Case file · Haunting
Francis Rattenbury's ghost
Architect Francis Rattenbury designed Victoria's Parliament Buildings and the Empress Hotel; after he was murdered in England in 1935, people reported his ghost at both buildings.
1935 CE · 48.42, -123.37 · status: legend
The account
He left Victoria in disgrace in 1930 with his second wife Alma, and was killed at Bournemouth by her lover, the chauffeur. The case was one of the scandals of the era.