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A cornerstone of the city, St. Mike's is easily one of Toronto's crowning hopsitals. Run by the Sisters of St. Joseph, its doors opened in 1892.
Ward 7B however offers an interesting traditionof Sister Vincenza. "Vinnie", as she's called by the staff, turns lights on and off and can be seen occasionally making her rounds. There's only one little problem with "Vinnie" -- she's been dead since the 1950s.
The most eerie part of this combined poltergeist and apparition haunting is that when people see Sister Vincenza, her nun's cowl is circling a black chasm where her face should be.
Devoted to the end and apparently beyond, "Vinnie" is a definite fixture of the lore of St. Mikes.
The following was sent in to us in October of 2000...
I'm acquainted with one of the staff at St. Michael's on the 7th floor.
Very recently (fall of 2000), the night nurse, while on rounds, came around a corner and almost stumbled right in to a figure, dressed in a black robe from head to toe, slowly walking down the hallway away from her. Scared, she turned and ran back to the nursing station.
Not long after, a code blue (cardiac arrest) rang out from the area in which the appartion was heading.
Needless to say, the nurses did rounds in pairs for the rest of the night shift!
In other notes, Sister Vincenza has also been know to give patients blankets, and in general care for them. Perhaps her devotion to the sick and suffering lives on in her after death.
In all accounts, her appearances seem to be of a helpful nature, even if it is helping one pass out of our world.
Sister Vincenza still seems to be making her rounds at St. Mike's. If you have anything to add or a similar report, please e-mail us at submissions@torontoghosts.org
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