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Slightly spooky stories: The hand that stirs the soup (4 photos)

Slightly spooky stories: The hand that stirs the soup (4 photos)

In this week's Remember This, Mary Harris gives a name to the Arabesque Restaurant's ghost
REMEMBER THIS: The Innisfil Apparition

REMEMBER THIS: The Innisfil Apparition

'Coming over the brow of the hill, just at the intersection of the Sixth Line and the highway, motorists were met with a ghostly figure robed in white and throwing a shadow among the tombstones in the cemetery'
REMEMBER THIS: When strange objects descend from the sky (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: When strange objects descend from the sky (4 photos)

On April 28, 1949, the Bugbeater caused quite a stir among townsfolk when it landed in Barrie to refuel during a trip from northern Ontario to Toronto
REMEMBER THIS: Fortune teller Madam Larkin didn't see it coming (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: Fortune teller Madam Larkin didn't see it coming (4 photos)

In this week's Remember This, Mary brings us the story of two friends and a suspicious house fire
REMEMBER THIS: The evolution of Boulderfel (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: The evolution of Boulderfel (4 photos)

The old Boulderfel property has had many different looks over the years
REMEMBER THIS: Has an almost century-old Barrie mystery finally been solved?

REMEMBER THIS: Has an almost century-old Barrie mystery finally been solved?

Thomas Baggs was an Englishman and war veteran who spoke of seeing action in India, Gibraltar and South Africa; He was found dead Boxing Day, 1927, with a pocket full of cash
REMEMBER THIS: Names for Freedom (5 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: Names for Freedom (5 photos)

Simcoe county's first-ever probated will was for a black man and former slave with no last name
REMEMBER THIS: The hangman comes to town (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: The hangman comes to town (4 photos)

The precise details of the hangman’s work are macabre on the surface, but surprisingly scientific underneath
REMEMBER THIS: How Archie Goodall Park got its name (4 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: How Archie Goodall Park got its name (4 photos)

This week, Remember This shines a spotlight on Archie Goodall and the park named in his memory
REMEMBER THIS: The one-armed counterfeiter (5 photos)

REMEMBER THIS: The one-armed counterfeiter (5 photos)

James O'Neill lost his arm in a railway accident and received $1,000 in compensation, but he soon took some drastic steps to improve his financial situation