It is considered the most haunted city in British Columbia and the Northwest.
The most well known haunting is by Doris Gravelin. She was strangled in September 1936 by her husband Victor, and dragged across the seventh fairway of the seaside Victoria Golf Course, and hidden under a pile of logs on the beach. Her body was later found, and Victor's body washed up 3 weeks later with Doris' shoes still in his coat pocket. According to local legend, she is only seen by young couples, who afterwards will never marry. Others claim to see a gliding white figure on the 7th fairway near the beach, twinkling lights, or a pulsating globe of light. The 7th fairway is also right next to Dallas Rd, and motorists often claim to see the lights.
The city's old burying ground used from 1855 - 1873 and still containing 1,000 bodies is supposedly haunted by 2 ghosts.
Bastion Square in the heart of Victoria's Old Town is the most haunted part of town. Almost every building around the historic square has a ghost or two. The Maritime Museum of British Columbia is located in the old Supreme Court building is said to be the most haunted of them all due to the fact is was built on the site of the city's first gallows and many of the men who were publicly hanged still lie buried beneath its foundations.