Podcasts about north west mounted police

“The Challenge of the Yukon” started as 15 minute short episodes, so we give you TWO episodes for the price of ONE!  “Maw Baker's Pies” finds Madison working in the 1890's Gold Rush town of Forty Mile as kitchen help to the beloved local figure, Maw Baker. But when Maw comes into a lot of gold, she becomes the target of a bad element.  In “A Pack of Bacon,” Madison suits up as a North West Mounted Police officer, but when her assignment to bring in two outlaws leaves her stranded in the frozen Yukon, she'll need the assistance of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog, King. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nicole O'Byrne speaks with George Pavlich about his book, Thresholds of Accusation: Law and Colonial Order in Canada. This socio-legal history examines pretrial accusations in colonial criminal law in western Canada, focusing on Alberta, 1874–1884. The establishment of the Northwest Mounted Police aimed to enforce Dominion law, using accusatory procedures to investigate crimes, arrest suspects, and determine trial eligibility. George Pavlich highlights how police and justices of the peace translated local social knowledge into criminal law, reflecting power dynamics of sovereignty and control. These processes held individuals legally responsible while obscuring the social impacts of settler actions. The book suggests we learn from Indigenous laws to address societal issues with new forms of accusation and responsibility. George Pavlich is H.M. Tory Chair and Professor at the University of Alberta. His research examines the social and historical processes through which individuals are labeled as "criminals" and subjected to crime control. By exploring the history of criminal accusation, his work highlights how these processes have shaped reliance on punitive justice. He has authored several books and articles and co-edited multiple collections. Image Credit: Cambridge University Press If you like our work, please consider supporting it: bit.ly/support_WTY. Your support contributes to the Champlain Society's mission of opening new windows to directly explore and experience Canada's past.

The mounting tension in the Northwest is finally released, as violence breaks out between the Northwest Mounted Police and a group of Metis.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

In 1874, the new North West Mounted Police began their long march from Manitoba to present-day Alberta. It was a terribly-planned march to the west that nearly ended the force before it ever got started. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Ron's Amazing Stories this time we have another one about life in Canada. On episode we played a tale from the series Challenge Of The Yukon. If you haven't listened to it yet, check it out. This time we have a full hour devoted to a story based on the real North West Mounted Police. A Texas ranger sent to Canada to capture a trapper wanted for murder in Texas. It first aired on Lux Radio Theater on April 13, 1942.  Also on the show we have a new edition of Not So Important Times In History. What happens when a historical prank on the Royal Navy DOESN'T go sideways? Press that play button to find out. Featured Story - Northwest Mounted Police As I mentioned we have only one story this week. It comes from the OTR series Lux Radio Theater. Lux was the biggest, most important, most expensive program on radio of its time. It ran from 1934 until 1955. Our story is a radio adaptation of the film Northwest Mounted Police. This one stars Gary Cooper in the role of a Texas Ranger who travels to Canada to arrest a trapper who's wanted for murder and who's stirring up the Natives in a rebellion against the Canadian government.  Ron's Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at . Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Music Used In This Podcast: Most of the music you hear on Ron's Amazing Stories has been composed by Kevin MacLeod () and is Licensed under . Other pieces are in the public domain. You can find great free music at which is a site owned by Kevin. Program Info: Ron's Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

Jerry Potts was the son of an Indigenous mother and a Scottish father, and throughout his life he cemented himself as a legendary figure in the Canadian West. Without him, it is possible the North West Mounted Police may have never lasted long enough to become the RCMP. Artwork/logo design by Janet Cordahi Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Merch: https://www.ohcanadashop.com/collections/canadian-history-ehx Donate: buymeacoffee.com/craigu Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Threads: https://www.threads.net/@cdnhistoryehx Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Want to send me something? Craig Baird PO Box 2384 Stony Plain PO Main, Alberta T7Z1X8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Ron's Amazing Stories this time we open with a review of the mystery novel Stranger in the Woods by Anni Taylor. We follow that up with three stories sent in by you for you! A donkey has a mind of his own, Cody tells his strange story of disembodied red eyes, and Angela tells a frightening tale of a malevolent ghost. We end the show by heading up to the Yukon with Sergeant Preston and his dog King in a story called Claim 22. So relax and enjoy the show. Featured Story - Claim 22 Our featured story comes from the OTR series Challenge Of The Yukon. It was an adventure series about Sergeant William Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police and his lead sled dog King. The duo fought evildoers in the Northern wilderness during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. Preston and King hatch a crazy plan to capture a gang of outlaws. The show is titled Claim 22 and it first aired on October 10, 1951. Other Stories Include - Alibi In Red, Review - Stranger In The Woods, Billy The Donkey, Unknown Eyes, and The White Rabbit. Ron's Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at . Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Music Used In This Podcast: Most of the music you hear on Ron's Amazing Stories has been composed by Kevin MacLeod () and is Licensed under . Other pieces are in the public domain. You can find great free music at which is a site owned by Kevin. Program Info: Ron's Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:  

In an effort to extend state power into the prairies, the Canadian government commissions a police force for the northwest.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-nations-of-canada--4572969/support.

