Canadian Creepies

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! The opioid crisis in Canada didn't end with fentanyl—it evolved. In the final installment of this series, we examine how fentanyl transformed the illicit drug supply, why substances like xylazine and benzo-dope have made overdoses even more dangerous, and what the latest national data reveals about the crisis today. We also discuss practical ways...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! On a quiet stretch of abandoned railway near St. Louis, Saskatchewan, a mysterious light has puzzled witnesses for generations. Some believe it's nothing more than distant vehicle headlights bending through the landscape. Others see it as something far stranger—a modern example of the mysterious lights that have appeared in folklore around the wor...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Pain for Profit: Canada's Opioid Crisis – Part Two Who pays the price when healthcare fails the people it's supposed to protect? In the second half of our investigation into Canada's opioid crisis, we examine the human cost of a system that too often mistakes treatment for a prescription pad. We explore the gender bias that leaves women&...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! For centuries, something has been reported moving through the waters of the St. Lawrence River. From Jacques Cartier's 1535 account of a strange white creature near Tadoussac to the famous Lake Ontario serpent, lighthouse keepers, bridge workers, and modern-day witnesses have all described seeing long, serpentine animals gliding through the river&...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This week on Canadian Creepies, we examine one of the deadliest public health disasters in Canadian history: the opioid crisis. For years, the public narrative focused on addiction, personal responsibility, and the visible consequences on our streets. But behind that story lies another one—of pharmaceutical marketing campaigns, regulatory failures, cor...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this first installment of a multi-part series, Down the Crooked Path wades into the deep waters of Indigenous stories about powerful river serpents, mysterious underwater beings, and the dangers that lurk beneath seemingly calm waters. Across generations, stories have been told of Thunder Beings battling enormous water serpents, of a woman lured ben...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! On a busy Saturday afternoon in June 2012, Toronto's Eaton Centre was packed with shoppers, families, tourists, and teenagers grabbing lunch. In just 15 seconds, one of Canada's busiest public spaces became the scene of a mass shooting. When Christopher Husbands opened fire in the crowded food court, two young men were killed, several bystand...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Welcome to Down the Crooked Path. Long before modern doomsday preppers and internet conspiracy movements, a self-proclaimed prophet was building his own kingdom on Vancouver Island. Edward Wilson, founder of the Aquarian Foundation, promised his followers spiritual enlightenment, secret knowledge, and survival through the catastrophes he claimed were c...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In this episode, we examine Canada's response to the ongoing crisis in Palestine, from military export loopholes and refugee policies to the human cost borne by families both overseas and here at home. We explore the origins of the conflict, the realities of life in Gaza and the West Bank, and the growing gap between Canada's international re...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Welcome to Down the Crooked Path. In 1878, a young woman named Esther Cox became the center of one of Canada's most famous paranormal mysteries. What began after a traumatic event soon escalated into violent disturbances that terrified family, neighbours, and investigators alike. Strange knocks echoed through the walls. Objects moved on their own....

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Canada is often portrayed as a nation of peacekeepers, diplomats, and honest brokers on the world stage. But how much of that image reflects reality? In this episode, researched by Christine, we examine Canada's historical and modern relationship to Palestine, from the 1947 UN Partition Plan and the legacy of Lester B. Pearson's peacekeeping...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Welcome to Down the Crooked Path. Canada's wilderness has inspired countless legends, but some of the strangest involve creatures that should never have grown so large. From giant spiders lurking in the forests to monstrous mosquitoes said to haunt the north, these stories have been passed down through generations of campers, hunters, and storytel...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Episode Description In 2013, the internet crowned a new folk hero almost overnight. A drifter with a hatchet, a viral interview, and a catchphrase that spread across the internet faster than anyone could stop to ask an important question: who was Kai, really? In Part 02, we follow the collapse of the legend. Researched by Christine, this episode examin...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! We examine each of the canonical five victims—Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes, and Mary Jane Kelly—bringing their stories back into the light and honoring their lives beyond the headlines. But the intrigue doesn’t end there. We tackle the swirling theories and dissect a labyrinth of suspects: was it a doctor with su...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In February 2013, a chaotic series of events unfolded in Fresno, California—an incident that would leave one man seriously injured, another hospitalized, and a third catapulted into viral fame almost overnight. In this episode, researched by Christine, we examine the moment that introduced the world to Kai, the hatchet-wielding hitchhiker. What began a...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Across oceans, rivers, and remote northern waters, stories have surfaced for generations—stories of something long, powerful, and impossible to fully explain. From the shifting waters of the Pacific Coast, where early explorers described strange, colour-changing sea worms drifting alongside Velella, to the deep-rooted stories of the Passamaquoddy Waban...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! This week, we’re taking a moment to breathe. After the weight of the Barbara Stoppel case, it didn’t feel right to jump straight into something new. Some stories stay with you, and we want to give that space the respect it deserves. So today, we’re revisiting Episode 005, where Valerie and Alerie discuss the case of Cody Legebokoff, one of Canada’s you...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Macloune is not a true historical account. First published in 1877 by Honoré Beaugrand and later included in his 1904 collection New Studies of Canadian Folk-Lore , the story has endured not because it happened—but because of what it reflects. Set against the backdrop of rural Quebec, Macloune draws from the cultural and social realities of the time: d...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the final chapter of the Barbara Stoppel case, the story doesn’t end with answers. It ends with impact. In this episode, researched by Christine, we examine what happens after the trials, the inquiries, and the investigations—when the system has already failed, and the people left behind are forced to carry it. For Thomas Sophonow, exoneration did n...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! For more than two centuries, something has been reported beneath the surface of Lake Utopia in New Brunswick. Described as long, dark, and moving with a strange, undulating motion, the sightings stretch back to early accounts from Indigenous communities and settlers in the late 1800s. Over time, the story persisted—reappearing in waves throughout the t...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! They finally got their chance. After months of delays, internal resistance, and missed opportunities, investigators come face to face with the man they believe murdered Barbara Stoppel. In Part 06 of the Barbara Stoppel case, the long-awaited interview with Terry Arnold begins—but nothing about it goes as planned. From outright denials to childlike def...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the summer of 1950, deep in the remote wilderness near Steep Rock Lake, a quiet evening on the water turned into something far stranger. A couple claimed they saw a shining object resting on the lake… and small, human-like figures moving around it.  What followed was a story that spread quickly through a mining town, capturing the imagination of a c...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! They knew who he was. They knew what he had done. And still… they were told to wait. In Part 05 of the Barbara Stoppel case, the investigation reaches a breaking point. As the reinvestigation team closes in on their prime suspect, internal politics, missing evidence, and mounting pressure from an impending public inquiry begin to stall everything. Desp...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! What happens when you take ghost stories out of the shadows… and place them inside historic homes? In this special interview, we sit down with Ann McDougall, author of A Ghost in the Room: Supernatural Adventures in Historic Houses , to explore the space where history, belief, and the unexplained collide. Drawing on her years working in historic house...

Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Old Montréal is known for its beauty. Cobblestone streets, historic buildings, a city that feels frozen in time. But some parts of its past were never laid to rest. In Part 02 of our Old Montréal hauntings series, we step into places where history still lingers. At Auberge Saint-Gabriel, the city’s oldest inn, guests have reported piano music with no s...