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The Canadian Gothic

CanadianGothic / Curiouscastwww.thecanadiangothic.com
The Canadian Gothic uncovers Canada’s most mysterious, unusual, and fascinating stories. The show dives deep into true crime, unsolved disappearances, paranormal encounters, and bizarre events using a blend of meticulous research, archival audio, interviews, and firsthand accounts. Each episode, whether a standalone mystery or part of an ongoing series, offers a richly woven narrative that brings Canada’s most enigmatic cases to life.
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Episodes

Encounters With Creeps - Volume 14

In ‘Encounters with CREEPS’ Nighttime listeners are provided a platform to share their encounters with the far too many CREEPS lurking around out there. In this episode Jordan and Madelanye unpack the fourteenth volume of listener contributed ENCOUNTERS WITH CREEPS. We got CREEPS at hotels, 90s raver CREEPS, CREEPS at the toy store, and CREEPS working in end of life care. Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/encounters-with-creeps Send a voicememo to the...

Apr 28, 20241 hr 6 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - April 23, 2024 - Tim Horton's latest mistake, the wrong body, and steal from Loblaw's day

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan Bonaparte and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the latest mistake in Tim Horton’s clumsy journey the wrong body being flown from Cuba to Quebec the movement to make May 12 steal from Loblaw’s day Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion...

Apr 26, 202455 min

the Glove Guy - 3 - four more stories from late night Halifax

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a city with no shortage of tall tales, folklore, and urban legends. The story of the Glove Guy is stranger than all of them. It’s a common experience for men in Halifax… a friend of a friend was said to have had accepted an offer for a free ride home from downtown late at night, only to clumsily reveal a leather glove fetish along the way. So get in, sit down, and put on your seat belt. In this series we will explore the legend of the Halifax Glove Guy. In this episode M...

Apr 22, 20241 hr

the Glove Guy - 2 - the dark side of the glove

Halifax, Nova Scotia, is a city with no shortage of tall tales, folklore, and urban legends. The story of the Glove Guy is stranger than all of them. It’s a common experience for men in Halifax… a friend of a friend was said to have had accepted an offer for a free ride home from downtown late at night, only to clumsily reveal a leather glove fetish along the way. So get in, sit down, and put on your seat belt. In this series we will explore the legend of the Halifax Glove Guy. In this episode w...

Apr 19, 202424 min

the Glove Guy - 1 - four stories from late night Halifax

Halifax, Nova Scotia is a city with no shortage of tall tales, folklore, and urban legends. The story of the Glove Guy may be stranger than all of them. It’s a common experience for men in Halifax… a friend of a friend was said to have had accepted an offer for a free ride home from downtown late at night, only to clumsily reveal a leather glove fetish along the way. So get in, sit down, and put on your seat belt. In this episode Madelayne Klein and I discuss four listener contributed stories of...

Apr 19, 202458 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - April 16, 2024 - the holy grail of buyers remorse, Pranksters vs. Edmonton's sweetest fella, Tim Hortons, Guelph's burglar's bowels

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan Bonaparte and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the holy grail of hockey cards AND buyer’s remorse Tim Horton’s Pizza the pizza pranksters targeting Edmonton’s sweetest fella Guelph’s burglar’s bowels Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discus...

Apr 19, 20241 hr 1 min

Encounters With Creeps - Volume 13

Nighttime listeners are again offered a platform to share their encounters with the far too many CREEPS lurking around out there. In this episode Jordan and Madelanye unpack the thirteenth volume of listener contributed ENCOUNTERS WITH CREEPS. We got CREEPS with cameras, CREEPS at work, some random CREEP encounters… and the story of Steve Sernoskie, who may be the biggest CREEP in Canada. Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/encounters-with-creeps Send a...

Apr 13, 20241 hr 2 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - April 9, 2024 - dog on a cliff, jackpot in small town Newfoundland, Noah Kahan camera, octopus love

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan Bonaparte and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a dog on a cliff in New Brunswick a jackpot in small town Newfoundland a camera at a Noah Kahan concert a woman who found love in an octopus Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: ...

Apr 12, 20241 hr 4 min

Encounters With Creeps - Volume 12

Nighttime listeners are again offered a platform to share their encounters with the far too many CREEPS lurking around out there. In this episode Jordan and Madelanye unpack the twelfth volume of listener contributed ENCOUNTERS WITH CREEPS. We got creeps at bars, an encounter that turned violent, and we may have accidentally uncovered a secret Halifax’s transit authority may prefer remain buried. Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/encounters-with-creep...

