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Scary Interesting Podcast

The Horrifying Incidents in the Valley of the Headless Men

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Scary Interesting

True Crime

4.9673 Ratings

🗓️ 4 October 2024

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Transcript

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0:00.0

There is a place in Canada's northwest territories that is as mysterious as it is remote.

0:06.0

It's a place that's known for its incredible beauty, while simultaneously having a reputation for something much darker.

0:12.0

Some of the names of the areas in the region include Dead Man Valley, Sunblood Mountain, and most infamously, the Valley of the Headless Men.

0:20.0

All of these names were supposedly inspired by the events that took place here.

0:24.7

This is especially strange when you consider that not a single person lives here and the

0:28.6

only way ends the air is by a float plane or by boats up a long winding river.

0:33.7

It just seems impossible that so many incidents could have occurred in a place where there

0:37.4

isn't anyone, and yet they have.

0:39.3

These are the strange incidents of the Nahani National Park and the Valley of the Headless Men.

0:45.3

As always, viewer discretion is advised.

1:05.0

The 19th and early 20th centuries were a time of worldwide gold rushes, causing many men to leave their families behind or uproot them completely and move to where the precious metal could be found. In Canada's Northwest Territories, a region known today as the Nahani National Park, was one of these areas where Gold was discovered, but this area was far more remote than the others typically

1:14.8

associated with the time period.

1:17.1

Even still, the occasional prospector wandered through the region in search of a life-changing

1:20.9

find.

1:22.1

Like for example, in the fall of 1904, brothers Frank and Willie McLeod had plans to visit the

1:26.8

Nahani in hopes of striking

1:28.0

it rich there.

1:30.0

Accounts of where the men left from Vary was some claiming they traveled from as far away

1:33.3

as Edmonton, while other sources say they left from as nearby as Fort Sampson.

1:37.4

But either way, they traveled by train, then boat, and eventually by foot through valleys

1:41.7

and forests and between mountains before they reached what was known as Gold Creek.

1:46.0

With nothing but a few primitive supplies, traversing the era through a brutal winter may not have been their smartest decision,

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