For over 100 years the legendary Screaming Tunnel in Niagara has been a right-of-passage for St. Catharine’s youth.
Are they brave enough to go inside this terrifying place at night? Hold up a wooden match. Face the ghost of a murdered girl. Those who take part are accepted. Those who fail… meet social ruin.
VISIT THE TUNNEL – Google Map
Ghost Guide Daniel Reads the Article
Why a Tunnel in Niagara
Said to be a train tunnel built for the Grand Trunk Railway in the 1800’s. A north-to-south line. But the route was changed. Tracks placed overtop going east-to-west.
The tunnel left abandoned, providing some houses easy access to the main road.
The Legend of the Screaming Tunnel
This is as much the story of the “Screaming Tunnel” as its ghost! But why such fear… and why a wooden match?
The far end of the tunnel leads to a pathway through woods. Along this path existed a small cluster of homes.
Everyone knew everyone else’s business, including that of a distraught couple with an alcoholic father, his abused wife and their daughter. After he got violent one too many times, the wife wanted to leave him.
He went into a rage. “She’s my daughter too!” Knocking his wife unconscious as the little girl ran out of the house.
She stumbled into the tunnel and crouched down. Soon, heard her father’s approach. Just his breath in the darkness. Then a snap as cold liquid poured down on her. A small wooden match held up and caught light, as his tossed it down at her.
Her screams gave the tunnel its name.
A disturbing legend for a disturbing place.
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Dead Zone Movie in Tunnel
The David Cronenberg movie filmed in the Niagara Region in 1983. Many scenes around Niagara-on-the-Lake and the scenic route into Niagara Falls.
And one detour! Wonder how that production meeting went. If they chose the tunnel because the scene called for it, or heard about the brutal legend.
In the scene, Johnny (Christopher Walken) examines a dead body in the tunnel. Here are some scream shots from the movie…
Ghost Guide James tell the Legend
Video captured on the Haunted Niagara Bus Trip (2013) when visiting the Tunnel. Warning: Graphic Content…
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2 replies on “Screaming Tunnel | Niagara’s Haunted Place to Visit”
Did they move the Screaming tunnel ?? It has been in Niagara Falls right on the boundary of Niagara on the Lake as long as I have been around. Not St Catharines or Thorold.
Thanks for the geography lesson. Corrected! And Google Map link fixed.