Apr 11, 202456 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - April 2, 2024 - cloned cats in Kelowna, dumpster diving in Saskatchewan, Stolen Art Lawsuit, Nova Scotia's Premier invokes Eminem

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan Bonaparte and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the cloned cats of Kelowna, BC, updates in the case of the Quebec high school art teacher who was secretly selling his students work dumpster diving in Saskatchewan the premier of Nova Scotia’s recent speech that included Eminem lyrics Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voi...

Apr 05, 202456 min

the Story of Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam (with Jack Luna)

When Dianna Mah-Jones uncharacteristically missed a meeting, a co-worker went to her house to check on her. What was found in the home was aftermath of one of Vancouver’s most horrific crimes. The double murder of 65 year old Dianna Mah-Jones and her 68 year old husband Richard Jones was as brutal as it is senseless. When the suspect, 25 year old Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam, was questioned he seemed more interested in talking to police about video games then what happened inside the home. In fact, v...

Mar 25, 20241 hr 15 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - March 19th, 2024 - $10,000 reward for missing cat, Guns N' Roses guitar in AB?, a bald racoon, BC's balloon popper

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan Bonaparte and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a ten thousand dollar reward for a missing cat in Toronto the maybe Guns N’ Roses autographed guitar donated to an Edmonton thrift store a bald racoon discovered in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia the BC man who found fame online by popping balloons Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Sen...

Mar 22, 202458 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - March 12th, 2024 - Philip the coffin maker, Shirley the grandma to WNBA Tiktok star, the continued Egg/Ag-Gate fallout

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan Bonaparte and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; a baby born on a flight to Toronto the puzzling Kate Middleton photo Philip the coffin maker of Sidney, BC Shirley the grandma to WNBA All Star Tik Tok star the continued fallout from EGG/AG Gate Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.co...

Mar 15, 20241 hr

Reviewing the 2023 Canadian UFO Survey (with Chris Rutkowski)

Since 1989, UFOlogy Research of Manitoba has been collecting data related to Canadian UFO sightings from a variety of sources. This data is compiled, organized, analyzed, compared to prior years results and made publicly available in the annual Canadian UFO Survey. In this episode, recorded just hours after the release of the 2023 report, we are joined by the survey’s editor Chris Rutkowski. Links: Read the 2023 Canadian UFO Survey: https://www.canadianuforeport.com/survey/essay/Surveyessay2023....

Mar 12, 202445 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - March 5th, 2024 - EGGGate, Tim Horton's Lids, Facial Recognition Vending Machine

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan Bonaparte and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Tim Horton’s using Prince Edward Islanders as lab rats for their new lids the facial recognition vending machine in the University of Waterloo Wendy's plans to explore Surge pricing the situation that seems to have divided the Keep Canada Weird listenership Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-c...

Mar 08, 20241 hr 10 min

Bernie Herman and the Murder of Braden Herman - 2 - My Brother Braden

In this episode we will continue our coverage of Bernie Herman and the murder of Braden Herman . In this episode we will be joined by Braden’s brother Brett to discuss the story of Bernie Herman and the murder of his brother Braden. Send a voicememo to the show: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Series Links: Madelayne Klein: https://linktr.ee/madelayneklein Subscribe to the show: https://link.chtbl.com/nighttime-subscribe Musical Theme: Noir Toyko by Monty Datta Social Links: Website: https://www.ni...

Mar 07, 202426 min

Bernie Herman and the murder of Braden Herman

Prince Albert, SK - May 11, 2021 Bernie Herman has been with the RCMP for over 30 years and at 55 years old, retirement was inching closer every day. With a wife at home, children grown, and grandchildren to enjoy, you would expect the veteran Mountie was anxious spend his golden years stretching out in the life he spent a lifetime building. But, that's far from the way Bernie's story goes. For reasons we may never fully understand, Bernie formed a friendship with a young man he met on facebook ...

Mar 03, 202457 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Feb 27th, 2024 - Dormitory squatter, the High River horse war, the Toronto glory hole trickster

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the man squatting in the dormitory of a BC flight school the High River horse war the Toronto glory hole trickster Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/grou...

Mar 01, 202458 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Feb 13th, 2024 - stolen (from kids) art, free samples of cocaine, threatening snow plows, a grave case of buyers remorse

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the highschool teacher in Quebec who is accused of selling his students artwork without their consent or knowledge the free samples of cocaine being passed out at a casino in Calgary a New Glasgow man arrested for threatening the life of a snowplow operator the Mississauga couple who want to return a graveyard plot they purchased in adva...

Feb 16, 202455 min

the 1994 C.P. Allen High School Cow Incident (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

Ryan Sommers has a rather remarkable story to tell. Back in 1994, when he was a student at C.P. Allen High School, he was involved in an economics project in which groups of students started businesses. Ryan's group decided on running a sort of gambling scenario that involved bringing a cow to the school's sports field, and having people wager bets on where it would first poop. As you will hear in this episode, the entire event went horribly wrong, and resulted in a cow chase involving RCMP, ani...

