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The Baldoon Mystery is a well-known story detailing Canada’s oldest and most widely reported poltergeist. The events detailed in the story happened in late 1829 and early 1830, and have been the subject of great folkloric interest. Numerous plays,...
The Baldoon Mystery is a well-known story detailing Canada’s oldest and most widely reported poltergeist. The events detailed in the story happened in late 1829 and early 1830, and have been the subject of great folkloric interest. Numerous plays, short stories, and novels have focused on the plight of the McDonald family at the hands of unseen forces.
Although the events have captured popular imagination, little serious historical analyses have been done on The Baldoon Mystery. Yet, the archival record reveals fascinating insights about the events in early Sombra Township, where the events too place. The details of The Baldoon Mystery are strange, yet many of the historical facts are equally compelling.
Presenters Rick Fehr and Christopher Laursen will explore some of the oddities hidden in the archival record as they piece together a more comprehensive understanding of The Baldoon Mystery.
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