Sideroads Magazine Fall 2010 Simcoe Grey edition
The picture below was taken by Sandy Poitras, a writer for the Sideroads Magazine. She was very surprised when she discovered I was not the only one in the picture.
My interview in ``"In the Hills"`` magazine is posted below.
On May 5th 2011, I had the pleasure of being interviewed on a Rogers TV show called Daytime. It was so much fun to be part of a live TV show. On the 28th of October, 2015 I was on the show again demonstrating how to safely use Spirit Boards with the show host, Jennifer Gordon. I was also on the Dock 104.1FM for three days that same week giving past life readings for Meg, Roop and Wix. What fun was that!
Here is a link to another article I was mentioned in from an investigation I took part in titled "A Spooky Night at the Boyne". (See article below)
http://www.simcoe.com/simcoe/article/348563
Sharon Bamford, StaffOct 29, 2008 - 5:49 PM
A spooky night at the Boyne
Just in time for Halloween, the Haunted Barrie Meet Up Group ventures into
another dark and mysterious world of the paranormal that just happens to reside
in the small town of Alliston.
The Museum on the Boyne is a quaint historic gem that sits footsteps from the
Boyne River.
From the exterior, it is a picturesque scene of a simpler time that has come
to pass but it’s what lies inside the Museum on the Boyne that isn’t so simple
to explain.
Between scattered business cards, doors opening and closing by themselves,
and storage being moved in the attic, the staff at the Museum on the Boyne has
dealt with these ghostly shenanigans for so long they can now call him out by
name.
“Everyone used to call him Fred,” said curator Katie Huddleston. “We’ve had
psychics come in since then who have told us that the main entity is in fact a
man named Andrew.”
Since re-opening its doors as a museum just 15 years ago, museum staff has
experienced firsthand accounts of history apart from the artifacts that line the
main hall.
The Museum on the Boyne acted as agricultural exhibition hall used during the
fall fairs of the early 1900s as well as a dance hall during both world wars.
This could explain what people have heard at the museum.
“Particularly in June, it’s been said that you can hear the sound of two
women coming through the door but only in June,” says Huddleston, adding that
June would have been roughly the time the agricultural hall would have been
re-opened for the season.
Jeff Ostrander, paranormal investigator, was called on the scene. He has been
a local investigator of the paranormal in the Barrie area for many
years.
Just in time for the chill of October to set in, Ostrander invited members of
the Haunted Barrie Meet Up Group to take part in a real paranormal investigation
of the Museum on the Boyne.
The group consisted of members like Kerry Bond, who participated in the
investigation as a way to conquer his fear of the unknown. Other guests included
sensitives (psychics) Anne Linton and Leigh Ross who tried to bridge the
connection between the living and spiritual worlds. The members were split into
three rotating groups each with an important role to play in documenting the
paranormal activity at the museum.
Group A toured the museum rooms and attic with electromagnetic field meters
to measure electromagnetic radiation and cameras in hopes of making a connection
with a spirit called Andrew who’s known for his re-arranging of items around the
museum. It was in the attic where sensitives and mediums picked up on a young
girl and perhaps her older brother.
Group B manned the observation centre lined with TVs that were linked to
real-time night vision video cameras. Here, members would watch and listen
carefully for any unexplained activity. Although this room wasn’t one of the
documented haunted areas in the museum, Ostrander recalls it being one of the
most active during a prior investigation.
“On the last investigation, we had someone watching the EVP station and she
felt a tug on her shirt and a voice that said 'watch this!' and one by one the
TVs began to shut off,” recalls Ostrander.
Group C was stationed in what could be considered the creepiest spot of all –
the MacDonald Cabin. This historic home was moved to the museum for preservation
and now stands as it would have more than 100 years ago. In the cabin, members
had a chance to talk to spirits and perform an EVP (electronic voice phenomenon)
recording. The members were given questions to ask and were encouraged to ask
their own questions.
Throughout the night, psychic and sensitive members reported seeing visions
of spirits who may reside there, but that was topped by medium Lori Kinrade who
channeled into an aggressive 35-year-old male spirit in the MacDonald cabin just
before midnight.
The spirit spoke through Kinrade to the members recording EVP, stating the
group had no business being there and no right to be asking him
questions.
As the night progressed, reports of spiritual activity grew as members shared
their experiences at the various stations including knocking sounds when talking
to the museums infamous Andrew, both in the cabin and in the attic.
The evening had turned from quiet to interactively haunting in just a few
hours. The Museum on the Boyne was in fact experiencing something out of the
ordinary but even the professionals had to remain a bit skeptical until the
evidence was clear.
