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1 day ago

Ripoffs and a Rolex: The Murder of Ronald Joseph Platt

Episode 421: On July 28, 1996, a fisherman hauling nets off the coast of Devon, England pulled up a body. The dead man had no wallet, no identification — nothing but a Rolex watch still ticking on his wrist. When British police traced the watch, it gave them a name: Ronald Joseph Platt, 51, of Essex. When they went looking for him, they found him — apparently alive. The trail led back across the Atlantic to Ayr, a small town in southwestern Ontario, where roughly seventy people had spent years trusting the wrong man with everything they had. By the time anyone understood what he'd done, he was already gone, and Ronald Platt was dead in the English Channel. Sources:Walker, Re, 1998 CanLII 14906 (ON SC)A Hand in the Water: The Many Lies of Albert Walker — Bill Schiller (HarperCollins, 1998)Nothing Sacred: The Many Lives and Betrayals of Albert Walker — Alan Cairns (McClelland-Bantam, 1998)Walker's Trail of Pain — Maclean's (July 6, 1998)Walker Money Hunt — Maclean's (July 20, 1998)Walker Faces Daughter at First Day of Trial — CBC News (June 1998)Mysterious Mr. Walker Sentenced for Fraud — The Globe and Mail (July 2007)Fugitive Financier Sentenced to Four Years for Fraud — CBC News (July 2007)Rolex Killer Denied Day Parole from B.C. Prison — Vancouver Sun (February 2024)Albert Johnson Walker — WikipediaThe Rolex Murder — therolexmurder.com (Elaine Boyes's site)The Rolex Killer - True CrimeExplore topics about albert-johnson-walker | Crime and Investigation UK Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1 hr
29 Mar

Where They Float - Maine's Paranormal Stories (w/ Nomar Slevik)

In this spine-chilling episode of Supernatural Circumstances, Morgan sits down with author and investigator Nomar Slevik to explore In The Pines—his haunting collection of real-life mysteries and unsettling encounters hidden deep in the forests of Maine. From shadowy figures on lonely backroads to strange lights in the night sky, these tales feel ripped from the same dark imagination that gave us Stephen King’s IT and Salem’s Lot. Join us as we journey into the fog-drenched heart of New England’s strangest stories, where reality and fiction blur, and something ancient seems to be watching from the trees... BUY the book: https://a.co/d/08Q03gd3 #MaineMysteries #ParanormalPodcast #CreepyStories #Supernatural #welcometoderry #SalemsLot #ITInspired #HauntedMaine #DarkFolklore #pennywise #TrueParanormal #EerieEncounters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

29 Mar

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1hr 6min
25 May

Every Dog Has Its Day : The Case of Valentine Shortis

Episode 420: On the night of March 1st, 1895, in the paymaster's office of the Montreal Cotton Company in Valleyfield, Quebec, a twenty-year-old Irish immigrant named Francis Valentine Cuthbert Shortis shot three men — killing two of them and leaving the third for dead in the darkness of the mill floor. What followed was the longest murder trial in Canadian history, a psychiatric battle that divided the country's leading medical minds, and a political crisis that reached the cabinet of Prime Minister Mackenzie Bowell and the desk of the Governor General himself. The victims were John Loy, twenty-four years old, and night watchman Maxime Leboeuf, who left behind a widow and five children. The survivor was Hugh Wilson, who carried the consequences for the rest of his life. Sources:Valentine Shortis Case | thecanadianencyclopedia.caThe Queen vs. F.V.C. Shortis (microform)| Internet ArchiveThe Case of Valentine Shortis — University of Toronto Press / Amazon.caValentine Shortis Case — The Canadian EncyclopediaThe Canadian Trial of the Century: The Story of 'Cracked Shortis' — History IrelandThe Case of Valentine Shortis — Yesterday and Today — PubMedForensic Psychiatry in Canada — Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the LawMontreal Gazette Trial Coverage, October 25, 1895 — Newspapers.comProfile: Author-Professor Martin Friedland — Bill Gladstone GenealogyMontreal Cotton Company — History of the Mill at Valleyfield — MUSO Virtual MuseumManitoba Schools Question — Dictionary of Canadian BiographyMontreal Cotton Company Mills — Library and Archives CanadaSir Donald Macmaster, Crown Prosecutor — WikipediaJ.N. Greenshields, Lead Defence Counsel — Americana AristocracyHenri St. Pierre, Defence Counsel — 76th New York State Volunteers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 May

