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A good ghost story never dies. And neither does the format to share that ghost story. Those were the thoughts shared by “Maritime Haunting” producer Jeff DeEll during a January Zoom conversation with storyteller Steve Vernon and investigator Adam Myles. “Maritime Haunting” was successfully renewed for a second season by […]
When you have specific experiences that you learn from, that wisdom is meant to be shared. Especially when it’s part of a transformative process. That’s the driving force behind medium and TV personality Shawn Leonard’s book Spirit Talker: Indigenous Stories and Teachings from a Mi’kmaq Psychic Medium. Leonard had always […]
A small town 10 km southeast of the New Brunswick-Nova Scotia border celebrates its haunted history much like Salem, Massachusetts. Amherst, Nova Scotia’s story, however, does not involve a witch hunt. It involves a poltergeist and the well-being of an 18-year-old woman. In the fall of 1878, 18-year-old Esther Cox, […]
To hear Canadian storyteller Steve Vernon share a story is to be transported back to when he heard it for the first time while hitchhiking across Canada. He rolls into a tale about a married Irishman in P.E.I. who was spending the weekend in Charlottetown with a young woman named […]
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 […]
Like an underground river, there is a large current of paranormal interest that runs just beneath the surface of Canada. Ghost stories are shared around campfires as a rite of passage. People travel to historic locations to uncover the past, and maybe to cross paths with a spirit or two. […]
The Paranormal Phenomena Research and Investigation team of Darryl Walsh and Elliott Van Dusen will chew the fat with Haligonians over their collection of curiosities and haunted artifacts this October. Hauntings: Exploring Apparitions, Poltergeists and Demons will be an evening dinner lecture where the duo will present their paranormal findings […]
When Haunts from the Cape team lead Doug Mombourquette travels to Fortress Louisbourg on Sept. 11 for Paranormal Weekend 2021, it will be the first time he’s had the chance to talk strictly about paranormal The Sydney, Nova Scotia native has been out to the historic landmark — built in […]
With the world grappling with life and death questions due to the pandemic, the creators of “Haunted Hospitals” are hoping to illustrate that something really does happen after we die. Premiering March 10 at 8 p.m. on T+E, season 3 promises plenty of Canadian and American stories from first responders, […]
The Royal Canadian Mint prides itself on storytelling, even if it’s of the unexplained variety. It’s a message Christa Bruce, the product manager for the Mint, imparts during an October phone call when discussing the release of the Shag Harbour Incident coin just in time for its 52nd anniversary. “At […]