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Haunted Talks
by Haunted Walks Inc.
Haunted Talks is the official podcast of The Haunted Walk. We offer ghost tours and paranormal adventures in Kingston, Ottawa, and Toronto, Ontario. As well as online virtual experiences to everyone in this mortal realm. Each episode explores the paranormal, dark history, tourism, science, or creepy ghost stories. Come along as we ponder the unknown! Hosted by Jim Dean, our Creative Director.
Episodes
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Ep 232 - Phantom Islands
In the summer of 2026, an island covered in trees appeared in the middle of a remote reservoir in British Columbia. Then it vanished. It wasn't the first. For centuries, sailors have reported phantom islands that rise from the sea, drift across the water, or linger on maps even when no one can…
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Ep 231 - A Curious Presence with Margo MacDonald
After more than 25 years with The Haunted Walk, Margo MacDonald has heard countless ghost stories, explored haunted places, and experienced things she still can't explain. Yet all that time spent exploring the paranormal has left her with more questions, and an even greater sense of wonder. In…
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Ep 230 - The Strange Disappearance of Agatha Christie
In December 1926, famed mystery writer Agatha Christie vanished. Nearly a century later, we're revisiting the mystery with the help of one of her most famous fictional detectives: Miss Marple. Christie disappeared from her home after a troubled evening, and her abandoned car was soon discovered…
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Ep 229 - Body Snatchers: Digging up the Famous Dead
Some of history's most famous people had remarkably eventful afterlives. Charlie Chaplin's corpse was stolen from his grave and held for ransom. Thomas Paine was dug up and carried across the Atlantic. Pieces of Beethoven and Schubert disappeared in the name of science. And René Descartes somehow...
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Ep 228 - Haunted Parks of North America - Part Two
In the conclusion to our haunted road trip across North America, we travel north to the infamous Valley of the Headless Men, listen for an invisible gathering deep in the Great Smoky Mountains, cross the strange emptiness of the Badlands, and enter the haunted halls of the Banff Springs Hotel....
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Ep 227 - Haunted Parks of North America - Part One
Summer is the season for open roads, quiet trails, dark lakes, and nights under the stars. But we never enter the wilderness empty-handed. We bring our oldest fears with us. In Part 1 of our two-part journey, Haunted Talks sets out on a road trip through some of North America's most beautiful…
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Ep 226 - Through the Mirror: The Real Murder Behind Candyman
In 1987, Ruthie Mae McCoy called 911 from her apartment with a terrifying story: someone was trying to break in through her bathroom mirror. To the dispatcher, it sounded impossible. Maybe even delusional. Ruthie Mae's call was treated as low priority. Officers came, knocked, and left. Two days...
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Ep 225 - What's Under the Denver Airport???
Was Denver International Airport built for the end of the world? Since opening in 1995, the airport has become the centre of endless conspiracy theories. Secret tunnels. Apocalyptic artwork. Underground bunkers. A mysterious time capsule linked to an organization that seemingly never existed. For...
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Ep 224 - The Magician Whose Body Was Found Twice
Before Houdini became the name history remembered, another illusionist drew enormous crowds and commanded extraordinary fees. He called himself the Great Lafayette, and his performances were part magic show, part circus, part theatre of death. Then, one night in Edinburgh, his grand finale set…
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Ep 223 - What is a Ghost? The Case for a New Paranormal
What if a ghost is not only something we encounter in the dark, but something we may, in some mysterious way, participate in? In this special episode of Haunted Talks, Jim presents a manifesto for reimagining the paranormal. Moving beyond the familiar debate between "spirits of the dead" and...
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Ep 222 - Poveglia: Italy's Island of the Dead
Off the coast of Venice sits an island no one will approach. Poveglia carries centuries of dark history, and the scale of what happened there is nearly impossible to comprehend. Today, it sits abandoned, overgrown, and rarely visited. But that does not mean it is empty. Boat captains refuse to…
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Ep 221 - The Juniper Tree: The Darkest Fairy Tale You've Never Heard
Most fairy tale monsters keep their distance. They wait in towers. They haunt the edge of the forest. You can, in theory, avoid them. The one in this story sits at the dinner table. The Juniper Tree is widely considered the most disturbing tale the Brothers Grimm ever published. Not the most...