In May 2023, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) commemorated its 150th anniversary. The federal police force – which originally started out as the North-West Mounted Police – is almost as old as the Dominion of Canada itself. This episode examines the complex and painful history of an institution that has historically mistreated Indigenous peoples and women. It also takes us back to the scene of one of the RCMP's largest manhunts – the search for fugitive Albert Johnson, also known as “The Mad Trapper.” Our guests on this episode are Sam Karikas, CEO of the RCMP Heritage Centre, and Jean Teillet, a recently retired Métis lawyer, author, and lecturer, who is also the great-grand niece of Louis Riel. This episode also has a counterpart on the French feed for this show! If you want to listen to more about the history of Louis Riel and the RCMP, head over to the podcast called “Voyages Dans L'Histoire Canadienne.”To read the episode transcripts in French and English, and to learn more about historic Canadian milestones, please visit thewalrus.ca/canadianheritage.This podcast receives funding from The Government of Canada and is produced by The Walrus Lab.Check out the French counterpart podcast, Voyage dans l'histoire canadienne. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1100, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Home, Sweet Home 1: From 1903 to 1957, Beauvoir, his former home in Biloxi, was a home for Confederate veterans and their widows. Jefferson Davis. 2: Ralph Waldo Emerson owned a Concord home nicknamed this; Hawthorne rented it and wrote some "Mosses from" it. the Old Manse. 3: The site of this author's birth in Sauk Centre, Minnesota is now on an avenue named for him. Sinclair Lewis. 4: The Independence, Mo. house he lived in from 1919 belonged to his wife Bess' family. Harry Truman. 5: Michael Jackson, who identified with Peter Pan, lived on a sprawling California ranch he called this. Neverland. Round 2. Category: Horton Hears A Hoosier 1: This aviator first flew into the world near Millville on April 16, 1867; Orville landed in Ohio in 1871. Wilbur Wright. 2: From this Hoosier's "Top Ten New Words of 2010": Lohab and baconfetti. (David) Letterman. 3: This 1960s Teamsters president was born on Valentine's Day 1913 in Brazil, Indiana. Jimmy Hoffa. 4: His website says he "dedicated his life to perfecting a lighter, fluffier popcorn", a life that began in Brazil, Ind. in 1907. Redenbacher. 5: In 1965 this Indianapolis-born novelist published "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater". Vonnegut. Round 3. Category: Big Screen Bloodsuckers 1: The hypnotic eyes of this actor created a shiver of fear in his audiences as well as his victims. Bela Lugosi. 2: It was "Love At First Bite" for this actor when he played Count Dracula in 1979. George Hamilton. 3: The consumate vampire, this tall, dark and gruesome actor played a bloodsucker in 7 Hammer Studio films. Christopher Lee. 4: "Pardon Me, But Your Teeth Are In My Neck" was the subtitle of this Roman Polanski horror spoof. The Fearless Vampire Killers. 5: Before taking a bite out of Susan Sarandon, this French actress put David Bowie in a box in 1983's "The Hunger". Catherine Deneuve. Round 4. Category: They Named A Mountain For Me 1: Mount Walsh in the Yukon is named for an officer in the North West Mounted Police, today known as this force. the Mounties. 2: Mount Clarence King in this range is named for the man who discovered Mount Whitney. the Sierra Nevadas. 3: The USA's 14,264-foot Mount Evans was named for the second governor of this then-territory. Colorado. 4: The Agassizhorn in the Bernese section of these mountains is named for a 19th century scientist. the Alps. 5: Imeni Ismail Samani Peak, the highest in Tajikistan, used to be named after this man (like some other places). Stalin. Round 5. Category: 3-Letter Words Ending In X 1: Suit for a formal. a tux. 2: To dishonestly influence something to reach a predetermined outcome. fix. 3: To bewitch someone or cast a spell upon them is to do this. hex. 4: To disturb with minor irritations. vex. 5: No war, for a Roman. pax. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 15 - Frederick Bagley The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area. Today, we recall the teenage recruit of the North West Mounted Police, Fred Bagley, , who comes back to life courtesy of KBPV Vice-President and businessman Dan Crawford.

Tombstone Tales 2023 - Episode 13 - Colonel James Macleod The Ghosts of South-western Alberta's History return each year with Kootenai Brown Pioneer Village's Graveyard Tours.  Held August 26, 2023 at KBPV itself, this year we recalled selected local pioneers and contributors whose remains rest far away from our area. Today, we recall the Commissioner of the North West Mounted Police, whose orders and love of the area provided for the founding of Pincher Creek, courtesy of a member of the Macleod Clan, Devon Macleod.

