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Today is Day Four of the Thirteen Days of Halloween, today we’ll explore Pioneer Square, which began as Victoria's Old Burying Ground in 1855, and it was the city's principal cemetery until 1873.

Podcast links and further reading:

https://www.bcmag.ca/15-haunted-places-in-victoria/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://victoriabuzz.com/2025/10/31-haunted-places-in-and-around-victoria-that-will-give-you-chills/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://bcliving.ca/travel/bc/victorias-most-haunted-places/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://studylibde.com/doc/10289539/newsletter-dezember-2008?utm_source=chatgpt.com#google_vignette

https://www.capitaldaily.ca/news/in-a-hunt-for-haunts-victoria-has-twisted-its-own-past?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://bcblackhistory.ca/learning-centre/information-sources/the-military-and-police/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/pioneer-square-park-quadra-st-cemetery/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://touchwoodeditions.com/products/victorias-most-haunted?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://oldcem.bc.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/sc-newsletter-2024-11-12.pdf?utm_source=chatgpt.com

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Today is Day Three of the Thirteen Days of Halloween, where we’ll venture to the outskirts of Victoria into Sooke to discover the 17 Mile House, considered one of British Columbia’s Bucket List Pubs, not only for the food, but for the atmosphere, as is haunted by a menagerie of spirits.

Podcast links and further reading:

https://www.17milehouse.com/our-history/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/sooke-women_femmes-sooke/gallery/the-17-mile-house/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://17milehouse.wordpress.com/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://books.google.ca/books/about/White_Dove_Spirit_of_17_Mile_House_Pub.html?id=IqeZ0QEACAAJ&redir_esc=y

https://www.bchydro.com/news/conservation/2019/bc-spookiest-spots.html?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://bc.thegrowler.ca/features/you-have-to-visit-b-c-s-bucket-list-pubs/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.17milehouse.com/ghost-stories/

https://hallmarkheritagesociety.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/5116-Sooke-Road-.pdf

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Today is Day Two of the Thirteen Days of Halloween, where we’ll explore Emily Carr House in James Bay.

Podcast links and further reading:

Ghost Stories of British Columbia by Jo-Ann Christensen (1996)

Ghost Stories & Mysterious Creatures of British Columbia by Barbara Smith (1999)

https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?i=48951&id=90&utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://livinglibraryblog.com/haunted-locations-of-victoria-vancouver-island/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/emily-carr-house/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.nexusnewspaper.com/newsite/2019/10/23/fright-night-a-nexus-guide-to-local-haunted-hot-spots/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://emilycarrchronicles.ca/emily-carr-at-home-the-story-behind-carr-house/?utm_source=chatgpt.com

https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20210268

https://youtu.be/WJGiBCF3I7o?si=YFHsyC_Za3UgRGam

https://evelazarus.com/the-ghosts-of-james-bay/

https://wildink.wordpress.com/2007/01/08/how-a-bad-hair-day-led-to-a-possible-sighting-of-emily-carr’s-ghost/

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