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Macabre momentoes ...when Dr William King of Brighton ontario was hanged in 1859 for the murder of his wife the relatives of the murdered woman cut up the hangmans rope and kept the pieces as souvenirs

 there are strange things done in the midnight sun,by the men who moil for gold;The Arctic trails have their secret talesThat would make your blood run cold;The Northern Lights have seen queer sights,But the queerest they ever did seeWas that night on the marge of Lake LebargeI cremated Sam McGee. 

the story of Marion peg leg Brown ...

SS Atlantic disaster The 3,700 ton, four-masted steam ship SS Atlantic sank on April 1, 1873 after hitting rocks off Nova Scotia, Canada. Over 560 lives were lost.

here is the video version .... https://youtu.be/JY0HfX5XciQ

Arthur Sicard was a milkman who delivered milk and other products directly to homes. Tired of having to climb over snowbanks to get to his customers .. he set out to produce a machine that could efficiently clear snow.

A Short story .... the plastic garbage bag

On April 28 1903, at 4:10 a.m. Around 110 million tonnes of limestone rock slid down Turtle Mountain.  The Frank Slide was a rock slide that buried part of,Frank, North-West Territories

This podcast was produced from a film doc I created in 2018 ..here is a link to the film ..https://youtu.be/cEm-ben0djYit is narrated by my friend and voice actor ... Peter Wood   https://peterwood.ca/with other voices by Allan Giffen  and Gerry Fraiberg

The name Ditchburn ....has always been associated with boats. some of the finest pleasure craft to glide the waters of Ontario and world.. so why did this builder for the rich and famous die pennyless and buried in a paupers grave far from his beloved waters..

what was it like to live in upper Canada.... lets look at the past of some ordinary people in Ontario their lives, their sacrifice .

This show was originally put together for a short documentary that was part of a series I made for the Heritage Cramahe  group in Colborne Ontario ... https://heritagecramahe.ca/moments/Beautifully narrated by my friend Yana Busse Violet Milstead-Warren a long time resident of Cramahe Township, was an aviation pioneer in Canada. From her work in World war 2 to being the first woman Bush Pilot in Canada. An inspiration to women of every age, Vi Milstead confidently flew into the changing world of aviation without worry.

Sir Francis Bond Head, was known as "Galloping Head", the reason will become apparent later ...he was Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada during the rebellion of 1837 They wanted a Head but was it Francis?

this episode was created with the help of talented and creative friends....Peter Paylor  ... https://playwrightsguild.ca/paupress/profile/peter-paylor Peter Wood   https://peterwood.ca/if you like the show please consider supporting it by using Patreon  .... or paypal   at soscally@gmail.comevery little bit helps ..if you have suggestions for shows ..please let us know send feedback to        soscally@gmail.com