Mad Trapper Part Two - Race to Alaska | That Chapter Podcast

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[@samchic84]

U say "or" perfectly normal, the word "third" on the other hand sounds like u are saying "turd"😂😂

[@audreymuzingo933]

Keith has taken to this like a duck to water. I'll listen to every TC no matter what, but at this point when it's a Keith episode I'm literally twice as giddy to give it a goo.

[@missmissy_90]

I do to but when they talking to e each other and laughing so hard I have no idea what they are saying or get the joke 😮. But I still watch and enjoy. Love Mike so much. He's in my top five loving all five equally.

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@missmissy_90 Well the advantage of watching on youtube is you can opt for closed captioning. The accent-recognizing AI has gotten shockingly better than it was just a few years go. Turn on the CC and see!

[@sammygirl6910]

Same. Nothing like listening to two good friends telling stories.

[@LoriKasprzak-yk6nc]

I HATE this format!!! Please return to your former one!!

[@audreymuzingo933]

@@missmissy_90 Really? Their Irish accents are pretty mild compared to some, especially older Irish people.

[@jacksonstarky8288]

Keith definitely adds something to the podcast... especially this episode with his daughter's Barbie story.

[@Bettertimes2025]

Can‘t help but feel for Johnson! What a legend!!!What a man!!!What a fighter!!!🩵RIP🙏🏼

[@Dbobino223]

The dynamic with you and Keith... Hilarious. Best part of this podcast though, "hey fellow Irishman, people say I say the letter R funny. Do you think its funny? No it sounds fine" 😂😂 Great show guys, great topic!

[@maryannfascetti6421]

Johnson wasnt a bad man the police just assumed he was a bad person. He just wanted left alone. No he wasn't friendly to the natives. Thank you Mike and Keith for such an interesting story. ☘☘☘☘☘

[@missmissy_90]

Exactly. He hadn't wanted anything from anyone.

[@livingdeadgirl888]

so who was hunting who here?

[@ennds4636]

I'm with Mike on this, the man is a legend and the police basically created a reason to harass and then kill him.

[@malicehatter3159]

I could and would just listen to these two just talk about nothing for hours!! Love it!!!

[@FreemanKeys]

Mike and Keith! I appreciate you both!

[@suzarra8945]

Love the two of you 😂 laughing and chatting with each other!

[@missmissy_90]

I can never understand what they are saying when laughing and joking. 🇺🇸 That said- I would never miss a podcast with Keith cause it doesn't annoy me. Good friends. Gotta LOVE IT ❤

[@Ooh_PieceOfCandy]

When Mike says E.R. it sounds like Eeyore from Winnie the Pooh ❤😁

[@zarasbazaar]

Albert Johnson could have grown up in one of the many predominantly Scandinavian communities that exist in the mid-west portion of the US and had an accent. That would also make him used to working in extreme cold. I live in central Alaska and some of the weather we have here is comparable to weather in the area of the Dakotas. -40 is survivable with proper clothing, but I fortunately have never had to be out in it for days like the RCMP did during this chase.

[@deborahsunflower939]

We had -40 last winter (for about a day) and it was mostly unbearable. Ours was -40 with the wind chill. Either way, yikes!

[@audibjornsson6107]

So for those of you no familiar with Scandinavian people.....We are a strong, hearty, hard headed people. We thrive in cold weather and we never give up. Hes definitely an Icelander, he even has the nose of old school bloodline of Iceland, every person on my Dad's side has that nose. I was born in America to an Icelandic Dad and a Norwegian Mum.

[@joywagner979]

Every few years, I revisit the story of that Finnish soldier who ate his entire regiment's speed rations and went on a long stimulant-fueled ski rampage across the frozen countryside. Obviously the meth helped (or, "helped", lol) but nonetheless: a lesser being could never.

[@TimParker-Chambers]

17:10 I have a couple of theories: I think you mentioned the first Mountie said he had an accent. If he was from Norway, Sweden or Switzerland, that kind of sub-arctic wilderness would be like his back yard. Another theory, because Keith said First Nation hunters wouldn't go out in such conditions because they knew better, he might not have known better, and simply been of the 'this is the situation; let's get it done' mindset, and it was merely indomitable force of will, combined with some serious military training/possible familiarity with similar conditions and terrain 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️ One thing's for sure: Absolute Badass 👍👍👍👍

[@JeffreyBenzodiazepines]

he was DNA traced to Sweden

[@WilliamSmith-iz2kl]

When Y'all get together for the podcasts, it spirits me into the past, best times of my life, chatting with great friends. Is it weird that we used to discuss some of the same subjects?

