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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

The other half of the year doesn't count anyway. 🖤🎃

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Saw this on a walk. Looks like access is back on the menu, boys! 🧌😂

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Tell us: If you came across one of these Sentinels alone at dusk, would you find it peaceful or terrifying? #HauntedWalk #NagatoIwasaki #UrbanLegends #ForestSpirits #UncannyValley #JapanEerie #HauntedNature #art

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

To stumble upon one is to experience the Uncanny Valley in its purest form. It is a meeting with something that is anatomically perfect enough to trigger your fight or flight response, yet silent enough to feel ancient.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Iwasaki refuses to treat the wood with chemicals or preservatives. They will eventually succumb to rot and rain, crumbling back into the soil from which they came. That may be why they feel so unsettling. They are forms that seem almost alive yet are destined to decay.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Tall faceless figures stand perfectly still among the trees. They are made entirely of weathered driftwood. Japanese artist Nagato Iwasaki uses no metal nails or glue. He uses only the wood itself, allowing each piece to find its natural place in the body.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Would you keep walking, or turn back? 🌲👣 Imagine you are hiking through a misty, silent forest in Yamanashi, Japan. The air is thick with the scent of damp moss. You turn a corner and see.. this. It looks human, but only just.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice? No way. I have a dedicated toilet paper closet now. 🧻😂

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Unlike a solar eclipse, you don’t need special glasses. Just a clear view of the western horizon and a bit of courage to face the pre-dawn chill.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

🕒 When to Watch (Eastern Time): 3:44 AM: The "Ghosting" begins. The Moon enters the outer shadow and starts to dim. 4:50 AM: The "Bite." A dark shadow begins to swallow the Moon. 6:04 - 7:03 AM: TOTALITY. The Moon is fully submerged in shadow and glows that eerie, rusted red.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

The Haunting Truth: When you look at an eclipsed moon, you are seeing the light of every single sunrise and sunset happening on Earth at that exact moment, all reflected back at you at once. It’s the glow of the entire world’s horizon concentrated into a single orb.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Why does it turn red? It’s a phenomenon called Rayleigh Scattering. As sunlight passes through Earth’s atmosphere, the shorter blue light waves are scattered away (that's why our sky is blue). But the longer red wavelengths are bent around the edges of our planet and projected onto the moon.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

MOON TURNS RED TONIGHT! 😱 If you look at the sky in the early hours of Tuesday, March 3, you might notice the moon looking a little...different. Tonight marks the first Total Lunar Eclipse of 2026. The moon won't disappear; instead, it will be bathed in a deep, ghostly copper-red.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We can't control what you encounter out there. But we can cover you with HR. 👻😂

Haunted Walk's Official Paranormal Exemption Certificate with a spot for the guest's name.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Roses are red. Violets are blue. But on Valentine's Day in 1929, Chicago's streets were, too. 🥀 Seven men. Two fake cops. Zero convictions. We explore the fierce power struggle between rival mobs and the calculated precision of an execution that the police never solved.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Get PAID to tell ghost stories! Join our spooky team of storytellers, drama queens & history nerds. Few jobs are as fun & flexible! 🔦👻 Start the process in seconds at: hauntedwalk.com/jobs/ #hiring #kingston #ottawa #toronto #jobs

Haunted Walk is hiring in Kingston, Ottawa & Toronto. Two storytellers holding lanterns.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 28/11/2025

We're receiving multiple reports of inexplicable price activity tonight. Witnesses describe it as 'too good to be true' but note 'an offensive odour' at the scene. Investigation ongoing. 🔍

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Some modern Halloween customs, including trick-or-treating, trace their roots to both Samhain and the St. Martin’s Day tradition of children going door to door, singing songs, and receiving treats.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Traditions included lantern-lit processions of children (Laternelaufen) led by a horseman portraying Saint Martin, bonfires, and the first wine of the season. Saint Martin was also said to bring gifts to children.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

It also marks the feast day of Saint Martin of Tours, a 4th-century Roman soldier best remembered for cutting his cloak in half to share with a poor man in rags. This medieval festival, celebrated across much of Europe, marked the end of the harvest and the beginning of the winter revelling season.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

But the Spooky Season doesn’t end there. November 11 is sometimes known as Old Halloween or Old All Hallows Eve. It’s a date when Halloween was celebrated in some regions before the calendar reform.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Think Halloween is over? 🎃 Think again! The ancient Celtic festival of Samhain, widely seen as the root of many Halloween traditions, was celebrated at the end of the harvest (late Oct - early Nov). It marked the time when the veil between worlds was believed to thin, allowing spirits to cross over.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

We love the dark. We do not love wanting a nap at 4:29 p.m. 🔦😴😂

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

IT'S HERE!!!!!! 🖤🎃👻🕷️🦇🪦🧛🧟‍♀️ #halloween

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

NEW GHOST TOUR! 👻 The bricks that built Toronto may carry something darker. A Night Watchman on endless rounds. Footsteps above sleeping kilns. A whisper in the tunnels. 🎟️ Limited nights at Evergreen Brick Works this October and November. Book now: hauntedwalk.com/experience/g...

