The Big Book of Canadian Hauntings. John Robert Colombo

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      The Big Book of

      CANADIAN

      HAUNTINGS

       Other Books of Canadian Mysteries by John Robert Colombo

      “They are the best collections of their kind being produced

      by anyone, anywhere, as far as I can see.”

      — Hilary Evans

      The Big Book of Canadian Ghost Stories (Dundurn, 2008)

      Strange but True (Dundurn, 2007)

      More True Canadian Ghost Stories (Prospero, 2005)

      Terrors of the Night (Dundurn, 2005)

      The Monster Book of Canadian Monsters (BSDB, 2004)

      True Canadian UFO Stories (Prospero, 2004)

      The Midnight Hour (Dundurn, 2004)

      True Canadian Ghost Stories (Prospero, 2003)

      Many Mysteries (C&C, 2001)

      Ghost Stories of Canada (Dundurn, 2000)

      Ghosts in Our Past (C&C, 2000)

      Weird Stories (C&C, 1999)

      The UFO Quote Book (C&C, 1999)

      Mysteries of Ontario (Dundurn, 1999)

      Singular Stories (C&C, 1999)

      Three Mysteries of Nova Scotia (C&C, 1999)

      The UFO Quote Book (C&C, 1999)

      Closer than You Think (C&C, 1998)

      Marvellous Stories (C&C, 1998)

      Haunted Toronto (Dundurn, 1996)

      Ghost Stories of Ontario (Dundurn, 1995)

      Strange Stories (C&C, 1994)

      Singular Stories (C&C, 1994)

      Ghosts Galore! (C&C, 1994)

      Close Encounters of the Canadian Kind (C&C, 1994)

      Voices of Rama (C&C, 1994)

      The Mystery of the Shaking Tent (C&C, 1993)

      Dark Visions (Dundurn, 1992)

      The Little Book of UFOs (Pulp Press, 1992)

      UFOs over Canada (Dundurn, 1991)

      Mackenzie King’s Ghost (Dundurn, 1991)

      Mysterious Encounters (Dundurn, 1990)

      Extraordinary Experiences (Dundurn, 1989)

      Mysterious Canada (Doubleday, 1988)

      Windigo (Western Producer Prairie Books, 1982)

      Colombo’s Book of Marvels (NC Press, 1979)

      The Big Book of

      CANADIAN

      HAUNTINGS

      JOHN ROBERT COLOMBO

      Copyright © John Robert Colombo, 2009

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      Editor: Jason Karp

      Design: Erin Mallory

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       Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

      Colombo, John Robert, 1936-

      The big book of Canadian hauntings / John Robert Colombo.

      ISBN 978-1-55488-449-0

      1. Ghosts--Canada. 2. Haunted places--Canada. I. Title.

      BF1472.C3C576 2009 133.10971 C2009-902466-7

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      We acknowledge the support of The Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council for our publishing program. We also acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Book Publishing Industry Development Program and The Association for the Export of Canadian Books, and the Government of Ontario through the Ontario Book Publishers Tax Credit program, and the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

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       J. Kirk Howard, President

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      CONTENTS

Introduction

I — HAUNTINGS OF THE PAST

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