Jadewik, across the bay from the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. (October 13, 2010)
Jadewik is a 30-something Civil Engineer who dabbles in a little of everything. She currently resides in southern Arizona with her husband and new baby boy. She served as a student ambassador to Germany, England, Danmark, and France through the People to People program in 1997. In 1998, Jadewik was the Arizona State High Jump champion for 4A high schools (though she fancies pole-vaulting over high-jump). She has volunteered to help organize the Southern Arizona Mathcounts and Arizona State Mathcounts competitions in 2009 and 2010. She is also involved in the Cub Scout program as a Bear leader in her local troop. In her spare time, Jadewik enjoys sewing, drawing, travel, photography, gardening, writing, and playing the piano.
This “Jade”-of-all-Trades became interested in the paranormal by reading ghost stories. While she loves a good spooky story, she tries to remain skeptical of most aspects of the paranormal. She also loves Halloween– sometimes planning Halloween themes years in advance– and visiting supposedly haunted locations.
If you know of a haunted location or any interesting or quirky stories that you’d like Jadewik to write about, please leave a comment and she will see about writing it up.
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The following is a list of articles written by Jadewik:
* General Topics * Folklore * Urban Legends *
* Cryptozoology * Historical Mysteries *
* Ghost Towns * Haunted Highways *
* Ghost Stories of the United States *
* Ghost Stories of the United Kingdom *
* Ghost Stories From Other Countries *
General Topics
- Kirkbride Buildings -
Posted 4 October 2011 - Kirkbride Plan -
Posted 3 October 2011 - New York City Lunatic Asylum -
Posted 5 October 2011
Updated 17 June 2013 – Per Reader’s Comment and new research, the 15 Feb 1858 fire was the prison hospital, not the asylum. - Ten Days in a Madhouse -
Posted 6 October 2011
- Detroit Breakdown -
Posted 10 September 2012
- 1950 Church Explosion in Beatrice, Nebraska-
Posted 31 July 2012 - Legend Tripping -
Posted 16 March 2010 - New Orleans Vampire Murder: A Lesson in Truth -
Posted 14 March 2012
Updated 1 April 2013 – Included Discovery Channel Info & Author Note - Paranoia or Paranormal? -
Posted 16 March 2011 - Weird Arizona: Quartzsite Yacht Club -
Posted 13 August 2011
Folklore
- Eloquence and Persuasiveness: Ireland’s Blarney Stone -
Posted 17 March 2011 - Santa’s Sadistic Little Helpers -
Posted 22 December 2011
Urban Legends
- Slender Man -
Posted 28 February 2011 - Stolen Kidney -
Posted 24 February 2011
Cryptozooology
- El Pombéro -
Posted 5 May 2011 - Thunderbirds (Part I) -
Posted 25 June 2012 - Tombstone Thunderbird Photo (Part II) -
Posted 26 June 2012
Historical Mysteries
Murders
- H.H. Holmes Murder Castle (Chicago, IL) -
Posted 9 September 2010
Updated May 2011 – Information on upcoming film added - Kentucky Camp Tragedy (Tucson, Arizona) -
Posted 17 April 2010 - Killer Blood -
Posted 8 May 2013 - The Trunk Murderess (Phoenix, Arizona) -
Posted 11 May 2013
Miscellaneous Mysteries
- Australia’s Hanging Rock, Not Haunted? -
Posted 5 April 2010 - Dyatlov Pass Incident -
Posted 20 December 2011 - SHC Part I: The Strange Case of Mrs. Mary Hardy Reeser
(St. Petersburg, Florida) -
Posted 18 October 2010
Updated 14 April 2011 – Note that Information on FOIA site no longer available - SHC Part II: The Wick Effect -
Posted 16 November 2010
