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

HellooOOooo ghoulies! This week Sara is joined by Montana as she covers the local legend of the headless woman of Mount Sicker.

TW: Assault, murder, femicide, ghosts

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Resources:

https://livinglibraryblog.com/the-search-for-the-headless-woman-of-sicker-mountain/

https://bcforestdiscoverycentre.com/ghosts-of-the-grade/#:~:text=The%20Lenora%2C%20Mount%20Sicker%20Railway,sawmill%20supported%20the%20building%20boom.

https://www.beyondnootka.com/articles/mount_sicker.html

https://www.cascadiaarcana.com/blog/mtsicker-mines

https://www.northcowichan.ca/sites/default/files/2023-10/mount%20sicker.pdf

https://www.cowichanvalleycitizen.com/community/column-t-w-paterson-there-really-should-be-a-ghost-haunting-mount-sicker-part-1-776913

                                                                                                         Column T.W. Paterson: There really should be a ghost haunting Mount Sicker (Part 2) Bibeau, a friend, had been an innocent victim — the wrong man in the wrong place at the wrong time. Nov 25, 2017 1:00 PM Read more >                 

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https://mysteriesofcanada.com/canada/top-10-creepiest-places-in-canada/       

https://raincoasthistory.blogspot.com/2017/05/murder-and-suicide-at-mount-sicker-hotel.html

https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist19670630/page/n102/mode/1up?view=theater&q=bibeau

https://muraltown.com/mural-art-gallery/22-lenora-mines-mt-sicker

This week, Sara shares the story of the ghost ship of the Northumberland Strait. 

TW: ghosts!

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Resources:

https://native-land.ca/

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

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Elmo%27s_fire

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/newfoundland/ghost-ships-of-the-north-atlantic/

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

https://islandarchives.ca/islandora/object/vre%3Aislemag-batch2-58?solr_nav%5Bid%5D=bec90adf09074be1031e&solr_nav%5Bpage%5D=0&solr_nav%5Boffset%5D=3&search=northumberland%2520strait

https://www.saltwire.com/atlantic-canada/phantom-ship-spotted-by-visitor-151203

https://www.foxharbr.com/blog/ghost-ship-northumberland-strait/

https://nuvomagazine.com/culture/canadian-urban-legends-the-flaming-ghost-ship-of-prince-edward-island?srsltid=AfmBOopmnPy2B6W73T-NqomZFFiI7A4yPZd9u-yi8qcFIOBmWdXTVTaB

https://digitalcommons.library.umaine.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?params=/context/ives_papers/article/1001/&path_info=Burning_Ship_of_Northumberland_Straight.pdf

https://enchantedlivingmagazine.com/ships-of-flame/