The Night Time Podcast
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| The Nighttime Podcast | |
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| Genre |
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| Language | English |
| Production | |
| Length | Variable (5–120 minutes) |
| Technical specifications | |
| Audio format | Podcast (via streaming or downloadable MP3) |
| Publication | |
| Original release | October 30, 2015 |
The Nighttime Podcast was an investigative journalism and interview podcast that dealt with missing persons, mystery and the paranormal, often specializing in stories from the East Coast of Canada.[1][2][3] Although it primarily covers topics from The Maritime Provinces of Canada, many episodes deal with missing people or mysteries from outside the region.[4]
Brand infringement retaliation by the Subject of “the Story of the Glove Guy”
[edit]On February 10th and 11th of 2019, The Nighttime Podcast released a two-part series titled “GloveGuy”,[5] which investigated reports[6] of males in the Halifax area being offered rides from a driver who would pressure them into trying on a series of tight leather gloves. They described the situation as one that was increasingly uncomfortable, and in at least one case, resulted in criminal charges.
Upon the series’ release, the subject of the episodes (who was referred to on air as “the Glove Guy”) began a trademark infringement and cyber squatting campaign in retaliation, leading to a national news story.[7][8]
The Nighttime Podcast has not addressed the situation on air, however in a post on their official Facebook page, they stated that "[GloveGuy’s] claim to ownership of Nighttime is absurd and laughable" and that "I am pursuing a remedy via a variety of agencies and am confident that this will be resolved without any complications".[9]
Nighttime's handling of this series and the subsequent retaliation has led to them being named The Last Podcast on the Left's "Hero of the Week" in their Sept 4, 2019 episode.[10]
References
[edit]- ↑ Patil, Anjuli. "Halifax to fund research into Bayers Lake 'mystery walls'". CBC.
- ↑ Tattrie, Joan. "Work off your turkey coma with these Nova Scotia-baked podcasts". CBC. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ↑ Weeks, Joan. "Night Time Podcast tells spooky stories from the Atlantic region". CBC. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ↑ Mott, Sean. "Raising awareness of Bali case". Yorkton This Week. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
- ↑ "Glove Guy - Part 1 - the legend of Halifax's Gloveguy". Nighttime. Nighttime. May 26, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019.
- ↑ "R/Halifax - Warning men of Halifax: The Glove Man".
- ↑ "How a podcast on Halifax's 'Glove Guy' led to an intellectual property dispute". CBC. CBC. July 12, 2019. Retrieved July 12, 2019."This Late-Night Glove Salesman Masturbating Story Is Very Weird But Also True". Mack Lamoureux. Vice. Aug 30, 2019. Retrieved Aug 30, 2019.
- ↑ "This Late-Night Glove Salesman Masturbating Story Is Very Weird But Also True". Mack Lamoureux. Vice. Aug 30, 2019. Retrieved Aug 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Nighttime is Under Attack". Nighttime. Facebook. July 10, 2019. Retrieved July 10, 2019.
- ↑ "Side Stories #68: Haunted Hooters". Last Podcast on the left. Last Podcast on the Left. September 4, 2019. Retrieved September 4, 2019.