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 […]
Ghosts
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 […]
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 […]
Quebec tour company takes guests on a haunting, historic tour of Pontiac County
There are more tombstones than people living in the Ottawa River Valley’s Pontiac County. It’s a detail that Aventure Outaouais owner and lead tour guide Brandon Bolduc divulges from his headquarters in Bristol, Que., which has a population of 1,199 people according to Statistics Canada. “It’s a very rural region […]
B.C. trio Beyond the Haunting explores haunted gold rush path in documentary
“Haunted Gold Rush” is not your average girls’ road trip. Paranormal investigators Corine Carey, Kelly Ireland, and Leanne Sallenback of Beyond the Haunting followed the path of the prospectors during British Columbia’s gold rush from Yale to Barkerville for their two-part documentary. With a mix of historical details, with an […]
Every nurse has a ghost story, according to ‘Haunted Hospitals’ Season 4
Every nurse has a ghost story. That’s the hook for Season 4 of “Haunted Hospitals”. The show returns for another 10 episodes airing during T+E’s Creep Week. “We have a tagline that effectively says every nurse has a ghost story, and that is so true,” Kate Kung, series producer, said […]
Ontario homes double as haunted locations for ‘Eli Roth Presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life’
Armen Kazazian is always up for talking spooky. The 52-year-old producer of “Eli Roth presents: A Ghost Ruined My Life”, premiering during T+E’s Creep Week, opened up about Cream Productions’ return for Season 2 and shooting scenes in the homes of Ontario residents. Private residences in Hamilton, Dundas, Flamborough and […]
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 […]
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” […]
Explanations for shadow people continue to haunt investigators, Canadian locations
When founder and lead investigator of Pandemonium Paranormal, Anton Buchberger, left Pembina Hall at the University of Alberta one 2013 evening, he never expected to feel an itchy sensation on his arm. He was taken aback when he discovered a scratch mark. “On an investigation, I am always careful not […]