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The Ghost of Canada's Gibraltar Point Lighthouse

Tuesday, July 1, 2025 0:01

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Gibraltar Point Lighthouse (1955)
Source: City of Toronto Archives via TorontoJourney416

Happy Canada Day! In order to celebrate our neighbors to the north, I wanted to share a haunted and historic location from the Toronto area. Canada doesn’t get nearly enough love here at Theresa’s Haunted History, something that I hope will change as the blog continues to expand past the tri-state area. Anyway…

The Gibraltar Point Lighthouse sits on Toronto Island overlooking Toronto Harbour. It is Canada’s second oldest surviving lighthouse, having been built back in 1808 when the city of Toronto was still known as York. It’s first keeper, a Bavarian immigrant named John Paul Radelmuller dedicated his life to serving the safety of those coming into the harbor from Lake Ontario, and he might still be there over 200 years after his mysterious death.

During the War of 1812, Radelmuller supplemented his lighthouse keeper salary with a little side hustle. He allegedly ran a bootleg drinking establishment in a little building next to the lighthouse. His best customers were British soldiers stationed at Fort York. Unfortunately, two of those soldiers would be implemented in Radelmuller’s untimely demise.

On January 14, 1815, after serving soldiers John Blueman and John Henry, Radelmuller disappeared. When he didn’t show up the next day to tend to his lighthouse duties, people knew something was terribly wrong. In time, Blueman and Henry were taken in and charged with murder, having been the last to see Radelmuller. However, they were acquitted, mainly due to an overwhelming lack of evidence.

It is theorized that on the fateful winter night, Blueman and Henry had drank more than enough to get drunk, yet when the booze ran out, they became angry. They chased Radelmuller, who ran up the stairs of the lighthouse, but stumbled and fell over the railing to his death. The two then hastily buried his body to avoid any inquest into the death. In another version of the story, Blueman and Henry actually beat Radelmuller to death before burying his body to hide the evidence. No one can really decide on an accurate depiction of the tale, nor what really happened to Radelmuller’s body. Some say he was never ‘missing and given a proper burial near the lighthouse. In does stand to reason that however he got into the ground, he was buried on the property as years later, another keeper found a jawbone.

Visitors to the Gilbraltar Point Lighthouse have heard a man whispering ‘help.’ They have heard unearthly moans coming down the stairs and unexplained banging noises near the top. But, most interesting to the story is that a man’s apparition has been seen actually running up the stairs!

Not only does Radelmuller seem to be re-enacting his death on the spiral staircase, but it also seems as if he’s still hard at work, tending to his lighthouse keeper duties. Other witnesses have seen a shadowy figure working atop the platform, maintaining the old whale oil lantern, long since replaced by more modern technology.

For more information on this story, check out this article from Ghost Walks or Denise Marie’s article from Toronto Journeys 416!

Source: http://theresashauntedhistoryofthetri-state.blogspot.com/2025/07/the-ghost-of-canadas-gibraltar-point.html

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