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“Truth Seekers” Creator: Nick Frost, Simon Pegg, Nat Saunders and James Serafinowicz Cast: Emma D’Arcy, Nick Frost, Samson Kayo, Malcolm McDowell, Simon Pegg and Susan Wokoma Network: Amazon Prime 4/5 If any nation can happily combine necromancy, modern paranormal sleuthing, and the archetypal Victorian Gothic ghost story into one riveting […]
The origins of a toy named Wheelie have dogged historians at Prince Edward Island’s Yeo House since its discovery in the Gothic Revival home’s walls. And right from the beginning of the province’s possession of the home, there have been stories shared about bizarre goings-on within the property’s provenance. Matthew […]
When it comes to paranormal encounters experienced by law enforcement, who better to capture the stories than a former officer. Halifax’s Elliott Van Dusen spent 15 years with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, starting in Penticton for four years, then moving on to Yellowknife to be a homicide detective before […]
After five years of conducting in-person séances at locations like the George Brown house in Toronto and Manchester Hill in Stittsville, Ont., mentalist Jaymes White has switched to an online forum for his next series. The pandemic has provided a new challenge for the 33-year-old Ottawa native as he plans […]
Blue Ant Media is gearing up for T+E’s Creep Week, which is being touted as the Shark Week for ghosts. Daily marathons of paranormal television shows will begin Oct. 10 and run to Oct. 17. During the week the premieres of “Paranormal Night Shift” and “My Paranormal Nightmare: Be Very […]
Editor’s note: Be sure to read parts 1 2 and 3 before reading the following. Future investigative pieces will be featured in a new column. My investigation on the truth behind Ufology will continue in my book TESA, The Other Guys, and The Fight For Change. A full TESA year […]
Paranormal and pop culture go hand-in-hand. A strong example of this is the “Supernatural” episode where the Winchester brothers battle a tulpa. Broken telephone factors into a ghost story that changes through online discourse. The changing story alters the haunting as the two brothers investigate. New tropes are added to […]
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 […]