Episode 291: Jack Fiddler was a chief and shaman among the Anishinaabe in northwestern Ontario. Born around 1839, he became renowned for his abilities in white magic, particularly his claimed power to defeat the Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit. Fiddler asserted that he had vanquished fourteen Wendigos during his lifetime. Some of these were believed to be sent by enemy shamans, while others were individuals from his community who developed an uncontrollable craving for human flesh. Families often asked him to euthanize a gravely ill loved one to prevent them from becoming Wendigo. In 1907, the North-West Mounted Police arrested Jack and his brother Joseph Fiddler for the alleged murder of a woman believed to have turned Wendigo. The arrest was part of a broader effort to impose Canadian law on Indigenous communities. The story garnered significant media attention, with many newspapers sensationalizing the events. Jack Fiddler died by suicide while in custody, and although Joseph went to trial and was convicted, he passed away in 1909, shortly before an order for his release arrived. Sources: Killing the Shamen : Fiddler, Thomas | Internet Archive Windigo | The Canadian Encyclopedia Wendigo Lore by Chad Lewis and Kevin Lee Nelson Canadian Mysteries of the Unexplained by John Marlowe - Ebook Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and History - Ebook Biography – ZHAUWUNO-GEEZHIGO-GAUBOW – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography Biography – PEEMEECHEEKAG – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography (PDF) Wendigo Psychosis The Windigo in the Material World on JSTOR The Power to Punish: Conflicts of Authority in the Case of Jack Fiddler | Deborah Rose Peña | The Hypocrite Reader Windigo of First Nations oral tradition — fearsome and loathsome creature Free Press Prairie Farmer 23 Oct 1907, page 8 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On Ron's Amazing Stories the theme is the canine. We will begin the show with a review of the audiobook Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses by Kristen O'Neal. Then we tell Jeremy's strange story that takes place in the deserts of New Mexico. Our featured story comes from the Canadian Mounted Police, and we end the show with a brand new Johnny Is It True - Werewolf Edition. So press that play button and enjoy the show. Featured Story - The Pack-Rat Nest Our featured story for this week is all about a dog. It comes from the classic OTR series Challenge Of The Yukon. Sergeant William Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, Yukon King, fight evildoers in the Northern wilderness during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. These stories are well told and the quality of the sound is phenomenal. Our tale is titled The Pack-Rat Nest and might just be the most complete crime story I have heard from old time radio. It first aired on May 13, 1952. Other Stories Include - Murder At The Mountain Lodge, Lycanthropy and Other Chronic Illnesses, The Howl In The Desert, The Pack-Rat Nest, and Johnny Is It True - Werewolf Edition Ron's Amazing Stories Is Sponsored by: Audible - You can get a free audiobook and a 30 day free trial at   and - Good Treats for your dog to eat. Your Stories: Do you have a story that you would like to share on the podcast or the blog? Head to the main website, click on Story Submission, leave your story, give it a title, and please tell me where you're from. I will read it if I can. Links are below. Program Info: Ron's Amazing Stories is published each Thursday. You can download it from , stream it on or on the mobile version of . Do you prefer the radio? We are heard every Thursday at 10:00 pm and Sunday Night at 11:00 PM (EST) on . Check your local listing or find the station closest to you at this . Social Links: Contact Links:

The Bill Kelly Show Podcast: Topics Include: ·       Expanded election days ·       David Johnston to reveal if public inquiry is needed on foreign interference ·       And more… GUEST: Dr. Lori Turnbull, Director of the School of Public Administration with Dalhousie University - May 23, 2023 marks 150 years since a bill passed through Parliament and received Royal Assent establishing the North-West Mounted Police, which would eventually become the RCMP. What began as a 300-person corps in the West has grown into an internationally recognized organization of more than 30,000 people serving Canadians from coast to coast to coast and supporting international policing and peacekeeping activities. But, there's a belief among some that Canada should dismantle the RCMP in the face of the scandal and criticism that plague the force. Is it time? GUEST: Christian Leuprecht, Professor at both the Royal Military College of Canada and Queen's University, and a Fellow at the Macdonald Laurier Institute - Topics Include: ·        U.S Debt Ceiling ·        DeSantis expected to enter2024 presidential race new week ·        And more…. GUEST: Reggie Cecchini, Washington Correspondent for Global News

February 9, 1936 - Jack Benny and the gang have returned home to New York after almost a year in California. They mention the Winter Olympics in Germany, and the actor Cary Grant. Mary Livingstone writes a play about The North-West Mounted Police.

Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943–1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935–54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. These hour-long radio programs were performed live before studio audiences. The series became the most popular dramatic anthology series on radio, broadcast for more than 20 years and continued on television as the Lux Video Theatre through most of the 1950s. The primary sponsor of the show was Unilever through its Lux Soap brand. Listen to our radio station Old Time Radio https://link.radioking.com/otradio Listen to other Shows at My Classic Radio https://www.myclassicradio.net/Podcast Service I Recommend https://redcircleinc.grsm.io/entertainmentradio7148 Remember that times have changed, and some shows might not reflect the standards of today's politically correct society. The shows do not necessarily reflect the views, standards, or beliefs of Entertainment Radio

