Ep 217 - Eerie Whispers: Brian Baker on Canada’s Reluctant Ghost Culture
Haunted Talks
Journalist and researcher Brian Baker, founder of , joins Haunted Talks to discuss his new book, . Why is Canada, a country overflowing with ghost stories, so hesitant to talk about them? Brian shares a chilling childhood encounter he has never quite shaken, unpacks his idea of Canada as “the introvert on the global stage,” and takes us across the country to explore why some regions embrace the paranormal while others keep it at arm’s length. We also dive into Toronto’s legendary Philip Experiment, where a group of researchers appeared to summon a ghost they...
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Ep 216 - Lizzie Borden: Inside the Murder House 🪓
Haunted Talks
She was the quiet churchgoer. The dutiful daughter. The last person anyone expected to wield a hatchet. But on an August morning in 1892, the Borden home in Fall River, Massachusetts, became the scene of one of the most savage double murders in American history. And the name became synonymous with murder itself. In this episode, we step inside the Borden home to uncover what really happened—the brutal killings, the family tensions no one talked about, the trial that transfixed a nation, and the enigmatic woman at the centre of it all. Was Lizzie a cold-blooded killer? A victim...
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Ep 215 - Why We Love Halloween 🖤🎃
Haunted Talks
Happy Halloween to all the ghosts and ghoulies! 🖤🎃👻 Jim’s love letter to Halloween. Walk with us through fog-lit childhood streets, pause beside ancient fires for the dead, and feel again the quiet magic of the night when the veil grows thin. This is a night for stories, for spirits, and for those who still believe in a little mystery. Settle in, press play, and celebrate Halloween with us. If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like: Episode 191 – Episode 94 – For information or to get tickets for our ghost tours or paranormal adventures, please visit .
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Ep 214 - Ghosts on a Plane: The Haunting of Flight 401
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December 29, 1972. A routine flight becomes an unspeakable tragedy when crashes into the Florida Everglades. Ninety-six souls perish in the dark swampland, their final moments a desperate struggle against fire, water, and alligators. But for some of the crew, death wasn’t the end of their duties. Weeks later, Captain Bob Loft and Flight Engineer Don Repo began appearing on other Eastern Airlines aircraft, warning crews of danger, completing pre-flight checks, and even materializing in overhead bins. The airline attempted to silence the stories, stripping parts from...
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Ep 213 – The Conjuring of Ed and Lorraine Warren
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They were the most famous ghost hunters in the world. A husband and wife who claimed to battle demons, investigate possessions, and protect families from the darkness beyond. But every haunting has two sides. In this special episode, we peel back the legend to uncover who really were. From their humble beginnings to their most infamous cases, we explore the uneasy space where faith, fame, and fear collide. Were they true seekers of the unknown, or storytellers who blurred the line between truth and performance until even they could not tell the difference? ...
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Ep 212 – A Knock at the Door - The Haunting of the Wizard Clip
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In 1794, a stranger died in a farmhouse on the edge of the Virginia frontier. What followed became one of the most chilling, bizarre, and well-documented hauntings in early America. Phantom horses galloped through the night. Objects flew across rooms. Fires sparked without cause. Clothing was clipped by unseen scissors into crescents, sometimes while still being worn. And then the voice arrived. haunting was investigated in real time by clergy, skeptics, and even a Russian prince who had become a Catholic priest. Letters, court records, and land deeds remain. But the most important...
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Ep 211 - The Coffin That Saved Three Men From Drowning
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Most shipwrecks leave behind ghosts. This one left behind something stranger. In 1912, the Mayflower, a wooden steamer built for the quiet lakes of eastern Ontario, set out on one final trip before winter. Aboard were a small crew, nine passengers, and a coffin carrying the body of a young man named Herman Brown, on his way home to be buried. As a sudden snowstorm swept across Lake Kamaniskeg, the Mayflower vanished beneath the water in under a minute. Nine lives were lost. Three men survived…by clinging to the coffin. In this episode, we retrace the events of that harrowing night. How a...
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Ep 210 - The Curse That Built a Castle
Haunted Talks
Deep in the wilderness of northwestern Ontario, where the forest swallows sound and the lakes stretch toward the horizon, stands a log castle. Not the ruin of a forgotten community, or the relic of a wealthy eccentric. This towering mansion of timber was built by one man. Working alone. In this episode, we journey to and step inside the haunting legacy of Jimmy McOuat. A man driven by a childhood curse, a lifelong loneliness, and a defiant dream to prove the world wrong. His creation, , is part marvel and part mystery. Three stories tall, built by hand, it stands as a monument to obsession,...
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Ep 209 - Halifax Explosion: Aftermath
Haunted Talks
At 9:04 a.m., Halifax was torn apart in an instant. One moment it was a thriving wartime city, the next, it was fire, thunder, and ruin. A fireball as hot as the surface of the sun ignited the harbour. Shockwaves ripped through homes and streets. A wall of water followed, drowning what the flames had spared. In this second part of our two-part series, we return to the stories of Francis Mackey, Vincent Coleman, and Kaye Chapman as we explore the devastation that unfolded in the hours and days after the blast. Entire neighbourhoods vanished. Families were torn apart. The city would never be the...
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Ep 208 - Halifax Explosion: Before the Blast
Haunted Talks
On a crisp , Halifax woke to calm skies and the quiet hum of a wartime city at work. Children hurried to school. Workers streamed into factories. Families went about their routines. Out in the harbour, two ships moved slowly toward one another. One carried deadly cargo, volatile enough to erase a city. When they collided, a fuse was lit. At 9:04 a.m., Halifax was ripped apart in a wave of fire, force, and sound. In this first part of our two-part series, we walk alongside the people who lived those ordinary minutes before disaster: the harbour pilot steering a ship of fire, the...
info_outlineHappy Halloween to all the ghosts and ghoulies! 🖤🎃👻
Jim’s love letter to Halloween. Walk with us through fog-lit childhood streets, pause beside ancient fires for the dead, and feel again the quiet magic of the night when the veil grows thin. This is a night for stories, for spirits, and for those who still believe in a little mystery. Settle in, press play, and celebrate Halloween with us.
If you enjoyed this episode, you might also like:
Episode 191 – Candy Panic! The Truth Behind the Trick
Episode 94 – Poe’s The Raven
For information or to get tickets for our ghost tours or paranormal adventures, please visit hauntedwalk.com.