Feb 18th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
The new Syfy channel show "Ghost Mine" is, geographically, a new low for the genre, suggesting that the torrent of paranormal reality programs has exhausted every haunted site above the earth's surface and left no above-ground spirit unquestioned in the presence of a camera crew. So I had to wonder how in the heck all 3 billion of these shows have missed Wickland in Bardstown, Kentucky, where ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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Wickland: The Only Ghost Tour Reality TV Hasn't Found - Yet
Feb 18th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
The new Syfy channel show "Ghost Mine" is, geographically, a new low for the genre, suggesting that the torrent of paranormal reality programs has exhausted every haunted site above the earth's surface and left no above-ground spirit unquestioned in the presence of a camera crew. So I had to wonder how in the heck all 3 billion of these shows have missed Wickland in Bardstown, Kentucky, where ...America's Most Haunted Hotels
Oct 19th, 2012 at 11:00AM:
Ghost buster, ghost hunter, phantom fighter: Jim Fassbinder doesn't want to hear it. Despite the name of his popular nightly walking tour – the San Francisco Ghost Hunt – the paranormal expert insists, "I don't bust ghosts. I study them." And he's been doing just that his entire life. Fassbinder regularly materializes on the Travel Channel, as well as magazines and newspapers ...The World's 10 Scariest Haunted Castles
Jun 4th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
From a Czech forest castle reported to house the gates of hell to a gargantuan castle right here in the United States, the world's most haunted castles boast histories rich with frightening details. Specters haunt the halls of these old castles and travelers visit to experience brushes with the paranormal. Some of these castles possess secrets darker than a moonless night, and when ...Galley Gossip: Flight attendant haunted layover hotel ghost stories (and a haunted plane!)
Oct 31st, 2011 at 12:30PM: In the spirit of Halloween, I'd like to share a few layover hotel ghost stories from flight attendants I know...
At a hotel in San Francisco the water kept turning itself on during the night. After the 3rd or 4th time, instead of getting up and turning it off, I had a little talk with the ghost. I was thinking I must have lost my mind. Water went off automatically. Never came on again! - Vicki ...Ohio State Reformatory continues to spook guests with overnight ghost hunts
Oct 20th, 2011 at 11:00AM: Exotic animals may have terrorized a small town in Ohio, but guests looking to get really scared should head to the infamous Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield--one of the ultimate places to go for a ghost hunt. For the Halloween season, the reformatory is offering a haunted house-style "Haunted Prison Experience," but next spring the real frights will begin when the facility that housed over ...Hawaii's living ghosts: Retelling of lives at Hawaii cemeteries
Jan 11th, 2011 at 12:14PM: In Hawai`i, everything in nature-trees, rocks, wind, rain-evokes a chicken-skin ghost story. It's in the air, our blood, and retold on dark winter nights. The hair on the back of your neck will rise and prickle when you visit these spots.
Nuuanu Pali Lookout and the Old Pali Road
I grew up in Nu`uanu, the luxuriant valley that leads up to one of the best views of O`ahu, the Nu`uanu Pali ...The good old days were horrible
Oct 12th, 2010 at 9:00AM:
Ah, Merry Olde England! A time and place with happy people, clean streets, and scenes that looked just like they do on BBC historical dramas.
Not!
Premodern England was a grim place of death, filth, and general misery. Actually that can describe pretty much everywhere in the nineteenth century, but the town where the Brontë sisters lived was especially nasty. Some authors write novels ...Three nights in a haunted hotel room
Oct 8th, 2010 at 11:30AM:
The best thing about being an agnostic is that you don't have to live your life fearing the unknown. The worst thing is admitting the possibility that there might be something to fear after all.
Instead of pretending to have all the answers, my belief system ranks things in order of likelihood, and ghosts are pretty far down the list. Not as low as Santa Claus or the "we never landed on the ...Conversing with the Welsh ghosts of Nant Gwrtheyrn
Sep 30th, 2010 at 11:34AM: Editor's note: Jan Morris is universally considered one of the greatest living travel writers. She is the author of some 40 books, including the Pax Britannica trilogy and major studies of Wales, Europe, Sydney, Venice, Hong Kong and Trieste. She recently sent us this epistle from a sojourn into the linguistic heart of her homeland, Wales.
