1974 newspaper clipping about Betz Mystery Sphere from the Miami Herald

What is the Betz Mystery Sphere? Is it alien technology left behind by extraterrestrial visitors? Or is it something manmade, and the real mystery is how it ended up on one Florida family’s property to begin with? No matter what it is, the headline-making and conspiracy theory-generating ball is partContinue Reading

Detroit Free Press newspaper article about Kevin Williamson and what inspired ScreamScream

When Scream hit theaters in 1996, it was touted as everything from a “spoof” on slasher films to a brilliant resurrection of the genre, which was very worn out by that time. When people credited Wes Craven with initiating the project, he always insisted Kevin Williamson’s writing was the realContinue Reading

Old Gilchrist Jail exterior

2021 has been a year of haunted real estate for sale stories, hasn’t it? In addition to Lizzie Borden’s house getting new owners and the Conjuring house being put on the market, earlier this summer the haunted Old Gilchrist County Jail switched ownership too. We knew the new owners wereContinue Reading

Gilchrist County Jail sold with exclamation point

In April I wondered if the haunted Florida jail that was for sale and making headlines galore had already sold. I’m talking about the Gilchrist County Jail, which had been hawked as “certifiably haunted.” (Which poses a problem because there is no such thing as “certifiably haunted.”) Anyway, when IContinue Reading

Gilchrist County Jail with sold word

When the Gilchrist County Jail was listed for sale 40 days ago, it didn’t take long for news about the haunted jail to make the headlines. One of the early ones came from the Orlando Sentinel: “‘Haunted’ Florida jail and tourist destination up for sale.” It has stayed in the headlinesContinue Reading

Gilchrist Jail enhanced with ghost

There is no such thing as a “certifiably haunted jail” —or any other certifiably haunted place for that matter— so why is a jail in Florida listed as such? Well, likely because of the publicity it generates. Some savvy realtor or realtors know what they’re doing because let’s face it:Continue Reading

The Haunted Road 2020 banner

There’s no telling how Halloween is going to look this year, but since everything has been upside down in this Twilight Zone 2020 we’re living in, I think it’s safe to say Halloween is going to look different from years past. However, that might not be such a bad thing. AsContinue Reading

Steve DiSchiavi of The Dead Files interviewing the owners of a Florida bar.

In a fortuitous twist of fate, I got a chance to talk with former NYPD detective Steve DiSchiavi of Travel Channel’s hit show, The Dead Files, about a specific episode airing on Thursday, March 5: “Last Call.” Along with his partner, psychic medium Amy Allan, Steve travels to Palatka, Florida,Continue Reading

Recently Kristy Summer from Soul Sisters Paranormal reached out to see if I’d share an article on the Haunt Jaunts Facebook page. It was from the Ocala Star about their investigation of the Ma Barker House in Ocklawaha, Florida. I remembered having shared something about a paranormal investigation of theContinue Reading

This is a guest contribution from Chloe Bennet. Everyone loves a good ghost story, and America is a country filled with spooky, unexplained happenings and creepy old buildings full of history. If you’re interested in ghouls and poltergeists, you don’t need to look very far to find them! 1. FlaglerContinue Reading

  Not far from the mecca that Walt Disney turned into Disney World in Orlando is a little street called International Drive. If you’ve ever been to Orlando, you know there’s nothing small about International Drive. It’s studded with attractions, restaurants and hotels and can be a traffic nightmare. SpeakingContinue Reading

The other day a recommendation popped up on my Kindle Fire for a new-to-me Bigfoot book: 100 Bigfoot Nights: A Chilling True Story (Volume 1).   This true story sets out to chronicle the terrifying encounters that a residential family has had with the creature known as Bigfoot. Accompanied byContinue Reading