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Send us a text, tell us your canadian creepy! The frozen wilderness of Canada's North has long been the setting for stories of survival, isolation, and mystery. In this episode of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda Joy explores the legend of The Mad Trapper of Rat River. What began as a remote trapping dispute quickly escalated into one of the largest and most extraordinary manhunts in Canadian history, drawing law enforcement, Indigenous trackers, and determined search parties deep into the unfor...
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