The Canadian Gothic

A life that begins in small town Nova Scotia will end up pointlessly and horrifically snuffed out in the early morning hours, near a remote lake in Saskatchewan. Prescription drugs, Methamphetamine, alcohol, animal abuse, betrayal, and unimaginable violence all play a role in this story. In this episode, Madelayne Kline and I do our best to understand the Murder of Logan Ring. Send a voicememo to...

Madelayne Klein and Jordan Bonaparte will again offer listeners a platform to share their encounters with the far too many CREEPS lurking around out there. In this episode we will unpack the seventh volume of listener contributed ENCOUNTERS WITH CREEPS. Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps - Volume 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/creeps Encounters with Creeps - Volume 2: https://www....

In a past episode we met UNICOLE, an influential online spiritual teacher and self proclaimed cult leader, who leads a group called UNICULT. As you can probably imagine much has happened in UNICOLE's life since we last spoke. In this episode we again meet UNICOLE to discuss their successful search for a UNIMATE and the trouble with UNIACRES. Who’d have expected a small town in USA to not welcome a...

2006, Near Regina Beach, Saskatchewan On the third night of a three day long graduation party, a group of people unconnected to the event crashed the party. At some point after their arrival tensions flared between members of the groups. What started off as a verbal altercation in a dimly lit field has evolved into one of Regina's most often discussed unsolved murders. Despite there being nearly 2...

Remember Kristin MacDonald? the teachers assistant who found herself in hot water with her employer as a result of her alter ego Ava James? and remember how she was given the ultimatum "lose your Onlyfans or lose your job? That story just had a major development and no.. it's not that she left Onlyfans. In this episode, We again speak with Kristin MacDonald, the woman who lost her job as a teacher...

Kristin MacDonald is a Vancouver based teaching assistant that found herself in the center of controversy. Actually, it's not necessarily Kristin that created the big stir....all the fuss surrounds her alter ego. At night, she becomes Ava James, a barely dressed, large breasted, blonde bombshell who shows almost all of it off on her OnlyFans account. The problem is the school board she works for i...

Sometime between leaving work Thursday and failing to arrive Monday morning something happens to 36 year old police officer Catherine Campbell. The search for Catherine, the discovery of her remains, and the story the evidence tells are all horrific. In this two part episode series Madelayne Kline are going to walk through all of, as revealed in the police investigatory notes. Series Links: Madela...

Sometime between leaving work Thursday and failing to arrive Monday morning something happens to 36 year old police officer Catherine Campbell. The search for Catherine, the discovery of her remains, and the story the evidence tells are all horrific. In this two part episode series Madelayne Kline are going to walk through all of, as revealed in the police investigatory notes. Series Links: Madela...

Madelayne Klein and I will again offer a platform to share their encounters with the far too many CREEPS lurking around out there. In this episode we will unpack the sixth volume of listener ENCOUNTERS WITH CREEPS. Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps - Volume 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/creeps Encounters with Creeps - Volume 2: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/creeps-2...

The story we are about to hear involves what for most is an unthinkable crime. Penny Boudreau fears her twelve year old daughter Karissa is getting in the way of what she values above all else. Her romantic relationship. The lengths Penny is willing to go to save it is the topic of this episode. In this episode we are joined by Sherri Aikenhead to discuss her best selling book 'Mommy don't' and th...

Artificial intelligence has become a growing concern among society. Many artists feel it is plagiarizing their work, writers fear it is devaluing theirs, and nearly everyone wonders how it will affect our future interactions with technology and each other. Madelayne Klein and I wanted to see what the fuss is all about so we asked "Dear AI, what are the 5 most notorious Canadian crimes?" In this ep...

Artificial intelligence has become a growing concern among society. Many artists feel it is plagiarizing their work, writers fear it is devaluing theirs, and nearly everyone wonders how it will affect our future interactions with technology and each other. Madelayne Klein and I wanted to see what the fuss is all about so we asked "Dear AI, what are the 5 most notorious Canadian crimes?" In this ep...

