Podcast Episodes

Hollow Man — The Crimes of Mark Twitchell (Part 1)

Episode 265

Episode 265: In October 2008, 38-year-old Johnny Altinger was looking for love online and, thinking he’d found it, was lured to his death in a dingy south Edmonton, Alberta garage. Johnny believed he…

Published on 2 years, 7 months ago

The Burning of Montreal: Angélique and the Fire of 1734

Episode 264

Episode 264: In Montreal, Quebec on the evening of April 10, 1734, a fire broke out in the home of Madame de Francheville on Rue Saint-Paul and quickly spread throughout the city. Raging for hours, i…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The History of Canada’s Drug Laws: Racism, Moral Panic and Refer Madness

Episode 263

Episode 263: Approaching the week of 4/20, cannabis enthusiasts worldwide are preparing for a unique celebration. However, it’s essential to acknowledge the dark history of cannabis prohibition in Ca…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The Hamilton Torso Murder: How Could You, Mrs. Dick?

Episode 262: In early March of 1946, John Dick, a 39-year-old streetcar conductor in Hamilton, Ontario, disappeared. Weeks later, five local children found John’s torso on the city’s outskirts — his …

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The Vanishing of Brianne Wolgram

Episode 261

Episode 261: On September 5th, 1998, between 11:00 and 11:30 pm, Brianne Ruth Wolgram was last seen at the 7-11 store in Revelstoke, BC., in the company of three young females whose identities are un…

Published on 2 years, 8 months ago

The Cold War in Canada: Spies, Bunkers & Nukes, Oh My!

Episode 260

Episode 260: Canada played an important role in the Cold War, a period of intense geopolitical tension and rivalry between the Western powers and the Soviet Union that lasted from the end of World Wa…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Twisted: The Murders of Jessica Grimard, Christine Speich and Anna Lisa Cefali

Episode 259

Episode 259: After she’d been missing only one day, on the evening of May 7th, 2002, the body of 14-year-old Jessica Grimard was discovered by her father in a stream within a wooded area near her hom…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

The Tragic Tale of Janice and Clayton Johnson

Episode 258

Episode 258: On the morning of February 20, 1989, stay-at-home mother of two Janice Faye Johnson was found unconscious, gravely injured and barely clinging to life at the foot of a flight of basement…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

Unknown Monster: The Murder of Agnes Bings

Episode 257

Episode 257: In Victoria, B.C., on the rainy evening of Friday, September 29, 1899, on her way home from work alone, forty-four-year-old Agnes Bings walked across a railroad bridge, cutting through t…

Published on 2 years, 9 months ago

The Killing of Colten Boushie

Episode 256

Episode 256: Colten Boushie was a 22-year-old Indigenous man from the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, who was shot and killed on a farm near Biggar, Saskatchewan, on August 9, 2016…

Published on 2 years, 10 months ago