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Mid-Week Mini Spooks: Kingston Penitentiary


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Welcome to this years last episode of the Mid-Week Mini Spook (MWMS) series. A series that preps all you weirdo's for Halloween. Every Wednesday in October, get your spooky fix as your host Alex tells small tales to surely leave a chill down your spine. This year, for the first time ever, there is a theme. Ontario, Canada may not necessarily be the most reported haunted location in the world, but that doesn't mean there's no eeriness when it comes to this province. Get ready for this years MWMS series of Ominous Ontario.

This week, Alex discuss the history and, some of the reported haunts, of Kingston Penitentiary, Kingston, Ontario. I hope you've enjoyed this years MWMS - have a safe & spooky Halloween!

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Resources:

  • Wikipedia - Kingston, Ontario - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston,_Ontario 
  • Ultimate Ontario website - 10 Haunted Places in Ontario We Dare You to Visit - by Kevin Wagar - https://ultimateontario.com/haunted-places-in-ontario/ 
  • Visit Kingston website - https://www.visitkingston.ca/see-do/kingston-penitentiary/ 
  • Stones Kingston website - http://www.stoneskingston.ca/penitentiary-city/kingston-penitentiary/ 
  • Global News - “Spooky Kingston: Ghosts stories from the downtown core” - by Mike Postovit - October 30th, 2019 - https://globalnews.ca/news/6102235/spooky-kingston-ghosts-stories/ 
  • Historic Places website - “Kingston Penitentiary National Historic Site of Canada” - https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=13265 
  • CTV News Ottawa - “List of notable inmates of the notorious Kingston Penitentiary” - by the Canadian Press - September 26th, 2013 - https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/list-of-notable-inmates-of-the-notorious-kingston-penitentiary-1.1471857 
  • The Whig website - “Whig-Standard timeline of Kingston Pen riot” - by The Whig-Standard - April 13th, 2021 - https://www.thewhig.com/news/whig-standard-timeline-of-kingston-pen-riot 
  • The Whig website - “Kingston Penitentiary earned its reputation” - by Patrick Kennedy - Sep 27, 2013 - https://www.thewhig.com/2013/09/27/kingston-penitentiary-earned-its-reputation 
  • All Women’s Talk website - “7 MORE HAUNTED LOCATIONS IN CANADA …” By Shannon Pete - https://allwomenstalk.com/profile/shannon-pete/ - https://travel.allwomenstalk.com/more-haunted-locations-in-canada/#2 
  • Queens Journal - “My encounter with the Kingston Pen’s notorious deceased employee” - by Riley McMahon - October 23rd, 2019 - https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2019-10-22/postscript/my-encounter-with-the-kingston-pens-notorious-deceased-employee/ 
  • Curiocity website - "5 of the most haunted places in Ontario with terrifying histories” - Oct 15, 2021 - https://curiocity.com/haunted-places-in-ontario-that-have-terrifying-histories/ 
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