It is an old Irish belief that the horseshoe should be nailed with the points up to keep the luck from running out. The schooner BELLE SHERIDAN's was nailed just the opposite way, upside down .

The frozen sailor at Weller's Bay

Aug 26th, 2022 12m 21s

There is said to be the apparition of a sailor walking the shores of Weller's bayNot only is the ghost of this sailor frozen in time, but he was literally frozen to death on his ice-laden ship.His ship blown off course by a winter gale and swep

The Fox sisters of Concecon

Aug 23rd, 2022 16m 3s

Kate and Margaret Fox, reported that they had made contact with a spirit that was later claimed to be the spirit of a murdered peddler The spirit was said to have communicated through rapping noises .The evidence of the senses appealed to pr

The Sandbanks wishing tree

Aug 18th, 2022 9m 33s

Prince Edward County once had a magical wishing tree, at West Lake. The tree was a famous landmark — it was said to be the largest maple tree in the world, and the last great maple east of the Rocky Mountains. It measured over 160 feet in heigh

A tale of two murders

Aug 12th, 2022 15m 57s

Can a community feel guilt ... have second thoughts ... a rough stone slab was discovered in a section of the Glenwood Cemetery in Picton set aside for families unable to afford the price of a plot. Scratched in uppercase letters on the stone a

Was a spy executed at camp mohawk ?

Aug 10th, 2022 10m 12s

two men march down a trail through and oak grove their hands bound .... guards stop them..... turn them around they looks out to see armed soldiers facing them .... on the command the soldiers raise their rifles ... the next command is

The (Almost) Great Stirling Counterfeit Caper

Aug 1st, 2022 7m 33s

In 1866, gold is discovered at Eldorado and thousands of miners and speculators flock in. Vast quantities of iron ore have been uncovered around Marmora and Madoc and discoveries of copper, lead, nickel and zinc are claimed. The time is ripe fo

Ronwayana: A Viking among the Mohawks

Jul 28th, 2022 10m 19s

Tyendinaga Mohawks have much oral history of their people on the Bay of Quinte. and within these stories is the astonishing account of a Viking boy living among the Mohawks called, Ronwayana.from an article by Andrew King

The breakaway

Jul 27th, 2022 6m 33s

The story of “The Breakaway” is recognized by many as an important piece of local lore in the communities of Hilton, Orland and Codrington. the water rushed down the creek uprooting trees and dislodging boulders. it is clearly identified the

The Marysburgh vortex

Jul 25th, 2022 9m 24s

An area of eastern Lake Ontario with a history of shipwrecks during the age of sail and steam which has encouraged legends, superstitions and comparisons to the Bermuda Triangle. The area whose three corners are Wolfe Island, Mexico Bay near O

the tale of Gatery Ketcheson

Jul 22nd, 2022 5m 52s

it's 1814 in the area we know as Wallbridge in Quinte west a 5 years old girl is hopelessly lost in woods ..bare foot .. lightly dressed .. .it's October this is every parents nightmare .... and every child's fear

The strange tale of Harry Orchard

Jul 20th, 2022 8m

Farmer, Cheesemaker, Milk Wagon Driver, Miner, Gambler, Bigamist, Assassin, AuthorAlbert Edward Horsley was born in Wooler, Ontario, He is best known by the pseudonym Harry Orchard, a miner convicted of the 1905 political assassination of

Uxoricide – A Crime So Foul!

Jul 19th, 2022 12m 44s

Uxoricide – A Crime So Foul!The tale of the Kane murder .... For the fifth time in the history of this County, the penalty of death by hanging has been carried into effect. At a few minutes after 8 o'clock this morning, James Kane was execute