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Almost Canon

Nick Willard presents Almost Canon. A podcast about strange, unknown, and down right mysterious things. Every episode we investigate something considered ‘Almost Canon’ through recounting it’s story or interviewing someone with first hand knowledge of the Unknown. Whether it’s a frightening first hand account; a historical figure shrouded in mystery; a lost treasure recorded within the chapters of a dusty tome; an ancient city lost in the uncharted jungles of a far away land; or a hulking,

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127:48

Cryptid Stories with Dano From The Cryptid Podcast

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2026/04/16

This week friend of the show Christian threw together an interview with Dano from The Cryptid Podcast and boy oh boy, what an incredible talk it was! Dan, host of The Cryptid Podcast, has had some pretty intense encounters throughout his life, from Bigfoot to pale crawler and we even get some ghost stories thrown in as well. This is an incredible episode you certainly won't want to miss!! To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an independent podcast trying to

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49:55

Cryptid Stories From Alaska

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2026/04/10

This week we check out some of the stories from Ed Ferrell's 'Strange Stories from Alaska and the Yukon'. These little known stories have been pulled from magazines entries and newspaper articles from the late 19th century and early 20th and are a group of stories that are rarely every told. We'll hear about a prospector who fell down as crevasse and found a bigfoot in an ice cave; a fisherman who spotted a serpent tailed merbeing; a group of native Americans who battled a cannibalistic tribe of

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58:27

Fae Folk of the Far North

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2026/03/27

Do fae folk exist outside of Ireland? i know we here at Almost Canon believe they do! So this week were venturing deep into the arctic circle and investigating the stories of the 'Little People', specifically the Arctic Pygmies. We then follow the trail out of the snow and ice and into the mountains where stories of these fae-like beings are still told. We look at whether the vikings battled these pygmies when they landed on the eastern shores 1000 years ago; we look at stories told by high arctic

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89:52

The Valley of the Headless Men

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2026/03/17

This week we do a deep dive into the Nahanni Valley otherwise known as the Valley of the Headless Men. We look at several different legends from this lost world including why it's called the Valley of the Headless Men as well as the different of cryptids and prehistorical monsters that are said to exist there. We also look into the story behind the White Queen and if there actually is a tropical valley somewhere within the Nahanni and its possible connection to Inner Earth To help Almost Canon

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48:46

The Ariel School UFO Incident

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2026/02/20

This week we take a look at the Ariel School UFO incident, which happened in September of 1994. On the morning of September 16th, 1994, 62 children, while playing out at recess, witnessed a mysterious object fall from the sky and land in the field near their playground. What happened from there is something straight out of a Spielberg or Cameron film. Four entities exited the craft and began psychically communicating with the students, showing these 10 years olds, all sorts of images of a dying

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79:11

Hunted By A Dogman While Bow Hunting

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2026/02/06

This week we talk with W. Boyd, who came face to face with a dogman one morning, while bow hunting with his father. The two had started their trip by parking in a lot near a piece of property they owned and began walking into the woods. It wasn't long until Boyd began hearing something something them. It would walk when they walked and stopped when they stopped. He pointed this out to his father, who couldn't hear that good, but they continued on to their hunt. But it didn't take long for Boyd to

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79:56

Bigfoot From Around The World

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2026/01/30

This week Nick dives into the world of bigfoot and digs into the many different types that are reported world wide. from the Almas to the Yeren to several other, lesser known, bigfoot found deep in the Siberian wilderness to high in the Andes Mountains, it would seem that while the name is different and descriptions may vary, bigfoot and bigfoot-like beings can be found all over the world. To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an independent podcast trying to grow a

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71:13

A History of the Yeti

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2026/01/16

This week we dive into the history behind one of cryptozoologies oldest cryptids....the yeti! To help Almost Canon grow, please leave a rating and a review. We are an independent podcast trying to grow a community from the ground up and we need all the support we can get to make this thing work! With your monetary support we can purchase new equipment as well as take Almost Canon on the road. There are several haunted hotels we'd like to investigate and podcast from like the Omni Mount Washington

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57:39

Hunted By The Wendigo

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2026/01/01

As winter firmly wraps it's icy fingers around us, I thought it would be more than appropriate to dive into three first hand encounters that deal with one of cryptozoologies most misunderstood entities....the Wendigo.So this week, as we come back from our hiatus, we kick the new year off with three incredibly chilling stories. The first deals with a hunter, who is in turn, hunted by the creature, while hunting deer in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. The second is a story about a stranded