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Ep 220 – Once Upon a Nightmare: The Horror of Fairy Tales
You know these stories. A lost girl in the woods. A puppet who lies. A chicken convinced the sky is falling. You've known them since childhood. What you don't know is what those stories were before someone decided they belonged in the nursery. What we found is not charming. A puppet hanged from…
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Ep 219 - Mystery of the Devil's Footprints 👣
On the morning of February 9th, 1855, the residents of Devon woke to a nightmare pressed into the snow. A single-file line of cloven hoof-prints, stretching over miles of frozen English countryside. Across thirty towns. In six hours. Made by something walking upright, one foot precisely in front…
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Ep 218 - Why Ghost Stories Matter
Jim steps out from behind the microphone to share a talk he gave at the Modern Language Association conference in Toronto, where he was invited to speak on a panel about Gothic scholarship, podcasting, and public humanities. It's a conversation about what we're really doing when we tell ghost...
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Ep 217 - Eerie Whispers: Brian Baker on Canada's Reluctant Ghost Culture
Journalist and researcher Brian Baker, founder of The Superstitious Times, joins Haunted Talks to discuss his new book, Eerie Whispers: Exploring Canada's Reluctant Relationship with Its Ghostly Lore. Why is Canada, a country overflowing with ghost stories, so hesitant to talk about them? Brian...
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Ep 216 - Lizzie Borden: Inside the Murder House 🪓
She was the quiet churchgoer. The dutiful daughter. The last person anyone expected to wield a hatchet. But on an August morning in 1892, the Borden home in Fall River, Massachusetts, became the scene of one of the most savage double murders in American history. And the name Lizzie Borden became...
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Ep 215 - Why We Love Halloween 🖤🎃
Happy Halloween to all the ghosts and ghoulies! 🖤🎃👻 Jim's love letter to Halloween. Walk with us through fog-lit childhood streets, pause beside ancient fires for the dead, and feel again the quiet magic of the night when the veil grows thin. This is a night for stories, for spirits, and for...
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Ep 214 - Ghosts on a Plane: The Haunting of Flight 401
December 29, 1972. A routine flight becomes an unspeakable tragedy when Eastern Airlines Flight 401 crashes into the Florida Everglades. Ninety-six souls perish in the dark swampland, their final moments a desperate struggle against fire, water, and alligators. But for some of the crew, death...
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Ep 213 – The Conjuring of Ed and Lorraine Warren
They were the most famous ghost hunters in the world. A husband and wife who claimed to battle demons, investigate possessions, and protect families from the darkness beyond. But every haunting has two sides. In this special episode, we peel back the legend to uncover who Ed and Lorraine Warren...
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Ep 212 – A Knock at the Door - The Haunting of the Wizard Clip
In 1794, a stranger died in a farmhouse on the edge of the Virginia frontier. What followed became one of the most chilling, bizarre, and well-documented hauntings in early America. Phantom horses galloped through the night. Objects flew across rooms. Fires sparked without cause. Clothing was...
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Ep 211 - The Coffin That Saved Three Men From Drowning
Most shipwrecks leave behind ghosts. This one left behind something stranger. In 1912, the Mayflower, a wooden steamer built for the quiet lakes of eastern Ontario, set out on one final trip before winter. Aboard were a small crew, nine passengers, and a coffin carrying the body of a young man...
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Ep 210 - The Curse That Built a Castle
Deep in the wilderness of northwestern Ontario, where the forest swallows sound and the lakes stretch toward the horizon, stands a log castle. Not the ruin of a forgotten community, or the relic of a wealthy eccentric. This towering mansion of timber was built by one man. Working alone. In this...
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Ep 209 - Halifax Explosion: Aftermath
At 9:04 a.m., Halifax was torn apart in an instant. One moment it was a thriving wartime city, the next, it was fire, thunder, and ruin. A fireball as hot as the surface of the sun ignited the harbour. Shockwaves ripped through homes and streets. A wall of water followed, drowning what the flames...
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Ep 208 - Halifax Explosion: Before the Blast
On a crisp December morning in 1917, Halifax woke to calm skies and the quiet hum of a wartime city at work. Children hurried to school. Workers streamed into factories. Families went about their routines. Out in the harbour, two ships moved slowly toward one another. One carried deadly cargo,...
