Explore the Lore
Rest assured that TV producer, writer and podcaster Richard Hatem’s Light in the Dark Tour is not meant to lead you off the beaten path like a will-o’-the-wisp, or even portend one’s own demise like a corpse candle. No, it is meant to shed light on the extensive literature written […]
Much like a poltergeist outbreak, sometimes the most activity happens on a shorter timeline. Recurrent spontaneous psychokinesis aside, that’s the idea guiding Lucky Paranormal investigators Gail and Mel Willis as they gear up for their third annual Lake Superior Paranormal Convention this October. “It really should be two days because […]
With National Acadian Day, or Fête nationale de l’Acadie, fast approaching on August 15, it seems like a good time to explore some of New Brunswick’s lore — the kind that still draws plenty of attention long after a poet’s tale. The legend of the Dungarvon Whooper (pronounced “hooper”) runs […]
Can a building be reincarnated? Perhaps not, but Century Manor in Hamilton, Ontario, is in the midst of a resurrection — even if a few former patients haven’t quite been discharged yet. For the first time in more than 30 years, the city opened the doors to the last standing […]
A desire to develop more programming down by the waterfront has stirred up ghosts along Pickering’s waterfront. That left Pickering heritage programmer Ali Crone at a loss for words at first because the area seemed to be something of a dead zone when it comes to the uncanny. “That was […]
My aunt texted me two weeks ago to say she got my book. She said she’d read it and pass it along to my cousin, adding that it was something to be proud of. I was chuffed. Almost eight months ago, Eerie Whispers: Exploring Canada’s Reluctant Relationship with Its Ghostly […]
Why are ghost stories connected to certain types of houses? Why do real-life abodes often resemble something from the worlds of Edgar Allan Poe or M.R. James? For Canadian expat Caitlin Blackwell Baines, the question of why the West’s haunts tend to be domestic spaces was what led her to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]