Strange and Undecided

The Blizzard of 1977 | One of Canada's Worst Snowstorms

Episode 30 - Canada’s nickname has been the great white north for as long as I can remember. The country is no stranger to snowstorms or ice. Some of these storms can cause schools and workplaces to shut down or even vehicles to slip off roads and highways. But some storms are worse than others. Much worse. Heading back in time to January of 1977, there was one such storm that hit Southern Ontario and Western New York so hard it put them into a state of emergency, and they were shut down due to its severity. Thousands of people were stranded, and some would even lose their lives. How did this storm happen, why was it so devastating, and could it happen again?
 
SHOW NOTES
Blizzard of 77 Slideshow
Enhanced Fujita Scale
Blizzard of '77
Blizzard of 1977 - Wikipedia
WEATHER AND CIRCULATION OF JANUARY 1977 in: Monthly Weather Review Volume 105 Issue 4 (1977)
USATODAY.com
Daily Data Report for January 1977 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada
Daily Data Report for January 1977 - Climate - Environment and Climate Change Canada
What Happened? :: “White Death — The Blizzard of ’77” by Erno Rossi
What Happened During Niagara Falls’ Great Blizzard of 1977? - City Experiences™
Blizzard of '77
1977 Lake Effect Blizzard
Weather Events of our History | Grey Roots
On this day 45 years ago, the Blizzard of ’77 struck – stories from the storm | News 4 Buffalo
Storm that caused the president to declare 7 counties federal disaster areas - The Weather Network
Blizzard of 77 | Niagara Falls Tourism
Buffalo's Blizzard of '77: Newspaper, radio & TV broadcasts bring the storm back to life... - Buffalo Stories Archives & Blog
Obituary information for Erno Delano Rossi

Menacing Legends of the Great White North | Halloween Special 2024

Episode 29 - When it comes to Halloween, what is the first thing that comes to mind? Carving pumpkins, trick or treating, or maybe dressing up. Dressing up as a terrifying monster perhaps? Some usual creatures that pop up this time of year might include vampires, werewolves, and even ghosts. Monsters that are simply make-believe and purely fun for the season, right? Well, what if I told you that there were places and stories within Canada that point towards these things not being made up and are in fact real. In this Halloween special we are going to talk about the legends of the vampire, the werewolf, and a possessed doll, all from the great white north.
 
Vampires in Ontario?
Driving a stake through the vampire story of Wilno, Ontario | CBC News
The Vampires of Wilno, Ontario • Kenton de Jong Travel
Vampires, Eh? What’s That All Aboot? | Deadly Ever After
Fireside Canada : A Podcast About Canadian Legends, Lies & Lore
Loup-Garou | The Canadian Encyclopedia
The Werewolf of Quebec City — CANADIANA web series
Loup-garous and Rougarous – Maegan A. Stebbins – Maverick-Werewolf's Den
Montreal’s Werewolf Legends - Haunted Montreal Blog
Loup Garou - A French Werewolf in Canada — The Assemblage Art of Michael deMeng
French Canada's odd tales: from the Loup Garou to the Devil's Canoe — Introduction to International & Global Studies
The Devil and the Werewolves: From Canadian folklore at Americanfolklore.net
Mandy | Quesnel & District Museum and Archives
Meet Mandy the Doll, Canada's Most Evil Antique - Cabinet of Curiosities
Quesnel’s Mandy the doll still intriguing paranormal investigators - Quesnel Cariboo Observer
Mandy, 'supernatural' doll at Quesnel Museum, gets QR code to share ghostly stories | CBC News
Mandy the Doll
A Horror Story *READERS BEWARE* - MANDY THE HAUNTED DOLL - Wattpad
Mandy the Haunted Doll. A haunted doll with a cracked face that… | by Liam Hall | Medium

Crop Circles in Canada | UFOs or Simply a Hoax?

Episode 28 - During the late 1960's into the 1970's, farmers in Canada began noticing strange rings and circles showing up in their fields overnight. Nobody was quite sure what they were and with the UFO surge in the late 1970’s, the idea arose that they were made by aliens. People would travel from all corners of the world just to catch a glimpse of these "alien made" crop circles. Not everybody agreed with this despite no other explanation given. Nobody knew for certain what was causing them. Were these crop circles the result of UFO’s landing or was there some other worldly explanation for these bizarre events?
 