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

It’s September 1st!!! Spooky Season said yes. 💍🎃 Celebrate with us on a ghost tour or paranormal adventure this fall in Kingston, Ottawa, or Toronto: hauntedwalk.com/ghost-tours/ #spookyseason #halloween #hauntedwalk

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

YOU made your guesses. Now YOU find out if you were one of the few to get it right. 3 chilling mysteries. 2 brazen hoaxes. 1 story that will have you throwing down your headphones & diving under the covers. Uncover the strange truth between fact & fiction. 🎧: hauntedwalk.com/podcasts/epi...

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Why be normal when you could be mysterious and mildly alarming? 😱👻😂

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

July & August ONLY! 😲 This summer, explore the Elgin & Winter Garden Theatres after dark with a small group of brave souls. Hear the chilling stories. Stand before the empty seats. And take part in a paranormal investigation — no 2 nights are the same. #toronto 🎟️: hauntedwalk.com/experience/a...

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Though she and her sisters were painted and studied, they did not hold official roles at court like their father and brother. They were treated more as wonders than equals. Fontana’s portrait invites us to ask: When we look at someone who is different, what do we truly see?

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Atop her head sits a crown of snowdrops, clover, and a carnation. The crown gives an impression of refinement, but each flower grows in the wild. This contrast suggests how Antonietta was often seen, part courtly marvel, and part mystery.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Behind her right ear is a lily of the valley, symbolizing purity and humility. It also grows wild without human care, reflecting how people at the time often viewed those with hypertrichosis—as natural, untamed, and outside societal norms.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Fontana’s portrait captures the tension between admiration and alienation. Antonietta appears poised, dressed finely, and holding a handwritten note that explains her background.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Her father, Pedro Gonzales (Latinized as Petrus Gonsalvus), was the first well-documented case in medical history. The family became known as curiosities, observed by doctors, written about by scholars, and immortalized by artists.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Antonietta was real. She was not a myth or a sideshow act. Her family lived in the courts of Europe and shared a rare condition called hypertrichosis, often nicknamed “werewolf syndrome” for the thick hair it causes on the face and body.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Portrait of a Werewolf? Not Quite. 👇 This is one of the most intriguing portraits ever painted. Meet Antonietta Gonzales, depicted around 1595 by Lavinia Fontana, one of the most accomplished female artists of the Italian Renaissance.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Needless to say, we love a good tour guide joke. 🖤🐶😂 🎨: @twonks.bsky.social

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

FINAL WEEKEND! Last call for the Brave, the Curious, and Those Who Seek the Truth. 🔦 #ottawa 🎟️ hauntedwalk.com/experience/a...

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

In a world obsessed with clarity, true legends blur the lines. 📸🌲👣 #bigfoot #tedtalks

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Toronto Prop Expo @torontopropexpo.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Thank you to our raffle sponsor Haunted Walk of Toronto! @hauntedwalk.bsky.social Use their discount code: HAUNTEDWALK to enjoy $20 tickets to the Toronto Prop Expo on Saturday June 21st! Visit torontopropexpo.com for tickets and info.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Don't want to give anyone a jumpscare, but...🌷🤯

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

By morning, authorities had tracked him down. He was arrested and now faces serious charges, including aggravated kidnapping and child endangerment. He remains in custody on a $500,000 bond. Turns out, what we imagined as kids wasn’t as far off as we thought.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

What she found instead was a man hiding in the shadows. The intruder, 27-year-old Martin Villalobos Jr., was under a court order to stay away from the home. After a brief struggle, during which one of the children was knocked over, he fled into the night.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

WARNING: This isn’t a ghost story. It’s way worse. 😳😱 In Great Bend, Kansas, what began as a simple bedtime ritual turned into something far more unsettling. On the night of March 24, a babysitter was trying to ease a child’s fear of monsters by checking under the bed.

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

I’m a grown adult with bills & responsibilities, and I still run up the basement stairs like something’s chasing me. 👹🕳️🏃‍♂️ Tell me I’m not the only one!

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Even in the afterlife, the drama lives on… 👻😂

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