The Toronto Time Traveller

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.

By Adam Bunch

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The Full Line-Up for The Festival of Bizarre Toronto History 2026!

Wild kidnappings, hidden tunnels, weird buildings and more...

May 30•Adam Bunch

The Bog Man of Leslie Street

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…

May 2•Adam Bunch

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…

Apr 8•Adam Bunch

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…

Mar 31•Adam Bunch

Watch "Toronto's Most Notorious"

TORONTO’S MOST NOTORIOUS explored the shadowy underbelly of our city’s past with stories about the scoundrels, rogues, killers and crooks whose crimes…

Mar 22•Adam Bunch

When St. Patrick's Day Was Too Dangerous for Toronto

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…

Mar 15•Adam Bunch

The Mysterious Teenage Spy of Navy Island

It was a big day at the Kingston Penitentiary. The prison was playing host to an exceedingly special guest. Charles Dickens was in town. Kingston was…

Feb 4•Adam Bunch

The Legend of Frank Gehry's Fish

The story begins in Kensington Market nearly a century ago. This was during the hard days of the Great Depression and the Second World War. Kensington…

Jan 24•Adam Bunch

My Favourite Stories of 2025

From American threats to dead elephants to the politics of manure...

Jan 13•Adam Bunch

The Question of the Cathedral Clock

The Cathedral Clock would sit high in the tower above King Street, and it would do far more than just keep time up there. It would become a familiar…

Jan 8•Adam Bunch

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