Storyteller Lynda Joyce personal historical

Host Elaine O'Reilly

Solving the mystery of her father's family involved researching records in Canada and travelling across the ocean to uncover more surprises about Lynda's father, her grandparents and her aunt and uncle.

Companion Book: The Street Arab by Sandra JoyceThe Street Arab is a powerful novel about a boy, from a small mining town in Scotland, whose family is torn apart by the First World War.

Storyteller: Mary Wiggin. Folktale Host: Lynda Joyce

Is Sweet William really so sweet? Will the heroine choose the devil over Sweet William? An interesting take on one of the many folktales about death.

Storyteller Elaine O'Reilly Historical

Host Lynda Joyce

Fire is a dangerous thing to experience once in a lifetime –but how does one survive four! Find out how this portrait of a queen is saved over and over again.

Teller: Phil Nagy

Host: Elaine O'Reilly

Our teller is in a serious traffic jam in a country where hedoesn’t know the language. The traffic constables are approaching his car. Does he trust his driver to get them out of what could be a catastrophe?

Teller: Conrad Laplante History War Stories

Two exciting war stories related to Canada.

Hear how Igor Gouzenko, the Soviet cipher clerk who defected in Ottawa in 1945, exposed a sprawling Soviet spy ring and revealed the hidden battle for global power.

And then hear how the Canadian Doctor, Solomon Secord, went from Kincardine south to serve in the American Civil War as a Confederate!

Producers: Lynda Joyce, Colette Laplante, Elaine O'Reilly

Music: Lynda Joyce Promo work: Colette Laplante

Stories are presented with permission and cannot be reproduced or used without specific consent from the teller.

Susan Ida - teller. Period Fiction

Step into Lucy Maud Montgomery’s world with The Strike at Putney—a witty, spirited tale of community, conviction, and the power of women’s voices.Few people know that the author wrote many stories that demonstrate the limited situation of women in the early 1900s.

Subtle humour in an updated Italian folktale in which a down-and-out gambler pits himself against sorcerers with only one weapon – a dead man’s arm.

Colette's story combines elements of folklore, religiousthemes, and a narrative of a man facing a supernatural threat.

This is a classic French-Canadian Folktale with a touch ofthe supernatural. In this story, the church ensures the people know the devil is always present when the people stray from the church teachings.

FanFan's actions made him the perfect candidate to bepursued by the devil's Big Tailed Beast.

References Horned & Hoofed Monsters of Canadian LegendLa Bete a Grand’Queue (The Big-Tailed Beast; English Translation)