the hidden island

It's time for a little more of "the hidden island" podcast! We have one more bite-sized ghostly tale for you before our next full episode drops on Halloween.

 

Grab a flashlight and hide under the blankets - what you're about to hear is a second spine-tingling tale of terror submitted by one of our listeners, and narrated by our old buddy the Grave Digger!
 

Stay tuned later this week, we'll the next full episode on Halloween Saturday, October 31!

The full episode will include four listener-submitted stories and an interview with Cameron MacDonald, AKA the Grave Digger (and many, many other characters!), where we explore the question: "What makes a good ghost story?"

Season six of the hidden island podcast is kindly brought to you by our sponsors: Munn Architecture Inc., Confederation Centre of the Arts, Provincial Credit Union, PEI Mutual Insurance Company, Liam Gauthier of RBC Dominion Securities Wealth Management, and The Gray Group.

Gather 'round the campfire, bundle up nice and warm - what you're about to hear is a chilling, spine-tingling tale submitted by one of our brave listeners, and narrated by our good friend the Grave Digger! Thank you to Jason Lund and The Island Paranormal Seekers for submitting their story.

Stay tuned next week, we'll release one more haunting listener-submitted story on Monday, then check out the full episode on Halloween Saturday, October 31!

The full episode will include four listener-submitted stories and an interview with Cameron MacDonald, AKA the Grave Digger (and many, many other characters!), where we explore the question: "What makes a good ghost story?"

Season six of the hidden island podcast is kindly brought to you by our sponsors: Munn Architecture Inc., Confederation Centre of the Arts, Provincial Credit Union, PEI Mutual Insurance Company, Liam Gauthier of RBC Dominion Securities Wealth Management, and The Gray Group.

Season 6, Episode 1, "Lost for Words: PEI's Forgotten Gaelic History." Special guest Rob MacDonald joins us to explore the Island's Gaelic roots, and the stories that have nearly been lost to time.
 

A lifelong Island history enthusiast and seventh-generation Islander, Rob taught PEI History and Scottish Gaelic at Colonel Gray High School for more than 30 years. He has led student trips to Scotland, welcomed Gaelic-speaking students from the Isle of Lewis to PEI, and spent decades sharing his passion for Island history with generations of students.
 

Now enjoying retirement in Clyde River, Rob still loves what he jokingly calls his "unofficial PhD in rambling on about the Island" and brings that wealth of knowledge and storytelling to this episode.
 

Tune in and discover a piece of PEI history you haven't heard before.
 
Season six of the hidden island podcast is kindly brought to you by our sponsors: Munn Architecture Inc., Confederation Centre of the Arts, Provincial Credit Union, PEI Mutual Insurance Company, Liam Gauthier of RBC Dominion Securities Wealth Management, and The Gray Group.

Welcome back!  Join host Rafe Wright for an all-new season of the hidden island exploring the people, places, and stories that shape Prince Edward Island. With help from our wonderful suite of guests, let's journey through stories and legends together! This season, we'll...

travel back to the 1700's when the Island's shores echoed with bagpipes and Gaelic songs;

step inside PEI's most iconic lighthouses and the families, mysteries, and legends that keep them alight;

recount some of the most chilling local ghost stories, where history and folklore blur;

celebrate one of the Island's most remarkable artists and the legacy she left behind;

move beyond our shores to the waters of the Pacific during World War II;

and more!

Whether you're a lifelong Island resident, a history buff, or simply someone who likes a good story, we've got you covered.

This season of the hidden island podcast is proudly brought to you by our sponsors: Munn Architecture Inc., Confederation Centre of the Arts, Provincial Credit Union, PEI Mutual Insurance Company, Liam Gauthier with RBC Dominion Securities, and The Gray Group. 

Visit https://www.peimuseum.ca/thehiddenisland for more information and a full list of episodes.

Join our guest, Dr. Josh MacFadyen, as well as podcast host Matthew McRae as they go subterranean into the world of Prince Edward Island's terrain!

Director of the GeoREACH Lab at UPEI, MacFadyen shares a wealth of knowledge and know-how into the methods and beauty of laying out and mapping out the island's landscapes. Whether it's historical chartmakers you're interested in, modern methods of map-capturing or even some emerging and bleeding-edge methods and technologies in the world of mapping, you're bound to learn all about how our beloved Island takes shape - on paper - in our season finale episode of the Hidden Island Podcast!

Josh is Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Geospatial Humanities at the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada. His research focuses on energy transitions and traditional energy carriers in Canada, and he teaches Digital Humanities in the Applied Communication, Leadership, and Culture (ACLC) program in UPEI’s Faculty of Arts. His most recent monograph is titled Flax Americana: A History of the Fibre and Oil that Covered a Continent. He also published an edited collection in the same series titled Time and a Place: An Environmental History of Prince Edward Island (McGill-Queens and Island Studies Press, 2016).

Josh has held postdoctoral positions at the Historical GIS Lab at the University of Saskatchewan and at NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment at the University of Western Ontario. Most recently he was also an Assistant Professor and remains a Sustainability Scholar at Arizona State University’s School of Sustainability.