Fireside Canada

About Fireside Canada

Settle in and get cozy for some spine-tingling Canadian folklore. Featuring stories of ghost ships, supernatural beings, larger-than-life heroes, mysterious spirits, and national myths. Host David Williams will tell you a tale, then bring you on a deep dive into its history and cultural significance.

Publisher

David Williams/ Frequency Podcast Network

Category

arts · fiction · history

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

20 Aug 2021

Latest episode

16 Jan 2025

Latest episodes

45 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   16 Jan 2025

   The Headless Valley

   In January of 1947, in the depths of a record-breaking winter, beloved Canadian writer Pierre Berton, then a fledgling reporter with the Vancouver Sun newspaper, boarded a plane  and ventured into the frozen wilds of the Nahanni Valley, a chain of towering mountains and ancient vales carved into the southwestern reaches of the Northwest Territories. The trip was a harrowing one, punctuated by severe winter storms and more than a few narrow escapes. The weather was so cold that he and his companions had to literally cook the plane’s battery in a cast iron oven and thaw its engine with a blowtorch before takeoff. At nearly every stop along the way they were warned to give up and turn back, lest they add to the region’s tally of tragic deaths and disappearances. Why would they risk their lives to come to such a remote, inhospitable place at such a treacherous time of year? Like countless others before them, they had gone to the north looking for fame and fortune. But unlike all the others, it wasn’t for gold, or valuable furs, or even a hunting trophy. They were searching for a legend, and for answers to a mystery that was over 40 years in the making.

2. 

   21 Nov 2024

   The Fiddle Burning Priest of Cape Breton Island

   The Fiddle Burning Priest of Cape Breton Island delves into the legends and history of a priest's one-man war against the devil's visits and the region's beloved music.

3. 

   14 Nov 2024

   The Pirate King and Queen of Canada

   Eric Cobham and Maria Lindsay, the Pirate King and Queen of Canada, share their extraordinary tale of love, piracy, and unparalleled success.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

68 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 53 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

67

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

51

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