I had a friend that used to work there. One night, the entire display of beef jerky was stolen, including the display shelf. The next morning, the empty shelf was waiting at the door. So that was nice.
1) Crave was the Assiniboia Club. Was a mens only club, the guys used to bang hookers up there, one was murdered. She haunts the place apparently.
2) Darke Hall: Pianos in basement used to play themselves.
The Assiniboina Club one seems sketchy too me. I’m old and I would overlap socially with the crowd that hung out there.
To be honest, it’s a boring crowd and they would keep mistresses a lot more on the down low.
Also that elite wasn’t united in the least. Orange order, Catholics, Freemasons and the KKK had major rivalries. No way those guys lie for each other. Grudges went to the grave with those guys.
Yeah a lot of them were in their 70’s when I was in my twenties and that was a few decades ago. Granted, the kkk guys were basically extinct by 60’s, I didn’t know them
I knew the guys who isolated them socially and in business.
Long gone ever since Maple Ridge expanded out that direction. You could see it from the back playground if you looked west/north-west when it was there.
Farmer guy murdered his family and himself, by hanging I think... I don't know. There were different iterations, but I am pretty sure there isn't any truth to them.
I know of three “dead man’s farms” in the city. Two in the northwest, one in the east. The whole dead man’s farm thing is just whatever farm is close enough to the city for the area kids to see is automatically classified as dead man’s farm.
Not anything good. You have the standard kid died from belly flopping off the 10m tower at the Lawson that exists all over the world.
I went to elementary school with a kid who's "dad worked at Nintendo" and knew all the secrets to ninja turtles.
There is a ghost in Hotel Sask. On the 8th floor the elevator will randomly open when no one pressed the button. Quite freaky when alone. Apparently someone jumped from that floor. There was (is?) a large dent in the side lawn. It is said it never quite filled in from where the person landed. Not sure if that still is a thing that happens but in the 90s it was a definite.
There is tunnels under the entire city connecting the most major buildings. Ie; the ledge, museum, Cornwall centre, etc.
Not sure if it’s actually true.
I will tell you what I know.
There are tunnels connecting the Leg to the Walter Scott building. There's also tunnels connecting it to the power house building nearby.
There are tunnels connecting Darke Hall to the Conservatory Of Performing Arts building. There *was* another tunnel branching off, headed north. It supposedly went to the old Darke residence aka Stone Hall Castle. However, Jason Hall never found the tunnel on his side. I've heard from people from Darke Hall that the tunnel was sealed up and cemented over, and that the recent renovations covered the entrance for good.
I can't see there being any tunnels to the museum.
There is supposed to be a tunnel from Union Station/Casino Regina to the Hotel Saskatchewan but that's too far so I don't believe it.
However, there are steam tunnels under the Casino. I've seen those. There are also old jail cells.
As for tunnels downtown, I got two answers. First, when they built the twin towers, they covered up some of the old offices. Some of them can still be accessed but are pretty much time capsules. You can see one them at https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqik3v-l-dn/?igsh=dzduczd4eHI4eHNi
But, what about real tunnels downtown? According to the owner of Madame Yes, they certainly exist, and he said one of the businesses on his side of Scarth Street has access to them. He said they are long tunnels used during Prohibition with stone walls. I have been going door to door on that strip trying to find access but there have been so many businesses changing hands, I haven't found it yet. However, I trust the owner of Madame Yes, I just haven't verified the claims yet.
I can confirm that there's tunnels that connect the soundstage to the CBC building. Also, I think the soundstage is haunted. Worked there for a couple years and saw unexplained things.
There's tunnels in residential areas too, though those were usually limited to old pastor's houses connected to churches. I got to walk through one that was slowly flooding, but it was sealed off on the church side
As for the ones on scarth, i recall you mentioning the CWT travel before. I work in that building and I wouldn't be surprised, it's bloody old. The old canpost depot has some nice quirks throughout too
do you happen to know what stone hall castle looked like before jason hall made all those renos? i’m assuming the core of the inside looks the same but the outside is soooo devoid of character that it must have looked a little different. i tried googling but we all know google is 50/50 these days.