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1hr 9min
10 May

Return to Salem's Lot! Humanoid Encounters in Maine (w/ Nomar Slevik)

Morgan Knudsen sits down with paranormal investigator Nomar Slevik to uncover the chilling encounters hidden deep within his book, "In the Pines". From shadowy figures lurking between the trees to face-to-face meetings with humanoid entities that defy explanation, these aren’t just campfire stories—they’re firsthand accounts that blur the line between folklore and reality. As Nomar shares the most disturbing cases from his research, one question lingers: what’s really watching us from the woods? READ Nomar's book: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07998VQKQ #GlitchInTheMatrix #ParanormalPodcast #UnexplainedMysteries #HighStrangeness #RealityShift #SupernaturalStories Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

10 May

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1hr 13min
25 May

The Watcher of Homer Watson House

Tucked away in a leafy Kitchener, Ontario neighbourhood, is one of Canada's most quietly extraordinary haunted locations. It was once home to Homer Watson — Canada's first internationally recognized landscape painter and a man admired by both Oscar Wilde and Queen Victoria. However, the Homer Watson House and Gallery holds more than art. In this episode of Haunted Canada, Nadine sits down with Ralph Wall, graphic designer and assistant curator at the Homer Watson House, who shares his own chilling encounters with the resident spirits If you love Canadian ghost stories, haunted heritage sites, paranormal history, and dark tourism, this is an episode you will not want to miss. Guest info: Ralf Wall, Graphic Designer https://homerwatson.on.ca/ Email me your ghost story: hauntedcanadapodcast@gmail.com Support the Show: Donate:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ buymeacoffee.com/hauntedcanadapodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Donate: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Click Donate⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ to Haunted Canada Podcast Haunted and Paranormal Ireland Trip May 22 - 29, 2027 Social Links: Haunted Canada Edmonton Ghost Tours TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@hauntedcanadapodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@edmontonghosttours⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@HauntedCanadaPodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

25 May

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35 min
1 Feb

The Real Story: Missing 411 - Fear The Giants

In this debut episode of Supernatural Circumstances: The Real Story, Morgan Knudsen pulls back the veil on some of the most unsettling Missing 411 disappearances—cases where people don’t just vanish, they seem to be plucked out of reality itself. From hikers who step off a trail and are never seen again, to children found impossibly far from where they disappeared, Morgan follows the breadcrumbs that point to something far stranger than simple misadventure. Are these victims slipping through hidden portals in the landscape… or is something—or someone—using those doorways? As Morgan digs into ancient legends of towering giants, modern eyewitness accounts, and the eerie overlap between folklore and Missing 411 patterns, she asks a chilling question: could these beings be stalking the liminal spaces of our world even now? This is The Real Story: portals, giants, and the disappearances that refuse to be explained away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

1 Feb

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39 min
18 May

The 2017 Las Vegas Shooting: Canadian Connections

Episode 419: On the night of October 1, 2017, a gunman opened fire on more than 22,000 concertgoers at the Route 91 Harvest Festival on the Las Vegas Strip. In eleven minutes, 58 people were killed and hundreds more wounded — the deadliest mass shooting by a lone gunman in American history. Among the dead were four Canadians: Jordan McIldoon, 23, of Maple Ridge, British Columbia; Jessica Klymchuk, 34, a mother of four and beloved school librarian and bus driver from Valleyview, Alberta; Calla Medig, 28, of Jasper, Alberta, days away from a promotion she had earned; and Tara Roe Smith, 34, of Okotoks, Alberta, who became separated from her husband in the chaos — her family spending the next day searching. At least six more Canadians were wounded. Hundreds of others came home carrying something that doesn't show up in any injury count. Sources:LVMPD Criminal Investigative Report — October 1, 2017LVMPD Final Force Investigation Team Report (Internet Archive)FBI Behavioral Analysis Unit — Key Findings, Las Vegas Review Panel (2019)CSIS Public Report 2025 — Nihilistic Violent ExtremismWhat is Nihilistic Violent Extremism? — Global NewsJordan McIldoon — CBC NewsJessica Klymchuk — CBC NewsCalla Medig — CBC NewsTara Roe Smith — CBC News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 May