SHOW NOTES
Crop circle - Wikipedia
Crop circles (archive.org)
Crop circle | Mystery, Phenomenon, Hoax | Britannica
Crop circles: Myth, mystery and history | Live Science
H-Net Reviews
Parasociology: The Canadian UFO wave 1966-67 (part 5)
Duhamel, Alberta - Wikipedia
North America 1967 Camrose - Old Crop Circles (weebly.com)
UFOs in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Onsite inspection of reputed UFO landing marks at Duhamel, Alberta (bac-lac.gc.ca)
Camrose.jpg (726×916) (bac-lac.gc.ca)
Canadian Crop Circles - Unsolved Mysteries
Alberta 'holds its own' in UFO sightings: Author | CityNews Calgary
Alberta near top of UFO sightings in Canada: report | Calgary Herald
The Canadian UFO Report: The Best Cases Revealed: Chris Rutkowski, Geoff Dittman: 9781550026214: Books - Amazon.ca
Saskatchewan UFO sighting commemorated with silver coin | CTV News
1 oz. Pure Silver Glow-in-the-Dark Coin – Canada’s Unexplained Phenomena: The Langenburg Event | The Royal Canadian Mint
Inside both sides of Saskatchewan's most famous UFO sighting | Regina Leader Post
Delving into Saskatchewan's famous UFO sighting still sticks with me | Regina Leader Post
'Seeing is believing': Brother of Sask. farmer who reported UFOs and crop circles goes back to the scene | CBC.ca
Commemorative coin rekindles talk of 50-year-old alleged UFO sighting in rural Sask. | CBC News
Town of Langenburg - UFO sightings
Russians say lightning causes crop circles - UPI.com
Ball lightning - Wikipedia
Fairy ring - Wikipedia
 

Colonel Russell Williams | Double Life of a Military Commander ft. Special Guest

Episode 26 - Beginning in 2007, an individual was breaking into people's homes in the area of Tweed and Belleville in Ontario, Canada. They would pose in women’s and girl’s undergarments and steal them. The same thing began happening in the Ottawa suburb of Orleans, but these crimes started to escalate. Police believed that as this person kept evading authorities, they would become more emboldened with their crimes, sinking deeper into their fantasy. Their worst fears were realized. In 2009, a woman was found murdered in her home and another woman was reported missing a few months later. Police would eventually find their suspect, but it was the last person they expected. Colonel David Russell Williams, a highly regarded commander of Canada’s top Air Force base. How could someone with so much going for them in life commit such horrific crimes. What led him to turn such twisted fantasies into reality?
 
SHOW NOTES
Russell Williams (criminal) - Wikipedia
Birmingham Mail - News - Top Stories - Bromsgrove-born serial killer hit with 82 new charges (archive.org)
Timeline: Col. Russell Williams - the fifth estate (archive.org)
Russell Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Russell Williams Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia
True Crime: The case of former colonel Russell Williams - Vancouver Is Awesome
Col. Russell Williams timeline | CBC News
A new kind of monster - Macleans.ca
(PDF) A case study of D. Russell Williams. (researchgate.net)
Russell Williams: Confessions of a Deviant Colonel - HubPages
The secret life of Colonel Russell Williams - Macleans.ca
(10+) Russell Williams - The serial killer I was face to face with. (thechive.com)
Col. Russell Williams took numerous photos of Marie France Comeau (durhamregion.com)
Victim of Russell Williams says she was left tied up for hours as police investigated (guelphmercury.com)
Murderer Russell Williams files to have victim pay his legal bills (yahoo.com)
Russell Williams’s wife knew he was a predator: victim - Macleans.ca
Serial Murder — FBI
Masterclass Interrogation: The Brilliant Takedown of Col. Russell Williams - YouTube
 

Headless Bodies Found in Canadian National Park | Mystery of the Nahanni Valley

Episode 25 - We have all heard about or have seen Canada’s breathtaking wilderness. Thickly packed forests, towering mountain ranges, and beautiful turquoise rivers. This week's story takes us to the Nahanni Valley, a place that many of you have never heard of before but it is no exception to the beauty of Canadian wilderness. Situated in the Northwest Territories, this national park consists of forests, waterfalls, lakes, rivers, and four deep canyons. However, the beauty of this place is quite deceiving, the Nahanni Valley has a darker side. A side so full of unexplained deaths and disappearances it has been named as Canada’s most mysterious and cursed national park. Based on a string of decapitations that began in the late 1800’s and early 1900's it earned the name: Valley of the Headless Men. Does this place harbor a dark secret that people have fallen victim to or is there a more logical explanation?
 
