The Black Beacon Book of Ghosts will send shivers up your spine this Halloween. The Kindle version is already available for
pre-order at just $1.99 instead of $3.99 and you can add the anthology to your
Goodreads "want to read" list today. The anthology will be officially released on the 11th of October 2024. To get you in the mood and give you a little insight into the workings of their minds, our contributing authors are sharing their own haunting experiences with you. Read on, if you're not fainthearted!
Haunted place in Calgary
- Karen Keeley, July 2024
According to Calgary’s Most Haunted Places there are oodles of spots to go looking for ghosts and eerily creepy experiences. I’ve sat in the Stampede Grandstand, been to the Rose & Crown, the Fairmont Palliser Hotel and the Zoo Bridge. I’ve stood on the steps of the Knox United Church, had dinner at the Hose & Hound, and enjoyed a scrumptious meal at the Bow Valley Ranche. I’ve never personally experienced the unexplained but others have, according to the Calgary Guardian.
The Bow Valley Ranche is not far from where I live. The ranch itself dates back to the 1870s when it began as a cattle ranch. Subsequent owners came and went until the last, the Burns family, sold the lucrative business in the 1970s. The ranch and the land became part of Fish Creek Park, the second-largest urban park in Canada. The architecture of the main house is in the Queen Anne style with its gingerbread motif—steeply pitched gable roofs, towers and turrets, and large wrap-around front porch. The interior is brightly lit with its many chandeliers, crown moldings, charming tables and chairs. Meals are served on exquisite English bone China accompanied by authentic linen napkins and the best crystal. According to Wayne Meikle, a retired park planner, Charlie Yuen, a longtime cook at the ranch back in the day, was killed in a car accident in 1938. He wanted to be buried at the ranch. His wish didn’t come true. Instead, he was laid to rest in China but some people say his spirit still resides at the ranch. He’s the one responsible for the eerie happenings—dogs barking at something unseen, lights turning on and off despite the power having been disconnected, motion detectors setting off alarms, this happening when the building is empty.
I’ve had lunch at the ranch with its quaint Victorian appeal, a delightful outing with friends and family. Nothing eerie about any of it. The food, the drinks and the atmosphere were however, to die for.
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