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0Port Perry Ghost Road
Port Perry, Ontario
12.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Ghost Road legend begins around 1968 with a young man who crashed on a motorcycle and, in some versions, was decapitated on a rusty barbed-wire fence. Now, a big round white light speeds down the road before turning into a small red light, sometimes accompanied by the sound of ...
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Jester's Court Pub and Eatery
Port Perry, Ontario
15.5 miles from Pontypool, ON
Jester's Court Pub and Eatery, a former private residence, is believed to be haunted. The ghost is an elderly woman in a blue dress who is blamed for blowing out candles, turning lights on and off, moving glasses and slamming doors.
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Rock Haven Motel - Shoppers Drug Mart
Peterborough, Ontario
17.5 miles from Pontypool, ON
At the Rockhaven Hotel or Motel (now a Shoppers Drug Mart), a honeymoon suite was the site of a grisly 1960s murder. A man killed his wife when he learned she was carrying the baby of another man. The ghost of a crying woman and a crying newborn have been ...
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Regent Theater
Oshawa, Ontario
18 miles from Pontypool, ON
Regent Theater is a nightclub that was once a movie theater. An eerie shadow man along with cold temperatures have been noticed here, especially upstairs. Folks say the place is visited by the ghost of an employee who committed suicide here in the 1970s.
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Academy Theatre
Lindsay, Ontario
18.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Academy Theatre is said to have several ghosts, including one the staff calls Mary, who fell on the stairs and broke her neck, and a man with a limp.
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Peterborough Lift Lock
Peterborough, Ontario
21.9 miles from Pontypool, ON
Peterborough Lift Lock has a ghost and a curse set by an unknown woman who was burned at the stake in the 1840s. The ghost has been known to attack men, and the curse is said to have caused many accidents here. Ghosts of those who have committed suicide here ...
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Salem Cemetery
Pickering, Ontario
23.6 miles from Pontypool, ON
Salem Cemetery, along with the Salem Church, was established in 1849 for the Wesleyan Methodist congregation. While the church closed in 1890, the cemetery is still in use. Visitors here have seen apparitions and experiences other strange phenomena.
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Thompson Memorial Park
Toronto, Ontario
38.9 miles from Pontypool, ON
At Thompson Park, there is a ghostly duo, witnesses say. Local legend has it that a grandfather killed his granddaughter a couple decades ago by tossing her off the cliff near Scarborough Cemetery. Then, he threw himself off as well. Their ghosts have been seen in the park. Another local ...
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Sharon Temple
East Gwillimbury, Ontario
40.1 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Temple, at the Sharon National Historic Site, was built in 1832 and was fully restored in 2011. Ghostly activity here includes the sounds of a large feast being prepared, music, footsteps and more.
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Henry Harrison House - Grey Goat Pub
Newmarket, Ontario
41.1 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Henry Harrison House - Grey Goat Pub was built in 1865 and was once a funeral home. Add to that, the original owner is rumored to have died in the house. It is said to be haunted by a ghost who makes sounds in the basement, slams doors, and ...
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Newmarket Inn
East Gwillimbury, Ontario
42.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
Folks at Newmarket Inn have reported seeing apparitions of a man wearing a blue coat and hearing disembodied screams.
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Wild Wing Newmarket
Newmarket, Ontario
42.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
Once Johnny Bourbon's and Kelsey’s Restaurant, Wild Wing Newmarket is reported to have a ghostly young woman who screams or quietly says "Help me."
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Anchor Park
East Gwillimbury, Ontario
42.5 miles from Pontypool, ON
Rumor has it that a girl was murdered at Anchor Park; her body was found hanging on a swing-set swing. The swing is now said to swing by itself at night.
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Glendon College
Toronto, Ontario
45.1 miles from Pontypool, ON
Glendon College, a bilingual liberal arts college with about 3,000 students, lies on what was once the 1900s estate of well-known financier Edward Rogers Wood. Its spirits include a little girl who materializes near a willow tree (she may have fallen to her death from this tree), a little boy ...
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Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Toronto, Ontario
46.7 miles from Pontypool, ON
Reports say the active spirits at Mount Pleasant Cemetery once pushed an employee right off of a lawn tractor. Other strange things reported here include voices, unexplained noises, shadowy figures, objects that disappear, disturbances that cause malfunctions in electrical devices, and heightened feelings of uneasiness and fear.
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Old Don Jail
Toronto, Ontario
46.8 miles from Pontypool, ON
Old Don Jail, aka the Toronto Jail, opened in 1864 and is now a rehabilitation hospital next to the jail. It's one of the oldest remaining pre-Confederation buildings in Toronto, and many hangings were held here since 1908. The place's most well-known spirit is that of a ghost is that ...
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Keg Mansion
Toronto, Ontario
47.6 miles from Pontypool, ON
Keg Mansion is said to be haunted by Lillian, a maid who hanged herself in 1915 on the premises. She was employed by its owner, industrialist Hart Massey. According to one story, after the death of Massey’s daughter, Lillian was so aggrieved that she hanged herself. Another story said Lillian ...