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Ep 207 - Two Hoaxes and a Ghost Story: The Reveal
Three chilling mysteries. Two elaborate hoaxes. One truth you didn't see coming. These were strange events that gripped the public's attention and convinced witnesses they had experienced something truly paranormal. In this episode, we uncover the truth behind these mysteries. We revisit a BBC...
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Ep 206 - Two Hoaxes and a Ghost Story
Can you tell a true ghost story from a convincing hoax? In this special interactive episode of Haunted Talks, we share three eerie tales that once captured the public's imagination. But here's the twist: two of them are hoaxes. When fear, belief, and hidden motives collide, strange things can…
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Ep 205 - Investigating the Keyhole House
Can a conversation cause a haunting? After speaking with magicians Ted and Marion Outerbridge about the strange experiences they've had in their historic Smiths Falls home (Episode 204), we conducted a paranormal investigation to see what we might encounter for ourselves. We invite you to join us...
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Ep 204 - Mysteries of the Keyhole House 🗝️
What secrets is the Keyhole House still holding on to? And what happens when a house decides it wants to be heard? Every old home has its tales. This one refuses to stop sharing them. In this special episode, we travel to Smiths Falls, Ontario, to explore the haunting of the Keyhole House—a...
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Ep 203 - Why Are We Afraid of Clowns? 🤡
Clowns are meant to bring joy. So why do they inspire so much fear? In this episode, we peek behind the greasepaint to explore the origins of coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, and how these strange figures evolved from ancient jesters and rule-breaking pranksters into the painted performers we…
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Ep 202 - What Do They Want With Us? 🛸
When strange lights appear in the sky, we are left wondering what they are. But when those encounters become personal, when people claim they have been taken, studied, or changed, the questions grow darker. In this episode, we continue our journey into the world of UAPs and the paranormal,...
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Ep 201 - Unidentified: Evidence and the Unknown 🛸
Lights in the sky. Thousands of witnesses. Still no answers. In this episode of Haunted Talks, we explore one of those simple-sounding but incredibly complex questions: What counts as evidence? Using the dramatic December 2024 sightings over New Jersey as a starting point, we investigate how UAP...
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Ep 200 - Haunted Talks Turns 200!
Secrets, Surprises & Spooky Celebrations 🎉 10 years of terrifying ghost stories, baffling mysteries, and dark history. To mark this haunted milestone, host Jim Dean is joined by Brittney Bos (researcher and writer) and Michelle Dennis (audio editor) for an unforgettable behind-the-scenes journey...
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Ep 199 - Scary Dreams and the Ghosts of Sleep
Are your nightmares trying to tell you something? Most dreams fade the moment we wake up. But some? They cling to us—leaving behind a sense of dread, mystery, or even a chilling certainty that they meant something more. In this episode of Haunted Talks, we descend into the unsettling world of...
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Ep 198 - Haunted Houses of Ontario - 1924
"Do YOU know a haunted house?" That's the question The Toronto Star Weekly asked its readers over 100 years ago, and the answers they received were truly chilling. In this episode, we share these real ghost stories from 1924, as told by those who lived them. These chilling encounters, first...
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Ep 197 – Spiritualism in Canada, Eh? Part 2 "The Séances That Shaped a Nation"
For decades, séances, spirit communication, and ghostly encounters weren't just tabloid curiosities—they shaped Canada's history. In this final installment of our two-part series, we explore the profound impact of spiritualism on the country's literary icons, scientific minds, and political...
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Ep 196 - Spiritualism in Canada, Eh? Part 1 "Ghosts, God & The Great Divide"
In the early 20th century, Canada was swept up in a wave of Spiritualism, where séances promised answers, and the line between faith, fraud, and fear blurred. In this two-part series, we explore how Spiritualism became more than a curiosity—it divided families, enchanted elites, and outraged...
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Ep 195 – A Christmas Nightmare: What Happened to the Sodder Family?
On Christmas Eve 1945, a fire destroyed the Sodder family home, leaving behind a mystery that has haunted true crime enthusiasts for decades. Five children vanished without a trace—no bodies, no bones, no answers. Was it a tragic accident? A kidnapping? Or something even darker? Strange events...
