The Toronto Star (star.com) has this sad story about a ghost hunter originally from Indiana, who fell to her death from a University of Toronto building on September 10. Leah Kubik was looking for specters with her friend at 1 Spandina Crescent on the university campus and tried to follow him, apparently across the rooftop. She fell to the ground, several stories below, and died later at a hospital in the city.
University spokespeople say they do not understand why the pair was looking for ghosts at that particular location, which is not known for hauntings. "Richard Fiennes-Clinton, who leads ghost tours of the university's campus, said: `This particular college itself doesn't even really have any kind of substantial ghost stories to it. There's certainly a lot of other buildings around the university that do have stories.'"
Read more here.
Update: according to this article in the University of Toronto's college newspaper, The Strand, investigators are now saying Ms. Kubik and the man with her were not ghost-hunting. "Police reported that the couple had been ghost-hunting, but later withdrew the claim. Toxicology and autopsy results have not been released to the press. Neither the man nor the woman was a university student."
Thanks to Tiffany Rad for the tip.
This story has been sensationalized by the media, but the link below has the most accurate reporting. The Toronto police have retracted their statement about Leah and her date ghost hunting and toxicology reports were not released to the media.
http://media.www.thestrand.ca/media/storage/paper404/news/2009/09/17/News/Death.At.1.Spadina.Crescent-3776663.shtml
Posted by: Tiffany Rad | September 18, 2009 at 10:29 PM
I went to school with Leah and felt she was a wonderfully pleasant presence in a world of negativity...she was a kind and free spirit...she will be missed
Posted by: Anna Anderson | September 30, 2009 at 07:32 PM
Interesting site, always a new topic .. good luck in the new 2011. Happy New Year!
Posted by: Realestate | January 10, 2011 at 06:32 AM