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In a profession built on trust, compassion is supposed to be the foundation.

Doulas are invited into some of the most vulnerable moments of people’s lives — offering support, reassurance, and care when families need it most. But what happens when that trust is carefully studied, copied… and exploited?

In this episode, we explore a disturbing case of deception that unfolded not through violence, but through emotional manipulation. Messages asking for help turned into relationships built on false identities, leaving a community questioning how well we truly know the people we connect with online.

This is a story about empathy, digital intimacy, and the danger that can exist when kindness becomes the doorway.

As always, we approach this case with care, centering the experiences of those affected and examining the larger questions it raises about trust in an increasingly online world.

🕯️ Listener discretion advised.

✨ This episode also highlights the work of Niagara Reproductive Justice (NRJ)— Learn more or support their work by visiting their social media or emailing niagarareproductivejustice@gmail.com.

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Edited by Kyle McDonnell

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In this episode of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda Joy explores the lingering shadows hidden within one of Canada’s oldest historic districts, where centuries of history have left more than stories behind.

With more than 500 documented hauntings tied to the area, this episode focuses on three locations where tragedy, mystery, and memory appear to overlap. From a historic mansion said to be watched over by restless spirits, to a former religious site marked by loss and secrets beneath its foundations, to an institution connected to some of the most disturbing psychological experiments of the twentieth century, each place carries a past that refuses to stay quiet.

Blending documented history with enduring folklore, Amanda examines how trauma, belief, and place intertwine and why some locations continue to draw reports long after their doors have closed.

Step carefully. Some histories do not remain in the past.

🌱 PayYourRent.ca is an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative calling on settlers to engage in ongoing, voluntary financial redistribution in support of Indigenous land defenders, sovereignty, and community well-being.

This foundation supports urgent needs like housing, food security, legal defense, and cultural revitalization—all grounded in the principle that land back also means resource back.

If you live, work, or benefit from life on stolen land, consider learning more or making a monthly contribution at PayYourRent.ca.

Justice isn’t a moment—it’s a commitment.

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🕯️ You can find new episodes of Down the Crooked Path every Thursday, wherever you get your podcasts.
Canadian content airs right here on the Canadian Creepies feed—so stay tuned, and stay on the path.

Edited by Kyle McDonnell

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This week, Valerie and Kyle examine one of the most disturbing and least discussed policies in modern Canadian history: the High Arctic relocation.

In the 1950s, Inuit families were moved more than 2,000 kilometres north from their homes in Northern Quebec to remote Arctic settlements. Promised better hunting, housing, and support, they instead arrived to isolation, scarcity, and a future they did not choose.

Drawing on survivor testimony, including the story of Paula Ikuutaq Rumbolt, as well as historical documentation, the findings of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, and Canada’s 2010 formal apology, this episode explores how Cold War sovereignty fears shaped federal policy and how those decisions reshaped lives for generations.

This is not a story about harsh weather.

It is a story about power, displacement, and what happens when human beings are treated as political tools.

The cold was not the cruelest part. Being treated as expendable was.

Edited by Kyle McDonnell