SHOW NOTES
Nahanni National Park Reserve - Wikipedia
Hikers Lost Their Heads: Inside Canada's Most Supernatural National Park (thetravel.com)
Geology and Geomorphology - Nahanni National Park Reserve (canada.ca)
The Valley of Headless Men Is One of Canada’s Creepiest Places (msn.com)
The Valley of The Headless Men (thesquonkandthehag.com)
(PfCoCAfRL Spotlight) The Valley of the Headless Men | RPG PUB
Mysteries of the Nahinni Park Reserve in Canada — StrangeOutdoors.com
River Stories: The McLeod Brothers Three | Nahanni River Adventures & Canadian River Expeditions
Valley Of The Headless Men - Frontier Partisans
The Lore Behind the Mystery of Canada's Nahanni National Park (fodors.com)
Valley of Headless Men: Mysterious Decapitations in Canada’s Nahanni Valley | Ancient Origins (ancient-origins.net)
Nahanni Valley of Headless Men | Nahanni Valley Deaths | by Strange Show | Mytsery, Documentary & weird news | Medium
Legends of the Nahanni Valley (mysteriesofcanada.com)
Dene - Wikipedia
Families call for case of mysterious 2005 deaths to be reopened | CBC News
The Haunting History of This Canadian National Park (fodors.com)
The Valley of Headless Men – Nahanni Canada – Build Future Energy (wordpress.com)
The big bad wood: Nahanni Valley - J.M. Plumbley (jmplumbley.com)

Horror Stories That Will Scare You To Your Core

Episode 24 - This week Jarret and Pat read you some more horror stories. Now sit back, get cozy, and try not to get too scared!
 
STORIES
A disturbing chase. (TRUE) : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
[TRUE] Paranormal: My grandmothers haunted house : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
[FICTION] Do Not Enter : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
[TRUE] Was he holding a knife..? : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
The Walk : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
My Bad Neighbor : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
[TRUE] Night Shift In a Care Home : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
The restroom had a weird smell... : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)

Largest Mass Killing in Canadian History | CPA Flight 21 - (Episode 23)

July 8th, 1965. Air Traffic Control in Vancouver was relatively quiet, and everything appeared normal. All of a sudden, they received a transmission “Mayday, mayday, mayday” but from who? Little did they know, one of their passenger planes carrying 52 people on board had crashed in a forest near 100 Mile House in the Cariboo Regional District of British Columbia. An explosion inside the plane caused it to spiral towards the earth. But this explosion wasn’t accidental, it was a bomb. Who planted this bomb and why? Answers that have eluded investigators to this day making this one of Canada’s biggest unsolved cold cases. Did police have the right suspects, or did someone get away with mass murder undetected?

The Balcony Strangler Serial Killer | Russell Maurice Johnson (Episode 22)

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 serial killer was in their midst. He was dubbed by the media as “The Bedroom Strangler”. But what would shock police even more, was when they found out the killer had already gotten away with murder, multiple times. The Bedroom Strangler would turn out to be one of Canada’s most violent and prolific serial killers. But how exactly did he pull it off without being detected?

The Disappearance of Granger Taylor | The Spaceman of Vancouver Island - (Episode 21)

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 strangest and enduring mysteries. Did he really travel to outer space to explore the cosmos, or is there another earthly explanation for his disappearance?
 
SHOW NOTES
He built a spaceship in his backyard. Then he vanished forever | CBC Docs POV - YouTube

Episode 20 - The Guardian UFO Case | Hoax or Truth?

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”. The package contained a VHS tape. This tape is considered to be one of the most controversial pieces of UFO evidence in Canadian history. But is this Guardian tape the truth or just an elaborate hoax?
 
SHOW NOTES
Carp UFO Sighting - The Alien Files - YouTube
A mysterious VHS tape, a military bunker, and UFO sightings near Ottawa | UFO Town (youtube.com)
Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 5, Episode 16 - Full Episode (youtube.com)