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The Ghost Walks Tours in Hamilton, Niagara-on-the-Lake & Waterloo! Upcoming tours - https://ghostwalks.com/calendar
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02/04/2025

Stratford Ghost ... Henry Derry, the headless ghost of Avon River.

Maybe the oldest ghost story in the town. Going back to 1876, when a local medical student dug up a dead body.

Why? To study its head!

Then hiding his deed by sinking the headless co**se into the Avon River. However ... it didn't sink! Later floating into town.

Turns out, this was the body of Henry Derry. Once a Prisoner at the Stratford Jail who died serving his time.

Now, the headless body of Henry is seen along side the Avon ... looking for his head.

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*PIC - Taken along the shore of Avon in Shakespearean Garden.

01/30/2025

A most haunted place ... the Wi******er Mystery House in San Jose, CA, remained “under construction” for almost 40 years.

Why? Sarah Wi******er, widow of the rifle's creator. She believed the ghosts of victims killed by gun haunted her house.

Confusing them with renovations was the only way to survive. She died of heart failure inside the house in 1922. Today a museum.

01/23/2025

Newest article now posted on Ghost Walks website ...

Waterdown Wraith terrorized the town in 1934. This is the story of how a prank led to violence, and one of the ghost's victims.

01/21/2025

How Niagara-on-the-Lake is directly connected to 2-time Oscar winning Actress Sally Field...

- Hanged Loyalist Ralph Morden had a daughter named Eleanor.
- After War, she lived in Niagara-on-the-Lake & married Gilbert Field.
- Sally Field is a descendant of Gilbert & Eleanor.

So yes, one of the oldest houses in town, The Field House (pic2) is Salley Field's ancestral home!

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**Ghost stories in Sally Field's family's old hood... every Saturday night ... https://ghostwalks.com/niagara-on-the-lake

01/14/2025

The horrors of a Canadian prison... yes, Canadian! The Don Jail in Toronto was so inhumane, 1 day was considered 3 days towards a sentence.

Built for 276 prisoners... quickly it was averaging over 600. It closed not too long ago, in 2013. Now used as part of a hospital.

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Read about the horrors, and Boyd Gang in GhostGuide Daniel's article - https://ghostwalks.com/articles/don-jail-toronto-boyd-ghost

01/09/2025

Taken during a tour of West Virginia's notorious Penitentiary! With a history reading like a horror movie... no doubt the ghost of a violently murdered inmate remains.

Was the ghost of William "Red" Snyder captured?

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**Thanks Raven Sharp for sending in this photo!

*Read more on the GhostGuide Daniel article - https://ghostwalks.com/articles/death-of-red-snyder-west-virginia-penitentiary

01/03/2025

Most haunted house in Toronto... a reason why! The Mazkenzie Press

The son of a former caretaker woke at night. A banging from the basement shook the house. Freaked, he ran into the hallway to listen down the stairs.

Noise stopped and it was silent. Later finding out about the original Printing Press (pic), once used in Queenston (Niagara-on-the-Lake) to print Anti-British Newspapers.

Today, Press still sits in the house's basement!

12/23/2024

How friendship led to tragic death... the newest GhostGuide Daniel article shows the deep connection between Hamilton & Dundas.

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Follow GhostGuide Daniel for updates, historic, stories & more!

Hamilton and Dundas connected since the beginning. The story of how friendship led to tragedy, and then the founding of towns and cities.

12/19/2024

Rocking chair in the bedroom of Ruthven Mansion... rocks on its own!

History supports this. David Thompson I sat in that actual chair. At one pivotal moment... it was when he died.

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Support this history in Cayuga! Visit Ruthven and the old grounds of Indiana, Ontario - - https://www.ruthvenpark.ca/

12/13/2024

Halloween Investigation in Hamilton's McMaster University. Featuring a basement! Of Refectory Building (pic), one of the first structures built on campus in 1930.

Enjoy the full breakdown from Team Leader, Andrew Mrozowski ~ https://thesil.ca/ghost-investigation-of-mcmaster-campus/

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**GhostGuide Daniel was honoured to be a part of this investigation.

12/10/2024

Today we honour Sir Allan MacNab... At only 16 years old, fought at the Battle of York (War of 1812). Went from Ensign to Lieutenant-Colonel by 32 year old.

Diving head-first into the Rebellion of 1837. *He was knighted for leading an attack on Toronto's Montgomery’s Tavern, where the Rebellion was essentially ended. Sending Mackenzie into hiding.

Just before that, he built a home (Hamilton's Dundurn Castle in 1835) & and 20 years later served as Premier of the United Canada's (kind of like Prime Minister).

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Pic1 - Sir Allan MacNab (later years)
Pic2 - His home, Hamilton's Dundurn Castle
Pic3 - Depiction of Battle of Montgomery’s Tavern (Toronto)

12/09/2024

Is the dark legend real? Horrific story surrounding the heir to the Cookie Empire.

How a secret room inside the mansion is connected to a woman's death & its ghost.

Christie Mansion by Queen’s Park Toronto. Owned by the Christie family. Does the house hide a dark secret? A hidden woman leading to death!

12/06/2024

Antiques can hold ghostly energy! This beautiful bedframe is proof...

Rare shot in a Livingston bedroom, inside Castle Kilbride. The bedframe lured a young couple into winning it at auction.

Who knew it end up causing a nightmare! This story & more **this Sat Dec 7th ...

https://ghostwalks.com/castle-kilbride
(Details & Booking)

12/03/2024

Bellator Nocte ... a reason Hermitage was so active this season!

