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Nighttime / Curiouscast

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.

Nighttime

In 2006, a construction crew in Saskatoon unearthed a barrel hidden in an abandoned well, containing the preserved remains of a young woman murdered a century earlier.

For nearly twenty years she was known only as The Woman in the Well, as police tried facial reconstructions, DNA testing, and countless appeals for clues.

With the help of investigative genetic genealogy, her identity has finally been revealed: Alice Spence, a seamstress, wife, and mother.

This episode of Canadian Gothic traces Alice’s life, her erasure, and the modern science that brought her back into memory.

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Musical Theme:

Noir Toyko by Monty Datta

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the Woman in the Well - Alice Spence (Saskatoon, SK)

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

 
Canada Post Strikes Again

 
U-Pick Apple Chaos in Ontario

 
Mysterious Blackish Red Dust

 
Cherry Blossoms Resellers

Series Links

Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird⁠

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 182 - 2025/10/03 - APPLE CHAOS, MYSTERIOUS DUST, CHERRY BLOSSOMS RESELLERS

In July 1996, Blair Adams left his home in Surrey, British Columbia, convinced someone was trying to kill him. Over the course of just a few days, he emptied his savings and safety deposit box, attempted to cross the U.S. border multiple times, and made a frantic, illogical journey that ultimately led him to Knoxville, Tennessee — a city where he had no known ties.

There, his body was discovered in a construction site parking lot under bizarre circumstances: his pants had been forcibly removed, his socks were turned inside out, and thousands of dollars in cash, gold bars, and jewelry were scattered around him, untouched.

In this episode, we retrace Blair’s final days, follow his chaotic path across borders and states, and examine the theories surrounding one of the strangest unsolved mysteries of the 1990s. Was Blair fleeing someone real — or something only he believed in?

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Musical Theme:

Noir Toyko by Monty Datta

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The Bizarre Murder of Blair Adams

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

 
the weird neighbor and his creepy tunnel

 
Attacks on idling cars in Toronto

 
Doug Ford’s ice cream

 
Continued bannings

Series Links

Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 181 - 2025/09/27 - a tunnel, idling cars, Doug Ford's ice cream, and continued bannings

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

 
a Toronto senior falsely accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk

 
a Toronto elementary school teacher who played the Charlie Kirk video to her students

 
Grand Theft Ribfest: British Columbia

 
a mayoral candidate in Newfoundland who is banned from Costco

Series Links

Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 180 - 2025/09/19 - Michael Mallinson didn't do it, a teacher's bad decision, Grand Theft Ribfest, banned from costco

On August 9, 1975, 20-year-old Jane Smith vanished from her Sudbury apartment without a trace. Fifty years later, her family is still living with the pain of not knowing what happened.

In this episode, I speak with two people at the center of this decades-old mystery: Jane’s younger brother, John Smith, and his daughter, Katie.

John shares what it was like to lose his sister and how her disappearance has shaped his family’s lives over the past half-century.

Katie, who never met her aunt, has taken on a different role... part investigator, part advocate... working to keep Jane’s story alive and urging anyone who knows the truth to come forward before it’s too late.

Episode Links:

Send information related to Jane’s disappearance to - ⁠findJaneSmith1975@gmail.com⁠

Jane Smith Profile on Crimestoppers - ⁠https://www.sudburycrimestoppers.com/sitemenu.aspx?P=MissingPersons&ID=267&SID=1371⁠

Katie Smith’s Article in the Sudbury Star - ⁠https://www.thesudburystar.com/news/local-news/50-years-on-case-of-missing-sudbury-woman-still-unresolved⁠

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⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/subscribe⁠

Musical Theme:

Noir Toyko by Monty Datta

Social Links:

Website: ⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/⁠

Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod⁠

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The Disappearance of Jane Smith (Sudbury, Ontario - August 9, 1975)

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.

In this episode your hosts discuss;

 
the fella in the pink Barbie Jeep in Prince Albert, BC

 
the security cameras of Hamilton, ON

 
Happy 104th Rachel!

 
TEENAGE TERROR in a Winnipeg Walmart

Series Links

Keep Canada Weird Series: ⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/keep-canada-weird⁠

Send a voice memo:⁠ www.thecanadiangothic.com/contact⁠

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Provide feedback and comments on the episode:

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Contact:

Website:⁠ https://www.thecanadiangothic.com⁠

Facebook: ⁠https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod⁠

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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - 179 - 2025/09/12 - a drunk on a barbie jeep, security cameras, teens vs Winnipeg walmart

In this episode we catch up with the strange saga of Romana Didulo, the self-proclaimed “Queen of Canada.”

In previous episodes, we’ve traced her bizarre rise from a Victoria, BC boarding house to her group’s nearly two year long occupation of an abandoned school in the tiny community of Richmound, Saskatchewan.

Despite countless efforts to remove them, form the village of just over 100 residents nothing worked—until now.

This past week brought a game-changing turn: not only was the group forced out of the school, but Romana Didulo and the building’s owner both found themselves behind bars.

To unpack these developments, Tom from OwlNews.ca will join us as we discuss the arrest, release, and rearrest of “Queen” Romana Didulo.

Series Links:

Listen to prior episodes in this series: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/episodes/romana-didulo

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Musical Theme:

Noir Toyko by Monty Datta

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Romana Didulo - 7 - The Arrest, Release, and Re-Arrest of the "Queen of Canada"

Ten years ago today the first episode of Nighttime was released, telling the story of a UFO sighting over Cape Breton Island.

In the decade since, Nighttime has produced over a thousand episodes, covered stories from nearly every corner of the country, been heard around the world, but… it’s also begun to show it’s age.

As Nighttime toiled away podcasting has changed dramatically; the rise of celebrity-hosted shows, podcasts as video, the rise and fall of countless platforms, and many other factors which have reshaped the medium and led to Nighttime feeling like the product of a by-gone era. 

Ten years after it started, It’s time to say good night to Nighttime! 

but this isn’t a goodbye

Its hosts, its contributors, its active series (like Keep Canada Weird) aren’t going anywhere. 

The podcast feeds, the social media pages, and related landing pads will be updated to serve as home for a new show that will be similar in style and spirit, but better equipped to tell Canada’s most fascinating stories for the next decade and beyond.

the next chapter is… the Canadian Gothic

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Production Updates -Good Night to Nighttime and the Birth of Canadian Gothic

We continue our coverage of the heartbreaking and still-unfolding disappearance of 6-year-old Lilly and 4-year-old Jack Sullivan, who were reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home on the morning of Friday, May 2.

In this episode, we dive into the game-changing details revealed in the newly unsealed search and seizure warrant applications—examining who said what, how police vetted those statements, and the two potential suspects that emerged. They also explore the behind-the-scenes communications about the carefully worded reward announcement connected to Jack and Lilly’s disappearance.

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Musical Theme:

Noir Toyko by Monty Datta

Contact:

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Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 11: Four Months Missing

In Keep Canada Weird Jordan and Aaron Airport explore the weird and offbeat Canadian news stories from the past week.
In this episode your hosts discuss;

the killing of a rabbit in Nanaimo

waterslide weight limit enforcement

an 80 year old speed demon

a 93 year old youtuber

Series Links
Keep Canada Weird Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird
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KEEP CANADA WEIRD - Dec 13 - a rabbit, a waterslide, and two misbehaving seniors

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