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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · 29d

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:

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Kayle Crone @kaylebeinggreen.bsky.social · Sep 18

The Distillery is so magical at night. 🌙
@hauntedwalk.bsky.social

#hauntedwalk #ghosttours #distillerydistrict #kaylecrone

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · Sep 1

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 · Aug 8

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 · Aug 5

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

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · Jun 20

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 · May 23

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?

The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · May 23

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 · May 23

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 · May 23

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 · May 23

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 · May 23

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 · May 23

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 · May 21

Needless to say, we love a good tour guide joke. 🖤🐶😂

🎨: @twonks.bsky.social

The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · May 14

FINAL WEEKEND! Last call for the Brave, the Curious, and Those Who Seek the Truth. 🔦 #ottawa

🎟️ hauntedwalk.com/experience/a...

The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · May 3

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

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Toronto Prop Expo @torontopropexpo.bsky.social · May 2

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 · Apr 30

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

The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · Apr 10

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.

The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · Apr 10

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 · Apr 10

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 · Apr 8

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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Kayle Crone @kaylebeinggreen.bsky.social · Apr 4

Steve #3, hopefully lucky! 🤣

#hauntedwalk #lantern #ghosttours @hauntedwalk.bsky.social

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · Apr 4

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

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The Haunted Walk @hauntedwalk.bsky.social · Mar 19

Thanks to @vancityreynolds.bsky.social for recently visiting our ticket office in Kingston!*

*Some might say this is photoshopped, but let’s be honest—anyone starring in a movie called 'Spirit' is obviously a big fan of ghost stories. 👻😉 #kingston

Ryan Reynolds in the Haunted Walk Ticket Office

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