True North Strange & Weird Podcast

A few cold case updates that have been solved via genealogical DNA plus a short report on bombs found on an Albertan reservation. With files...

More Titanic mysteries. They never seem to stop. With files from: https://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/ https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/history/titanic-mystery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allison_family https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/titanics-last-great-mystery-dna-test-proves-woman-impersonated-canadian-child-who-went-down-with-the-ship http://www.titanicuniverse.com/ Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods;...

Season 5 kicks off with a look at the Canadian Governments involvement in the CIA MK Ultra experiments. With files from: The Fifth Estate: Brainwashed: The Secret CIA Experiments in Canada (parts 1 and 2). https://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2017-2018/brainwashed-the-secret-cia-experiments-in-canada The toxic legacy of Canada’s CIA brainwashing experiments. By Ashifa Kassam for The Guardian...

Today's side car talks about one mans plight to get Bigfoot recognized by the courts. https://globalnews.ca/news/6456218/bigfoot-traffic-camera/ https://globalnews.ca/news/4388107/bc-bigfoot-lawsuit/ Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods; https://schwoodz.deviantart.com/ Music:...

Sidecars for the rest of the "season". Today we talk briefly about a Canadian woman who has been locked up for attempting to buy a chemical weapon on the dark web and it degrades from there. Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. TikTok User: rey.n.bows Ian Frose for CBC:...

Dino Bravo, the Canadian Strongman entered the ring looking for glory. Sadly his story would end too soon. Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. With files...

Patee goes back in time....all the way back to your very first episode to turn over a few stones that got missed the first go around. Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. This episode was recorded over Zoom; to maintain physical distancing. Any issues you may experience with audio is the result of this recording. Nothing is wrong with your...

Welcome back, this is episode two for our cold case review. Due to technical issues please excuse any issues with audio and the lack of bumpers and intro music. This episode was recorded in the respective hosts basements on opposite sides of the city! With files from: Michelle Sheppard https://torontolife.com/city/crime/who-killed-sharmini-anandavel/ Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously,...

Jump to 17 mins to skip the preamble. :) This episode kicks off a mini thread we're doing on Canadian cold cases. Today starts with the tragic disappearance of the Jack Family. Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods; https://schwoodz.deviantart.com/ Music: Lee Rosevere...

Canadian Diplomats are attacked in Cuba - but no one knows what or WHO is behind it. Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods; https://schwoodz.deviantart.com/ Music: Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ Creative Commons "Max Overdrive" by Lee Rosevere Voiceover work by:...

Happy New Year Weirdos. Welcome back. Get ready, we're gearing up for a long cold winter here in Alberta. To hold you over here's a quick shot about a cool Canadian Connection to Charlie. Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods; https://schwoodz.deviantart.com/ Music: Lee Rosevere...

Albert Guay, man who "wanted the moon but got the hangman's noose". R. Lemelin Welcome to True North Strange & Weird WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods; https://schwoodz.deviantart.com/ Music: Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ Creative Commons "Max Overdrive" by Lee Rosevere Voiceover work by:...

Love scams aren't some new, elaborate internet based way of conning you. They've been around for hundreds of years; Norwegian-American Belle Gunness dates back to the 1880's and there's no denying she wasn't the first to come up with the idea. Last year Canadians were separated from nearly 23 Million of their hard earned dollars thanks to Romance scammers. Some are losing much more than their homes. While some of these con-artists are home grown, most are not. As a few hard nosed RCMP...

Welcome back to our fourth 4th season, Weirdos. Spook'Tober is upon us. Our annual series that looks at haunting topics from Canada's past. They year it's REAL LIFE MONSTERS. Today is part Two of a Two part special on Clifford Olson the Beast of British Columbia. This one is a doozy, a man that really defines the term "career criminal". As always, heed the warnings. WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this...

NOTE: Some audio adjustments have been made, please adjust listening levels before starting this show. Welcome back to our fourth episode of the 4th season, Weirdos. Spook'Tober is upon us. Our annual series that looks at haunting topics from Canada's past. They year it's REAL LIFE MONSTERS. Today is part One of a Two part special on Clifford Olson the Beast of British Columbia. This one is a doozy, a man that really defines the term "career criminal". As always, heed the...

Welcome back to our third episode of the 4th season, Weirdos. Spook'Tober is upon us. Our annual series that looks at haunting topics from Canada's past. They year it's REAL LIFE MONSTERS. Today we have a quick look at Leopold Dion a monster of a man who used peoples desire for fame to his benefit. WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo...

Welcome back to our second episode of the 4th season, Weirdos. Spook'Tober is upon us. Our annual series that looks at haunting topics from Canada's past. They year it's REAL LIFE MONSTERS. Today we're talking about how NOT to care for our elderly loved ones, and one nurse who took it upon herself to play God. WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the car. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim...

Welcome back to our 4th seaso, Weirdos. Spook'Tober is upon us. Our annual series that looks at haunting topics from Canada's past. They year it's REAL LIFE MONSTERS. Today we learn ALLLLL about Peter Woodcock, one of..if not THE youngest serial killer in Canadian History. Strap in, and pay heed to the warnings - it's about to get D A R K. WARNING: Adult content and explicit language. Listener discretion is strongly advised. Seriously, don't listen to this with your kids in the...

Straight out of the pages of a Detective Comic comes Herbert Emerson Wilson. Canadian bank robber extraordinaire...and what some might call (ok just Patee then) a Super villain! This man had to down to a near science, or so he says. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods; https://schwoodz.deviantart.com/ Music: Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ Creative Commons "Max Overdrive" by Lee Rosevere Voiceover work by: David Vincent...

Mass murder in Canada is as scarce as a hen's teeth, but it's happened. Tragedy can strike any where and at any time...it's never not shocking. On March 3 2005 4 Mounties entered a quonset on the rural property of one, James Roszko - none of them came back out. Written by: Patee Woods & Kim Davidson Logo by: Christian Woods; https://schwoodz.deviantart.com/ Music: Lee Rosevere https://leerosevere.bandcamp.com/ Creative Commons "Max Overdrive" by Lee Rosevere Voiceover work by: David...