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Ryerson University
Toronto, Ontario
48.1 miles from Pontypool, ON
At Ryerson University, rumor has it that a ghostly white female figure, cold spots, wind gusts, light anomalies and whispered names have been seen or experienced near McAllister Studio.
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Mackenzie House
Toronto, Ontario
48.2 miles from Pontypool, ON
Mackenzie House was the final home of William Lyon Mackenzie, Toronto's first mayor, who died in the house in 1861. It now operates as a historic house museum of 1860s Victorian life. Its three ghosts are thought to be an elderly lady in the Rose room, a bagpipes player, and ...
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Queen's Park
Toronto, Ontario
48.3 miles from Pontypool, ON
Queen's Park in Toronto is said to have an apparition of a female in tattered clothing who hangs from a rope. Screams have been heard as well, and the Legislature Building is said to be haunted by many ghosts. World War I hero and Victoria Cross recipient Charles Rutherford, who ...
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Omni King Edward Hotel
Toronto, Ontario
48.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
Witnesses at the Omni King Edward Hotel have experienced unexplained sounds, elevators that seem to operate by themselves and playful activity with the faucets and toilets in the ladies' restroom.
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Old City Hall
Toronto, Ontario
48.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
The 1899 Old City Hall building, designated a historic site in 1984, has a ghost in its rear staircase known to walk up and down with loud footsteps and tug on the robes of judges. Ghostly moaning has been heard in the cellar, once a prisoners' holding area, and something ...
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Hockey Hall of Fame
Toronto, Ontario
48.5 miles from Pontypool, ON
At the Hockey Hall of Fame, once a bank building, the apparition of a teller named Dorothy makes appearances in her 19th-century attire. She appears in an area where the vaults used to be, perhaps checking to make sure things are still secure. Other reports here have included lights that ...
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Fairmont Royal York
Toronto, Ontario
48.7 miles from Pontypool, ON
A suicide, ghostly children and unending balls are all said to haunt the Royal York Hotel. People claim to hear music in laughter coming from the closed ballroom, and a porter who hanged himself is sometimes spied hanging about the stairwell. People, including author Christopher Heard who took up ...
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Fort York
Toronto, Ontario
49.8 miles from Pontypool, ON
Fort York is a War of 1812 and World War I and II site that is still visited by some of its former soldiers. Cannon fire and gunfire have been heard, and British and American soldiers' ghosts have been spotted both inside buildings and outside on the grounds. Two ghosts ...
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Gibraltar Point Lighthouse
Toronto, Ontario
50.3 miles from Pontypool, ON
The 1808 Gibraltar Point Lighthouse on the Toronto Islands is the oldest existing Great Lakes lighthouse, and it has a mysterious legend. Its ghost is said to be first keeper John Paul Radelmüller, who was murdered on January 2, 1815 by intoxicated Fort York soldiers looking for bootlegged beer. Stories ...
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Kempenfelt Conference Centre
Innisfil, Ontario
51 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Kempenfelt Bay area has been active with UFO sightings, a lake monster called Kempenfelt Kelly, and ghost lights (will-o'-the-wisps). At the Kempenfelt Conference Centre, ghosts have been felt sitting on the foot of guests' beds and cold spots have been noticed all over the building.
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Stephen Leacock Museum
Orillia, Ontario
51.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Stephen Leacock Memorial Home is a house museum rumored to be haunted by Leacock, his wife and his son. Staff members have heard furniture moving in locked rooms and have seen doors, even locked ones, open and close by themselves. Shadowy figures and other strange phenomena have also been ...
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Winery at Marjim Manor
Appleton, New York
51.9 miles from Pontypool, ON
Staff at Winery at Marjim Manor say former residents Shubal, Sophia and Lewis Merritt, Charles and Hannah Ring and the Sisters of St. Joseph's dog Duke haunt the premises.
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Orillia Opera House
Orillia, Ontario
52.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Orillia Opera House is said to be haunted by ghosts who make footsteps, slam doors, create moans and shadows, and drop the room temperature. Investigations have determined that the ghosts are a female who played piano during silent movies, a woman who worked in the ticket office and a ...
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Van Horn Mansion
Burt, New York
54.6 miles from Pontypool, ON
Van Horn Mansion, built by Judge James Van Horn in 1823, has 16 rooms and five bathrooms--and perhaps a few ghosts, to boot. It is preserved by the Newfane Historical Society, which offers Victorian teas and mansion tours. The most well-known ghost may be Malinda, wife of James Van Horn ...
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Beechwood Cemetary
Kendall, New York
59.2 miles from Pontypool, ON
My husband and I pulled onto Woodchuck Alley and found an old cemetery there. We were the only two people there and it was a quiet, sunny, Sunday afternoon. My husband was at the far end of the cemetery closer to West Kendall Road and I was in ...
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Old Fort Niagara
Pontypool, New York
61.7 miles from Pontypool, ON
Old Fort Niagara is rumored to have a headless ghost that haunts the 1726 French Castle, and witnesses have seen odd shadows and orbs and heard slamming doors.
