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Woodbine: A Parkdale Haunts Production

Alex Nursall & Emily Kellogg

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Beatrice Ashe has a quiet life as an assistant at the Woodbine Agency, a small detective firm in the east end of Toronto. But things change for her quickly when she is brutally attacked and left near death. Now, her boss Grace Hawthorne has a choice to make: Let Bea die... or give her a second chance. A second chance that brings Bea into a new world of shadow. Woodbine is a show about monsters, mysteries, new beginnings, and new bodies. What would you do if you found yourself in a world you ...
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With the A Year in Film podcast, rewind and unwind with some of the biggest moments in movie history. Join experts from Hollywood Suite’s A Year in Film TV series — Becky Shrimpton, Alicia Fletcher and Cameron Maitland — as they make like Marty McFly and turn back time to revisit a different era of film, tracking the top trends and forgotten milestones that defined each year and continue to influence us to this very day. A Year in Film podcast is hosted by Becky Shrimpton, and produced by Be ...
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Hello again. We're just popping in to tell you about another podcast you might want to check out if you're a fan of Woodbine or Parkdale Haunt (and are looking for something to listen to while waiting for Season 2). Desert Skies is a quirky and heartfelt fiction podcast about life between this world and the next, set in the afterlife. The story tak…
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What flashes before your eyes as you die? Memories, thoughts big and small that nested somewhere in your brain, echoes you ignored. But in those final flashes, the silliest things can be brought to the forefront: Unimportant conversations, odd moments, even cases you never put that much importance in. Now, that last one only really applies if you w…
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Surprise! Here's Part 2. What, you thought we were going to wait? Hah! It's a Christmas miracle where we decided to drop both episodes within an hour of each other. Here's the rest of our discussion (featuring Emily, Alex, Ian, Rob and J) where we tried to answer as many questions as we could (we're sorry if we didn't get to yours). Thanks for list…
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Well hello there. Welcome to the Woodbine S1 Q&A: Part 1, where we answer about half of your questions. In this episode, you can hear thoughts on the show (and much more) from our own Alex Nursall, Emily Kellogg, and Ian Boddy, along with special guests Rob Deobald and J Strautman. Stay tuned for much more in Part 2, coming soon... Woodbine is an o…
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Well hello there. We're just popping in to tell you about another podcast you might want to check out if you're a fan of Woodbine or Parkdale Haunt. How i Died is an award winning fiction podcast that follows a coroner with a secret ability to speak to the dead. The story is set in a strange and shadowy remote town called Springfield that boasts an…
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You can only run for so long. At some point, you have to face your problems head on. Usually, you'd do this in therapy, but Grace is tired of platitudes and obfuscations and questions. She wants answers and there's only one person who can give them to her. But that means no more running, no more avoiding, no more looking away. You have to face your…
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Sometimes you have to turn to an old friend for some help. The life experience that comes with age can give a lot of insight into all kinds of situations. And when that person is ageless? Well, then you can expect some truly sage advice. For Grace and Bea, Lennox's shadow grows ever longer, Hollis continues to insert themselves wherever they want, …
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The past will always find its way back to you, whether it is the distant or the recent. It comes back with claws, ready to pull you into its embrace. You can't escape the violence that made you. It will always find a way to hook itself into your skin, burrow under, and then wait until you think you're safe. The past Grace has been running from is c…
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Oh boy, it's time for a super fun bar crawl with the team! Obviously this is some sort of delightful work outing, right? In any other capacity, it probably would be. But for Grace, Bea, and Rhys, the party is overshadowed by the case at hand. Hard to get too enthused when you've got a malicious being on your tail, really puts a damper on the evenin…
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Something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. Something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. Wait, didn't I say that? Anyway, something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. And something is weird in a hotel in Toronto and the team has to figure it out. But somet…
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There's getting under someone's skin and then there's taking it. Grace and Bea are tasked with finding the missing skin of a client who just wants to be whole again... in more ways than one. Turns out the issues run a lot deeper than a simple lost layer and are complicated in ways neither of them expected. Hope you came prepared to yearn, because e…
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The worst kind of joke is not one where no one laughs, but one where the joke-teller takes a violent, unyielding umbrage with your lack of mirth. The joke is on Grace when a not-so-funny artefact goes missing and someone from her past makes a sudden return. It's really no laughing matter though when Lennox reappears, leaving her with more questions…
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A family torn apart by past hurts. A search for an estranged mother. A mothman standing in your office, staring at your lamp. Bea still struggles with her new diet, Rhys finds out there's more to the job than paperwork, and Grace begins to regret the gaps in the agency's onboarding procedures. CONTENT WARNING: blood (mentioned) Featuring the voices…
