Canadian Creepies

Welcome to Canadian Creepies —the podcast that digs into the dark corners of Canada’s past and present. Your hosts Valerie, Ali, Amanda Joy ( host of Down the Crooked Path), and sometimes Kyle explore the true crime cases that haunt us, the paranormal encounters that make us question what’s real, and the unsettling folklore that lingers just out of sight. From cults to cold cases, ghosts to government cover-ups, we don’t just tell the stories—we ask why they still matter. It’s creepy. It’s Canadian. And it’s probably going to keep you up at night.

Canadian Creepies is a history podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 162 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

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  DTCP 057 - The Allan Memorial Experiments

  Aug 18, 202636 minS2

  Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! Behind the walls of Montreal’s Allan Memorial Institute, respected psychiatrist Dr. Ewen Cameron was conducting experiments intended to break down the human mind and rebuild it from the ground up. Patients were subjected to powerful combinations of drugs, prolonged isolation, repeated audio messages, and electroshock administered at levels far beyond conventional treatment, all while many had little understanding of what was actually being done to them. But Cameron was not working without financial support. Canadian public money helped fund research at the institute while, at the same time, the CIA secretly financed Cameron’s work through a covert MKUltra subproject. When the experiments finally began coming to light, families searching for answers encountered incomplete records, missing files, and lingering questions about what Canadian officials knew and how such extreme experimentation was allowed to continue. In this episode of Down the Crooked Path , Amanda Joy explores the disturbing history of the Allan Memorial Institute, the patients caught inside Cameron’s experiments, and Canada’s connection to one of the most infamous mind-control programs of the twentieth century. Content note: This episode discusses psychiatric abuse, non-consensual medical experimentation, electroshock treatment, drugging, isolation, and psychological trauma. PayYourRent.ca is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative calling on settlers to engage in ongoing, voluntary financial redistribution in support of Indigenous land defenders, sovereignty, and community well-being. This foundation supports urgent needs like housing, food security, legal defense, and cultural revitalization—all grounded in the principle that land back also means resource back. If you live, work, or benefit from life on stolen land, consider learning more or making a monthly contribution at PayYourRent.ca . Justice isn’t a moment—it’s a commitment. Your next creepy obsession starts here. ✨ This episode is brought to you by Fable & Frame Creative ✨ Fable & Frame Creative offers Niagara Region portraits and at-home newborn sessions, capturing not just how life looks — but how it feels . Because your life isn’t ordinary. It’s a fable, and it deserves to be framed like one. And don’t forget our boo-tiful friends at Back From the Dead Goods —resurrecting your wardrobe with creepy streetwear on Etsy & Poshmark . Use code CANADIANCREEPIES for 10% off! ️ You can find new episodes of Down the Crooked Path every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts. Canadian content airs right here on the Canadian Creepies feed—so stay tuned, and stay on the path. Edited by Kyle McDonnell

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  The Sixties Scoop - Part 03

  Aug 13, 202650 minS2

  Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! The closing of residential schools did not mean the end of Canada’s attempts to separate Indigenous children from their families, communities, and cultures. The system changed. The goal of assimilation remained. In Part 03 of our series on the Sixties Scoop, we examine how changes to the Indian Act opened the door for provincial child welfare authorities to intervene on reserves, and how poverty created and perpetuated by colonial policies was frequently treated as evidence of parental neglect. We look at the experience from both sides of the separation: parents who returned home to find their children gone, mothers whose newborns were taken from hospitals, and children who were adopted or fostered across Canada, the United States, and beyond, often growing up without access to their names, languages, families, or cultures. Through survivor experiences, we explore the lasting consequences of this forced separation, including what researchers have described as a profound state of identity limbo: growing up disconnected from Indigenous community while never fully belonging in the white environments into which many children were placed. But this story is also about reclamation. We look at the ways survivors and Indigenous communities have worked to reconnect with family, culture, ceremony, community, and the land, restoring connections that government systems attempted to erase. This episode, and the entire Sixties Scoop series, was researched by Christine Young. Content note: This episode discusses colonialism, forced child apprehension, residential schools, racism, child abuse, family separation, suicide, mental health struggles, substance use, and intergenerational trauma. PayYourRent.ca is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative calling on settlers to engage in ongoing, voluntary financial redistribution in support of Indigenous land defenders, sovereignty, and community well-being. This foundation supports urgent needs like housing, food security, legal defense, and cultural revitalization—all grounded in the principle that land back also means resource back. If you live, work, or benefit from life on stolen land, consider learning more or making a monthly contribution at PayYourRent.ca . Justice isn’t a moment—it’s a commitment. Edited by Kyle McDonnell

