NFLD & Labrador –Canada ghost stories
In 2013 we received a query regarding a ghost story involving Romaines Road in Port au Port East. This is the first we’ve heard of an urban legend involving the road and we’d like to learn more. The only information we have at this point is that the road is rumoured to be haunted by the spirit of a little girl. The spirit may only be seen from within a car, with or without the headlights on. Phantom footsteps have also been heard in the vicinity the spirit is supposedly haunting.
In November 2015 one of our readers wrote in and shares the following which has been slightly edited for privacy reasons:
I lived on Romaines Road for fourteen years. The house I lived in had no history that would suggest a haunting, however, we routinely heard someone walking upstairs when we were downstairs. If we had company visiting, they would look at us quite puzzled and say “someone is upstairs” we would shrug and say no, there is no one there, even though you could clearly hear someone walking across the floor above.
One evening when I was in the house with my then three year old, we were watching television and out of the corner of my eye I saw a green mist floating up the stairs . I did not want to scare my child so I did not react. My son said “what is that Mommy,” I replied “what is what” he said that “green stuff.” I passed it off so that he would not be afraid.
As the years passed, we experienced many odd occurrences. When walking along Romaines road there was an area where I got chills when I passed by. Yet, I was never afraid. I knew something was there, but I knew I had nothing to fear. My son on the other hand was terrified of “the presence.”
I was quite surprised to see the story of the spirit of a little girl. Various incidents made me think that the spirit was a man, grey hair, neat grey beard and black rimmed glasses. I wish I could be of help. Definitely something to this story though.”
Port au Port East is a town in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. If you have any further information or can fill us in on the ghost story, myth, or something more please do contact us at admin@psican.org or fill out our reporting form Your privacy will be protected and confidentiality is assured. We would also appreciate to see any photos that may be available of the location the haunting is said to occur.
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The Most Haunted Street In Newfoundland
The best book I have come across to date (December 2009) that is dedicated to the documentation of Newfoundland, and Labrador ghost stories is Haunted Shores, True Ghost Stories of Newfoundland, and Labrador by Dale Jarvis. It is must reading for anyone interested in ghosts, and hauntings, and folklore in this area of Canada.
The book covers many ghostly locations, but the author names Victoria Street in St. John’s as Newfoundland’s most haunted. It is merely three blocks long, but it is one of the oldest streets in the city.
The LSPU Hall is rumoured to be haunted by a presence, possibly the spirit of someone involved in the theatre community.
A house now divided into apartments was at one time haunted by the spirit of an elderly lady who was seen on the stairs.
Another house near Victoria and Bond Streets was the scene of a terrifying experience involving two female apparitions in 1907-1908. One of the spirits was reportedly letting out blood curdling screams as she was being dragged around by the other ghost. This was so horrifying to the witness that she and her husband moved out of their rental accommodation the very next day according to an article in the St. John’s Evening Telegram. Could this have been some horrible event from the building’s past being replayed?
And yet another private home along this stretch is reported in the book to have been plagued by phantom footsteps, banging doors, and other mild poltergeist activity.
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St Kevin’s Elementary School’s old library is said to have been haunted by a priest named Father Slatery. At least two former students have reported seeing the apparition of the priest, along with feelings of unease. The school is located in Goulds south of St John’s. We do not know of any other reports from this building or if the haunting continues.
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According to Dale Jarvis the author of Haunted Shores, True Ghost Stories of Newfoundland, and Labrador a female apparition was sighted on several occasions by at least two separate witnesses in an upper story window of an empty home located on Patrick Street back in 1969. The ghost was assumed to be the spirit of a woman who had been murdered in the building, but it wasn’t until later on that the witnesses realised they had seen an apparition, and not a living person. The house was up for sale at the time, and there is no further information available that indicates whether or not the haunting continued.
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Placentia Apparition
Placentia is a town on the Avalon Peninsula
“My wife and I were parked on the wrong side of a dirt road (about 10 miles outside of town), it was a beautiful day. I was studying a rundown cabin below the roadway. Being on the wrong side I was keeping a check for vehicles both coming and going in my mirror. Nothing approached my car from behind, but when I looked ahead, 15 or 20 feet ahead a person wearing a black outfit and hat riding a black horse was moving away at a trot. I only saw the back and one side and it was very clear. The image went on straight and disappeared into trees when the road made a turn. I drove up to where it went in and found nothing but a deep ditch and thick shrub. Thinking back I recall not seeing the hoofs well, but dust around the hoofs that seemed to move along with the image. Strange thing is, I commented on the horse and rider when I first saw it but my wife couldn’t see anything. I wonder why was it for me to see and not her.”
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In late November 1954 the RCMP investigated a case of mysterious fires being set in a St John’s Newfoundland home. The house was listed as being owned by one Mike Parsons, and at the time of the fires was uninsured. Over a two week period spontaneous fires would erupt in various parts of the home, and destroyed a sack of sugar, a child’s doll, a dictionary, and a box of religious tracts. Each of these items were reported to have burst into flame with no apparent cause. Investigations conducted by the RCMP, and local fire authorities did not turn up any known cause, and the fires remained a mystery.
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Steve Ramsey- Calgary – Canada