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

Willow Croft interview cover

Willow Croft, “bringer of nightmares and storms,” has crafted some really fun horoscopes, not only for Haunt Jaunts (which you can find on the Fun & Games page), but other sites as well, including Horror Tree (her most recent is, “May 2022 Horoscopes: [Undead] Party Like It’s…”) and Katzenworld (“2022Continue Reading

Zoom screenshot of Luann Joly and Courtney Mroch

After watching The Curse of Lizzie Borden, I couldn’t help but wonder: Is the house still haunted? After all, it appeared from the seance that Dave Schrader, Chris Fleming, Sam Baltrusis, and Luann Joly conducted during their investigation, it was possible they’d cleansed the house. When I got a chanceContinue Reading

Bridgette Taylor from Harridan Vodka looking at a bottle of Paranormal Reserve

Recently launched Harridan Vodka has gone where no spirits —of the alcoholic variety— have ever gone before. Or, rather, the company has done something no other has ever done before. Especially not a vodka brand. They created a collection of 60 special bottles called Paranormal Reserve. The bottles were dividedContinue Reading

Destination Fear Confession and season 3 scariest locations reveal YouTube cover

Now that the second half of Destination Fear season 3 has been announced, I can share something I couldn’t earlier: the locations the Destination Fear team each felt were scariest this season. )Well, everybody except for Chelsea.) Right after season 3 premiered in July, I interviewed Dakota Laden, Tanner Wiseman,Continue Reading

Screenshot of Courtney Mroch and Smalls interview in NashvilleVoyager Magazine

It’s kind of weird to have the tables turned on us for a change. We’re used to doing the interviewing around here, not to being the interviewee. But over the summer someone on the editorial staff at NashvilleVoyager Magazine reached out: “…we’re interviewing local entrepreneurs, creatives and community leaders forContinue Reading

Maddy preparing to meet Jack in Posies.

I was not on my game the day I interviewed Katherine Fisher and R. H. Stavis, the directors of Posies. Which is why it didn’t occur to me at the time to ask if Posies was filmed in a haunted place. Like I explained when I shared their interview, IContinue Reading

Posies horror film poster

Have you ever watched a horror short? I’m pretty sure (but not positive) the first one I ever saw was Larry, which I sought out after watching Come Play, a creature feature inspired by Larry. Curiously, the second short horror film I’ve now watched, Posies, also involved monsters. Larry wasContinue Reading

Destination Fear team Tanner Wiseman, Chelsea Laden, Dakota Laden and Alex Schroeder

Quack, quack! Dakota’s ducks were among the fun things I asked Dakota Laden, Tanner Wiseman, and Alex Schroeder about Destination Fear season 3. But we also chatted about scariest moments (the scariest one this season wasn’t paranormal!) and Shark Week. (Of all things!) I didn’t have a chance to ask if othersContinue Reading

Ben Hansen with night sky

Roswell: The Final Verdict invades —er, begins streaming— on discovery+ on Friday, July 2. Just in time for World UFO Day! (Well, one of them. There are two World UFO Days. July 2 is the one most widely recognized and celebrated.) Ben Hansen is among the experts who appear inContinue Reading

Jeff Belanger Shock Docs Devil Made Me Do It

Why was Ed Warren so invested in seeing the Devil put on trial instead of Arne Cheyenne Johnson during the 1981 trial following the murder of Alan Bono? It was one of the things that perplexed me as I watched the new discovery+ documentary about the case, Shock Docs: TheContinue Reading

Tui Snider Offbeat and Overlooked mermaids and submerged cemeteries

Earlier this year Tui Snider asked if I’d like to be a guest on her Tui Snider Offbeat & Overlooked YouTube Channel. There was only one way to answer: You betcha! Tui is simply lovely —and lively. I wish I could remember how it was I first came to knowContinue Reading