The nights got a little greener once Yvette Fielding and her husband Karl Beattie appeared on the British telly. That was 2002 and the first location for “Most Haunted” was Dorchester’s Athelhampton Hall. By all means Fielding and Beattie were a little green when it came to paranormal television, but […]
Author: Brian Baker
Ottawa’s Jaymes White opts for Stanley Garrison for ninth annual séance
This year’s séance is fit for a 10th-anniversary celebration. But this is Jaymes White’s ninth séance and he admitted sheepishly on the phone during a mid-September interview that the opportunity came knocking. Hotel X Toronto contacted White and his team asking for them to use the Stanley Barracks for their […]
Shag Harbour UFO Expo enters its third year, launches experiencer event
The Shag Harbour UFO Expo is opening up a room for experiencers to open up with each other to share their stories. Experiencers are those who have reported contact with extraterrestrial beings, which on the Hynek scale would be considered close encounters of the third kind. Event organizer Danny Reid […]
Thunder Bay couple launches inaugural Lake Superior Paracon
Coordinating and organizing a paranormal convention can be pretty scary. And it’s not just the subject matter that’s spine-tingling. For first-time organizers, Gail and Mel Willis of Thunder Bay, Ontario the Lake Superior Paracon is all part of giving Canadians a taste of what happens regularly in the United States. […]
Oregon couple pursues passion, explores Pacific Northwest Bigfoot lore in doc
It’s time to normalize conversations about the paranormal, especially when it comes to Bigfoot. “Let’s make the paranormal normal,” said screenwriter and producer Jill Remensnyder during an August Zoom conversation. “How many people have we talked to who say, ‘After my sighting, I thought I was going crazy.’” Remensnyder is […]
Strathroy one of many Canadian small towns featured in ‘My Haunted Hometown’
The town of Strathroy is stuck in a paranormal time loop. The southern Ontario community, located 35 kilometres west of London, and its resident spirits are featured in the new T+E series “My Haunted Hometown”. The show dives deep into Strathroy’s eerie folklore, along Frank Street and into its checkered […]
‘History’s Most Haunted’ nets Leo Award for best hosts
When you’re a paranormal investigator, there isn’t much in the physical world that shocks you — unless you win a provincial media award. The Beyond the Haunting team, comprised of Corine Carey, Kelly Ireland and Leanne Sallenback won Best Hosts in an Information, Lifestyle or Reality Series for their work […]
Review: FBI chases down Longlegs with some retrocognitive help
Longlegs Director: Oz Perkins Cast: Maika Monroe, Nicolas Cage, Blair Underwood and Alicia Witt Neon 4.5/5 Eventually, when people get too comfortable with the Trojan Horse, the evil becomes overt. No more masquerading, no more effigies or shells possessed by unknown assailants, it’s just out in the open, and people […]
Parapsychology courses still lurk in Canada, you just have to find them
Courses in parapsychology have become as spectral as the phenomenon they teach. But, I somehow managed to earn myself a certificate in an introductory class to parapsychology. It’s nice to see experienced organizations teaching the history of parapsychology since more traditional institutions are dropping it from their programs. My course […]
Ontario artists celebrate interconnectedness, healing with Sasquatch
Art has been known to have a healing effect. But it also highlights the interconnectedness of all spiritual beings on the Earth that can help us heal. That was the focal point of a two-day spiritual celebration at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto on June 29 and 30; the […]