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Episode 365: On a humid August morning in 1873, the quiet, tight-knit community of Baker’s Settlement outside of Bridgewater in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, was shattered by a crime so…

Nova Scotia's rugged coastline and treacherous waters have made it a graveyard for ships throughout history. The SS Atlantic, a White Star Line steamship, sank off Nova Scotia on April 1, 1873, in one of the worst maritime disasters before the Titanic. On its 19th voyage from Liverpool to New York with around 975 people on board, the ship ran short of coal and diverted to Halifax. Navigational errors caused it to strike rocks near Prospect, Nova Scotia. Rough seas hindered lifeboat launches, trapping many passengers below deck. Local fishermen and others aided in rescue efforts, but 562 people perished, marking it the greatest civilian loss in the North Atlantic at that time.

Episode 215: Mary Celeste, formerly Amazon, was an American registered, Nova Scotia built brigantine that was found abandoned on December 4, 1872, some 740 km off the Azores, Portugal. The fate of the 10 people aboard remains a mystery almost 150 years later.Sources:Fisherman’s Memorial | Lunenburg NSSable Island | Maritime Museum of the AtlanticThe Rime of the Ancient Mariner (text of 1834) by… | Poetry FoundationThe Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Part One: The Facts - Daily NauticaThe Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Part Two: Theories - Daily NauticaThe Mystery of the Mary Celeste. Part Three: the Rediscovery of the Cursed Ship - Daily NauticaSolved: The Mystery of the Mary Celeste | UCL News - UCL – University College LondonMary Celeste - The Arthur Conan Doyle EncyclopediaMary Celeste Monument – Diligent River, Nova Scotia - Atlas ObscuraMary Celeste | The Canadian EncyclopediaMary Celeste - Wikipedia6 Famous Unsolved Mysteries That Have Totally Been Solved | Cracked.comWeetabix Mary Celeste — YouTubeThe story of the “Mary Celeste” : Fay, Charles Edey : Internet ArchiveGhost ship : the mysterious true story of the Mary Celeste and her missing crew : Hicks, Brian, 1966 : Internet ArchivePhantom Ship , The : Henry Passmore : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveThe Galley of Count Arnaldos, by Henry Wadsworth LongfellowColossal Squid ~ MarineBio Conservation Society Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 66 - This week we go back in time to 1878 in Amherst Nova Scotia. We learn about one of Canada’s most documented and as yet unexplained paranormal events. Esther Cox, an ordinary 18-year-old in the town was at the center of these horrific psychic attacks, some people believe to have been poltergeists. It began with the feeling of something under the bed, odd noises and Esther suffering a weird illness. The events went on for months, eventually led to items flying around the home and mysterious fires being set seemingly out of nowhere. In the second half of the show we speak to paranormal investigator, author, teacher and media personality, Morgan Knudsen of entityseeker.ca. She gives us some insight into the case of Esther Cox as well as some others including those included in Blue Ant Media’s Paranormal 911 which can be seen here in Canada on Sunday nights at 8:00 pm Eastern. Sources: The Great Amherst Mystery - Wikipedia A Critical Study of "The Great Amherst Mystery Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research Walter Hubbell's - The Great Amherst Mystery aka The Haunted House Personal Experiences in Spiritualism Promos: For 10% off your CrimeCon tickets, please use the code POUTINE19 at checkout Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine