Weird Activities and Awkward Encounters at home and abroad
Since I was a small and very weird child, the Winchester Mystery House has held a spot on my bucket list. So when I found out my flight home from my honeymoon in New Zealand would be routing through San Francisco, I had to make the hour drive to San Jose (actually my friend Melissa…
Apparently there was a time in America when punishment for your crimes was that you get to go live in a castle for a bit. Of course it was not all that glamorous, but the exterior of the Eastern State Penitentiary is stunning. Eastern State created the penitentiary system in which inmates were kept in…
You can already tell it’s haunted can’t you? About half way between Glasgow and Edinburgh, you’ll find Airth Castle in Falkirk, Scotland. This castle-turned-hotel-and-spa boasts around 500 years of history, which naturally means 500 years of ghosts!!! That is, at least according to their Wikipedia page. I booked a room at the Airth Castle…
Call it the Halloween spirit, but my takeaways from Key West seem to be mostly ghost stories. Next door to Robert the Doll, about whom I wrote my last post, I discovered the strange tale of Count Von Cosel. Now, this is a ghost story that’s right up my alley and I’m not sure how…
I recently met one of Key West’s most famous residents, Robert the Doll. With my penchant for ghost stories, I don’t know how I’ve missed him on previous visits to Key West. Now seems like a good time to feature him however, due to the proximity of Halloween, my continual avoidance of voo doo curses,…
I’ve been to St. Augustine a handful of times, most recently being this past Saturday Nov. 23rd. It was a fortunate coincidence that it happened to be St. Augustine’s Night of Lights, an annual festival and tree lighting. The entire town turned out. Some dressed up for the event. The mayor even made a speech. …
What better way to finish off a Halloween night than by revisiting some of my more bizarre travels? The following are 10 of the eeriest places I’ve visited. 1- Carnton Plantation, Franklin, TN The subject of my last post, a civil war era plantation that was used as a hospital during the battle of Franklin…
In honor of Halloween I’m going to revisit one of my favorite spooky locations, The Carnton Plantation in my hometown of Franklin, TN. Now, I’m a sucker for a ghost story and I grew up in Franklin, TN, a small town that’s still milking the Civil War because that’s the last interesting thing that happened…
After a long weird day in Harlem, GA for the 25th annual Oliver Hardy Festival , I found myself wandering the streets of nearby Augusta, GA in search of a comfy leather chair in which to enjoy and fancy, old-timey cocktail. By population, Augusta is the second biggest city in Georgia, though casual stroll through…