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  Bonus Episode: How to Tell if You’re Dating a White Supremacist

  Aug 12, 202635 minS2

  Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! White supremacy doesn’t always announce itself with obvious symbols, slogans, or declarations. Sometimes it enters a relationship quietly: through jokes, conspiracy theories, changing language, increasingly extreme media, and a pattern of comments that becomes harder to ignore. In this special solo bonus episode of Canadian Creepies , Valerie looks at some of the warning signs that a partner may be involved with or becoming influenced by white supremacist and extremist ideology, how radicalization can become normalized within relationships, and the manipulation tactics that can make those beliefs difficult to recognize. This episode isn’t about labelling someone because of one bad opinion or uncomfortable conversation. It’s about recognizing patterns, trusting your instincts, and understanding when a difference of opinion has become something much more serious. Content note: This episode discusses white supremacist ideology, extremist movements, online radicalization, abusive relationship dynamics, discrimination, and manipulation. Edited by Kyle McDonnell

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  DTCP 056 - The Ghost of Binstead Manor

  Aug 11, 202626 minS2

  Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In the 1850s, Georgina Pennee moved with her husband to Binstead Manor in Prince Edward Island, expecting to begin a new chapter of their lives. Instead, she found herself confronting something far more unsettling: the apparition of a woman carrying an infant through the halls of the manor. Determined to understand what she was witnessing, Georgina began investigating the haunting, conducting what would become an unusually early paranormal investigation led by a woman. What she uncovered about the mysterious woman and child would reveal a disturbing story hidden within the manor’s past. In this episode of Down the Crooked Path , we explore the haunting of Binstead Manor, Georgina Pennee’s investigation, and take a brief look at paranormal investigation groups across Canada. PayYourRent.ca is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative calling on settlers to engage in ongoing, voluntary financial redistribution in support of Indigenous land defenders, sovereignty, and community well-being. This foundation supports urgent needs like housing, food security, legal defense, and cultural revitalization—all grounded in the principle that land back also means resource back. If you live, work, or benefit from life on stolen land, consider learning more or making a monthly contribution at PayYourRent.ca . Justice isn’t a moment—it’s a commitment. Your next creepy obsession starts here. ✨ This episode is brought to you by Fable & Frame Creative ✨ Fable & Frame Creative offers Niagara Region portraits and at-home newborn sessions, capturing not just how life looks — but how it feels . Because your life isn’t ordinary. It’s a fable, and it deserves to be framed like one. And don’t forget our boo-tiful friends at Back From the Dead Goods —resurrecting your wardrobe with creepy streetwear on Etsy & Poshmark . Use code CANADIANCREEPIES for 10% off! ️ You can find new episodes of Down the Crooked Path every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts. Canadian content airs right here on the Canadian Creepies feed—so stay tuned, and stay on the path. Edited by Kyle McDonnell

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  The Sixties Scoop - Part 02

  Aug 6, 202653 minS2

  Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! In Part 2 of our four-part series on the Sixties Scoop, Valerie and Amanda examine the devastating conditions inside Canada's Residential School system and the decisions that allowed generations of Indigenous children to suffer. We explore how overcrowded, poorly ventilated schools became breeding grounds for diseases like tuberculosis and the 1918 Spanish Flu, transforming institutions that claimed to educate children into places where illness spread unchecked. We also examine Dr. Peter Bryce's groundbreaking 1907 report, which warned the federal government that children were dying in staggering numbers, and the deliberate efforts to suppress his findings rather than address the crisis. This episode also investigates the federally funded malnutrition experiments conducted on Indigenous children during the 1940s and 1950s, where starvation and poor health were exploited for scientific research instead of being treated. Finally, we discuss how the deaths of thousands of children were documented, overlooked, and, in many cases, hidden through inadequate record-keeping, unmarked burials, and decades of institutional neglect. This episode contains discussions of disease, child mortality, medical experimentation, neglect, and the lasting impacts of Canada's Residential School system. Listener discretion is advised. All research for this four-part series was conducted by Christine Young . Her dedication, compassion, and commitment to historical accuracy have been invaluable, and we are forever grateful for her extraordinary contribution to Canadian Creepies . PayYourRent.ca is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative calling on settlers to engage in ongoing, voluntary financial redistribution in support of Indigenous land defenders, sovereignty, and community well-being. This foundation supports urgent needs like housing, food security, legal defense, and cultural revitalization—all grounded in the principle that land back also means resource back. If you live, work, or benefit from life on stolen land, consider learning more or making a monthly contribution at PayYourRent.ca . Justice isn’t a moment—it’s a commitment. Edited by Kyle McDonnell

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