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Item #488

Bluenose Ghosts, Helen Creighton, 1976 [1957], 280 pp $14.95

A Bluenose is a Nova Scotian, perhaps from the nose-chilling temperatures Nova Scotians endure. This delightfully personal book from the grand dame of Canadian folklore runs the gamut from pirate ghosts and their treasures to phantom ships; from "ghosts helpful, harmful, and headless" to ghosts as animals and lights. A chapter of particular interest was on "forerunners"—supernatural warnings of approaching events, usually a death. One young man and his friend chased a skeletal "Thing," only to realize that it was a forerunner of the young man’s death from tuberculosis.The helpful, yet terrifying Grey Lady, seen sometimes with a head and sometimes without. The deathly pale mother who came back to rescue her mentally handicapped daughter. The dripping, drowned crew who climbed aboard the Charles Haskell. This is a fascinating collection showing how ghost traditions continue up to modern times.

Item #038

Boo!! Ghosts I Haven(n't) Loved, Najla Mady, 1993, 144 pp. THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. ASK US TO FIND YOU A USED COPY.

Mady, who bills herself as "Canada's Ghostbuster," tells of a psychopathic mother who tried to possess her daughter [scared the heck out of me!] a helpful, wood-stacking ghost, the ghostly nurse Beverly who soothed and healed her patients. From chatty to chilling, Mady seems to like herself a lot. A very enjoyable book.

Item #043

Canada Ghost to Ghost, Sheila Hervey, 1996, 250 pp THIS BOOK IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE. ASK US TO FIND YOU A USED COPY.

A wonderful collection of all-new, mostly modern stories from the author of Some Canadian Ghosts. There are some dreadful ghosts here: a black-garbed, veiled female apparition who threatened the Farling family of British Columbia with fireballs and howling winds and was only kept at bay by the ghost of the family’s grandmother. A "brownish, egg-shaped form" that terrorized a Toronto family and nearly electrocuted their cat. Also interesting sections on topics like the different symptoms of hauntings, reasons ghosts haunt, and who might see a ghost. Hervey seems to have a nose for negative ghosts; this is a top-drawer book!

Item #049

Canadian Ghost Stories, Barbara Smith, 248 pp, photos & illus. $11.95

Another great book from Smith! A playful, cigarette-smoking ghost rearranges a family’s living room. A possessed vintage plane stuns Calgary aviation enthusiasts. A funeral home turned into a bar—which didn’t discourage the resident ghosts. The abandoned theatre haunted by the sobbing ghost of “Kate, Queen of the Klondike.”

Item #039

Ghost Stories of Alberta, Barbara Smith, 1993, photos, 173 pp. $15.99

The terrible legacy of the 1903 Frank Slide near Turtle Mountain: at least 76 people were buried by the rocky avalanche; their moaning ghosts still flit about the mountain. The pathetic little ghost of Star, a Chinese girl who was beaten by a teacher and still sobs in the washroom. Mostly contemporary, true tales contributed by local residents.

Item #040

Ghost Stories of British Columbia, Jo-Anne Christensen, 1996, photos, biblio, 192 pp $15.75

Could B.C. be Canada’s most haunted province? There’s ample evidence that it is in this delightful book. Many of these are short tales—one or two pages, arranged by category, such as "Mysterious Museums," "Haunted Hotels," and "Children and the Paranormal." The "Spooky Standards" chapter lists B.C’s top ten traditional ghost stories. The image of a screaming young woman haunted a grove of bushes in Beacon Hill Park, years before an identical woman was murdered there. The ghost of a little girl victim of the 1918 influenza epidemic. "Mandy," a disquieting doll who stirred up trouble at the Quesnel Museum.

Item #483

Ghost Stories of Canada, John Robert Colombo, 2000, illus., references, 220 pp . $16.95

A compendium of the paranormal across Canada including some its major mysteries like The Fire Spook of Caledonia Mills, The Baldoon Mystery, The Great Amherst Mystery, ghost ships, vengeful spirits, and guardian ghosts.

Item #051

Ghost Stories of Manitoba, Barbara Smith, 1998, photos, biblio, 240 pp $14.95

More Northern frights from Smith, who wrote Ghost Stories of Alberta and More Ghost Stories of Alberta. The stark Canadian landscape has a haunting presence all its own in these stories of terror and tragedy. The ghost of a tribal Elder who warned off white intruders on Native American huntings grounds—and then took a ghastly revenge. A possessed woman, who appeared as a ball of light and spooked a dog team. "Old Trevor," the hated schoolmaster who always spoiled his students’ Halloween fun, but returned from death to save one of their lives. The Walker Theatre, where phantom footsteps and voices were tape-recorded. A nice variety of tales old and new and I admire Smith’s honesty in saying that "real" ghost stories are rarely tidy or well-rounded.

Item #052

Ghost Stories of Ontario, John Robert Colombo, 1995, photos, 239 pp. $16.99

Personal, contemporary accounts collected by Canada's most popular ghostwriter. Like the shaggy spirit of Walt Whitman at Bon Echo Provincial Park. The resentful ghost of Paul, who burned out lightbulbs at a phenomenal rate at a chic resort. "Betty Louty"---child's imaginary playmate or ghostly dollmaker? Fascinating!

Item #053

Ghost Stories of Saskatchewan, Jo-Anne Christensen, 1995, biblio., photos, 143 pp. $16.95.

Saskatchewan is known for its wheat fields, its beautiful lakes---and now its ghosts....
How a mass-murderer was revealed by one of his victims--through a ouija board. The shuffling, slippered spirit of Mrs. Seymour, followed by her little dog, who left footprints in the attic dust. The ghostly doctor's wife who perched on the hood of his car. Startled, he stopped---just before his car would have been struck by a train.

Item #487

Ghost Stories of The Maritimes, Vernon Oickle, 2001, 240 pp, photos $11.95

Death and tragedy are woven together with mystery and misfortune in this collection of chilling paranormal tales: the ghost of a young man killed by a train returns to whistle a warning to an old friend. A ghostly antique doll leads a man to his injured granddaughter. A mysterious light in a mirror leads a woman to a ghost’s legacy. Traditional and contemporary stories.

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