This week, Alex is back after a mini break to discuss a reportedly haunted former homestead in Ontario, Canada. Pack your bags and snacks as we go back to the 1800’s within Lucan - a small town in Ontario, where we will meet the Donnelly family. Members of this family had their lives cut short, and what remains are their stories. And, the alleged hauntings of where it all took place. Need a distraction? I got you.
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Resources:
Book - "Haunted Ontario" by Terry Boyle (1998) - Polar Bear Express - https:// www.thriftbooks.com/w/haunted-ontario_terry-boyle/1512249/item/37224409/2gelid-CiwKCAjwm8WZBhBUEiwA178UnFLHUIs00kJgYL2ENtZm2C2MKKIdZBO8H96BSdBpOgaCBz_ ZKPIZqRoCU8YOAvD BwE#idiq=37224409&edition=4236475
Canadian Mysteries website - "Donnelly, James Sr." - https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/ sites/donnellys/characters/donnellyfamily/2930en.html
Canadian Mysteries website - "Information of Witnesses and Inquisition, Quuen vs.
James Donnelly, Murder of Patrick Farrell, 1857-58" - https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/ sites/donnellys/prelude/settlingin/murderoffarrell/1070en.html
Toronto Ghosts website - "The 'Black' Donnelly's Homestead" - By Sean B - https:// www.torontoghosts.org/index.php/the-province-of-ontario/south-western/313-lucan-the-donnelly-homestead-2showall=1
Wikipedia - Black Donnellys - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Donnellys
Way Marking website - "The Black Donnellys Homestead on Roman Line" - by Norshley - https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMB7RG_The_Black_Donnellys_Homestead_on_Roman_Line
Way Marking website - "Cedar Swamp Schoolhouse - Lucan, Ontario" - by Trail Blazers - https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/wm105QW_Cedar_Swamp_Schoolhouse_Lucan_Ontario
Culbert Family History Blog Spot Website - "The Donnellys: Lucan-Biddulph's Most Notorious Family" - By Mary Jane Culbert - Wednesday, 21 November 2018 - https:/L culbertfamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2018/11/the-donnellys-lucan-biddulphs-most.html
Lucan Area Heritage & Donnelly Museum website - "Donnelly History" - https:// www.donnellymuseum.com/history
Donnelly Homestead website - http://www.donnellys.com/
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