If you follow HJ on social media (Twitter, Facebook and Insta), you might’ve seen our Dolly Parton Challenge. If not, you’ve seen it now! When I first shared it on Twitter last week, one friend laughed and said, “Dolly Parton Challenge? What the heck is that?” I happen to knowContinue Reading
Have you heard about the haunted Frozen Elsa doll that supposedly “terrorized” a family? Talk about a story going viral…wow! The media could not “let it go!” So what’s the doll’s story and why does its original owners believe its haunted? Haunted Elsa’s Story Apparently a Houston mom said herContinue Reading
A much anticipated new series starring one of horror movies most iconic actors is coming to Travel Channel: True Terrors with Robert Englund. That’s right, “Freddy Kruger” from the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise. He scoured news reports of yesteryear to find twisted tales ripped straight from the headlines, shiningContinue Reading
Specimen bottles and mass graves. Both were discovered this year. One in Arkansas and the other in Oklahoma. Both prove the past doesn’t stay buried. Eventually it will be dug up. It also proves that sometimes lore stems from fact. Let’s take a look at these two examples from 2019.Continue Reading
I came across some alarming Tweets directed at Zak Bagans’ Haunted Museum, especially centered around the Dybbuk box. I’ll explain in a seperate post after Christmas how they even came to my attention and why they alarmed me. Well, they may alarm you too. I’ve shared some of them below, butContinue Reading
This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. I received a press release about Alexandra Holzer, daughter of Hans Holzer, who many regard as America’s first ghost hunter and the “Father of the Paranormal.” On October 3, 2019, one of the seven new series debuting on Travel Channel willContinue Reading
Travel Channel greenlit a show about the UFO Brothers attending the Storm Area 51 and Alienstock festivities in Nevada on September 20, but…will any of it even happen? Storm Area 51 and Alienstock have both been cancelled. Sort of. It’s now supposedly merged with the Area 51 Celebration in LasContinue Reading
The Storm Area 51 event was ambitious enough, but as I recently wrote, it’s now morphed into the Alienstock Festival. It’s set to take place around the same time as Storm Area 51, September 20th, but without the storming and more of a Burning Man vibe. Here’s the nitty grittyContinue Reading
First Matthew “Matty” Roberts proposed a Storm Area 51 movement. Mostly as a joke, but as we know it caught fire to become one of summer 2019’s viral news stories. The Storm Area 51 event was supposed to take place on September 20, 2019 in Amargosa Valley, Nevada from 3-6Continue Reading
When I called out the Halloween & Costume Association’s mission to move Halloween, I said, “I’d sign a Save Halloween petition. In fact, I’m so riled up about this I just may start one…” So I did. The Save Halloween Petition Here’s the argument I made for keeping Halloween asContinue Reading
What will Zak Bagans do with his newly acquired “murder” house? The house at 3301 Waverly Drive in Los Feliz, Los Angeles, California, was barely on the market three weeks when he acted fast to snatch it up. Why? It’s in a beautiful and desirable area of L.A., near GriffithContinue Reading
Have you heard about the surprising organization petitioning to move Halloween? Well, I found it surprising because they have “Halloween” in their name. It’s the Halloween & Costume Association. Essentially, they wanted to move Halloween to the last Saturday in October. They started the Move Halloween petition in 2018. OriginallyContinue Reading
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