Artist Dan Chudzinski's sketch of the Ohio Dogman

Tales of mythical creatures abound in Ohio. Some of the state’s best known beasts include the Ohio Grassman, Dogman and even their own kind of Nessie: the Lake Erie Monster they call Bessie. Many people have reported spotting various supernatural creatures within the state. But there’s never been a reportContinue Reading

Ghost against a patriotic star striped background

Updated: April 6, 2021 These 11 12 presidents have paranormal connections that include not only ghosts, but even UFO encounters and a semi-brush with Bigfoot. Note: This post contains Viator links. Whenever you click through and book an activity, we earn a small commission at no cost to you. ForContinue Reading

Nightshades Paranormal Museum storefront

Green Bay Ghost Tours owner Tim Freiss recently decided to add on to his hauntrepreneur empire by opening a paranormal museum. According to WeAreGreenBay.com, in addition to haunted items, Freiss also has “tribal spirit statues and masks, Tibetan shaman spiritual instruments, voodoo and witch related items.” It’s small and forContinue Reading

Cute but creepy baby doll in black and white.

Have you been to Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum? If so, I need your help. If not, you can still help. Pass this along to all your para loving friends and encourage them to pass it along. I’m looking for people who have visited the Haunted Museum and word-of-mouth on thisContinue Reading

Front of the Fortune from the Zak Bagans fortune teller machine

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. I’m still pinching myself that I got to jaunt to Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum. Not that it was necessarily a bucket list wish or that I’m a huge Zak Bagans / Ghost Adventures fan –anymore. Once upon a time, the firstContinue Reading

Two tickets to the Zak Bagans' Haunted Museum

I have a whole new respect for Zak Bagans after visiting his Haunted Museum. Depending on how you feel about Zak, you could be wondering one of two things: “New respect? Did you ever have any for him?” “You didn’t respect him already?” The Struggle I used to love ZakContinue Reading

Bela Lugosi sporting his cape as Dracula

Ever since their clever Overlook commercial during the Academy Awards in 2018, I’ve watched the Academy Museum’s progress with interest. (Sadly, the phone number they used for the ad is no longer in service. Too bad they didn’t work with the Doctor Sleep release to revive that number somehow.) Anyway,Continue Reading

Museum of Hoaxes logo

Did you know there’s a Museum of Hoaxes? I discovered it after Travel Channel revealed the top six most jaw-dropping Loch Ness Monster scandals of all time. Specifically, it had to do with one of Travel Channel’s hoax reveals about Nessie and the Nazi’s. Nessie’s Part in World War IIContinue Reading

Buckland Museum of Witchcraft & Magick

I knew about the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft before I wrote about the William Mortensen Witches exhibit, but I hadn’t written about just the museum yet. And it really deserves a post of it’s own so…seeing how it’s Monday (also known on some social media platforms as Museum Monday), whyContinue Reading

The Heretic by William Mortensen

Raymond Buckland’s Museum of Witchcraft and Magick has collaborated with the Stephen Romano Gallery to display “Witches,” an exhibition of vintage photographic works by William Mortensen (1897 – 1965). The exhibition opened August 3 and will continue through November 3, 2019. It features many previously unseen works, as well asContinue Reading

Vent Haven Museum sign

I have it noted on the Weird Holidays & Observances calendar that National Ventriloquism Week is July 17-20 this year. However, I always like to fact-check myself to make sure I have dates and such right. I noticed I had the week linked to something, which turns out to beContinue Reading

Glowing skeleton hands using a planchette on a Ouija board

During one of my updates to the Paracons & Horror Fests page, I learned of the Museum of Talking Boards. Specifically, it was the update for the Bayou City Paranormal Symposium in Conroe, Texas in March. Here’s the description of the con from their home page: Two days of conversations,Continue Reading