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  • Grave Sightings: The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling (NY)

    Grave Sightings: The Twilight Zone’s Rod Serling (NY)

    In Grave Sightings, we visit graves of interest and curiosity to pay respects and ponder about life, death, and the bizarre things in between. Picture this; you’re driving along a two lane county road somewhere in the Finger Lakes. It’s an unseasonably warm October, so the windows are down. To the right of you are thousands Read more

  • Haunt Worthy: House of Frankenstein Horror Wax Museum (NY)

    Haunt Worthy: House of Frankenstein Horror Wax Museum (NY)

    Lake George isn’t known for cinematic horror. Nestled in the Adirondack region of upstate New York, it’s main draw is natural beauty and an abundance of outdoor activities. An onslaught of hotels, motels, and gimmicky restaurants wait to serve demanding tourists during their scenic getaways. Yet since the early 1970’s, a genuine wax museum has Read more

  • Grave Sightings: Jack Kevorkian & Jay Sebring (MI)

    Grave Sightings: Jack Kevorkian & Jay Sebring (MI)

    In Grave Sightings, we visit graves of figures of interest and curiosity to pay respects and ponder about life, death, and the bizarre things in between. Born in Alabama and christened as Thomas Kummer, Jay Sebring was the moment in men’s hairstyling during the 1960s. He was raised in Michigan for most of his adolescence. Read more

  • Haunt Worthy: Anatomy of Death Museum (MI)

    Haunt Worthy: Anatomy of Death Museum (MI)

    Driving down Cass Avenue in Mt. Clemens, Michigan, you might notice a hearse parked in a side lot. It’s a faded gray, well-loved vehicle that any Addams Family fan can appreciate. But the hearse you actually notice is the one it behind it— the one jacked up on monster truck wheels. These two death mobiles Read more

  • Clearing Out the Cobwebs

    Clearing Out the Cobwebs

    It hasn’t been quite 12 months since my last post but it’s shamefully close! Life DOES find a way to derail healthy writing habits and personal goals, doesn’t it? For most of 2024, my mind has been in the gutter. Seriously, my mental health has never been worse. It’s been a fulltime job in itself Read more

  • My Favorite Tools For Unplugged Writing Sessions

    My Favorite Tools For Unplugged Writing Sessions

    A day spent with technology is inevitably a day filled with distractions. Text messages, emails, alarms, background music, phone calls, app notifications, and the like are all ingrained into our routines and force us to pause. Those pauses are brief but they add up to minutes, to hours. They eat away at your day and Read more