[@TimParker-Chambers]

6:25 Nothing to do with the locals making up buIIsh¡t about him, and a squad of Mounties trying to break into his cabin, of course... 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@JeffreyBenzodiazepines]

Thank you, in a perfect world this man would be a hero and the cops would be put in jail for breaking the law leaving him no recourse but to defend himself

[@stellah1643]

This man is the blueprint for every movie thst has a loner bothered by the Govt. Great story guys. I actually was rooting for Johnsons escape, even though i know how Mikes stories end! ☠️

[@amandasshadow9605]

Hahaa! Keith's daughter sounds like me when I was young! Rest easy, Keith...I became a horror artist- not a serial killer. I used to melt my Barbies' feet and hang their heads on sticks. I also used ketchup as blood to simulate wounds on them. I grew up loving horror movies and my parents always told me that everything was fake. That intrigued me. I wanted to know how everything was done- makeup, sets, props...everything. Now I'm a horror artist, as I've said, who also does special fx makeup and I work in the entertainment industry- theater and concerts. And I tell ya, eventhough my Barbies came to horrible ends, I can't hurt anything...haha! I can't even kill bugs without feeling terrible about it. Keith, your daughter may turn out to be just fine 🙂 ( just in case, keep an eye on the pets 😉)

[@nancychisholm5399]

Greetings and salutations (as my favorite spider says) from Cabbagetown, Toronto!

[@sammygirl6910]

A very good spider.

[@Ooh_PieceOfCandy]

The coldest weather I've ever experienced was in Kotzebue, AK and was -55 F (or -48 celsius). Breathing in the air physically hurts your mouth, throat and lungs. Your eyeballs hurt, any sliver of your body that is not covered in full expedition gear stings horribly. The worst part about it was I had to drive a four wheeler to work in that weather with no windshield. It hurts me just thinking about it.

[@paulag0420]

I love listening to your podcasts and That Chapter. I live in Kentucky and it would be great if you could do an in-depth story on the Hatfield's and McCoy's. I would love to hear your thoughts about them.

[@karaamundson3964]

KY gal here too whose bf's cousins are Ohio Hatfields!

[@sadeghrazavi9255]

Right on time for bed time

[@DarthInfoSec]

Keith is a perfection addition for ad hoc format of a podcast. Keep ‘em coming.

[@acornTHEtopDOG]

It's easy to find that both of you are great friends. The energy you both bring to the show is infectious and very real. So please do keep up the great work.

[@pamelacrawford4105]

Robert Redford made a couple movies about him. Except he was called Jerimiah Johnson. Pretty good movies. 😊

[@michhaynes7272]

Im imaging the real life john wick, this guy is a proper bad ass!

[@janscimccaw9091]

Really liking your podcasts. You two make a good team

[@dennismitchell5414]

When Keith told the story about his daughter I almost spit my coffee out , I was Lmao .😂😂 . Great podcast as usual Gentlemen . Fun Fact : The two ships from the Franklin Expedition ( HMS Terror and Erebus took part in the bombardment of Ft . McHenry Baltimore , Maryland in September of 1814 )

[@karaamundson3964]

WHERE'S THE GD KETCHUP??!

[@michellemueller7288]

Fastest click I've ever done! ❤❤❤

[@amybe573]

Same!! 😁

[@michellemueller7288]

​@@amybe573I absolutely love them! ❤

[@AbnormalMom6000]

Diito

[@floofypurplefluff9924]

Me too!!

[@MissSeaSea]

Omg, I’ve been so waiting for this!! I’ve heard this story before, but the way y’all are explaining the depth and details is not only amusing and hilarious, but so much more informative than I’ve ever heard before

[@missmissy_90]

Lol. It was HARD but I waited until both parts posted and then the time to listen. Mike is in my top 5 storytellers. Love all equally. Keith is fun but I just can't understand what they are saying with the laughing but they are fun together. Maybe cause 🇺🇸

[@MissSeaSea]

@@missmissy_90 they’re so hilarious, I’d love to have a beer and a laugh with them

[@blahehh5895]

I know now, but it did take me a year of listening to you to realize you were saying R and not 'or'. You were saying RPG and for a long time I just excepted it as 'or PG'. I didn't know what RPG meant at the time 😅

[@Laurakicksbackside]

When they exhumed him I wonder if they took samples. We (and by that I mean people way smarter than me) could do the ancestry DNA thing. Super brrr cold case!

