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Today, the random location generator pulled:

"Soul School - September 29th, 2019"

I named this one "Soul School" because of the African American Church across the street.

It was a Sunday morning and they were having a service and the place was dripping with soul, from the clothes the people were wearing to the sound of the music coming from the walls.

Fun Fact, a popular hop hop artist named Ka the Rapper (Kaseem Ryan) out of Brownsville in Brooklyn licensed one of my photos from this location for his album titled "Languish Arts". Kaseem Ryan passed away on October 12th, 2024.

https://freaktography.com/abandoned-school-in-buffalo-new-york

Did I capture a ghost on film in this abandoned house?

It's been a while since Ive shared this video, and we've picked up a lot of new followers since the last time I posted this.

I've improved the quality of the video, I stabilized it and I even exported it to 4k for the best possible quality viewing experience!

This footage was captured on Sunday, March 6th, 2016 in an abandoned house in Belgrave, Ontario. As I reach the top of the stairs and turn around, something flies across the screen and makes a strange noise.

The general consensus is that I was not alone in this house.

Watch the video and tell me what you think!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwhnB8JfkZY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlECpDA0fn4

Good Morning!

So, I have this crate filled with 8x10 prints of my photos and they all need a new home.

Maybe you know someone who worked in a power plant, or someone who loves porcelain dolls, or someone in the funeral industry, someone who collects bird skeletons or loves old records?

Perhaps you're a seamstress and a photo of some old clothes hanging in an abandoned house would make a great conversation piece on your walls?

Maybe you are a Doctor or a Pharmacist and a photo of an old abandoned medicine cabinet might make for an interesting piece in your office?

Attached here is every photo that I have 8x10 prints of and in each photo caption is the page to purchase that print, the pages also say how many I have in stock, each print is in limited quantities.

Change up your walls, add to your room, your man-cave, your she-shed, or surprise a friend of family member with something truly unique!

Flip through to see the selection, the link for each print is in the caption.

https://freaktography.com/shop

Today, the random location generator pulled:

"Highway Book Store: June 2021"

The video of this one is much more detailed than the photos and you get to see way more!

Photo Gallery & Write Up
https://freaktography.com/abandoned-highway-book-shop

Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EcJc9IKxsPg

In 1957 a young entrepreneur was running a printing shop out of his garage, one of the man's customers asked if he could pay his printing bill with used books instead of cash - and so began the story of this book shop that would carry on for 53 years.

The demand for books was increasing and word would quickly spread that you could have a book printed and published from this man's garage. Ultimately, over 300 writers published 467 books out of this small local print shop.

As this young publisher was racking up a respectable batch of titles as well as stacks upon stacks of used books, he and his wife opened up a new location where they would continue their publishing business as well as selling used and new books.

It is thought that at its peak the bookstore held over 1,000,000 books, and having seen the inside myself, I would say that number is accurate.

The owners of this now abandoned book store also moved into the mail order book business, as they held several hundreds of rare and out of print books. In the early 2000’s with the unavoidable digital world, they then moved into online sales as well which increased their visibility for international sales of rare books.

The man who ran the shop with his wife passed away in 2009, he passed away just weeks before his induction ceremony into the Order of Canada.

His wife tried to continue operations of the store following his passing, but being in her late 80’s and looking to retire, she put the book store up for sale. It was forced to close in on May 29th, 2011 after she was unable to find a buyer.

On June 29th, 2012 someone did buy the land and the book store, but they have no plans to re-open the book shop. Now, 10 years after they closed the doors, the windows and doors have been boarded up, the ceiling has begun to collapse and water damage has allowed mold to begin growing.

I have been asked by people, “what did it smell like in there?”, it smells exactly like you would think it does - like old books. It has warm, thick air and the rows upon rows of books give a muffled sensation when talking, there is no echo and it is eerily silent.

It is a shame that the new owners have done nothing with the contents of the building, with the increasing mold and water damage, soon it will be too late to save any of the treasures that are held within the walls of this historic Canadian institution.

Photos taken two years ago in what remains of the hydroelectric power plant in the ghost town of Anyox British Columbia

https://freaktography.com/anyox-hydroelectric-power-plant

Good Morning!

So, I have this crate filled with 8x10 prints of my photos and they all need a new home.

Maybe these aren't quite your cup of tea for your walls, but maybe you know someone who worked in a power plant, or someone who loves porcelain dolls, or someone in the funeral industry, someone who collects bird skeletons or loves old records?

Attached here is every photo that I have 8x10 prints of and in each photo caption is the page to purchase that print, the pages also say how many I have in stock.

Change up your walls, add to your room, your man-cave, your she-shed, or surprise a friend of family member with something truly unique!

Flip through to see the selection!

https://freaktography.com/shop

I was recently invited by the new owners to explore and document the historic Stark House in Paisley, Ontario, just one week before renovation work officially began.

The property remained in the Stark family for more than 150 years and sits beside the historic Paisley Mill along the Teeswater River. Inside the home were decades of original contents, furniture, artifacts, and signs of everyday life connected to one of the most important industrial families in the town’s history.

The new owners plan to carefully restore the house while preserving many of its original features and incorporating items left behind by the Stark family into the final renovation.

This video explores the history of the family, the farmhouse, the nearby mill, and the future plans for the property.

VIDEO:
Watch on YouTube

It was a cold and snowy winters day when RiddimRyder and I ventured out to this old abandoned farm house.

But as it turned out, we weren't alone - there was a hair in my camera sensor that wanted to make an appearance in almost every one of my photos.

But the weirdness didn't end there, while exploring the main floor of this house and taking photos, there was something much more sinister and haunting going on, as I was being followed by something that haunts this house!

Can you see it?

Video Tour Here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIo2NzfYM4c

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