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The Conspirators Podcast

Ep. 159 - The Windigo

The Conspirators Podcast

The Conspirators Podcast

History, Society & Culture

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 26 July 2021

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Throughout the Algonquian speaking tribes of Canada there exist legends of a terrifying, cannibalistic creature that stalks the forest. Windigo legends have grown so popular they've even become part of our own modern pop culture in movies, comics and video games. But the history of the winding goes much deeper than that. And it turns out, involves some very real murders. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts Notes: https://www.backstoryradio.org/blog/the-mythology-and-misrepresentation-of-the-windigo/ https://legionmagazine.com/en/2003/01/beware-the-windigo/ https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/ http://www.murderpedia.org/male.R/r/runner-swift.htm https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/meet-jack-the-cannibal-killer/67368/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/vince-li-discharge-1.3977278 https://allthatsinteresting.com/vince-li Music: Dexter Britain, The Tea Party https://dexterbritain.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hi, I'm Danny Dyer, and welcome to What's That Smell?

0:07.6

Smell with a hint of burgers, it's my barbecue apron.

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0:23.3

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0:28.0

You can make anything perf of surf.

0:35.4

Back in the 1800s, there lived a Native American man named Swiftrunner, who was part of the

0:40.7

Cree tribe of Western Canada.

0:44.8

He spent much of his life working as a fur trapper and hunter throughout the country

0:48.4

north of Fort Edmonton.

0:50.2

He also worked occasionally as a guide for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

0:56.8

For the most part, Swiftrunner was well-liked throughout the community.

1:00.7

At least that's the way things were for a little while.

1:04.7

But over time, problems began as Swiftrunner developed a taste for whiskey.

1:11.1

That's because he was an angry drunk on top of that.

1:15.5

Swiftrunner was a big man, standing over six feet tall and weighing more than 200 pounds.

1:20.6

And when he got drunk, he liked to fight.

1:25.3

His behavior grew so out of control that the police department was forced to fire him.

1:30.7

Soon after that, his own tribe decided they'd had enough and kicked him out as well.

1:36.6

This cost Swiftrunner to uproot his entire family, his wife, six children, his mother-in-law,

1:42.0

and brother.

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