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Johnny Thunders: Unraveling the Mystery Behind a Punk Legend’s Death Johnny Thunders: Unraveling the Mystery Behind a Punk Legend’s Death He was chaos wrapped in leather and eyeliner. A guitar slinger with a sneer, a swagger, and a sound that could slice through the thickest smoke-filled club. Johnny Thunders didn’t just play rock ‘n’ roll—he was rock ‘n’ roll. From the streets of the Bronx to the neon-lit gutters of New York’s East Village, he carved his name into history as the wild heart of The New York Dolls and The Heartbreakers. His music inspired a generation of punks, his reckless spirit became the stuff of legend. But on April 23, 1991, in a rundown hotel in New Orleans, his story took a dark and final turn. Thunders was found curled in a fetal position, his body stiff with rigor mortis, his belongings gone. The official story? An overdose. Case closed. But the people who knew him weren’t buying it. His family claimed he was dying of leukemia.
 His friends whispered about a ro...

Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast - Vanished Without a Trace: The Disappearance of Lois Hanna | Free Listening on Podbean App Vanished Without a Trace: The Disappearance of Lois Hanna She turned off the lights, but never made it to bed. July 3rd, 1988. A warm summer night in the quiet town of Lucknow, Ontario. As the Celebrate In ’88 festival came to an end, 25-year-old Lois Hanna said goodnight to her brother, stepped out of the arena, and disappeared into the dark. She made it home. That much is certain.
 Her pink dress was hung neatly in her closet.
 Her purse and keys were in their usual place.
 The television flickered in an empty room, a cup of tea left half-finished on the counter. But Lois was gone. No signs of a struggle.
 No forced entry.
 Just two drops of blood near the side door—and a chilling silence that has lasted nearly four decades. What happened to Lois Hanna? From frantic searches and whispered suspicions to DNA evidence and an unnamed man now living in Eastern Ontar...

  Vanished Without a Trace – The Disappearance of Lois Hanna (Trailer) coming this Sunday, March 23rd. July 3rd, 1988. A summer night filled with music, dancing, and celebration in the small town of Lucknow, Ontario. 25-year-old Lois Hanna was last seen leaving a community dance—radiant, responsible, and heading home for the night. She made it home.
She changed into her nightgown.
She brewed a cup of tea.
She turned on the TV. Everything was in its place... except Lois. No forced entry.
No struggle.
Just two drops of blood… and an empty house frozen in time. In this chilling episode, we peel back the layers of a decades-old mystery that continues to haunt a family, a town, and the investigators who have never stopped searching. From mysterious sightings and DNA breakthroughs, to a suspect who once sat at the Hanna family’s kitchen table—this is a story of heartbreak, silence… and secrets buried deep. Who followed her home that night?
Why was no one ever charged?
And could her kille...

Neon Lights & Dark Secrets: The Nightclub Murders of Vancouver - Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast | Podcast on Spotify Neon Lights & Dark Secrets: The Nightclub Murders of Vancouver Vancouver, 1975. A city of flashing neon, smoky jazz clubs, and underground deals. A world where glamour and danger walked hand in hand. Three women—Gail Rogers, Barbara LaRocque, and Deborah Roe—each full of life, each drawn to the allure of the nightclub scene. A go-go dancer, a country singer, and a vibrant young woman with dreams bigger than the city skyline. And one by one, they were murdered. Gail vanished after her shift at the notorious Penthouse Nightclub. Three weeks later, her body was found, bound and beaten, discarded in a creek bed. Barbara was last seen outside a club on Howe Street, her bright future cut short when she was strangled with her own scarf. Deborah was found facedown in a shallow pool of water—assaulted, beaten, and left to drown. The police said their deaths were linked ...

WHISPERS THROUGH THE DRIFT | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast WHISPERS THROUGH THE DRIFT A Mick & Mack Mystery A city buried under snow. A body hidden in the drifts. A crime no one was meant to uncover. When a snowstorm brings Toronto to a standstill, it also delivers a chilling surprise—a corpse frozen beneath the drifts in the shadow of City Hall. At first glance, it seems like another casualty of the cold, but detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely know better. The evidence points to murder—a carefully staged crime hidden in plain sight. As they dig deeper, Mick and Mack find themselves unraveling a mystery buried beneath the storm. Their investigation leads them through smoky jazz clubs, courthouse corridors filled with whispered deals, and the back alleys where power shifts hands in the dark. The victim had secrets—ones that someone was willing to kill to keep quiet. But the storm didn’t just cover up the crime—it left clues scattered like footprints in the snow. And as th...

  Frozen Betrayal – The Wood Chipper Murder of Helle Crafts "If anything ever happens to me, don’t think it was an accident." These were the chilling words Helle Crafts spoke to her lawyer in October 1986, weeks before she vanished without a trace. A devoted mother, an ambitious flight attendant, and a woman desperate to escape a failing marriage, Helle saw the darkness closing in—but not even she could predict the gruesome fate that awaited her. Her husband, Richard Crafts, was a man of secrets. A former Marine pilot with a past steeped in covert missions, he had built a life of discipline, deception, and control. When his carefully curated world began to crumble, Richard refused to let go—leading to a murder so calculated, so horrifying, that it became one of the most infamous true crime cases in history. For weeks, investigators searched for answers. No body, no crime scene, no clear evidence—just an eerie trail of inconsistencies. Then, a snowplow driver’s late-night sigh...

Vanished & Forgotten: The Lost Women of Hamilton (Part 2) - Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast | Podcast on Spotify Vanished & Forgotten: The Lost Women of Hamilton (Part 2) Susan Gourley, Felicia Floriani and Project Advocate 📖 A True Crime Story of Murder, Mystery, and a Case That Went Cold Three women vanished. One was found murdered. One was lost for a decade before her remains surfaced in a farmer’s field. The third? Still missing. And the predator responsible? Never brought to justice. Hamilton in the early 2000s was a city under siege. Susan Gourley disappeared in 2001 and was never seen again. Fifteen-year-old Felicia Floriani vanished in 2002, her body discovered ten years later. Kimlyn Tolgyes was found murdered, her killer never identified. Were these crimes the work of a single, shadowy serial killer? Or were multiple predators hunting the city’s most vulnerable women? In Vanished & Forgotten, Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast unravels a chilling m...