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Canadian Creepies

Canadian Creepies

Welcome to Canadian Creepies—the podcast that digs into the dark corners of Canada’s past and present. Your hosts Valerie, Ali, Amanda Joy ( host of Down the Crooked Path), and sometimes Kyle explore the true crime cases that haunt us, the paranormal encounters that make us question what’s real, and the unsettling folklore that lingers just out of sight.From cults to cold cases, ghosts to government cover-ups, we don’t just tell the stories—we ask why they still matter.It’s creepy. It’s Canadian

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034 Wailing Winds and Buried Bones: Alberta Haunts...

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/06/12

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, tragic legends, and eerie encounters passed down through generations.Join us as we explore stories of haunted hotels, lonely apparitions, and chilling

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DTCP 06 - Mandy the Doll

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/06/10

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 shattered lightbulbs and uneasy stares, Mandy has earned a reputation as one of Canada’s most chilling objects.👁️ Who is she really? And what does she want?You

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033 Beyond the Burning: What Witch Trials Left Behind...

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/06/05

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 the fear never did.In the first-ever Canadian Creepies and Down the Crooked Path crossover, Valerie is joined by Amanda Joy for the third and final

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DTCP 05 - Granger Taylor: Exit Earth

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/06/03

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 extraterrestrials, Granger left a note for his family in 1980 saying he was embarking on a journey aboard an alien spacecraft.Then… he vanished.Decades later, his

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032 Before Gilead: Reproductive Control and Racial...

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2025/05/29

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 impoverished communities, we uncover a long and violent legacy of systemic racism disguised as public policy.This isn’t just the past—it’s a blueprint we’re

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DTCP 04 - Hauntings of Niagara On The Lake

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2025/05/27

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 histories that linger in the fog.From phantom soldiers still guarding Fort George to spectral guests who never checked out of haunted inns,

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031 Empire of Fur & Fire

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/05/22

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 trading posts lies a centuries-long campaign of expansion, extraction, and erasure.But the story doesn’t end in the past.In our Current Case segment, we turn

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DTCP 03 - Alberta Cattle Mutilations

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/05/20

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 podcastsSomething strange is stalking the Alberta prairies…In this eerie installment of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda Joy investigates a chilling series of unexplained cattle mutilations that plagued rural Alberta. With surgically precise wounds, missing organs, and no trace of predators or

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

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2025/05/15

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 cost of profit-driven extraction: displacement, violence, and the erasure of entire ways of life.We explore how Canada’s global mining dominance is propped

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DTCP 02 - Valley of the Headless Men

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/05/13

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy!Hosted by Amanda JoyDeep 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 where men vanish… and sometimes reappear without their heads.In this episode, Amanda Joy ventures into the haunting true tales of the so-called Valley of

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029 Denis Lortie Part 02: The Storm Breaks

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/05/08

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy!Episode 029 – Denis Lortie Part 02: The Storm BreaksIn 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 a deadly plan—leaving three dead and thirteen injured in a shocking act of political violence.We break down the attack itself, the extraordinary bravery of

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DTCP 01 - The Baldoon Mystery

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/05/06

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 phantom bullets and spontaneous fires to the chilling story of the "witch goose," this true Canadian folk haunting blurs the line between folklore and

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028 Denis Lortie Part 01: Shadows Before the Storm

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/05/01

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 psychological unraveling of a man who believed he was being controlled by the government—and who would soon act on that belief in a violent and unforgettable way.🧠

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Down The Crooked Path: An Introduction

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/04/29

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 paranormal side of Canadian folklore, hauntings, urban legends, unexplained phenomena, and all things strange and spectral.Whether it’s haunted highways,

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027 The Mad Slasher: Christian Magee and the Shadows...

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/04/24

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. But beyond the horror lies a deeper story—one of untreated mental illness, systemic failure, and a society unequipped to respond.As we unravel

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026 Echoes on the Plains: Haunted Saskatchewan Part 01

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/04/17

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 paranormal sites—and the histories buried beneath them.We also hold space for the real-life echoes of colonialism and violence that linger across the land

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025 Bloodlines & Betrayals: The Rizzuto Crime Family

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2025/04/10

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 taken out of the picture, a brutal power struggle erupted. Assassinations, internal betrayals, and public executions tore through the criminal empire,

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

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/04/03

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.How did he manipulate the system? What finally led to his capture? And how did his arrogance almost allow an innocent man to take the fall?Tune in for this shocking true crime case and stick around

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023 The Tragically Hip: A Deep Dive into Music,...

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/03/27

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 the strange energy that seems to surround the band. From ghostly sightings to the chilling coincidence of Ahead by a Century, we’re unpacking the mysteries that make this band more than just a

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022 The Tragically Hip: A Deep Dive into Music,...

Canadian Creepies ·

2025/03/20

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, weaving deeply Canadian stories into their music and shaping national identity through song. We also take a closer look at Gord Downie’s connection to spirits, the afterlife, and Indigenous

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