Sara shares the history and hauntings of the old Ottawa Jail turned Hostel. 

TW: prisons, abuse, death. 

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Resources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Ottawa

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa_Jail_Hostel

https://ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-and-events/doors-open-ottawa/2025-buildings/ottawa-jail-hostel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_architecture

https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/publications/ottawa-stories/momentous-events-in-the-city-s-life/the-hanging-of-patrick-whelan

https://www.historicalsocietyottawa.ca/publications/ottawa-stories/momentous-events-in-the-city-s-life/the-last-man-hanged-in-ottawa

https://www.oradesign.co.uk/blog/identifying-georgian-victorian-and-edwardian-homes/

https://www.lostgeckos.com/blogs/post/world-s-most-haunted-jail-ottawa-jail-hostel

https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/hwnq9/i_work_in_a_haunted_hostel_that_was_previously_a/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/kvxcfi/overnight_at_the_ottawa_jail_hostel/

https://www.reddit.com/r/nosleep/comments/1lb8c9/my_ottawa_haunted_jail_expirence/ 

Happy Halloween Ghoulies! Join Jamie & Sara as they cover different local Victoria stories - Bastion Square, Pendray Inn & Teahouse, and Miqen (Beacon Hill Park). 

TW: racism, hangings, death. 

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Resources: 

Jamie's story: 

http://www.npdemers.net/blog/2010/08/ghosts-of-old-victoria#burial

https://fbhp.ca/Burial-Cairns

https://fbhp.ca/Chapter-1-1842

https://discover.hubpages.com/religion-philosophy/The-Doppleganger-of-Beacon-Hill-Park-The-story-behind-the-haunting-Part-1

Sara's story: 

https://www.tourismvictoria.com/blog/top-10-haunted-places-victoria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bastion_Square

https://www.vicnews.com/trending-now/courthouse-hangings-to-abandoned-opium-dens-victorias-most-haunted-places-62300

https://downtownvictoria.ca/2021/09/15/the-haunted-history-of-bastion-square/

https://voicemap.me/tour/victoria-bc/downtown-victoria-a-historic-walking-tour/sites/bastion-square-3

https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=1475

https://mmbc.bc.ca/about/about-us/

https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=108

https://maltwood.uvic.ca/architecture/ma/urban_planning/bastion_square/supreme_court_building.html

https://victoriabuzz.com/2023/03/then-and-now-get-to-know-the-past-present-and-future-of-bastion-squares-courthouse-photos/

https://seniors101.ca/island-voices/ghosts-and-the-paranormal-in-victoria-bc/

https://web.uvic.ca/~hist66/vicvic/student/police/police_history.htm

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https://garrickshead.com/history/

https://www.mondaymag.com/news/unlocking-the-dark-secrets-of-victoria-7303491

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Victoria_(British_Columbia)

https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/brew_c.html?hi=victoria

https://bcgenesis.uvic.ca/pemberton_a.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinatown,_Victoria

https://rcmp.ca/en/firearms/history-firearms-canada

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https://maltwood.uvic.ca/architecture/ma/urban_planning/bastion_square/Burnes_building.html

Welcome to our four & final haunted house special: 30 East Drive & the black monk of Pontefract! This is our final episode of October so have an awesome and safe Halloween and we will see you on the other side! :)

TW: death

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Resources: 

http://www.30eastdrive.com/happenings/

https://www.ladbible.com/originals/black-monk-pontefract-30-east-drive-ghost-hunt-fred-poltergeist-342151-20240921

https://www.richardestep.net/30-east-drive-moving-in-with-the-worlds-most-violent-poltergeist/

https://www.hauntedhappenings.co.uk/poltergeist-house-30-east-drive/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/When_the_Lights_Went_Out#:~:text=Clifford%20as%20Lucy-,Production,Drive%2C%20Pontefract%2C%20West%20Yorkshire.

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2012/aug/30/a-ghost-in-the-house

https://realhorrordiaries.blogspot.com/2023/03/horrific-hauntings-pontefract.html

https://sallyannemartyn.com/blog/a-different-kind-of-night-out

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poltergeist 

https://www.reddit.com/r/mystery/comments/1kk6225/the_black_monk_of_pontefract_possibly_the_most/

Welcome to our third haunted house special: the hauntings of the Dandy family and the Hinsdale house! 

TW: mention of sexual assault, murder, exorcisms. 

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Resources: 

https://medium.com/@BeyondTheOtherSide/the-haunted-hinsdale-house-a-true-supernatural-story-8709a2a392e0

https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghoststories/comments/1l8ezgy/looking_for_personal_experiences_or_local_stories/

http://archives.sbu.edu/Biographies/Trabold/paranormalcases.htm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTStm36v6dY

Welcome to our second feature haunted house for Spooktober 2025: the Keg Mansion & the Macaulay House!

