The Antigonish Ghost: A The Strange True Story of a Mysterious Maritimes Haunting | Backyard History
Schedule
Wed, 22 Oct, 2025 at 07:00 pm
UTC-03:00Location
Halifax Central Library | Halifax, NS
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A curious ghost story went viral in 1922, with the tale from little Antigonish, Nova Scotia, making headlines in quite literally every newspaper across North America (and much of Europe too)!It all started one cold winter night when an isolated farmhouse spontaneously erupted into flames some 38 different times…
Join Andrew MacLean, the creator of Backyard History, the newspaper column, podcast, TV miniseries and four books for a Halloween-season evening of true Maritimes mystery at the Halifax Central Library on October 22nd, at 7pm.
This story ‘The Antigonish Ghost’ appears in his new book ‘Backyard History: Mysterious Stories From Atlantic Canada’s Past,’ and it promises to mix the classic Maritimes storytelling tradition, like your grandparents used to tell them, with meticulous archival research to tell the whole story, but in a funny way!
Come hear the sometimes hilarious, other times unsettling yet completely true ghost story, told with the wit, warmth, and meticulous research that defines Backyard History.
Halifax Central Library
October 22, 2025
7 PM
Tickets: FREE!
(books will be for sale at the event)
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