Mark Leslie 
Creepy Capital 
Ghost Stories of Ottawa and the National Capital Region

A supernatural tour of the Ottawa region with ghostwatcher Mark Leslie as your guide.



Come along with paranormal raconteur Mark Leslie as he uncovers first-person accounts of ghostly happenings throughout Ottawa and the surrounding towns — the whole region is rife with ghostly encounters and creepy locales.



Discover the doomed financier who may be haunting the Château Laurier. Experience the eerie shadows and sounds at the Bytown Museum. Listen to the echoing howls of former prison inmates at the Nicholas St. Hostel. And feel the bitter sadness of the ghost of Watson’s Mill in Manotick. You’ll marvel at the multitude of ghosts that walk the streets and historic landmarks of Canada’s capital.

Tabla de materias

• Foreword by Joel A. Sutherland 


• Introduction 


• Acknowledgements 


• The Grant House at 150 Elgin 


• The Normal School Ghost 


• Solving the Mystery of that Dog-Gone Ghost 


• The Conversion of Skeptics at the Bytown Museum 


• Bytown’s Haunted House 


• The Ghost of Ida Moore 


• The Renfrew Lady and the Grabby-Clothes Ghost 


• Mackenzie King Speaking with Ghosts 


• The Spooky Ruins of Mackenzie King 


• Speaking with Mackenzie King’s Ghost 


• Chichester Ghost of Ottawa River 


• The Ghost of Watson’s Mill 


• The Caretaker’s Favourite Spot 


• Luxury and Tragedy at the Chateau Laurier 


• The Monster of Muskrat Lake 


• The Lumber Merchant’s Ghost Guide 


• Stomping and EMF Spikes at the Heritage Inn 


• The Ghost That Sighed 


• The Ghostly Violin 


• The Controversial Carp UFO Case 


• Teen Ghostbusters of the Dirty Thirties 


• Prime Ministerial Advice From Beyond the Grave 


• The Faceless Ghosts of Richardson Side Road 


• The Relief of a Steamer Ghost 


• The Murder of Thomas D’Arcy Mc Gee 


• Ghosts of the Old Carleton County Jail 


• A Horrific Thirty-One Days 


• Four Lights, Four Days 


• Screams from the Courtyard 


• The Witch of Plum Hollow 


• Lisgar Collegiate Institute 


• The Ugly Idol 


• The Mysteriously Protected Library of Parliament 


• The Ghost on the Lonesome Road 


• Some Nightmares on Elm Street 


• Almost Scared To Death 


• Arnprior Ghosts 


• Ottawa Museum of Nature 


• Author’s Conclusion 


• Ghost Walks and Great Resources 


• Sources

Sobre el autor

Mark Leslie is the author of Creepy Capital and Tomes of Terror as well as many other books on the fascinating and paranormal. He is also the editor of Campus Chills and Fiction River: Feel the Fear. Mark lives in Waterloo, Ontario.