IS TRINITY HAUNTED?
This is a good question.
The Trinity College buildings on Hoskin Street date from between the 1920s through the 1950s.
There is a portrait of BISHOP STRACHAN that hangs in the PROVOST'S OFFICE, and the eyes of that portrait seem to follow one about the room. It has been reported that on the anniversary of his death, his apparition walks the halls of this building. Oddly enough, this anniversary follows close after Halloween, November 1st.
A UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO STUDENT POSTED THIS MESSAGE ABOUT THE GHOSTS OF TRINITY:
"Personally, I know that spot in the STEAM TUNNELS, and I think it's a load of hogwash. There is an odd area that is bricked up in a kind of uneven way, but I doubt that there's anyone behind there. It's just in a weird location, as it's right around a corner in a darkened area of the tunnels.
"There is a ghost in the CHAPEL, no question. I have heard a report about a person who was playing the organ one night up in the choir loft and kept seeing movement in the front of the chapel out of the corner of their eye. From what I was told, it seemed like there was something crawling about on the floor at the front of the chapel, but it was really too dark to make it out. It was also said that there was someone peeking out behind the front pew of the chapel, looking back up at the person playing the organ, but when they turned their head to look, the figure would slink behind the pew and vanish. This person was upset enough by this that they finally went downstairs (quickly enough so that had anyone been in the chapel, they would have seen them leave), and had the porter call Campus Police. They came and searched the chapel, and found nothing.
"SEELEY HALL is also haunted. When the college was moved to this location in the twenties, there wasn't enough money to build a proper chapel at that time, so the room that was meant to be the library, Seeley Hall, was used as a chapel for many years. As a result, the room seems redolent of a strange eeriness. Many people in college avoid it at night, and I know several people who've had weird experiences there.
"One person who was walking down the stairway past the entrance to SEELEY HALL one evening, and heard a string quartet rehearsing. The door was slightly ajar, but only enough so that they could see a small crack of light. When they opened the door to see who was rehearsing they found that there was no one there.
"Finally, there is a friendly ghost in the college, who goes by the nickname of WINDY LADY. His first name is actually Linden. He was a professor who lived in what is currently the DEAN OF MEN'S APARTMENT. He passed away many years ago, but he knocks on doors on a particular floor, and opens locked doors all the time. He's nice enough at least to not open them when any people have gone any further than the washroom (I don't think he wants to have belongings stolen). One of the the people on the floor that Lindy frequents was actually changing when he thought it would be funny to open the door right then.
A RESIDENT OF ST. HILDA'S COLLEGE POSTED THIS MESSAGE ABOUT THE STEAM TUNNELS:
"A series of STEAM TUNNELS underneath the college connecting Trinity to the Buttery. Somewhere in the tunnels is an old crumbling, brick and mortar wall. No one knows where it leads to.
"Legend has it that a man was bricked up behind the walls. His spirit sometimes wanders the tunnels. If he finds someone, he will drage them back behind the walls. With each person he takes, a piece of the wall crumbles. When he finds enough people, the whole wall will crumble and he is free to wander the tunnels at anytime.
ANOTHER STUDENT SHARED THIS STORY ABOUT THE CHAPEL:
"A man was sitting in the sanctuary one day, when a distressed older woman came and sat next to him. They got to chatting for a few minutes. There was nothing unusual about this woman, other than the fact that she was clearly anxious and upset. She said that she was going into the LADY CHAPEL to pray.
"The chapel is an alcove off to the side, from and into which there is only one enterance.
"The man watched the older lady go into the Lady Chapel. When he was about to leave, he walked over to the chapel to say goodbye and check up on her. He stepped into the chapel and was surprised to find it empty. No one was in the chapel and the woman couldn't have left any other way.
WHERE CAN I FIND OUT MORE ABOUT HAUNTED TORONTO?
Visit this URL: http://www.torontoghosts.org/
