Lavinia Fisher and the Old Charleston Jail You'd be a vengeful spirit too if virtually everything said about you were untrue

by Shannon Byers | Nov 19, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, paranormal, weird/science | 0 comments

Most people who are interested in hunting ghosts have heard of Lavinia Fisher, her alleged criminal exploits as an innkeeper near the city of Charleston, SC, her tumultuous execution, and her haunting of the Old Charleston Jail. But in case you haven’t, we will...

Ohio State Reformatory Is America’s Most Haunted Terrifying history, haunted present

by Eric Olsen | Nov 17, 2015 | books, ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, media, paranormal | 0 comments

Just one year after its publication, America’s Most Haunted: The Secrets of Famous Paranormal Places by Eric Olsen and Theresa Argie has become a standard in field, chronicling the history, legends, and current paranormal activity of America’s ten most...

The Bell Witch: An All-American Haunting In 1804, John Bell settled down for a quiet life in the country...until a sinister presence invaded his home and wreaked havoc on his family

by The Lineup | Nov 16, 2015 | ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, paranormal | 2 comments

By STEPHANIE ALMAZAN The Bell Witch legend of Adams, Tennessee is one of America’s most haunting ghost stories. Well-known horror films like The Blair Witch Project, The Bell Witch Haunting, and An American Haunting are all based on her story—and the family she...

Bolivians Casual with Death at “Day of the Skulls” Festivities Celebration seems ghoulish and garish to Americans

by Eric Olsen | Nov 10, 2015 | culture, ghosts and spirits, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal | 0 comments

by - [-] Rank/Rating: -/- Price: - Americans are notoriously uncomfortable with death, passing on the processing, display, and final disposition of our loved ones to professionals to the tune of $16.3 billion annually in 2012. Maybe it’s the finality of death...

8 Real Haunted Houses You Can Actually Visit From possessed plantations to the home of a grisly axe murder, take a spine-chilling tour of these real haunted houses across the country

by The Lineup | Nov 7, 2015 | ghosts and spirits, haunted locations, paranormal | 0 comments

By DEANNA JANES Costumed madmen wielding fake chainsaws are fun, but sometimes you want the real deal—An authentic, hair-raising, spine-chilling walk through a place where bad things actually happened. Herewith, eight real haunted houses fit for real thrill seekers....

Halloween Reading Three essential books on our Dark Holiday

by Eric Olsen | Oct 30, 2015 | books, culture, ghosts and spirits, halloween, magick and occult, media, paranormal, religion and belief, seasonal | 0 comments

When many people think of “Halloween reading,” they think of tales of hauntings and horror. I think much more Halloween-specific, finding the evolution of the holiday from its ancient roots in the mists of time to the present $7 billion extravaganza of...