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Grace takes Bea straight into the deep end with her first case: A boogeyman is missing a very key part of something important to him. It plays the music of the night, giving him a sense of peace, covering up the sounds of the world... He just wants his groove back, is all. Plus, it's time to hire a new assistant, and there's a single standout in a …
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Beatrice Ashe is having an incredibly average day, up until the part where she is brutally stabbed to death. Well, near death. Some people have bosses who meddle in their work, some have bosses who are little too quick to act, and some have bosses who will bring you back from the precipice of annihilation by turning you into a vampire. Now, Bea has…
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Beatrice Ashe is living a quiet life as an assistant at the Woodbine Agency, a small detective firm in the east end of Toronto. Things change for her very quickly though when she is brutally attacked and left near death. Now, her boss Grace Hawthorne has a choice to make: Let Bea die or... give her a second chance. A second chance that comes with a…
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Pop culture expert and writer Sydney Urbanek joins Emily and Becky to chat about two pop-idol led films from 2002: the Britney Spears-starring Crossroads and the anime Millennium Actress. Sydney Urbanek is a Toronto-based culture writer and editor. She has an MA in Cinema Studies from the University of Toronto, which she primarily uses to go long o…
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Cam and Becky are joined by guest Alex Nursall to chat about the wild McConaughey-starring apocalyptic dragon flick Reign of Fire and M. Night Shyamalan's baffling alien invasion movie Signs. Alex Nursall is an audio director, writer, and illustrator out of Toronto. She is the co-creator/writer, director, and voice of Judith on the award-winning ho…
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Writer and film programmer Vanya Garraway visits the AYIF podcast to chat about two massive hits from 2002: Bend It Like Beckham and My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Vanya Garraway is a writer based in Toronto. She is a film programmer at the Revue Cinema (Paid In Sweat, a celebration of sweat in cinema), and a film/pop-culture pundit who is nostalgic for…
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Dread Central's Mary Beth McAndrews visits the A Year in Film Podcast to explore 2002's The Mothman Prophesies and Queen of the Damned with Becky and Emily, Mary Beth McAndrews is the editor-in-chief of Dread Central, as well as a filmmaker, journalist, and occasionally an academic. Her debut feature film Bystanders is currently in post-production.…
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Physical comedy takes centre stage when special guest Petey Gibson joins Becky and Alicia to discuss 1991's Pure Luck and Hot Shots! Petey Gibson is a transmasc comedian, actor, producer and writer, currently recurring as C Hemingway on FOX's Alert: Missing Persons Unit, now filming Season 2 after a long and successful strike. His roots lie in come…
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1991 was a banner year for gangster movies. Podcaster Josh Lewis joins Becky and Cam to discuss Bugsy and New Jack City. Josh Lewis is a freelance film critic (with writing in Cinema Scope and The Film Stage), film programmer, Blu-ray distributor, and host of the genre and exploitation double feature movie podcast SLEAZOIDS. Hosted on Acast. See ac…
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Librarian and author Lindsay Gibb joins Alicia and Becky to unravel the 1991 love triangle movies Zandalee and Dead Again. Lindsay Gibb is a librarian at the University of Toronto and the author of National Treasure: Nicolas Cage from ECW's Pop Classics series. She is also the co-host of the Winona Ryder podcast, Winona Forever. Hosted on Acast. Se…
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Actor Kimberly-Sue Murray joins Becky to discuss the touching 1991 coming-of-age comedies My Girl and Father of the Bride. Kimberly-Sue Murray is a graduate of the prestigious Canadian Film Centre and is best known for her recurring roles in Shadowhunters, V-Wars and Trader. Murray is also a prolific creator, writing and starring in the award winni…
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This Halloween, we'd like to introduce you to another show distributed by Realm. Acephale: Horror Fiction is a collection of stories of cosmic and existential horror. Written and performed by Jeffrey Walker. In this episode, a graphic designer seeks fulfillment in life. But his search reveals something that he never wished to find. Learn more about…
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The post-mortem continues! We tackle topics such as, "Did Ian actually build himself a coffin?", "What joke does Emily regret not including in the show?" and "How many tiny Alexes is too many to take on in a fight?" Featuring the musings of: Alex Nursall, Emily Kellogg, and Ian Boddy. CONTENT WARNINGS: alcohol Parkdale Haunt is an original podcast …
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Special guest Anthony Oliveira joined Becky Shrimpton and Cam Maitland live at Fan Expo Canada to unpack a pair of films about big city criminal chaos – 1993's Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Demolition Man. Anthony Oliveira is a National Magazine and GLAAD award-winning author, pop culture critic, and PhD living in Toronto. He is the film program…
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Well hello again. It's been one year since the end of the show, so Alex, Emily, and Ian decided to sit down one more time to answer some outstanding listener questions, reflect on the series, and give a little insight into what's coming next... This is not a spoiler-free zone, so if you're new here, this might not be the best place to start. Also, …
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