No one quite knows if there’s a such thing as spirits. It’s been debatable for quite some time but with the popularity of the Paranormal Activity series, people are kind of creeped out by things they cannot explain. With so much rich history it’s not surprising that Toronto has some of the creepiest places with the creepiest stories behind them. We delved into it and came up with seven places that may be filled with the unknown.
1. Keg Mansion (515 Jarvis Street)
It’s a restaurant with impeccable foods that excite your taste buds but apparently that’s not the only thing being excited here! Some customers say they’ve felt a presence watching over them or hearing phantom children.
2. The Royal York Hotel (100 Front Street West)
Rumor has it that an old man roams the halls of the eighth floor of this establishment. Also a former employee hung himself on the the staircase leading to the roof deck. This place has been around for decades and it wouldn’t surprise us if it was haunted.
3. Humber College (3199 Lake Shore Boulevard West)
College can be a little crazy and need we say spooky? Humber used to be a psychiatric hospital and students have admitted to hearing humming, smelling flowers or just seeing things on campus that is hard to explain.
4. Old City Hall (60 Queen St. West)
Story has it that the ghosts of the last two men sentenced to hanging roam the halls of Old City Hall. People have heard footsteps walking down empty halls, or moans from empty cells in the basement. There are stories upon stories about the unexplained happening in City Hall and we just know we don’t want to roam here alone at night.
5. The Old Don Jail (550 Gerrard St. E)
Robert Turpin and Arthur Lucas were the last two people to be hanged at the gallows. Inmates were mistreated and a few years ago mysterious human remains were found on the grounds. With mysterious remains there are mysterious stories. This building will give you chills.
6. The Guild Inn Grounds
This placed was once the home of Colonel Harold Blackford, an inn a college, museum, hotel and hospital. It’s nothing now people have admitted to seeing spirits like a young soldier with a blue eye and a brown eye.
7. Gibraltar Point Lighthouse (Lakeshore Ave)
The lighthouse keeper here was brutally murdered and now people claim to see him roaming the grounds. John apparently is looking for his lost limbs.
Some people enjoy trying to explain what cannot be explained. Rather you believe in spirits or you don’t, these seven places should definitely go on your itinerary if you’re looking to create your own Toronto Haunted Tour. What place in TO gives you the creeps?
