Over the Edge: Death and Daring at Niagara Falls (ON)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 13 April 2020

⏱️ 87 minutes

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Episode 120 - For ages people have been drawn to Niagara Falls, the most famous group of waterfalls in North America, and maybe the world. As many as 20 million people per year visit to view the awesome power of nature as tens of millions of liters of water spectacularly pour over the falls every minute. There have been many accidental deaths, but there have been many drawn to the torrents for other darker reasons. Some come to end their own lives and others, the daredevils, to try to prove their ingenuity and courage can beat the falls. Some have failed in the attempt.NOTE: There will be talk of suicide in this episode.Sources and more information:[Niagara: A History of the Falls by Pierre Berton][The River of Lost Souls: What We Might Learn From Niagara Falls Suicides by Michael Clarkson][Welcome to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | City of Niagara Falls, Canada][Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - World Waterfall Database][Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls Tourism Information][Facts About Niagara Falls | Live Science][Niagara Falls Facts & Information][On the Meaning of Niagara - Brocku.ca][Daredevil Exhibit - Things to do | Niagara Falls Canada][Daredevils of Niagara Falls][List of objects that have gone over Niagara Falls - Wikipedia][Niagara Falls without water, 1969][Sounds of Niagara Falls • Niagara Whirlpool • Horseshoe Falls • American Falls • Bridal Veil Fall - YouTube][WNED PBS Documentaries | Daredevils of Niagara Falls | PBS][Daredevils of Niagara Falls][Niagara River - Life & Death on the river: Accidents & Rescues][Ed Delahanty Obituary][Stunters & Daredevils] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and
0:04.7	add free on Amazon Music, included with Prime. You're about to listen to a historical episode
0:10.8	of Dark Poutine. After episode 149, you will find Scott is no longer with the show.
0:16.9	In an effort to maintain continuity and offer listeners as many episodes as possible,
0:22.1	we are leaving the episodes in which he co-hosted intact. Thank you.
0:30.0	Welcome to Dark Poutine, a Mike Brown creator and host with me as usual. From his underground
0:49.4	layer is my good friend and co-host Scott Hemmanway say hello Scott.
0:54.2	Well hello everybody. The layer sounds cool. I expect a dragon to emerge from behind me at some
1:00.6	point. Are you hiding lots of gold? Do you have like smog the dragon behind you?
1:05.1	No, none of those things. No, although I would really love to have some fat gold chains around my neck.
1:12.4	Some fat gold chains? Yeah, yeah. And the real...
1:15.9	Well, Jay, well, yeah, work on my fronts.
1:19.6	Yeah, I think my mustache should hide my grill.
1:24.7	What about a gold? Just get that thing just dip it in gold and just starting a new trend.
1:31.2	The views, information and opinions expressed during the Dark Poutine podcast are solely those of
1:36.5	the producer and do not necessarily represent those of curious cast. It's affiliate global news
1:41.9	nor their parent company chorus entertainment. Dark Poutine is not for the faint of heart or
1:46.1	squeamish. Listener discretion is strongly advised. We're not experts on the topics we present nor
1:51.5	we journalists. We're two ordinary Canadians chatting about crime, the Dark Side of history.
1:56.7	Let's get to it. Put on your tooke. Grab yourself a double, double, and an enniemobar. It's time
2:02.2	to scarf down some Dark Poutine. Chop a chop, poop, poop.
2:32.5	We're having fun on the umberyard, at least. Are we? I am.
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