Nighttime

By Jordan Bonaparte / Curiouscast

Society & Culture History

What's Nighttime about?

Nighttime is an audio documentary series which explores Canada's most fascinating stories.
Join us for true crime, mysteries, and a celebration of Canada’s weird and wonderful people, places, and events.

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Tonetta - 1 - Canada's Last...

11.17.2019

Tonetta is the stage name used by a reclusive singer-songwriter and visual artist who since the early 1980s has been recording and sharing his original music and videos (originally on VHS and cassette). In 2008, he became an international cult ...

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11.17.2019 Tonetta - 1 - Canada's Last True Artist Tonetta is the stage name used by a reclusive singer-songwriter and visual artist who since the early 1980s has been recording and sharing his original music and videos (originally on VHS and cassette). In 2008, he became an international cult ...
10.29.2019 Two Chilling Tales from Haunted New Brunswick (with Steve Vernon) An October phone call inviting Steve Vernon, my favorite local horror author, to appear on Nighttime has become a Halloween tradition. For the fourth year in a row, He agreed to share his tales of terror and bloodshed. The plan ...
10.25.2019 Jerome, the Mystery Man of Sandy Cove (with Fraser Mooney Jr.) Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, 1863 As far back as recorded history can take us, we see the inhabitants of the land presently called Nova Scotia maintaining a strong connection to the waters that surround them. Forestry, Fishing, Tourism, and recreation. ...
10.08.2019 The Toronto Van Attack - 2 - the Confession of Alek Minassian Although Canada is no stranger to murder, madness and mayhem, we have been very fortunate to have largely avoided the type of mass murders and shootings that have become common fixtures in other countries with similar cultures to our own. ...
10.03.2019 The Toronto Van Attack Although Canada is no stranger to murder, madness and mayhem, we have been very fortunate to have largely avoided the type of mass murders and shootings that have become common fixtures in other countries with similar values and cultures to ...
09.29.2019 the Murder of Jason Barkhouse Dalhousie, Nova Scotia, 1980 The last thing Jason Barkhouse’s girlfriend remembered was hearing the sound of footsteps, and seeing a dark figure enter the bedroom in which she and Jason had been sleeping. When she would regain consciousness several hours ...
09.20.2019 The Bell Island Boom - 3 - Cynthia Bickford's Eye Witness Account The Nightcap after show episodes are typically only available on the premium feed When one imagines the setting for a story involving experimental weapons, international espionage, unexplained aerial anomalies, and cold war anxieties... they probably aren’t picturing a tranquil island ...
09.17.2019 The Bell Island Boom - 2 - What Happened? (with Astonishing Legends) When one imagines the setting for a story involving experimental weapons, international espionage, unexplained aerial anomalies, and cold war anxieties... they probably aren’t picturing a tranquil island in Newfoundland. But, there is no imagining about it, Bell island, Newfoundland, is ...
09.16.2019 The Bell Island Boom - 1 - The Event When one imagines the setting for a story involving experimental weapons, international espionage, unexplained aerial anomalies, and cold war anxieties... they probably aren’t picturing a tranquil island in Newfoundland. But, there is no imagining about it, Bell island, Newfoundland, is ...
09.05.2019 The Disappearance of Kimberly McAndrew The students who descend on Halifax each year come from far and wide, but despite the depth of their diversity, there is at least one thing they all have in common. It's a dark brooding thing that dwells in the ...
08.25.2019 The Black Donnellys (and more) - Recorded Live in Toronto Recorded live at the Royal Cinema in Toronto on Aug 18th, 2019. The panelists: Already Gone - Nina Innsted Canadian True Crime Podcast – Kristi Lee The Generation Why Podcast – Aaron Habel Nighttime Podcast– Jordan Bonaparte The Trail Went ...
08.07.2019 Allan Legere - The Monster of the Miramichi In all corners of our country, if you ask the right people, you’ll hear stories of ghosts or monsters that at some time in the area’s history briefly made themselves known. This episode will describe one such case. It will ...
07.27.2019 The BC Manhunt (with Jessica Vomiero) Something chilling is happening here in Canada, and it has the nation looking on with concern. At the time of recording, July 27th 2019, two young men from a small city on Vancouver Island are the subjects of an intense ...
07.23.2019 Storming Area 51 (with MJ Banias) Something big is happening here on earth. Something with the potential to change life as we know it. Something so relevant that it’d be irresponsible to not cover it on Nighttime, regardless of where it occurs in relation to the ...
07.15.2019 The Dark Side of Jury Duty (with Mark Farrant) A very small number of Nighttime listeners have served on a jury, but many more know someone who has. Regardless which side you fall on, chances are the trial involved was fairly mundane and unremarkable... but that’s not always how ...
