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Sep 2, 2020 · The day after Christmas in 1931, a constable with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police went to check on a man named Albert Johnson on suspicion that he was trapping without a license. The...
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- The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered
Jul 28, 2023 · Peter relates the fascinating story of the Mad Trapper and the manhunt that fascinated millions in 1931. Cathy and Peter also share their road trip up the Dempster highway to Fort MacPherson ...
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- The Woodland Escape
Albert Johnson (c. 1890–1900 – February 17, 1932), also known as the Mad Trapper of Rat River, was a fugitive whose actions stemming from a trapping dispute eventually sparked a huge manhunt in the Northwest Territories and Yukon in Northern Canada.
Jul 29, 2021 · Hunt for the Mad Trapper - Full Documentary Synopsis: A team of world-class forensic experts travels to the high Arctic to exhume the body of the outlaw known as the ‘Mad Trapper’.
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- MYTH MERCHANT FILMS
Dec 10, 2019 · On Dec. 31, 1931, Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers Alfred King and Joe Bernard returned to the cabin of Albert Johnson, deep in the forests of Canada’s Northwest Territories. They had previously tried to contact the reclusive hunter a few days earlier, but they were unsuccessful.
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On 31 December 1931, an RCMP constable investigating a complaint about traplines was shot and seriously wounded by a trapper living west of Fort McPherson, NT. The ensuing manhunt — one of the largest in Canadian history — lasted 48 days and covered 240 km in temperatures averaging -40°C.
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Feb 17, 2015 · The body of Albert Johnson, the Mad Trapper of Rat River. On his body was over $2000 in cash, pearls, gold, and dead squirrel. His true name and identity have never been determined. The story...
