Canadian Scandal
**NEW EPISODES EVERY 2 WEEKS**Canada has a reputation for being peaceful, polite, and a little boring — the land of friendly neighbors, free health care, hockey obsessions, and people who say “sorry” when you bump into them. Basically, the well-behaved upstairs neighbor to the U.S.But that clean-cut image is only part of the story.Beneath the snow and smiles, Canada has a darker side — one filled with scandals, crimes, corruption, cover-ups, and a long list of things the country has quietly tried to forget. Canadian Scandal: True Crimes and Dirty Secrets from the Great White North is the podcast that brings those buried stories to light.Hosted by Canadian-born Jeff Walker, each episode dives into a tale that didn’t make it into the history books. Some are serious, some are absurd, and some are the kind that make you say, “How have I never heard about this before?”It’s part true crime, part history lesson, and part national reality check — a behind-the-curtain look at a country that might have a lot more skeletons in the igloo than anyone expected.Get ready to see Canada in a whole new light.Canadian Scandal is researched, written, edited, and narrated by Jeff Walker featuring music & sound effects licensed through Soundstripe.Follow us on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you listen to podcasts or listen at WalkerNewMedia.com/ShadyCanada
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Episodes
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The Deal With The Devil: The Karla Homolka Plea Bargain
Friday, October 31, 2025
Every country has its justice system failures...those moments where the pursuit of a conviction outruns the full truth.Here in Canada, that moment has a name:Karla HomolkaHomolka and her husband, Paul Bernardo, were a seemingly normal happy young couple, a facade that made it much harder for the public to accept that they were at the centre of one of the most disturbing criminal cases in Canadian history.But as horrific & grotesque as their crimes were, the real scandal came later when evidence was revealed that portrayed Karla Homolka as less of an innocent victim, manipulated by an abusiv...
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Grounded: The Death Of The Avro Arrow
Friday, October 17, 2025
February 20, 1959...a day that would come to be known in Canada as "Black Friday".On that day, thousands of workers showed up for their shifts at the Avro Aircraft plant thinking it would just be a regular day. These workers had spent the last several years working on something truly extraordinary:A 100% Canadian-made supersonic jet known as "The Avro Arrow".But by the end of that day, it was all over. The project had been cancelled and the workers laid off. But why?That's what we're going to try to find out in an episode I'm calling Grounded: The Death Of The Avro Arrow************Canadia...
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From Miracle To Misery: The Stolen Childhood of the Dionne Quintuplets
Friday, October 3, 2025
In depression-era Canada, a rural farmhouse in Northern Ontario became the unlikely stage for a global sensation.Five tiny lives entered the world and, against all odds, became the first known surviving identical quintuplets. But behind the starstruck gazes and celebratory headlines, a different story was unfolding; one of unprecedented intervention, lives under constant scrutiny, and of innocence lost.We're going to go deep into this complex and unsettling story in an episode I'm calling From Miracle to Misery: The Stolen Childhood of the Dionne Quintuplets.************Canadian Scandal is ...
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Crack, Lies, and Videotape: The Rise and Fall of Rob Ford
Friday, September 19, 2025
"Yes, I have smoked crack cocaine. But do I? Am I an addict? No. Have I tried it? Probably in one of my drunken stupors, probably approximately a year ago."That gem of a quote comes courtesy of the late Rob Ford, who served as the Mayor of Canada's largest city for 4 years. Throughout his term in office, he faced numerous scandals, but it all came to a head when rumours started swirling that Ford had been caught on video smoking crack.We're going to go on a journey into the life & times of one of the most controversial figures in Canadian political history with an episode I'm calling Crack,...
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The Legend of Pierre Poutine: Canada's Robocall Scandal
Friday, September 5, 2025
When you think of "election scandals" there's probably a few high profile ones that come to mind including alleged Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. Presidential election or claims of voter fraud in the 2020 U.S. Presidential election that fuelled the January 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol building.But would you believe that Canada once dealt with its own major election scandal?It had everything from burner phones, to fake automated phone calls, to a guy hiding behind a super-secret alias.Serious cracks were exposed in what everyone believed to be a rock-solid election system and we...
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Playing God: Canada's Eugenics Nightmare
Friday, August 29, 2025
** LISTENER NOTE **This episode deals with disturbing and sensitive subject matter including forced sterilization, medical abuse, and systemic racism. It also contains outdated terminology and beliefs that are considered offensive and harmful by today's standards. These elements are included for historical accuracy and context only.Listener discretion is advised.Eugenics is defined as the belief and practice of trying to improve the genetic quality of a human population by encouraging people with "desirable traits" to reproduce while discouraging or preventing those with "undesirable traits...
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Sticky Fingers: The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist
Friday, August 15, 2025
The history of the United States is dotted with some pretty notable high profile heists - but what if I told you that Canada's biggest heist didn't involve money, jewels, or precious metals and it was pulled off with absolutely ZERO violence?You'd probably think that was pretty "on brand" for Canadians.Back in 2011, over the course of several months, a group of thieves managed to get away with nearly $18 Million worth of maple syrup from a warehouse in Quebec. It was a crime that baffled authorities and left them with A LOT of questionsI'm going to do my best to answer those questions with ...
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Canadian Scandal: True Crimes & Dirty Secrets From The Great White North
Tuesday, July 15, 2025
Canadian Scandal: True Crimes and Dirty Secrets from the Great White NorthCanada has a reputation for being peaceful, polite, and a little boring — the land of friendly neighbors, free health care, hockey obsessions, and people who say “sorry” when you bump into them. Basically, the well-behaved upstairs neighbor to the U.S.But that clean-cut image is only part of the story.Beneath the snow and smiles, Canada has a darker side — one filled with scandals, crimes, corruption, cover-ups, and a long list of things the country has quietly tried to forget. Canadian Scandal: True Crimes and Dirty ...