Murders, hauntings and death have a solid place in Vancouver's history.
Ghostly hitchhikers, spectral audience members, and a phantom conductor all live as urban legends, even though they're not amongst the living. For example, there's the Lady in Red. Perhaps Vancouver's most famous ghost, she's supposedly the intangible remains of Jennie Peal Cox, a socialite from the 1940s.
In the physical world, though, it's got an excellent spot for a new development, apparently. In 2021 the city rezoned the property for a 90-unit, six-story condo. Efforts were made to take his remains to the new cemetery. However, it was January and the road was in poor condition. Accounts from the time say rain had turned it into mud and the cart carrying the body broke a wheel.
However, because of his layover just outside of the cemetery's boundaries, Hirschberg was not the first person buried in Mountain View. Instead, it was Caradoc Evans, a 10-month-old boy who was carried to the cemetery by his father.3. Deadman's Island has seen a lot of death For such a small spot, Deadman's Island has a lot of history. Before settlers arrived the Squamish people used the islet off of what is now Stanley Park as the resting place for many of their own dead.
And when smallpox arrived in the region, those unfortunate souls who caught the disease were sent to the island as a quarantine site; the bodies of those who didn't survive the disease remained on the island. Since then more than a few ghostly sightings have been reported in the area. In particular, the former site of the Irish Heather was popular with locals, both of the physical and spirit realms.5. The police museum has some truly creepy artifacts One of the lesser-known museums in Vancouver is the police museum.