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 Halloween and Tales of Canadian Ghosts |
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It was the Irish pagan festival of worship to Samhain, Lord of the Dead, whence came Halloween. On the night of November 1, and with the dying crops, souls returned to walk the earth. Spooked pagans bolted their doors and extinguished the cooking fires that attracted witches. A rap on the door came from villagers dressed as dead relatives: "Trick or treat?" Best give the souls a treat lest they do something rotten. Canadians have kept the ancient belief in souls haunting the living alive, telling frightening ghost tales for the past 50 years, and not just on Halloween. |
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 The spectre of murdered Mr. Muller, first keeper of the lighthouse, is said to haunt Toronto Island. (TV; runs 6:33) |
 Halloween has its origins in the ancient pagan festival Samhain, celebrated by Celtic Druids ushering in winter on Nov. 1. (Radio; runs 7:20) |
 The tradition of trick or treating began as a way to appease souls of the dead. (Radio; runs 3:25) |
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 Can a parapsychologist convince Peter Gzowski that ghosts exist? (Radio; runs 11:59) |
 In 1979, Pamela Bell tells a ghost story sitting by the fire in her haunted rural Ontario farmhouse. (TV; runs 6:23) |
 The spirit inhabiting a restaurant in an old Masonic Temple has a pretty good time after wait staff leave for the night. (TV; runs 2:24) |
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 David Cronenberg, Margaret Atwood and Graham Gibson discuss the use of ghosts in film and literature. (Radio; runs 3:03) |
 Parapsychologists are recorded during an exorcism at a haunted rural Nova Scotia home. (Radio; runs 12:57) |
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5 Additional Clips about Halloween and Tales of Canadian Ghosts