Ghost Towns
- Ghost Towns: Kolmanskop, Namibia -
Posted 28 July 2011 - Ghost Towns: Humberstone & Santa Laura, Chile -
Posted 12 July 2011
Haunted Highways
- Hellhounds on the Devil’s Highway – Route 666 (U.S. 491)
Posted 13 March 2012
Ghost Stories of the United States
Alabama | Alaska | Arizona | Arkansas | California | Colorado | Connecticut | Delaware | Florida | Georgia | Hawaii | Idaho | Illinois | Indiana | Iowa | Kansas | Kentucky | Louisiana | Maine | Maryland | Massachusetts | Michigan | Minnesota | Mississippi | Missouri | Montana | Nebraska | Nevada | New Hampshire | New Jersey | New Mexico | New York | North Carolina | North Dakota | Ohio | Oklahoma | Oregon | Pennsylvania | Rhode Island | South Carolina | South Dakota | Tennessee | Texas | Utah | Vermont | Virginia | Washington | West Virginia | Wisconsin | Wyoming
- Haunted Lodgings: Copper Queen Hotel -
Posted 4 January 2011
Updated 31 May 2012 – Added Photographs - Haunted Lodgings: Bisbee Inn/Hotel LaMore -
Posted 15 January 2011 - Haunted Lodgings: Bisbee Oliver House B&B -
Posted 10 January 2011
Updated 26 February 2012 – Added Newspaper Article
Updated 31 May 2012 – Added Photographs
Phoenix
- The Ambulance Ghost -
Posted 15 April 2011 - Haunted Lodgings: Hotel San Carlos -
Posted 6 January 2011
Tombstone
- Billy Clanton’s Corner -
Posted 13 March 2010 - Cemetery Series: Tombstone’s Boothill -
Posted 26 October 2010 - Morgan Earp’s Ghost -
Posted 26 February 2012
Tucson
- Fort Lowell -
Posted 30 April 2010 - Haunted Lodgings: Hotel Congress -
Posted 29 January 2011
Updated 22 April 2013 – Vince to Vince Zuda
Long Beach
- Haunted Lodgings: RMS Queen Mary (History) -
Posted 17 January 2011 - Haunted Lodgings: RMS Queen Mary (Ghosts) -
Posted 18 January 2011
San Diego
- Haunted Lodgings: Hotel del Coronado -
Posted 26 January 2011
- Destrehan Plantation -
Not Yet Posted 2013
New Orleans
- LaLaurie Mansion -
Not Yet Posted 2013
St. Francisville
- Rosedown Plantation -
Posted 24 April 2012
- Cemetery Series: Burying Point -
Posted 25 October 2010 - Haunted Lodgings: Hawthorne Hotel -
Posted 10 January 2011
- The Meeting (Jadewik) -
Posted 1 April 2011– April Fool’s Day (Hint, Hint)
- Old Cuchillo Bar and Store -
Posted 27 February 2012
- Star-Crossed Loves of Gettysburg -
Posted 14 February 2011
Ghost Stories of the United Kingdom
England
London
- Murderous May: St. James Palace -
Posted 31 May 2011 - Murderous May: The Headless Ghost of Anne Boleyn -
Posted 19 May 2011 - Murderous May: The Black Legend of Richard III -
Posted 13 May 2011
Muncaster
- A Little Bit of Tom Foolery -
Posted 29 October 2011
Ghost Stories From Other Countries
Korea
Seoul
- A Korean Ghost Story -
2011 Mystery Sketch Bong-Cheon-Dong Ghost
Posted 23 August 2011
Updated 10 June 2013 – Revised Language of article
Sweden
Blekinge
- Björketorp Runestone Curse -
Posted 7 January 2012
I see that comments are closed on “A Lesson In Truth”. The Investigation Discovery show airs tonight (Tuesday, March 26th) at 10pm. You can watch the trailer here:
http://investigation.discovery.com/tv-shows/dead-of-night
Thank you for following up with the information. I wish I’d have seen this comment before it aired (I was busy with my newborn)– maybe they’ll re-run it so I can watch. =)
I had to close comments on the article. They were starting to take the story in a direction contrary to the intent of the original posting. I have updated the article to include some of the information that you have shared. Thank you!