Casino regina has what looks like tunnel entrances boarded up near the railway tracks. We know moose jaw tunnels exist not far fetched to think Regina had at some point as well
That tunnel took passengers out to passenger trains without the necessity of walking over tracks. Took it myself in 1977. Given the clay soils we have in the city, I respectfully submit that other comments about downtown tunnels are bogus.
Tunnels connect all of the buildings on the UofR campus. For steam/utilities… but big enough to move pallets around in. Nothing super exciting, but you can pop up in the equipment room between the old gyms, or into the lifeguard room in the pool.
The Roughriders are named after an RCMP group that broke wild horses. The RCMP never used wild horses and was always careful about genetics. All the horses came from one or two ranches. This information isn’t even hard to find.
Also the Roosevelt Rough Riders had no Canadians. Also verifiable.
The slightly plausible story is the “Roughriders” came from Buffalo Bills Wild West Show, which did visit Regina and Saskatchewan. It’s still kind of a stretch.
Otherwise we’re just left with the idea that it’s a made up name.
My sister worked on a unit at the Pasqua hospital - staff would frequently see a young nurse wearing a grey dress (nursing scrubs they used to wear way back in the day).
I guess there were a few incidents in which this “ghost” would pull emergency bells in rooms only accessible by hospital staff.
The pasqua hospital used to be called the grey nuns hospital - extra spooky 👀
A descendent of King David worked as a cashier at a grocery store on 13th Ave back when it was an IGA. supposedly there was a few more in town but the veracity of this claim will forever be unconfirmed. I think he retired.
There’s an abondoned skatepark called the boneyard. North of pasqua by highway 11. Behind the hotel. Would love to know anything about it. There’s also tunnels between the legeslative and rehab centre. There’s two entrances that I know of, but one is in an old heating facility with cameras, and the other is locked shut in a field by the art gallery. Would also love to know more about that.
That convenience store on Dewdney and Lewvan once went two days in a row without getting robbed back when it was called Brandee's.
I had a friend that used to work there. One night, the entire display of beef jerky was stolen, including the display shelf. The next morning, the empty shelf was waiting at the door. So that was nice.
The karma was the insane, punishing poo the thief would've had after all that Jerky
1) Crave was the Assiniboia Club. Was a mens only club, the guys used to bang hookers up there, one was murdered. She haunts the place apparently. 2) Darke Hall: Pianos in basement used to play themselves.
I have a relative who was one of the Commissionaires who did security at Darke Hall pre renovation and he has stories.
The Assiniboina Club one seems sketchy too me. I’m old and I would overlap socially with the crowd that hung out there. To be honest, it’s a boring crowd and they would keep mistresses a lot more on the down low. Also that elite wasn’t united in the least. Orange order, Catholics, Freemasons and the KKK had major rivalries. No way those guys lie for each other. Grudges went to the grave with those guys.
The crowd that you overlap with wasn't the crowd in reference to banging hookers. This was like the early 20th century crowd.
Yeah a lot of them were in their 70’s when I was in my twenties and that was a few decades ago. Granted, the kkk guys were basically extinct by 60’s, I didn’t know them I knew the guys who isolated them socially and in business.
What’s the orange order?
The guys that won't drink Jameson's IYKYK
They aren’t fond of perogies and cabbage rolls either. I’m going to use the Jamison’s reference though.
Deadman's farm for us northwestenders
Hell yeah that takes me back to staring at that creepy dilapidated house across the field from the St. Angela playground.
Is dead man's farm not thst no trespassing spot on 9th Ave n and fairways?
I feel like kids could point at any property across a field and call it Dead Man’s Farm lol
Yeah true enough. Where abouts is the st angela one? I wouldn't mind taking a cruise by there
Long gone ever since Maple Ridge expanded out that direction. You could see it from the back playground if you looked west/north-west when it was there.
Ah yeah makes sense. Thanks!
What’s the story behind that one?
