Creepy Capital

Mark Leslie is the author of Tomes of Terror, Haunted Hamilton, and I, Death, and coauthor of Spooky Sudbury. He lives in Hamilton, where he quivers in fear at the monster hiding under his bed and the ghost living in his closet.

• Foreword by Joel A. Sutherland Introduction Acknowledgements The Grant House at 150 Elgin The Normal School Ghost Solving the Mystery of that Dog-Gone Ghost The Conversion of Skeptics at the Bytown Museum Bytown’s Haunted House The Ghost of Ida Moore The Renfrew Lady and the Grabby-Clothes Ghost Mackenzie King Speaking with Ghosts The Spooky Ruins of Mackenzie King Speaking with Mackenzie King’s Ghost Chichester Ghost of Ottawa River The Ghost of Watson’s Mill The Caretaker’s Favourite Spot Luxury and Tragedy at the Chateau Laurier The Monster of Muskrat Lake The Lumber Merchant’s Ghost Guide Stomping and EMF Spikes at the Heritage Inn The Ghost That Sighed The Ghostly Violin The Controversial Carp UFO Case Teen Ghostbusters of the Dirty Thirties Prime Ministerial Advice From Beyond the Grave The Faceless Ghosts of Richardson Side Road The Relief of a Steamer Ghost The Murder of Thomas D’Arcy McGee Ghosts of the Old Carleton County Jail A Horrific Thirty-One Days Four Lights, Four Days Screams from the Courtyard The Witch of Plum Hollow Lisgar Collegiate Institute The Ugly Idol The Mysteriously Protected Library of Parliament The Ghost on the Lonesome Road Some Nightmares on Elm Street Almost Scared To Death Arnprior Ghosts Ottawa Museum of Nature Author’s Conclusion Ghost Walks and Great Resources Sources