Bellefontaine Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri…
It is a cemetery that could keep you busy for days… weeks even. And it’s the largest and possibly the most beautiful cemetery I’ve ever seen. Opening in 1849, Bellefontaine (pronounced “bell fountain”...
View ArticleThere’s Just Something Romantic About a Staircase…
There’s just something romantic about a staircase. Well… isn’t there? Maybe I should be more specific. Yes, there are many Hollywood-like stories of hauntings involving stairs. You know, that one...
View ArticleAdopting Graves: More on little Clara and her family…
This is the third post in a series titled “Adopting Graves”, where I’ve enjoyed sharing my journey of adopting and researching two graves during the autumn season. For previous posts, visit Adopting...
View ArticleAdopting Graves: Second visit with Clara and Johnnie…
This is the fourth post in a series titled “Adopting Graves”, where I’ve enjoyed sharing my journey of adopting and researching two graves during the autumn season. For previous posts, visit: Adopting...
View ArticleAdopting Graves 2013: My Thoughts and a Look Back on a New Tradition
This is the fifth post in a series titled “Adopting Graves”, where I’ve enjoyed sharing my journey of adopting and researching two graves during the autumn season. For previous posts, visit: Adopting...
View ArticleMad Madame Lalaurie: Part 2 of My Interview with Author, Victoria Cosner Love
. Today I bring you Part Two of my fascinating interview with Victoria Cosner Love, author of Mad Madame Lalaurie: New Orleans’ Most Famous Murderess Revealed. Thank you again, Victoria, for the...
View ArticleDeath and Mourning in the 19th Century and the Chatillon-DeMenil Mansion
This past weekend, friend and past guest of the Big Séance Podcast, Victoria Cosner Love, invited me (ahem… strongly encouraged me to leave my crypt) to a fascinating event, which appropriately fit the...
View ArticleMissouri’s Mad Doctor McDowell – The Big Séance Podcast: My Paranormal World #48
Body snatcher. Grave robber. Mad scientist. Brilliant surgeon. And did he really hang the corpse of his daughter in Mark Twain Cave? Plus the ghosts of the Gratiot Street Prison. Delve into the macabre...
View ArticleConjuring 2, Enfield Poltergeist, St. Louis in 1875, and a 10-Foot Ghost –...
In this solo episode, I discuss the upcoming Conjuring 2 movie, the Enfield Poltergeist, life in St. Louis in 1875, and the Spiritualist Movement. Plus, Tim Prasil shares the haunting report of a...
View Article198 – The Second Empire Strikes Back – Big Seance
Kaleb Higgins purchased a three-story 1889 Second Empire home in Saint Louis. It needed lots of love and many repairs, but has a spectacular mansard roof! It was originally built by Charles S. Brown,...
View ArticleTop Hot Spots in Missouri for Paranormal Activity…
So what areas in Missouri can claim to have the most haunted activity? Where have you been? Where would you like to visit? Add to my list! Kansas City? (Donaldson House/Kansas City Art Institute,...
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