TW: suicide, mention of sexual assault, murder. 

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Resources:

Keg Mansion:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Massey

https://ghostwalks.com/articles/spirit-saves-wine-keg-mansion-ghost

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keg_Mansion

https://www.reddit.com/r/toronto/comments/20pm3c/they_say_the_keg_mansion_on_jarvis_is_haunted/

https://ghostwalks.com/articles/keg-mansion-toronto-legend

https://chantallarochelle.ca/2024/11/03/haunted-holiday-the-keg-mansion/#:~:text=People%20have%20reported%20seeing%20Lillian's,haunted%20areas%20in%20the%20Mansion.

https://npiweb.com/blog/posts/haunted-places-series-keg-mansion/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massey_family

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-massey-murder-100-years-later-the-tabloid-tale-still-fascinates-1.2944925

https://alitchick.blogspot.com/2015/01/the-massey-murder.html 

https://www.torontoghosts.org/index.php/the-city-of-toronto/private-business/135-the-keg-mansion-?showall=1 

Macaulay House:

https://www.whatsupyukon.com/yukon/communities/evidence-inconclusive-but-the-place-is-still-freaky/

https://globalnews.ca/news/10053798/canada-haunted-places-ghost-stories/#:~:text=Macaulay%20House%20in%20Dawson%20City%2C%20Yukon%20is,may%20be%20something%20paranormal%20also%20stroking%20the

https://dawsoncity.ca/haunting-walk/

https://www.yukon-news.com/news/doors-of-dawsons-historic-home-open-to-another-realm-6971767

https://westendvancouver.wordpress.com/biographies-a-m/biographies-m/macaulay-henry-charles-1876-1944/

https://www.reddit.com/r/Yukon/comments/1lr3sy7/does_anyone_have_any_local_ghost_stories_or_urban/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dawsoncityartists/posts/1277560632906435/

https://kiac.ca/artist-in-residence-program/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawson_City 

Welcome to our first feature haunted house for Spooktober 2025: the unsolved mystery of the bleeding house in Atlanta, Georgia. 

TW: blood. 

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Resources: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7lXfh6HSw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wc2M54vOL_U&t=411s

https://www.newsbreak.com/april-killian-1599867/3612858241940-revisiting-the-case-of-the-bleeding-house-of-georgia-a-greatly-exaggerated-story

This week Jamie covers the strange dancing plague of 1518.

TW: Death, psychological/mental illnesses. 

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Resources: 

https://www.britannica.com/event/dancing-plague-of-1518

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France_in_the_early_modern_period

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dancing_plague_of_1518

This week Sara covers The Watcher of Westfield, NJ in the USA.

TW: stalking behaviour

Resources:

The True Story of 'The Watcher,' Explained - Marie Clairemarieclaire.comhttps://www.marieclaire.com › Culture › TV shows

What happened to The Watcher's real-life ...South China Morning Posthttps://www.scmp.com › ... › Style › News & Trends

The Watcher of Westfield, New JerseyWikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Watcher_of_Wes…

The Watcher: Where Is the Broaddus Family Now?People.comhttps://people.com › Crime › Crime History

Exclusive | Cops visited 'Watcher House' 58 times since ...New York Posthttps://nypost.com › 2022/11/01 › watcher-house-owne…

The Watcher of WestfieldWeird NJhttps://weirdnj.com › stories › local-legends › westfield-...

The Eerie Case Of The Watcherwww.youtube.com › watch

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/the-watcher-house-owner-true-story-netflix-b2219719.html

Join us in welcoming Jamie back to the show! This week she covers the life and death of Francis Rattenbury, the architect behind (now) Victoria's Parliament Building and Empress Hotel.

TW: adultery, murder, death, colonization

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Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_Rattenbury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Rattenbury

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Columbia_Parliament_Buildings

https://ywcavan.org/blog/2024/05/understanding-indigenous-history-land-now-called-vancouver#:~:text=In%201887%2C%20the%20creation%20of,erected%20to%20represent%20cultural%20resilience. 

https://bcanuntoldhistory.knowledge.ca/1880/stanley-park-established

https://montecristomagazine.com/community/the-outrageous-life-and-death-of-francis-rattenbury#gsc.tab=0

https://hallmarkheritagesociety.ca/archives/history-articles/the-negotiations-to-relocate-the-songhees-1843-1911/

https://www.historichotels.org/hotels-resorts/fairmont-empress/ghoststories.php

This week as Jamie covers New York's East River General Slocum fire disaster of 1904.

TW: death, death of children

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Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_General_Slocum

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38NfsPVC6m8&ab_channel=FascinatingHorror