Tagged: haunted

True Crime Travel in New England: On the Hunt for the Region's Most Notorious Places

What follows is a transcript from the April 26, 2025, episode of the Frommer's Travel Show podcast. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. To listen to the episode,…

Ghost-Hunting in Galena, Illinois: Finding Hidden Haunts in the American Heartland

Galena, Illinois, population 3,254, will forever be the town where I was hugged by a ghost. It certainly wasn’t the sort of souvenir I anticipated when my mother and I planned our…

Visit Nevada Ghost Towns and Alien Sites with New Paranormal Passport

Asked to name the most ghoulish places in the United States, you might come up with Salem, Massachusetts, for its witchy goings-on, New Orleans for the aboveground cemeteries, and…

The Queen Mary Lives! Tours and Overnight Stays on the Liner Are Back

For fans of cultural preservation and maritime history, the news is royally good.The world-famous Queen Mary, which has been closed for years, is lowering the gangway for visitors once…

Mexico City’s Island of the Dolls Is the Creepiest Place on Earth

We've covered our share of scary places over the years: haunted hotels, overgrown cemeteries, the house that inspired The Conjuring, Nevada's Clown Motel, literally any airplane…

3 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Poltergeist: “The Conjuring” House Is for Sale

The 14-room farmhouse that inspired the hit horror movie The Conjuring can be yours for $1.2 million. Fair warning: You might have some spectral squatters to deal with. A listing for…

You Can Now Stay at "The Conjuring" House—If You Dare

UPDATE, September 28, 2021: The owners of the house that inspired The Conjuring have now put the property up for sale. The malevolent spirits in The Conjuring films don't seem…

Ghouls of the Road: Drive-Through Haunts Are a Frightful Halloween Trend

Given the still-raging pandemic and the looming U.S. presidential election, there's plenty to fear this fall, even with the cancellation of haunted houses and other Halloween…

Liquor and Spirits: San Diego to Get a Cemetery Speakeasy

San Diego's El Campo Santo cemetery was established in the city's historic Old Town in 1849, and according to ghost hunters, the spirits residing there have been riled up almost ever…

Travel Troubleshooter: No Refund for My Package Vacation

Paul Cantrell's mother-in-law is trying to get a refund for a Priceline vacation package. She's been promised all of her money back, but the company is balking. Is there anything she…

Travel Troubleshooter: When the Check's Not in the Mail

A Days Inn property offers a Roman Catholic priest a tax refund. No, that's not the opening line of a joke -- unless playing phone tag and hearing excuses is funny to you. It isn't to…