Explore the Lore
The organizers of the 2026 Halifax Paranormal Symposium have claimed the Citadel as their own — for one night at least. Paranormal Phenomena Research and Investigation (PPRI) is taking over Nova Scotia’s capital for a weekend that includes a ghost hunt at the legendary fort in downtown Halifax. PPRI president […]
The success of Paranormal Profilers has surprised even seasoned investigator Peter Sacco. “Honestly, I just put this up for fun,” he said during a September Zoom call. “My wife said you’re getting bored, being semi-retired.” He lets out a good-natured laugh and adds that he is only teaching a handful […]
There are umpteenth ghost stories that are shared in Toronto — tales that leave psychic scars on the places they haunt. That deep well of lore is why historian and author Adam Bunch has so much material for his Ghost Stories of Toronto lecture series with the Toronto Public Library. […]
Rest assured that TV producer, writer and podcaster Richard Hatem’s Light in the Dark Tour is not meant to lead you off the beaten path like a will-o’-the-wisp, or even portend one’s own demise like a corpse candle. No, it is meant to shed light on the extensive literature written […]
Much like a poltergeist outbreak, sometimes the most activity happens on a shorter timeline. Recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis aside, that’s the idea guiding Lucky Paranormal investigators Gail and Mel Willis as they gear up for their third annual Lake Superior Paranormal Convention this October. “It really should be two days because […]
With National Acadian Day, or Fête nationale de l’Acadie, fast approaching on August 15, it seems like a good time to explore some of New Brunswick’s lore — the kind that still draws plenty of attention long after a poet’s tale. The legend of the Dungarvon Whooper (pronounced “hooper”) runs […]
If it weren’t for John Robert Colombo, writer, educator and filmmaker Christopher Dodd would never have written Unseen Thing: The Mulmur Hills Poltergeist. It’s early August and Dodd shares the story of how he and his wife purchased a country home in Mulmur Township in 2014. Mulmur is north of […]
That Jimothy has certainly scurried his way into the hearts of internet denizens. The collective social media cooing and escapist ruminations over a raccoon from Seattle’s Ballard neighbourhood have become a panacea for people trying to flee the dumpster fire that is the 24-hour news cycle. His Gollum-esque skitter across […]
When it came to sharing the story of Shag Harbour’s October 4, 1967, UFO incident, Laurie Wickens believed in going big or going home. Chris Styles paused while on the phone and recalled when he first started travelling the road to the small Nova Scotian fishing community on the southern […]
When Chris Rutkowski, a longtime fixture of Canada’s ufology community, revisited his files for his new book, he found that Canada is far from alien to reports of the unknown in the skies above the Great White North. The Manitoban sits on a patio loveseat in a midtown Toronto backyard, […]