There is only one way to approach it. Down a violently ...The spooky Stanley Hotel celebrates the 30th anniversary of 'The Shining'
Sep 29th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
Everyone knows Stephen King's The Shining as a terrifying tale of isolation and horror, and Kubrick's epic interpretation featuring creepy twins and the freakiest Jack Nicholson moments of all time (so far), but did you know that the novel which inspired the film was actually based on The Stanley Hotel overlooking Rocky Mountain National Park (above)? This legendary Colorado hotel, located about ...The Purgatory Museum
Sep 14th, 2010 at 10:00AM: I'm not sure what I'm looking at.
A rectangular slab of wood bears two burn marks--one in the shape of a cross, the other resembles a human hand. Nearby are other items--a shirt, a prayer book, a pillow--all with burns that look like they've been made by fiery fingers.
I'm in Rome's smallest and strangest museum, the Piccolo Museo del Purgatorio, the Little Museum of Purgatory. Housed in the ...Hang with Hardy at writers' workshop weekend in Britain
Mar 7th, 2010 at 1:00PM:
If you're a big fan of Return of the Native or Jude the Obscure, there's a travel package that's perfect for you. Built around the chance to hang with Thomas Hardy's ghost – or, should we say, Thomas Hardy in ghost form? – Summer Lodge Country House Hotel is bringing four writers under its roof for a unique weekend of literary bliss. Guests will be able to learn how to make it as a ...Lon-done? Try Windsor and Eton
Feb 4th, 2010 at 11:00AM: If London has whet your appetite for all things English, hop on a train and visit Windsor. Less than an hour from central London, this historic city is one of the easiest and most popular day trips for foreign visitors. You can also enjoy a nice stroll to nearby Eton and visit the famous boarding school.
The main attraction is, of course, Windsor Castle. It's one of the official residences of ...Five haunted attractions for Halloween: options around the world
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Halloween is the one day a year we seek fear rather than try to avoid it. We invite the prospect of ghosts, witches and vampires, and even if we concede that they aren't real, it's fine to suspend disbelief for a day. To heighten the sensation, ...Welsh lighthouse plans statue for local ghost
Aug 5th, 2009 at 9:30AM: Caretakers of an historic 17th century lighthouse in northern Wales are planning to erect a statue to a famous resident--the ghost of a former lighthouse keeper.
Locals and holidaymakers have had numerous sightings of the man standing atop the old lighthouse, pictured here. He is described as wearing old-fashioned clothing and is sometimes seen quite clearly during broad daylight. The building ...Ghost hunt in a prison tours: Part history, part chills, even in daylight
May 22nd, 2009 at 12:30PM: May is the month that kicks off the full season of the Ohio State Reformatory tours. This prison that played centerpiece to the movie Shawshank Redemption is a Gothic style stone building that looks formidable even in daylight. At night it can really creep a person out. Known for its chilling location as a Halloween haunted house, the reformatory is a ghost hunter's dream.
As the story goes, the ...Sleep with a ghost this Halloween
Sep 10th, 2008 at 2:00PM: Most people steer clear of anything rumored "haunted," but some curious supernaturalists seek these places out. Bedandbreakfast.com has a list of over 100 haunted inns in the United States, as well as a long list of Halloween specials for paranormal enthusiasts. Visitors to the Honeybee Inn B&B in Horicon, Wisconsin (pictured) may feel the presence of a former resident named Coton and his ...San Jose's Winchester Mystery House
Mar 31st, 2008 at 5:30PM: This past weekend I found myself in San Jose, California. As far as Bay Area tourism is concerned, San Jose has always been the red-headed stepchild to more well-known destinations like San Francisco, the Napa Valley and Berkeley. However, during my stay I discovered a great reason to make the hour-long drive down to San Jose from San Francisco – the Winchester Mystery House. This ...Spooky libraries
Oct 31st, 2007 at 12:13PM: Dusty, musty and seemingly old as time, some libraries are the perfect place for ghosts and ghouls to haunt their way through eternity. The folks over at Intelligent Traveller have done some uncovering and found some of the spookiest libraries around the world -- and the ghosts who haunt them:
Morelia Public Library, in Michoacán, Mexico: This library, which has been around since the ...Haunted Hotels to Get Your Halloween Freak On At
Oct 13th, 2007 at 11:18AM: Are you into the supernatural, the kind of person who chases ghosts and spirits? If so, well ... I don't really know what to say except why?!?! That stuff totally freak me out. But to each their own. And if you are a ghost-lover, you probably love Halloween too. But this Halloween, instead of doing some un-scary like going to a costume party or doing a pub-crawl, why not spend a night in a ...