The year when Harriet Brooks was born, it was also the year that the Sioux began to come into Canada with Sitting Bull, Fort Macleod became the North West Mounted Police headquarters and Treaty 6 was signed. Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The year 1873 saw the admission of Prince Edward Island into Confederation, the signing of Treaty 3 and one of the worst scandals in Canadian history, the Pacific Scandal. This would see the resignation of Sir John A. Macdonald and the rise of Alexander Mackenzie, our second Prime Minister. It was also the year of the Cypress Hills Massacre and the creation of the North West Mounted Police. Boris Fundraiser: https://gofund.me/e2b58b58 Sublime Lime: https://www.sublimelime.ca/canadaehx Support: patreon.com/canadaehx Donate: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/craigU Donate: canadaehx.com (Click Donate) E-mail: craig@canadaehx.com Twitter: twitter.com/craigbaird Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cdnhistoryehx YouTube: youtube.com/c/canadianhistoryehx Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In which we use Guy Vanderhaeghe's novel 'The Englishman's Boy' to discuss the Cypress Hills Massacre (1873) and how, in its aftermath, Canada fast-tracked the creation of the North-West Mounted Police. --- Support: Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/historiacanadiana); Paypal (https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/historiacanadiana); the recommended reading page (https://historiacanadiana.wordpress.com/books/) --- Contact: historiacanadiana@gmail.com, Twitter (@CanLitHistory) & Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/CanLitHistory). --- Sources & Further Reading: Calder, Alison. "Unsettling the West: Nation and Genre in Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Englishman's Boy." Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, volume 25, number 2, fall 2000, p. 96–107. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/scl25_2art05 Dempsey, Hugh A. “Cypress Hills Massacre.” The Montana Magazine of History, vol. 3, no. 4, 1953, pp. 1–9. http://www.jstor.org/stable/4515883. Janes, Daniela. “Truth and History: Representing the Aura in The Englishman's Boy.” Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, volume 27, number 1, spring 2002, p. 88–104. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/scl27_1art07 Macleod, R. C. “North-West Mounted Police.” The Oxford Companion to Canadian History, Oxford University Press, 2004. Vanderhaeghe, Guy. The Englishman's Boy, London: Anchor, 1996. Wang, Mei-Chuen. “Wilderness, the West and the national imaginary in Guy Vanderhaeghe's The Englishman's Boy.” British Journal of Canadian Studies (2013), 26, (1), pp. 21–38. https://doi.org/10.3828/bjcs.2013.2 Zacharias, Robert. “A Desire for the Real: The Power of Film in The Englishman's Boy.” Studies in Canadian Literature / Études en littérature canadienne, vol. 34, no. 2, 2009, pp. 245–263. https://id.erudit.org/iderudit/scl34_2art12

"The Challenge of the Yukon" showcases the brave Husky, King, who helps the North-West Mounted Police officer, Sergeant Preston. Now learn more about the dogs of the 1890's Klondike Gold Rush in our latest Mad Facts conversation featuring Matthew Burd. Find us at: MadisonOnTheAir.com

“The Challenge of the Yukon” started as 15 minute short episodes, so we give you TWO episodes for the price of ONE! “Maw Baker’s Pies” finds Madison working in the 1890’s Gold Rush town of Forty Mile as kitchen help to the beloved local figure, Maw Baker. But when Maw comes into a lot of gold, she becomes the target of a bad element. In “A Pack of Bacon,” Madison suits up as a North West Mounted Police officer, but when her assignment to bring in two outlaws leaves her stranded in the frozen Yukon, she’ll need the assistance of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog, King. TRANSCRIPT AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE: MadisonOnTheAir.com

FULL EPISODE AVAILABLE NOW! "The Challenge of the Yukon" started as 15 minute short episodes, so we give you TWO episodes for the price of ONE! "Maw Baker's Pies" finds Madison working in the 1890's Gold Rush town of Forty Mile as kitchen help to the beloved local figure, Maw Baker. But when Maw comes into a lot of gold, she becomes the target of a bad element. In "A Pack of Bacon," Madison suits up as a North West Mounted Police officer, but when her assignment to bring in two outlaws leaves her stranded in the frozen Yukon, she'll need the assistance of Sergeant Preston and his Wonder Dog, King. MadisonOnTheAir.com

D.L. interviews Daniel Silliman about the Christian romance novel that started it all—Love Comes Softly.  We talk about Oke's Canadian background and how that plays into her writing, as well as the impact her books have had on Christian women and the Christian romance genre as a whole. Daniel is a news editor for Christianity Today and author of Reading Evangelicals. You can follow him on Twitter @danielsilliman Here is an interview with Janette Oke This article on Active History explores how Janette Oke romanticizes the Mounties You can check out this detailed report from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police on their role in the Indian residential school system “I was born on the Canadian prairie. I was actually born at home. This sounds really like old, old west. I was born in a little log house. The doctor came out to our place to deliver me. So it sounds really, really old fashioned. I went to a one room country school. So a lot of what I write, it's very much a part of my background–as a teenager, and even younger than that, I was very into the west and the pioneer days. So I read everything I could find on the pioneers. I felt they were a very hearty group of people with a lot of bravery to come out and start making a life on a new frontier. Our Canadian west opened up quite a bit different than the stories that I was reading, which were basically westerns from the U.S. side of the border, in that we had the Northwest Mounted Police—they were at that time—and basically precede the settlers.” “We never had the cowboy and Indian skirmishes and the unsettled west for them to come in. We never had sheriffs in Canada. We have had what is now the RCMP, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and so our pioneers came out to a rather settled area as far as the laws were concerned and oftentimes there were groups of people that sort of came together from a united background, and if you look at our small town around our area and find the oldest church you can pretty well say, ‘Well, that group of settlers came from Germany', ‘That group of settlers came from Sweden', you know. By the oldest church there you can pretty well identify it, so these people came west with deep, personal faith. That changed the whole color of how our west was settled.” We have a website—check it out for more information. You can also find us on Twitter and Instagram. To support our show (we can't do this without you!), join us on Patreon! You'll get access to our monthly patron-only episodes (including the entire backlog), as well as occasional zoom hangouts. You can join this community for as little as $1.50 a month! Cover art by Zech Bard.