[@courtney1562]

I don’t know if anyone else here is old enough to remember the movie, “Empire Records”(‘90’s movie with Liv Tyler and a bunch of other great’90’s actors and actresses), but in my head I picture Keith looking like the guy in the movie who had a crush on the hot girl(Liv Tyler, and yes she’s Steven Tyler’s daughter from Aerosmith) and he ends up with her at the end. 😂❤😂I absolutely love Mike!! His and Keith’s banter is unmatched!❤😊🎉

[@joemorford732]

I've experienced -40 it is definitely not a fun experience. Even being outside for 5 mins was awful. I can't even imagine how these men were chasing after each other, let alone having gun fights at that temperature.

[@Bettertimes2025]

Austrian visiting Toronto in january, -35 degrees, and l had to fill up the car…🥶…never felt anything this cold before or since! Those guys were real men in my eyes! ( even though this comment must be politically incorrect in times like these😜To survive this shootout in -40 degrees for days!!! How is that even possible!!!💪🏼💪🏼💪🏼🥶🥶🥶WOW!!!

[@deborahsunflower939]

I mean how much of a menace to society was AJ since they even got lost going back to his cabin? (Episode 1)

[@klondikemom3658]

-61c 78f is the coldest I have been in. Remember -40c. Witch is the best times to blow bubbles they levitate then roll around like tumble weed. As well throwing boiling water it can get quite artistic. Ahhh 40 below games. Sun dogs.

[@Bloodbain88]

Now imagine sleeping all night in that weather.

[@katiepunch42]

Thank you for keeping me company Mike and Keith at least for an hour while I'm on my 7 hour journey back home from Cornwall to Yorkshire. Loved this 2 parter 👌

[@Tim-57]

Aklavik is much more than a few shacks Mike; with approx 700 residents, businesses, a school and a grocery store.

[@carolynhoechst3201]

Enjoy your program very much, Mike and Keith! Thanks for your work putting this story together!❤

[@toniknight82]

Been waiting all week for this the first part was so good

[@lindamurphy1162]

Keith is the tonic to your gin, Mike! What a winning combo! Fascinating stories, great delivery and the humour is the icing on the cake! (Now i am hungry and thirsty too)

[@baghodler508]

Sort of like a real life Rambo

[@shellodee]

Woop woop, perfect for a stormy afternoon while I do dinner

[@dustyice4111]

- 18°c is nothing, it's the wind chill factor that gets you. It makes the cold feel even colder. If you are not bundled up properly, you can die from hypothermia by staying out too long and yes, it's no fun at all. I'm about an hour and a half drive from Toronto, Ontario. 😁

[@cdes1776]

I said same! I also live about an hour and a half drive from Toronto (Waterloo).

[@lum7604]

@@cdes1776 Toronto born & living in Guelph here hahaha came down to comment the same thing

[@breezybee3774]

If you're battling right now, I'm SO FUGGIN PROUD OF YOU! If "all" you can do right now is SURVIVE, that's ok. If all you do is BREATHE today you deserve hydration and nutrition! (Breathing takes work! You're worthy of nutrition just for that!) Hang in there, you're not alone. It gets better. You're not a burden, I love you. Wrapping you up in warm golden light and a tight hug. You're worth fighting for my love. Keep battling. I know it doesnt feel like it, but were winning this. None of us expected to survive this long, and yet weve survive 100% of every one of our WORST days! (Also surviving out of spite is ok too. Totally valid ) Hang on ok? 🤟🏽

[@CharlieHorse4363]

This helped me a lot, thank you so much🥹🥹💓💓 same for you!!!

[@breezybee3774]

@@CharlieHorse4363 you're not alone buddy. Keep fighting. You're worth fighting for and you DESERVE a better tomorrow. Xo

[@ruththinkingoutside.707]

Yay! Part two!! I was waiting for this! Love the Mike & Keith duo!

