Show Notes
Over 100 years have passed since Tom Thomson’s puzzling death. The renowned Canadian painter had only just started his journey as an artist when tragedy struck.
It came as quite a surprise when the lifelong woodsman and lover of the Canadian wilderness was found floating face down in a lake he once loved to paint. Locals say it was murder or possibly suicide, while authorities want to believe it’s an accident.
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