On-site Psychic to read the grounds (& people). Hanging in her lair on one of the nights.

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See her Instagram
Hermitage returns in 2025!

12/02/2024

It's going to be a hotel! The dark & looming Romanesque abandoned building in Niagara Falls.

Proven haunted by Urban Explorers... making it #9 on our list of most haunted Niagara places! See https://ghostwalks.com/articles/niagara-top-10-haunted-places-to-visit

11/29/2024

Disembodied legs show up in photo!

Taken in front of Niagara-on-the-Lake's Victorian House. November tour with The Magician, Gil.

What do you think? Is this ghostly or 'camera magic'?

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*Thanks Philip R for sending this in!
**NOTL Tours running every Fri & Sat in Nov & Dec ... https://ghostwalks.com/niagara-on-the-lake

11/25/2024

Former American's settled Ontario! Including Niagara-on-the-Lake...

John Butler, leader of the Butler's Rangers. A feared Militia, called “treacherous,” “barbarous,” and “diabolically wicked and cruel” by many US Historians.

After the War, settling at Fort Niagara and crossing into a new land. In 1782, 16 families (including John) started “Butlersburg”. 10 years later it was renamed Newark by John Graves Simcoe, along with plans for the strategically located land.

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PIC1 - Bulter bust in Ottawa
PIC2 - Original map of 'Newark' (l8t Niagara-on-the-Lake)

Niagara-on-the-Lake tours running all month - https://ghostwalks.com/niagara-on-the-lake

11/21/2024

Abraham Lincoln dreamed of his own death!

In 1865, he wrote a letter to a friend. Detailing a nightmare... seeing himself walk into the Whitehouse's East Room. Guards lined & a crowd sitting in chairs, all heads lowered. A figure lying on a front table, dead... body draped in fabric.

Later in 1865 ... he was assassinated at Ford's Theater.

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PIC1 - Foreshadow - Lincoln resting at front of East Room
PIC2 - Whitehouse's East Room

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Videos

Secrets in the Steam Event

Our friends at the Hamilton Civic Museums are doing something special in September! Hang out in one of the oldest Pumphouses in Canada... before someone gets murdered! "Step back in historic Hamilton, intrigue surrounds the grand opening of Hamilton's first waterworks. Amidst the excitement, tragedy strikes, plunging into mystery that only you and fellow sleuths can unravel!" * Dates : Friday Sept 13th & Saturday Sept 14th @ Steam & Tech Museum Get tickets for the Murder Mystery event at ... https://www.hamilton.ca/things-do/hamilton-civic-museums/museum-events?keywords=secrets&targeted_age=All&date[min]=2024-09-12&date[max]=2024-09-15

Ouija causes something to happen...

Recorded during a Ghost Hunt inside the Niagara-on-the-Lake Courthouse's Market Room. Session with a cryptic Spirit... and at the end, it happened... Ghost Guide Daniel helping lead the session and hears a knock at the door and it felt like somebody walked in. After the video, he checked and found no one. **Learn a great new way to communicate with the Ouija! Get GG Daniel's book at https://a.co/d/c4XFVki (on Amazon)

NOTL's immortal Sir Lawrence... aka actor Richard Cole. New Bel-Air Direct spokesperson? We think so!

Inside Dundurn's Sick Room looking for Mary. See the green orb? What do you think? **Thanks Christine Crayford for sending this in!

Our own Sir Lawrence from Niagara-on-the-Lake! Stepping back in time as the first Ford owner in this new commercial.

Our own Viscount LeStrange... channeling the ghost of Vincent Price monologue from Thriller! One of many talented Ghost Guides telling stories in Canada's Most Haunted Town this Halloween. --- **spots going fast in Niagara-on-the-Lake! Book now at www.ghostwalks.com/niagara-on-the-lake ***Thanks Jens Hansen for recording it!

What do you hear? *Taken inside Dundurn Castle! From 1Oct's tours. **Thanks Sar Ah for sending this in! ***Our opinion will be added to comments...

From Sat Aug 27th's Late Night tour at Ancaster's Hermitage Ruins. Alone in the woods with only ghost stories. Ghost Guide Erin hosts a small group. Video taken during a story. See the Orb? *Halloween Hermitage Tours booking.. www.ghostwalks.com/hermitage-ruins **Thanks Kandy W for sending this in!! #hamont #ancaster

What do you think? Security footage from a personal home camera. See the little animal? Yes, it's real. But what comes after is strange. Lights moving across the screen. An unidentified occurrence. What do you think it is? *Thanks Lauren for sending this in!

Edgar Mills tells a Ghost Story

CLIP ... The return of a 'character' - Ghost Storyteller Edgar Mills segment from the Ghost Guide Daniel Podcast

Outside Ghost Walks Gift Shop

This is how we cope with construction. Outside the NOTL Shop. Featuring the artwork of Shopkeep Wendella. But don't worry, the area will be beautiful soon...

Haunted Piano still "plays"

Ghostly piano sounds captured during investigation. The Haunted Piano, once in the Ghost Walks Gift Shop. Now with two experienced Investigators. EVP captured during a session. Obvious music from an obviously not touch piano... **thanks Ian and Trudy from Ghost Hunt Paranomral (https://www.facebook.com/groups/634678150008752)

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Ghost & Dark History Tours

Niagara-on-the-Lake, Hamilton and Toronto ~ url... www.ghostwalks.com or call 855-8GHOSTS

Get lost in ghost stories of some of Southern Ontario’s most haunted locations. Derived from dark history and vivid ghost experiences. We revive the traditional art of storytelling!