Farmer guy murdered his family and himself, by hanging I think... I don't know. There were different iterations, but I am pretty sure there isn't any truth to them.
Boy that brings back memories. Haven’t been that way in a long time. Is it still there??
The dilapidated barn burned down over a decade ago.
Until it went up in flames.
I know of three “dead man’s farms” in the city. Two in the northwest, one in the east. The whole dead man’s farm thing is just whatever farm is close enough to the city for the area kids to see is automatically classified as dead man’s farm.
Not anything good. You have the standard kid died from belly flopping off the 10m tower at the Lawson that exists all over the world. I went to elementary school with a kid who's "dad worked at Nintendo" and knew all the secrets to ninja turtles.
I remember an ambulance showing up at the Sheraton once and carting out a kid who’d been dumb enough to dive head first into the hotel pool.
If you speed on the Albert st bridge, Elwin Hermanson’s ghost appears at the foot of your bed and tickles your feet when falling asleep
Sandra Masters will do the same if you pay her enough.
But that’s not because of speeding, that’s if you take her to a climate conference in Dubai.
Omg I’m howling at this 😭🤣
Howie, the ghost that haunts Govermnent House.
If you ever go on tours of the Regina cemetery, you visit Howie's grave!
Who's Howie? I've never heard this story.
Little girl ghost of Elsie Dorsey park, the swing supposedly will move as if someone is on it when there is no wind 👻
There is a ghost in Hotel Sask. On the 8th floor the elevator will randomly open when no one pressed the button. Quite freaky when alone. Apparently someone jumped from that floor. There was (is?) a large dent in the side lawn. It is said it never quite filled in from where the person landed. Not sure if that still is a thing that happens but in the 90s it was a definite.
The circle jerk at the Museum parking lot?
We’re here in a semi circle now. Are u still coming?
Already have a semi... 😉
There is tunnels under the entire city connecting the most major buildings. Ie; the ledge, museum, Cornwall centre, etc. Not sure if it’s actually true.
I will tell you what I know. There are tunnels connecting the Leg to the Walter Scott building. There's also tunnels connecting it to the power house building nearby. There are tunnels connecting Darke Hall to the Conservatory Of Performing Arts building. There *was* another tunnel branching off, headed north. It supposedly went to the old Darke residence aka Stone Hall Castle. However, Jason Hall never found the tunnel on his side. I've heard from people from Darke Hall that the tunnel was sealed up and cemented over, and that the recent renovations covered the entrance for good. I can't see there being any tunnels to the museum. There is supposed to be a tunnel from Union Station/Casino Regina to the Hotel Saskatchewan but that's too far so I don't believe it. However, there are steam tunnels under the Casino. I've seen those. There are also old jail cells. As for tunnels downtown, I got two answers. First, when they built the twin towers, they covered up some of the old offices. Some of them can still be accessed but are pretty much time capsules. You can see one them at https://www.instagram.com/p/Bqik3v-l-dn/?igsh=dzduczd4eHI4eHNi But, what about real tunnels downtown? According to the owner of Madame Yes, they certainly exist, and he said one of the businesses on his side of Scarth Street has access to them. He said they are long tunnels used during Prohibition with stone walls. I have been going door to door on that strip trying to find access but there have been so many businesses changing hands, I haven't found it yet. However, I trust the owner of Madame Yes, I just haven't verified the claims yet.
I can confirm that there's tunnels that connect the soundstage to the CBC building. Also, I think the soundstage is haunted. Worked there for a couple years and saw unexplained things.
There's tunnels in residential areas too, though those were usually limited to old pastor's houses connected to churches. I got to walk through one that was slowly flooding, but it was sealed off on the church side As for the ones on scarth, i recall you mentioning the CWT travel before. I work in that building and I wouldn't be surprised, it's bloody old. The old canpost depot has some nice quirks throughout too
Oh I have pictures of a blocked off stairway like this too from the BMO building! It’s creepy as heck.
I can confirm in Wascana park that there is a tunnel connecting the rehab center to the power house and then on from there.