05.27.2019 the Story of Holly Bartlett In life Holly Bartlett was a conqueror. Born with a condition that would lead to complete vision loss, Holly refused to allow her blindness to prevent her from living life to it's fullest. She had an active social life, a ...
05.14.2019 2018 Canadian UFO Survey (with Chris Rutkowski) For those interested in the UFO phenomenon, it’s hard to deny that 2018 was one of the most exciting years in decades. Arguably, it all started with a late 2017 article published in the New York Times that revealed the ...
05.05.2019 The Three Cape Breton Boys on the Tracks When a member of your childhood peergroup loses their life, a few things may happen… shock, dismay, sadness, perhaps a wake up call, but ultimately it's something and someone you will never forget. In this episode we will hear of ...
04.15.2019 The Life and Cosmic End of Granger Taylor In life, Granger Taylor was known as something between an eccentric mechanic and a mad genius. At present day, he is known around the world as the man who left a note explaining he had gone on an interstellar voyage ...
04.08.2019 Canada's Last Witch Trial - The Story of Tiffany Butch At it's essence, this story is that of a rivalry between two competition psychics in Small town Ontario. Not unlike many business rivalries this too would quickly boil over and lead to a courtroom... the charges however were probably the ...
04.08.2019 Glove Guy - 2 - The Dark Side of the Glove Halifax, NS, is a city with no shortage of tall tales, folklore, and urban legends. The story of the Gloveguy, I dare say, is stranger than all of them. I first heard the story a few years back. Much like ...
04.07.2019 Glove Guy - 1 - The Legend of Halifax's Glove Guy Halifax, Nova Scotia is a city with no shortage tall tales, folklore, and urban legends. I dare say Gloveguy is stranger than all of them. I first heard the story a few years back... Much like many urban legends, a ...
04.01.2019 The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 7 - Lindsay, the Internet, and Radicalization In 2015, on the eve of Valentine's day, the people of Halifax would learn that they aren’t exempt from the type of nightmares that play out on American news stations. A local 19 year old James Gamble and his girlfriend, ...
04.01.2019 The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 6 - Lindsay and the Columbiners In 2015, on the eve of Valentine's day, the people of Halifax would learn that they aren’t exempt from the type of nightmares that play out on American news stations. A local 19 year old James Gamble and his girlfriend, ...
03.21.2019 The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 5 - James and Lindsay's "Arsenal" In 2015, on the eve of Valentine's day, the people of Halifax would learn that they aren’t exempt from the type of nightmares that play out on American news stations. A local 19 year old James Gamble and his girlfriend, ...
03.03.2019 The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 4 - Life After Planning Death In 2015, on the eve of Valentine's day, the people of Halifax would learn that they aren’t exempt from the type of nightmares that play out on American news stations. A local 19 year old James Gamble and his girlfriend, ...
02.20.2019 The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 3 - Lindsay, James, and the Valentine's Day Massacre In 2015, on the eve of Valentine's day, the people of Halifax would learn that they aren’t exempt from the type of nightmares that play out on American news stations. A local 19 year old James Gamble and his girlfriend, ...
02.11.2019 The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 2 - Life Before Choosing Death In 2015, on the eve of Valentine's day, the people of Halifax would learn that they aren’t exempt from the type of nightmares that play out on American news stations. A local 19 year old James Gamble and his girlfriend, ...
02.05.2019 The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 1 - An Introduction It seems that nearly everyday we have a new example of someone, or someones, who's internal conflict culminates in a violent attack on members of the public. The fact that these events happen is terrifying, something that I’ve to dealt ...
02.04.2019 Was it a Sasquatch in Pictou County, NS? This is a rewritten and remastered version of a 2015 episode In 2015, When I first launched Nighttime, One of the first requests I made to listeners was for story ideas that took place in, or in some way involved, ...
01.30.2019 The Murder of Taylor Samson - 3 - My Brother Taylor When one hears a story like that of Taylor's murder it's hard to not digest the twists, turns, and surprise the way you would a work of fiction. In part one and two, Kayla and I made a point to ...
01.30.2019 The Murder of Taylor Samson - 2 - The Case Against Sandeson Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saturday, Aug 15, 2015 Taylor Samson, a local university student, tells his girlfriend he has to run out for a moment and that he wouldn’t be long. When she see’s him exiting the apartment carrying a large ...
