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CAMPBELL RIVER, BC Some of my favourite stories are the lesser known ones. Short, simple and, all too often, unsubstantiated, what they lack in detail, they make up for in a certain real-life allure. In all the years I’ve read and researched hauntings on Vancouver Island, the Lower Mainland, and ensuing coast, I’ve never heard Continue reading
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Sooke, BC Although this is a fairly well known story [at least to those from the Victoria area] the accounts of this highway spectre are so consistent; the circumstances behind their death so tragic, that no collection of BC ghost stories would be complete without it. Highway 14 [also known as Sooke Road] runs west Continue reading
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GIBSONS, B.C. In July 2024, Carrie Campbell and her sons, Mark and Chris, went to view a home listed for sale. Located on Reed Road in Gibsons, the house was large, in budget, and on a big lot in a good area. From the outside, it seemed to be a perfect fit for their needs. Continue reading
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NORTH VANCOUVER B.C. The following is the author’ s personal account About 15 years ago, myself and some friends moved into a duplex in North Vancouver on St. David’s Avenue. Built in the 1950’s, the home was large, with two bedrooms upstairs and two down. It had two full bathrooms, living rooms on each floor—both Continue reading
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GIBSONS, B.C. Names in this story have been changed to protect the privacy of the individual(s). It’s well known among paranormal buffs that restaurants can be hotbeds for strange activity. Whether it’s the high turnover of patrons and the energy they bring through their doors daily, or the residual remnants of one who might’ve had Continue reading
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NORTH VANCOVER B.C The following story is one that hits home for me–not only because it took place in my grandmother’s house, who I was close with–but also for the fact it’s a tale I would come to experience a chapter of first hand. My late-grandparent’s bought their house in the Highlands neighbourhood of North Continue reading
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NORTH VANCOUVER, B.C. About 20 years ago, a woman named Virginia and her husband were visiting another couple who lived in a large century home near Grand Boulevard and Keith Road in North Vancouver. While playing with the couple’s dog inside the house, Virginia relayed that as she followed the dog into the home’s solarium, Continue reading
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GIBSONS, B.C. Names in this story have been changed to protect the privacy of the individual(s). Sometimes the most ordinary looking places can be a magnet for the unknown. Back in 2015 Adriana and friend, Tim, rented a house on Burton Road, just outside Gibsons on the Sunshine Coast. The home was an unassuming three-bedroom Continue reading
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BURNABY, B.C. Names in this story have been changed to protect the privacy of the individual(s). In 2008 Carol and her partner, Nathan, decided to attend an open house at a property for sale on Skeena Street in Burnaby. It was a typical postwar style home, clad in roughcast stucco, with two storeys and a Continue reading
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QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. Note: this article is from 2014. The former inn has since been integrated into condominiums. Even in broad daylight there is something definitively eerie about the decrepit structure that once housed the Qualicum Heritage Inn. Perhaps it’s the permeating silence that surrounds the place. Maybe it’s the many windows of now vacant Continue reading
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