Note sull'episodio
On a sultry July day in 1917, Canada's answer to Vincent van Gogh paddled into the Algonquin wilderness and vanished, leaving behind an empty, upturned canoe and a century of questions.
When Tom Thomson’s body finally surfaced eight days later, it bore a mysterious four-inch bruise on the temple and fishing line wrapped strangely around his ankle. Was this a clumsy accident by an expert woodsman, or a cover-up for a drunken brawl, a debt gone wrong, or a heated argument over the Great War?
From whispered rumors of a pregnant lover to forensic evidence suggesting his body may still lie hidden in a park grave rather than the family plot, this episode dives deep into the forensic discrepancies and dark legends surrounding the death of Canada’s most iconic painter.