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Ep 194 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald - Conclusion
In this conclusion to the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald, we return to the icy waters of Lake Superior to explore the theories and lingering mysteries surrounding its tragic sinking. Without a distress signal or survivors, the ship's disappearance left behind a haunting legacy of unanswered...
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Ep 193 - The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald
Gordon Lightfoot's haunting ballad, The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, is more than a song—it's a legend. Through vivid storytelling, Lightfoot immortalizes the tragic sinking of the massive freighter and its crew during a relentless November storm on Lake Superior. Nearly 50 years later, the...
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Ep 192 - America's Most Haunted House – The Whaley House 🎃
This Halloween, Haunted Talks invites you inside one of the most haunted houses in America—the Whaley House in San Diego. Built on former execution grounds in 1857, the Whaley House has been the site of chilling tragedies, from the untimely deaths within the Whaley family to eerie encounters with...
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Ep 191 - Candy Panic! 🍭 The Truth Behind the Trick 🎃
Every Halloween, a familiar warning resurfaces—beware of tampered treats from strangers. But where did this chilling urban legend come from, and is there any truth behind the tales of poisoned candy, razor blades in apples, or needles in chocolate bars? Think you know the facts? You might be in…
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Ep 190 - The Bell Witch 😱
As Halloween draws near, we turn our attention to one of America's most chilling and enduring supernatural legends: The Bell Witch. Two centuries ago, a quiet farm in Tennessee became the stage for a haunting that captivated the nation. The Bell family faced relentless attacks from an unseen…
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Ep 189 - Whistle in the Night: Ghost Trains 🚂👻
The piercing scream of a train's whistle in the dead of night feels like a ghost—it slips through the darkness, unseen, yet you can sense its approach, creeping ever closer. In this episode, we explore the spine-chilling world of ghost trains—phantom locomotives that travel forgotten tracks,...
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Ep 188 – Something in the Air: What Happen in Mattoon, Illinois?
In the late summer of 1944, the small town of Mattoon, Illinois, became the epicentre of one of the most bizarre mysteries in American history. Residents reported a series of gas attacks—phantom prowlers using strange fumes that caused paralysis, illness, and widespread panic. Dubbed the "Mad...
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Ep 187 - Back from the Shadows: Haunted Talks Returns & Stonehenge Revelations!
After a long hiatus, Haunted Talks returns, diving deeper than ever into the mysterious and unexplained! In this special episode, we unveil exciting new adventures—from spine-tingling nights at the Royal Ontario Museum to eerie ghost tours aboard a haunted ship. But that's just the beginning. We...
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Ep 186 - Jim Harold - Paranormal Podcast Legend 🎙️👻
We share our conversation with paranormal podcasting legend Jim Harold. With nearly 20 years in the field and over 65 million downloads, he's an important voice for fans of the supernatural. We discuss his journey from radio to full-time podcasting, the beginnings of his shows, The Paranormal...
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Ep 185 - Dark Folklore - Part 2 🫣👹
In part two of our series on Dark Folklore, we descend deeper into the shadows to explore the legendary creatures that haunt our nightmares. This spine-tingling episode examines terrifying entities such as the Jersey Devil, the blood-sucking Chupacabra, and the Mare and Alp—creatures said to…
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Ep 184 - Dark Folklore - Part 1 🫣
We journey into the shadowy realms of freaky folklore, uncovering the spine-chilling tales of mythical creatures that have haunted human imagination across cultures and continents. We reveal stories of beings that lurk in the dark, from the infamous Mothman of West Virginia to the eerie cries of...
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Ep 183 - Unexpected Eclipse Results Revealed
In our last episode, we invited you to join us in a chilling experiment during the recent total eclipse—and you didn't disappoint. After compiling all the data our team members provided, we are poised to unveil results that are not only unexpected but also mystifying, sparking more questions than...
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Haunted Talks is the official podcast of The Haunted Walk. We offer ghost tours and paranormal adventures in Kingston, Ottawa, and Toronto, Ontario. As well as online virtual experiences to everyone in this mortal realm. Each episode explores the paranormal, dark history, tourism, science, or creepy ghost stories. Come along as we ponder the unknown! Hosted by Jim Dean, our Creative Director.
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