Haunted Talks

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 harbou…

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 rou…

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 t…

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 tw…

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…

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…

In this episode, we peek behind the greasepaint to explore the origins of coulrophobia, the fear of clowns, and how these strange …

In this episode of Haunted Talks, we explore one of those simple-sounding but incredibly complex questions: What counts as evidence?

Using…

To mark this haunted milestone, host Jim Dean is joined by Brittney …

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 m…

“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 rea…

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 prof…

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 …

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 bone…

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 distre…

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 freight…

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…

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,…