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Letting my mind wander in my friend’s haunted house

Written on November 3, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle.

My best friend from my hometown lives in a haunted house. During visits in high school and trips home throughout my undergrad, I could always count on hearing stories about ‘Johnny,’ the phantom boy who moved furniture, scratched walls, and terrorized my friend’s dog. I too experienced the presence...

Speaking to my grandmother’s ghost

Written on October 22, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle.

When people ask me why I believe in ghosts or spirits, the answer is simple: it’s because I have firsthand experience with them. My recollection is vague, but my mother’s is precise when she remembers the chilling encounters of finding her daughter talking to thin air. As a young girl, my mother often...

My encounter with the Kingston Pen’s notorious deceased employee

Written on October 23, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

I’ve always had an interest in the supernatural. I used to hope that one day I’d see a ghost, or that some unexplainable thing would happen to me. Luckily, I got my chance when I worked as a tour guide for Canada’s most notorious prison: the Kingston Penitentiary. From feeling cold in strange places...

Queen’s students share their personal ghost stories

Written on October 24, 2018. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

Rooming with Spirits In 2017, five of my friends and I moved into our new house to find we weren’t the only ones living there. We’d been looking forward to moving in for almost a year. Second year meant no more cafeteria food, dons, or public bathrooms—only six friends living together. We quickly...

Believing is seeing

Written on October 31, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

Do you believe in ghosts? Today is Halloween — the annual peak of everything ghostly and paranormal is in full swing. I suppose I see myself as someone who wants to believe in the supernatural.It’s certainly fun to suspend my doubts and believe the classic stories of spirits, especially around Halloween. That...

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Letting my mind wander in my friend’s haunted house

Speaking to my grandmother’s ghost

My encounter with the Kingston Pen’s notorious deceased employee

Queen’s students share their personal ghost stories

Believing is seeing

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