Feb 14, 202434 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Feb 6th, 2024 - Racoon vs Toronto, Toronto vs Pigeons, Regina's Pizza, and a Shipwreck in Newfoundland

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; animal involved domestic terrorism that crippled Toronto's power infrastructure birth control being distributed among Toronto's pigeons Regina's famous pizza a pill in a Starbucks cake pop ancient shipwreck that recently washed up in Newfoundland Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Se...

Feb 09, 202456 min

the Story of Lionel Desmond

On Jan. 3, 2017, Afghanistan war veteran Lionel Desmond bought a semi-automatic rifle, dressed himself in camo, and snuck through the woods to his family home. Inside he shot his mother, his wife, and his 10-year-old daughter before turning the gun on himself. The factors that led to this horrific outcome, and the red flags missed/ignored along the way were the topics of a public inquiry that has just concluded. In this episode a sort of eclipse in storytelling and case analysis will occur as co...

Feb 07, 20241 hr 10 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Jan 30th, 2024 - Taylor Swift Stamp Fetish, Hockey Card Grail, and Unforeseen Circumcisions

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the Canadian man behind the petition to get Taylor Swift on an American stamp the holy grail of hockey card discoverys a lost dog in Saskatchewan the unforeseen circumcisions at an Ontario Pizza Hut Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.co...

Feb 02, 202450 min

the Murder of Nurse Lori Dupont Committed by Dr. Marc Daniel

2005 - Windsor, Ontario Nurse Lori Dupont works in the recovery room, Her ex-boyfriend, the anesthesiologist Marc Daniel, works in operating room. Given the hand in hand nature of the O.R. and recovery room Lori and Marc have the awkward experience of maintaining a professional relationship after the break down of a personal one. But this wasn't a normal relationship, and far from a typical breakup. Lori had been stalked, harassed, and intimidated by Dr. Marc Daniel and despite her complaints to...

Jan 30, 20241 hr 22 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Jan 23rd, 2024 - Loblaws raising price of rotting food, stolen pistachios, burgers with a side of legal waiver, and double dipping scammers

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; the Canadian food giant Loblaws attempt to raise the price of rotting food $70,000 of stolen pistachios the burger served with a legal waiver the Ontario man scammed out of $15K by the people who offered to help recover the $750K he previously lost in a scam Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-can...

Jan 25, 202456 min

the Canadian Military Vs. the Sex Worker (who offers a military discount)

I love a David vs. Goliath story, and in this episode we have an especially lopsided mismatch. Our Goliath is the Canadian Military and our David is a modest sex worker offering a discounted rate to soldiers. The first stones have already been thrown in this battle but so far the military has done little more than offer the kind of advertisement an entrepreneur would dream of. For example, the memo sent throughout the Kingston, Ontario military base warning it's members to not seek the services ...

Jan 21, 202451 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Jan 16th, 2024 - Regina's sexiest couple, tractor vs Seaforth, Canadian Military "promotes" sex worker

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. Tonight your hosts discuss; the tractor that was pulled out of a historic building in Seaforth, Ontario the couple from Regina who paid a significant price to win a sexy couple competition how the Canadian military’s warning about a sex worker is great advertising Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: h...

Jan 19, 20241 hr

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Jan 9th, 2024 - Mickey Mouse the KILLER?, license plate the KILLER?, and maybe we shouldn't keep America weird

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. Tonight your hosts discuss; Mickey Mouse’s ‘Steamboat Willie’ entering public domain how our license plates may get us killed the Massachusetts woman who is alleged to have poisoned her husband with soup Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Join the Keep Canada ...

Jan 11, 202459 min

KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Jan 3rd, 2024 - Canada's impaired driving record, Slush Puppy Place, the Door Dash crash, and dumb Canadian crime

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. Tonight your hosts discuss; Two dumb Canadian crimes tied to Guelph, Ontario the man with Canada's record setting 21 impaired driving convictions Slush Puppy Place in Kingston, ON the matter of the Door Dash crash in Belwood, ON Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/cont...

Jan 05, 202459 min

the Disappearance of Zack Lefave - 3 - with Mandie Penney, friend and party guest

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on New Year's Eve 2020 21 year old Zack Lefave rings in the new year partying with friends, but as the final moments of 2020 played out something happens that Zack, or any of his loved ones, could have imagined. Zack walked away leaving a trail that only created more questions. The last known sighting of Zack Lefave was at 1225am, on New Year's Day 2021 when a passing motorist noticed a young man, not wearing pants, walking alone along a dark stretch of road. In this episod...

Jan 01, 202441 min
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