Woman died while hunting Ghost!

In a bizarre incident, a woman died in Toronto while hunting for ghosts in a 134-year-old building that is said to be haunted. According to police sources, the 29-year-old woman fell three storeys to her death Friday morning at a building not far from the city centre while she and a man were hunting for ghosts. She fell while trying to jump from one level to another level in the building in the wee hours.

Nine years ago, 50-year-old artist and professor David Buller was stabbed to death in his studio in the building. Buller, who was an arts professor at the University of Toronto, was repeatedly stabbed Jan 19, 2001 in his second-floor studio in this Gothic building.

Ghost hunting is very common among thrill seekers in North America. In fact, the Toronto Ghosts and Hauntings Research Society, which is dedicated to investigating paranormal activities, has listed dozens of buildings in Toronto city which are haunted.

Commenting on the death of the woman, the society saidi in its blog: “Although we’d heard stories about (the building at) 1 Spadina Crescent, they are mostly about a ‘curse’…apparently, the building is considered ‘bad luck’ to departments housed there… but this is rumour and is not ‘ghostly’ related.

“Again, we cannot stress that our thoughts and prayers are with the woman’s friends and family during this sad time, and again, there is no reason for anyone at any time to trespass, break any laws, or put their safety or the safety of others at risk in pursuit of looking into ghostly lore and legend.”