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Haunted Walks Inc. and Phantoms of Yore are giving visitors to Fort Henry a hands-on investigative experience, without all the touching. The 25-year-old tour group, with ghost walks in Kingston, Ottawa and Toronto, co-hosting two weekends worth of public paranormal investigations, Sept. 11-12 and 25-26. Due to the pandemic, Creative […]
North America is rich in diversity and has plenty of different perspectives when it comes to the inexplicable. From First Nations to the introduction and emancipation of slaves, to the many waves of immigration, there are mythologies imported and shared across all ethnicities on the continent. Even though there is […]
When you dive into the annals of Canadian business history, most people would be right in thinking that the Hudson’s Bay Company monopolized most of it. But in St. John’s, Newfoundland, the Newman family is on par with Hudson’s with its mercantile prowess. A tie to that history still remains […]
In an era where the only exciting hauntings are demon infestations concocted by shows permanently done in night vision, Time-Life Books’ Mysteries of the Unknown: Phantom Encounters grounds the study of the ghostly phenomenon. Released in 1988, the compilation covers the themes of doppelgangers, spirits of those going through traumatic […]
Listening to Dan Aykroyd in the narration booth gave “Hotel Paranormal” producer Sarah Zammit goosebumps. Zammit, who works with Blue Ant’s Saloon Media, has worked on paranormal shows like “Haunted Hospitals” and “Paranormal Witness” in the past, but there’s nothing quite like having the voice of Canadian paranormal pedigree share […]
Conner Gossel and two friends created the Instagram account Haunted Historian in an effort to create an online community dedicated to cataloguing the world’s haunted locations. The 25-year-old Dayton, Ohio native launched Haunted Historian with Blake Kendig and Alex Meiring in late 2018 when he was beginning law school. It […]
Demonologist Michelle Desrochers had to step out of her comfort zone for her most recent appearance on a paranormal television series. The co-host of radio show “The Outer Realm” is used to being the pillar of strength for clients who are dealing with violent hauntings. But for the Travel Channel’s, […]
Ghosthunters Lee and Linzi Steer are catching hell from social media after continuing their paranormal investigations during the stay-at-home order in the United Kingdom. The South Yorkshire-based duo have been live-streaming their investigations of a haunted mansion and nearby wooded area for their Facebook page, Ghosts of Britain. Other paranormal […]
Controversial medium, Derek Acorah, dies at 69 British TV personality and ‘Most Haunted’ medium Derek Acorah died Jan. 3 after a short battle with pneumonia and sepsis. He was 69. Not without controversy, Acorah allegedly made up the spirits he would channel while on ‘Most Haunted’. The show’s parapsychologist Ciaran […]
Ghosts of Niagara-on-the-Lake (Second Edition) by Maria da Silva and Andrew Hind Dundurn Press, Canada, 2018 4.5/5 The only way some people can swallow the pill called history is by wrapping it up in the proverbial bacon, a la filet mignon, and serving it on a platter. My own mother-in-law […]