Best Unsolved Canda Podcasts (2025)

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DTCP 019 - Deerman: Folklore, Fear, and the Forest 29:37

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this eerie installment of Down the Crooked Path, we explore the unsettling legend of Deerman—a figure that straddles the line between man and beast in Canadian folklore. Part cryptid, part cautionary tale, Deerman has been whispered about in forested communities for generations: glowing eyes in the t…

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DTCP 018 - What Mr.Christie Hid 28:21

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This Down the Crooked Path episode, hosted by Amanda Joy, uncovers a hidden chapter behind one of Canada’s most familiar names. Mr. Christie may have made good cookies, but his legacy carries with it a shadowed tale — one that begins with whispers of a room never meant to be found. In this episode, Aman…

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DTCP 017 - The Silent Sister 27:33

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! On this journey Down the Crooked Path, we step into the fog of legend to unravel one of Canada’s most enduring ghost stories. Known to some as the Headless Nun, she is more than a campfire tale — her shadow lingers in whispered folklore, haunting landscapes, and uneasy imaginations. In this episode, we …

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DTCP 016 - Whispers on the Frequency 29:48

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the shadow of the Cold War, one Canadian engineer found himself staring not at the ground, but at the skies. Wilbert Smith (1910–1962), a respected radio engineer, began his career tuning into the science of sound and signal—but soon found himself listening for something far stranger. This week, Down…

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Season 02: New chills, same thrills. 1:46

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! A little ghostly pause in our schedule… 👻 Valerie here, taking a short break from my episodes so I can stir the cauldron and brew up something extra creepy. I’ll be back September 11th with a partner-in-crime to dig into true crime, haunted history, and the kinds of stories that keep you up at night. Bu…

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DTCP 015 - The Mugwump Monster 30:25

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the shadowy waters of Ontario's Lake Timiskaming lurks a legend—one with scales, a serpentine body, and a reputation that’s as slippery as it is strange. Locals call it the Mugwump Monster, and its story winds through decades of eyewitness accounts, folklore, and just enough mystery to keep you looki…

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Residential Schools: Part 06 Beyond Apologies - Paths to Justice and Reparations 1:05:51

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the final chapter of our six-part series, we look ahead—beyond the government apologies and symbolic gestures—to the deeper truths and ongoing demands for justice. Valerie and Amanda explore the limitations of official apologies and what Indigenous communities have repeatedly stated is needed for rea…

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DTCP 014 - Demon Island 26:58

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the shadowy heart of the Canadian wilderness lies a remote, forested island with a name that echoes with warning: Demon Island. In this episode, Amanda Joy explores the chilling folklore, unsettling disappearances, and whispered curses surrounding this little-known place. What began as campfire stori…

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Residential Schools: Part 05 The Unmarked Graves & Ongoing Impact 1:15:34

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In May 2021, the world was forced to reckon with what Indigenous communities in Canada had known for generations: children never came home from residential schools. This episode begins with the discovery of unmarked graves at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School and continues with similar findi…

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DTCP 013 - The Vampires of Wilno 29:55

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the quiet hills of Wilno, Ontario—the oldest Polish-Kashub settlement in Canada—whispers of something ancient still linger. Tales of the undead, of graves disturbed, of iron stakes and midnight rituals have passed through generations like warnings carried on the wind. In this episode, Amanda ventures…

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Residential Schools: Part 04 The Road to Reckoning 1:13:12

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Co-hosted by Valerie & Amanda Joy (Down the Crooked Path) What happened after the dormitories began to close? This episode traces the long, uneven path from the physical shutdown of Canada’s residential schools to the national reckoning still unfolding today. Valerie and Amanda explore: Closing the Scho…

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DTCP 012 - The Northern Triangle 33:42

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Deep in the rugged wilderness of northern British Columbia lies a region with a chilling reputation: dozens of people have vanished here without a trace—planes, hikers, hunters, and entire search parties swallowed by the land. In this episode, Amanda Joy ventures into the eerie mystery of what's become …

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Residential Schools: Part 03 Resistance and Survival 1:05:59

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Residential Schools: Erasure, Resistance, Reckoning — Part 03 of 06: Resistance & Survival Co-hosted by Valerie and Amanda Joy (Down the Crooked Path). This episode turns to the often-overlooked stories of resistance within the residential school system—a system designed to erase Indigenous identities a…

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DTCP 011 - Werewolves of La Belle Province 31:50

