Down the Crooked Path

A Canadian paranormal story about UFOs, alien encounters, and Canada's most well documented UFO case in Manitoba. We are visiting another Tuesday segment of Down the Crooked Path from our sister podcast Canadian Creepies, while Amanda tackles a busy holiday season in her personal life. In Manitoba, Canada, a prospector named Stephan had an encounter with what would become known as Canada's most well documented UFO case. This encounter would leave him sick and suffering from burns for the rest of his life!

In this episode:

• Stephan, a prospector in Manitoba, Canada
• An encounter that became known as Canada's most well documented UFO case
• Burns and sickness that left him suffering for the rest of his life

Don't worry! Amanda will be back soon with regular episodes of Down the Crooked Path soon!

For more creepy content, find us on TikTok and Instagram at @downthecrookedpath, and Canadian mysteries at @canadiancreepies

A Canadian mystery story about paranormal stories, haunted lakes, unsolved mysteries, and an artist who went missing. This week we are revisiting a feature from our Tuesday segments at the Canadian Creepies podcast! Tom Thomson was an artist who went missing only for his body to turn up under mysterious conditions. Was it an accident or did something more sinister happen to him? And does his spirit still haunt the lake to this day? Find out more and have a listen.

In this episode:

• Tom Thomson, an artist who went missing
• A body that turned up under mysterious conditions
• An accident, or something more sinister
• A spirit that may still haunt the lake to this day

Regular episodes to resume in a few weeks!

For more creepy content, find us on TikTok and Instagram at @downthecrookedpath, and Canadian mysteries at @canadiancreepies.

A Canadian mystery story about paranormal stories, hidden rooms, family secrets, and a mansion with a dark secret. This week we are revisiting an episode from my Tuesday segments over on my sister podcast Canadian Creepies. Every Tuesday I take a deep dive into a paranormal or totally creepy Canadian mystery. Mr. Christie does make good cookies, from believed Oreos to long time staple Social Teas. But when his son took after his death, something sinister was taking place behind a hidden room of their mansion. What was the dark secret he was keeping? Who knew? What lengths were taken to keep that secret buried?

Regular episodes of Down the Crooked Path resume in a few weeks!

For more creepy content, find us on TikTok and Instagram at @downthecrookedpath,

and Canadian mysteries at @canadiancreepies.

A true crime story about missing persons, an unsolved mystery, and a cold case in Chicago in 1956. On a frigid December night in 1956, Barbara and Patricia Grimes, 15 and 12 years old, left their Chicago home to see Love Me Tender for the eleventh time. They never returned. What followed was one of the most intense missing persons investigations in Chicago's history, marked by conflicting sightings, false confessions, and haunting letters that would torment their mother for years.

Come for the eleventh viewing, stay for the letters.

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A UFO story about paranormal encounters, conspiracy theories, military helicopters, and government silence in Texas in 1980. We unravel one of the most bizarre and haunting UFO encounters in American history: the Cash-Landrum Incident. On a quiet Texas night in 1980, two women and a child witnessed a diamond-shaped craft hovering in the sky, blazing with heat and flanked by military helicopters. What followed was a harrowing tale of radiation burns, government silence, and the only known lawsuit filed against the U.S. government over a UFO sighting.

Come for the diamond-shaped craft, stay for the lawsuit.

We explore:

• The night of the encounter and its physical aftermath
• The mysterious presence of military helicopters
• The legal battle that challenged official denial
• The medical effects that continued after that night, and unanswered questions
• Why this case remains one of the most credible, and chilling, in UFO lore

Follow the path further on Instagram and TikTok @downthecrookedpath, and explore our behind the scenes content, updates, and more twisted tales. New episodes every Thursday.

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A Canadian paranormal story about UFOs, alien encounters, unsolved mysteries, and a disappearance on Vancouver Island. This week we are revisiting a segment from our Tuesday show over on the Canadian Creepies podcast. Every Tuesday we take a deep dive into a paranormal or totally creepy Canadian mystery. Today's tale is the haunting disappearance of Grainger Taylor, a mechanical prodigy from Vancouver Island who claimed he was leaving Earth aboard an alien spacecraft. He vanished without a trace in 1980, leaving behind a note, a homemade spaceship, and decades of speculation. Was it a tragic accident, a hoax, or something truly otherworldly?

