Spooky Stories Podcast

This week we are finally delving into one of Kihya’s favourite subjects - space! We will visit Duncan, British Columbia where we learn about Granger Taylor and all his Eccentricities. We don’t want to give too much away, but we can’t wait for you to listen to this episode and engage in conversation with us after!

Resources:

https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2012/10/the-strange-disappearance-of-granger-taylor/

https://www.vice.com/en/article/yvwjkv/the-man-who-went-to-space-and-disappeared-the-story-of-granger-taylor

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UFO_sightings_in_Canada#1951,_Gander,_Newfoundland

https://www.timescolonist.com/islander/what-happened-to-granger-taylor-1.23621363

https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/features/bcs-granger-taylor-left-a-note-saying-he-was-boarding-an-alien-spaceship

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1946&dat=19860331&id=dhgiAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_qUFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5434,5343562

In the second part of our story on The Great Amherst Mystery, we delve deeper into what was going on with Esther, learn more about the spirits haunting her, and conclude the tale with what happened to the haunted teen.

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Amherst_Mystery

http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cox_esther_14E.html

https://www.amherst.ca/esther-fest.html

https://twitter.com/EstherCox1878

Haunted Girl: Esther Cox & The Great Amherst Mystery by Laurie Glenn Norris with Barbara Thompson

In the first of this two-part episode, we travel to Amherst, NS, where we are introduced to Esther Cox, a spooky 18-year-old. We will chat about some of Esther's experiences and why this may be happening to the unassuming teen.

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Amherst_Mystery

http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/cox_esther_14E.html

https://www.amherst.ca/esther-fest.html

https://twitter.com/EstherCox1878

Haunted Girl: Esther Cox & The Great Amherst Mystery by Laurie Glenn Norris with Barbara Thompson

This week we travel to St. Andrew’s, New Brunswick, where we check in to The Algonquin Resort. We learn about some of the friendly ghosts who remain here in their afterlife and even find out why this hotel may have been the inspiration for Stephen King’s “The Shining”.

Resources:

https://www.hauntedplaces.org/item/the-algonquin/

https://www.thelushlife.ca/the-bogeyman-trail-a-stay-play-guide-for-those-hunting-birdies-and-ghosts-2/

http://www.hauntedhovel.com/algonquinresort.html

https://thehereandwow.com/ghost-stories/

https://nuvomagazine.com/culture/canadian-urban-legends-new-brunswicks-haunted-hotel

https://www.algonquinresort.com/resourcefiles/pdf/pdfjoiner-2-new.pdf

In this week’s episode, we take a crazy adventure throughout the Northwest Territories and part of the Yukon as we follow Albert Johnson (aka The Mad Trapper)and the NWT RCMP on a wild chase and crazy gunfights.

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Johnson_(criminal)

http://dyingwords.net/who-was-the-mad-trapper-of-rat-river/

https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/the-rcmp-get-their-man-thanks-to-a-bush-pilot

In this week’s episode, we travel back to the Gastown area of Vancouver, British Columbia, and make a stop at the first Old Spaghetti Factory ever. This restaurant is home to many ghosts including a Tram Conductor and one known as Looky-Loo!

Resources:

https://amyscrypt.com/vancouver-haunted-old-spaghetti-factory/

https://www.ghostsofvancouver.com/haunted-locations/old-spaghetti-factory/

https://gastown.org/haunted-tales-from-the-old-spaghetti-factory/

https://604now.com/old-spaghetti-factory-gastown-vancouver-ghost-stories/

https://www.narcity.com/en-ca/eat-drink/vancouver/this-restaurant-in-vancouver-is-haunted-af-and-you-can-basically-eat-with-ghosts

https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/haunted-vancouver-the-old-spaghetti-factory-gastown

This week we check out an unsolved murder right here in our home province! We travel to Tofield, Alberta to learn about the mysterious body of Septic Tank Sam who was discovered in - you guessed it! - a septic tank on an abandoned farm.

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If anyone has information about this cold case they are asked to call Tofield RCMP at 780-662-3353.

The reference case number is 2012502446. Or, if you want to remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477). Or go online to https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtipsstart.aspx  

Or email the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at

[email protected]

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Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Septic_Tank_Sam#

https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Septic_Tank_Sam

https://albertapressleader.ca/?p=12319

https://www.criminallyintrigued.com/blog/2018/12/26/the-mystery-of-septic-tank-sam

https://canadianunsolvedcrimes.weebly.com/septic-tank-sam---alberta

https://morbidology.com/the-farmhouse-murder-of-septic-tank-sam/

This week we travel to Baldoon, Ontario and learn about the Baldoon Mystery. Join us as we learn about the mysterious haunting, how NOT to get rid of spirits, and even learn the best way to get rid of an aggressive goose!

Resources:

https://hauntedwalk.com/news/the-baldoon-mystery/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldoon_Mystery

https://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/ontario/baldoon/

Join us this week as we learn about one of our previous Canadian Prime Minister’s, William Lyon Mackenzie King. Warning Spooks: he was into some weird things! We will discuss conspiracy theories, stories of him dabbling in some strange things, and may even learn about how King was a bit of a racist.

Resources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lyon_Mackenzie_King

https://occult-world.com/william-lyon-mackenzie-king/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/81982/canadas-longest-serving-prime-minister-might-have-been-its-strangest

https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2017/05/07/putting-mackenzie-king-on-freuds-couch.html?rf

‘Twas the night before Christmas and in Halifax they say, in 1944 crazy things started that day. The Poor Hilchie Family didn’t know what to do, they stayed in the house but something else was there, too!

Join us this week for a special holiday episode! We travel to Eastern Passage, a suburb of Halifax, Nova Scotia, where we learn about the crazy happenings in the Hilchie House which forever was known as the Christmas Ghost of Eastern Passage.

Resources:

https://mysteriesofcanada.com/nova-scotia/more-canadian-poltergeists/

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