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The Canadian Gothic

Haunted Halifax - 2 - Black Rock Beach (with Steve Vernon)

The Canadian Gothic

Curiouscast

Society & Culture, True Crime, History, Documentary

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Halifax's Black Rock Beach is home to many dog walkers, bike riders, and picnic enthusiasts, but the site's history is far darker then those casually strolling through may realize. A rock outcropping on Black Rock Beach was the site of one of Halifax's public gallows. Not only were many executed on the site, but their lifeless bodies were left hanging to serve as warning to incoming sailors. In this episode, I am again joined by past Nighttime guest and local horror storyteller Steve Vernon who shares his story The Piecemeal Ghost of Black Rock Beach. You can find Steve Vernon at https://twitter.com/StephenVernon Buy 'Halifax Haunts' at https://goo.gl/dv8oKp Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Email: NightTimePodcast@gmail.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hello listeners Jordan here. I just want to let you know that you can listen to nighttime early and add free on Amazon music

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Include it with Prime You are tuned to the nighttime podcast. Night Time Podcast. stories. As a kid my book shelf was filled with the scary stories to tell in the dark

0:35.6

type books and despite them being age inappropriate my brother and I read everyone

0:40.9

cover to cover. Throughout life this interest in the dark and

0:45.4

spooky has served me with a varying degree of benefit. For one it earned me a free

0:51.1

going over by a child psychologist, but more pleasantly it led to an interest in local folklore, horror, the UFO phenomenon, true crime, and all the other things I'm still fascinated by as a 30-something.

1:05.0

Although maturity has tempered my tolerance for the more absurd tales,

1:09.0

every Halloween I get overcome by nostalgia

1:12.0

and make a point to dust off some of these collections.

1:15.4

Fortunately, I can again relive the tear and wonder by reading these same books with my son.

1:21.9

With Halloween just around the corner corner my mind again has turned to

1:24.9

spooky stories and as such I want to do my best to put together an episode

1:29.7

presenting the sort of material I enjoyed as a kid.

1:33.0

Just like I did with the Haunted Halifax episode at release during Halloween of 2016,

1:38.0

I again called upon my favorite Canadian horror writer and storyteller, Steve Vernon.

1:44.2

For any of you who haven't had the pleasure of getting to know Steve and his work, let me give

1:48.6

a brief introduction.

1:50.8

Steve Vernon, like me, is a collector of strange and unusual stories.

1:55.0

I happen to present mine in a podcast.

1:58.0

Steve presents his in his ever-growing library of books.

2:02.0

In addition to putting his stories to paper, as you will

2:05.4

hear shortly Steve is a fantastic oral storyteller, a skill which often earns him

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