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 […]
Ghosts
MacKenzie House: The story of a firebrand phantom or historical hoax?
A picture has a way of making you feel certain things, but no matter what picture I have seen of the house with the black double four-panel door, it always just looks insidious. Given all of the rumours surrounding the MacKenzie House, others must also get this feeling. Is there […]
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” […]
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 […]
Producers of ‘Haunted Hospitals’ seek more diverse stories for Season 4
The “Haunted Hospitals” team is trying to push for more diverse stories for Season 4’s 10-episode run. Tobin Long, an associate producer for the first three seasons, admitted the need for Canadian stories of the uncanny in medical facilities, as well as those that come from diverse backgrounds during a […]
Victoria’s ‘Ghost Story Guy’ Ian Gibbs publishes book on Vancouver hauntings
What haunted writer Ian Gibbs while pulling together ghostly tales for his new book Vancouver’s Most Haunted: Supernatural Encounters in BC’s Terminal City was his writer’s block. The Victoria native, and The Ghost Story Guys podcaster, found it challenging to research and write during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially when he […]
Canadian production reveals story behind Bathsheba, Conjuring House during T+E’s Creep Week
A new Canadian-produced documentary on the Richardson-Arnold house in Harrisville, R.I. is debunking the Hollywood-perpetuated untruths behind the farmstead made famous by The Conjuring film. Cream Productions producer and director Sunny Grewal took on the role as quarterback for Bathsheba: Search for Evil, which had the team travel to Rhode […]
Toronto production team works with horror royalty on ‘Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life’
Toronto-based film team Cream Productions has combined forces with one of the masters of horror for the paranormal series “Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life.” Premiering on T+E during the channel’s Creep Week, which runs from Oct. 9 to 17, the series focuses on the terrifying aspects of […]
New podcast Supernatural Circumstances looks at paranormal with fresh set of eyes
Vancouver-based podcaster Mike Browne quotes the X-Files’ Fox Mulder casually one Sunday afternoon while on a Zoom call. “I want to believe,” he says, with a chuckle, as he and paranormal researcher Morgan Knudsen play off of each other when explaining their new podcast series Supernatural Circumstances. Browne, 52, confesses […]
Ottawa mentalist Jaymes White returns in-person with Eatonville séance
The Applewood Shaver farmhouse in Etobicoke, Ont. will be home to Jaymes White’s séance from Oct. 1 to Nov. 27, and marks his first in-person show since the beginning of the pandemic. COVID-19 has provided an opportunity for the team to pivot from their more traditional Victorian séances to other […]