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52 min
4 Jan

When Bigfoot Moves In - British Columbia's Unspoken Secret (w/ Jason Hewlett)

What happens when you buy your dream cabin... and bigfoot was there first? Step into the misty forests of British Columbia as host Morgan Knudsen sits down with filmmaker Jason Hewlett to uncover the truth behind Sasquatch Legacy — his gripping new documentary exploring decades of Bigfoot encounters in the Pacific Northwest, including an eyewitness experience of a new home owner's worst nightmare. From eerie eyewitness accounts to the cultural roots of the Sasquatch legend, this conversation dives deep into what might lurk beyond the tree line. Is Bigfoot more than myth? Tune in and decide for yourself. SEE Sasquatch Legacy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzfPOLThGKU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 Jan

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1hr 4min
11 May

Air Canada Flight 797: The Death of Stan Rogers

On June 2nd, 1983, Air Canada Flight 797 departed Dallas, Texas, bound for Montreal, Quebec, with a stop in Toronto. Forty-one passengers and five crew were on board. Shortly before 7 pm Eastern time, a fire broke out inside the rear lavatory wall and burned, hidden and undetected, for nearly fifteen minutes before anyone smelled smoke. The crew declared an emergency and landed safely at Greater Cincinnati International Airport in Covington, Kentucky. The airplane touched down intact. Sixty to ninety seconds after the cabin doors opened, a flashfire rolled through the interior. Twenty-three passengers did not get out.Among the dead was Stan Rogers, folk musician, husband, father, born in Hamilton, Ontario. He was thirty-three years old, returning home after performing at the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. The investigation that followed reshaped aviation safety standards worldwide. Sources:Air Canada Flight 797Aviation Safety Network | Transcript of Air Canada Flight 797 - 02 JUN 1983Stan Rogers | SpotifyFogarty's Cove MusicStan Rogers Folk FestivalStan Rogers intros & sings "Barrett's Privateers" in One Warm Line documentary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

11 May

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53 min
4 May

Murder Behind Vinyl: The Tragic Death of Lukas Strasser-Hird

Episode 417: In the early hours of November 23, 2013, 18-year-old Lukas Strasser-Hird was violently beaten behind the Vinyl nightclub in Calgary, in an alley off 10th Avenue Southwest. He was rushed to the hospital, but the injuries were too severe, and he died later that morning from multiple stab wounds and massive blood loss. Walk with us through the events that led from a night out at the club to one of Calgary’s most closely watched murder cases, and examine how the chaos in that alley would ripple through the city, the courtroom, and the lives left behind. Sources: Lukas Strasser-Hird | Global News, Videos & ArticlesR.I.P Austin Lukas Strasser-Hird | FacebookR v Cabrera, 2019 ABCA 184 (CanLII)R v Cabrera, 2021 ABCA 291 (CanLII)R v Gervais, 2019 ABQB 344 (CanLII)R. v. Shlah, 2019 SCC 56 (CanLII), [2019] 4 SCR 136FM010_Appellant_Franz-Emir-Cabrera SCC File No.: 38677Lukas Strasser-Hird - Obituary | Calgary HeraldThe final homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird - National | Global News1st-degree murder conviction upheld for Calgary man in swarming death - CalgaryNathan Gervais sentenced to life with no parole for 25 years in Lukas Strasser-Hird swarming death - Calgary Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

4 May

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53 min

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