How does a killer commit a frenzied, brutal murder in the middle of a bustling university building in broad daylight, and walk away like a ghost?
This week, we are unlocking the doors of 1 Spadina Crescent a massive, 19th-century gothic fortress with a dark history to explore one of Toronto’s most baffling unsolved cold cases.
In January 2001, beloved Fine Arts professor and brilliant queer artist David Buller was found slaughtered inside his secluded studio office. With zero DNA left behind, a missing murder weapon, and an eerie silence surrounding the attack, investigators were left with a locked-room mystery that continues to haunt the campus 25 years later.
We explore the cutthroat world of academia, the chilling foreshadowing found in David's final 1980s and 90s-inspired artwork, and the spatial anomalies of a building that practically helped a killer escape.
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Resources & Links
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Call to Action: Do You Have the Missing Piece?
The $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of David Buller's killer remains unclaimed. If you were a student or faculty member at the U of T Fine Arts department in the winter of 2001, a memory you brushed off 25 years ago might be the key to breaking this case wide open.