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68:59

Re-post: Demon Downing

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2025/11/07

I wasn't able to finish all my notes for this weeks episodes. So while I finish whipping that up, here's a repost of an encounter a woman had with a patient who was often seen at the hospital she worked at. Except this time, she had a front row seat, sitting just in front of the woman's room. Now, she wasn't a nurse, but she did witness some very strange activity coming from the room, activities that would suggest the woman was possessed....Don't forget to leave a rating and review! We need your

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43:26

The Strangest Missing 411 Case You've Never Heard

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2025/10/31

This week we take a look at one of the strangest Missing 411 case you've probably never heard of, I know I hadn't up until this point. We heard a lot about Dennis Martin, Stacy Arras, or Sammy Boehlke, but there are so many missing children within the page of the Missing 411 book series its not surprising there are cases that don't seem to get a lot of attention. And the Case of Douglas or "Dougie" Legg is one of those cases. So sit back, relax and enjoy this weeks episode.Happy Halloween Everyone

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81:31

Ghostly Signals with Nathan Elwell

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2025/10/24

This week we talk with paranormal author and investigator/researcher Nathan Elwell about his adventures into the paranormal.... Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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61:51

The Beast of Gévaudan with Cryptozoology Facts

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2025/10/17

This week we take a trip back to 18th century France and investigate the Beast of Gévaudan. Was it a werewolf? Maybe a rouge wolf or some exotic creature. I mean, the reign of terror brought on by the beast was well documented and still we have no idea what exactly the beast was! So on this episode we'll talk with Wen from Cryptozoology Facts, who just so happens to be somewhat of an expert on this topic and maybe she can help bring a little more clarity to the mystery that has been dubbed....The

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86:23

Re-Play:Pinewood Cemetery's Portal to Hell

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2025/10/03

This week we kick off the official spooky season by revising one of our more mysterious episodes, which just so happens to be about a gateway to hell, located in upstate New York. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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99:36

The Thompson Street Mimic

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2025/09/26

This week Nick kicks off Spooky Season with his own haunting! He tells the story of a spirit who could mimic the voices of others and was intelligent enough to hold complete conversations. This was something Nick experienced while living in Northern NH in an old, house that even looked haunted to the casual passerby. After that we re-listen to another story of a haunted house in New Hampshire. This is one of the best ghost stories we've heard on the show and stands several generations, going

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60:02

Mysteries of our Ancient Past with AlienCarvings

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2025/09/04

This week we dive back into our ancient past with host of the YouTube channel AlienCarvings. We go over several interesting discoveries as well as take a trip through the occult, starting with the ancient Sumerian like the mysteries of Tiamat and the Anunnaki and going straight through into the modern day. Michael, is a wealth of knowledge who fires off ancient facts like little esoteric bullets and if 'ancient aliens' is your thing or if you've ever been intrigued by strange artifacts that should

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128:14

Mysteries of our Ancient Past with Antediluvian Landfill

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2025/08/26

This week we talk with Antediluvian Landfill, an Instagramer who's uncovered something incredible! This guy has uncovered something that I think most people who talk about this kind of stuff only scratch the surface of. We're talking extremely ancient, extremely large earthworks, strange serpent head iconography, as well as stone fragments that scatter the wilderness, not only around him but the world! There is something big here. Like a giant piece of the puzzle has been uncovered. So if ancient

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78:08

Hunting Monsters with Heather Moser from Small Town...

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2025/07/22

On this episode we talk with Heather Moser, producer and chief creative officer for Small Town Monsters. I had met Heather during their expedition into the Bennington Triangle and was able to bring her on tonight to talk about her paranormal adventures throughout the wider United States. As the member of Small Town Monsters whose job it is to not only collect local stories from countless small town locations but also look into local llore, you can be sure Heather is well versed in America's greatest

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87:53

Giant Sea Cryptids: The Kraken

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2025/07/11

We often hear that 'we know more about the surface of Mars than we do of our own oceans'. So is it possible that there are still large undiscovered species out there to find? After all, we have hundreds, if not thousands, of years worth of sailing stories that tell of the monstrous kraken, a creature so large its arms could reach the tallest sail and pull ships beneath the waves. But is there any evidence of their existence? Check out this weeks episode for more! Hosted on Acast. See

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50:23

Do Dinosaurs Still Exist Within the Heart of Darkness?

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2025/06/27

This week we open the pages of 'Monsters and Mythic Beasts' and delve deep into swamps and rivers of the Congo and Cameroon as we search for the existence of dinosaurs. We'll look at a handful of encounters from the turn of the century and ask ourselves, could dinosaurs still exist? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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