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this episode, Amanda Joy ventures deep into the misty forests and old villages of Quebec to uncover the chilling legends of the loup-garou—the werewolves of La Belle Province. These tales aren’t just campfire stories. They’re part of a rich French-Canadian folklore that reveals the fears, beliefs, an…

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Residential Schools: Part 02 Life Inside the Schools 1:08:35

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In Part 02 of our series, Ali and Valerie examine what daily life was like for children forced into Canada’s residential school system. We look closely at the strict routines and harsh rules designed to erase Indigenous identities, and the punishments used to enforce obedience. This episode also confron…

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DTCP 010 - Tom Thomson 32:32

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This week on Down the Crooked Path, Amanda turns her gaze to one of Canada’s most enduring mysteries: the life—and death—of Tom Thomson. Painter. Outdoorsman. Icon. Thomson’s vivid depictions of Algonquin Park defined a generation of Canadian art and inspired the Group of Seven. But in July 1917, his bo…

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Residential Schools: Part 01 Foundations of a System of Erasure 1:09:40

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the first episode of our six-part series, Valerie and Ali begin an unflinching exploration of Canada’s residential school system—its origins, intentions, and the roots of a policy designed to erase Indigenous identities and cultures. Foundations of a System of Erasure traces the early colonial and mi…

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DTCP 09 - The Phantom Train 23:57

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! 🚂🌌 This week on Down the Crooked Path: The Phantom Train of Canada 🌌🚂 All aboard for one of Alberta’s eeriest legends. In this episode, we travel to Medicine Hat to uncover the chilling stories of a phantom train said to thunder through the night—long after the tracks went quiet. Locals have spoken of g…

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036 Holy Smoke: Canada's Cannabis Cult 59:49

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Episode 036 – Holy Smoke: Canada’s Cannabis Cult What happens when spirituality, rebellion, and cannabis collide in a quiet Canadian city? In this crossover episode, Valerie is wonderfully co-hosted by Amanda Joy from Down the Crooked Path as they explore the strange and smoky story of the The Church of…

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DTCP 08 - The Falcon Lake Incident 31:24

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! On May 20, 1967, deep in the wilds of Manitoba, amateur geologist Stefan Michalak encountered something that would change his life—and the Canadian UFO landscape—forever. Was it a secret military experiment? A hallucination? Or a genuine brush with the unknown? In this episode, Amanda Joy travels back t…

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035 The Boy on Yonge Street: The Murder of Emanuel Jaques 1:04:05

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! 👣 Co-hosted by Valerie and Amanda Joy (Down the Crooked Path) In the summer of 1977, the brutal murder of 12-year-old shoeshine boy Emanuel Jaques sent shockwaves through Toronto and changed the face of Yonge Street forever. In this collaborative episode, Valerie and Amanda peel back the layers of the c…

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DTCP 07 - French Canadian Goblin Lore 25:31

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This week, Amanda Joy follows the tiny, twisting footsteps of folklore into the world of French Canadian goblins—known as lutins. Mischievous, shapeshifting, and sometimes sinister, these creatures have long haunted the edges of rural legend, stealing trinkets, playing tricks, and occasionally… exacting…

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034 Wailing Winds and Buried Bones: Alberta Haunts Part 01 1:23:24

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this chilling first installment of our Alberta hauntings series, Valerie and Amanda journey through some of the province’s most ghost-ridden landscapes. From wind-swept cemeteries to historic sites echoing with sorrow, Alberta is more than just mountains and oil fields — it’s home to restless spirits…

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DTCP 06 - Mandy the Doll 24:14

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! She was found abandoned. She arrived broken. And ever since, things haven’t been quite right. In this episode of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda Joy unearths the eerie story of Mandy the Doll, a haunted artifact locked behind glass at the Quesnel Museum in British Columbia. From mysterious crying to shatt…

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033 Beyond the Burning: What Witch Trials Left Behind Part 03 57:42

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This is the third installment in our exploration of witch trials and witch hunts in Canada. If you're just joining us, start with Episode 010: Witch Trials Part 01 and Episode 020: Hexed: Canada’s Witch Hunts Part 02 to catch the full story before diving Beyond the Burning. 🔥✨ The flames have died—but t…

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DTCP 05 - Granger Taylor: Exit Earth 24:28

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this episode, we follow the trail of one of Canada’s most baffling disappearances. Granger Taylor was a mechanical genius from rural Vancouver Island who seemed destined for greatness—or perhaps something far stranger. Fascinated by UFOs and convinced he was receiving telepathic messages from extrate…

