Danielle Aykroyd

Wild. I think I'm lucky that they just had an intellectual bent.

Wild. I think I'm lucky that they just had an intellectual bent.

I mean, they were all... I mean, my great-great-grandfather was a dentist. His son was a bell telephone engineer, which certainly came into all of this. I mean, there's engineering minds behind this stuff, and you can definitely see that in Ghostbusters. My dad is not an engineer, but he has a very sharp, incisive scientific mind. So that's where that came from. But they were, I don't know, like...

I mean, they were all... I mean, my great-great-grandfather was a dentist. His son was a bell telephone engineer, which certainly came into all of this. I mean, there's engineering minds behind this stuff, and you can definitely see that in Ghostbusters. My dad is not an engineer, but he has a very sharp, incisive scientific mind. So that's where that came from. But they were, I don't know, like...

I mean, they were all... I mean, my great-great-grandfather was a dentist. His son was a bell telephone engineer, which certainly came into all of this. I mean, there's engineering minds behind this stuff, and you can definitely see that in Ghostbusters. My dad is not an engineer, but he has a very sharp, incisive scientific mind. So that's where that came from. But they were, I don't know, like...

Yeah, there was a sense of inquiry. And my great-great-grandfather wrote everything down. I mean, we have these books and books and books and books of transcripts of these seances that took place in our house with all of it in there.

Yeah, there was a sense of inquiry. And my great-great-grandfather wrote everything down. I mean, we have these books and books and books and books of transcripts of these seances that took place in our house with all of it in there.

Yeah, there was a sense of inquiry. And my great-great-grandfather wrote everything down. I mean, we have these books and books and books and books of transcripts of these seances that took place in our house with all of it in there.

Yeah, Samuel Ackroyd, who was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he became interested. You know, spiritualism kind of blew up at the turn of the century. But he was in it very early. I mean, he used to go to Lilydale, you know, Lilydale.

Yeah, Samuel Ackroyd, who was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he became interested. You know, spiritualism kind of blew up at the turn of the century. But he was in it very early. I mean, he used to go to Lilydale, you know, Lilydale.

Yeah, Samuel Ackroyd, who was a dentist in Kingston, Ontario, and he became interested. You know, spiritualism kind of blew up at the turn of the century. But he was in it very early. I mean, he used to go to Lilydale, you know, Lilydale.

Very cool.

Very cool.

Very cool.

Very cool, yeah. I'm pretty sure I met her when on the final pilgrimage to Lilydale with my grandfather before he died. Wow. We went and sat in some seances with varying degrees of success. Mm-hmm. And... Yeah. So my great-great-grandfather, I think he went to Lilydale for the first time in 1908.

Very cool, yeah. I'm pretty sure I met her when on the final pilgrimage to Lilydale with my grandfather before he died. Wow. We went and sat in some seances with varying degrees of success. Mm-hmm. And... Yeah. So my great-great-grandfather, I think he went to Lilydale for the first time in 1908.

Very cool, yeah. I'm pretty sure I met her when on the final pilgrimage to Lilydale with my grandfather before he died. Wow. We went and sat in some seances with varying degrees of success. Mm-hmm. And... Yeah. So my great-great-grandfather, I think he went to Lilydale for the first time in 1908.

But before then, he'd started hosting seances in his house with a full trance medium that had walked up to him on the street knowing that he was interested in this stuff and said, I think I've got these gifts. And Samuel helped him to develop them. And from what I gather, for the next 50-odd years, they hosted them in our family home after my great-great-grandfather died.

But before then, he'd started hosting seances in his house with a full trance medium that had walked up to him on the street knowing that he was interested in this stuff and said, I think I've got these gifts. And Samuel helped him to develop them. And from what I gather, for the next 50-odd years, they hosted them in our family home after my great-great-grandfather died.

But before then, he'd started hosting seances in his house with a full trance medium that had walked up to him on the street knowing that he was interested in this stuff and said, I think I've got these gifts. And Samuel helped him to develop them. And from what I gather, for the next 50-odd years, they hosted them in our family home after my great-great-grandfather died.