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A collection of ghost stories, eerie encounters, and gruesome tales from one of Canada's most interesting cities.
Montreal is a city steeped in history and culture, but just beneath the pristine surface of this world-class city lie unsettling tales of uncanny phenomena, dark deeds, haunted buildings, and forgotten graveyards. The dark of night reveals buried secrets, alleyways that echo with the footsteps of ghostly spectres, and memories of ghastly murders and unspeakable acts that will make your blood run cold. Read, if you dare, about the ghost that wanders Griffintown in search of her missing head, top-secret experiments conducted on unwitting subjects at McGill University, and the mysterious gunshot deaths of a mother and son in their mansion, among other terrifying stories.
Contents
Foreword by Donovan King: Montreal, a Haunted Researcher's Paradise
Introduction by Shayna Krishnasamy: I Have Seen Things in the Dark
Mary Gallagher and Her Missing Head
The Tobogganing Ghost of Simon McTavish
Ghosts of the Old Royal Victoria Hospital
Sleeping Above a Cemetery: Ghosts of the Grey Nuns Convent
The Murderer's Cross
Arthur Ellis and an Accidental Beheading: Canada's Most Famous Hangman
Mark Twain's Montreal Telegraphy
Ghost in the Flames
Books, Blood, and a Ghostly Prankster: The Ghost of McLennan Library
Cholera Ghosts and Un-Ghosts
Haunted Grounds: Ghosts of Duggan House
The Echo of Footsteps
Clubbers Beware
A Montrealer's Experience with Slade the Spiritualist
The Slave Who Burned a City: The Trial of Marie-Joseph Angélique
The Redpath Murders
The Heroic Death of John Easton Mills
The Pervasive Legend of the Flying Canoe: Honoré Beaugrand's Tale of a Deal with the Devil
Now for a Dow Debacle: The Curse of the Old Dow Brewery
Unspeakable Torture and Mind Control: Project MK-ULTRA
Eight (or More) Ghosts in the Museum
Mysteries in the Montreal Skies: UFOs, Flying Saucers, and Other Unexplained Sights
Maud: The Willow Inn Ghost
Careful, This One Bites: Wayne Clifford Boden, "The Vampire Rapist"
The One-Legged Ghost of Jack McLean
Murdered by the Mob: Organized Crime in Montreal
Give Ghosts a Chance
The Missing Village of Hochelaga
Not Too-Tall Tales of a Radio Station Ghost
One Town, Two Poltergeists
The McGill Student Who Killed Houdini
The Knotty Poltergeist
Very Little Rest for These Mount Royal Spirits
Locked Up for an Eternity: Haunted Montreal Prisons
The Last Hanging: The Crimes of Adolphus Dewey
A Timeline of Tragedies: Historic Violence, Massacres, and Disasters
Conclusion by Mark Leslie: Why Share Macabre Tales?
Appendix: More Than Just a Little Fresh Air and an Eerie Perspective: Haunted Montreal Walking Tours
Acknowledgements
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