Small towns love their ghost walks. They’re tourism gold: a handful of half-remembered tragedies, a few atmospheric alleys, and a tour guide in a polyester cloak dramatically whispering about restless spirits while secretly checking the time on their phone. Hollow Hill’s offering promised an “authentic paranormal experience,” featuring “chilling tales,” “real haunted sites,” and “verified … Read more
If you ever want to understand human optimism at its worst, visit a “haunted” lighthouse on a foggy afternoon. Specifically, visit The Broken Lantern Lighthouse — proudly advertised as “The Most Active Paranormal Site on the Coast” by a town whose tourism slogan might as well be “We’re Still Here!” The Broken Lantern dates back … Read more
Legends say that somewhere along the rugged coast of Baja California, an entire fishing village disappeared overnight. The boats returned empty. The houses stood vacant. The townspeople were just — gone. Today, Bahía Perdida proudly sells itself as “Mexico’s Most Haunted Bay,” complete with ghost ship tours, commemorative shot glasses, and enough dubious nautical merchandise … Read more
Let’s be honest: ghost hunters are just cosplayers who got lost on their way to the paintball field. The “science” of ghost hunting boils down to this: turn off all the lights, wander around abandoned buildings in cargo pants, whisper “Did you hear that?” every six seconds, and record some static to call it a … Read more
There are few places on Earth more depressing than an abandoned asylum. But leave it to the entrepreneurs of the paranormal tourist industry to take that raw, industrial-strength sadness, slap on some discount Halloween decorations, jack up the price tag, and call it a “VIP overnight experience.” That’s how I found myself at Ashwood Institute … Read more
There are many ways to suffer for one’s craft. Some men trek through the Amazon. Some freeze in Antarctic tundra. I, however, took on an assignment far more harrowing: spending the night aboard the HMS Perseverance, a rotting, listing corpse of a ship whose greatest supernatural feat to date is continuing to pass safety inspections … Read more