Comments on: S2 E24 Halloween Special 2021

By: Rae-Lynne

Rae-Lynne — Tue, 28 Oct 2025 09:53:56 +0000

A true Halloween story… 2016
During my days doing movie set security I was stationed at Riverview several times. One night in particular was very creepy… two nights before Halloween. It was cloudy and damp, but not raining nor foggy… A slight breeze only.
Upon arriving at dusk and recieving my instructions I positioned my vehicle so I would have full view of the two generators and the honey wagon without moving.
Everyone else went home as darkness fell… And I sat, watching…purusing my fb or answerring a text from my team onsite that night…we were spread out between 3 sites on the grounds.
After our supervisor made rounds at about 2am…and each of us had a potty break… I settled in to eat my dinner. The wind came up blowing the tress around…ya so what right?
The wind was blowing ALL the trees about, except for one large shrub in the middle of the lawn… I’m calling it a shrub because that’s what my brain resolved it must be, in reality it was a large round shape in the middle of the lawn. It was not sheltered by a building so it should have been blowing in the wind like everything else was…wtf?
My mind started playing tricks on me… The shrub got bigger…and wider…and lighter in colour, as if it wasn’t 3am around that tree but 5am of dawn …
I blinked several times to get my bleary tired eyes to clear and looked again…same…except the wind had died down and now nothing was moving except that shrub…swaying side to side.
I told myself it was one of my co-workers playing a joke on me…lol…and proceeded to call each of them…I would hear them talking if they were behind the bush!
Nope…neither had left their post.
I had a fresh cup of tea…washed my face…looking only at the generators for about an hour…trying to remain calm.
The crew started to arrive…the sun began to rise… I packed up my stuff and waited for the transport mgr to come talk to me…
When he arrived he asked me if I was okay…he looked concerned… I was white as a sheet and trembling visibly.
I was staring out into the middle of the lawn…where that shrub had been all night…trying to resolve the fear racing through my body….
There was no shrub…no tree..no bush…at all…nothing.

By: lori woods

lori woods — Fri, 03 Nov 2023 01:19:58 +0000

In reply to Janet Lawley. I'm not surprised that it's haunted, I worked there and I seen alot of messed up stuff that went down there

By: Russ Hook

Russ Hook — Wed, 11 Jan 2023 00:56:05 +0000

In reply to Gwen Michaud. @Gwen, You have a good reason to feel threatened by that OMINOUS building bc there will still be some VERY negative energies captured there! I was 'lucky' to have had a few negative experiences in places like Okalla Prison, just to see how the BUREAUCRACIES operate in our Province. That spurred me to research MK Ultra mind control, etc., since 1996. The reason these ATROCITIES happened and STILL happen, is because most SHEEPLE do NOT want to know about it!

By: RWH James Magnus Hourston

RWH James Magnus Hourston — Tue, 31 May 2022 18:42:38 +0000

In reply to Janna Erickson. essondale was for women only I think as my mom used to say you kids behave or you will put me in essondale.

By: Janna Erickson

Janna Erickson — Thu, 31 Mar 2022 18:05:03 +0000

In reply to Gwen Michaud.

My paternal grandfather lived in this building I believe; it was called Essondale before Riverview, but I’m not too sure. He was attacked outside his home with a 2×4 by his landlord who thought he was someone else breaking in (my grandpa was crouched down trying to jimmy the window because he left his key inside so was locked out); he suffered major brain damage and was admitted to VGH on May 14, 1962. It all went downhill from here….brought into Riverview June 22, 1962 because he couldn’t look after himself. Transferred from Ward A4 to C2 in July, 1970 where he lived until his death in May, 1979.
It would be nice if one one who’s family member worked there during this time and maybe remembered him (I know, it’s a long shot). I used to go visit him with my dad and mom – we travelled from the Cariboo area and would stay with him for awhile. I was a little girl and I remember the clinical smell.
Dettol!
I have never forgotten this and even when I smell pinesol, I’m brought back to visiting my dear grampa 🥺

By: Nickie Wilson

Nickie Wilson — Mon, 03 Jan 2022 13:53:24 +0000

In reply to Kelly. In 1957 my Uncle who was 18 was in a DTES bar and while in the bathroom a Frenchman stole his beer. He ended up stabbing him once & he died & was sent to B.C.Pen for 10 yrs. Later Colony Farm for 15, then East & West Lawn and spent the last 8 yrs of his life at Langley Lodge. My Grandparents were too old to care for him but we visited at all places & was never told why he was there and was diagnosed with Schizophrenia. He dissed in 2015 and was called Big Ron or Gentle Giant as he was known. 😥

By: Kristy

Kristy — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 23:43:17 +0000

In reply to Gwen Michaud. Some parts of riverview are still open and have patients. My aunt works there

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:20:19 +0000

Painful to think of all those who lived in those buildings.
My own mom was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s disease. During the Christmas break of 2006, her Vancouver care home sent her there, as they were short staffed. My mom was tied to a lazy boy, shoved in the corner facing the wall in a room no larger than a walk in closet with no windows. No one even knew of her daily whereabouts. My father and I came to tend to her, had to search the halls to find her, help toilet and feed her. I have no fond memories of this institution, and feel sad when those glorify “haunted” stories of its past, and all those who were housed there during difficult unfortunate times.

By: Gwen Michaud

Gwen Michaud — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 02:08:38 +0000

I can remember going to Riverview Sanitorium with my mom by bus to visit her sister in-law. I had to stay in the lobby while my mom had the visit. Was a very scary place I think the oversize of the building was very daunting to a child of my age. I am thinking early to mid 50’s. Place still scares me when I drive by. Too bad we didn’t upgrade the facilities instead of closing. Too many sad people out on the streets with no care.

By: James

James — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 09:37:05 +0000

Hello from Avenue Victor Hugo in,no guesses Paris.
The last pix of the CTV staff was taken where please?
Spooks, goblins and ghosts oh my.
Halloween as a child in Shaughnessy was scary enough with some pulling out all the stops to scare. Hiring actors and such to pop out of seemingly nowhere to scare. Screams and dropping of candy bags to run common. The smell of gunpowder the next morning pungent with the foggy boulevards seemingly cloaked in perpetual gloom.
Fireworks free this year? Hah nice try but not a chance. The West End like Beirut with explosions galore.
Thats all from Paris

By: Janet Lawley

Janet Lawley — Sun, 17 Oct 2021 18:30:38 +0000

Does Greg Mansfield do tours of Riverview? I live near there, drive by it quite frequently, and am fascinated by the place!