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 […]
Tag: Ghosts
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Review: ‘Truth Seekers’ evolves English ghost lore phantasmagorically
“Truth Seekers” Creator: Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz Cast: Emma D’Arcy, Nick Frost, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Simon Pegg and Susan Wokoma Network: Amazon Prime 4/5 If any nation can happily combine necromancy, modern paranormal sleuthing, and the archetypal Victorian Gothic ghost story into one riveting […]
T+E’s ‘Creep Week’ to feature Canadian ghost stories
Blue Ant Media is gearing up for T+E’s Creep Week, which is being touted as the Shark Week for ghosts. Daily marathons of paranormal television shows will begin Oct. 10 and run to Oct. 17. During the week the premieres of “Paranormal Night Shift” and “My Paranormal Nightmare: Be Very […]
The Haunted Walk to co-host paranormal investigations at Fort Henry
Haunted Walks Inc. and Phantoms of Yore are giving visitors to Fort Henry a hands-on investigative experience, without all the touching. The 25-year-old tour group, with ghost walks in Kingston, Ottawa and Toronto, co-hosting two weekends worth of public paranormal investigations, Sept. 11-12 and 25-26. Due to the pandemic, Creative […]
North America has a lot to learn from diverse paranormal perspectives
North America is rich in diversity and has plenty of different perspectives when it comes to the inexplicable. From First Nations to the introduction and emancipation of slaves, to the many waves of immigration, there are mythologies imported and shared across all ethnicities on the continent. Even though there is […]
Newman Wine Vaults haunted by its secretive past and a ghost named John
When you dive into the annals of Canadian business history, most people would be right in thinking that the Hudson’s Bay Company monopolized most of it. But in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the Newman family is on par with Hudson’s with its mercantile prowess. A tie to that history still remains […]