01.30.2019 The Murder of Taylor Samson - 1 - The Disappearance Halifax, Nova Scotia, Saturday, Aug 15, 2015 Taylor Samson, a local university student, tells his girlfriend he has to run out for a moment and that he wouldn’t be long. When she see’s him exiting the apartment carrying a large ...
01.23.2019 The Search for Ryan Shtuka When 20 year old Ryan Shtuka stepped out of his comfort zone and embarked on an adventure with a close friend their plan wasn't anything risky or dangerous.. it was quite simple. They'd spend the winter in the mountains of ...
01.22.2019 The Murder of Daniel Levesque - 2 - Losing Daniel Aug 2011, Victoria, BC When 20 year old Daniel Levesque moved from small town Revelstoke, BC to the comparatively big city of Victoria it was to pursue his dream of finding a career as a performing musician. Tragically, Daniel would ...
01.20.2019 The Murder of Daniel Levesque - 1 - Web of Lies Aug 2011, Victoria, BC When 20 year old Daniel Levesque moved from small town Revelstoke, BC to the comparatively big city of Victoria it was to pursue his dream of finding a career as a performing musician. Tragically, Daniel would ...
12.23.2018 Did a Christmas Killer Stalk St. John's, Newfoundland? From 1978-1984, In the days surrounding the Christmas holidays, four women went missing from the downtown area of St. John's. One was found dead, three were never seen again, and all four were known to hitchhike. Due to many similarities ...
12.09.2018 UFOs Above Canada - 6 - The Canadian Government and UFOs (with Matthew Hayes) After releasing the prior episodes in this series, outlining my son's ufo event and the MUFON organization, I've heard from listeners curious if (and to what extent) the Canadian government is involved in the reporting and investigation of UFO events. ...
12.09.2018 UFOs Above Canada - 5 - Getting to know MUFON (with Stu Bundy) The Mutual UFO Network (MUFON) is one of the world's oldest and largest civilian based UFO - investigative organizations. The stated mission of MUFON is the study of UFOs for the benefit of humanity through investigations, research, and education. In ...
12.09.2018 UFOs Above Canada - 4 - Reporting the 2018 Dairy Queen UFO Event When considering the next topic to cover, I turned to the UFOs Above Canada facebook group for recommendations. As I took note of the many great ideas the group members shared, something else that caught my attention. Two people from ...
12.09.2018 UFOs Above Canada - 3 - Why Should We Care About UFOs? Like any question that concerns odd lights in the sky, why we should we care about UFOs? is nuanced, subjective, and with many answers. For part 3 of UFOs Above Canada, I've reached out to a motley crue of friends, ...
12.09.2018 UFOs Above Canada - 2 - What isn't a UFO (with Chris Rutkowski) In part 2 of the ongoing UFOs Above Canada series, I set out to clear the air and provide UFOs a safe place to zip around by asking UFO researcher Chris Rutkwoski "What isn't a UFO?" Links: Chris' Twitter - ...
12.09.2018 UFOs Above Canada - 1 - What is a UFO (with MJ Banias) In an ongoing series called UFOs above Canada, I set out to remove the mud clouding the waters that UFOs may or may not be crashing into and present the phenomenon as I see it… Compelling, fascinating, inspiring, and most ...
12.02.2018 Rohinie Bisesar - 2 - A Twisted Route Through the Legal System Toronto, Ontario - December 2015 In the middle of the day and within the aisles of Shoppers Drug mart, an unprovoked stabbing leaves Rosemary Junor clinging to life. In the days after the attack, the city became captivated by the ...
12.01.2018 Rohinie Bisesar - 1 - The Story of Rohinie Bisesar Toronto, Ontario - December 2015 In the middle of the day, and within the aisles of Shoppers Drug mart, an unprovoked random stabbing leaves Rosemary Junor clinging to life. In the days after the attack, the city became captivated by ...
11.25.2018 Emma Fillipoff - 9 - Shelley's Refocused Search In part 9 of the Nighttime series covering the disappearance of Emma Fillipoff, we will again be joined by Emma’s mother Shelley Fillipoff. In this emotional conversation Shelley shares many details of her now six year long, odyssey like, search ...
11.25.2018 Emma Fillipoff - 8 - Conor In part 8 of The Nighttime Podcast series covering the disappearance of Emma Fillipoff, our focus will remain on those close to Emma leading up to her Nov 28, 2012 disappearance. This episode features a conversation with Conor, a young ...
11.25.2018 Emma Fillipoff - 7 - the Girl in the Photo We’ve all heard it said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In this episode, the power of a photograph will be put on full display. Our story begins when a photographer points his camera in the right direction ...
11.25.2018 Emma Fillipoff - 6 - Mika In part 6 of The Night Time Podcast's series covering the disappearance of Emma Fillipoff, our focus will remain on those close to Emma leading up to her Nov 28, 2012 disappearance. This episode features a conversation with Emma's close ...
11.25.2018 Emma Fillipoff - 5 - Mikaela In part 5 of The Night Time Podcast's series covering the disappearance of Emma Fillipoff, our focus will remain on those close to Emma leading up to her Nov 28, 2012 disappearance. This episode features a conversation with Emma's life ...