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Pinnacle Playhouse
Belleville, Ontario
62.1 miles from Pontypool, ON
Formerly the D.L. Storey Centre, Pinnacle Playhouse is haunted by a ghost nicknamed Ophelia, after Hamlet's beloved in the Shakespeare play. There are many ways Ophelia makes herself known: A lady in black appears in the control booth, figures sit in the auditorium seats, green eyes appear in the air ...
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Olde Angel Inn
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
62.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
The ghost at Olde Angel Inn is said to be Captain Swayze, a British War of 1812 soldier who was murdered by American soldiers in the basement. Witnesses describe a mysterious cold spot that appears on the way to the restrooms. The ghost is said to dislike Americans, and will ...
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Fort George
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
62.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
Featured on both "Creepy Canada" and "The Girly Ghosthunters," Fort George was an important War of 1812 stronghold. Soldiers ghosts are said to roam here; reports say a tour guide saw a small boy having a conversation with someone invisible, and the boy described his friend as a man wearing ...
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Breckenridge-Ure Mansion
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
62.6 miles from Pontypool, ON
This historic house has sat abandoned for over half a century but is currently for sate. The house was originally built in 1823, and there are stories of witches and slaves living in a barn located in the back garden. The slaves are rumoured to haunt the property, and people ...
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Brockamour Manor Bed and Breakfast
Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
62.8 miles from Pontypool, ON
There are reports from both guests and employees at this historic bed and breakfast of a sobbing woman in period clothing roaming the mansion. Others have also seen her former husband, who has been seen in various rooms dressed in a red waistcoat. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Glanmore National Historic Site
Belleville, Ontario
62.9 miles from Pontypool, ON
Glanmore Mansion National Historic Site, built in 1883, is a house museum complete with ghosts. A former owner saw the apparition of a soldier in red with a white hat. She also heard the piano play by itself, and saw doors open on their own. She believes the place is ...
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Heritage Theatre
Brampton, Ontario
63 miles from Pontypool, ON
Heritage Theatre is said to be haunted by an actor who was killed in the dressing room. An apparition of the Grim Reaper, cold chills, and voices also have been reported here.
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Cold Springs Cemetery
Lockport, New York
63.3 miles from Pontypool, ON
Cold Springs Cemetery, incorporated in 1840, is believed to be haunted by a girl who was murdered here while hitchhiking.
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The Pillars Estate
Albion, New York
64.2 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Pillars Estate is a Victorian mansion built in the early 1800s. Here, a recreation of the story of Titanic is put on every April. Ghost hunting is not allowed, and overnight guests have to sign a waiver saying they will not conduct séances or otherwise disturb the ghosts who ...
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Lockport Caves
Lockport, New York
64.2 miles from Pontypool, ON
The Lockport Caves is a system that was built in the 1880s to provide the area's mills with water power. Witnesses say the spooky caves are occupied by something otherworldly. They have seen shadows, lights and odd mists and heard unexplained sounds, laughter and voices. Speculators think the ghost may ...
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Kenan Center and Kenan House
Lockport, New York
65.1 miles from Pontypool, ON
Kenan House is an 1800s Victorian mansion at Kenan Center. It is said to be haunted by a ghostly little boy whose apparition has been spotted running and playing all over the house. Also at the center, unexplained white lights and other apparitions have materialized.
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Gravenhurst Opera House
Gravenhurst, Ontario
67.3 miles from Pontypool, ON
Gravenhurst Opera House has a ghost called Ben, a former a lighting man who fell from a catwalk. Ben is blamed for poltergeist activity, cold spots, light anomalies, footsteps and more.
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Boston Mills Cemetery
Caledon, Ontario
68.3 miles from Pontypool, ON
At Boston Mills Cemetery, witnesses have seen ghost children playing tag among the gravestones and an apparition of a priest. Orbs, footsteps, rustling leaves and lights in the abandoned church also have been reported.
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Niagara University - Clet Hall
Niagara Falls, New York
69.5 miles from Pontypool, ON
Niagara University's Clet Hall was the first building constructed after its founding as a seminary in 1860. An 1864 fire killed student Thomas Hopkins, who was said to be seen pleading for help from an upper-story window before he died. Now, his ghost is said to roam the halls of ...
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Devil's Hole State Park - Cave of the Evil Spirit
Niagara Falls, New York
69.9 miles from Pontypool, ON
Devil's Hole State Park in Niagara Falls is said to have ghosts who are left over from its tragic past. The Devil's Hole itself is a stone staircase, a tricky climb down to the Niagara River, and it could be dangerous. Near the bottom is the Cave of the Evil ...
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State University of New York Brockport - Hartwell Hall
Brockport, New York
70.4 miles from Pontypool, ON
Hartwell Hall at the State University of New York Brockport is rumored to be haunted. The ghost may be Edward P. Rowley, who was a resident in 1888. According to an old newspaper report, he fell through some planks covering a cistern and became trapped, drowning in the seven feet ...
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Lions Valley Park
Oakville, Ontario
70.6 miles from Pontypool, ON
Lion's Valley Park is a valley surrounded by three old cemeteries and an abandoned 1800s village.Reports say that because of erosion in the valley walls, caskets from the old cemeteries have been found in the park. Many strange phenomena have been reported here after dark, including strange flashing red, white ...
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