Cascadia Crime & Cryptids

Oct 19, 2025

We travel into Canada's Northern Territories for the story of the great white wolf of the Nahanni Valley.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_wolf
• https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Waheela
• https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/social-sciences-and-humanities/waheela-folklore

Sep 13, 2025

Today we go to Pitt Lake in British Columbia, where tales are told of giant black salamanders undulating through the waters, climbing up onto shore to terrorize small rodents, and even hiding out at construction sites.  

Sources

• https://new-cryptozoology.fandom.com/wiki/Pitt_Lake_Giant

Feb 12, 2025

Kind of a cryptid + Indigenous legend story time for this one - the Washoe legend of the great bird of Lake Tahoe, The Ong. 

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washoe_people
• https://issuu.com/communityinkinc/docs/northwoodstahoe_novdec_finalproof2/s/27883

Dec 30, 2024

Is there a giant serpent living in the depths of Lake Tahoe?  

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tahoe_Tessie
• https://www.latimes.com/style/la-os-tessie3may03-story.html
• https://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/dark-shapes-in-the-lake-tahoe-tessie-legend-remains-alive-for-visitors/

Sep 24, 2024

This episode starts with an alert for the Eugene, OR area - contact information for these cases is listed below - thank you to a listener who sent this to us:

• Detective Anne McIntyre at (541)-953-9323
• The Eugene PD non emergency line at 541.682.5111
• (541)-682-5786 or email at Thart@eugene-or.gov.

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