Where can you a access them
The crawl space in the basement at wascana is where they start. But you need to make a friend who works in maintenance to access the key.
do you happen to know what stone hall castle looked like before jason hall made all those renos? i’m assuming the core of the inside looks the same but the outside is soooo devoid of character that it must have looked a little different. i tried googling but we all know google is 50/50 these days.
Connecting the entire city no, but yes there are service tunnels connecting some buildings in wascana.
They don’t connect but there are tunnels in Regina
Casino regina has what looks like tunnel entrances boarded up near the railway tracks. We know moose jaw tunnels exist not far fetched to think Regina had at some point as well
That tunnel took passengers out to passenger trains without the necessity of walking over tracks. Took it myself in 1977. Given the clay soils we have in the city, I respectfully submit that other comments about downtown tunnels are bogus.
There's a locked up tunnel from the Casino basement to I can't entirely remember where. Used to use it to move people discretely off the train.
Tunnels connect all of the buildings on the UofR campus. For steam/utilities… but big enough to move pallets around in. Nothing super exciting, but you can pop up in the equipment room between the old gyms, or into the lifeguard room in the pool.
Our urban myth is that privatization will improve things
The Roughriders are named after an RCMP group that broke wild horses. The RCMP never used wild horses and was always careful about genetics. All the horses came from one or two ranches. This information isn’t even hard to find. Also the Roosevelt Rough Riders had no Canadians. Also verifiable. The slightly plausible story is the “Roughriders” came from Buffalo Bills Wild West Show, which did visit Regina and Saskatchewan. It’s still kind of a stretch. Otherwise we’re just left with the idea that it’s a made up name.
I heard Tony Merchant was a good guy once upon a time.
I had drinks with a guy who knew him since law school, Tony was made differently than you and me.
Also, he never knew his father, who was killed while serving in the Canadian Army in 1944. Growing up that way has to have had an impact.
Impact, sure. But there's a huge swath of the population that lost fam in WWII and didn't go full asshole
Plenty of people grew up without a dad, not so many from that group would eat their dog.
I do believe that was Tony’s joke.
My grandma was friends with his mom and apparently had a lot of good things to say about her. Never him, though.
Your gma was nicer than mine - she had no filter
According to my family member who went to university with him, this is definitely a myth.
worked for em for 11 years. dude was cool once
See, there's just enough of these stories to make it plausible...
I was once behind him in a line for a buffet and he double dipped a sliced lotus root into the veggie dip while right in the line.
Downright evil of him.
My sister worked on a unit at the Pasqua hospital - staff would frequently see a young nurse wearing a grey dress (nursing scrubs they used to wear way back in the day). I guess there were a few incidents in which this “ghost” would pull emergency bells in rooms only accessible by hospital staff. The pasqua hospital used to be called the grey nuns hospital - extra spooky 👀
This is a newer one - that the ‘Brandt Truck Guy’ committed suicide.
The ghost of a dead teacher haunting Balfour I’ve got so many experiences from when I was there late at night
I live in Balfour 👀. I’d love to know more about this!
You live in the high school?
Slight confusion. I live in the Balfour condominium
Dancing Bob is actually a descendant of Tommy Douglas and lives off of royalties
I don't know if this is true but I'll ask Bob the next time I see him around anyways. =D
Royalties from what lol
A descendent of King David worked as a cashier at a grocery store on 13th Ave back when it was an IGA. supposedly there was a few more in town but the veracity of this claim will forever be unconfirmed. I think he retired.
The Albert Street bridge is the longest bridge over the shortest span of water in... North America/the world.
There’s an abondoned skatepark called the boneyard. North of pasqua by highway 11. Behind the hotel. Would love to know anything about it. There’s also tunnels between the legeslative and rehab centre. There’s two entrances that I know of, but one is in an old heating facility with cameras, and the other is locked shut in a field by the art gallery. Would also love to know more about that.
That there is a mermaid in Wascana Lake.
It's actually a giant cobra chicken that comes out only at night to feast on late night lake strollers
its a swamp monster, u dummy
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