Tweet Season 2021 – Talk 08 – The Mounties In The Mounties Richard Thomas tells us about the history of the North West Mounted Police, their people, their legends and their myths. We learn of their important role in bringing law and order to Canada’s North West. Click a thumbnail below to view the image … Continue reading "The Mounties TH 2021 08" The post The Mounties TH 2021 08 appeared first on The MrT Podcast Studio.

Family history research is a lot of trial and error. But how do you know if the record you found actually is for your ancestor? In this episode I give you a quick overview of my research process and then give an example of my research for a Northwest Mounted Police officer who was murdered in 1896. FREE 5 Steps Before You Search minicourseJoin the #AncestorOfTheMonth challengeGet my beginner online course: More Than a Name Connect with me:Instagram @moderngenealogyFacebookWebsiteYouTube 

Original Air Date: April 13, 1942 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Western Stories Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Special Guests: • Preston Foster • Vernon Steele • Pedro De Cordoba • Leo Cleary • Jeanne Darrell • Stanley Farrar • Noreen Gammill • Tyler McVey • Paulette Goddard • Fred MacKaye • Dix Davis • Gary […]

Original Air Date: April 13, 1942 Host: Andrew Rhynes Show: Western Stories Phone: (707) 98 OTRDW (6-8739) Special Guests: • Preston Foster • Vernon Steele • Pedro De Cordoba • Leo Cleary • Jeanne Darrell • Stanley Farrar • Noreen Gammill • Tyler McVey • Paulette Goddard • Fred MacKaye • Dix Davis • Gary […]

Beginning in 1870, supplies, trade goods, immigrants, adventurers—and whiskey—traveled the now-legendary Whoop-Up Trail from Fort Benton to the eponymous Alberta trading post. In Tales of Whoop-Up Country, Great Falls historian and author Ken Robison relates how the absence of law and order forced the Canadian government to create the North-West Mounted Police to close down the whiskey trade and force traders back across the border into Montana.

The Mountie is one of the iconic images of the Klondike Gold Rush, whether in red serge in Dawson or behind a dogsled on a rugged Yukon patrol. We'll talk about the feats that made the reputation of the North-West Mounted Police in the Yukon, and their complicated relationship with First Nations. And we'll get to know Sam Steele, who some call the quintessential Canadian man of action in the Victorian era.

2 1/4 hours of classic old time radio. THE MARRIAGE October 04,1953 PTA-5th Grade Volunteer The Marriage was a vehicle for Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. They alternated viewpoints, Cronyn narrating one week, Tandy the next. It was broadcast on the NBC network Sunday nights at 7:30 pm from October 4, 1953 until March 28, 1954 was based on the play The Four Poster which Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy had previously appeared on Broadway. BLAIR OF THE MOUNTIES February 28, 1938 "Murder at Haggets Landing Part One BLAIR OF THE MOUNTIES March 07, 1938 "Murder at Haggets Landing Part Two Blair of the Mounties is the story of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police -- a fictional series based on the work of the Northwest Mounted Police before the World War I. ACADEMY AWARD THEATER June 22,1946 Front Page With Adolfe Menju THE NEW ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE January 19, 1951 "Calculated Risk" With Sydney Greenstreet CREEPS BY NIGHT March 7, 1944, "The Strange Burial Of Alexander Jordan"

Bill Waiser is a western Canadian historian. He has published more than a dozen books– many of them prize-winning. A World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905, for example, won the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award for Non-Fiction.  Bill has been appointed to the Order of Canada, awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, named a distinguished university professor, and granted a D.Litt. He was the 2018 recipient of the Royal Society of Canada J.B. Tyrrell medal, presented for “outstanding work” in Canadian history, as well as the 2018 Governor General's History Award for Popular Media: The Pierre Berton Award. We talk about his most recent book In Search of Almighty Voice, Resistance and Reconciliation (Fifth House, 2020), about the life of Almighty Voice - a member of the One Arrow Willow Cree who died violently at the hands of Canada's North-West Mounted Police in 1897 - and how his violent death spawned a succession of conflicting stories — in newspapers, magazines, pulp fiction, plays and film; about how history is written and re-written, and why an 'accurate' depiction of the life and death of Almighty Voice matters.   Clarification: According to Statscan indigenous people make up 4.9% of Canada's population, 16.3% of Saskatchewan's population. 

Whether you know it as the North-West Mounted Police Patrol Trail, the Métis Traders' Road, or the Wood Mountain to Cypress Hills Trek, it's a pilgrimage back in history and across Treaty Four territory.

