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Haunted Places in Toronto and in Vancouver

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Haunted Places in Toronto and in Vancouver

Feeling brave? So check out these places!

TORONTO

University College
The U of T campus’ most famous ghost, a Russian stone mason named Ivan Reznikoff, may still wander the halls here. He was supposedly murdered by a fellow mason who was cuckolding him, Paul Diabolos, during construction of the College in the 1850s; Diabolos buried the corpse under a stairwell, where it was found after a fire in 1890. Look for the axe mark (which Reznikoff allegedly made during the fight) on the door next to Croft Chapter House, plus the two spooky gargoyles outside of Croft Chapter House: one is reputedly Reznikoff, the other Diabolos laughing at him.

Royal Ontario Museum
The ROM is said to be haunted by its original director, Dr. Charles Currelly, clad in a nightshirt and wandering through the East Asiatic section. In addition, the now-closed McLaughlin Planetarium next door is rumoured to host a sad little girl spirit who used to sit among the seats, watching the shows with living audience members.

 

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre
Toronto’s main LGBTQ theatre space, which was once a warehouse, is said to house a poltergeist that causes bumps in the night, along with mysterious footsteps and various cold spots.

The Keg Mansion
This popular restaurant on Jarvis was once home to the fabled Massey family. It was in the main foyer that a grief-stricken housemaid hung herself from the oval vestibule after the death of Lillian Massey – and a few Keg patrons have reported seeing a gruesome hanging apparition there. Additionally, phantom children’s voices and laughter have been heard from the upper floors.

Osgoode Hall
Osgoode is the headquarters for both the Law Society of Upper Canada and the provincial Supreme Court. It’s also, reportedly, the eternal home of a ghostly woman seen walking along the halls, as well as a chatting group of people in an empty chamber – the doors of which are known to slam by themselves whenever somebody outside the room hears these invisible voices.

 

Lower Bay Station
This hidden subway station just below Bay is used mainly for storage and film shoots, but there’s one TTC passenger who still rides by on occasion: a ghostly lady in a long red dress, said to float along the rails near the tunnel entrances. Most eerily, she doesn’t appear to have any legs – and one source says she has “black holes” where her eyes should be.

Tunnel between York Mills and Sheppard Stations
More than five hundred years ago, the Huron and Iroquois tribes fought each other in the area now known as Hogg’s Hollow. Today, it’s been reported that if you’re in the subway tunnel below where the war occurred, late at night after the last train has left, you may hear ghostly voices reciting an ancient Iroquois prayer for the dead – and also the sounds of wailing, crying and distant battle drums.

Hockey Hall of Fame
The hockey shrine’s current building, which once housed a Bank of Montreal branch, is famously reputed to be haunted by Dorothy Mae Elliott, a nineteen-year-old bank teller who shot herself in the upstairs ladies’ washroom in 1953. Employees and visitors have encountered flickering lights, doors and windows opening and closing by themselves and even the sounds of moaning or screaming. Some employees have refused to go to the upstairs floor due to eerie feelings of being watched.

College Park
It’s on the seventh floor of this unfinished art-deco building from the 1920s where the ghost (or ghosts) is said to roam, especially in and around the auditorium and nearby staircases. Among the reported phenomena are the unexplained sounds of footsteps, whistling and a woman’s voice speaking to nobody in particular.

Fairmont Royal York Hotel
Downtown T.O.’s classiest hotel reputedly has two guests who simply refuse to check out. One is the spirit of a grey-haired man, wearing a maroon smoking jacket and wandering around the eighth floor; the other is a hotel employee who hung himself from a stairwell railing on one of the top floors. Weird noises, such as loud footsteps and even screams, have been reported from that particular stairwell.

Casa Loma
Toronto’s famous modern castle looks as if it ought to be haunted, but firm, substantiated reports have been rare to date. Still, a few staff members and visitors claim to have had weird experiences there; there are a few reports of the mysterious sound of trotting horses within the underground tunnels.

 

VANCOUVER

ORPHEUM THEATRE 884 GRANVILLE ST.

