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rfmcdonaldThis is a sad story.
Back in May, I posted a photo of 1 Spadina.
1 Spadina Crescent, a University of Toronto building that served as a theological college, a military hospital, and a pharmaceutical research centre, before serving as the home of the university's newspaper and Fine Arts department as well as the Ontario branch of the Eye Bank of Canada, is located directly north of this intersection.
1 Spadina Crescent--until now, ironically--wasn't considered to be a ghost haunt. Well, mostly.
It's a sad situation, as I said. Who doesn't want to have some illicit fun on a first date? Or, perhaps more appropriately, who doesn't want the first date to be interesting enough to snag the other's attention? My sympathy goes out to all people concerned.
A 29-year-old woman who fell three storeys to her death at a University of Toronto building early Thursday was on a first date with the man who was exploring the structure with her, police said.
Police arrived at 1 Spadina Cres. near College Street and Spadina Avenue at around 2 a.m. in response to reports of a man and woman trying to jump from one level of the building to another.
The man was able to make the jump, but a wire fence that the woman was leaning on gave way, police said. She fell into a courtyard in the centre of the building.
The woman was rushed to St. Michael's Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The two were walking home at the end of their first date when they decided to explore the building, said Staff Sgt. Deb Abbott.
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Police said earlier in the day that the pair were hunting for ghosts in the 134-year-old building, which they believed was haunted. But they backtracked Thursday afternoon, saying they could not confirm that account.
Back in May, I posted a photo of 1 Spadina.
1 Spadina Crescent, a University of Toronto building that served as a theological college, a military hospital, and a pharmaceutical research centre, before serving as the home of the university's newspaper and Fine Arts department as well as the Ontario branch of the Eye Bank of Canada, is located directly north of this intersection.
1 Spadina Crescent--until now, ironically--wasn't considered to be a ghost haunt. Well, mostly.
In January 2001, 50-year-old artist and lecturer David Buller was found stabbed to death in his studio in the building at 1 Spadina Crescent.
The unsolved killing may have fed rumours that the building, erected in 1875, is visited by ghosts.
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Ghost tours do take place at other university buildings but 1 Spadina Crescent is not among them, said Richard Fiennes-Clinton, a guide with Muddy York Walking Tours.
He said he had never been able to unearth ghost stories related to the structure but said he could understand why some might believe otherwise given the building's imposing style.
The ghost research society, which has had a website for almost 13 years, also said it had never had any reports or even queries related to paranormal activity at the building.
"Because it's kind of a Gothic looking building, maybe they were under the impression somehow it was haunted. It looks kind of eerie," Durroch said.
"You can enjoy ghosts and hauntings, you can do so safely without breaking any laws or trespassing. Thankfully, this is an isolated case in Canada but there have been several similar incidents in the United States where tragic circumstances were the outcome."
It's a sad situation, as I said. Who doesn't want to have some illicit fun on a first date? Or, perhaps more appropriately, who doesn't want the first date to be interesting enough to snag the other's attention? My sympathy goes out to all people concerned.
