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    Dead Men Don't Podcast

    The podcast that explores hauntings, the people they affect, and the chilling true histories behind the legends.
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    Episodes (34)

    Open for a Special Announcement - "Did You Know?"

    Open for a Special Announcement - "Did You Know?"

    Listen for a special announcement from Kenzie. Dead Men Don't Podcast is going visual for Quarantine! Check out our new special "Did You Know?" on Youtube!

    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!

    Dead Men Don't Podcast Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRtoOMBg-WgezXp30aApLVg

    Original Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
     

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    An Icelandic Christmas: Best Paw Forward

    An Icelandic Christmas: Best Paw Forward

    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. 

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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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

     

     

     


     

     

    Canada's Titanic: The Empress of Ireland - "Curse you Henny!"

    Canada's Titanic: The Empress of Ireland - "Curse you Henny!"

    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

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    Mount Pleasant Cemetery - An Unpleasant Date Night

    Mount Pleasant Cemetery - An Unpleasant Date Night

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    The Cabbagetown Monster

    The Cabbagetown Monster

    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.

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    Alumnae Theatre - Spotlights Up on Ghostly Residents

    Alumnae Theatre - Spotlights Up on Ghostly Residents

    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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    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    ALIENS: The Shag Harbour Incident - A Martian Honeymoon

    ALIENS: The Shag Harbour Incident - A Martian Honeymoon

    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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    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    Have You Been to Spadina House?

    Have You Been to Spadina House?

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

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    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    Canada's Legendary Paranormal Mystery

    Canada's Legendary Paranormal Mystery

    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

    We have a website!
    Dead Men Don't Podcast
    You can now listen to all our episodes, view pictures, contact us, and find the links to our social media accounts there. Please go, it looks really cool to be honest.

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    Three Ghosts in the Valley

    Three Ghosts in the Valley

    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

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    The Birds and the Bees

    The Birds and the Bees

    Your girls dive into the folklore of birds. Kenzie unfairly throws a lot of shade at pigeons. Adara tells us why you should pay attention when a bird crosses your path, especially a crow.

    Adara's Reading
    Birds: Myth, Lore and Legend by Rachel Warren-Chadd

    Song Kenzie was Singing Creepily
    Blackbird - The Beatles

    Audio used in this episode
    [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMG1Nl7uWko&t=202s](The entire Bee Movie but every time it says bee it speeds up 15%)
    Morning Dove

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    Dead Men Watch: Poltergeist

    Dead Men Watch: Poltergeist

    Hello ghostly friends! Adara and I are back (finally) with a new episode of Dead Men Watch where we watch Poltergeist (1982). You'll hear some fantastic reactions from Kenzie and some supposedly true stories that may have inspired the film from Adara. As well as some interesting and dismal facts that may get one thinking that this film is cursed.

    Adara's recommended reading:
    House of Flying Objects

    Background movie clips sampled from Poltergeist (1982)
    Producer: Steven Spielberg
    Director: Tobe Hooper

    **Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. **(Instagram @ethanareid)
    Additional music and SFX by Epidemic Sound

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    Dead Men Watch: Veronica

    Dead Men Watch: Veronica

    Welcome to the beginning of a new series, Dead Men Watch, where we watch horror movies based on true events. We comment on the movie and then let our fabulous listeners know the real story. This week's movie is Veronica. Yes, Kenzie is absolutely terrified to be doing this. It was Adara's idea.

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

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    Ghosties in Not Too Bad Times

    Ghosties in Not Too Bad Times

    Believe it because it's true - the girls have returned from the grave. Join us on a tour of Buddies in Bad Times, one of Toronto's most haunted theatres. Although alive with fabulous creativity, this theatre is home to four ghosts from different eras.

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

    Additional Soundtrack Provided by:

    "Lightless Dawn" by Kevin MacLeod
    Website: https://incompetech.com
    Licence: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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    Children and Ghosts

    Children and Ghosts

    Kenzie goes solo for an episode on why children see ghosts more than adults can.

    Sites used in this episode:

    http://www.iheartradio.ca/virginradio/halifax/blogs/do-babies-see-ghosts-1.3386677

    https://www.sofeminine.co.uk/children/can-children-see-ghosts-what-parents-need-to-know-s1054048.html

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

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    Use this email to send us your personal ghost stories! We'll be reading them out on our mini episodes every other week.

    The Spirits of Fort York (Yankee Doodle Ghostie)

    The Spirits of Fort York (Yankee Doodle Ghostie)

    Adara and Kenzie visit the famously haunted Fort York National Historic site, the location of bloody battles in the war of 1812. Join us for a tour and staff ghost stories.

    Find more ghost stories here: http://www.torontoghosts.org/index.php/the-city-of-toronto/public-buildings/75-historic-old-fort-york-the-garrison-at-york?showall=1&start=0

    Song clip used in fair dealing under the Canadian Copyright Law: Yankee Doodle performed by The Robert Shaw Chorale

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

    "Radio Static” by GowlerMusic of Freesound.org.

    "Long Note Three" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    "Clean Soul" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    The Hauntings of Black Creek

    The Hauntings of Black Creek

    Your ghostly girls travel back in time inside Black Creek Pioneer Village for a very special tour. Follow us and our slightly uneasy tour guide into the 19th century buildings. Did Adara see a ghost? Listen and find out.

    Special thanks to Haunted Walk for the excellent tour! Check out their site to book a tour near you:
    https://hauntedwalk.com/toronto-tours/

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

    Additional music provided by Kevin MacLeod.
    "Colorless Aura" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    "Clean Soul" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    The Most Haunted House in Canada

    The Most Haunted House in Canada

    Happy Thanksgiving to all our fellow Canadians! We are back with another full length episode on the MacKenzie House. You guys get to a experience a historical tour and the hauntings that lurk within this house's walls.

    Special thanks to Program Director Danielle for the awesome tour. Be sure to check out the MacKenzie House whenever you're in town!

    Website: https://www.toronto.ca/explore-enjoy/history-art-culture/museums/mackenzie-house/

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

    Additional music provided by Kevin MacLeod.
    Long Note Three Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
    http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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    Not Your Average Joe

    Not Your Average Joe

    In this episode we get to hear a listener's many supernatural experiences, and let me tell you, there are a lot.

    Apologies if you hear some background noise in this interview, the neighbour thought it was a great idea to run their power drill only during this phone interview.

    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

    Additional music provided by Kevin MacLeod.
    Comfortable Mystery 4 Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    "Ominous" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
    Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License
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    The Hat Man Part 5: Final Theories

    The Hat Man Part 5: Final Theories

    Welcome to the finale of The Hat Man series. In this episode we get into the final theories of what The Hat Man actually is. Yes, in this episode Adara finally gets to talk about her aliens.

    Kenzie's Mom's Hat Man Episode:

    https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/leaders-call-to-adventure/id1235364844?mt=2&i=1000405150422

    Our Reddit thread:

    https://www.reddit.com/r/Ghosts/comments/987m4h/any_personal_stories_of_hat_man_encounters/?utm_content=full_comments&utm_medium=message&utm_source=reddit&utm_name=frontpage

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    Original Theme Music by Ethan Reid. (Instagram @ethanareid)

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