Strange and Undecided

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)

Episode 19 - Unsettling Stories That Will Chill You To The Bone

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.com)
Please lock your doors : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)
[TRUE] paranormal experience : r/freehorrorstories (reddit.com)

Episode 18 - The Dexter Killer | Mark Twitchell

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 happened to him and why?
 
SHOW NOTES
Mark Twitchell - Wikipedia
Jury finds Edmonton filmmaker guilty of murder - The Globe and Mail (archive.org)
Map to the body - "The Dexter Killer:" Inside the mind of a murderer (cbsnews.com)
Mark Twitchell case: Inside the mind of "The Dexter Killer" - CBS News
Bloody evidence found early in Twitchell search | Edmonton Journal
Mark Twitchell | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
"The Dexter Killer" - CBS News
Who is Mark Twitchell and where is he now? | The US Sun (the-sun.com)
Twitchell found guilty of 1st-degree murder | CBC News
Former wife weeps at Twitchell murder trial | CBC News
Twitchell directed police to remains | CBC News

Episode 17 - The Hemlock Valley Murders | British Columbia

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 the murderer in their grasp, or did they have it all wrong?
SHOW NOTES
Aug 01, 1999, page 20 - The Province at Newspapers.com
Lidguerre, Mary – Canadian Crimeopedia
missing-women-investigation-review-summary-report.pdf (vpd.ca)
cn30378-eng.pdf (publicsafety.gc.ca)
Olajide, Tracy – Canadian Crimeopedia
Pipe, Tammy Lee – Canadian Crimeopedia
Tammy Pipe, Murdered by a possible Serial Killer in British Columbia in 1995. | Justice for Native People
Tammy Pipe - One of The Victims of The Hemlock Valley Murders (ucfiles.com)
Younker, Victoria – Canadian Crimeopedia
Unsolved – Canadian Crimeopedia
RCMP seeking serial killer for 1995 deaths in B.C. (thestar.com)
The Unsolved: Tracy Olajide – The Morbid Library & Archive
RCMP seek tips in 1995 B.C. killings | CBC News
RCMP hunt for serial killer in 3 cold case slayings | CTV News
RCMP believe unknown killer behind B.C. deaths | CTV News
Police look for leads in cold case serial killings - The Globe and Mail
Robert Pickton not the killer in B.C. cold cases: RCMP (thestar.com)
10 Disturbing Murder Mysteries From Canada - Listverse
Police pursue Vancouver's other serial killer | CTV News
Ex-detective stands by his Pickton testimony - The Globe and Mail
EXHIBIT-98.pdf (uvic.ca)
Nov 03, 1995, page 10 - The Chilliwack Progress at The Chilliwack Progress (newspapers.com)
Predators — Robert Pickton: The Vancouver Missing Women — Crime Library
3 B.C. cases bear similarities to Green River deaths (seattlepi.com)
Vicki Black's death has been solved after 27 years, but for some, the wounds are still fresh | CBC News
Killer of Vancouver sex trade worker in 1993 gets 10 years in jail | Vancouver Sun
Charges laid in 1993 killing of young Vancouver woman - Greater Victoria News (vicnews.com)
Vancouver murder suspect arrested 26 years after killing (citynews.ca)
Charges laid 26 years after Vancouver woman found murdered in DTES dumpster | Globalnews.ca
Gary Ridgway - Wikipedia