#haunted
countdown to halloween! ~ 30 days.
Artist: Jeremiah Morelli
The Torment
You want to leave but you can’t
You have become
Fatally homesick
For a place you don’t remember
You used to call home
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Scooby-Doo (2002)
Things are getting is bit spooky around here! These haunted houses are available as finished decor or they can be purchased as an unfinished kit. @rainbootsandrenovations purchased these unfinished and did a great job painting and putting them together! #hauntedhouse #haunted houses #halloweendecor #crafts #craftkits #lasercutart (at Layton, Utah)
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Script of Haunted Chapter two: Conflicted finished.
It’s time to draw the rest of the pages!
Prohodna
A karst cave in north central Bulgaria (Iskar Gorge).
It also has has two extremely creepy looking eye-like holes in its ceiling, which is why its also called Oknata (Eyes of God).
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…many myths involving the empty Baron Empain Palace including that the large home resides on a rotating base or that just the tower itself rotates. These rumors also include a secret tunnel beneath the house that connects it to the nearby Basilica Church, that there was an underground chamber with mirrors that turned red at the Baron’s death. That the Baron’s sister, Baroness Helena, died in the house after falling off the balcony and that his daughter, Miriam, was confined to the house and later killed herself in the basement…
Full Story –> http://www.abandonedplaygrounds.com/baron-empain-palace-abandoned-and-believed-to-be-haunted/
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Inktober Day 9 Swing.
Did you hear about the haunted swings at the park? They say sometimes they move on their own and people swear you can see a white figure sitting on it at night…
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RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, California. This once famous luxury cruise liner was converted in a hotel in 1967, but many passengers and crew members from its sailing days still haunt the ship. The…
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St. Michael’s Hospital is an icon in the downtown core. Located close to the heart of the city, this hospital has gone through multiple expansions over the past few years, but its oldest portion at 30 Bond Street has stood for decades and naturally has a haunting. This haunting is different than most as it does not feature a disgruntled spirit, but rather a kind ghost.
Sister Vincenza passed away in 1958. She worked at the hospital when it was run by the Sisters of St. Joseph. She was a regular figure at the hospital, comforting patients on the seventh floor. According to the St. Michael’s Hospital website, Sister Vincenza, who was referred to as Vinnie, graduated from the nursing program at the hospital in 1922. She worked at the hospital from 1928 to 1956 as a supervisor on the obstetrics floor - today the floor houses the Heart and Vascular program.
The spirit bestows acts to patients. She turns lights on and off for people and sometimes gives them a blanket. Those who have seen the nun reportedly see her in full habit, but can never see her face as it is in a permeant shadow.
Many wonder why the nun stays around and some say it is because she loved her job so much and wants to continue watching over patients.
It’s an exciting time in our city. Hockey has begun and the Toronto Maple Leafs are actually doing alright. It’s early days, but it’s nice to have hope. Regardless if they win or lose, Canadians love hockey. That’s why sitting in the downtown core, steps away from the ACC (soon to be Scotiabank Arena) is a building dedicated to the sport. However, for over 100 years it was Bank of Montreal and the site of a suicide, which has led to multiple reports of hauntings.
The story of Dorothea Mae Elliott
For year’s nobody knew the true identity of the woman who killed herself and stories have been floating around for years on why she killed herself. People who have told the ghost story referred to the ghost as Dorothy. However, after some investigative digging by The Toronto Star the woman’s identity was finally revealed. Her name was Dorothea Mae Elliott.
According to source Dorothea was having an affair with either a married teller or branch manager. After confronting her lover and being rejected she shot herself in the upstairs bathroom. However, there have been a number of other rumours as to why she killed herself. They include:
- She was lonesome after he boyfriend left to take a job on the boats
- She was caught stealing money
- She was discovered as helping the Irish Republican Army who were planning to rob a bank
- She had uncovered a scheme involving the bank manager, chief of police and leading judge to embezzle farmer’s money
A bit over the top don’t you think?
The suicide happened on March 11, 1953. Dorothea had come in much earlier than the other tellers and went straight to the upstairs bathroom where she stayed for a period of time. She eventually came down and went back up to the bathroom where she shot herself with the banks .38 calibre revolver. The 19-year-old was carried down in a Windsor-style chair and rushed to St. Michael’s Hospital. She died 22 hours after shooting herself in the head, which doctors considered a miracle.
Dorothy was orphaned at age nine and at the time of her death lived in the Township of Islington (present day Etobicoke), with her sister on Burnhamthrope Road - which is creepy because I grew up close by. She still has living relatives.
The haunting
Now Dorothea is said to haunt the building. There have been reports of lights going on and off, doors and windows opening and closing, people feeling phantom hands touch them, sounds of footsteps as well as moans and screams. The cleaning staff began to fear the building at night and female tellers were so terrified another bathroom had to be built. Today the Hockey Hall of Fame, says if something is misplaced it was the doing of Dorothea.
So next time you are at the Hockey Hall of Fame just remember, Dorothea may be watching.
