In January, we had a day layover in Los Angeles before we flew to Singapore. Perfect excuse to do something I’d long been wanting to do: book a room and stay aboard The Queen Mary. Other than to see it as we boarded a Carnival cruise from the cruise portContinue Reading
Are you a fan of Destination America’s Tennessee Wraith Chasers? Want to spend four nights with them? Read on to find out how. But before you do, a word of caution. You’ll need not be afraid of two things: The Bermuda Triangle Water That’s right. You’ll be cruising into partContinue Reading
As we learned from the most recent installment of Fey Fridays, the Halloween we know and love today originated back amongst the Celtics, in areas encompassing modern-day Ireland, the United Kingdom, and northern France. Originally, this society saw November 1st to be the first day of the new year, andContinue Reading
With such a long history with witchcraft, witch trials, witches in popular culture, and more, it’s no wonder the black dress, pointed hat combo remains a popular staple in Halloween costume culture. There’s a big reason autumntime is referred to as the “season of the witch” too — because itContinue Reading
In August 1969, America was shocked by one of the most disturbing and bizarre string of murders it had ever seen. Our news today might call what happened back then a “deadly home invasion.” For starters. Not sure what other sensational wordsmithery some clever journalist might concoct to describe it.Continue Reading
One of the ports on our British Isles cruise a couple years back was Greenock, Scotland. We’d done our research and knew that a quick train ride would take us to Glasgow. Before we’d left home, I’d bought City Sightseeing Glasgow Hop-On Hop-Off Tour tickets for us from our affiliate,Continue Reading
This is a guest contribution from freelance writer Sally Writes. Whether you are getting ready for Halloween or you just like a good scare, a haunted hike can be a fun and exhilarating experience that gets your heart rate up for more reasons than one. If you’re looking for ideas,Continue Reading
With the weather warming up, getting outside and getting some exercise becomes more appealing. Nicer weather is also more conducive to haunt jaunting. Regular walking ghost tours marry the two (exercise plus haunt jaunting), but earlier this year a unique tour in Utah came to my attention: Pedal Provo GhostContinue Reading
Several weeks ago, Nicki Spiers of Colonial Ghosts, graciously took some time to talk with me about her popular Colonial Williamsburg ghost tour company and the exciting new tour they’ve recently added: cemetery tours. These are not ghost tours. Instead, they focus on “the interesting and hidden history of Williamsburg’sContinue Reading
Ran across an interesting post on Week in Weird: Are You Being Haunted by a Family Member? A New Television Series Wants to Hear Your Story Apparently former Ghost Hunters Amy Bruni and Adam Berry are going to be back on TV. They’re going to be executive producers of aContinue Reading
Sadly I’m delinquent in writing up this post. The publicity team for Phantosmia contacted me last month about their kickoff event, which took place this past Saturday, October 3, 2015. I failed to write it up before now because I put everything on hold to fix the problems over atContinue Reading
I don’t know why, but Dublin evokes quintessential Irish city life in my mind. Whatever that means, since I’ve never been to Ireland before and “city life” isn’t what most people associate with Ireland anyway. (Red-haired, hot-tempered, whiskey and Guinness drinkers with stories about Leprechauns who meet in the pubContinue Reading
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