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Nighttime episodes:

Tonetta - 1 - Canada's Last True Artist

Two Chilling Tales from Haunted New Brunswick (with Steve Vernon)

Jerome, the Mystery Man of Sandy Cove (with Fraser Mooney Jr.)

The Toronto Van Attack - 2 - the Confession of Alek Minassian

The Toronto Van Attack

the Murder of Jason Barkhouse

The Bell Island Boom - 3 - Cynthia Bickford's Eye Witness Account

The Bell Island Boom - 2 - What Happened? (with Astonishing Legends)

The Bell Island Boom - 1 - The Event

The Disappearance of Kimberly McAndrew

The Black Donnellys (and more) - Recorded Live in Toronto

Allan Legere - The Monster of the Miramichi

The BC Manhunt (with Jessica Vomiero)

Storming Area 51 (with MJ Banias)

The Dark Side of Jury Duty (with Mark Farrant)

the Story of Holly Bartlett

2018 Canadian UFO Survey (with Chris Rutkowski)

The Three Cape Breton Boys on the Tracks

The Life and Cosmic End of Granger Taylor

Canada's Last Witch Trial - The Story of Tiffany Butch

Glove Guy - 2 - The Dark Side of the Glove

Glove Guy - 1 - The Legend of Halifax's Glove Guy

The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 7 - Lindsay, the Internet, and Radicalization

The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 6 - Lindsay and the Columbiners

The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 5 - James and Lindsay's "Arsenal"

The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 4 - Life After Planning Death

The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 3 - Lindsay, James, and the Valentine's Day Massacre

The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 2 - Life Before Choosing Death

The Story of Lindsay Souvannarath - 1 - An Introduction

Was it a Sasquatch in Pictou County, NS?

The Murder of Taylor Samson - 3 - My Brother Taylor

The Murder of Taylor Samson - 2 - The Case Against Sandeson

The Murder of Taylor Samson - 1 - The Disappearance

The Search for Ryan Shtuka

The Murder of Daniel Levesque - 2 - Losing Daniel

The Murder of Daniel Levesque - 1 - Web of Lies

Did a Christmas Killer Stalk St. John's, Newfoundland?

UFOs Above Canada - 6 - The Canadian Government and UFOs (with Matthew Hayes)

UFOs Above Canada - 5 - Getting to know MUFON (with Stu Bundy)

UFOs Above Canada - 4 - Reporting the 2018 Dairy Queen UFO Event

UFOs Above Canada - 3 - Why Should We Care About UFOs?

UFOs Above Canada - 2 - What isn't a UFO (with Chris Rutkowski)

UFOs Above Canada - 1 - What is a UFO (with MJ Banias)

Rohinie Bisesar - 2 - A Twisted Route Through the Legal System

Rohinie Bisesar - 1 - The Story of Rohinie Bisesar

Emma Fillipoff - 9 - Shelley's Refocused Search

Emma Fillipoff - 8 - Conor

Emma Fillipoff - 7 - the Girl in the Photo

Emma Fillipoff - 6 - Mika

Emma Fillipoff - 5 - Mikaela

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