Case file · Haunting
The Dungarvon Whooper
A New Brunswick ghost story of a young lumber-camp cook, often named Ryan, murdered for his money on the Dungarvon River in the 19th century, whose whooping cries haunted the woods.
1868 CE · 46.82, -66.12 · status: legend
The account
A priest is said to have exorcised the spot, now called Whooper Spring. The story was spread by Michael Whelan's ballad.
The sceptical view
No record of the murder or the exorcism has been found; the date is uncertain.