Lux Radio Theatre, sometimes spelled Lux Radio Theater, a long-run classic radio anthology series, was broadcast on the NBC Blue Network (1934–35) (owned by the National Broadcasting Company, later predecessor of American Broadcasting Company [ABC] in 1943 /1945); CBS Radio network (Columbia Broadcasting System) (1935-54), and NBC Radio (1954–55). Initially, the series adapted Broadway plays during its first two seasons before it began adapting films. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sherlock Holmes Radio Station Live 24/7 Click Here to Listen https://live365.com/station/Sherlock-Holmes-Classic-Radio--a91441 -------------------- Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/lux-radio-theatre/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

The Mountie is one Canada's most enduring symbols. Found on souvenirs from keychains to dish towels, our national police force are icons to the rest of the world. Weird, right? In this episode, we try to figure out how this happened and talk about: the image of the Mountie in early Hollywood, what Irish and Indian resistance to British rule has to do with it, and why young Canada felt a greater need for policing in the West. With the help of Dr. Winona Wheeler, we dive into the early years of the North-West Mounted Police (precursor to the RCMP) and look at their complex relationship with Indigenous people that, for better or worse, continues to this day. *Warning, strong language and content.

Challenge of the Yukon is an American radio adventure series that began on Detroit's WXYZ and is an example of a Northern genre story. The series was first heard on January 3, 1939. The title changed from Challenge of the Yukon to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon in September 1950, and remained under that name through the end of the series and into a television adaptation. Background. Following the success of The Lone Ranger and The Green Hornet on Detroit's WXYZ (now WXYT), the station owner, George W. Trendle, asked for a similar adventure show with a dog as the hero. According to WXYZ staffer Dick Osgood, in his history of the station, Trendle insisted that it not be "a dog like Lassie because... this must be an action story. It had to be a working dog." Writer Tom Dougall, who had been influenced by the poems of Robert W. Service, naturally chose a Husky. The dog was originally called Mogo, but after criticism by Trendle, Dougall re-christened the canine King. Dougall likewise created Sgt. Preston and the French-Canadian guide. Fran Striker, who also wrote for The Lone Ranger, contributed show scripts. However, Trendle's criticism of Dougall may have had another reason behind it. Shortly before the two Trendle series aired (Lone Ranger and Challenge of the Yukon), popular author Zane Grey had a book in circulation (The Lone Star Ranger) about a Texas Ranger like the Lone Ranger and a comic book series in circulation (King of the Royal Mounted) about the adventures of Sgt. King, a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman like Sgt. Preston. From 1922 a series of novels by Laurie York Erskine featuring Renfrew of the Royal Mounted warranted enough popularity to begin a radio series of the same title in 1936 and a film series beginning in 1937; the latter featuring a canine sidekick. Challenge of the Yukon began as a 15-minute serial, airing locally from 1938 until May 28, 1947. Shortly thereafter, the program acquired a sponsor, Quaker Oats, and the series, in a half-hour format, moved to the networks. The program aired on ABC from June 12, 1947, to December 30, 1949. It was then heard on The Mutual Broadcasting System from January 2, 1950, through the final broadcast on June 9, 1955. In September 1950, when the show moved to three broadcasts a week, the title was changed to Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. Details. The program was an adventure series about Sergeant Frank Preston of the North-West Mounted Police and his lead sled dog, Yukon King, as they fought evildoers in the Northern wilderness during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. The serial began on radio in 1938 and continued through 1947, after which the series moved to television. The original television program ran from 1947 through 1949 on ABC and was sponsored by Quaker Oats. In January 1951, the radio version was resurrected, running until 1955 , when the show moved once again to television as Sergeant Preston of the Yukon. The show starred Richard Simmons. The theme music was Emil von Reznicek's overture to Donna Diana, an old opera, though the overture remains a concert staple to this day. The show's episodes ended with the official pronouncement, Well, King, this case is closed. Sgt. Preston. Preston, according to radio historian Jim Harmon, first joined the Royal Canadian Mounted Police to capture his father's killer, and when he was successful, he was promoted to sergeant. Preston worked under the command of Inspector Conrad, and in the early years was often assisted by a French-Canadian guide named Pierre. During the course of the series, Preston successfully puts down a rebellion, and captures assassins. Each episode has him battling a new crisis, whether it be tracking down a murderer, a gang of thieves, or claim jumping miners..

2 1/4 hours of classic old time radio. THE MARRIAGE October 04,1953 PTA-5th Grade Volunteer The Marriage was a vehicle for Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy. They alternated viewpoints, Cronyn narrating one week, Tandy the next. It was broadcast on the NBC network Sunday nights at 7:30 pm from October 4, 1953 until March 28, 1954 was based on the play The Four Poster which Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy had previously appeared on Broadway. BLAIR OF THE MOUNTIES February 28, 1938 "Murder at Haggets Landing Part One BLAIR OF THE MOUNTIES March 07, 1938 "Murder at Haggets Landing Part One Blair of the Mounties is the story of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police -- a fictional series based on the work of the Northwest Mounted Police before the World War I. ACADEMY AWARD THEATER June 22,1946 Front Page With Adolfe Menju THE NEW ADVENTURES OF NERO WOLFE January 19, 1951 "Calculated Risk" With Sydney Greenstreet CREEPS BY NIGHT March 7, 1944, "The Strange Burial Of Alexander Jordan"

