Weird Road Trips

Going to weird places and writing about it. 

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Big announcement to make today, I’ll be moving back to Cincinnati in mid-July! Because of this, updates may get interrupted (especially in July) and the Etsy store is temporarily closed until we’re all settled in. Commissions will also be suspended until we are settled in as well. 

This is a huge move, we’ll be driving across half of the United States- moving from Rhode Island back down to Cincinnati. Jinxed should be updated regularily every Friday unless announced, I’m working on building a buffer of comics so not too many updates will be missed. 

Cheers, 

Kat

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There are many reitred battleships stationed around the world, but how many of them can boast about being haunted? The USS Salem in Quincy, Massachusetts (USA) can! 

A quick history on the USS Salem, she was launched on March 25, 1947 and sailed until 1959 as the flagship for the US Navy’s 6th fleet in the Mediterranean and the Second Fleet in the Atlantic. Named not only for the city of Salum, Massachusetts, she also is  named in homage to two previous battleships named Salem. She never saw battle, and is now she is docked at Quincy harbor and is open as a Navel museum. 

What makes the USS Salem’s haunts special is that they aren’t sailors who haunt the ship, but rather victims of a large earthquake that hit Greece in 1955. The USS Salem was sent to provide rescue and triage support, and hundreds of Greek residents got medical attention and treatment while aboard the Salem. A few victims of the earthquake passed away while on board, the most notable is known as the “burning man.” He haunts one of the mess halls at the back of the ship, and is known to scare tourists and overnight visitors who bunk in that room. 

I had the oppurtunity to visit the USS Salem through my friend’s Legend Trips group, and the battleship is open for tours and birthday party events. There are several museums on the ship as well (the place is huge.)  

Find out more at the USS Salem’s website, here. 

The world is vast and full of strangeness!

-Kat

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Hello Strange World!

Hello you strange people, you odd folks, and all around enthusiasts of weird places, I hope you’re doing alright. I am a fellow odd person who enjoys traveling around the world to fun, odd, unique, strange, and interesting places.

By day I work as a cartoonist, and host a paranormal themed podcast called the Paranormal View Radio Show, but my free time is spent traveling around and visiting places. My hobby is photography and I am a huge lover of history- so you’ll get some fun facts along with some possibly terrible pictures!  Good times.

If you’ve got a question, let me know, there’s an Ask Me Anything sections somewhere on this page. I’ll answer as quickly as I can.

The world is vast and full of strangeness!

-Kat