Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

Embeddable Player > Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast Siding with Bad Guys Activists targeting revolutionary crime-fighting tool “The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”— Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan Particularly if you’re a crime victim in Canada. One of the most revolutionary developments in solving murders, sex assaults, and identifying John and Jane Does has now come under the scrutiny of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario. A nearly 10,000-word opus entitled, Guardrails for Police Use of Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Ontario, obtained by the Toronto Sun, is packed with bureaucratese. The commission wants “guardrails” to derail police snooping in DNA databases. But cops don’t do that now. They are not allowed. Internet Genetic Genealogy has been the big bang in homicide investigations. In Toronto alone, 59 murders and sexual assaults have been cleared, along with the identification of those ...

  The Enduring Mystery of Mistie Murray On a warm spring evening in May 1995, 16-year-old Mistie Murray stepped out of her dance class in the quiet town of Goderich, Ontario—and vanished into the night. No footsteps, no witnesses, no trace. What happened next would shatter a family, stun a close-knit community, and leave a mystery that has defied answers for nearly three decades. In this pulse-pounding episode of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, host Jay Nicoll, founder of Nicoll Investigations, plunges into the haunting disappearance that still echoes through the streets of Goderich. With razor-sharp expertise, Jay reconstructs that fateful day: the last sighting in the town square, the desperate searches along Lake Huron’s shores, and the chilling suspicion that fell on Mistie’s stepfather, Steven Murray. A trial gripped the nation—yet an acquittal left the case dangling in shadow, with no body, no evidence, and a truth that refuses to surface. Was Mistie snatche...

Embeddable Player > Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast The Enduring Mystery of Mistie Murray On a warm spring evening in 1995, the quaint town of Goderich, Ontario—nestled along the shimmering shores of Lake Huron—was forever changed. Sixteen-year-old Mistie Murray stepped out of her dance class… and vanished into thin air. She was supposed to walk home. She never arrived. What happened to Mistie Murray? A small town gripped by fear. A family shattered by suspicion. Her stepfather, Steven Murray, the last to see her—later charged, tried, and acquitted. But the mystery only deepened. Was it a stranger in the shadows? A deadly secret hidden in plain sight? Or a truth too chilling to face? For nearly 30 years, answers have eluded us. Now, Ontario Cold Cases is digging into the case that refuses to rest. Join myself, Jay Nicoll, as we piece together the haunting timeline, uncover the theories, and confronts the questions that still echo through Goderich. This Sunday, June 29, step into a ...

Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast - The Bennington Triangle: Vermont's Unsolved Disappearances | Free Listening on Podbean App The Bennington Triangle: Vermont's Unsolved Disappearances In the wild heart of Vermont’s Bennington Triangle, a chilling enigma unfolded between 1945 and 1950. Five people vanished without a trace—Middie Rivers, a seasoned hunter; Paula Jean Welden, an 18-year-old college student; James Tedford, a veteran who disappeared from a moving bus; Paul Jepson, an 8-year-old boy; and Frieda Langer, a camper whose body was later found, offering no answers. Each case is a haunting puzzle, marked by exhaustive searches and lingering mysteries. Join host Jay Nicoll, lead investigator at Nicoll Investigations, in this gripping installment of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast. As part of the True Crime Thursday series, Jay crosses borders to explore these perplexing vanishings tied to Glastenbury Mountain’s rugged expanse. From Paula Welden’s infamous 1...

Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast - The Canoe of Shadows | Free Listening on Podbean App The Canoe of Shadows 
A Mick & Mack Mystery Deep in the misty reaches of Algonquin Park, a local artist is found dead in Canoe Lake—eerily echoing the fate of famed painter Tom Thomson in 1917. Officially, it’s a tragic accident. Unofficially? The lake remembers. Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are sent north to investigate—but as they delve into the mystery, they uncover more than just a death. A haunted canvas. Whispers in the woods. Shadowy figures that vanish in the mist. And a legacy soaked in silence. The deeper they go, the more the lines blur between past and present, art and madness, justice and vengeance. Is someone using the legend of Tom Thomson to commit murder—or has the painter’s restless spirit returned to finish his final brushstroke? As strange visions, buried secrets, and supernatural signs converge, Mick and Mack must uncover the truth before the lake claims anothe...

Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast - Case as cold as Snow | Free Listening on Podbean App Case as cold as Snow By Brad Hunter, Toronto Sun Angelien Quesnelle was murdered in 1991 and, for 34 years, her family has lived without answers. OPP investigators have never stopped searching for her killer, relentless in their pursuit of the truth. On Monday, the OPP announced that they had arrested and charged suspected serial killer, David Snow in the long-unsolved cold case murder in the Bancroft area. Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice. Subscribe now to Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast . Episodes available wherever you get your podcasts. bhunter@postmedia.com @HUnterTOSun Follow us for updates and more: @OntarioColdCases Ontario Cold Cases - Wordpress https://nicollinvestigations.wordpress.com/ Ontario Cold Cases - Substack https://substack.com/@ontariocoldcase For more videos subscribe to: https://www.youtube.com/@OntarioColdCases?sub_confirma...

Cold Cases Remain Unsolved | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast Cold Cases Remain Unsolved Scolding, posturing has not solved one MMIWG cold case We all remember the scoldings. Daily, we were told that the crisis of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) was our fault. In some ways, it was true, but in most ways, it wasn’t. So we launched a commission that cost a zillion dollars and had a pre-determined outcome. Reality, however, scorched the commission’s narrative and that of Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government. Now, six years after the final report was released in 2019, with a so-called action plan, Red Dress Days and myriad other faculty lounge-inspired endeavours, MMIWG remains a national crisis. Little has been done except for the go-to vibes. Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice. Subscribe now to Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast. Episodes available wherever you get your podcasts. From the files of: bhunter@postmedia.c...