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

https://www.mysteriesofcanada.com/nwt/albert-johnson-mad-trapper/

https://www.rcinet.ca/en/2017/02/17/canada-history-feb-17-1932-the-end-and-beginning-of-the-mystery-of-the-mad-trapper/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dna-testing-shows-the-mad-trapper-wasnt-a-canadian-filmmaker-says/article1154429/

https://www.britannica.com/topic/fur-animal-skin#ref114462

http://www.grrb.nt.ca/pdf/fisheries/RatRiverReport.pdf

https://legionmagazine.com/en/2019/01/a-mountie-is-killed-by-the-mad-trapper/

Arctic Manhunt: Hunt for the Mad Trapper (2009)
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