Canada isn’t channelling its inner zeitgeist when it comes to hosting para retreats. That was the spirit of the conversation when Black Moon Paranormal Society investigators Vanessa Fox and Crystal Pye were asked about the impetus to host a para retreat at the Bala Bay Inn in Bala, Ontario. “I […]
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‘Ghost Files’ duo Bergara and Madej yearn to return to Canada
Shine the Ghost Files beacon in the sky, “beautifully shining” behind the CN Tower, and Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej will come to Toronto’s paranormal rescue. Just make sure The Tragically Hip is playing on the radio and there’s plenty of poutine on hand. The dynamic duo is known for […]
Lower Mainland sibs host audiences at immersive tours, campfire tales
If Christmas can appear before Halloween is dead and buried, then Halloween can certainly bleed into Christmas territory. Gina Armstrong of Maple Ridge and Victoria Vancek of Pitt Meadows, the mavens behind Haunted History BC and ghost walk tour guides, are eager to keep the spirit of fall alive on […]
Prince George writer Ian Gibbs takes a ghostly ride back through Calgary
There is something cathartic about revisiting the city where you spent your formative years and discovering that there was something different about how you saw the world around you. For writer, podcaster, and ghost-walk flâneur Ian Gibbs, he developed a keen sense of something extra while growing up in Stampede […]
St. John’s folklorist Dale Jarvis hits haunted terra firma with ninth book
Dale Jarvis is coming ashore with his ghost stories in his most recent book, Haunted Houses of Newfoundland and Labrador. It’s the ninth book of folklore and tales of the inexplicable on the Rock and the Big Land for Jarvis, and he’s tapped into the foundation of Canada’s youngest province. […]
Maple Ridge’s Haney House lifted by fundraising efforts of paranormal group
Paranormal organizations do help the community, especially when there’s history involved. When the Maple Ridge Museum and Archives staff connected with Cornerstone Supernatural, they went in with the intention that they didn’t want the Haney House to be cast in night-vision hue. Situated at the foot of 224 Street, overlooking […]
Halifax Paranormal Symposium, Kim Moser return for second annual show
The road to the second annual Paranormal Symposium has been paved with ghost stories and ticket giveaways for a lucky few. This was the strategy used by Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation President Elliott Van Dusen to generate excitement for the event. “At each public event we’ve travelled to across […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]