Podcast Episodes

The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

Episode 245

Episode 245: Between 1926 and 1928, a sinister darkness was afoot on a small chicken ranch in Wineville, California. When he was only 19, Gordon Stewart Northcott, a Canadian, had abducted, raped, to…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

What Happened to Tom Thomson?

Episode 244

Episode 244: On the morning of the 8th of July 1917, thirty-nine-year-old Tom Thomson, a renowned Canadian painter and skilled outdoorsman, set off well-supplied for a day-long fishing excursion in h…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Remembrance Day 2022: Disaster at Dieppe

Episode 243

Episode 243: Eighty years ago, on August 19, 1942, in Operation Jubilee began as the Allies attacked the French port of Dieppe on the English Channel Coast. Of the more than 6100 troops involved, fiv…

Published on 3 years, 1 month ago

Fallen Four: The Mayerthorpe Tragedy (Part 2): The Shooting & Aftermath

Episode 242

Episode 242: On March 3, 2005, a contingent of RCMP constables, attended the property of James Michael Roszko, 46 in Rochfort Bridge, near Mayerthorpe, Alberta. The members were there to serve a sear…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Fallen Four: The Mayerthorpe Tragedy (Part 1): Offender History

Episode 241

Episode 241: On March 3, 2005, a contingent of RCMP constables attended the property of James Michael Roszko, 46, in Rochfort Bridge, near Mayerthorpe, Alberta. The members were there to serve a sear…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

The History of Wartime Internment in Canada

Episode 240

Episode 240: Canada has had a long and embarrassing history of race relations, starting with the indigenous peoples who’d lived here for thousands of years prior to the arrival of European colonizers…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Introducing... Driven By Her: Unsung Heroines

The episode you're about to hear is a sample of the "Driven By Her" series from the Ongoing History of New Music presented by Porsche Canada. On this 5 episode series host Alan Cross explores the ama…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Delayed Justice — Part 2: The Murder of Monica Jack

Episode 239

In our last episode we heard of the murder of eleven-year-old Kathryn-Mary Herbert in Abbotsford, B.C. The 1975 murder went unsolved for nearly 40 years. 

Less than a year after Kathryn-Mary was kille…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Delayed Justice — Part 1: The Murders of Kathryn-Mary Herbert & Theresa Hildebrandt

Episode 238

Episode 238: In Abbotsford, B.C., on the evening of September 24, 1975, Kathryn-Mary Herbert, age 11, was abducted while on her way home from a friend’s home. Last seen The girl’s body was discovered…

Published on 3 years, 2 months ago

Murder in Chatham: Virginia & Alfred Critchley and Jasen Pangburn

Episode 237

Episode 237: On a fall evening in 1991, police discovered the bodies of Alfred Critchley, 75, and Virginia Critchley, 73, in the Chatham, Ontario residence they shared with their son and his family. …

Published on 3 years, 3 months ago