“Dundas & Yonge, please” I said while entering a cold cab.  I noticed that it was a crisp, snowy and bright day.  Hey there, Anna!  How are you?”  The cabby said as he was turning around and pinning his puffy black jacket covered arm over the car seat.  “Tony!”  I said with surprise!  I never even looked at the cabby as I entered the cab previously.  I reached over and pressed his arm with care as I looked into his bright green eyes.  “Before we go to the Eaton’s Center can we stop at my parent’s place?” FADE TO BLACK as I entered consciousness while my heart was pounding and my breathing was accelerated.  The reason I was so upset by this dream, you see, is because Tony is dead.  A feeling of dread consumed me and I got very worried.  Am I going to die?  The next time I visit my parents I will die?!  WTF???!!!!  How can this be?  Maybe it’s not me?  My dad is going into surgery soon and I am taking him.  Please don’t let it be my dad.  I was speaking to my mom last night and I told her about the dream.  She was concerned and told me that “it’s very bad to dream about dead people”.  Great

I am feeling a bit troubled lately.  I have encountered some negative energy from a couple of miserable-pathetic persons in mid October and it has really angered me.  Combine that with the strange presence from one of my Ouija boards on Halloween and you get me waking up every day since around 3am.  I am not one to easily forgive and forget so I end up holding on to the negative energy.  I handled it well at the time by taking their stupid dings and making a joke of it and  laughing it off.  Never let them see you upset!  They are non blood relatives so you have to be civil and respectful.  We have different backgrounds and I believe that it’s another reason for this animosity.  I wouldn’t want to trade with them because I’m very proud of my heritage and can understand why they are being so petty.  Also, people usually say things to knock people that are nice, happy and have things going for them.  I have always been kind to those people, but I want to so badly to tell them exactly what they should hear.  I am thinking about casting a Retribution spell, but I’m afraid that it might be a bit too dark for me.  I don’t want to entertain my dark side at all because I do fear it.  I am not a wicked person, but if you wrong me OMG, watch out!  I am a strong believer in an eye for an eye and what goes around comes around!  Karma is something that you shouldn’t interfere with and it’s another reason that I am not going to cast anything right now.  Why can’t people put aside their insecurities and not be assholes to people that have been nothing but nice to them.  We all have had that that friend that is so condescending and patronizing.  Someone who is not really your friend, puts in as many dings towards you and always leaves you with a bad taste in your mouth.  Anyways, I’m going to resort to avoidance and have little contact with those people.  I have to remember not to get mad, but to instead get better!  Messed up people hate to see others doing well and that would certainly kill the negative energy with positive.  If that doesn’t work then I will either get some voodoo dolls or use that revenge curse lol

Top 5 Haunted Buildings in Toronto

Friday October 31, 2008

Brian McKechnie, CityNews.ca

It’s Halloween! What better way to celebrate than with some ghost stories? Here are CityNews.ca’s Top 5 Haunted Buildings in Toronto.

5. Old City Hall

Judges’ robes mysteriously being pulled, footsteps heard walking down deserted hallways, moans from empty holding cells in the basement - these are among the many unexplained occurrences that have been reported from Old City Hall. So what (or who) is disturbing the building? One theory is that it’s the ghosts of Robert Turpin and Arthur Lucas, the last two men sentenced to hang in Canada. Although tried for separate crimes their lawyer, Ross MacKay, believed both men to be innocent. Whether it’s the spirit of disgruntled criminals or just an old creepy building is up to you to decide.

4. The Royal York Hotel

The Royal York Hotel has been a fixture on Toronto’s cityscape since 1929. When it opened it was the tallest building in the British Commonwealth. It has welcomed more than 40 million visitors over the years and is still one of the nicest buildings (inside and out) standing in this city. Could it be haunted? According to John Robert Colombo’s book Mysteries of Ontario, the eighth floor has the spirit of an older man with grey hair walking the halls at night. And a report on The Toronto Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society website mentions the ghost of a former employee who hanged himself in the staircase leading up to the roof.

3. Keg Mansion

Go for the steak, hang with the ghost. Literally. The best-known haunting at the Keg Mansion (located on Jarvis St. just North of Wellesley St.) is that of a maid who hanged herself when the Massey Family owned the house. Supposedly you can still see her hanging from a rope in the front entrance some nights. Other reports include the sound of children running and playing in the kitchen and upper floors and some creepy sightings in the women’s washroom. As long as they don’t affect the food I think the ghosts add a nice ambiance to the restaurant. Bon Appétit!

2. The Guild Inn

A recent article on blogTO reminded me how much history the Guild Inn has and just how terrifying it can be. Located on top of the Scarborough Bluffs it was originally built to be the summer home of Colonel Harold Bickford. Over the years it has been a missionary college, museum, military hospital, a hotel and now an abandoned building. With such a sordid past it’s no wonder there are reports of paranormal activity. Loud noises at night, random temperature drops, door handles rattling and visions of a young soldier with one blue eye and one brown. Spooky.

1. The Old Don Jail

The Old Don Jail housed a lot of evil in its time. Many hangings took place at the indoor gallows (including the last two men to hang: Arthur Lucas and Robert Turpin) and inmates were not always treated well. Last year human remains were found in an unmarked burial site on the grounds. All this leads to a lot of stories - ghost stories. The one I’ve heard over and over is that of an angry female inmate. Supposedly she hanged herself in her cell one night and has haunted the jail ever since (and she’s angry). Other stories I’ve heard have mentioned cold spots or spots where people feel anxious for no reason. All I know is that the building gives me the chills whenever I’m around it and that’s why it’s number one on my list.

