Is Vancouver’s Oldest Cemetery Still Alive with Ghostly Echoes? | Paranormal Deep Dive

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🗓️ 24 April 2025

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the chilling history of Vancouver's oldest burial ground — Mountain View Cemetery. Nestled in the heart of the city, this sprawling cemetery holds the remains of over 145,000 souls, from early pioneers to victims of devastating epidemics like the Spanish Flu and the polio outbreaks of the 1950s. Tony takes you through the heavy fog and shadowy paths to uncover the layers of history that have shaped this iconic final resting place. But it’s not just history buried beneath the soil.

Tony explores the eerie reports of apparitions, whispers in the wind, and the unexplained phenomena that continue to baffle visitors and investigators alike. Could the energy of so much tragedy linger among the graves? Or are the tricks of environment and emotion that spark these spine-tingling encounters? Join us as we step softly among the headstones and dig deeper into the mysteries of Mountain View Cemetery.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the paranormal deep dive from Real Ghost Stories Online and the Grave Talks.
0:07.1	They say the dead tell no tales, but I wouldn't be so sure.
0:11.9	There's a place in Vancouver where the fog rolls in thick, swallowing headstones and silencing footsteps,
0:18.0	where over 145,000 souls rest in uneasy slumber beneath the cold
0:24.1	earth.
0:25.4	Mountain View Cemetery.
0:27.7	Established back in 1886, it started as a resting place for the city's earliest settlers,
0:32.4	a place of quiet respect.
0:34.9	But over time, the weight of history pressed heavy on its grounds. Epidemics,
0:40.3	wars, and unimaginable loss have carved deep scars into this sprawling landscape. Victims of the
0:47.3	1918 Spanish flu, children lost to the polio outbreaks of the 1950s, and brave soldiers from conflicts far and wide all found
0:57.3	their final stop here. And yet, for a place intended to cradle the departed, Mountain View
1:03.5	feels anything but still. Visitors whisper about strange lights flickering between the trees,
1:10.0	voices drifting on the wind with no
1:12.0	living source and chilling encounters with figures that simply vanish.
1:17.4	When you dare to look twice, is it merely the eerie cocktail of fog and memory playing tricks
1:22.7	on our senses?
1:24.4	Or has the immense sorrow and history of Mountain View created a gateway between worlds,
1:29.9	allowing echoes of the past to bleed into our present?
1:33.7	Tonight we follow those shadows between the headstones, listen for whispers in the still air,
1:39.3	and uncover the mysteries that refuse to rest in peace.
1:43.7	I'm Tony Bruske. Let's dig in.
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