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032 Before Gilead: Reproductive Control and Racial Terror in Canada 1:13:21

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! You’ve read The Handmaid’s Tale… but what if Gilead wasn’t a future dystopia—or even fiction? In this episode, we expose the disturbing truth behind Canada’s hidden history of reproductive control. From the forced sterilization of Indigenous women to eugenics policies targeting Black, disabled, and impo…

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DTCP 04 - Hauntings of Niagara On The Lake 30:18

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Niagara-on-the-Lake is often called Canada's prettiest town—but behind the charm of its flower-lined streets and historic buildings lies a much darker legacy. In this episode of Down The Crooked Path, we peel back the picturesque surface to reveal chilling hauntings, shadowy figures, and tragic historie…

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031 Empire of Fur & Fire 1:10:43

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Long before Canada wore a crown or stitched a flag, it built its bones on beaver pelts, burned land, and brutal systems of control. In this episode, we take a dark descent into the legacy of the Hudson’s Bay Company—an empire cloaked in trade but soaked in blood. Behind the crisp blankets and quaint tra…

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DTCP 03 - Alberta Cattle Mutilations 23:53

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! 👣 Hosted by Amanda Joy 💀 Canadian content released Tuesdays on Canadian Creepies 🌍 International / otherworldly content drops Thursdays wherever you get your podcasts Something strange is stalking the Alberta prairies… In this eerie installment of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda Joy investigates a chillin…

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030 Gold, Blood & Silence: Canada's Hidden Hand Abroad 1:01:17

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Behind the glint of gold lies a trail of shadows. In this powerful episode, we pull back the curtain on how Canadian mining companies operate far beyond our borders—and far beyond accountability. From the deadly clashes in Tanzania’s North Mara mine to poisoned rivers in Papua New Guinea, we trace the c…

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DTCP 02 - Valley of the Headless Men 30:08

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Hosted by Amanda Joy Deep in the wild, remote wilderness of the Northwest Territories lies Nahanni National Park—stunning, sacred, and steeped in legend. But beyond the mist-shrouded peaks and winding river lies a mystery that has terrified explorers, trappers, and travelers for over a century: a valley…

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029 Denis Lortie Part 02: The Storm Breaks 55:45

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Episode 029 – Denis Lortie Part 02: The Storm Breaks In this gripping conclusion to the Denis Lortie case, we walk you through the harrowing events of May 8, 1984, when chaos erupted inside Quebec’s National Assembly. Dressed in military fatigues and armed to the teeth, Lortie stormed the building with …

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DTCP 01 - The Baldoon Mystery 18:42

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Step into the windswept fields of early 1800s Ontario, where a peaceful Scottish settler family found themselves under siege by forces they couldn’t explain. In this episode, we unravel The Baldoon Mystery—Canada’s most famous (and eeriest) tale of witchcraft, curses, and paranormal torment. From phanto…

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028 Denis Lortie Part 01: Shadows Before the Storm 59:29

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the first installment of this two-part deep dive, Valerie and Kyle trace the dark and disturbing path that led Denis Lortie to the doors of Quebec’s National Assembly. From a childhood steeped in trauma and abuse to a military career marked by alienation and paranoia, Part 1 explores the psychologica…

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Down The Crooked Path: An Introduction 2:00

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! 🌘 Follow Amanda Joy Down The Crooked Path—Every Week. Every Tuesday, Amanda Joy invites you to wander off the well-lit trail and into the unknown with Down The Crooked Path, a weekly series under the Canadian Creepies umbrella. With a deep curiosity and a taste for the eerie, Amanda explores the paranor…

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027 The Mad Slasher: Christian Magee and the Shadows of Small-Town Ontario 1:06:01

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this episode of Canadian Creepies, we delve into one of Canada's most disturbing and brutal cases—an urban nightmare that gripped Ontario in the 1970s. Christian Magee, later dubbed “The Mad Slasher,” left a trail of violence and confusion in his wake, targeting strangers in chillingly public spaces.…

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026 Echoes on the Plains: Haunted Saskatchewan Part 01 42:32

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this chilling first installment of our Saskatchewan hauntings series, Valerie and Kyle take you on a ghostly journey across the windswept prairies. From the haunted halls of Fort San in Fort Qu’Appelle to eerie stories whispered across the province, we explore some of Saskatchewan’s most legendary pa…

