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I've heard about several haunted locations in Toronto. How well-known they are is anyone's question. The sites that immediately come to mind are:
The Hockey Hall of Fame: specifically the old bank area where the inductee plaques are located. Something about a bank employee committing suicide or something like that.
Lower Bay TTC Station: something about a lady in red.
The Ontario Legislative Parliament Buildings in Queens Park are famously haunted by three specters. There might even be a special tour to tell you about the ghosts who live there.
There's a story behind the lighthouse on Hanlan's Point on the Toronto Island, too. Murder most foul and an unhappy spirit if the stories are to be believed.
The old mansion on Jarvis that has been converted into a Keg restaurant - otherwise known as the Keg Mansion. This place has been known to be haunted as long as I remember. I don't know the origins but there are many stories about people hearing strange voices in the washroom area.
Good idea. I think I might check out one of those tours just for fun. I have never actually done a real Toronto tour. Every few months I find I accidentally come across something I did not know about tucked away in some part of the city.
What about that castle---forgot the name? You know that big castle named after the man who built it?
Sounds like you might be referring to Casa Loma, which is purported to be haunted. I've not been there myself, but want to go at some point - maybe next time I'm in Toronto. Even if there's no evidence of haunting it would still make a fun touristy place to visit.
Whoever mentioned The Keg on Jarvis...I too have been told that it's haunted. I was there once with my son and his (then) girlfriend, and while I never had any sense of anything going on, I also had remained in the dining area and wasn't in any other part of the restaurant. It was only after we left the building that I was told the place had a history of reported events...esp. in the women's washroom (which I hadn't used). Apparently many staff and customers have reported a sense of not being alone, of objects moving, of tapping or banging on the door while they were in a stall in that washroom. Kinda glad I didn't go in there now.
During construction of the building in the mid-19th century, two stonemasons--Diablos and Reznikoff--got into a fight over a woman. Diablos ended up killing Reznikoff, and hiding the body. When reconstruction of the building had to occur because of a fire in the 1890s, a body was found. While it was never positively identified as Reznikoff's, chances are good that it was his.
Anyway, the story goes that Reznikoff's ghost still walks the hallways of the building.
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Good idea :)!
