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Podcast: The Canadian Gothic
Episode: The Bell Island Boom - 1 - The Event
Description: When one imagines the setting for a story involving experimental weapons, international espionage, unexplained aerial anomalies, and cold war anxieties...  they probably aren’t picturing a tranquil island in Newfoundland. But, there is no imagining about it, Bell island, Newfoundland, is just that.This all stems from a still unexplained aerial explosion that rocked the skies about the island, and set in motion a series of bizarre events that seemed pulled from the pages of a science fiction novel.The entire ordeal still leaves those who lived through it scratching their heads, but one th...