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HALIFAX — There was an investigation brewing in downtown Halifax on the eve of All Souls Day. Attendees of the Halifax Paranormal Symposium materialized outside the front entrance of Alexander Keith’s Brewery for a two-and-a-half-hour, hands-on look into the work of the Haunted Heart and Soul team. Chelsey Lacelle, Lomar […]
THUNDER BAY — The oubliette may be known as a place of forgetting, but for the Beyond the Haunting team, the history and spirits of Leap Castle are something they’ll never forget. Speaking recently from Thunder Bay’s Historic Fort William, British Columbian investigators Corine Carey, Kelly Ireland and Leanne Sallenback […]
Mi’kmaq medium Shawn Leonard’s dream of seven polar bears protecting him from seven shadow figures helped inspire the idea for his second book. After the success of his 2020 title, Spirit Talker: Indigenous Stories and Teachings from a Mi’kmaq Psychic Medium, publisher Hay House asked him to write another. “They […]
Canadian psychedelic pop group the Poppy Family once sang about evil growing in the dark, where the sun never shines. Now Jason Hewlett is putting a spotlight on one of Canada’s darkest tales through both a documentary and a book. The 1971 hit “Where Evil Grows” aside, the Kamloops resident […]
Visitors to the Kilby Historic Site might get more than the usual wares a pioneer general store would offer this October. For the seventh year, Cornerstone Supernatural has teamed up with Kilby to co-host a paranormal investigation fundraiser. The group’s founders, Paul Busch and his wife of 30 years, Janine […]
If reconciliation is a tapestry, then ghost stories are among its most unexpected threads. Through Indigenous eyes, tales of spirits and ancestors aren’t simply hauntings — they’re continuations of presence, memory and accountability. For some, they’re how history refuses to stay buried. Those stories come to light in T+E’s Ghost […]
Toronto’s Haunted Walk is digging up ghosts much like William Taylor did when he unearthed clay for a fence post on his property back in 1889. Taylor’s discovery turned out to be brick-quality clay, and he and his brothers, John and George, soon opened a quarry and factory along the […]
TORONTO — It’s been seven years since Jaymes White and his séance team last descended upon the George Brown House on Beverley Street in Toronto. And even though he’s not one to revisit the same place twice, he’s made an exception. “Beverley was special for me,” he said, seated inside […]
TORONTO — Lucky Paranormal’s Gail and Mel Willis have lists taped to nearly every cupboard and appliance in their kitchen. It’s all part of organizing the second annual Lake Superior Paracon — and this year, the Thunder Bay duo has even more on their plates. Over brunch at Fran’s Diner […]
There’s a spark in Elliott Van Dusen’s eyes when he talks about the Halifax Paranormal Symposium, calling it the biggest event of its kind in the Maritimes. Sure, there’s the Shag Harbour UFO Expo every October, but that gathering is focused squarely on the region’s UAP lore. Van Dusen’s event, […]