The name Gideon is tethered to hotels across North America. Slide open the top drawer of any desk or bed-side table in a hotel, inn or motel and you’ll find a Gideon Bible. But in the instance of the Caribou Hotel in Carcross, Yukon, the Gideon you may run into […]
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The most disputed paranormal tools of the trade
When it comes to Paranormal devices, we all have our preferences, devices we do use on our regular basis, devices we trust and know we can rely on to gather valid, concrete and scientific evidence. There is no doubt we would all love to wear proton packs and use a […]
Blue Ant Media adds new titles to HauntTV streaming service
Blue Ant Media and the Roku Channel have conjured up a very chilling collaboration. HauntTV was launched in December 2020 to provide fans access to Blue Ant’s library of ghostly and cryptozoological programming. And it does not disappoint for fans of Fortean phenomena. Eight shows were on the original broadcast […]
True crime: The greatest influence on our modern ghost stories
There is a strong relationship between the paranormal and true crime. Tailing along like an awkward teenage third wheel is mental health because, in a lot of the more gruesome cases, there’s an element of deviation. Horror tropes borrow strongly from true crime. Look at a fair amount of our […]
Skeptics, investigators play major role in calling out fraud, hoaxes
When it comes to paranormal investigation, those with a critical eye perceive the field as being rather populist and not answering to the same scientific theories as academia. This can lend itself to inaccurate data, and oftentimes, as in the case of the Surgeon’s Nessie photo, or the Fox Sisters, […]
CBC doc explores new details of West Carleton UFO case
Every so often — maybe once or twice a year — Peterborough-based horror writer Ian Rogers is surprised to get a message inquiring about his UFO past. The 44-year-old was keen on the unknown as a teen and took an active interest in the Guardian UFO case that happened in […]
Pandemic experiences find their way into Season 3 of ‘Haunted Hospitals’
With the world grappling with life and death questions due to the pandemic, the creators of “Haunted Hospitals” are hoping to illustrate that something really does happen after we die. Premiering March 10 at 8 p.m. on T+E, season 3 promises plenty of Canadian and American stories from first responders, […]
McKay Avenue School lost its ghost stories with departure of staff member
There are two schools of thought regarding ghosts in Edmonton’s historic landmark on McKay Avenue. One is that rumours of hauntings are just that and the other is that there is a resident spirit pulling pranks on the living at the Historic McKay Avenue School Archives and Museum. Lead curator […]
Ottawa mentalist returns to his milieu with mindreading show
Ottawa’s Jaymes White is a different kind of busy these days. Fresh off performing seances for his “Evoke” show, White returns to his milieu of mentalism with four virtual mind-reading shows, February 19, 20, 26 and 27. His live shows run for two hours, but given the pandemic, his shows […]
Could Fort Erie’s Bertie Hall be just one big haunted dollhouse?
Bertie Hall in Fort Erie, Ont. has a few ghostly tales that would light up the imagination of Gothic novelist M. R. James. Situated on the corner of Phipps Street and Niagara Boulevard, the Greek revival homestead to William Forsyth was built in 1833, and it’s suspected that the respected […]