Explore the Lore
There are umpteenth ghost stories that are shared in Toronto — tales that leave psychic scars on the places they haunt. That deep well of lore is why historian and author Adam Bunch has so much material for his Ghost Stories of Toronto lecture series with the Toronto Public Library. […]
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 […]
While the world fixates on Washington, D.C.’s slow drip of UAP disclosures, Canada is quietly stepping into the spotlight as host of the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies’ 2026 annual conference in Toronto this July. It’s an opportunity that underscores the country’s long-underappreciated but substantive role in bringing scientific rigour […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Feats of strength!” The speakers boom through the Metro Toronto Convention Centre as Krystal Younglove takes the stage, striking a pose at the end of the hall. She plays the role of strongwoman, bantering with the crowd, teasing men to smile — then flipping the script by joking that she’s […]
The Native Canadian Centre of Toronto became a safe space for discussions about Sasquatch and other cryptids during a three-day conference that also served as the backdrop for a new documentary on healing through Bigfoot. Indigenous artist Judy Sackaney (Wachi Medowin) returned to 16 Spadina Road from May 30 to […]
Tarot card reader and artist Monica Bodirsky sits on a stone bench in Toronto’s Cedarvale Park, flipping a card and placing it upright on a cloth adorned with moon phases and bats. The rings on her fingers shimmer as sunlight filters through rainclouds and the park’s canopy. Across from her […]