The Canadian Gothic
The Canadian Gothic uncovers Canada’s most mysterious, unusual, and fascinating stories.
The show dives deep into true crime, unsolved disappearances, paranormal encounters, and bizarre events using a blend of meticulous research, archival audio, interviews, and firsthand accounts.
Each episode, whether a standalone mystery or part of an ongoing series, offers a richly woven narrative that brings Canada’s most enigmatic cases to life.
- Update frequency
- every 3 days
- Average duration
- 55 minutes
- Episodes
- 490
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Romana Didulo - 5 - the Richmound, Sask SIEGE (as of Oct 12, 2023)
In a prior episode we learned how the self-declared Queen of Canada Romana Didulo (and her unconventional pseudo-government) had occupied an abandoned schoolhouse in Richmound, Saskatchewan.
It may b…
00:49:36 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Romana Didulo - 4 - The People of RICHMOUND, SK. VS. QUEEN ROMANA
In a past episode, I shared the story of Romana Didulo, the Pilipino immigrant who, from a bedroom in a Victoria, BC boarding house, convinced a surprising number of Canadians that she is the true qu…
01:03:59 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Romana Didulo - 3 - First Hand Account of the Peterborough Police Siege (with Caryma S'ad)
Caryma S'ad is an Ontario based lawyer, journalist, and activist. When she heard the self declared queen of Canada was planning a siege of a police station she did what any reasonable lawyer/journali…
00:44:15 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Romana Didulo - 2 - the Peterborough Police Siege
Using little more than a Youtube account a middle aged woman living in a boarding house in Victoria, BC has convinced thousands of people across the country that a global group of allied countries ha…
00:49:57 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
Romana Didulo - 1 - Introducing the self declared ‘Queen of Canada’
For nearly a year now, a middle aged woman in Victoria, BC has been publishing videos and releasing written statements in which she claims to have been appointed as Queen of Canada and head of govern…
00:58:20 |
Sat 23 Dec 2023
KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Dec 20th, 2023 - DUMB Canadian crime Christmas special?
In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
Tonight your hosts discuss;
a stolen taxi vs. Regina, SK
a stolen tracto…
00:55:52 |
Thu 21 Dec 2023
KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Dec 13th, 2023 - thumb tacks, Taylor Swift, Orillia's tree, and weird pants on police
In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
Tonight your hosts discuss;
thumb tack and Taylor Swift ticket scams
Ori…
00:55:00 |
Fri 15 Dec 2023
Rohinie Bisesar - 2 - not criminally responsible
In this episode we follow the twisted route this case took through the Canadian Justice System using excerpts of Global News coverage of Rohinie's trial.
Links:
Robert Karass AMA: https://www.reddit.…
00:24:32 |
Wed 13 Dec 2023
Rohinie Bisesar - 1 - the Toronto Path Stabbing
Toronto, Ontario. December 2015.
In the middle of the day and within the aisles of Shoppers Drug mart, an unprovoked random stabbing leaves Rosemary Junor clinging to life.
When the suspect is appreh…
00:41:06 |
Mon 11 Dec 2023
Want to Date an Inmate? - 3 - Jeffrey Verdon and Darcy Shephard
Madelayne Klein and I will unpack another collection of Canadian inmate dating profiles.
In this episode our bachelors are;
Psychopath (and dangerous offender) Jeffrey Verdon
Convicted killer Darcy…
00:59:24 |
Sat 09 Dec 2023
KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Dec 5th, 2023 - MANHUNT: Kangaroo, TOPSECRET ROMANCE SCAM, stolen cat, and space rocks
In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
Tonight your hosts discuss;
the escaped kangaroo and the manhunt that fol…
00:59:02 |
Thu 07 Dec 2023
Elnaz Hajtamiri - abduction and presumed murder
Our story is going to take us back to 2022 and into suburban Ontario for what can only be described as a living nightmare.
Something awful had been happening to 37 year old Iranian immigrant Elnaz Ha…
01:18:23 |
Sun 03 Dec 2023
KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Nov 28th, 2023 - Quadra Island, Goodwill Donation, Self Check-Outs
In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
Tonight your hosts discuss;
Quadra Island, BC
an accidental goodwill don…
00:53:17 |
Fri 01 Dec 2023
Encounters With Creeps - Volume 11
Madelayne Klein and Jordan Bonaparte will again offer listeners of this show a platform to share their encounters with the far too many CREEPS lurking around out there.
In this episode we will unpack…
01:10:32 |
Fri 24 Nov 2023
The 1970 Duncan, BC UFO Incident (did a UFO hoax get commemorated on a Canadian coin?)
Duncan, BC. New Years Day 1970. Just before dawn.
Doreen Kendall, a nurse at the Cowichan Hospital, wanted to open a window and get some fresh air in a patients room. As the curtains parted, a blindi…
00:43:18 |
Mon 20 Nov 2023
KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Nov 15th, 2023 - the Fredericton pole, Jay's Chicken in Glace Bay, the worst man in Alberta
In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
Tonight your hosts discuss;
a telephone pole in the middle of a Frederict…
01:05:55 |
Fri 17 Nov 2023
The Martensville, Saskatchewan Satanic Sex Scandal
the city of Martensville, Saskatchewan offers a quiet and affordable place to raise a family but for a time in the 1990s Martinsville was one of the last places you'd want your family associated with…
01:19:05 |
Mon 13 Nov 2023
KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Nov 7th, 2023 - a dumpster fire of a Christmas craft market, 55 million dollars, and parking meters
In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
Tonight your hosts discuss;
a 55 million dollar lottery win in QC
the du…
00:49:27 |
Fri 10 Nov 2023
KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Nov 1st, 2023 - obligatory candy/needle story, a legal bat infestation, Biohazard in a BC Bathtub
In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and his pal Aaron Airport seek out and explore offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
Tonight your hosts discuss;
an obligatory needle in candy story
a lega…
01:03:45 |
Fri 03 Nov 2023
A Walk Amongst the Dead in Halifax - 3 - the Holy Cross Cemetery
In a prior episode, we met Craig Ferguson curator of the Dead in Halifax twitter account and author of it’s companion book. If you listened to our two prior episodes, or follow what he does online yo…
01:13:35 |
Wed 01 Nov 2023
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