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Join us at Dalnavert for Summerween from July 2 to 12. We have planned tons of fun, spooky events over the course of two weeks.
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Join us at Dalnavert for Summerween from July 2 to 12. We have planned tons of fun, spooky events over the course of two weeks.
Learn all about Victorian funeral customs and practices, superstitions and spiritualism.
The candlelit halls of the Victorian mansion become the stage for a chilling puzzle adventure steeped in classic Victorian horror
Learn all about Victorian funeral customs and practices, superstitions and spiritualism.
Join us for a haunting double-feature reading of Charlotte Perkins Stetson’s "The Yellow Wallpaper" and Edgar Allan Poe’s "The Black Cat" in the parlour.
Learn all about Victorian funeral customs and practices, superstitions and spiritualism.
Uncover the chilling tales of ghosts and specters who have made their presence known to visitors through the ages
Learn all about Victorian funeral customs and practices, superstitions and spiritualism.
An evening of ghostly fun where you can learn about the different ways Victorians communicated with the afterlife.
Uncover the chilling tales of ghosts and specters who have made their presence known to visitors through the ages
An interactive lecture on the spiritual photography of Ectoplasm.
Seances and spiritualism were quite popular within the Victorian Era. Death became a sort of friend to the Victorians; knocking on doors, often coming with traditions such as mourning wear, locks of hair being worn in a brooch or locket, or ring; even death photography which was popular during this time, allowed for a commemoration of deceased loved ones.
Whether you’ve missed out on the Victorian Vampire Tour and are looking to catch a little of Dr. Vanessa Warne’s vampire insight or you’re doing some pre-reading to impress the professor, keep reading for answers to all your most-pressing vampire questions.
While some Halloween traditions have remained consistent, most have altered with time and cultural shifts. Therefore, it should come as no surprise that the ever-subtle Victorians and those who came before celebrated Halloween a little differently than those of us in the 21st Century.
On July 24th 1904, Sir Hugh John Macdonald experienced a supernatural encounter.
This Halloween, Dalnavert is trying something new: a Dracula-themed escape house! But what is an escape house? Why are we doing this? How did this happen? There are answers to these questions and more in this blog post.