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Photojournalist and filmmaker Jason Kenzie is no stranger to exotic wildlife, having worked with tigers, grizzly bears, alligators, monkeys, wolves and even the African serval. And he is no stranger to the sprawling forests and mountains of his native British Columbia, where he grew up hearing stories about the “hairy man […]
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 […]
Canada’s westernmost province has a rich history of water monsters. There are those we know — the Pacific giant octopus, the white sturgeon, the orca whale — and then there are those that inhabit the folktales and urban legends of British Columbia: Ogopogo, Cadborosaurs, and Shuswaggi, among many others. One […]
Writer and Northern Lakes College professor Matthew Hayes never expected the research he did for his Ph.D. to become so relevant. He believed his subject matter of Canadian UFO events from the 1950s to the early 1990s would be a fun deep dive into Canada’s history of the unknown. But […]
Jason Hewlett’s cryptozoological mission into the wilds of British Columbia’s interior yielded some fascinating discoveries, including a ghostly side quest. The former crime reporter turned paranormal investigator shared his team’s discoveries on the Bonaparte Plateau, as well as in Shuswap and Barriere in the latter half of 2020 on the […]
Murder mysteries and their villains always have those “goddammit” moments when they realize they’ve been made. “Murder She Wrote,” “Columbo” and “Ellery Queen” all culminated into a “the jig is up” denouement and the villain always attempts to flee. I know I equated J.J. Dupuis’ first Creature X Mystery book […]
The dybbuk box, featured in Season 2, Episode 4 of “Ghost Adventures: Quarantine,” is linked to an item sold on eBay by previous owner Kevin Mannis. Mannis said that the box used to belong to a Holocaust survivor and he believed that the spirit of a dybbuk, a malicious entity […]
Experiencer Wes Roberts had never listened to the MP3s of all his hypnosis sessions before he started writing his second book, An Experiencer’s Garden. The Toronto native, and teacher, opened up about being an abductee in his first book Intersections, and now he’s compiled his sessions that he had hypnotherapist […]
The Dark and the Wicked Director: Bryan Bertino Cast: Marin Ireland, Michael Abbott Jr. and Julie Oliver-Touchstone Shudder 4.5/5 A careful study of the worst hauntings on record, whether in the archives of the Warrens or self-published accounts by those afflicted, will reveal the insidious nature of the demonic. In […]
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 […]