Since it was built in 1927, the Orpheum has played host to a variety of performers, including an acrobat who fell to his death during a vaudeville act. Since then, he’s been a regular fixture at the theatre, with many sightings of him -mostly as an orb of light -reported by staff and performers.

VOGUE THEATRE 918 GRANVILLE ST.

Built in 1941, the Vogue Theatre was first established as a popular venue for concerts, plays and big-name performers. It’s also reportedly home to two ghosts, one of whom entertains and spooks guests with his footsteps and the opening of doors in the downstairs dressing room area. His pal enjoys shocking folks by appearing nonchalantly, dressed in a tux and bow tie, in the seating area. The ghosts have been spotted several times, including by a performer while on stage.

THE DOMINION BUILDING 207 W. HASTINGS

Opened in 1909, this 13-storey building was once the tallest in the British Empire, and Vancouver’s first steel-framed highrise. It’s now headquarters to many of the city’s young creative professionals who enjoy its well-maintained heritage character and affordable rent. A building of this stature deserved the big grand opening celebration it received. Sadly, the party was cut short for its architect, John S. Helyer. It’s said he either threw himself or fell down the stairs, and was killed. Since then, his spirit has been seen -and his footsteps heard -in the stairway between the seventh and eighth floors.

HOTEL VANCOUVER 900 W. GEORGIA

Cue the cheesy Chris de Burgh tune: The Hotel Vancouver’s resident ghost — the lady in red, as she’s known — won’t turn down your sheets. But she may scare the bejesus out of you when the elevator makes an unscheduled stop on the 14th floor, and there she appears, an elegant beauty floating along the hallway. Some stories have her walking on the window ledge. No worries; it’s not like she’s going to fall and die.

BEATTY STREET DRILL HALL 620 BEATTY

Paranormal enthusiasts seem to enjoy hearing footsteps and voices in the basement, and watching books and wall hangings fall down for no apparent reason. A mysterious unknown man has been seen in the Officers’ and Senior NCO messes. In Officers’ Row, staff have reportedly heard footsteps, had the feeling of being touched and felt cold spots, and heard the ringing of unplugged phones.

UBC/UNIVERSITY BOULEVARD

Sometime in the 1960s, while driving on University Boulevard on their way to UBC’s main library, a couple got into an argument (or so the story goes). The young woman got out of the car and started walking in the rain. She was hit by a car and killed. But death, it seems, didn’t keep her from hitchhiking along that road. She’s been haunting young men who pick her up out of the rain by giving them a piece of paper with the library’s address on it. If the man is alone, she’ll jump in the rear seat, and then vanish. Also, at UBC’s library itself, the ghost of an older woman in a dress has been seen.

HYCROFT MANSION 1489 MCRAE AVE.

Hycroft Mansion was a stately home built for politician and war hero Gen. Alexander Duncan McRae. Since his demise, it’s been the haunt, literally, of many honourable ghostly guests, including McRae (dressed in his First World War uniform) and his wife.

The home was used as a veteran’s hospital during the Second World War, which makes the ghostly sounds of a crying man seem quite appropriate. Images of the head nurse have been seen, and apparitions of at least three war vets, in full uniform, would have made any visitor stand at attention.

GASTOWN, ALONG CORDOVA AND WATER STREETS

The five-block area along Cordova and Water streets, east from Waterfront Station, includes some pretty creepy spots. Among the breathless tales: A man wearing a bowler hat was observed in the hallway of the Bodega Hotel.

Another incident involved the manager of the card shop in the Hotel Europe, who was looking into a security mirror when she saw an eccentric looking man wearing strange clothes. These apparitions were dressed not like others of our time, but as they would have appeared in the late 1800s . about the same time as the Great Fire.

THE OLD SPAGHETTI FACTORY 53 WATER ST.

A decommissioned British Electric streetcar trolley from the 1950s sits in the middle of the dining room, and in it sits a ghost conductor. Longtime employees have reported hearing their names called out and feeling the presence of the mysterious diner, while vintage photos in the restaurant show a shadowy figure in a seat in the streetcar.

 

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