The Canadian Gothic

On Keep Canada Weird, Jordan and Aaron Airport typically explore the weirdest and most offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. But this week, they're making history. Not just Keep Canada Weird history, but podcasting history. For the first time ever, Brian, a rural mailman, has generously agreed to pull back the curtain on one of the world's most mysterious professions and answer the que...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Oh’ Canada Fail More Trump Avenue Chaos Ding Dong DOH in Surrey, BC The Tale of Biscuit the Bunny Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanadiangothic.com/contact Join...

In 2022, Kaitlyn Braun began contacting doulas with a harrowing story involving a sexual assault and it’s resulting pregnancy. Over 40 doulas ultimately became involved, many providing emotional, physical and financial support before discovering that Braun's story was built on lies. The case would eventually lead to dozens of criminal charges, a prison sentence, many twists and turns, and some of...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Trump Avenue Gets Evicted Canada Post’s WORST Idea (Canada Post Swap Spot) Zombies And Bears In Squamish, BC Rats in Rat Free Alberta Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: ww...

A Nova Scotia teacher is facing a disturbing series of criminal charges involving students at a Pictou County school. Matthew Donahoe, 53, was arrested in September 2026 and charged with 10 offences, including sexual assault, sexual interference, assault by choking, assault with a weapon, and administering a noxious substance. Court documents indicate the allegations involve four students and inci...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Shedgate in Nova Scotia Ungodly distraction theft Pokemon heist in Winnipeg Teen and senior terror in Canada Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanadiangothic.com/c...

In August 2026, Edmonton father Scot MacDermid disappeared with his two children, George and Lesley, setting off a search that would stretch beyond Alberta and raise troubling questions about an already bitter family dispute. But the disappearance did not come out of nowhere. Years earlier, Scot and the children’s mother, Edilenia, had built a life between Canada and the Dominican Republic before...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Another Psychic Scammer Pokémon Heisting in Winnipeg The Hillbilly House Boat A Bizarre Burger Blow Up Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanadiangothic.com/contact...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; The Lugnut Challange Continues The Launch of the Canadiano’ A Yodeling Senior Cat in the Hat Terror Comes to Canada Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanadiangothi...

The Keep Canada Weird Mailbag is a collection of listener mail that, for one reason or another, was unable to fit into the weekly weird news round up. Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanadiangothic.com/contact Join the Keep Canada Weird Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/keepcanadaweird Provide feed...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; The Mysterious Floating Island in BC Ottawa’s Trump Ave. Problem The Hilroy Notebook Scandal Influencers Who Desire Free Cake Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecan...

In the small eastern Ontario town of Smiths Falls, a series of missing men began to fuel widespread rumours, fear, and suspicion about what was happening beneath the surface of the community. For years, families waited for answers while police searched for evidence and residents traded theories about whether the cases were somehow connected. Then, just one month after a large reward was offered fo...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; The Knights of the Shediac Renaissance Fair vs. The Charlatan Scammers Pokémon Vigilantes in Vancouver The House Number Vigilante of Waterloo A Scammed Arborist and a Cut Down Tree Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangot...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; The Erroneous Influencer vs. the Zipline the 92 Year Old’s Hole in One The Great Canadian Roblox Heist The Hottest License Plate in Florida Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice me...

Six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack Sullivan disappeared from their rural home in Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia, on May 2, 2025, after their parents reported waking up and finding the children missing. Despite Nova Scotia’s largest ground search involving police, volunteers, dogs, drones, and helicopters, no trace of the children has been found. In this episode we hear...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Newfoundland’s Fish Sauce Nightmare: The Final Chapter? Going mouth to mouth on an otter Coyote Infestation: Toronto The kid and the cancelled flight Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send...

Canada has an emergency alert system capable of reaching millions of people within seconds, but when a vulnerable person goes missing, whether that system can be used often depends on where they disappear. In this episode of The Canadian Gothic, we are joined by Jennifer Ball, founder of the Project Indigo movement, and Ronald DeGagne the advocate behind the Darius’ Law petition, to examine the ga...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Ottawa’s Heavy Metal Hospital Huge Plastic Rocks in Saskatoon Fake Customer Service Scammers Rabid Cat TERROR in Quebec Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanadiang...

On July 30, 2026, the search for 11-year-old Parker Wells came to a heartbreaking end when his body was discovered in a drainage pipe in northeast Calgary. Parker, who was autistic, neurodivergent and nonverbal, disappeared from his day home on July 16, prompting one of the largest search efforts in Calgary's recent history. Hundreds of police officers, firefighters, search-and-rescue teams, train...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Grizzly Bear Nonsense in Banff Three Restaurants Get Screwed Sinkholes and Mosquitoes The Senior Situation Naming Situation Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird Send a voice memo: www.thecanad...

On July 16, 2026, 11-year-old Parker Wells disappeared from his day home in Calgary. Parker is autistic, neurodivergent and nonverbal, and operates more like a 2-3 year old. His disappearance has prompted an enormous search involving police, firefighters, search-and-rescue teams and hundreds of volunteers. Surveillance footage has helped investigators trace some of Parker’s movements, but major qu...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; A McLegend in Regina Hangs Up the Golden Arches Two Seniors Behaving Badly A Community Coffee Cup Library in New Brunswick Unexpected Road Work in Montreal Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird...

In Encounters with CREEPS, Canadian Gothic listeners are invited to share their unsettling experiences with the many CREEPS lurking in everyday life. In this episode, Jordan and Madelayne unpack the 34th volume of your Encounters with CREEPS. This time we’ve got a CREEP in a bunny mask, a CREEP waiting to use the bathroom in Yorkshire, UK, a CREEP in the woods, and so much more. Submit your creep...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Unannounced Fireworks That Upset Ottawa Armed Pokemon Card Robbery in Montreal Sand Castle Sabotage in BC A Forest of License Plates on Cape Breton Island Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird...

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week. In this episode your hosts discuss; Winnipeg’s Senior Citizen Bank Robber The Woman Filmed Sleeping While Driving a Tesla on the Trans Canada Highway The North Bay Moose Who Fell in Two Pools Victoria’s Kissing Tree Series Links Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangoth...