A spate of Sasquatch sightings in Southwestern Ontario has caused a stir within the cryptozoology community, but not everyone is convinced by the accounts. Originally reported by both the Bigfoot Mapping Project and expanded on by Bigfoot Society podcaster Jeremiah Byron, a 7-foot-tall, dark-haired creature was spotted April 3-5 in […]
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Toronto author explores why museums and ghosts fascinate us in new book
Ann McDougall spent a good portion of her career working as a host in museums like the Spadina House and Todmorden Mills in Toronto, and the one question that always came up was, “Is it haunted?” “To be honest, my answer was usually no,” she admitted during a Zoom conversation […]
Essex County writer lends an ear to Niagara’s Screaming Tunnel stories
Writer and paranormal aficionado K.G. Miceli wants to hear Ontarians’ stories about the Screaming Tunnel. The Essex County resident shared her fascination with Niagara’s spooky landmark, a 38-metre-long, 4.8-metre-tall tunnel built of rough-cut limestone. Originally constructed as a drainage passage for nearby farms, it sits near the end of Warner […]
SNIPE balances tradition with investigation on Ghost Hunters of the Grand River
Paranormal investigator Artie Martin faced an internal conflict during the filming of Ghost Hunters of the Grand River Season 4. It was late December, the chill of winter settling in, and Martin was thinking about how viewers might react to the Six Nations Investigating Paranormal Encounters (SNIPE) team’s investigation of […]
Ontario writer gathers encounters from Lake Superior’s North Shore
The word Schreiber in German means writer and for Carson Trapp, his hometown has become his title. The 23-year-old, who works as a general labourer, caught the writing bug in 2022 while sweeping a parking lot for his boss at the time. And what manifested was his book, Paranormal Encounters […]
Haunted Walk unearths dark history, ghost stories at Toronto’s Brick Works
Toronto’s Haunted Walk is digging up ghosts much like William Taylor did when he unearthed clay for a fence post on his property back in 1889. Taylor’s discovery turned out to be brick-quality clay, and he and his brothers, John and George, soon opened a quarry and factory along the […]
Jaymes White resurrects his séance at Toronto’s haunted George Brown House
TORONTO — It’s been seven years since Jaymes White and his séance team last descended upon the George Brown House on Beverley Street in Toronto. And even though he’s not one to revisit the same place twice, he’s made an exception. “Beverley was special for me,” he said, seated inside […]
Spirits, Sasquatch and sleep deprivation: Lake Superior Paracon gears up
TORONTO — Lucky Paranormal’s Gail and Mel Willis have lists taped to nearly every cupboard and appliance in their kitchen. It’s all part of organizing the second annual Lake Superior Paracon — and this year, the Thunder Bay duo has even more on their plates. Over brunch at Fran’s Diner […]
Revenants of Ottawa’s past walled in at Bytown Museum
It’s a late August afternoon at Ottawa’s Bytown Museum and staff member Armand is outside manning the lemonade stand. The landmark is buzzing with activity as visitors stroll along the locks off Canal Lane, and the sun beats down on a divot of history carved out by thousands of Irish […]
Pickering oddities shop grows horror and paranormal community
There’s excitement afoot inside the shared space of ALC Art & Oddities Parlour and Ex Mortis Books. On this particular day, an entity dubbed Victor has knocked over a candelabra. Veronica Vandersteenen, the owner of Ex Mortis, suspects that the alleged spirit might be an attachment to one of the […]