[@DizzyDez613]

For anyone who hasn’t experienced extreme cold weather, picture this: At -40° C, when you blink, sometimes your eyelashes stick together because of the moisture in your eyes.

[@SatanLiterally]

I appreciate Mike's pulling for Albert

[@babygirlrhiannon206]

Finally, 1st. Love you sooo much, Mike. NEVER miss a video here or your other channel. I'm so glad you are feeling better. Please keep doing what you do. You brighten my day every time I get a notification from you.🩷💚🩵💙💜

[@WyldFyreFli]

Obviously its "arr" 💯 of pirates can't be wrong.

[@janscimccaw9091]

I'm from Alberta Canada and ya...-40 is no joke! So cool you spent some time in Canada. I've never been to ontario a bit too far from the west. Enjoying this Canadian story.

[@hardlydevilish]

MIKE🎉🎉🎉 THANK YOU!! FROM ME.... IN BOSTON!!!! I so appreciate you...

[@audibjornsson6107]

That guy is definitely Scandinavian he's got the Icelander nose.....my whole family has that nose and we are all very antisocial 😂😂

[@rachruth3219]

Come visit Moose Jaw we have a spare bedroom!

[@knittingnebula4103]

These are fun to listen to while shopping and walking around this tiny town I live in. Love the content you guys make for us.

[@rebeccajoensson]

I am giggling at the -18 comment. Grew up in northern Scandinavia where we had to go out during recess if it was warmer than -20. (My record is -46 btw)

[@klondikemom3658]

Nice Yukoner -61c it was new years eve I still went out

[@tonyploma2330]

They could have just set the damn cabin on fire 🔥

[@audreymuzingo933]

Not with him shooting out of small drilled holes they couldn't locate from a distance or know how many of them there were.

[@jasons6021]

You lived in Canada and the worst temperature you experienced was -18 then consider yourself lucky!

[@jayleenmarlow2962]

Loving this tag team podcastin!!!! Keep giving us things to goo😉

[@Littlekidlover22]

Yesssssss

[@craftycondostitcher8831]

Loving the sound effects - pew, pew, pew

[@ande100]

This 2 parter was ver interesting. Funnt tangents, too. Thank You!

[@nicholasschoonbeck6866]

Yes, to the American ear, the Irish or sounds like oor, where we typically use aar, just as Mike used when he mentioned the comments in this video. There can be variations in America as well, depending on where the person lives, because the southern states have certain accents, parts of NYC have their own, Maine or Boston has pretty pronounced accents & of course the various midwest ones. I think my favorite is the MI & WI accents.

[@cannablissdreams]

been waiting for this!! WOOP WOOP 🎉

[@nicholasschoonbeck6866]

As I said on the last episode, talking about what sort of mental illness might support a man choosing to live alone almost all the time, but similarly, my mental illness makes me very calm during conflict, in fact, when conflict happens, which was a lot when I was younger, for me everything seems to slow down. Not like the Matrix or some dramatic, magic effects, but it feels like my brain switches to pure hypervigilance (which is always my usual state, but this is heightened) & my brain moves to just calculations. Look at how people are standing, where their weight is, anything I already know about their strengths or weaknesses, etc. I've never been formally trained in the military or martial arts, but I'm very calm in conflict.

[@lisasteel6817]

I’m here for your turds and your ores.

[@nadicaefremova1263]

Love you guys !!!!!!! Fan of the That Chapter and I like this combo with your, little shy, childhood friend !!!

[@billijosteele2365]

I love it! Turdy turdy😂🤣🤣

[@milknhoneyhoney]

YAAAA I’ve been anxiously awaiting this Part 2 !!!! This is such a crazy case, and you two tell it like no one else ❤ !!! Appreciate you both

[@leslieturcotte1008]

I live in Vermont, USA. All kinds of alcohol was smuggled over the border to the US during prohibition. My parents would tell stories from their parents time about who were bootleggers, moonshiners & secret drinking houses (ie unofficial bars).

[@deborahsunflower939]

Moonshiners wore cow shoes. They put them on the bottom of their shoes to leave cow foot prints to throw the cops off the trail.

[@aletheadinkins7131]

We had prohibition in Canada, it just didn't last very long in most provinces. Except Prince Edward Island which is probably why there's still so much moonshine.

