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Canada is Boring

by Jesse Harley, Rhys Waters

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Latest episodes

The Dagg Poltergeist

October 26, 2026 · 56 min

A haunted farmhouse, flying furniture, mysterious fires, missing butter—and a ghost with a potty mouth. In this Halloween episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys Waters and Jesse investigate the Dagg Poltergeist, an unsettling 1889 ghost story…
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October 23, 2026 · 1 min

Coming soon! Rhys has a new project! Subscribe here. Somewhere in the depths of the internet, a secretive collection of audio files promises something extraordinary: the ability to rewrite who you are. They call it Bambi Sleep. For some…
Spirits, Scams & Stolen Oats

October 19, 2026 · 54 min

For Halloween, we head to Huron County, Ontario, to tell the story of Margaret “Maggie” Pollock, a local woman who said she could communicate with spirits and help people find lost things. In 1919, after a man asked her to locate missing…
The Man Who Stole 1,300+ Canadian Artifacts

October 12, 2026 · 31 min

In this episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys Waters and Jesse uncover the strange true story of John Mark Tillman, an affluent Fall River, Nova Scotia man who stole historical artifacts from universities, museums, libraries, and private…
The Parkdale Murder Mystery Part 2

October 5, 2026 · 57 min

A mysterious Toronto murder, a disputed confession, and a trial that captivated the city, welcome back to Canada Is Boring for part two of the Parkdale murder mystery. In 1894, 18-year-old Frank Westwood was shot and killed, and Clara…

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The Parkdale Murder Mystery - Part 1

September 28, 2026 · 48 min

On October 6, 1894, 18-year-old Frank Westwood answered the door of his family's Toronto mansion, Lakeside Hall in Parkdale. Someone standing outside shot him through the gap left by the door chain. In part one of this two-part Victorian…
He Drove a Jet Boat Off a 40-Foot Waterfall

September 21, 2026 · 35 min

Canadian stuntman Dusty Friesen didn't just drive his jet boat off a 40-foot waterfall, he spent over a year researching whether it was legal first. Which is possibly the most Canadian thing that has ever happened. On May 25, 2026, Dusty…
The Intergalactic Politics of Count Binface (Premium)

September 14, 2026 · 13 min

Rhys and Jesse dive into the surreal and surprisingly inspiring story of Count Binface, the intergalactic space warrior with a bin for a head who keeps showing up on UK ballot papers. Starting from the obscure 1984 sci‑fi film Hyperspace…
How a Tiny Canadian Community Took on a Drug Dealer

September 7, 2026 · 50 min

In this episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys Waters and Jesse “Two Cups” Harley dive into the wild true story of Grand Manan Island, a tiny community in New Brunswick, Canada, that lost faith in the RCMP and carried out its own brand of mob…
Eccentric Millionaire’s Bizarre Baby Contest in Depression-Era Canada

August 31, 2026 · 52 min

Eccentric Millionaire’s Bizarre Baby Contest in Depression-Era Canada In this episode of Canada Is Boring, Rhys Waters and Jesse Harley dive into the unbelievable true story of Charles Vance Miller, a wealthy and eccentric Toronto lawyer…
Bigfoot on Trial

August 24, 2026 · 38 min

In this final episode of the Tinfoil Tuque series, Rhys and Jesse dive into the bizarre true story of Todd Standing, a filmmaker and wilderness guide from Alberta who actually took the British Columbia government to court over Sasquatch…
Thetis Lake Monster

August 17, 2026 · 28 min

In this episode, Rhys and Jesse dive into the soggy saga of the so‑called Thetis Lake Monster—a five-foot fish-man allegedly terrorizing teens near Victoria in the 1970s. From the original reports by Robin and Gordon to the “supporting”…

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About the show

Canada is boring? Nope. Canada is unhinged. Hosted by Rhys, a new Canadian with an outsider’s obsession for the country’s strangest stories, and Jesse, a proudly disengaged average Canadian, the show digs into the weirdest moments in Canadian history, politics, crime, culture, and folklore. Part history show, part comedy podcast, part national identity crisis, Canada Is Boring is for anyone who likes their learning with jokes, their politics with chaos, and their Canadian facts deeply, deeply strange. The show has built a loyal audience by making Canadian stories feel surprising, accessible, and genuinely entertaining, earning recognition as Canada’s No. 1 Politics Podcast on Goodpods, breaking into the Top 5 Podcasts in Canada on Apple Podcasts, hitting No. 1 Trending on Spotify Canada, and reaching No. 3 in Canada for Comedy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.