Coast Files

By Coast Files

Welcome to Coast Files! A podcast where three best friends dive deep into the mysteries of the sea, unravel oceanic secrets, and delve into true crime stories lurking beneath the waves. Let's dive in!... more

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The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.

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February 04, 2026 100th Episode Special
In this special anniversary episode, Chantel, Lindsay, and Meghan celebrate a huge milestone by testing each other’s memories, revisiting some of the wildest stories from the archives, and blurring the line between fact and fiction. Play along at home with our Were You Listening? trivia, then put your instincts to the test with Real or Reel. This episode is part celebration, part chaos, and 100% Coast Files.
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1h 32min
January 28, 2026 SPREE KILLER: Justin Bourque
Canada is known for being safe—especially when it comes to gun violence. That’s why what happened in Moncton, New Brunswick in June 2014 shook the country to its core.
On a warm summer evening, a heavily armed man dressed head-to-toe in camouflage walked out of a trailer park and into the woods. Within an hour, three RCMP officers would be dead, two more wounded, and an entire city placed under lockdown.

This is the story of the Moncton RCMP shootings: a case marked by missed warning signs, escalating paranoia, and a devastating failure to intervene before violence erupted. We’ll trace Justin Bourque’s path to that night—his radicalization, his obsession with authority and weapons, and the moment Canada confronted a kind of mass violence it never expected at home.
A heartbreaking chapter in Canadian history—and a reminder that no country is immune.
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1h 5min
January 21, 2026 TOP SECRET: U-505
Sweaty sailors, secret codes, and a submarine that refused to sink. Join us as we unravel the wild true story of U-505—the risky mission that brought it back from the depths, helped change the course of WWII, and left it in one very unexpected place.
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1h 1min
January 14, 2026 DEEP DIVE: The Dolphin Files
This week, Chantel tackles one of the ocean’s most misunderstood creatures: dolphins. From their surprising evolutionary origins to the wildly diverse, intelligent, and sometimes bizarre, species found in oceans and rivers around the world, the episode explores the good, the bad, and the truly unhinged sides of dolphin behavior. We wrap it up with a shocking Cold War–era experiment involving NASA and dolphins, leaving you to rethink everything you thought you knew about the ocean’s most famous mammals.
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59min
January 07, 2026 OCEAN MYSTERY: La Méduse
In 1816, the French frigate La Méduse ran aground off the coast of West Africa after its wildly unqualified captain ignored experienced sailors and common sense. When lifeboats proved scarce, the elite sailed away—leaving 146 men and one woman behind on a makeshift raft built for cargo, not humans. What followed was nearly two weeks of starvation, violence, madness, and cannibalism on the open sea. Their suffering would later be immortalized in one of the most haunting paintings in history, The Raft of the Medusa—a brutal exposé of power, privilege, and human desperation.
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51min
December 31, 2025 TRIVIA: New Year, New Moon
For this special New Year's Eve episode, the ladies have a fun trivia challenge all about the moon! Inspired by a recent case involving high tides - a lunar phenomenon, we discovered we may not know as much about our moon as we thought! Join us as we change that and welcome in 2026!
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36min
December 24, 2025 CHRISTMAS MIRACLE: The SS Meredith Victory
This week, Lindsay tells us the incredible story of the Ship of Miracles, the SS Meredith Victory. During the Korean War, the brutal battle of the Chosin Reservoir left thousands of civilians stranded. The SS Meredith Victory and its crew did the impossible, loading the ship well beyond its capacity and delivering a true Christmas Miracle.
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32min
December 17, 2025 LAKE MYSTERY: The Lost Christmas Tree Ship, the Rouse Simmons
In this episode, Lindsay tells the story of the Christmas Tree Ship, a schooner named the Rouse Simmons. Known for bringing thousands of Christmas trees from Michigan to Chicago, the ship’s captain, Herman Schuenemann, affectionately called “Captain Santa” became a beloved figure for his generosity and holiday spirit. In November 1912, the ship vanished during a violent Great Lakes storm, never reaching port. We explore the ship’s final voyage, the mystery surrounding its sinking, and the heartwarming legacy Captain Santa left behind.
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1h 5min
December 10, 2025 SHALLOW DIVES: Water Phenomena
In this episode, Chantel takes us on a whirlwind tour of strange and fascinating natural phenomena from around the world. From Argentina’s mysterious rotating “Eye” island, to Venezuela’s nightly Catatumbo lightning storms, to Peru’s deadly boiling river, and finally Minnesota’s baffling Devil’s Kettle waterfall, the team explores how intense and beautiful nature can be.
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43min
December 03, 2025 URBAN LEGENDS: Niagara's Screaming Tunnel and Mysterious Hermit, and the Pigman of Mystic Bay, Connecticut
We're kicking off December with a deep dive into eerie urban legends from Ontario to Connecticut. Megan explores the chilling stories behind Niagara’s Screaming Tunnel and the notoriously haunted Blue Ghost Tunnel, where tragic history and whispered tales blend into something terrifying. Lindsay takes us to Mystic Bay, home of the bizarre and terrifying Pigman — a cryptid wrapped in rumor, folklore, and unsettling eyewitness accounts. Chantel closes us out with the haunting tale of the Hermit of Niagara, a mysterious wanderer whose life and lonely death continue to echo along the gorge.
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59min

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