Documented séances
A physician photographed the impossible, published the sittings, and left the archive to a university.
The cold keeps everything
Six narrated drives through Winnipeg's grand hotels, documented séances, old river roads, St. Boniface, the West End, and the ruins at the edge of the lights.
Take a full tour, or just the stop down the street.
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Hear it before you buy
Volume up, lights down.
Play it through your car speakers
11 NEW STOPS
From a lake steamer dragged ashore at Selkirk to a campus room where volunteers spent up to two weeks in total darkness.
- The Night Watch
- The Paint That Stayed
- The Last Alarm
- The Hiding Place
- Footsteps on the Porch
- The Ship That Came Ashore
- The Grotto He Never Drew
- The Day It Leaned
- The Veiled Ones
- Fourteen Days of Nothing
- The White Horse of the Plain
Instant accessWorks on your phoneNo app to downloadFull tours or single stopsBest after dark.
Buy once, own it for life. No subscription, and every stop we add to your city later is yours free.
Access link lands in your email. Drive tonight.
The drive
Unlock the GPS map
One payment. The map leads. You follow.
Press play at each stop
The voice tells you what happened here.
Stay in the car
Doors locked. Watch the dark for movement.
The map
Your city has a second map.
44 routed locations, scattered across Winnipeg. Exact addresses stay hidden until you buy. Then the whole map is yours.
44
Routed locations
6
Standalone tours
1
Marathon
From people who drove it
Real customer reviews
Straight from our Facebook page, from drivers across our cities.
“Love this! Each stop gives Winnipeg history and some very cool haunting experiences. Highly recommended!!!”
“This was actually enjoyable, hesitated cuz no one is commenting about their experience but chanced it and looking forward to the remaining rides it’s more facts you probably don’t know but in a good October delivery”
“love everything about this! the comfort of your own vehicle take days or more to do the tours, learn so much about a place I lived all my life. We all loved the voice as well. I've been recommending this tour to alot of people.”
THE ROUTES
44 STORIES, SEALED UNTIL YOU ARRIVE.
Six Winnipeg chapters and The Cold Keeps marathon. Take one chapter tonight, or work through the whole city over a few nights.
Tour 01
10StopsThe Exchange After Close
5 OF 10 SHOWN. 5 STILL HIDDEN. · 9.5 KM
- 01 Laurence and Mabellegend
- 02 The Rearranged Tablesattested
- 03 Room 202attested
- 04 The Night Watch
- 05 The Paint That Stayed
Tour 02
8StopsThe Séance Circuit
6 OF 8 SHOWN. 2 STILL HIDDEN. · 11.7 KM
- 01 The Seance Housedocumented
- 02 Figures Among the Stonesattested
- 03 What Lives in Kildonan Parklegend
- 04 The Last Alarm
- 05 The Hiding Place
- 06 Footsteps on the Porch
Tour 03
8StopsThe River Road
6 OF 8 SHOWN. 2 STILL HIDDEN. · 115.9 KM
- 01 Captain Kennedy Housedocumented
- 02 The Red Lights on River Roadlegend
- 03 Where the 1850s Never Endedattested
- 04 The Ship That Came Ashore
- 05 The Grotto He Never Drew
- 06 The Day It Leaned
Tour 04
6StopsThe French Quarter
4 OF 6 SHOWN. 2 STILL HIDDEN. · 6.2 KM
- 01 The Grey Nuns' Conventdocumented
- 02 The Figure in Grey at the End of the Hallattested
- 03 The Night the Basilica Burneddocumented
- 04 The Veiled Ones
Tour 05
6StopsThe South End
4 OF 6 SHOWN. 2 STILL HIDDEN. · 22.5 KM
- 01 Riel Housedocumented
- 02 Footsteps on the Upper Floorlegend
- 03 Chanting on the Windlegend
- 04 Fourteen Days of Nothing
Tour 06
5StopsThe West End
4 OF 5 SHOWN. 1 STILL HIDDEN. · 39.8 KM
- 01 The Hanging Treelegend
- 02 Pegleg at Brooklandslegend
- 03 Garbage Hilldocumented
- 04 The White Horse of the Plain
Tour 07
22StopsThe Cold Keeps
THE WHOLE CITY. ALL 22.
BEST TAKEN OVER A FEW NIGHTS.
- 01 Twenty-two curated stopsdocumented
- 02 One northbound far turndocumented
- 03 The ruins at the edgelegend
44 STOPS. YOU'VE SEEN 32 NAMES. THE REST YOU MEET IN THE CAR.
STOPS NEAR ME
Or start where you are.
Every drive also opens as a list of stops near you, closest first. Play one or two on the way home, or save a whole tour for another night. 37 of Winnipeg's stops play on their own, each told to stand alone.
THE EXPERIENCE
01 PICK YOUR TOUR
02 TOUR INTRO
03 THE BRIEFING
04 TOUR PROGRESS
05 THE STOP
06 TOUR CLOSE
07 STOPS NEAR ME
What waits on the route
The gateway city
Railway castles, old theatres, churchyards, and stone institutions built for a future the city kept waiting for.
The river roads
Follow the oldest roads north until the streetlights stop and the original prairie dark takes over.
The Cold Keeps
Twenty-two stops across about five and a half to six and a half hours, ending with one minute of the monks' silence.
Before you drive
The car is the safe zone.
Dark Drives points you toward real places, which means the rules matter. Respect private property, posted signs, operating businesses, homes, memorials, and anyone else sharing the road.
The rules
Ages 16+ // Entertainment only
// Respect property
Every tour runs on public roads, and every stop is chosen to be taken from the car. Nothing in a tour asks you past a gate, onto private property or into a building. Follow posted signs and hours, and trust your own judgement on the night.
- Every stop works from the car.
- A passenger runs the phone. The driver watches the road.
- Obey every sign, closure, posted hour, and traffic law.
- Park only where parking is legal.
Questions before you drive? Read the FAQ.
How long do I have access?
Forever. A Dark Drive is a one-time purchase, not a subscription. Once you own a city it stays yours, and every stop or story we add to that city later is included at no extra cost.
Your purchase does not expire. If you open the tour on a new phone or after clearing your browser, enter the email you used at checkout and we will send you a fresh sign-in link.
Do I have to do a whole tour?
No. Winnipeg also opens as a list of stops near you, closest first. Play one or two on the way home, or take a full tour another night. One purchase covers both.
Can I buy this for someone else?
Yes. Under the buy button, choose “Send it as a gift” and enter their email. They get their own access link, right away or on a day you pick, with a note from you if you like. The drive is theirs for life, and you get a confirmation and the receipt.
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Everyone else gives hope. Send them a night alone in Winnipeg with Edmund Blackwell.
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Every stop works from the car. Bring friends, drive sober, keep your doors locked. 16+.
