Ghost Story / en The "Toronto Star" looks into 91³Ō¹Ļ's legendary ghost story /news/toronto-star-looks-u-t-s-legendary-ghost-story <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">The "Toronto Star" looks into 91³Ō¹Ļ's legendary ghost story</span> <div class="field field--name-field-featured-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="eager" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/univcollege2.jpg?h=ed57c572&amp;itok=khR0bI_e 370w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_740/public/univcollege2.jpg?h=ed57c572&amp;itok=FKzGQ8Do 740w, /sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_1110/public/univcollege2.jpg?h=ed57c572&amp;itok=EvdrS6u- 1110w" sizes="(min-width:1200px) 1110px, (max-width: 1199px) 80vw, (max-width: 767px) 90vw, (max-width: 575px) 95vw" width="740" height="494" src="/sites/default/files/styles/news_banner_370/public/univcollege2.jpg?h=ed57c572&amp;itok=khR0bI_e" alt="Photo of university college"> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>ullahnor</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2017-01-09T17:45:27-05:00" title="Monday, January 9, 2017 - 17:45" class="datetime">Mon, 01/09/2017 - 17:45</time> </span> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Cutline</div> <div class="field__item">University College casts an eerie glow at night (photo by Christopher Dew)</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-topic field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Topic</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/topics/city-culture" hreflang="en">City &amp; Culture</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/university-college" hreflang="en">University College</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/ghost-story" hreflang="en">Ghost Story</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/culture" hreflang="en">Culture</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/news/tags/history" hreflang="en">History</a></div> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>The Toronto Star </em>delves into the story of 91³Ō¹Ļ's legendary ghost, which is said to occupy University College.</p> <p>As legend has it, 160 years ago stonemason Paul Diabolos killed another&nbsp;stonemason&nbsp;Ivan Reznikoff with his axe. Reznikoff' ghost is said to have wandered the campus until his body was found 30 years later during a fire at University College.</p> <p>Of course, it was all over a girl. Diabolos was in love with Reznikoffā€™s fiancĆ©e. He is believed to&nbsp;have carved a&nbsp;gargoyle&nbsp;modeled after Reznikoff&nbsp;into the college and another gargoyle of himself, appearing to be laughing.&nbsp;</p> <h3><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/01/06/demystifying-the-legendary-ghost-story-at-u-of-ts-university-college.html">Read <em>The Star</em> story</a></h3> <p>Richard Fiennes-Clinton, who leads historical and ā€œhauntedā€ walking tours of the campus, says&nbsp;he has never seen any documentation to support the story. &nbsp;He believes much of it may not be true.&nbsp;</p> <p>ā€œI do tell people that itā€™s a legend, itā€™s probably been embellished over the years,ā€ he told the newspaper.&nbsp;</p> <p><em>The Star </em>found no mention of a body found at University College in newspaper archives.&nbsp;</p> <p>Nor could it find anyone with the names Reznikoff or Diabolos included in the census of 1851 or 1861. There are some facts, however, about University College being built between 1856 and 1859, primarily by European workers, according to <em>T</em><em>he Star</em>.</p> <p>And the newspaper found facts to support that the college did catch fire on&nbsp;Feb. 14, 1890, when a kerosene lamp was knocked over.</p> <h3><a href="http://magazine.utoronto.ca/blogs/six-extremely-spooky-stories-about-u-of-t/">Read more about haunted 91³Ō¹Ļ</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-news-home-page-banner field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">News home page banner</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Mon, 09 Jan 2017 22:45:27 +0000 ullahnor 103248 at