We’re pleased to welcome back guest blogger Harry Parsons of Arcadia Publishing. You may remember his post about 6 of the most notorious graveyards in America. This post profiles the eternal residents of one of those graveyards. If you’ve always wondered which of America’s most famous cemeteries is notoriousContinue Reading
We’re pleased to welcome back Harry Parsons from Arcadia Publishing with a seasonal guest post about the most haunted Halloween-style houses the U.S. has to offer. Of all the industries in the world, the Halloween industry is without a doubt one of the fastest growing. This has especially been theContinue Reading
We’re very pleased to welcome Harry Parsons from Arcadia Publishing with this fabulous guest post about notorious graveyards. Enjoy! With Halloween fast approaching, it only stands to reason that our thoughts might be turning to ghost stories and creepy things in anticipation right around now. We’re wondering what we shouldContinue Reading
Got a press release about Denver’s most horrifying haunts, the 13th Floor and The Asylum. Hard to believe but 2016 marks their 15th year! I meant to post all this back at the start of the haunted house season but…I didn’t. One distraction led to another and another and, well…youContinue Reading
According to our Weird Holidays and Observances calendar, September 22 is Hobbit Day, which is a part of the larger Tolkien Week celebration. Hobbit Day celebrates both Bilbo’s and Frodo’s mutual birthday. (For those who are fans of the Lord of the Rings series.) I have a confession. I neverContinue Reading
I thought it was pretty cool the United States Postal Service finally released a Halloween stamp. However, Canada has released something even cooler: Haunted Canada Stamps. I found out about them from the same place I found out about the U.S. Halloween stamps: Linn’s Stamp News. Specifically from Fred Baumann’sContinue Reading
But lo! there surges forth a shriek, From hill to hill, from creek to creek- Potomac calls to Chesapeake, Maryland! My Maryland! –from Stanza VII, “Maryland, my Maryland” by James Ryder Randall (1861), state song of Maryland since 1939. Point Lookout State Park 11175 Point Lookout Road Scotland, Maryland Where the PotomacContinue Reading
Today this Herald Journal article caught my eye: “Travel Channel, HBO confirm filming in Cache Valley.” Pretty innocuous title, right? You may be wondering why it appealed to me. It had to do with this description that accompanied the title in my feed: The “Ghost Adventures” episode will be partContinue Reading
“Peopled with garrulous outraged baffled ghosts”—A Grand Tour of Southern Ghosts The weather was raw and freezing on that fateful January day in a remote valley called Shelton Laurel in the mountains of Western North Carolina. The Civil War had been raging for two long years and the tensions amongContinue Reading
The theme in my social media feeds the past week has been “haunted places that require waivers before you’re allowed in.” Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating a little. So far I’ve had friends share just two such places with me, both Spooky Stays. But two haunted hotels in one weekContinue Reading
One of the places I consulted for the post I wrote about Amy Bruni and Adam Berry’s new show looking for people haunted by family members was Week in Weird’s post about it. That’s when one of the ads on their sidebar caught my eye: Planet Weird’s Traveling Museum ofContinue Reading
Officials for the West Virginia Division of Tourism are taking applications for a new Haunted West Virginia Trail they want to offer tourists. From their site: The Mountain State has its share of ghosts, spirits and supernatural stories. Reported ghosts of civil war soldiers, tragic deaths and murder victims seekingContinue Reading
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