The Canadian Gothic - Podcast Rankings and reviews

Jordan, soothing voice and kind demeanor are always delightful to hear, no matter the topic. His episodes are well researched, thoughtful, and sensitive. One of my forever favorites.

I love this podcast when it’s just Jordan or Jordan and a family member. Madelayne does not add anything of substance. I find myself cringing at her “takes” on the cases. The re-airing of The Glove Guy series is indicative. She found the whole thing funny and “weird” instead of predatory and hazardous even after a victim had described how he had been hurt.
Also: With Madelayne, there’s so much boring talk about the weather or if she’s heard of the town the case happened in. I have to skip multiple minutes in to get to the case-passing over anecdotes about cats and her views on TikTok. Who cares?
Please go back to the old format and get rid of Madelayne. Her relationship with the cases has a gross air to me. Her connection (however minuscule) to the case/location feels more important to her than the fact that a human being was hurt.

I want to love this show. Jordan seems like a decent human, but he doesn’t call his guests out on their terribly bigoted opinions, and he doesn’t give trigger warnings when discussing SA, which is low grade unacceptable in 2024. I desperately want to give this show a 5-star rating because I LOVE the Encounters with Creeps series (though I do recommend Jordan and Madelayne take sensitivity training if they’re going to be discussing SA). But unfortunately this is more a 2.5 stars podcast, entirely due to Paul Palango. He’s such a creepy bigot, it makes me want to scream. Take your trashy 1950s opinions and exit stage right, Paul. Being in journalism for a billion years doesn’t make you a) a good person, nor b) right about everything. Jordan does his whole show and his listeners a disservice by platforming someone so gross as Paul Palango. More Encounter with Creeps, less platforming creeps!!

I’ve been a long time on and off listener (I cycle through and swap out my regulars frequently). I got hooked during the Emma Fillipoff series. I’m in the US so these stories are usually new to me. My two “cons” are 1) Madalayne’s strong opinions- and I could be reading it wrong but I feel like Jordan is constantly having to redirect to keep her from offending people when she’s throwing them around and 2) the titles of the episodes are messy and overwhelming. Without better organization and/or numbering, it’s kind of hard to tell which episodes are parts of a series without digging around. I love the Encounter with a Creep episodes! I’m constantly making notes to myself of things to talk to my kids about so that they can react appropriately to creeps at any age! Keep up the good work.