025
In: Editorial, Paranormal, Pop Culture

Did you know they made talking buttons for pets? I had no idea until recently, when a friend, who adopted a new kitten, said, “I’m seriously considering getting talking buttons to teach Dandy to, well…talk.” Well, technically she didn’t say it. She texted it. Thinking it was a typo IContinue Reading

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Nick Groff Breaks Silence about Ghost Adventures Departure

2023-04-03
By: Courtney Mroch
On: April 3, 2023
In: Editorial, News, Paranormal

Nick Groff has always tried to rise above the Zak Bagans/Ghost Adventures controversy. To this day, however, fans still want to know what really happened. Why did he leave? Did Bagans have anything to do with it? Why are Groff’s shows, like Paranormal Lockdown and Death Walker, not on TravelContinue Reading

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The Trouble with Most Haunted Lists (Especially Annual Ones)

2022-08-19
By: Courtney Mroch
On: August 19, 2022
In: Editorial, Haunted Places

Every year around this time, publications start releasing their picks for the most haunted of…well, everything, from cities to hotels. While “most haunted lists” are fun to look at —because, let’s face it, we’re hard-wired to rank things these days (thanks, Google)— they have a problem. They’re not actually whatContinue Reading

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The 5 Best Things About Having a Haunted Doll

2022-08-05
By: Courtney Mroch
On: August 5, 2022
In: Editorial, Entertainment, Horror, Lifestyle, Paranormal, Pop Culture

Does anything good ever come from having a haunted doll? People often associate bad things with haunted dolls. Understandably. We pretty much only hear about the spooky things that happen to people who find —or are found by— them. But are they always only scary or evil? Are there anyContinue Reading

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If Most Paranormal Shows Insult Your Intelligence, Here’s Likely Why

2022-06-14
By: Courtney Mroch
On: June 14, 2022
In: Editorial, Entertainment, Featured, Paranormal, Pop Culture, TV Series

A few months ago I tweeted about a couple of my paranormal pet peeves and asked which ones others had. Responses varied, but surprisingly there was one that many expressed the same peeve about. They felt most paranormal shows were an insult to their intelligence and they were over them.Continue Reading

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Is Haunt Jaunts a paying market for guest bloggers and writers? (Yes! )

2022-02-09
By: Courtney Mroch
On: February 9, 2022
In: Editorial, Uncategorized

I’ve always accepted guest posts here at Haunt Jaunts. However, my goal was to one day establish Haunt Jaunts as a paying market for other writers interested in travel, true crime, horror, and the paranormal too. In order to do that, though, Haunt Jaunts first needed to generate steady income.Continue Reading

Steve Shippy outside Danny Rolling's former childhood home in Louisiana.

Sheila Jackson: The Only Reason I Finished the SCREAM Shock Docs

2022-01-16
By: Courtney Mroch
On: January 16, 2022
In: Editorial, Entertainment, Paranormal, True Crime

In the newest Shock Docs, Scream: The True Story, Steve Shippy and Cindy Kaza embark on a quest to try and determine what drove Gainesville Ripper Danny Rolling to kill. After investigating the serial killer’s campsite and checking out a few of his Florida kill locations, Shippy and Kaza travelContinue Reading

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How DeathPenaltyUSA.org Helped Debunk A New Orleans Vampire Tale

2021-11-09
By: Courtney Mroch
On: November 9, 2021
In: Editorial, Haunted History, History, Horror, True Crime

New Orleans abounds with vampire stories. There’s even one about a pair of men known as the Carter Brothers, who some say were arrested in the 1930s for being serial killers, confessed to being vampires, and were executed. Allegedly their ghosts still haunt the French Quarter to this day. This isContinue Reading

DIA's Greg the Gargoyle

My Unrequited Love Affair with Greg the Gargoyle

2021-05-07
By: Courtney Mroch
On: May 7, 2021
In: Editorial, Featured, Lifestyle, Mysterious, Travel

“Don’t forget,” I reminded my husband as we boarded the train bound for the main terminal, “I want to stop and see Greg the Gargoyle again.” “Why? You’ve already done that.” “But he didn’t really talk much last time. I want to see if he’ll say more this time. I’veContinue Reading

The Spooky Stuff’s 30 of the Most Influential People In the Paranormal

2021-02-10
By: Courtney Mroch
On: February 10, 2021
In: Editorial, Lifestyle, Paranormal

On February 5, Alex Matsuo from The Spooky Stuff sent me a message on Facebook with a link to a post that blew me away. The link was to a list of 30 of the most influential people in the paranormal that she had “compiled based on [her] personal developmentContinue Reading

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Paranormal Roundup: The Advice These 8 Investigators Had for a Newbie

2020-06-10
By: Courtney Mroch
On: June 10, 2020
In: Editorial, Interviews, Paranormal

During my Paranormal Day Paracon Livestream with Alex Matsuo, a viewer asked for some advice. Chanda Lanier wrote: “If they don’t cancel I’m attending a ghost hunt with an all female group of paranormal researchers in Nashville in July….or later if rescheduled. What’s the best things I can do priorContinue Reading

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