Canadian Mysteries: Did Alien Creatures Murder Ada and Clifford Redpath?

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In 1901 Ada Maria Mills Redpath and her son, Clifford, were found murdered in their luxurious Montreal mansion. Ada was an extremely wealthy widow who suffered from rheumatoid arthritis. Her son, on the other hand, was as healthy as a horse and in the process of preparing to take the Canadian bar exam.

One newspaper speculated that Clifford couldn’t handle the stress of the exam and murdered his mother before shooting himself. Another paper claimed that the widow Redpath suffered from such severe insomnia that she tried to take her own life. When her son intervened, he was accidentally shot to death by his own mother.

Strangely, the coroner wrote his report on the case from details given by a doctor who wasn’t even at the murder scene. On such evidence, his report concluded that Clifford was an epileptic and must have had an episode of temporary insanity on the day he and his mother died.

Even stranger is the fact that police were never called to the mansion. The tragedy happened on a Thursday evening and less than 48 hours later the burials were done and dusted. In a matter of weeks, life in the neighborhood resumed as usual. No one mentioned the murders again.

There was much speculation about these mysterious killings, including rumors of sightings of three odd looking, humanoid creatures, seen leaving the area shortly before the bodies were discovered. The witnesses swore these beings were not human, but alien, and were extremely tall, over 8 feet with oddly shaped heads, and huge black eyes. The existence of such creatures was never confirmed. In addition, no Unidentified Flying Objects were seen in the area. The Redpath Mansion murders remain one of the most fascinating mysteries in Canadian history.

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