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 […]
Author: Brian Baker
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 […]
Review: The Quarry a howling good time, folklore wise
The Quarry Supermassive Games Microsoft Windows, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S 4.5/5 I grew up in the 1980s, the peak of Choose Your Own Adventure books. So, when the novelty of a game like Until Dawn first manifested itself on the PS4 console, I picked it up. I […]
When it comes to spirituality and the climate crisis, I’m more in tune with nature
The current climate crisis and accompanying erratic weather — deadly heat waves in Europe and the high swells in Hawaii — have me thinking about my spirituality. I’ve never been one for organized religion. I’ll admit to being an apatheist — one who has a general apathy towards the existence […]
B.C. researchers Jason Hewlett, Peter Renn pen book on near-death experiences
Near-death experiences can change one’s perspective on living. It was that thought that made former journalist Jason Hewlett adjust his subject matter for his third book. The Kamloops, British Columbia co-author of Dying Light: An Investigation into Near-Death Experiences was inspired by the experiences of New York-based paranormal investigator Angela […]
Secret City Adventures stirs up evil at haunted Black Creek Pioneer Village
You’ve probably heard of Escape from New York, but have you heard of Escape from Black Creek? Secret City Adventures has pulled together an escape game for one of Toronto’s most haunted locations. They’ve been providing escape games at Black Creek Pioneer Village since 2017, but “Where Dark Things Dwell” […]
Edmonton paranormal researcher Morgan Knudsen launches second book
There’s a certain calling — an instinct — that most in the paranormal community experience. From J.B. Rhine to Maurice Gross to Eileen Garrett, they’ve all experienced a calling, according to Edmonton-based paranormal researcher Morgan Knudsen. And she hopes to capture their experiences in her second book The Gift of Instinct: Paranormal […]
Explanations for shadow people continue to haunt investigators, Canadian locations
When founder and lead investigator of Pandemonium Paranormal, Anton Buchberger, left Pembina Hall at the University of Alberta one 2013 evening, he never expected to feel an itchy sensation on his arm. He was taken aback when he discovered a scratch mark. “On an investigation, I am always careful not […]