The Lost Voices of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu & The New York Zodiac
After two weeks off with family, we’re back. This episode was recorded in November under the Scorpio New Moon, which (respectfully) came to collect.
In this episode we dive into two dark stories:
Story 1: The Lost Voices of Saint-Jean-de-Dieu (Montreal, Quebec)
A Canadian nightmare hiding in plain sight: a massive psychiatric institution with decades of overcrowding, cruelty, and tragedy, including the 1910 fire where women were trapped behind locked doors. We explore the historic horrors, the whispered local lore, and the chilling reports that followed: shadow figures, smoke smells, sobbing voices, beds indenting on their own, and sightings of burned “patients” wandering corridors long after the flames went out.
Story 2: The New York Zodiac
Not that Zodiac; the lesser-known killer who terrorized New York with a crosshair symbol, letters, and a supposed cosmic “plan” tied to Zodiac signs. We track the shootings through the early 1990s, the strange timing patterns, the task force that formed to catch him and how the case was finally cracked through an unexpected domestic incident that revealed a very real man behind the mythology.
Listener warning: institutional abuse, fire-related deaths, violence, and graphic crime details.
Stay spooky. We love you. Bye. 🖤
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Network: Sonar Network
