Ep. 33 - The Canadian Axe Murderess
The Plains of Abraham have known death. This is a historic area inside Battlefields Park in Quebec City, Canada. Quebec City had been the capital of New France and was a strategic location in the colony. The French and English would fight for control here in a battle that took place on September 13, 1759. The Plains of Abraham were named for Abraham Martin who had owned the fields. The battle lasted 30 minutes and the French were defeated. This had been a very bloody battle. The British had 658 casualties and the French had 716. Stories of the ghosts of dead soldiers roaming the plain have traversed the years even up into our modern era with the Plains of Abraham now serving as an urban park. Before the park, this was a place few would wander as it had a reputation for being a hiding place for criminals. Then it became a spot for executions to be carried out. And that is why there is a female ghost that roams the Plains of Abraham. Everyone calls her La Corriveau. The legend behind La