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They’ve got Hattitude! This is a new program Hats off to Victorian Women! Historical “Hatiquette” Trimmed with frills, feathers, flowers, veils, jewels and ribbons, hats were a “must-have” fashion accessory for women in the 1800s. From the frilly bonnets of the 30’s and 40’s to the elaborate touring and tea hats of the 40s’ and …

Carlotta at the Lainston House, Westminster, Cotswold’s, United Kingdom on her vacation to England and Wales.

This performance is also done in appropriate costume. If Lizzie Borden took an axe, and gave her mother 40 whacks in 1892, was she carrying out a family tradition? Some 219 years earlier, her ancestor Thomas Cornell was hanged in Rhode Island for the murder of his elderly mother, Rebekkah. He was convicted in 1673 …

THIS PRESENTATION IS PERFORMED IN VICTORIAN COSTUMES Since its publication in 1843 the novella A Christmas Carol has transformed our present day notions of Christmas. But Charles Dickens’ tale of familial joy and repentance was actually rooted in ghost stories. A closer examination of other works will uncover his lifelong interest in the paranormal. In …

Christmas is a holiday steeped in superstition and folk belief. Learn more with Carlotta Holton on “the Jack Evans Show,” WMBS-CBS, Uniontown, NJ.

In 1587 a small band of English settlers landed on the shores of Roanoke Island where established a colony. They encountered strange incidents and eventually mysteriously disappeared. Were they murdered by local Indians? Did they set out to sea for help and were drowned? No one knows, except perhaps for one person who connects present …

Carlotta is a guest host on “The Jack Evans Show,” WMBS-CBS, Union town, PA takling about “Haunted Vacations.”

In the year of our lord, 1692, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the County of Essex and in the Village of Salem, 19 men and women were executed as witches. How and why this occurred has remained one of the greatest mysteries in American history. But could it happen again today? YOU BET! Carlotta …

In the 17th century, a cat washing her face meant a storm was brewing. But if the cat washes her face in front of a group of people, the first person she looks at will get married. Today people continue to harbor superstitions surrounding their pets, many say, “Just in case.” Carlotta discusses pet superstitions …

Carlotta shares the background story of Vampire Resurrection at the Book of America Expo at the Jacob Javits Center, New York City November, 2009.