The memory of ufologist Stanton Friedman is alive and well in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Carla (Kat) Sheppard, founder of the Fredericton Holistic Fair, started work on the Fredericton UFO and Metaphysical Conference earlier this year. Set for April 11, it brings together investigative and experiential perspectives on documented UFO cases […]
Ghosts
Review: Simon Marsden’s Ghosthunter digs up the revenants of haunted France
Have you ever been lost in the body of a book and wanted to venture yonder, to travel to the places you pore over? Ghosthunter: A Journey Through Haunted France by Simon Marsden, with complementary prose fit for a diary in an Arthur Machen or Edgar Allan Poe novella, has […]
Nova Scotia mediums launch Third Eye Paranormal, channel feminine lens
Three Nova Scotia mediums are opening their third eye to teamwork and sharing their findings through a feminine lens. Amy Murphy, Chelsey Lacelle and Kim Moser have worked together on Eastlink shows like Haunted Heart and Soul. The next step was to combine their talents into the investigative trio Third […]
Edmonton podcaster nets Canadian Podcast Award for Haunted Canada series
When it comes to Canadian quotes, Wayne Gretzky’s line, “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take,” best captures podcaster Nadine Bailey’s mindset when she applied for the 2025 Canadian Podcast Awards. The Haunted Canada host and Edmonton resident ended up winning an award in December for Outstanding […]
Review: Invisible Women explores myths behind America’s female ghosts
I’ve been on a bit of a kick lately, exploring different cultures’ interpretations of the Woman in White trope. I even talked it up while visiting Thunder Bay and Halifax as a guest speaker at two conventions. So it seemed timely that I should pick up A Haunted History of […]
Toronto author explores why museums and ghosts fascinate us in new book
Ann McDougall spent a good portion of her career working as a host in museums like the Spadina House and Todmorden Mills in Toronto, and the one question that always came up was, “Is it haunted?” “To be honest, my answer was usually no,” she admitted during a Zoom conversation […]
Essex County writer lends an ear to Niagara’s Screaming Tunnel stories
Writer and paranormal aficionado K.G. Miceli wants to hear Ontarians’ stories about the Screaming Tunnel. The Essex County resident shared her fascination with Niagara’s spooky landmark, a 38-metre-long, 4.8-metre-tall tunnel built of rough-cut limestone. Originally constructed as a drainage passage for nearby farms, it sits near the end of Warner […]
SNIPE balances tradition with investigation on Ghost Hunters of the Grand River
Paranormal investigator Artie Martin faced an internal conflict during the filming of Ghost Hunters of the Grand River Season 4. It was late December, the chill of winter settling in, and Martin was thinking about how viewers might react to the Six Nations Investigating Paranormal Encounters (SNIPE) team’s investigation of […]
Ontario writer gathers encounters from Lake Superior’s North Shore
The word Schreiber in German means writer and for Carson Trapp, his hometown has become his title. The 23-year-old, who works as a general labourer, caught the writing bug in 2022 while sweeping a parking lot for his boss at the time. And what manifested was his book, Paranormal Encounters […]
Ghost Island doc charts Sambro Island’s folklore of isolation and loneliness
Stone tape theory. Maritime lore. Lighthouses. Bad decisions. And the Devil’s Staircase. Put them together and you get the dreary setting for a 100-minute documentary called Ghost Island. For Nova Scotians along the southern shore, Shambro Island offers all of the above. It’s the staircase that draws many to the […]
