After publishing The Demonologist in 2013, victims of malevolent spirits still reach out to Pyper looking for help, but he’s at a loss as to what to do Write a novel that shares the same name as an Ed and Lorraine Warren book, and you’ll have people asking you for […]
Author: Brian Baker
B.C. writer, Ghost Story Guy pays homage to Revelstoke in second edition
There is an afterlife for Brennan Storr’s homage to his hometown Revelstoke, British Columbia. The Victoria resident’s book A Strange Little Place, which was originally published in August 2016 by Llewellyn Worldwide, went out of print in April 2022. Storr, one of the founding members of The Ghost Story Guys […]
Quebec tour company takes guests on a haunting, historic tour of Pontiac County
There are more tombstones than people living in the Ottawa River Valley’s Pontiac County. It’s a detail that Aventure Outaouais owner and lead tour guide Brandon Bolduc divulges from his headquarters in Bristol, Que., which has a population of 1,199 people according to Statistics Canada. “It’s a very rural region […]
B.C. trio Beyond the Haunting explores haunted gold rush path in documentary
“Haunted Gold Rush” is not your average girls’ road trip. Paranormal investigators Corine Carey, Kelly Ireland, and Leanne Sallenback of Beyond the Haunting followed the path of the prospectors during British Columbia’s gold rush from Yale to Barkerville for their two-part documentary. With a mix of historical details, with an […]
Every nurse has a ghost story, according to ‘Haunted Hospitals’ Season 4
Every nurse has a ghost story. That’s the hook for Season 4 of “Haunted Hospitals”. The show returns for another 10 episodes airing during T+E’s Creep Week. “We have a tagline that effectively says every nurse has a ghost story, and that is so true,” Kate Kung, series producer, said […]
Ontario homes double as haunted locations for ‘Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life’
Armen Kazazian is always up for talking spooky. The 52-year-old producer of “Eli Roth presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life”, premiering during T+E’s Creep Week, opened up about Cream Productions’ return for Season 2 and shooting scenes in the homes of Ontario residents. Private residences in Hamilton, Dundas, Flamborough and […]
Toronto’s historic Lambton House chosen for Jaymes White’s sixth annual séance
Former home of Ontario’s second Lieutenant Governor and Father of Confederation, William Pearce Howland, has endured over 160 years There’s something special about Lambton House that attracted mentalist Jaymes White’s attention: it endures. The house avoided destruction during the 1878 Humber River flood. It survived a fire that devastated the […]
UFO researcher revises TESA website to open dialogue with journalists
Sharing the stories of experiencers is still a top priority for UFO researcher Ryan Stacey, but he’s taking a new approach to topics like full disclosure on his website. It all came to fruition after an investigative trip to North Bay ended up drawing the curiosity of military law enforcement […]
Review: Umboi Island takes cryptid-themed mysteries to new heights
The evolution of Laura Reagan throughout the three Creature X Mystery books is impressive. Reagan is the protagonist of J.J. Dupuis’ Creature X Mystery series and she’s gone from in search of her estranged father to full-blown buster of drug smugglers. Umboi Island is the third book of the Dupuis […]
Review: They Live in the Grey sheds light on the terrors of mediumship
They Live in the Grey Directors: Abel and Burlee Vang Cast: Michelle Krusiec, Ken Kirby, Ellen Wroe and Madelyn Grace STANDOFF Pictures/Shudder 3.5/5 I remember having a conversation with an alleged medium once, where she equated her ability to that of Cole Sear in The Sixth Sense. She saw dead […]