Along with beavers, maple syrup, and asshole geese, the uniform of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police is a renowned national symbol. The Red Surge, beige stetson, blue pants, and riding boots are what make up the image of the Mountie. Their legendary status is now global, as they are the only police force to be municipal, provincial, and federal. The force was romanticized in early black and white films as those bringing law and order to the wild frontier of Canada's west. And as the famous saying goes, "They always get their man." Unlike the films, their history wasn't black and white. When it began as the North-West Mounted Police, it was used as a cheap militia to colonize the newly annexed western territories. This resulted in conflict with the First Nations and Métis populations as they were rounded onto reserves towards the dawn of the new century. When the First World War concluded, they acted as strikebreakers during the growing labour movement, and later as intelligence services at the beginning of the Cold War. They were even the ones at the front of one of the largest manhunts in world history. Their history is long and varied, but not many know the full story. Thus, Pan Historia is proud to sit down and tell the full history   Music: Dudley Do-Right Theme Indian Love Call from Rose Marie

The first of many American prospectors heading north to the Klondike passed through what is now Stewart, British Columbia on this day back in 1898. To learn more about Sam Steele of the North West Mounted Police we spoke with Charlotte Gray author of "Gold Diggers: Striking it Rich in the Klondike".

On this day back in 1920 the The North West Mounted Police merged with the Dominion Police to become the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. To learn more about the history of the NWMP we spoke with Dawn Lauder, the Site Manager of the Fort Museum in Fort McLeod, Alberta.

Fort Kent is just a dot on the map on Northern Alberta on the way to someplace bigger, like the air force base at Cold Lake, but 100 years ago, local folklore says a local doctor, stricken with grief and surrounded by death, succumbed to the Spirit of the Wendigo and began eating his fellow townspeople. 50 years prior and about 200 kms southwest, a Cree guide named Swift Runner was hanged in the Northwest Mounted Police settlement of Fort Saskatchewan for eating 6 of his family members over the course of one winter. Did the hunger spirit, the Wendigo, infect him too? Or was it something else; a psychological condition called Wendigo psychosis? Research links: Fort Kent: https://www.lakelandtoday.ca/opinion/have-you-seen-the-fort-kent-wendigo-1903318 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Kent,_Alberta http://www.outdoorsmenforum.ca/showthread.php?t=251021 https://www.ghostvillage.com/encounters/2009/08102009.shtml https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2018/02/exploring-canadian-monsters-alberta/ Swift Runner : http://www.murderpedia.org/male.R/r/runner-swift.htm https://www.glenbow.org/index.cfm http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cree/ http://www.prairieghosts.com/wendigo.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Saskatchewan https://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-a-wendigo.htm#didyouknowout Social Sites: ThisPeculiarPrairie.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peculiarprairie/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/PeculiarPrairie?s=20 Instragam: https://www.instagram.com/peculiarprairie/?hl=en Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/Peculiarprairie SubscribeStar: https://www.subscribestar.com/this-peculiar-prairie Music: A Turn for the Worse - Sadness by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://incompetech.com Longing and Concern by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://incompetech.com/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/peculiarprairie/message

In this inaugural episode of Farley's Frontier Chronicles, we read Farley Wuth's column of Dec 4 2019, in the newspaper, Shootin' the Breeze.  For the founding Mounties of Pincher Creek, the Christmas season of 1879 was fairly basic, and one of the few breaks from their duties that the policemen received throughout the year.  Email: RadioKBPV@gmail.comwww.kootnaibrown.ca

During the cruel winter of 1878, a gruesome event in Northern Alberta forced Canada's newly-formed Northwest Mounted Police to face a terrible, ancient monster. Today, we chat about the cannibalistic wendigo, its signifigance in the clash between cultures, and how it helped shaped Canadian law.  

The Audio Tour of KBPV continues, with the 1887 cabin structure that served as an outpost or detachment of the North West Mounted Police, situated at the crossing of the Kootenai River, known today as the Waterton River. www.kootenaibrown.caemail: radio.kbpv@gmail.com

The tours of KBPV's Buildings continues with our oldest - the 1878 NWMP Horse Barn - the only surviving remnant of the Remount Farm founded by nine Mounties, that was the founding of the town of Pincher Creek. An account of the founding by Alfred Hardwick Lynch-Staunton is read.www.kootenaibrown.caemail:  radio.kbpv@gmail.com

On Ron’s Amazing Stories we have ghost tales with some high rise goodness thrown in. Sylvia Shults is back with another segment of Ghost Stories With Sylvia. Also, we have two more listener tales, Cowboy’s of the skies and The Night That Ruined My Sleep For Forever. Add in a classic radio story from Challenge of the Yukon to round out the program. Featured Story - No Escape For A Murderer Challenge of the Yukon was a long-running radio series that began on Detroit's WXYZ. It was an adventure series about Sergeant William Preston of the Northwest Mounted Police. It followed his adventures as they fought evildoers in the Northern wilderness during the Gold Rush of the 1890s. In our adventure King goes above and beyond to save his partner and the day in a story called No Escape for a Murderer. It first aired on January 1, 1944. Program Note: Sylvia Shults is a Librarian, Author, and Ghost Hunter. She has spent a lifetime in the pursuit of the weird and the strange. Her non-fiction works include Ghost of the Illinois River, Fractured Spirits, 44 Years in Darkness, Hunting Demons and The Spirits of Christmas. All of her books are available on and you can find out more on her . To view the shadow video that Sylvia spoke of at Pollak Hospital, . Ron’s Amazing Stories is produced and hosted by Ronald Hood: Email: Blog Page: Facebook: Twitter: Helpful Links: - Help the podcast by taking this survey. - Use this link to submit your stories to the show. - Looking for the first 100 episodes of the podcast?

