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The Bloody Palm Print: Unmasking the Killer of Lawrence Cowan | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast The Bloody Palm Print: Unmasking the Killer of Lawrence Cowan In 1976, the quiet, close-knit community of Smiths Falls, Ontario, was shattered by a brutal act of violence. Lawrence Cowan, the beloved owner of Cowan's Dairy Bar—a cherished local landmark—was senselessly murdered during a masked armed robbery. The perpetrator vanished into the night, leaving behind a scene of horror and a single, chilling clue: a bloody palm print on a door frame. For nearly five decades, this print has held the key to a profound mystery, a silent testament to a killer who walked free. The town grieved, a young witness was forever scarred, and a family was forced to leave their home, all while justice remained elusive. Now, with the astonishing advancements in forensic technology, that solitary clue offers a glimmer of hope. Can modern science finally unmask the killer? Will the enduring silence surroundi...

The Bloody Palm Print: Unmasking the Killer of Lawrence Cowan (Trailer) | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast The Bloody Palm Print: Unmasking the Killer of Lawrence Cowan (Trailer) In the quiet heart of Smiths Falls, Ontario, a chilling secret has festered for nearly five decades. September 3rd, 1976. A beloved local figure, Lawrence Cowan, owner of the iconic Cowan's Dairy Bar, is brutally gunned down during a masked robbery. The killer vanishes, leaving behind a scene of unspeakable horror... and one crucial, blood-soaked clue. A single, bloody palm print. The sole tangible link to a phantom assailant. For years, it was a dead end, a silent testament to a killer who walked free, while a family grieved and a town remained gripped by fear. But time changes everything. Decades later, the relentless march of forensic science offers a glimmer of hope. Can cutting-edge technology finally crack a case thought long cold? Will this single print, buried in history, finally reveal the face of...

Episode 2 - Early Leads and Suspects - The Gardner Museum Heist | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast The Gardner Museum Heist Episode 2: Early Leads and Suspects The Hunt for Stolen Masterpieces Begins! In the dead of night, they struck—a daring heist that stripped the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum of $500 million in art. Now, the chase is on. Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast takes you back to 1990 Boston in Episode 2: Early Leads and Suspects of our World True Crime Thursday series, hosted by Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations. The FBI scrambles to unravel a crime with no fingerprints, no footage, and a trail gone cold. Was it Rick Abath, the guard with a suspicious door-opening stunt? Whitey Bulger, Boston’s untouchable crime lord? Or Robert Donati, a mobster whose murder hints at deadly secrets? A mysterious 1994 letter teases hope, but every clue crumbles. Join us as we navigate a web of suspects, dead ends, and tantalizing what-ifs in this gripping four-part serie...

The Private Investigators Convention | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast The Private Investigators Convention A Mick & Mack Mystery
 As heard on Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast They came to toast the best in the business. One of them came to kill. Toronto, 1950. The chandeliers of the Royal York Hotel gleam, the band plays smooth jazz, and the world’s greatest private eyes gather for a convention of crime-solvers, cloak-and-dagger panels, and one very prestigious award. But when a famous publisher is found murdered in a locked suite—shot through the heart with no weapon in sight—suspicion turns inward. Every guest is a suspect. Every alibi is questionable. And the one thing harder than solving a perfect murder… is solving it in a ballroom full of detectives. Enter Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely—Toronto’s finest (and most reluctant) gumshoes—dragged into the fray as egos clash, secrets surface, and silk scarves start turning up in all the wrong places. When Vicky La...

Tom Thomson: Life, Art, and Canada's Enduring Mystery | Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast Tom Thomson: Life, Art, and Canada's Enduring Mystery The wilderness held his genius. It also claimed his life. Tom Thomson, the visionary artist who captured the untamed soul of Canada, vanished into the depths of Algonquin Park in July 1917, just weeks shy of his 40th birthday. The official verdict: accidental drowning. But over a century later, the chilling questions persist, echoing through the very landscapes he immortalized. His upturned canoe was found, but his body surfaced eight days later—an unusually long time—bearing a violent bruise on his temple and fishing line eerily wrapped around his ankle. Conflicting witness accounts, whispers of a drunken brawl, and a rumored secret pregnancy with a local woman only deepened the shadows. Was it a tragic accident, a desperate suicide, or something far more sinister? From the last sighting with a man who owed him money, to threats from a ...

Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast - The Lost Boys of Pickering - A Canadian Tragedy | Free Listening on Podbean App The Lost Boys of Pickering - A Canadian Tragedy 
A True Crime Mystery from Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast Six teenage friends. One late-night adventure. Zero answers. In the early hours of St. Patrick’s Day 1995, six high school boys vanished from the icy shores of Lake Ontario. What began as a night of celebration in Pickering, Ontario quickly turned into one of Canada’s most baffling mysteries. They were seen on grainy surveillance footage, heard revving a stolen motorboat—and then, nothing. No bodies. No wreckage. Not a single trace. For nearly thirty years, the families of Jay Boyle, Chad Smith, Robbie Rumboldt, Jamie Lefebvre, Michael Cummins, and Danny Higgins have waited. Hoped. Mourned. And asked the same chilling question: What really happened that night on the water? Was it a reckless joyride gone wrong? Or something far darker? In this gripping...

  The Lost Boys of Pickering - A Canadian Tragedy (Trailer) 
Six teenage boys.
A stolen boat.
A freezing lake in the middle of the night.
And then… nothing. On St. Patrick’s Day, 1995, six friends from Pickering vanished without a trace. No bodies. No wreckage. Not a single answer. Was it a tragic accident?
 Or something far more sinister? Join myself, Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations, this Sunday, July 6th as we unravel one of Canada’s most baffling disappearances—from marina surveillance footage… to botched investigations… to the theories that won’t let this case rest. This is The Lost Boys of Pickering.
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