Always Halloween at Bone-Bedecked Chapel
affiliate program By Betsa Marsh Human bones as decor? Yes, well, I’ve seen it in St. Emilion, France, and the cathedral in Lima, Peru, but the Ossuary (Kostnice) in Sedlec, Czech Republic may be the creepiest joint yet. Sedlec, southeast of Prague just outside the UNESCO city of Kutna Hora, had the first Cistercian abbey in [...]
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Ghosts Romp In Columbus’ Thurber House
affiliate program By Betsa Marsh Like many a ghost story, James Thurber’s “The Night the Ghost Got In” rollicks with fear, confusion and absolutely no conclusion about the ghost itself. But because it’s Thurber, one of America’s great humorists, the story also has his unpredictable mother, his hapless brother and grandpa in the attic, his [...]
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Spirits of Famous Germans Meet Traveling Teddy
Johnny X’s head is still spinning—globespinning—from all the famous spirits he met recently in Germany. Johnny X, the SATW Traveling Teddy who globetrots for the third-grade class of Meredith Schroeder at St. Joseph Consolidated School in Hamilton, Ohio, started by meeting Martin Luther and his wife, Katharina von Bora in Nimbschen. Katharina was a nun [...]
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Cincinnati–There’s An App for That!
Just out! Cincinnati Essentials is my new app that covers the waterfront from Cincinnati’s Ghost Subway to flying pigs and frying goetta. Designed for travelers and residents alike, Cincinnati Essentials uncovers the best of the quirky Queen City. The mobile guide for Apple iPhones, iPods and iPads is available for $2.99 on iTunes. All updates [...]
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Hemingway’s Spirit Palpable in Pamplona, Spain
The ghost of Ernest Hemingway seems to hover over every cobblestone street of Pamplona, Spain. In the Middle Ages, many Spanish towns drove their bulls in through town to the central bull ring, but it took Hemingway in the 1920s to make the Pamplona festival of San Fermines world-famous. Now everyone knows about the Running [...]
Keep Reading...Halloween’s Horror-Rama Roundup
You can’t have too many frights for Halloween. Here are a few heart-pounding possibilities, as well as some gentle family events. Winnipeg, Canada, has launched its first Ghost Walk, a 90-minute trail led by experienced ghost guides. What was found hidden in the walls of the old Masonic Temple? Where did the first executions in [...]
Keep Reading...‘Ghost Hunters’ Track Titanic Spirits Haunting the Georgia Aquarium
Visitors and docents at the Titanic Aquatic exhibit in Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium are reporting strange events, enough to bring in Ghost Hunters from the SciFi Channel. I didn’t feel a thing, even when I was scuba diving with whale sharks in the aquarium’s giant tank. “Titanic Terror,” shot at the aquarium, will air on SciFi April [...]
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