The Samson V stern wheeler, berthed in New Westminster, was launched in 1937 and served as a snag boat on the Fraser River. Its job was to remove logs and other obstacles in the river that would interfere with vessels...
I have to tell you about an upcoming two-part documentary that features haunted places in British Columbia… T+E’s Haunted Gold Rush unlocks the rich, mysterious history of BC’s Gold Rush Trail, told through the lens of an all-female team of...
I’m excited to announce that the latest edition of my book, Ghosts of Vancouver: 41 Haunted Places, is now available on Amazon! This 7th edition features an amazing new cover and a foreword by Robb Demarest of Ghost Hunters International...
A few days ago, Amanda Quill of Coldspotters and I spent some time in New Westminster with St John Alexander of CTV News Vancouver. Last October, St John and I filmed a story about the ghosts of Waterfront Station. We...
People often ask me where Vancouver’s most haunted places are. This is a tricky question to answer, however. Exactly how can we determine whether somewhere is “most haunted”? Do we measure it by how many ghosts are in a location?...
I recently spent a fun couple of hours at Waterfront Station with St John Alexander of CTV News Vancouver. He was working on a short series of stories on some of Vancouver’s most haunted places. And his specific interest was...
Back in January, a Vancouver-based journalist and author, Bethany Lindsay, approached me to contribute to a book of lists that she and her husband were drafting. She asked me to submit a list of B.C.’s 10 most haunted places. I...
A few days before Halloween, I received an email from a visitor to the Ghosts of Vancouver website to tell me about ghost lights that she and two friends saw on Southwest Marine Drive many years ago. She doesn’t talk...
Recently, while updating the Ghosts of Vancouver website, I came across a blog article entitled, Vancouver’s Haunted Old Spaghetti Factory. This was posted by Dr. Joe Nickell on his Center for Inquiry website on June 17, 2016. Based in Amherst, New York, Dr. Nickell...
I had the pleasure of doing a walk-around with Deborah Gobel (reporter) and Jacy Schindel (camera operator) from CBC TV Vancouver this past Saturday. We visited some of my favourite haunted locations in Gastown – Waterfront Station, Lamplighter Pub, Gaoler’s Mews...