Hearties Marisa Serafini & James Lott Jr. discuss When Calls The Heart Season 6. When Calls the Heart is a Canadian-American television drama series, inspired by Janette Oke's book of the same name from her Canadian West series, and developed by Michael Landon Jr. The series began airing on the Hallmark Channel in the United States on January 11, 2014, and on April 16, 2014 on Super Channel in Canada. The series originally debuted as a two-hour television movie pilot in October 2013, starring Maggie Grace as young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher and Stephen Amell as North West Mounted Police officer Wynn Delaney. In the television series Erin Krakow is cast as her niece, whose name is also Elizabeth Thatcher (played by Poppy Drayton in the movie), and Daniel Lissing plays a Mountie named Jack Thornton, with Lori Loughlin reprising her role as coal mine widow Abigail Stanton. On April 24, 2017, Krakow announced via the Hallmark Channel website that the show would return for a fifth season. The season premiered with a two-hour Christmas special that was broadcast as part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas event, and continues for 10 episodes which began February 18, 2018. RSS Feed: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/chesapeake-shores-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hearties Marisa Serafini & James Lott Jr. discuss When Calls The Heart Season 6. The two discuss the introduction of the new "scoundrel" in town, Lucas Bouchard, Clara gets a new job much to Jesse's dismay, Elizabeth helps teaches Timmy how to ride a bike, and Abigail makes a risky investment with Gowan. When Calls the Heart is a Canadian-American television drama series, inspired by Janette Oke's book of the same name from her Canadian West series, and developed by Michael Landon Jr. The series began airing on the Hallmark Channel in the United States on January 11, 2014, and on April 16, 2014 on Super Channel in Canada. The series originally debuted as a two-hour television movie pilot in October 2013, starring Maggie Grace as young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher and Stephen Amell as North West Mounted Police officer Wynn Delaney. In the television series Erin Krakow is cast as her niece, whose name is also Elizabeth Thatcher (played by Poppy Drayton in the movie), and Daniel Lissing plays a Mountie named Jack Thornton, with Lori Loughlin reprising her role as coal mine widow Abigail Stanton. On April 24, 2017, Krakow announced via the Hallmark Channel website that the show would return for a fifth season. The season premiered with a two-hour Christmas special that was broadcast as part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas event, and continues for 10 episodes which began February 18, 2018. RSS Feed: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/chesapeake-shores-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hearties Marisa Serafini & James Lott Jr. discuss When Calls The Heart Season 6. The two discuss the season 6 premiere where the town expects the very first phone call, Bill and Gowan might go into business together by buying the saloon, Laura works for her prosperous career, and Jesse starts building his future with Clara. When Calls the Heart is a Canadian-American television drama series, inspired by Janette Oke's book of the same name from her Canadian West series, and developed by Michael Landon Jr. The series began airing on the Hallmark Channel in the United States on January 11, 2014, and on April 16, 2014 on Super Channel in Canada. The series originally debuted as a two-hour television movie pilot in October 2013, starring Maggie Grace as young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher and Stephen Amell as North West Mounted Police officer Wynn Delaney. In the television series Erin Krakow is cast as her niece, whose name is also Elizabeth Thatcher (played by Poppy Drayton in the movie), and Daniel Lissing plays a Mountie named Jack Thornton, with Lori Loughlin reprising her role as coal mine widow Abigail Stanton. On April 24, 2017, Krakow announced via the Hallmark Channel website that the show would return for a fifth season. The season premiered with a two-hour Christmas special that was broadcast as part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas event, and continues for 10 episodes which began February 18, 2018. RSS Feed: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/chesapeake-shores-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Hearties Marisa Serafini & James Lott Jr. discuss When Calls The Heart Season "The Greatest Christmas Special" with special guest, Paul Greene! In this episode they discuss Orphans, Cookies, and the birth of baby Jack! When Calls the Heart is a Canadian-American television drama series, inspired by Janette Oke's book of the same name from her Canadian West series, and developed by Michael Landon Jr. The series began airing on the Hallmark Channel in the United States on January 11, 2014, and on April 16, 2014 on Super Channel in Canada. The series originally debuted as a two-hour television movie pilot in October 2013, starring Maggie Grace as young teacher Elizabeth Thatcher and Stephen Amell as North West Mounted Police officer Wynn Delaney. In the television series Erin Krakow is cast as her niece, whose name is also Elizabeth Thatcher (played by Poppy Drayton in the movie), and Daniel Lissing plays a Mountie named Jack Thornton, with Lori Loughlin reprising her role as coal mine widow Abigail Stanton. On April 24, 2017, Krakow announced via the Hallmark Channel website that the show would return for a fifth season. The season premiered with a two-hour Christmas special that was broadcast as part of Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas event, and continues for 10 episodes which began February 18, 2018. RSS Feed: http://www.afterbuzztv.com/aftershows/chesapeake-shores-afterbuzz-tv-aftershow/feed/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app