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 Rochleau Court - Kingston, Ontario, Canada
N 44° 13.856 W 076° 28.895
18T E 381676 N 4898589
Rochleau Court is said to be haunted by the ghost of Theresa Beam.
Waymark Code: WM73RJ
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 08/28/2009
Views: 39
The locals say that this is the most haunted alleyway in Kingston, Ontario. It can be accessed from King Street to the South and Brock Street from the West. Several restaurants have their courtyards adjoining the alleyway.
In 1868, pregnant Theresa Ignace Beam was murdered by her lover John Napier in the pathway. Her bones are believed to be buried underneath. Since then, many locals have seen her ghost carrying a cross, asking people to help her find her bones.
In 1976, a photographer was determined to uncover the past to explain the strange knockings and odd sounds in his King Street studio. He and his assistant used an Ouiji board and “connected” with ... something.
An unearthly presence claimed she was Theresa Beam, a woman murdered by John Nepier in 1868. “She told them she hadn’t had a proper Christian burial and that’s why she was calling out,” Griska says. The spirit gave instructions on how to make things right, including where her bones lay.
The photographer gave up when the studio’s dimensions didn’t match the description gleaned from the Ouiji board. Shortly after, he moved out. The next tenant, a political party, tried unraveling the mystery. They even dug up the basement floor, but found nothing. Years later, renovations exposed a sealed doorway linking the studio to the neighboring business -- now a trendy cafe called The Town Crier, and another haunt of Theresa Beam.
The cafe owner, however, has no interest tearing up their floor for a ghost hunt. While the hauntings continue to this day, no one has ever found Theresa’s bones and fulfilled her beyond-the-grave wish.
We took a haunted Kingston tour one evening and felt a little spookiness when the hostess told us of this alleyway. We came back the next day with cameras and our GPS to hopefully find some ghostly evidence. We are including the spot where our tour guide told us the story.
Public access?:
Open to the public. It is a public alley.
Visting hours:
24/7/365
Website about the location and/or story: [Web Link]
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