When I’m planning a day trip, I always research the food options. Where has John Catucci eaten that I should visit for a meal after that museum or art gallery visit? But now, thanks to Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan, I should include potentially haunted Canadian locations on that list.
The duo have returned for Season 2 of Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan on CBC Gem, investigating the most haunted properties in Canada—and the stories surrounding them—with a help from their celebrity friends.
Part history lesson, part gossip-fest, part paranormal investigation, Hutchie and Finlan are determined to showcase parts of this country where spooky goings-on have occurred.
“The concept of the show was, ‘How do you essentially rebrand Canada to not seem like the side-chick to the United States?'” co-creator and co-executive producer Hutchie says during a recent chat. “Season 2 really does sell you on the glitz and the glamour and the grandeur of the show.”
Where the debut go-round stayed within Ontario, visiting locations like Picton, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Baden and Cornwall, the sophomore eight storylines led them to Nova Scotia, British Columbia and the Yukon. Joining Hutchie and Finlan this season are Canada’s Drag Race winner Priyanka (pictured above with Finlan and Hutchie), Veronika Slowikowska (Ezra), Nikki Roumel (Ginny & Georgia), Percy Hynes White (Wednesday), Krista Nazaire (Hell of a Summer), Joel Oulette (Trickster) and more.

One of the highlights in Season 2 is Craigdarroch Castle in Victoria. Built by wealthy coal baron Robert Dunsmuir, it is reportedly haunted in a trio of spots. After a quick history lesson on Dunsmuir and the castle by Hutchie and Finlan, the pair meet up with Percy Hynes White as the lights go down.
I watch a lot of paranormal series. And, like them, Ghosting rolls out REM pods, SLS cameras, EMF detectors and the Ovilus 5, all technologies that are purported to capture the movements, thoughts and voices of the supernatural. What sets Ghosting apart from those programs is the chemistry, friendship and teasing between Hutchie, Finlan, and their friends. There are truly laugh-out loud, outrageous moments, usually delivered by Hutchie (sometimes the only thing missing is him looking right into the camera, fully breaking the fourth wall), but lots of jump-scares as well.
At the end of each instalment, Hutchie, Finlan and their guest each decide if the location is “haunted” or “not haunted.”
“We’re trying to prove if the ghost story is true or not,” Hutchie says. “This season, it’s more, ‘the claims are this, we didn’t get that, so the story’s not true.'” But in some cases, strange things occurred that weren’t part of the ghost story; Hutchie points to Lunenberg Academy as a place where he can be heard muttering, “what the…” under his breath.
To me, whether the locations are truly haunted isn’t the point. In a show like Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan, the fun is in the journey.
Season 2 of Ghosting with Luke Hutchie and Matthew Finlan is available now on CBC Gem.
Images courtesy of Blue Ant Media.




