Halloween is rapidly approaching and I’ve run across some cool headless horsemen legends I wanna tell you about. Yeah, get Icabod Crane out of your heads, these aren’t works of fiction, these legends are a big part of haunted history in the areas where they originate.  Let’s start out in south Texas, shall we? So, the legend of El Muerto has been around for a very long time, since the mid 1800’s to be exact.  Back in the day there was a little strip of land between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that was known as No Man’s Land.  The spot was known to be a haven for horse thieves and cattle ..read more

It’s October, the season of bats, witches and monsters! We all love to hear the traditional spooky tales as Halloween approaches!  This tale, in particular, is the true story that inspired one of the season’s standard haunting tales: Frankenstein’s Monster! Imagine this, George Foster is sitting in what was known as a prison cell in London.  It’s January 17th, 1803. So, we’re basically talking about a dank and filthy pit with iron bars for a door. It’s freezing outside, and just as cold in his cell. Foster had been arrested, indicted and found guilty of murdering his wife and child. He was sen ..read more

Alright, Let’s get into some creepy ghost legends, more specifically the ghosts that are known to haunt Irelands’ Charleville Castle. We talk about Castles and their ghostly residents a lot, but most of these structures are really really old.  This one, the Charleville Castle, is nowhere near the age of most haunted castles, yet that hasn’t seemed to stop the ghosts from homesteading!  Construction began in 1798 on the site that was once known to host rituals of an ancient druid cult.  By 1812 the castle was completed and would be home to first Earl of Charleville, Charles William Bury and his ..read more

Millions of folks woke up this morning in search of their lucky trinkets as an attempt to ward off the evil and bad luck said to be associated with Friday the 13th. But how did this day become tagged as one of the most ill fated dates in history? The answer may lie within the following historical events: Friday has been an inauspicious day for centuries in many cultures. Being held to be unlucky as evil powers were said to be at their peak on this day, Friday the 13th is definitely a day to be aware of your surroundings! In ancient Rome Friday was execution day. From the Christian Bible:  Frid ..read more

This peaceful, unassuming little love nest looks like a great place to spend a weekend. But as we all know, looks can be quite deceiving.  So, let me start with a little back ground so we can better understand why and how this joint came to be as haunted as it is today.  In order to do that, I’ll have to tell you about the twisted bastard that made it that way. Herb Baumeister was basically a normal kid until he hit puberty then, he starts acting like a crazy person. He had some weird infatuation with dead things but the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back is when he pissed on his tea ..read more

I wanted to tell you guys about the worst luxury liner disasters of all time! If you’re thinking Titanic, think again! The SS Eastland disaster killed more passengers than the Titanic and the Lucetania combined! This madness went down on July 24th 1915 but there are plenty of ghostly remnants still vividly present today. The SS Eastland was docked and ready to take off on its next journey at 7:18 a.m. that morning.  The gangplank was being hauled in just as a late crew member shows up, he had to jump from the wharf in order to board. 2,573 passengers and crew were waiting to be taken to a par ..read more

         Meander down a modest tree lined path and through the Erie cemetery and you will see countless dated headstones and crypts.  The cemetery was founded in 1851 and is host to some of the areas most elite industrialists from the city’s past.  Among a number of mausoleums that are burrowed into the ridge is one that is known as the Vampire’s Crypt. The crypt is not donned with elaborate features, in fact it is generic in nature but did not begin that way.  Above the darkened marble slab that blocks the entrance, hovers a lintel where a name was once inscribed but since has been delibera ..read more

The Wild West has a ton of ghost stories, from lynched cowboys to massacred natives. Tombstone, is said to be the most haunted town in all the West. Though it’s well-known to be home to the disgruntled spirits of cowboys and criminals, the ghost of Marshal Fred White, is said to rule over them all. Fred was a famous law enforcer said to still be keeping the peace even in the afterlife. You may also know Tombstone as the location of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral. Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday put the smack down on some local outlaws, two of the three thugs killed in the shootout are buried in B ..read more

A while back, I ran up on this legend having to do with James Dean’s car being cursed. I’d heard a little something about it but didn’t realize how much madness was connected to this legend. Check out what I found: So, while James is filming “Rebel Without a Cause” he upgrades his 356 to the 550 Spyder, then enlists the help of professionals from the filming industry to help him customize his new toy. So, George Barris comes in and gives the car tartan seats, two red stripes over the rear wheels then plasters the number 130 on the doors, hood and engine cover. Bill Hickman dubs the car “Little ..read more

   The Princess of Amen-Ra lived 1,500 yrs before Christ. When she died, she was placed in an ornate wooden coffin and buried deep down in a dark vault at Luxor, on the banks of the Nile. In the late 1890s, 4 rich Englishmen came to tour the excavations at Luxor. They’d been invited to buy an exquisite mummy case, containing the remains of Princess of Amen-Ra. They drew lots and the man that won paid several thousand pounds for his new treasure, then makes arrangements to have the coffin taken to his hotel. A few hours later, he was seen walking out of the main entrance toward the desert. He w ..read more