Have stories of your own on these or any other buildings in Toronto? Send them to brian.mckechnie@citynews.ca and I’ll post them in the story. Happy Halloween!

Photo Credits: Old City Hall photo by Brian McKechnie, Keg Mansion photo courtesy Wikipedia, Don Jail Photo courtesy Wikipedia

This past Halloween my sister in law and I decided to celebrate our birthdays though they were early in the month.  As Libras we are both sensitives and both very interested in the paranormal.  I have a small collection of Ouija boards so I decided that I would give her one.  It was a fun Ouija that glowed in the dark, both the board and planchette.  I have never found one off of Ebay before and consider it to be rare and special.  Ebay seems to be the only place where you can find them in a bit of an abundance.  Anyways, she loved it so much!  I got her a couple other more practical things, so I’m glad I balanced out everything with the funky ouija!  I am also going to get her something paranormal themed for her Christmas present.  I’m not going to say just in case she is reading this lol  The day I got the board out from storage I was preparing for our Halloween party and I even dressed up my little doggy.  I started taking pictures and captured an orb.  Because I had two of the boards out I’m not sure which one that was attached to.  I think it’s mine because a few days ago, while in the shower, I got such a fright.  My dog has even been looking at me weird as though there is someone beside me.  I know it’s not our apartment because it’s relatively new… only 6 years old.  No one else has ever lived here and I don’t feel like there was any tragic events.  Anyways, I haven’t heard of anything that has occurred on my sister in laws side, yet!

Rattling chandeliers, blood dripping down the walls, a crying bride in Room 473 — at TripAtlas.com, we’re getting ready for Halloween by taking a look at these famous haunted hotels in Canada. Some of these hotels have almost too much paranormal history that it leaves little room for skeptics and doubters — but you can be the judge of that.

Eerily, a few of these hotels have made it on TripAtlas.com’s Top 10 Spa Getaways in Canada Destinations and our Top 10 Amazing Dream Weekend Getaways in Canada. Maybe they’re not as relaxing or as dreamy as we thought. What’s even spookier — more than just a few of these are luxurious Fairmont hotels that were built along the Canadian Pacific Railway during the 1800s.

The Lady in Red is Dancing on the 14th Floor
Fairmont Hotel Vancouver in Vancouver, British Columbia
As one of the most distinguishable buildings in Vancouver and a typical Fairmont chateau establishment, today’s version was built in 1939. Amongst is grand architecture and its gargoyles, you may just find another one of its wonders: the lady in red. She has been described as an elegant lady in a red dress walking along an invisible ledge and wandering down the corridors of the 14th floor (or is it really the 13th?). Stranger still, the hotel’s elevator is known to make stops on the 14th floor at random, without being requested.

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I was going through my A Haunting collection and realized that my very favorite episode was not included? I was so disappointed and hit TOPS to find out what was going on. I looked up and found out that A Haunting Connecticut and Georgia were the pilots and not included with my Season 1 & 2 set Because of popular demand they were just released at the end of this September so of course I BIN’d them (Buy It Now option some Ebay auctions offer) !! I’m so excited!!!!  I won both A Haunting Pilots, Connecticut and Georgia. A few days before that I BIN’d Seasons 1, 2, 3 and 4 DVDs on Ebay, as well!  I already had Season 1 and 2 on DVD but to buy 3 4 separately would have been more than getting the 4 seasons in one boxed dvd set.  I ordered the pilots from the same seller to cut my shipping costs down too.  I hope they get here before Halloween, but if not, it’s ok.  I will watch them all the time anyways.  Now for Season 5!  I can’t wait until it airs and then goes on DVD!!  Seriously I know I have said this so many times before but it is the best Paranormal documentary ever, in my opinion!  I have had paranormal and psychic experiences myself and I can really relate to the stories… it feels like the real thing because it’s based on true accounts. I can’t wait until I get them!!!

I am so happy to see that the best paranormal series is now on DVD!  And you can purchase all 4 seasons on Ebay for usually less than $40 US, plus shipping. Full Story »

North of Toronto is where you will find Magic Hill farm that will offer you haunted adventures.  There are several attractions from the 150 year old Haunted Barn to the Black Cavern which is known to be the scariest of them all!

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About 5 weeks ago I had the sudden urge to pack up things from my parents’ house.  I just knew it had to be done.  About 3 weeks after I packed they listed their house for sale.  I was a bit freaked out by this and so was my brother and sister-in-law because I had given them some of the packed items that they were storing at my mom and dad’s.  The reason for the move was not only because they needed less room!   My father listed shortly after my sister-in-law was attacked by something that wasn’t there.  It even left marks on her leg.  I was a witness to the scratches.  Whatever it was that jumped on me must have got her too.  I guess two people saying that they were attacked by something that wasn’t there (most possibly a ghost or demon) was enough for my father to go bye bye lol  I hope whatever it is doesn’t follow them to their new house!

I’m not sure if anyone has ever seen that SNL video featuring Justin Timberlake and a cast member singing Dick in a box lol  Anyways the following is the paranormal version