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When you walk along Beverley Street in Toronto, south from U of T’s St. George campus, an unassuming mansion, once inhabited by George Brown, will greet them at the Baldwin Street intersection. Its three-storey, red brick façade, Italianate details complete with Victorian mansard roof and dormer windows announces itself in […]
JaneAnn Fraser Tillson couldn’t tell you how many times her father, Al Fraser, would walk up to the Centennial Building in Whitby, Ont. to make sure there wasn’t anything unlawful going on. But it was a regular occurrence. Back then, the lights of the classical revival courthouse, constructed from 1852 […]
The people of Twentynine Palms, Calif., just north of Joshua Tree National Park, caught one heckuva light show this year. A video surfaced on Youtube from Californian Cody Kennedy. Kennedy, who runs an animal-themed Youtube channel, captured a long bar of lights in the sky as the tried to capture […]
The Queen Anne style Mather-Walls house, in the Keewatin neighbourhood of Kenora, may have a wonderful view of Portage Bay, but it’s also a house that can change the views of people who work there. That is when it comes to the supernatural. Built by Lake of the Woods Milling […]
The Haunting of Vancouver Island: Supernatural Encounters with the Other Side by Shanon Sinn Touchwood Editions, Canada, 2017 4/5 Much like entering an allegedly haunted house, with little knowledge of the skulking revenants, Shanon Sinn’s book The Haunting of Vancouver Island has that je ne sais quoi that’s only apparent […]
The Curse of La Llorona Director: Michael Chaves Cast: Linda Cardellini, Raymond Cruz and Patricia Velasquez Studio: Warner Brothers 4/5 Folklore has its roots in the real world. Something inexplicable occurred that the locals didn’t have an explanation for, and thus took it as an opportunity to teach through the […]
There’s a stigma that faces first responders when sharing their own tales of the inexplicable. It’s an observation co-founder of Entityseeker Paranormal Research, Morgan Knudsen has made while appearing on docuseries like “Paranormal 911” and “Haunted Hospitals”. “The medical field, in general, isn’t usually open to talking about this at […]
The greatest challenge facing “Haunted Hospitals” producer Tobin Long is finding the stories Canadians have to share. “I find the Canadian stories really interesting. I find Canadians a little more reserved, cautious. They’ve already gone through the filters of being skeptics,” the Toronto-based documentarian said. “They haven’t fully bought into […]
The ghosts of Eatons’ and Sears’ past may be long gone, but when the lights go down at Regina’s Centennial Market, not all the shoppers have departed. It’s something Deborah Mathias, a channeler who hosts the ghost tours, has picked up on since working in the building. “I’m wondering if […]
Victoria’s Most Haunted: Ghost Stories from BC’s Historic Capital City by Ian Gibbs Touchwood Editions, Canada, 2017 3.5/5 As I dipped my mental toe into the waters of Ian Gibbs’ Victoria’s Most Haunted, I realized the opening vignette was very familiar. Back in 2013, my wife and I had stayed […]