The Spirits of Fort York (Yankee Doodle Ghostie)

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CORRECTION: It is Tuesday April 21st that the video will be released. Kenzie has Quarantine brain. Head over to YouTube to check it out then!

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Merry Christmas everyone! We are releasing an episode just in time for the holidays. Cuddle up with some cocoa, spiked or not, and listen to the stories of the mischievous Yule Lads and the short-tempered little bearded man called the Tomte. 

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Sources:

The Yule Lads Poem - “Jólasveinarnir” by Jóhannes úr Kötlum

The Christmas Encyclopedia, 3rd ed, William Crump, p. 238

Swedish Press: The Genealogy of the Swedish Tomte

The Empress of Ireland is a little known sea tragedy that killed more passengers than the Titanic. Kenzie takes over this episode discussing Canada's largest maritime disaster and the curse that may have doomed it.

Song in episode: Empress of Ireland by Coole Park

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Sources: Please check out all of the sources for this episode out below! Virtual Museum has a wonderful in-depth look of the tragedy, as well as voice overs of witness accounts.

Virtual Museum - Site historique maritime de la Pointe-au-Père: The Empress of Ireland, a forgotten history

Adaptation of witness accounts by Denis Leblond (Virtual Museum)

Macleans - The Night the Empress Went Down

The Empress of Ireland - Crippen's Curse

The Irish Times - First Titanic, then Empress: an Irish man’s lucky escapes

Post Media News - ‘Forgotten Empress’ sank 100 years ago, took 1,012 lives

PBS - Lost Liners: The Empress of Ireland

BOAT - The Strangest of Sailor Superstitions

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Your girls are finally back. In this episode, Adara tells Kenzie about something eerie that's been seen under the streets of Toronto. What is it? Listen to find out.

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Adara and Kenzie visit the quaint Alumnae Theatre in downtown Toronto. This Firehall turned theatre has seen a lot of activity over the years, some of which is paranormal. This place has the most ghost stories out of any the places we've been to. Kenzie was surprisingly not scared.

You can find Adara's sources for this episode in our Zotero Group

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The Shag Harbour Incident is a prominent Canadian UFO encounter that occurred in 1967. The sheer amount of civilian and official government reports related to this incident is nothing short of incredible. This is where we cover ALIENS for the first time. Kenzie didn't hate it.

You can find Adara's sources for this episode in our Zotero Group under "Shag Harbour"

Audio Clips Under Fair Dealing
Check out the full videos! Full documentary on the incident below:

Fisherman Encounter: The Shag Harbour UFO Incident (Full Documentary)

Carl Sagan: The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson (Nov 30, 1973)

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You can find the sources for this episode in our Zotero Group under "Spadina House."

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As mentioned at the end of the episode, Adara has a new way of sharing her sources with all of you for each episode!

Link: Zotero Source Sharing

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Your girls visit the allegedly haunted Todmorden Mills located in the Don River Valley of Toronto, Ontario.

Note: Some of the audio in this episode is a little lower in quality. Sorry guys, us poor young women need to get new portable microphones.

Adara's Research:
Toronto's Historical Plaques
Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Todmorden and Walsden

Kenzie's Links
Toronto Ghosts

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