In this episode, we step into one of Europe’s most baffling unsolved mysteries. In November 1970, a woman was found dead in Norway’s Isdalen Valley: burned, staged, and surrounded by clues that only raised more questions. Multiple passports. Disguises. Wigs. Cryptic travel notes. Hotel aliases. International movements that touched Paris, Basel, Geneva, and Stavanger. And a trail that may have crossed paths with intelligence agencies, militant groups, and a Swiss banker with a very dark history.

We follow her footsteps through Europe, decode her notepad, dig into the spy theories, and look at the strange forces that seemed determined to shut the investigation down. We also explore the witness who came forward decades later from Forbach, France, claiming he knew her

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This week, we’re heading straight into one of Canada’s strangest, smokiest, most stubborn hauntings — the Baldoon Mystery. A family farm under siege. Fires that sparked out of nowhere. Bullets that bent in mid‑air. A suspected witch who absolutely did not appreciate being accused of anything. And a curse that refused to mind its business.

We’re unpacking the folklore, the eyewitness chaos, the generational drama, and the one bizarre solution that supposedly ended it all. If you love a haunting with attitude, this one’s for you.

In this episode:

• The McDonald family and the haunting that wouldn’t quit
• Fires, stones, apparitions, and the infamous “walking bullet”
• The neighbourly feud that escalated into full‑blown witchcraft accusations
• The folklore roots behind the curse
• The strange ritual that allegedly broke it
• And of course… the messy, human, very dramatic underbelly of it all

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In this episode of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda Joy walks through the 1827 murder of Maria Marten and the strange trail that followed. From the dream that sent Maria’s stepmother back to the Red Barn to the discovery that shocked the village to the trial that turned William Corder into one of the most talked about men in England, this case has all the twists you would expect from early true crime.

We also look at the stories that surfaced long after the murder, including the tale of Dr. John Kilner and the skull he should have left alone, and how this case echoes other moments in history like the Greenbrier Ghost from West Virginia.

If you enjoy historical mysteries, eerie coincidences, and cases that refuse to stay quiet, this one is for you.

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In this episode, we return to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, a quiet river town that became the center of one of the most unsettling waves of sightings in American history. Between 1966 and 1967, dozens of witnesses reported a winged figure with glowing red eyes moving through the abandoned TNT area, appearing on lonely roadsides, and watching from the treetops.

But the creature was only part of the story. As the sightings continued, strange lights appeared in the sky, unsettling letters arrived, and a sense of dread settled over the town. When the Silver Bridge collapsed on December 15, 1967, many wondered if the sightings had been a warning.

This episode walks through the eyewitness accounts, the folklore, the fear, and the tragedy that shaped the legend of the Mothman, and why this story still refuses to fade.Have a story suggestion, a strange encounter, or a topic you want us to explore Find us on TikTok and Instagram at @downthecrookedpath Or email your recommendations to crookedpathsocial@gmail.com

On August 20th, 1966, two Brazilian electronics technicians were found dead on a lonely hillside overlooking Niterói. Their bodies were neatly laid out. Their belongings were untouched. And over their eyes… lead masks. The kind you’d wear to shield yourself from radiation.

No signs of struggle. No obvious cause of death. Just a cryptic note in one man’s pocket that read: “Take capsules. After effect, protect metals. Await signal.”

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A single bone found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa led investigators to a discovery no one was prepared for. Over the following days, the desert revealed the remains of eleven women and one unborn child. This episode traces the years before that moment, the women whose lives were taken, and the long search for clarity that has yet to bring closure. It is a story shaped by vulnerability, systemic failure, and a landscape that held its silence for far too long.

This is the Case of the West Mesa Bone Collector

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Life has a way of throwing curveballs, and this week it definitely did. Between health, schedules, and the general chaos of being human, we weren’t able to finish our regular episode in time.

But we didn’t want to leave your feed empty, so today we’re sharing a sister‑podcast crossover from Canadian Creepies: the strange little tale of Jacko the Ape. It’s weird, it’s folkloric, and it’s exactly the kind of odd Canadian mystery we love.

Thank you for your patience, your messages, and your support while we catch our breath. We’ll be back next week with a full, brand‑new Down the Crooked Path episode.

Until then… enjoy this curious detour into Canadian lore.

In this episode, we dive into one of the most controversial modern possession cases ever documented: the story of Julia, the woman psychiatrist Dr. Richard Gallagher publicly claimed was genuinely possessed by a demonic entity. Gallagher, a trained medical professional and skeptic by nature, became convinced that Julia’s case defied every psychiatric explanation he knew.

We explore:

• Who Dr. Richard Gallagher is and why his opinion carries weight
• The background of Julia and how she came under Gallagher’s care
• The disturbing phenomena reported during her evaluation
• Why Gallagher believed this case crossed the line from psychological to supernatural
• The ongoing debate between medical science, religious interpretation, and the unexplained

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