[@elizabethbeauchamp6580]

Great job Mike and Keith 😂! Great story and so creepy! You two are hilarious together, I'm happy that Mike has a good buddy to play with ❤!

[@debrabaltezore409]

Snow blindness,too! YIKES!

[@michaelsloan1360]

Luv this duo

[@RevP369]

4:04 “or” is a bit different, I guess we Americans sound like pirates, “arrrr” 😉

[@Anisky123]

Keith’s a cohost, yay!

[@debmccool7574]

Loved this!

[@MrWrongUK369]

Dat chapter. Love it ❤

[@bordeauxisburning]

Keith's daughter is an ~*~icon~*~

[@HaneenIAdam]

Wow! what an amazing story< who was this man? well trained and heavily armed, knows the area better than it's people, may have came from money yet so hardened and experienced in living in the wile? just mind boggling. I kindda feel sorry for him but Johnson's actions lead to those dire and sad consequences. Thanks for such a great story Mike and Kieth.

[@roryeade3951]

Mike and Keith well done , check out the Canadian horror story of the "Black Donnelly's" the whole town of Lucan killed that family

[@SugarandSarcasm]

Think I did a project on them MANY years ago. It would be great if they could cover it!

[@klondikemom3658]

​@@SugarandSarcasmit's part of the education criculum in Ontario for years. I just made another comment on a feed he should do them too😂

[@crispycookie9739]

Best podcast yet!

[@ZionZion-pu7yg]

I'm pretty sure that gold found on the surface is alluvial gold

[@FayeHunter]

Again, the dude was a raid boss, truly

[@TimParker-Chambers]

44:50 Called it... 👍👍👍👍

[@da3462]

Love 2 parters!

[@nicholasschoonbeck6866]

Looking up the different old songs about this, I like Doug Hutton - Rat River Trapper the best.

[@genghis_connie]

I’m picturing the Berskerker from Vikings. Cunning, stealthy, probably smelled hideously.

[@leighannehubbard2005]

Just call the RCMP, " The Mounties ", that's what us Canadian's call them..take the "R", right out of 'er!

[@klondikemom3658]

Haahaa Given'er is one of my favorite Canadian words

[@clintcrowe5524]

Love these guys!! I'm sure nobody cares but prohibition was enforced in canada as well. In fact, there are some communities that still enforce it (loosely) I believe steinbach Manitoba is one of them, or at least they were up until very recently.

[@thelilbrans]

Moosejaw has a lovely spa as well ;)

[@jaysea802]

You two crack me up 😂 Keith, sorry your house is absolutely haunted…but not really because I look forward to updates (that, I’m sorry for). Hopefully your daughter doesn’t pull a Ronald DeFeo! May I kindly request that you destroy the walls in your attic and find out WTF is up with those “tombstones”?

[@leslieturcotte1008]

Oh, you young'uns! Gold was the common filling material at the time. Poor people just had a bad tooth pulled.

[@ashleysoandso861]

Arrrrrrrr CMP had me cracking up

[@bigmig808]

He should’ve put his snow shoes on a caribou. Lol

[@leslieturcotte1008]

USA listener here. We say "are", but your "argh" is wonderful & sounds pirate-like. 😉

[@aprilwoods7735]

Loving all you do Mike❤! Keith is such a sprinkle to the cake for sure 💙 I have and will always love That Chapter and the podcasts’ are awesome to listen too when one is fackin around and cleaning 🧹 and kitchen bitchin 🤣 Seriously thou; Thank You so much Mike coz; We love you!

[@karaamundson3964]

Keith is sprinkles AND champagne 🥂🍾✨️

[@joywagner979]

Today I learnt that if a couple of Oirish lads try to pronounce "R" as many others do, they call the Canadian cops "the Arse-y M.P."

[@anatomyconspiracy9416]

The second time back to to the cabin I would have just lit it on fire. But that's just me.

[@klondikemom3658]

So funny to hear you say this word Inuvik heehee in-new-vic is how its said hee hee 😂 i most likely will be back. OH RCMP ya got it right couple times but lost it in the end😂 my Aunt was a bootlegger she went over land there in SK. Grampa made a few trips for her.

[@TheeccenteictherapistBellaneph]

Love it

[@kandinelson2459]

Hiya Big Mike and Dirty Keath ❤