It was VIPs only for a ghost investigation at Exhibition Place’s Horse Palace with the Canadian Paranormal Investigations team and Instagram maven Krista Maryk. On a late September evening in Toronto, journalists Geoff Rohoman, Liz Braun and TV personality Desta Ostapyk, as well as other guests of the Fall Home […]
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Toronto’s Spadina Museum explores death, spiritualist movement for Halloween
Toronto’s Spadina Museum is embracing its after-hours ambience for the Halloween season. After Dark Tours: The Dearly Departed is a nighttime experience that will explore the historic connections between death and Victorian spiritualism. It’s a topic that administrator Alexandra Kim said has the team excited, especially given the vibe the […]
Ottawa mentalist pays tribute to mom, raises awareness of history in eighth annual séance
As a homage to his mom, Meena Sones, Jaymes White is dedicating his eighth séance to her memory. Sones died at home on September 9 after a battle with endometrial cancer. For White, his mom always provided that stability, and it’s her “warrior personality” that is inspiring him to continue […]
Royal Ontario Museum has many attachments, both former and current staff share
With so much history under one roof, it’s hard not to believe there aren’t a few attachments to the artifacts inside. Every autumn, the Royal Ontario Museum takes its members on a tour of the building, sharing spooky tales, but for ROMKids Manager and Camp Director Kiron Mukherjee, the experiences […]
Toronto novelist Andrew Pyper grapples with how to help victims of hauntings
After publishing The Demonologist in 2013, victims of malevolent spirits still reach out to Pyper looking for help, but he’s at a loss as to what to do Write a novel that shares the same name as an Ed and Lorraine Warren book, and you’ll have people asking you for […]
Toronto’s historic Lambton House chosen for Jaymes White’s sixth annual séance
Former home of Ontario’s second Lieutenant Governor and Father of Confederation, William Pearce Howland, has endured over 160 years There’s something special about Lambton House that attracted mentalist Jaymes White’s attention: it endures. The house avoided destruction during the 1878 Humber River flood. It survived a fire that devastated the […]
MacKenzie House: The story of a firebrand phantom or historical hoax?
A picture has a way of making you feel certain things, but no matter what picture I have seen of the house with the black double four-panel door, it always just looks insidious. Given all of the rumours surrounding the MacKenzie House, others must also get this feeling. Is there […]
Secret City Adventures stirs up evil at haunted Black Creek Pioneer Village
You’ve probably heard of Escape from New York, but have you heard of Escape from Black Creek? Secret City Adventures has pulled together an escape game for one of Toronto’s most haunted locations. They’ve been providing escape games at Black Creek Pioneer Village since 2017, but “Where Dark Things Dwell” […]
The Debrief team adds Canadian element to UFO conference
Canada was well represented at the 30th Annual International UFO Congress and Film Festival which ran from Sept. 7 to Sept. 12. Winnipeg-based editor-in-chief, and co-founder of the Debrief, MJ Banias, joined his team members to discuss a year in UFO news via a virtual panel on the conference’s last […]
Stigmatized real estate a sticky wicket for realtors
Stigmatized properties pose an interesting dilemma for real estate agents who take on the listings. When most people hear the word stigmatized, they may think that there was a natural death, home invasion or murder at the home or business. But poltergeist activity and ghosts do manifest from time to […]