Haunted Hamilton

Elise Copps
18 Oct 2019

Downtown Hamilton’s gruesome past lingers in dark corners

If you think the LRT debate going off the rails is the scariest thing that’s ever happened in Hamilton, you probably aren’t familiar with our city’s haunted history. I joke, but Hamilton does ha...

Ryan Moran
06 Oct 2017

Bodies in Your Backyard

Depending on your experience with Ti-Cat games and City Council meetings, it may not be hard to imagine Hamiltonians frothing at the mouth, clamoring for blood.

Thomas Allen
06 Oct 2017

Dundas District Ghost Tales

When I was asked by Urbanicity to write an article on haunted buildings in Hamilton I didn’t know what to think or what to write about, but I was excited. I’m no ghost hunter, but I’ve heard man...

Stephanie Lechniak
09 Apr 2016

The Invisible Ghost

My otherworldly search in a fast-paced, technological age where science meets Mother Nature. Just because you can’t see it, doesn’t mean it’s not there. Belief: An entirely epic word that withi...

Dev Team
18 Aug 2015

The Top Five Most Haunted Places in Hamilton

5. The Tivoli Theatre James Street North Home to the ghost of Ambrose Small, the great theatre magnate who mysteriously disappeared in 1919. Years later, they found a strange steamer trunk in...

Dev Team
29 Jun 2015

The Hermitage Ruins UNTIL DEATH DO US PART: The Tragic Local Tale of Lover’s Lane and the Wandering Ghost of Coachman William Black

Dealing with a personal loss can be a terrible burden to bear. The realization of not being able to see or hold the person who you so desperately want to embrace can bring profound pain. Same with the...

Dev Team
24 Feb 2015

Lover’s Leap at Albion Falls | Haunted Haunted

THE WANDERING, WAILING GHOST OF POOR JANE RILEY Waves crash against the jagged rocks at the bottom of the falls. Nerves shaking but feet firmly planted, edging closer and closer to the crumbling preci...

Stephanie Dumbreck
07 Jan 2015

Historic Century Manor | Haunted Hamilton

White-washed walls and peeling paint. Long spanning hallways, creaky corridors and silent, empty rooms. Boarded-up windows hide over a century’s worth of history that sits there waiting to be told. ...