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 […]
Tag: UFOs
Peter Usborne influenced generations with The World of the Unknown books
The World of the Unknown: Ghosts is a book that sends an electrical current of energy through all of those involved in the paranormal. It connects us all. Its cousins, two further books on Monsters and UFOs published by Usborne Books, kept those with vivid imaginations hyperactive. All three of The World of the Unknown books […]
B.C. writer, Ghost Story Guy pays homage to Revelstoke in second edition
There is an afterlife for Brennan Storr’s homage to his hometown Revelstoke, British Columbia. The Victoria resident’s book A Strange Little Place, which was originally published in August 2016 by Llewellyn Worldwide, went out of print in April 2022. Storr, one of the founding members of The Ghost Story Guys […]
Ottawa writer explores deeper issues of UFOs, conspiracies in Search for the Unknown
Writer and Northern Lakes College professor Matthew Hayes never expected the research he did for his Ph.D. to become so relevant. He believed his subject matter of Canadian UFO events from the 1950s to the early 1990s would be a fun deep dive into Canada’s history of the unknown. But […]
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 […]
Falcon Lake, Shag Harbour encounters revisited in new series ‘Encounter: UFO’
It’s hard for Stan Michalak to discuss what happened to his father Stefan during Victoria Day weekend, 1967. The elder Michalak, an industrial mechanic and amateur geologist was looking for silver not far from Falcon Lake on May 20 when he saw two cigar-shaped crafts in the sky. One of […]
UFO investigator stresses importance of primary sources, collaboration with release of 2020 survey
UFO investigator Ryan Stacey’s greatest concern for the 2020 Canadian Current Event Survey was the heightened amount of misinformation, disinformation and confirmation biases surrounding Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in Canada. Other organizations compile data from various sources, and Stacey’s hope is that everyone from MUFON and independent researchers can bring all […]
‘Web of Darkness’ extrapolates Redditors’ paranormal experiences
Saloon Media producers Paul Kilback and Tara Elwood netted stories from Redditors online and extrapolated them for the new T+E series “‘Web of Darkness.” The inspiration resulted in a collection of horrific tales diving deep into the folklore of ghosts, UFOs, witches and more. “Web of Darkness” premieres June 8 […]
Blue Ant Media adds new titles to HauntTV streaming service
Blue Ant Media and the Roku Channel have conjured up a very chilling collaboration. HauntTV was launched in December 2020 to provide fans access to Blue Ant’s library of ghostly and cryptozoological programming. And it does not disappoint for fans of Fortean phenomena. Eight shows were on the original broadcast […]
CBC doc explores new details of West Carleton UFO case
Every so often — maybe once or twice a year — Peterborough-based horror writer Ian Rogers is surprised to get a message inquiring about his UFO past. The 44-year-old was keen on the unknown as a teen and took an active interest in the Guardian UFO case that happened in […]