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This past Halloween I saw something I hadn’t seen in Halloween’s past: debates surrounding ghost tours and haunted houses. Specifically, people protesting them and working to shut them down because they felt they’re disrespectful and/or not politically correct. In year’s past there has been a religious element against ghost tours andContinue Reading

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As I wrote about in “Haunt Jaunts Was Here: Rhode Island,” the trolley we were desperate to catch so we could make it back to the dock in time to get a tender back to the ship came just as I spotted the sign for Belcourt Castle. It was justContinue Reading

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There are all kinds of lists out at this time of year, such as best scary movies, best costumes, and of course, best haunted houses. Last year I confessed about my problem with Halloween haunted houses. Basically, they freak me out. Literally. I go into major meltdown mode trying to getContinue Reading

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Braaaaaains…. Oh, do I love me my zombies. Thanks to Facebook, I leaned of Days of the Living Dead, a haunted house reality web series. Here’s a snippet to sum it up as posted in a tubefilter news article by Jenni Powell: The show follows a rag tag group ofContinue Reading

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San Diego Comic Con 2010 is this weekend, which means it’s Halloween in July! What am I talking about? A post I saw on The Haunted Hotel’s Facebook page yesterday. For your convenience, I copied it and pasted it below. But long story short, if you live in or areContinue Reading

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My love affair with The Myrtles Plantation began when I was a little girl.  As a summer day trip, my grandmother and mother brought me, my best friend, and younger sister on a plantation-jaunt around lovely St. Francisville in Louisiana.  Of all the beautiful antebellum homes we visited that day,Continue Reading

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Recently I came across a site called Ghost Walk. I discovered them when I investigated the haunted doll house webcam site. I haven’t quite figured out what Ghost Walk is all about yet. The graphics intrigued me to start with, as did it’s moniker about being a Victorian ghost story.Continue Reading

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I got to thinking about “Haunts with Heart” last month. First, I wrote about Scare for a Cure, a haunted house in Austin, Texas that “raises money for local cancer charities one scream at a time.” Then Best Haunted Attraction left a comment on my post about haunted house seasonContinue Reading

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< p style=”text-align: center;”> I have Twitter to thank for introducing me to Scare for a Cure, a non-profit out of Austin, Texas, that “raises money for local cancer charities one scream at a time.” I figured it’d be a good thing to write about today. For one, Halloween isContinue Reading

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I’ve got a confession to make regarding Halloween Haunted Houses. I’m making it because starting this week, then over the coming weeks, I’ll be writing extensively about all things Halloween. But especially about haunted houses. (They’re among the perfect Haunt Jaunts to make at this time of year, aren’t they?)Continue Reading

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This afternoon my husband, Wayne, and I made an unexpected Haunt Jaunt to the Sam Davis Home in Smyrna, TN. It’s not far from the hospital where I’m getting my radiation treatments, which Wayne accompanied me to today because he unexpectedly got the day off. Anyway, I figured if nothingContinue Reading