“On a scientific note, I won’t know until we are done, until I’ve reviewed
the notes and gone over the footage,” said Ostrander.
This Halloween season take extra care in documenting those bumps in the night
and creeks from the attic and if you’re lucky perhaps you too can bridge the
spiritual connections that lie in your own backyard and make the season
freakishly fun.
http://www.simcoe.com/simcoe/article/348563
Sharon Bamford, StaffOct 29, 2008 - 5:49 PM
A spooky night at the Boyne
Just in time for Halloween, the Haunted Barrie Meet Up Group ventures into
another dark and mysterious world of the paranormal that just happens to reside
in the small town of Alliston.
The Museum on the Boyne is a quaint historic gem that sits footsteps from the
Boyne River.
From the exterior, it is a picturesque scene of a simpler time that has come
to pass but it’s what lies inside the Museum on the Boyne that isn’t so simple
to explain.
Between scattered business cards, doors opening and closing by themselves,
and storage being moved in the attic, the staff at the Museum on the Boyne has
dealt with these ghostly shenanigans for so long they can now call him out by
name.
“Everyone used to call him Fred,” said curator Katie Huddleston. “We’ve had
psychics come in since then who have told us that the main entity is in fact a
man named Andrew.”
Since re-opening its doors as a museum just 15 years ago, museum staff has
experienced firsthand accounts of history apart from the artifacts that line the
main hall.
The Museum on the Boyne acted as agricultural exhibition hall used during the
fall fairs of the early 1900s as well as a dance hall during both world wars.
This could explain what people have heard at the museum.
“Particularly in June, it’s been said that you can hear the sound of two
women coming through the door but only in June,” says Huddleston, adding that
June would have been roughly the time the agricultural hall would have been
re-opened for the season.
Jeff Ostrander, paranormal investigator, was called on the scene. He has been
a local investigator of the paranormal in the Barrie area for many
years.
Just in time for the chill of October to set in, Ostrander invited members of
the Haunted Barrie Meet Up Group to take part in a real paranormal investigation
of the Museum on the Boyne.
The group consisted of members like Kerry Bond, who participated in the
investigation as a way to conquer his fear of the unknown. Other guests included
sensitives (psychics) Anne Linton and Leigh Ross who tried to bridge the
connection between the living and spiritual worlds. The members were split into
three rotating groups each with an important role to play in documenting the
paranormal activity at the museum.
Group A toured the museum rooms and attic with electromagnetic field meters
to measure electromagnetic radiation and cameras in hopes of making a connection
with a spirit called Andrew who’s known for his re-arranging of items around the
museum. It was in the attic where sensitives and mediums picked up on a young
girl and perhaps her older brother.
Group B manned the observation centre lined with TVs that were linked to
real-time night vision video cameras. Here, members would watch and listen
carefully for any unexplained activity. Although this room wasn’t one of the
documented haunted areas in the museum, Ostrander recalls it being one of the
most active during a prior investigation.
“On the last investigation, we had someone watching the EVP station and she
felt a tug on her shirt and a voice that said 'watch this!' and one by one the
TVs began to shut off,” recalls Ostrander.
Group C was stationed in what could be considered the creepiest spot of all –
the MacDonald Cabin. This historic home was moved to the museum for preservation
and now stands as it would have more than 100 years ago. In the cabin, members
had a chance to talk to spirits and perform an EVP (electronic voice phenomenon)
recording. The members were given questions to ask and were encouraged to ask
their own questions.
Throughout the night, psychic and sensitive members reported seeing visions
of spirits who may reside there, but that was topped by medium Lori Kinrade who
channeled into an aggressive 35-year-old male spirit in the MacDonald cabin just
before midnight.
The spirit spoke through Kinrade to the members recording EVP, stating the
group had no business being there and no right to be asking him
questions.
As the night progressed, reports of spiritual activity grew as members shared
their experiences at the various stations including knocking sounds when talking
to the museums infamous Andrew, both in the cabin and in the attic.
The evening had turned from quiet to interactively haunting in just a few
hours. The Museum on the Boyne was in fact experiencing something out of the
ordinary but even the professionals had to remain a bit skeptical until the
evidence was clear.
“On a scientific note, I won’t know until we are done, until I’ve reviewed
the notes and gone over the footage,” said Ostrander.
This Halloween season take extra care in documenting those bumps in the night
and creeks from the attic and if you’re lucky perhaps you too can bridge the
spiritual connections that lie in your own backyard and make the season
freakishly fun.