2004 News Archive

Author Scott A. Johnson pens new Horror column

AUGUSTA, Ga. — Horror fans will shriek with fright in response to Scott Johnson’s new biweekly column “Cold Spots” found at www.horrorchannel.com. Even scarier is the simple fact Johnson’s columns are true.

While promoting his new book, An American Haunting (Harbor House, $24.95), Johnson stumbled onto the Horror Channel Web site. He immediately found unity within his own goals and the cable and satellite network’s dedication to the Horror genre and under-served Horror fan base.

Johnson began frequenting their bulletin board and, in no time, was asked to become a regular columnist.

Johnson is well aware that the site’s “under-served Horror fan base” is comprised of a real sub-community full of ordinary individuals passionate about Horror. “People plan their vacations around horror,” he says. “There’s a lot of interest in real haunted places and everyone who has read my columns has been nothing but supportive.”

Supportive doesn’t even cover it. The Horror Channel Web site has a staggering number of loyal followers and Johnson’s columns alone have thousands of readers. In 24 hours, one column was read by more than 1,500 viewers.

Impatient with urban legends, Johnson only takes on those topics he can verify through news reports and eyewitnesses. Having grown up in the swampland coastal town of Lake Jackson, Texas, his early childhood revolved around the folklore and ghost stories rampant in the area.

Through the years he has fed this fascination. The phenomenal result is both his “Cold Spots” column and his spine-tingling first book, An American Haunting, scheduled to hit bookstores nationwide in September.

For more information, please contact Carrie McCullough, associate publisher, at carriemccullough@bellsouth.net or (706) 738-0354.