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Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

I’m Jennifer Jones—author, researcher, and ghost story devotee. I dig into the past to uncover the real people behind the legends, blending haunting tales with historical truth. Whether I’m writing about forgotten cemeteries, eerie hotels, or chilling urban myths, my goal is to make the dead feel a little more alive.

  • Haunted HistoryTrue Crime

    The Paines Hollow Ghost

    by Jennifer Jones December 9, 2025
    December 9, 2025

    For a couple of years now, I’ve been obsessed with a story that refused to let me go. Every time I …

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  • Strange & Unusual

    Elmer McCurdy – Dead Man on Display

    by Jennifer Jones October 8, 2025
    October 8, 2025

    Some outlaws are remembered for their daring heists or legendary shootouts. Elmer McCurdy is remembered for something far bizarre. Spending more …

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  • Haunted History

    Ghosts of the Otero Ranch House in Tubac, Arizona

    by Jennifer Jones September 2, 2025
    September 2, 2025

    This is the second to last stop in our Haunted Hotels series, where we’ve been exploring the places in America where …

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    The Biltmore Hotel: Where History Haunts the Halls

    by Jennifer Jones July 12, 2025
    July 12, 2025

    For the next chapter in our ongoing Haunted Hotel series, we land at the Biltmore in Coral Gables, Florida. The hotel …

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  • Haunted History

    Temperance House in Newtown: A Colonial Ghost Story

    by Jennifer Jones June 19, 2025
    June 19, 2025

    Some places can survive fire, renovation, and time itself without shaking their ghosts. In Newtown, Pennsylvania, the Temperance House opened in …

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  • Strange & Unusual

    The Delphos Ring: Kansas’ Mysterious UFO Incident

    by Jennifer Jones June 18, 2025
    June 18, 2025

    Growing up, I devoured every UFO book I could get my hands on. Most cases followed the same pattern: mysterious lights …

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  • Haunted History

    The Emily Morgan Hotel

    by Jennifer Jones May 15, 2025
    May 15, 2025

    In downtown San Antonio, across the street from the Alamo, stands the Emily Morgan Hotel. Locals and travelers alike recognize the …

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  • Haunted HistoryTrue Crime

    Death Did Not Silence Her: The Murder of Zona Heaster Shue

    by Jennifer Jones April 22, 2025
    April 22, 2025

    In January 1897, someone discovered Elva Zona Heaster Shue dead in her home near Livesay’s Mill, West Virginia. She was twenty-three …

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  • Haunted History

    Do Not Disturb: The Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel

    by Jennifer Jones April 17, 2025
    April 17, 2025

    At the corner of Ivar and Hollywood, just behind the frantic pulse of the Walk of Fame, sits the Knickerbocker. What …

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  • True Crime

    James Ruppert: The Easter Sunday Massacre

    by Jennifer Jones March 30, 2025
    March 30, 2025

    On Easter Sunday, March 30, 1975, in Hamilton, Ohio, a family gathering turned into one of America’s deadliest familicides. Forty-one-year-old James …

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