Strange and Undecided

During the 1970’s, the cities of London, Ontario and Guelph, Ontario were plagued by a series of strange and horrifying murders. One woman was found to have been killed in her apartment but police were not able to find any signs of forced entry or even a struggle. Not long after, another woman was murdered in her apartment in an almost identical way. And then another. The police began to suspect a...

November 29th, 1980 was a particularly dark and stormy night. A man from Duncan, British Columbia named Granger Taylor left a note for his parents to find. The note stated that he was about to embark upon a 42-month interstellar journey on an alien spacecraft and would return after his voyage was complete. Granger Taylor was never seen again by anyone, and this case remains one of Canada’s strange...

When it comes to UFO sightings and claims, most of the stories are heard from witnesses which could be argued as hearsay. But what if I told you that there was a case close to Ottawa near the small town of Carp, Ontario where there was actually evidence of a UFO. Prominent UFO investigators in Canada and the United States received a mysterious package from someone who called themself "Guardian”. T...

This week Jarret and Pat read you some creepy stories. The podcast will be on a small hiatus and will return June 17th, 2024. Now sit back, get cozy, and try not to get too scared.  Home invaders taken by surprise : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com) Midnight metro stranger : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com) Paranormal/Ghost Story - Grandma loves me from the other side? : r/freehorrorstories (reddit...

On October 10th, 2008, a man from Edmonton named Johnny Altinger was looking forward to meeting up with a woman he met from a website called Plenty of Fish. He was given specific instructions on where to meet her. However, unbeknownst to Johnny, this wasn’t a woman, it was actually a man named Mark Twitchell who was waiting for him. This would be the last time Johnny would be seen alive. But what...

In 1995, within a two-month span, the bodies of three women were discovered in a remote area of British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. All three women were murdered and left in a similar fashion. So similar, that police believed they had a serial killer on their hands. Coined the Hemlock Valley Murders, the mystery surrounding these women’s deaths has puzzled law enforcement for years. Did they have th...

This week, Jarret and Pat are looking into the Banff Springs Hotel and its alleged haunting. The hotel is located inside the Banff National Park in Banff, Alberta, Canada, and is regarded as one of Canada’s most famous hotels. For over 125 years the hotel has welcomed guests from all over the world. Most of the guests have come and gone but some of them haven’t exactly left and may never leave. Du...

In January of 2019, patients were told they had a new or novel brain disease. This occurred in a cluster of individuals exhibiting "similar" signs and symptoms in the eastern province of New Brunswick, Canada. The symptoms fell under the umbrella of dementia and prion disease but were tested and determined not to be either. Was this a new brain disease or was something else to blame? And why was t...

Our story tonight takes place in Montreal, Quebec. More specifically, Montreal's Hotel Bonaventure. Regarded as one of the city's most prestigious hotels, it takes up the top two floors of one of the city’s biggest convention centers, the 17 storey Place Bonaventure. The hotel contains 397 spacious rooms but what sets it apart from other hotels, is the year-round heated rooftop pool, the 2.5-acre...

In this week's show, I am joined by a special guest and we are looking at the Babes in the Woods unsolved murder case. A garden caretaker of Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia, was clearing brush deep in the woods near Beaver Lake when he heard and felt something crunch under his foot. He dug beneath the brush and cleared out decaying leaves to reveal human bones embedded in the earth. Th...

This week we are narrating for you more scary stories from the reddit thread r/freehorrorstories. If you want your story features on the show email us at strangeandundecided@gmail.com . SHOW NOTES I think the water plant is haunted... : freehorrorstories (reddit.com) The doll in the storage room [True] : freehorrorstories (reddit.com) Elderly lady in wrong car : freehorrorstories (reddit.com) My f...

This week's episode is going to be a little different, rooted more in history but with some interesting speculation. We are going to explore the mysterious and haunted walls of Tranquille Sanatorium in Kamloops, British Columbia. Opening in 1907 and closing in 1991, it has changed faces many times from a hospital for treating tuberculosis, to a hospital for people with mental illness. Since it has...

In Vancouver, British Columbia. 65 women went missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, between the years 1978 and 2001, probably more that weren’t ever reported. Of that 65, 26 were found to have been murdered. These murders led to Canada's largest investigation of serial killer Robert Pickton. He was a pig farmer living in a small town in Vancouver. Somehow, he was able to get away with murder...

October 4th, 1967. It was a clear fall night. The small town of Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia lay still next to the icy waters of the Atlantic. However, residents of the town noticed strange orange lights flashing in the sky above the water.  The lights descended rapidly towards the water’s surface. The lights impacted the water causing a bright flash and a loud boom which sounded like an explosion. H...

You are in a kayak paddling across a beautiful lake. You are taking in the views of mountains and trees when suddenly a wave pushes upward from under the surface of the water. It steadily undulates across the surface and as you look closer and see flashes of green reflecting the sunlight. Something stirs in and slithers under the surface of the water. And just as fast as it appeared it descends ba...

June 9th, 1959. A day like any other. Kids playing outside and enjoying the weather. Lynne Harper was one of these kids however, that day would be the last day she was seen alive by anyone. She disappeared and two days later she was found dead in a woodlot of a nearby farm. There was no question about it, she had very clearly been murdered. But who killed Lynne Harper?   SHOW NOTES Case not closed...

When you think of witch trials, I guarantee that the Salem Witch Trials come to mind. But have you ever wondered if other countries did the same terrible thing? In modern culture, witch hunts/trials would typically be believed as beginning and ending with the Salem Witch Trials in Massachusetts in the 1690s, however, Canada has its own dark history when it comes to witchcraft.    SHOW NOTES When w...

This week we are narrating for you four strange and creepy TRUE stories from the reddit thread r/freehorrorstories.    If you have any stories or ideas/topics you'd like us to discuss on the show email us at strangeandundecided@gmail.com . Enjoy the show!    SHOW NOTES [TRUE] My Parents Haunted House : freehorrorstories (reddit.com) [TRUE] The room with the train : freehorrorstories (reddit.com) [...

In 1967 during the May long weekend, an amateur prospector from River Heights, Winnipeg named Stefan Michalak ventured into Whiteshell Provincial Park to search for quartz and silver at Falcon Lake. After finding a spot to begin prospecting he was interrupted by two flying objects that glowed red. One of these objects landed in front of him. Stefan observed the object and eventually got closer. Up...

On April 25th, 5-year-old Julia Johnson played with her tennis ball outside her house while waiting for a neighborhood friend to get home from school. Only, her friend would never meet to play with her as Julia had disappeared without a trace. 9 years later, her body was found in a boiler in a building behind her house. How did Julia Johnson end up there and how did nobody know what happened to he...

The legend of the Wendigo originates from First Nations tribes of North America. These tribes consider the Wendigo dangerous as they are powerful with a thirst for blood. The Wendigo has the power to infect the minds of people and turn them into blood thirsty monsters with the insatiable desire to kill and eat other humans. Maybe the legend of the Wendigo is true or maybe this is a story just to s...

RCMP James Blackwood from Clarenville, NL responds to a call of a UFO being spotted in the sky. He arrives at the scene and is witness to an aircraft in the sky. He observes it moving for over an hour before it flies away at unworldly speeds. This event is considered one of the more credible sightings as every major news/media outlet covered the story all across Canada.