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250 - The Mad Trapper Of Rat River

Our 250th episode is all about the Mad Trapper Of Rat River. When Canadian authorities paid a visit to a remote log cabin, they didn't expect the man inside to shoot at them through door and then lead them on one of the longest and most grueling manhunts in history.


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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:


Alan Phillips, Who was the Mad Trapper Of Rat River, Macleans 1955:

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1955/10/1/who-was-the-mad-trapper-of-rat-river#!&pid=28


Canadian Encyclopedia, Edward Butts:

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/albert-johnson

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/article/wilfrid-reid-may


All That’s Interesting, a really great article by Andrew Lenoir

https://allthatsinteresting.com/mad-trapper-albert-johnson


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