On a very spooky episode of Unpacking the Tomb, host Andre Ghoul-et welcomes 'Scary' Scott Price of the long-running Canadian history and media discourse show 'Radio Free Winnipeg' (co-hosted w/ 'Gruesome' Greg Gallinger) to talk about the little-known and much-neglected 'Gateway to the West'.

On which morbidly minor issue did the mayoral election revolve? What are the most macabre and major issues facing the city, and Manitoba as a whole? And what single word best defines the province's pallid and petrifying Premier Brian 'Poltergeist' Pallister? Plus: a rundown of last week's ghastly and gruesome civic political results from coast to coast.

Music and audio from:

Swinging Strings: 'Welcome to Winnipeg' (Eagle Records, 1967)

The Weakerthans: 'One Great City!' ('Reconstruction Site', Epitaph Records, 2003)

'My Winnipeg' (dir. Guy Maddin, Buffalo Gal Pictures, 2007)