S2.E1: Bell Island & History’s Most Haunted
Season 2, Episode 1
Title: Bell Island & History’s Most Haunted
Time: 27 minutes
Locations: Bell Island, Fortune Harbour
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About The Episode:
Bell Island, in Newfoundland’s Conception Bay, is full of mystery. Once home to an immense iron ore mine, the community drew people from all over the world.
Over the years its been home to many strange sightings, happenings and unexplained events. It has even been called one of the most haunted islands in North America.
This episode scratches the surface of some of Bell Island’s lore starting with a giant squid attack off the island’s coast, then a conversation with some paranormal investigators — the people behind the new T+E series History’s Most Haunted — who recently visited and investigated some strange happenings on the Island.
History's Most Haunted follows paranormal experts Corine Carey, Leanne Sallenback and Kelly Ireland as they travel across North America meeting with those who have come face-to-face with the unknown. The series features an episode dedicated to Bell Island including dramatizations of eyewitness accounts and local history provided by experts, historians and citizens of the island.
The series debuts on September 8, 2023, 11:30pm NT.
The episode closes with the segment ‘Monstrous Things’ exploring a sea monster sighting off Fortune Harbour in the late 19th century.
Listen to the episode here or on your favourite platform.
Sources & Further Reading
The Kid and The Squid, Product of Newfoundland
How I Discovered The Great Devil-Fish, Rev. M. Harvey, World Wide Magazine, 1898
Notes From Fortune Harbour, The Daily Colonist, Sept 15, 1888
History’s Most Haunted, Best Kind @ Product of Newfoundland