Fascinating stories from the city's past, including murder, rebellion, scandal and plague — from the author of The Toronto Book of the Dead & The Toronto Book of Love. Plus all the latest heritage news and events.
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The Bog Man of Leslie Street
The bog with a channel dug by rescuers (City of Toronto Archives)
It was a vast expanse. An endless field of treacherous mud. It stretched off in every direction, hungry and dark and dangerous. And somewhere in the middle of it all was one...
The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History Returns for 2026!
I’m very excited to announce The Festival Of Bizarre Toronto History is coming back for another year! We’ll spend a wonderfully weird week digging into the strangest tales our city has to offer — seven days at the beginning of June filled w...
A Brief Tour of the Blue Jays' New History Exhibits
The shortest off-season in Blue Jays history is over and baseball is back! If you’re a fan, I’m sure you already know the team is celebrating its 50th season this year. And in honour of the anniversary, they’re rolling out a whole slate of...
Watch "Toronto's Most Notorious"
I’m giving a ton of online lectures these days. I just kicked off my series about the history of baseball in our city with the Toronto Public Library this week. (The next edition of TORONTO BASEBALL TALES is happening on April 17l more on t...
When St. Patrick's Day Was Too Dangerous for Toronto
The Jubilee Riots of 1875
With St. Patrick’s Day coming up this week, I thought I would dig into my archives and share an updated version of an old post about one of the strangest facts in our city’s history. For more than a century, the S...
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Adam Bunch brings the history of Toronto and Canada to life. He's the author of The Toronto Book of the Dead and The Toronto Book of Love, the host of the Canadiana documentary series, and the creator of the Toronto Dreams Project.
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