Explore the Lore
Stone tape theory. Maritime lore. Lighthouses. Bad decisions. And the Devil’s Staircase. Put them together and you get the dreary setting for a 100-minute documentary called Ghost Island. For Nova Scotians along the southern shore, Shambro Island offers all of the above. It’s the staircase that draws many to the […]
HALIFAX — There was an investigation brewing in downtown Halifax on the eve of All Souls Day. Attendees of the Halifax Paranormal Symposium materialized outside the front entrance of Alexander Keith’s Brewery for a two-and-a-half-hour, hands-on look into the work of the Haunted Heart and Soul team. Chelsey Lacelle, Lomar […]
There’s a spark in Elliott Van Dusen’s eyes when he talks about the Halifax Paranormal Symposium, calling it the biggest event of its kind in the Maritimes. Sure, there’s the Shag Harbour UFO Expo every October, but that gathering is focused squarely on the region’s UAP lore. Van Dusen’s event, […]
The road to the second annual Paranormal Symposium has been paved with ghost stories and ticket giveaways for a lucky few. This was the strategy used by Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation President Elliott Van Dusen to generate excitement for the event. “At each public event we’ve travelled to across […]
B&B hotelier Natasha Marsh leads a small group of visitors along the corridor facing six jail cells converted into hotel rooms inside the Dorchester Jail. The guests are on a tour of a 150-year-old institution that calls Dorchester, New Brunswick home, and it’s not far from where the Memramcook River […]
Halifax is going to witness its first paranormal conference in 17 years, and it’s something planners want to make a historical repeater. Elliott Van Dusen, president of Paranormal Phenomena Research & Investigation (PPRI), is collaborating with Dr. Darryll Walsh, executive director of the Centre for Parapsychological Studies in Canada, on […]