Down the Crooked Path
Amanda Joy
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Welcome to "Down the Crooked Path," where the shadows of history, folklore, and mystery converge. Hosted by Amanda Joy, this podcast explores the world’s most chilling tales and unanswered questions, from unsolved crimes and eerie legends to the dark corners of human nature. Each episode delves deep into the stories that haunt small communities, challenge our understanding, and push us to question the forces beyond our comprehension. Whether it’s tracing forgotten lore, unraveling strange disappearances, or confronting the unknown, "Down the Crooked Path" invites you to journey into the enigmas that shape our world. Keep questioning, keep exploring, and walk the path where answers aren't always what they seem.
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S2E23 The Aberfan Tragedy and The Premonitions Bureau
This episode looks at the reports that came in before the Aberfan disaster. It covers the dreams, warnings, and statements people made before the collapse, and the way these reports were collected…
S2E22 The Haunting of Sallie House
In this episode, we go through the historyconnected to the Sallie House, the claims that built the story, and the details that followed the Pickman family after they moved in. We cover the background…
S2E21 The Pazuzu Algarad Case
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…
S2E20 Canadian Creepies Edition: The Curse of Bird Rock Island
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…
S2E19 The Lost Franklin Expedition
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…
S2E18 The Axeman of New Orleans
In this episode, we look at the Axeman of New Orleans and the panic that followed him through the city. We go through the attacks on grocery families, the letter printed in the Times Picayune, the…
S2E17 The Nahanni Valley and the Mystery of the Headless Men
The Nahanni Valley built its reputation on the sheer number of people who went in and never came back. Prospectors, trappers, outlaws, and travelers moved through that stretch of the Northwest…
S2E16 The Hinterkaifeck Murders
A remote Bavarian farm. Six people who never saw spring. Footprints in the snow that led in but never led out. And an attic that seemed to breathe when no one was looking.In this episode, we walk the…
S2E15 The Hexham Heads: Cursed, Haunted, or What
The Hexham Heads have been blamed for hauntings, poltergeist activity, wolf‑man sightings, and a decades‑long argument between scientists, folklorists, and anyone who ever walked through that house.…
S2E14 The Isdal Woman: Norway’s Greatest Mystery
In this episode, we step into one of Europe’s most baffling unsolved mysteries. In November 1970, a woman was found dead in Norway’s Isdalen Valley: burned, staged, and surrounded by clues that only…
S2E13 The Baldoon Mystery: Canada’s Strangest Haunting
This week, we’re heading straight into one of Canada’s strangest, smokiest, most stubborn hauntings — the Baldoon Mystery. A family farm under siege. Fires that sparked out of nowhere. Bullets that…
S2E12 The Murder in the Red Barn
In this episode of Down the Crooked Path, Amanda Joy walks through the 1827 murder of Maria Marten and the strange trail that followed. From the dream that sent Maria’s stepmother back to the Red…
S2E11 Mothman: The Thing That Watched Point Pleasant
In this episode, we return to Point Pleasant, West Virginia, a quiet river town that became the center of one of the most unsettling waves of sightings in American history. Between 1966 and 1967,…
S2E10 The Lead Mask Mystery
On August 20th, 1966, two Brazilian electronics technicians were found dead on a lonely hillside overlooking Niterói. Their bodies were neatly laid out. Their belongings were untouched. And over…
S2E9 Buried in the Desert: The West Mesa Victims
A single bone found on Albuquerque’s West Mesa led investigators to a discovery no one was prepared for. Over the following days, the desert revealed the remains of eleven women and one unborn child.…
S2E8 Canadian Creepies: Jacko the Ape
Life has a way of throwing curveballs, and this week it definitely did. Between health, schedules, and the general chaos of being human, we weren’t able to finish our regular episode in time.But we…
S2E7 Julia: The Case That Haunted Dr. Richard Gallagher
In this episode, we dive into one of the most controversial modern possession cases ever documented: the story of Julia, the woman psychiatrist Dr. Richard Gallagher publicly claimed was genuinely…
S2E6 What Happened to Lisa Au?
On a rainy January night in 1982, 19‑year‑old Lisa Au left her boyfriend’ in Kailua and began the short drive home. She never arrived. What followed was one of Hawai‘i’s most haunting and…
S2E5 Unanswered on Mount Shasta
Mount Shasta has a reputation that stretches far beyond its trails. People come here for the scenery, but the stories that surround this mountain go in every direction. In this episode, we look at…
S2E4 Besa Mafia: The Hitman That Never Was
Sorry this episode was delayed. I was unwell this week.A corner of the internet once promised something unthinkable: a place where anyone could hire a killer with a few clicks. It called itself Besa…
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Down the Crooked Path has published 58 episodes since April 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Society & Culture.
Down the Crooked Path is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 42m.
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