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025 Bloodlines & Betrayals: The Rizzuto Crime Family 55:36

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this episode of Canadian Creepies, we're trading haunted houses for hitmen as we descend into the dark heart of Montreal’s underworld. Meet the Rizzuto Crime Family—Canada’s most powerful mafia dynasty—and uncover how Vito Rizzuto ruled with charm, strategy, and deadly precision. But when Vito was ta…

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024 The Happy Face Killer: A Smile That Hid Pure Evil 55:36

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This week, Valerie and Ali dive into the twisted case of a murderer who taunted police, the media, and the public with his chilling confessions—signed with a smiley face. Born in Canada but infamous worldwide, he evaded justice for years, leaving a trail of victims and a disturbing hunger for attention.…

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023 The Tragically Hip: A Deep Dive into Music, Mystery and the Supernatural Part 02 58:43

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! The journey into The Tragically Hip’s eerie side continues, and this time, The Thumbs (Valerie & Michelle) are taking the wheel! 🎸👻 In Part 02 of our deep dive, we explore the haunted venues and eerie locations connected to The Hip, dive into fan experiences and supernatural encounters, and break down t…

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022 The Tragically Hip: A Deep Dive into Music, Mystery and the Supernatural Part 01 43:21

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This week on Canadian Creepies, Valerie is joined by a special guest co-host—her bandmate Michelle from The Thumbs! Together, they dive into the legacy of one of Canada’s most iconic bands, The Tragically Hip. In Part One of this two-part series, we explore how The Hip became the soundtrack of Canada, w…

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021 Troy LeDrew: Rampage on the 401 1:12:32

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Not all road rage ends with a honk and a middle finger… Some leave devastation in their wake. This week, we’re diving into a case where one man’s reckless choices turned Canada’s busiest highway into a scene of pure chaos. Buckle up—this ride gets dark. We’re also rolling out something new: Creep of the…

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020 Hexed: Canada's Witch Hunts Part 02 38:55

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! The cauldron is bubbling once again! 🧙‍♀️ In this episode of Hexed: Canada’s Witch Hunts, we’re diving back into the eerie and shocking history of witch trials in Canada—because one episode just wasn’t enough! This time, we explore: ⚖️ The early French colonial witchcraft accusations 👁️ The chilling tal…

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019 The Ant Hill Kids: Faith, Fear and Fatal Obedience 57:46

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Some cult leaders manipulate. Some control. But Roch Thériault? He took things to a whole new level of horror. This so-called prophet led his followers straight into a nightmare—one built on fear, brutality, and blind obedience. The Ant Hill Kids commune started as a seemingly harmless religious movemen…

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018 Phantoms of the Prairie: Manitobas Most Haunted Volume 01 1:34:05

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! From eerie whispers in the night to ghostly apparitions that refuse to rest, Manitoba is home to some of Canada’s most chilling hauntings—and we’re diving into them in Volume 01 of our new haunted series. In this episode, we explore the restless spirits that still roam the prairies, the tragic stories b…

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017 Hiding In Plain Sight: The Crimes of Bruce McArthur 1:43:44

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! For nearly a decade, Bruce McArthur operated in the heart of Toronto’s Gay Village, preying on vulnerable men while evading justice. Despite growing concerns from the LGBTQ+ community, it took years before police connected the disappearances and finally caught the city’s most infamous serial killer. How…

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016 Christine Jessop: Justice Delayed, Never Forgotten 1:20:32

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! On October 3, 1984, nine-year-old Christine Jessop vanished from her quiet Ontario neighborhood. What followed was a decades-long search for truth—one that led to a wrongful conviction, a shattered family, and a mystery that haunted Canada for over 35 years. In this episode, we dive into Christine’s tra…

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015 The Alberta Moleman: A Descent into Darkness 1:19:01

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this week’s episode of the Canadian Creepies Podcast, we dig into one of Alberta’s most bizarre and unsettling true stories: the tale of Kelvin Maure, the infamous “Alberta Moleman.” Known for his obsession with building intricate underground tunnels, Maure’s strange and secretive lifestyle hid more …

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014 The Tale of Brett Ryan – The "Fake Beard Bandit" Turned Family Killer 35:57

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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this chilling episode of the Canadian Creepies Podcast, Ali and Valerie unravel the twisted tale of Brett Ryan, a man whose double life led to tragedy. Once known as the "Fake Beard Bandit" for his bizarre string of robberies, Brett's criminal past eventually caught up with him in the most devastatin…