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The world's
first renowned
serial killer Earl
"The Strangler"
Nelson criss-crossed
the States until
he landed in
Winnipeg in
June 1927.
After killing
two local
women, he
fled to Regina
and back to the
Manitoba-U.S. border
hoping to evade
capture. Police and
citizens caught Nelson,
who had by that time
killed 26 people in 20
months. Nelson was
shipped by train back
to Winnipeg
where he was
convicted and hung.
It is said that
The Fort Garry Hotel
is haunted by a ghostly
woman in a ball gown,
a phantom diner and
a mysterious ghost
light that traverses
the hallways of this
grand hotel.
Opened in 1928, Winnipeg
James Armstrong Richardson
International Airport, then called
Stephenson Field, was the first
international airport in Canada. In
2011, the airport opened Canada's
first LEED-certified terminal, and
it was named one of the world's
iconic airports by Travel Channel.
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Photo
Courtesy
The
Fort
Garry
Hotel,
Spa
and
Conference
Centre
Photo
Courtesy
Gerry
Kopelow
Spooky!
Spooky!