In June of 1997 two Halifax Regional Police officers took a break from the action to have a coffee and catch their breath. They pulled into a dark lot behind a Tim Hortons, pulled their cruisers window to window, and began to chat... unaware their lives were about to change forever. Within warning an object appeared in the sky that they have been trying to explain for over 25 years. In this episod...

This episode is going to take us to Hogsback Lake, a sort of natural recreation area southeast of Vanderhoof, British Columbia. Although the area is known by locals as an ideal spot for camping and fishing, it has also become known as the setting for one of Canada's most often discussed missing person cases. On May 28, 2011, then 20 year old Maddy Scott attended an annual party at Hogsback Lake. M...

Madelayne Klein and I will again offer a platform to share their encounters with the far too many CREEPS lurking around out there. In this episode we will hear listener tales of encounters with CREEPS and neighbours from HELL. Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps - Volume 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/creeps Encounters with Creeps - Volume 2: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episod...

Over a three hour period on the morning of September 4, 2022, Myles Sanderson killed 11 and injured 18 people in mass stabbing rampage that began on the James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. The brutality of the crime, the manhunt that followed, and the incredible loss of life that occurred has and will forever change the affected communities. In this episode Madelayne and I will pick u...

Over a three hour period on the morning of September 4, 2022, Myles Sanderson killed 11 and injured 18 people in mass stabbing rampage that began on the James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada. The brutality of the crime, the manhunt that followed, and the incredible loss of life that occurred has and will forever change the affected communities. In this multipart series Jordan Bonaparte a...

In this episode, Nighttime podcast listeners again take the microphone to share their seemingly endless encounters with CREEPS. Madelayne Klein and I will do our best to unpack them as the charge past.  Lock your doors, close your curtains, and settle in… it's time for the forth volume of CREEP encounters.  Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps - Volume 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes...

In this episode we again open the floodgates that hold back Nighttime podcast listener's MANY encounters with CREEPS… Madelayne Klein and Jordan will unpack the troubling stories as they flow past. Episode Links: Encounters with Creeps - Part 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/creeps Encounters with Creeps - Part 2: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/creeps-2 Series Links: Madelay...

In a prior episode listeners of Nighttime shared their disturbing encounters with real life creeps. There were awful first dates, clingy customers, and just a bunch of all around cringey creepiness. In this episode, we will revisit the topic. I've invited Canadian crime content creator Madelayne Klein to help me unpack a second batch of listener contributed CREEP encounters as well as some recent...

This episode is going to take us to the community of Buffalo Narrows in Saskatchewan. On a cold night in January of 1969, 19 year old Fred McCallum entered the Pederson family home as they slept. By the time he leaves he is covered in blood, carrying a large axe, and unsure of exactly what he did to the Pederson family. In this episode, I’m by Canadian crime content creator Madelayne Klein to expl...

This story revolves around a rape allegation directed at a respected physician. On Halloween night 1992, a 23 year old woman went to the Kipling Memorial Hospital in Kipling, Saskatchewan facing a mental health crisis. The physician on duty, Dr. John Schneeberger would handle her care. The care he provides involved drugging her, raping her, and going to unimaginable lengths to hide his crime. So l...

In this multi-part series the death of Sia Van Wyck is explored. On July 19th of 2017, seven year old Sia Van Wyck was killed by a man driving a combine tractor while playing in a field in rural Nova Scotia. An RCMP investigation deemed the death a tragic accident that was not criminal in nature however her family, her supporters, and their respected private investigator believe the investigation...

In this multi-part series the death of Sia Van Wyck is explored. On July 19th of 2017, seven year old Sia Van Wyck was killed by a man driving a combine tractor while playing in a field in rural Nova Scotia. An RCMP investigation deemed the death a tragic accident that was not criminal in nature however her family, her supporters, and their respected private investigator believe the investigation...

In this multi-part series the death of Sia Van Wyck is explored. On July 19th of 2017, seven year old Sia Van Wyck was killed by a man driving a combine tractor while playing in a field in rural Nova Scotia. An RCMP investigation deemed the death a tragic accident that was not criminal in nature however her family, her supporters, and their respected private investigator believe the investigation...