by Maledicta | May 28, 2018 | Oddities and Curiosities, Weird Tourism
For centuries, the ghost of Marie-Josephte Corriveau has been haunting the cultural consciousness of Quebec, Canada. To many, the legend of “La Corriveau” is a ghost story, of a woman hanged for murder, her corpse put on display as a gruesome warning. But the...
by Maledicta | May 28, 2018 | Halloween 365, Weird Tourism
An unassuming three-bedroom home where a little girl was allegedly dragged upstairs and almost strangled by curtains has been named as England’s most haunted home. Ghost hunters claim 30 East Drive in Yorkshire is home to one of the world’s most...
by Maledicta | Apr 23, 2018 | Books, Macabre Amusements, Weird Tourism
Cemeteries are, by their nature, full of stories, which is what author Loren Rhoads wanted to tap into when creating the book, 199 Cemeteries to See Before You Die. “Our relationships with the places we visit can be deepened and enriched by learning the stories...
by Maledicta | Apr 23, 2018 | Oddities and Curiosities, Weird Tourism
The Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada, has been dubbed America’s scariest, creepiest, most paranormal-friendly motel. It’s haunted; it’s on a long stretch of lonely deserted highway; it’s next door to a cemetery filled with the graves of people who died under...
by Maledicta | Apr 8, 2018 | Oddities and Curiosities, Weird Tourism
My home state of Pennsylvania is full of places with a connection to the supernatural. Places like creepy abandoned prisons and mental hospitals, haunted hotels, and lonely country roads with a dark history. Then there’s the town of Gettysburg, home to one of...
by Maledicta | Mar 18, 2018 | Halloween 365, Weird Tourism
How Salem went from executing witches to marketing them In 1692, 185 people were accused of witchcraft in Salem. Over the course of nine paranoid months, 19 of them were executed. Today, especially during Halloween season, Salem is filled once again with...
