Haunted Canada: The First Terrifying Collection

by Pat Hancock

From coast to coast, Canada is a spooky place. Chains rattle and footsteps shuffle in empty alleys in Victoria, British Columbia. Poltergeists terrorize hunters in a remote cabin in Red Deer Point, Manitoba. The mournful wail of a woman haunts Signal Hill, Newfoundland and Labrador. With over 100 true ghost stories from across the country prepare yourself to be haunted!

This collection includes the first three books in the award-winning Haunted Canada series: Haunted Canada True Ghost Stories, Haunted Canada 2 True Tales of Terror and Haunted Canada 3 More True Ghost Stories

322 pages, Paperback

Published September 12, 2018

About the author

Pat Hancock’s five Haunted Canada books combine spooky stories and eerie illustrations with interesting facts about Canadian history. Readers will be thrilled and chilled by her hair-raising stories! Haunted Canada: True Ghost Stories garnered the Saskatchewan Silver Willow Award in 2004. A longtime collector of funny but true facts about Canada, Pat is also well-known for her three collections of Crazy Canadian Trivia books.

Pat spent much of her life teaching science and English, until she retired and became a full-time parent. She says that reading to her three children sparked her interest in writing. She continues to teach English courses at the University of Toronto and Ryerson, and also leads writing workshops.

Reviews

[Noelle Walsh · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was excellent! Filled to bursting with spooky stories to tell in the dark and around campfires, this anthology will have shivers running up and down one's spine! A definite must-read for ghost story fans of all ages!

[Virginia Van · Rating 3 out of 5]

This collection of 100 ghost stories taken from the first 3 books in the Haunted Canada series, reporst of true ghost sighting from coast to coast to coast, from women in white, to poltergeists, to ghost ships and long dead gold miners. Quick reads that would appeal to ESL students and teens.

[dark_romance_bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

Embracing my spooky love with this book of Canadian Ghost stories, even one that reference a place in downtown London here! 👻

This is the first book in several that contains a variety of short ghost stories relating to places all over Canada.

This was an interesting read 👍🏻

[Hannah · Rating 4 out of 5]

i loved reading about scary story's from my home

[Muaz Jalil · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did not know Canada had so many haunted stories. Great collection. Some of UFO stories are bit anticlimactic but rest are pretty good. Mostly snippets but great collection nonetheless

[Tracy · Rating 4 out of 5]

These are always a good and easy read for fall!