Michelle Desrochers makes a living out of researching malevolent hauntings
Ghosts
Montreal’s Grey Nuns rife with history and tragedy
There are some 232 dead nuns interred in a crypt beneath the Grey Nuns Motherhouse at the corner of Guy Street and René-Lévesque Boulevard West, in the Montreal borough of Ville-Marie. It’s a macabre thought, but even more bizarre is that it’s a residence for students at Concordia University’s Sir […]
Bathurst genealogist recounts Chaleur Bay ghost ship encounter
There aren’t many people who can share the same tale about the Chaleur Bay ghost ship that archivist and genealogist Florence Godin can. It’s mid-August, and the septuagenarian is taking a moment away from her work at the Bathurst Heritage Museum. Godin has been a working member of the Irish […]
Tony Spera shares his thoughts on The Nun, demonology and TV ghost hunters
It’s a chilly February evening and demonologist Tony Spera has a long trip ahead of him. He’s on his way home after helping a friend out. One can only imagine what the road before him looks like as he’s taken the time to pull off to the shoulder and talk […]
Daughter of Healey Willan shares ghost stories of 139 Inglewood
On the wall of Mary Willan Mason’s one-bedroom apartment is an ancient Egyptian artefact from Abydos. It was an inspired gift to herself, from one of Canada’s more well-known female archaeologists, Amice Calverley. Calverley was a schoolmate of Mason’s mother, Gladys Willan (nee Hall). She beams when she points to […]