The Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, Ontario, is housed in the former Bank of Montreal building at the corner of Yonge and Front Streets. The grand Beaux-Arts building, completed in 1885, is said to be haunted by the ghost of Dorothy Mae Elliott, a young bank teller who died in the building in 1953. The circumstances of her death remain disputed — some accounts describe a suicide, while others suggest an accident. Dorothy's ghost is one of Toronto's most persistent urban legends. Staff and visitors to the Hockey Hall of Fame have reported seeing a young woman in 1950s clothing in the building, particularly near the old vault area and the upper gallery. She has been described as appearing sad or distracted, walking through the exhibits without acknowledging anyone before vanishing. Other phenomena include cold spots in the vault area, the sound of a woman's heels clicking on the marble floors when no one is present, and display lights flickering. Hockey fans visiting the hall have occasionally reported feeling someone brush past them in the corridors when no one else is nearby. The irony of a bank teller's ghost haunting a building dedicated to hockey — two very Canadian institutions — has not been lost on Toronto's paranormal community.