Regular episodes of Down the Crooked Path resume in a few weeks!

For more creepy content, find us on TikTok and Instagram at @downthecrookedpath, and Canadian mysteries at @canadiancreepies, and TikTok and Instagram at @RadioValerie.

A paranormal story about haunted places, ghosts, Civil War history, and ghost stories in Gettysburg. In this episode of Down the Crooked Path, we walk the blood-soaked fields of Gettysburg. Beneath the monuments and manicured grass lies a battlefield marked by grief, rage, and unfinished stories. We explore the psychological theory of trauma-imprinted landscapes and ask what it means for a place to remember. From phantom regiments seen at twilight to whispered names in the fog, Gettysburg remains one of the most haunted sites in North America. Through historical accounts, environmental cues, and folklore passed down through generations, we trace the line between residual hauntings and intelligent presences. Is the land itself grieving, or are the dead still trying to speak?

Come for the battlefield, stay for the phantom regiments.

In this episode, you will hear about:

• The emotional architecture of Gettysburg's most haunted locations
• The difference between trauma residue and active hauntings
• A few ghost stories in between

Follow the path further on Instagram and TikTok @downthecrookedpath, and explore our behind the scenes content, updates, and more twisted tales. New episodes every Thursday.

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A true crime story about a mysterious death, an unsolved mystery, and conspiracy theories in A true crime story about a mysterious death, an unsolved mystery, and conspiracy theories in West Germany in 1984. A mysterious death in West Germany in 1984 became one of the country's most baffling unsolved mysteries. Günther Stoll, a food engineer, was found naked and dying in the passenger seat of his own car, saying four men were with him, but no one else was there. Conspiracy theories around his final hours have lasted for decades, because the cryptic word he wrote, YOGTZE, still has no agreed meaning.

Come for the word, stay for the four men who were never there.

In this episode:

• The psychological changes before his disappearance
• The collapse at a pub hours before his death
• The forensic contradictions at the crash site
• Theories of espionage, paranoia, and symbolic closure
• Why the word YOGTZE still has no agreed translation

Follow the path further on Instagram and TikTok @downthecrookedpath, and explore our behind the scenes content, updates, and more twisted tales. New episodes every Thursday.

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A true crime story about serial killers, folklore, and a manhunt on the American frontier in Kentucky and Tennessee. Micajah and Wiley Harpe are widely considered America's first documented serial killers. Two men roamed the American frontier leaving a trail of blood and terror. From the brutal discovery of John Langford's body to the Harpes' arrest, escape, and the bounty that launched a manhunt, this is the true story behind the myth. Who were these men? Why did they kill without motive? And how did their violence become part of early American folklore?

Come for the frontier, stay for the manhunt.

In this episode:

• Micajah and Wiley Harpe, America's first documented serial killers
• The brutal discovery of John Langford's body
• The Harpes' arrest, escape, and the bounty
• The manhunt that followed
• Why they killed without motive, and how their violence became part of early American folklore

Follow the path further on Instagram and TikTok @downthecrookedpath, and explore our behind the scenes content, updates, and more twisted tales. New episodes every Thursday.

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A conspiracy story about military experiments, paranormal legends, and a rumored 1943 naval test in Philadelphia. A rumored 1943 military experiment allegedly rendered the USS Eldridge invisible, teleported it through space, and left its crew physically fused to the ship. Was it a misunderstood radar cloaking experiment, or something far more disturbing? Conspiracy theories around it have lasted for decades, linking it to other military experiments and to the Montauk Project.

We trace the story from its wartime origins to the strange letters of Carl Allen, the man who claimed to witness the event. Along the way, we look at the science that may have inspired the myth, the psychological toll on those who believed they were involved, and the eerie silence from official sources.

Dim the lights, press play, and step into the fog.

In this episode:

• The rumored 1943 test and the USS Eldridge
• The letters of Carl Allen
• The science that may have inspired the myth
• The psychological toll on those who believed they were involved
• The silence from official sources

Follow the path further on Instagram and TikTok @downthecrookedpath, and explore our behind the scenes content, updates, and more twisted tales. New episodes every Thursday.

I am a part of the Creators Collective. Your next spooky obsession can be found here on Instagram @spookypodsquad