The Amherst Haunting: Canada's most notorious poltergeist case

Podcast: Eerie Edinburgh · Eerie_Edinburgh

Opublikowano: 2026-03-29

In 1878, in the small town of Amherst, Nova Scotia, a series of strange events began inside the home of a young woman named Esther Cox. At first, it was the sound of knocking. Then objects started to move. Fires broke out without warning. What began as a private disturbance quickly became something much larger, drawing in neighbours, reporters, and even men described at the time as “scientific gentlemen,” all trying to make sense of what was happening inside the house on Church Street. Some believed Esther was at the centre of it. Others thought something else...