Eerie haunted experience in Toronto takes you deep beneath the CN Tower

This Halloween, walking tour company Haunted Walk and the CN Tower are joining forces to give Toronto residents a rare opportunity to descend into the darkness of the legendary landmark with Haunted Walk: Beneath the Tower.

"Most people visit the CN Tower to go up. We're taking them in the opposite direction," Jim Dean, Creative Director, Haunted Walk, tells blogTO.

The journey takes patrons through the tower's restricted areas before descending two feet underground into what's known as "The Cavern."

"From there, they'll be able to look directly up into the Tower's enormous central core, a perspective very few visitors ever get to experience," he explains.

The CN Tower's hidden caverns and otherwise uncharted territory come with their own haunted secrets that are hardly ever made public, and the decision to open these doors at this time was intentional. 

"As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations, we opened some of the Tower's behind-the-scenes spaces, including the Cavern, to the public for the first time during our Doors Open," Jodie Hunt, Manager, Communications, CN Tower, explains to blogTO. 

"That incredible interest showed us how much people wanted to experience a side of the CN Tower they had never seen before and inspired us to find a way to give more people that opportunity," she admits. 

Dean adds that the stories told throughout the walk are based on real events: "Our Haunted Walk guides will share mysterious stories from our previous paranormal investigations at the Tower, along with some intriguing experiences reported by CN Tower staff."

He divulges a few details about these eerie experiences, including unexplained children's laughter and footsteps stomping in areas beneath the lobby.

Before guests ascend back to ground level and head to the CN Tower's coveted lower observation level for sprawling city views, they'll also be treated to an underground light and music show that presents the Tower in a whole new light (no pun intended!).

"The sound-and-light show brings together the central themes of the experience. From two floors underground, guests watch lights sweep upward through the Tower's enormous core, revealing its extraordinary scale from a perspective few people ever get to see," Dean says.

Haunted Walk: Beneath the Tower is a 13+ event running for two days only: Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Each guided walking tour lasts approximately 30 minutes, with walks running every hour starting at 11 a.m. The last tour begins at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $68.49, plus applicable taxes and fees, include admission to the CN Tower's main and lower observation levels, and can be purchased directly through the CN Tower's website.