More Scary Travels

A couple weekends ago, I mentioned that I love to watch the Travel Channel this time of year. Well, this weekend, they're airing a whole bunch of uber-creepy entertainment. For example, you can catch a double dose of The Most Terrifying Places in America tomorrow night from 8-10 PM EST. I've actually seen the first installment of this series. It was excellent and, yes, creepy. Featured haunted places include the site of the Lizzie Borden axe murders in Fall River, Massachusetts, the Winchester Mystery House (which was supposedly built by spirits that dictated blueprints to Sarah Winchester, the widow of the founder of the world-famous rifle company) near San Jose, California, a famous Colorado hotel that inspired horror-master Stephen King's The Shining, a tuberculosis ward of a Louisville, Kentucky, hospital, and the Myrtles Plantation. Located in St. Francisville, Louisiana, the latter was originally a Tunica Indian burial ground that later became the site of several murders, including a death by oleander-laced birthday cake. (In case y'all don't know, an oleander is a poisonous flowering plant that is ubiquitous in the South.) I haven't seen the second part, but I'm sure it'll be just as good as the original. The TC is running a string of haunting shows this evening. Finally, be sure to tune in next Friday, when the Ghost Adventures crew goes live at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in West Virginia. This is an interactive broadcast during which viewers can participate online and offer feedback about their own supernatural/paranormal experiences. (Go to travelchannel.com for more details.) Are your spines tingling yet?