Episode

The Mad Trapper: Survival, Gunfire, and Unanswered Questions

Podcast: Yore Town
Published: Jan 19, 2026
Duration seconds: 1405
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Summary

In 1932, one man did the impossible. He survived alone in the Yukon wilderness at $-40$ degrees, outran the Royal Canadian Mounted Police for weeks, and stood his ground against dynamite and an army of trackers.In this episode of the Yore Town Podcast, Matt (Beard Laws) and Meg dive into the chilling mystery of The Mad Trapper of Rat River. Who was Albert Johnson? How did he move faster than dog teams in waist-deep snow?