Five Canadian Hauntings I'd Like to See on the Big Screen

Every country has their famous ghosts and hauntings- Canada included. Often, famous hauntings will be turned into movies (a la "The Conjuring"). Well, today I'd like to present my list of five Canadian hauntings I'd love to see turned into movies.

1. The Great Amherst Mystery- During the 1870's in the small Nova Scotia town of Amherst, the cottage of Esther Cox and her family was plagued by poltergeist activity. Some of the activity experienced were small fires, moving objects, Esther's limbs swelling to abnormal size, and the words "Esther Cox, you are mine to kill." appearing on the wall.

I have always been fascinated by this case, and would love to see it on the big screen.

2. The Old Hag of Newfoundland- Many Newfoundlanders believed that a certain type of sleep disorder was caused by "The Old Hag", who would lie on people's chest, giving them sleep paralysis. Those that did not wake from their dreams would die.

3. The Baldoon Mystery- The 1820's saw Wallaceburg and Chatham, Ontario become the site of a poltergeist that resided at a sheep ranch in between them. Bullets, stones and pellets of lead would rain down on the farm house. Fire fell from the sky, and small decorations would be flung around and smashed. The baby was rocked by an some unknown entity, while chairs slid across the floor. The disturbance only ended after the house burnt down.

4. The Red Lake Windigo- An Algonquin spirit that possesses people, and turns them into flesh eating ghouls. Police arrested Jack and Joseph Fiddler in 1907 for the murder of Joseph's daughter-in-law, Wahsakapeequay. They claimed she had turned into a Windigo.

5. The Mackenzie River Ghost- Augustus Richard Peers- a Hudson Bay Company fur trader was found frozen to death in the Northwest Territories during the 1850's. While his body was being transported to Fort Simpson for burial. His voice could be heard ordering the dog sled team to continue on, "Marche! Walk!". The sled dogs went mad.

And there we have it. Do you have any famous Canadian Hauntings you'd love to see on the big screen?

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