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Emma’s Back Porch | Haunted Restaurant in Burlington

Emma’s Back Porch & the Water Street Cooker were once popular restaurants in the old house at 2084 Old Lakeshore in Burlington. 

And a haunted hotspot reaching legendary status.  Catching the eye of the most known Canadian Ghost Show in history… Creepy Canada. 

Today, the house Emma Byrens made famous now stands empty and alone on the Burlington Waterfront, waiting out its fate.

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Bootlegger? | Debunking | Ghost Stories

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What are ghosts & do spirits exist? | View of the Dead

Are ghosts real? What are ghosts? Questions paranormal folks asked for years.  Can it be answered?  Yes!  Can it be proven?  Not a snowball’s chance!

I’ve been in the paranormal business for over 20 years.  Starting with interest in history. Soon realizing, if you love history then ghost stories are not far away.

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Ghost Stories | House & Dolls | Energy Theory

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Franklin Castle Cleveland | History Ghosts & Judy Garland

Franklin Castle is the beautiful house in Cleveland is considered one of Ohio’s most notoriously haunted.  A family’s death curse leads to many legends.  And ghosts remain as a reminder of the family’s challenges.



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FIRST OWNER | JUDY GARLAND| GHOST

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Lizzie Borden House | Dark History & Ghost Stories

The infamous Murderess, Lizzie Borden, of Fall River, Massachusetts creates dark tourism. 

The family home now turned into the Lizzie Borden Bed & Breakfast.  Allows regular folks, like me and you, to stay overnight in a house where she (allegedly) murdered her parents. 

Dark history at its best!



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MURDERS | JUDGEMENT | GHOSTS

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Kinsmen Park Saskatchewan | 28th St Jail and Hangings

Kinsmen Park has Mature trees, playgrounds, and water parks.  Also, violence, hangings and ghosts.  Now that’s a park!  The site of a brutal prison now a park where the little kiddies play.  Featuring dark history of two hanged men.

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Hangings | Hoo Sam Murder | Murderous Mountie

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Don Jail Toronto | Boyd Gang & Resident Ghost

This was the worst jail in Canada!  Time served increased because it was “Hell on Earth”!  As proven by the Boyd Gang’s escape, and a guy killed over a bag of chips. Along with its resident ghost, the “Lady of the Don”.



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Cursed History | Boyd Gang | Lady of the Don

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Afterthoughts on the Life of Sobbing Sophia Shaw

Finding the Connection between General Isaac Brock & “Sobbing Sophia” Shaw in Niagara-on-the-Lake.

It has been said that a life that’s well lived defines a person in remembrance. But one brief, precious episode in a person’s lifetime could change the course of the river of fate.

This is how legends begin. And one such story started with the final meeting between Sophia Shaw and Major-General Sir Isaac Brock. As he rode his horse hard towards the direction of Queenston Heights. Many books and blogs had been written about their enduring romance.



At least one play was composed based on their love affair and the war that ended their relationship in tragedy.

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Connection | Macdonell | Death | Legend of Sobbing Sophia

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Why I Hate Ghost Fakery | How the Skeptics Win

Fake ghosts get to me. And it hit me while listening to the Joe Rogen Podcast.  For the first time I can remember, he had on paranormal investigators. Never heard of these fellows before listening to that show. 

Their names are Sam and Colby.  Well known and followed on YouTube by millions.  They go to the most haunted places to search for ghosts.

So, why was my BS sense going off the entire time.



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Francis Rattenbury | An Extraordinary Murder Story

On Sunday, March 24th in 1935, Francis Rattenbury, a respected Victoria, British Columbia Architect was murdered inside his drawing room.  The floor covered with blood and debris.

They thought it was dust in the blood.  Was actually his skull and brain fragments.  And in the corner, broken false teeth.



Turned out, Rattenbury was still alive!  They called for help and rushed him to the hospital.  It’s there he’d die 4 days later. 

This is the story of what led to his brutal murder.

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ALMA | MURDER | AFTERMATH

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Bachelors Grove Cemetery | Chicago’s Graveyard with Ghosts

Ghost Guide Daniel – – Bachelors Grove Cemetery in Chicago (Midlothian, Bremen Township) is a rare, haunted hotspot.  Visited by countless ghost enthusiasts since the 1940s.  A historic area with deep roots in the settling of one of the United States largest cities.

Oh, and don’t forget the countless ghosts.  And location to one of the Top 10 most known Ghost Photos in the entire world! 

These are the stories of Bachelors Grove Cemetery.