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Buck Hill
bancroft, Ontario
40.2 miles from bancroft, ON
Buck Hill has a legend about a logger's family during the Depression. The daughter vanished one night while chasing the pet dog, who had run off. Theh logger searched for her and eventually went mad. His ghost still searches for her, and his lantern is seen as ghost lights in ...
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Peterborough Lift Lock
Peterborough, Ontario
55.8 miles from bancroft, 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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Rock Haven Motel - Shoppers Drug Mart
Peterborough, Ontario
59.5 miles from bancroft, 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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Academy Theatre
Lindsay, Ontario
64.7 miles from bancroft, 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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Champlain Trail Museum
Pembroke, Ontario
65 miles from bancroft, ON
The Champlain Trail Museum is said to be haunted in its pioneer log home. Rumor has it that toys move around in the children's room, dishes move in the dining room, footsteps have been heard, and more.
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Pinnacle Playhouse
Belleville, Ontario
65.3 miles from bancroft, 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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Glanmore National Historic Site
Belleville, Ontario
65.4 miles from bancroft, 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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Port Perry Ghost Road
Port Perry, Ontario
80.1 miles from bancroft, 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
84.8 miles from bancroft, 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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Kingston Penitentiary
Kingston, Ontario
87.2 miles from bancroft, ON
Kingston Penitentiary has a ghostly prisoner, George Hewell, who was, in life, a handful for the guards. He was known for attacking guards and other inmates, and in one incidence in 1897, a guard was forced to kill Hewell in self defence. Hewell swore as he lay dying that he ...
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Fort Henry
Kingston, Ontario
88.7 miles from bancroft, ON
At Fort Henry, sitings have been made of the ghost of Nils von Schoultz, who was hanged for treason after leading a failed American invasion. The gallows where he was hanged, which were dismantled over a century ago, also materialize to some visitors, and some have reported moving objects, opening/closing ...
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Regent Theater
Oshawa, Ontario
93.9 miles from bancroft, 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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Salem Cemetery
Pickering, Ontario
97.2 miles from bancroft, 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
113 miles from bancroft, 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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