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On one of the blogs I’ve been following lately, Ghost Hunting Theories, the author has concocted a “Haunting Formula” in conjunction with some research she’s doing to rate “50 haunted sites around the US.” She uses a criteria of six things to base her scoring on: What the building’s constructedContinue Reading

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My husband and I don’t have kids, but I got to thinking today how, if we did, what a great teaching tool Haunt Jaunts would make. Check out the various lessons that could be taught: HISTORY LESSONS   Some kids find history dull. Others love it. I was one ofContinue Reading

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There are a lot of administrative things to take care of while I’m building HauntJaunts.net, including designing a logo and tackling advertising. (Both from the perspective of doing it for the site and getting others to advertise on the site.) THE LOGO Last year Randy Okane at 5MinuteMystery.com hooked meContinue Reading

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My favorite ghost show is Ghost Hunters, but while they’re in reruns this summer I can still get a ghost fix from other TV and radio shows. GHOST ADVENTURES In addition to Most Haunted, the Travel Channel also has another paranormal show featuring ghosts and ghost hunters: Ghost Adventures. StartingContinue Reading

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I got to see the Telephone to the Dead in practice the other day while I was watching the Travel Channel. I had turned it on while I was folding laundry and Extreme Mind Blowing Hotels was on. I just happened to tune in right when they were featuring theContinue Reading

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I am so excited about receiving my very first submissions for travel articles at HauntJaunts.net. I contacted Hope Clark at Funds for Writers to let her know about my call for submissions a couple of weeks back, and she included it in this week’s Small Markets listings. But I alsoContinue Reading

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I was talking to a friend the other day about HauntJaunts.net and he said, “Ghosts can follow you home. You don’t want to be messing with seeking them out, Courtney. That’s bad stuff.” That’s a concept I’ve seen addressed on some of the TV shows that deal with ghosts andContinue Reading

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This past weekend I spent a lot of time adding books to Haunt Jaunt’s Emporium. Among them was The World’s Most Haunted Places: From the Secret Files of Ghostvillage.com by Jeff Belanger. I’d heard of Ghostvillage.com, had even clicked through from some Google search I’d run on something or another,Continue Reading

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There is still a lot of work left to do, but HauntJaunts.net is well underway. ABOUT Just as Haunt Jaunts the blog is a travel blog for restless spirits, HauntJaunts.net will be a travel site for restless spirits. THE CONCEPT Several years ago I had an idea that I’d writeContinue Reading

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Here’s a couple of places I came across in news stories this week that might be fun to take a Haunt Jaunt to. HISTORIC FORT WAYNE – Detroit, MI According to an article published on May 4, 2009 by TheTimesHerald.com, Metro Paranormal Investigations (MPI) out of Macomb, Michigan, in conjunctionContinue Reading

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Ghosts, history, attachments…it’s all quite curious when you stop to think of it. I once attended a Ghost Hunting Class given by Donna Marsh. I recently learned she’s a Nashville Ghosts & Hauntings Examiner for Examiner.com. Click here to check out her articles. At any rate, in her class she’dContinue Reading

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I’m a fan of the show Ghost Hunters but I don’t follow Jason and Grant’s every doing like some fans. That’s why I was surprised to learn they’d bought an inn in New Hampshire. The Spalding Inn, which was a fairly decent-sized one too. (Guess they can no longer claimContinue Reading