I have received some emails and messages on the T.O.P.S. facebook account concerning psychics and investigations in Toronto.  Questions like… if I knew of any psychics that are good, if I knew of people that can sense ghosts, if I go on or hold investigations, etc.  I really wish I did, but unfortunately I do not.  Regarding the psychics, I am wanting to see one myself actually and would appreciate it if anyone could post information on  one that has the true ability.  I am not talking about people that are in it for entertainment purposes only… I consider them to be a waste of time!  If you are a psychic and have good references, then please feel free to post.  As for the investigations… I am a “Legend Tripper”, meaning, I go to haunted places unofficially and casually look around. I always go with at least one other person just in case and don’t recommend that anyone ever go alone!  I am thinking about going to an actual investigation soon, but I am still a bit nervous because of what I might encounter and what I might bring home with me.  I am very sensitive so things have made themselves known to me.  I have even had a violent paranormal physical encounter, so you can see why I am very cautious.  I guess I feel that knowledge is the key to assisting me on my path to the metaphysical.  Only time will tell!

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I realized that I posted product widgets of the US version of Amazon. My bad, sorry! I am going to update them all shortly. I am going to start with the prize first. I believe that this book is a definite must for any Toronto paranormal fan. It looks to be priced the best too!

Haunted Valentines

Thursday, February 07, 2008 10:55:02 PM

Are you looking for a Valentine’s Day escape? Or just a romantic getaway any time of the year?

Leave it to our Scott Fais to find a bed and breakfast where Cupid’s arrows aren’t a match for “Mabel” — a ghostly spirit who never checks out.

This is Florida on a Tankful, with “Greetings from St. Augustine.”

“This house was built for elegance, quality,” said George Dann, the owner of the Casa de la Paz bed and breakfast.

Under blue skies and beyond the archway, the prime spot in St. Augustine holds a prime secret behind its gates.

“We knew the story of this place,” said Melissa Taylor, a guest at the bed and breakfast.

“We have a lot of nonbelievers, and then something will happen and they start to question ‘Maybe that is real?’” Dann said.

What’s real at the Casa de la Paz are the afternoon wine tastings over a casual game of Scrabble. But it’s what you can’t see that may take a few clues to spell it out.

“Mabel is our ghost,” Dann said.

“We’ve had guests here report they’ve seen her on the stairway and she has asked guests when are they are leaving,” Dann said.

The home, built in 1915, offers seven guest rooms, one of which is always occupied.

“We’re in the Queen Isabella Room, where Mabel, our ghost, originates,” Dann said.

“Her husband went out to sea and never came back,” Taylor said.

“She died of a lonely heart here in the house. She died in this room,” Dann said.

Spending the night with a ghost was something newlywed Melissa Taylor jumped at.

“We’re always hoping for stuff like that to happen,” Taylor said.

“So am I,” Fais said. “I spent the night in the same room where Mabel died, hoping to connect with her.”

“After a quiet evening, the only thing out of the ordinary I found — how our battery charger started beeping uncontrollably in the middle of the middle of the night,” Fais said.

Melissa experienced something else.

“We were both there watching TV and he had one hand on me and the other hand on his pillow, and I felt three taps on my shoulder and I looked at him and said, ‘What?’ And I said, ‘You just tapped me on the shoulder,’ and he said, ‘I didn’t tap you on the shoulder,’” Taylor remembered. “I think it was a ghost.”

“But that kind of thing goes on here all the time,” Dann said.

“We are so not disappointed,” Taylor told Fais.

Mabel the ghost doesn’t like kids. Dann said that his bed and breakfast is reserved for folks 15-years-old and older.

You can find Casa de la Paz and several other bed and breakfasts located on the waterfront in in St. Augustine.