The trees around my house have already begun dropping their leaves. The stores are filled with school supplies – along with Halloween candy. Vacations have ended and the school year is already halfway into its first quarter. For those of you with children who just graduated from high school, you’ve probably recently taken your first…
Category: Freaky Friday
The Myrtles Plantation
A few weeks ago, when I wrote about portals, I mentioned the Myrtles Plantation in Saint Francisville, Louisiana and the haunted mirror that had, according to local lore, trapped the spirits of Sara Woodruff and her two children as an eternal punishment for their bad deeds. Well, upon further research, I found a story that…
The Pfister Hotel
I’m really enjoying researching and writing about haunted hotels and this week’s hotel was so much fun because not only is the Pfister Hotel haunted, its ghosts like to play pranks on visiting MLB teams who stay there where they’re in town to play the Milwaukee Brewers. Strange Spooky Weird website gives us a little background…
Copper Queen Hotel
Last week, after I posted my last Freaky Friday, one of my wonderful readers sent me this note: “Research Copper Queen Hotel in Bisbee, AZ! I’ve stayed there and had two experiences! I was there with a friend and when we walked in to the room the hair on my arms stood straight up! I…
The Omni Parker House Hotel
It’s 90 degrees outside my house today and I’m celebrating Christmas. Well, actually, Christmas in July. If you haven’t checked out the free Mary O’Reilly Christmas books, please go to my Facebook page and see what you’re missing! So, because we are celebrating Christmas and because today is Friday the 13th– I needed something special for…
Ben Lomond Hotel, Ogden, Utah
A couple of weeks ago we invited two missionaries over for dinner and the conversation turned to our home and the “extra” folks who live here. The ghosts were very well-behaved and there were no thumps on the stairs or lights going on and off, we just were having polite dinner conversation about dead people….
Portals 2
Last week we talked about ghostly portals and this week I want to explore a little about extraterrestrial portals. But, before I get into that, I wanted to share a little bit of a conversation Sarah (my daughter and assistant) and I had about last week’s blog. Mirrors. Sarah thought it would be unfair or…
Portals (Part One)
I’ve been watching (okay, I’ve been binging) on old episodes of Dead Files and I’ve been fascinated to learn about portals. Many of us remember that Buffy’s hometown, Sunnydale, had a Hellmouth, a particular kind of portal that supposedly is an entrance to hell. (Makes sense.) The wardrobe in “The Lion, The Witch, and The…
The Overland Hotel & Saloon
I’ve been really enjoying reading the reviews of haunted hotels on TripAdvisor. These are real people who had a paranormal experience, get to share it, and rate it. How often do you get to do that? The Overland Hotel & Saloon is located in Pioche, Nevada. According to Ghosttowns.com, in the 1860s Pioche, Nevada was the…
Old Montana State Prison
I have always loved Montana. I think it goes back to when I was a child in grammar school and we learned the song, “My Home’s in Montana,” an old cowboy ballad. I lived in Chicago, so anything that spoke of ponies, cowboys, open ranges and campfires was AWESOME! This week my husband and I…