In this episode we walk through the case of Pazuzu Algarad, a story shaped by neglect, untreated mental illness, and a community that missed every warning sign. We look at the victims, the failures that allowed the violence to continue, and the impact on the people who lived around that house on Knob Hill Drive. This is not a story about the occult. It is a story about what happens when systems break down and no one steps in.

We cover the timeline of the investigation, the pleas from Amber Burch and Krystal Matlock, the questions surrounding Pazuzu’s death in custody, and the demolition of the house that became a symbol of everything that went wrong. We also talk about how the media leaned into satanic panic instead of the real issues at the center of the case.

If you want to dig deeper into the themes we touched on, this episode pairs well with discussions about mental health access, community responsibility, and the long term effects of violence on neighborhoods.

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This week, we’re pulling from our Tuesday segment on the Canadian Creepies podcast and heading out to Bird Rock off the coast of Quebec — a place with more trouble than landmass. The lighthouse out there has a long history of bad luck, disappearances, and one story that locals still talk about in lowered voices. Keep in mind, this is a rock barely big enough to stand on, yet somehow it managed to collect more tragedy than most towns.

We walk through the early shipwrecks, the lighthouse keepers who didn’t make it home, and the strange run of events that gave Bird Rock its reputation. It’s one of those places where the line between accident and something else gets thin fast.

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In this episode, we look at the Franklin expedition, the search efforts that followed, and how both ships were finally found in the Arctic. We walk through the discoveries of Erebus and Terror, the role of Inuit knowledge, and the strange stories that kept circling long after the expedition vanished.

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