During the holiday season Down the crooked path is taking a Canadian Detour. We are revisiting our Tuesday Segments over on our sister podcast Canadian Creepies.

Don't worry! Regular episodes will resume soon!

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Project Magnet — a little‑known program launched in the 1950s to investigate UFOs, magnetic anomalies, and unexplained aerial phenomena.

Listeners will discover:

• ✦ The origins of Project Magnet and its ties to Canada’s Department of Transport
• ✦ The role of Wilbert B. Smith, the engineer who spearheaded the study
• ✦ The legacy of Project Magnet in Canadian UFO lore and why it still fascinates researchers today

This week, we’re revisiting one of Canada’s most infamous hauntings—the Baldoon Mystery. In the early 1800s, the McDonald family of Wallaceburg, Ontario, found themselves tormented by unexplained fires, shattered windows, and eerie phenomena that defied explanation. Local lore tells of a curse, a witch, and a desperate attempt to end the haunting with a silver bullet.

This episode is pulled from our Tuesday segment over at Canadian Creepies, while I’m busy working through the holiday season. Regular episodes of Down the Crooked Path will resume soon, but in the meantime, enjoy this chilling tale of folklore, fear, and one angry goose witch!

We are visiting another Tuesday segment of Down the crooked path from out sister podcast Canadian Creepies, while Amanda tackles a busy holiday season in her personal life.

In Manitoba, Canada, a prospector named Stephan had an encounter with what would become known as Canadas most well documented UFO case. This encounter would leave him sick and suffering from burns for the rest of his life!

Don't worry! Amanda will be back soon with regular episodes of Down the Crooked path soon!

A day late, its been a busy time of year in my personal life so I do apologies for letting the calendar get away from me.

This week we are revisiting a feature from our Tuesday segments at the Canadian Creepies podcast!

Tom Thomson was an artist who went missing only for his body to turn up under mysterious conditions.

Was it an accident or did something more sinister happen to him?

And does his spirit still haunt the lake to this day?

Find out more and have a listen.

Regular episodes to resume in a few weeks!

This week we are taking trip to revisit an episode from my Tuesday segments over on my sister podcast Canadian Creepies.

Every Tuesday I take a deep dive in to a paranormal or totally creepy Canadian mystery.

Mr. Christie does make good cookies, from believed Oreos to long time staple Social Teas. But when his son took after his death, something sinister was taking place behind a hidden room of their mansion.

What was the dark secret he was keeping?

Who knew?

What lengths were taken to keep that secret buried?

For more creepy content be sure to check me out on TikTok and Instagram at @Downthecrookedpath

And Canadian mysteries at @canadiancreepies

On a frigid December night in 1956, Barbara and Patricia Grimes—15 and 12 years old—left their Chicago home to see Love Me Tender for the eleventh time. They never returned. What followed was one of the most intense missing persons investigations in Chicago’s history, marked by conflicting sightings, false confessions, and haunting letters that would torment their mother for years

we unravel one of the most bizarre and haunting UFO encounters in American history: the Cash-Landrum Incident. On a quiet Texas night in 1980, two women and a child witnessed a diamond-shaped craft hovering in the sky, blazing with heat and flanked by military helicopters. What followed was a harrowing tale of radiation burns, government silence, and the only known lawsuit filed against the U.S. government over a UFO sighting.

We explore:

• 🔥 The night of the encounter and its physical aftermath
• 🚁 The mysterious presence of military helicopters
• ⚖️ The legal battle that challenged official denial
• 🧬 The lingering medical effects and unanswered questions
• 🕵️‍♀️ Why this case remains one of the most credible—and chilling—in UFO lore

🎙️ Episode Notes: Canadian Creepies Edition – Grainger Taylor

Due to unexpected technical difficulties behind the scenes, this week’s episode of Down the Crooked Path is taking a brief detour. But don’t worry! We’re still serving up something eerie, enigmatic, and deeply Canadian.

This week, we’re featuring a special segment from our sister podcast, Canadian Creepies, where every Tuesday we explore supernatural stories from across the country in our recurring series: Down the Crooked Path.

Today’s tale? The haunting disappearance of Grainger Taylor—a mechanical prodigy from Vancouver Island who claimed he was leaving Earth aboard an alien spacecraft. He vanished without a trace in 1980, leaving behind a note, a homemade spaceship, and decades of speculation. Was it a tragic accident, a hoax, or something truly otherworldly?

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