True Crimes in the Great White North
Can't get enough of Canadian true crime? Neither can we! Created and hosted by a couple of prairie gals, Megs & Jess.
Episodes
20 episodes
The Motorhome Murders
EPISODE 20! 💫 On the evening of Monday, July 5th, 2010, firefighters responded to a burning motorhome near the small town of Edson, Alberta. No bodies were discovered in the charred vehicle, but the remaining personal items of a se...
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Episode 20
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38:18
Murder on Cortes Island
EPISODE 19💫 COLD CASE: On August 10th, 2010, a wealthy artist living on a beautiful remote Island in British Columbia lived a peaceful life; however, his Island Paradise soon turned into cold-blooded murder. Jessie tel...
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Episode 19
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21:04
Calgary's Worst Mass Murder
EPISODE 18! 💫 On Tuesday, April 15th, 2014, the 22-year-old son of a respected Calgary Police Officer repeatedly stabbed five innocent people to death at a house party which resulted in Calgary’s worst mass murder. Megs ...
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Episode 18
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42:25
The Murder of Marie Goudreau
COLD CASE: On August 2nd, 1976, a young 17-year-old woman was driving home on a dark dissolute road back to her family's farm in Beaumont, Alberta. Her car was found the next day, still running, with the headlights on and the driver's door wide...
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Episode 17
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18:36
The Last Woman Hanged in Canada
On the morning of September 9th, 1949, a bomb destroyed a Canadian Pacific Flight killing the 23 people on board. The woman accused of placing the bomb on that plane made history by being the last woman hanged to death in Canada.&n...
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Episode 16
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31:37
The Disappearance Alicia Ross
EPISODE 15 💫 On August 17th, 2005, a young 25-year-old woman kissed her boyfriend good night. He was the last person to see her alive. This unsolved case turned into the least expected killer. Jessie tells the story of the ...
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Episode 15
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26:48
The Backup Babysitter
COLD CASE: On the morning of April 22nd, 1981, 15-year-old student Kelly Cook received a phone call to babysit a new family. At 8:30 that evening a car pulled on the driveway to pick her up for the job. She was never seen alive again. ...
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Episode 14
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39:58
The Butterbox Babies
From 1928 to 1947, the Ideal Maternity Home was in operation in Chester, Nova Scotia. The events that unfolded during those 19 years were unimaginable, creating a very dark chapter in the province’s history. This podcast is d...
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Episode 13
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21:44
The Kidnapping of Abby Drover
On the morning of March 10th, 1976, 12-year-old Abby Drover disappeared in Port Moody, a city in Metro Vancouver. What she endured for the next 181 days is unimaginable.Jess takes us back in time to what was considered a safe neighborho...
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Episode 12
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33:25
The Dark Side of the Ring
Over the course of three days, between Friday, June 22nd, and Sunday, June 24th, 2007, a 40-year-old Canadian Professional Wrestler killed his wife and their 7-year-old son before hanging himself. Megs takes us on a tale inside the...
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Episode 11
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49:15
The Greyhound Bus Murder
On Wednesday, July 30th, 2008, a 22-year-old Canadian man was stabbed, beheaded, and cannibalized while riding a Greyhound bus along the Trans-Canada Highway in Manitoba.Megs takes us into the world of a man whose mind was not fully sou...
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Episode 10
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34:09
The Disappearance of Marshal Iwaasa
MISSING: On Sunday, November 17th, 2019, 26-year-old Marshal Iwaasa left his Mom's house in Lethbridge, Alberta, around 11:00 pm. He would make a quick stop at his storage locker before heading back home to Calgary, Alberta. Once he left his st...
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Episode 9
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28:49
The Last Man Hanged in Alberta
On Sunday, June 28th, 1959, a couple and their five young children were murdered and stuffed in the grease pit of their family garage. The man convicted is now known as the last man ever to be hanged in Alberta.Megs lets us in on h...
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Episode 8
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44:17
The Calgary Kidnappings
On Monday, June 30th, 2014, Jennifer O'Brien returned to her parents' home to pick up her 5-year-old son, Nathan, who had a sleepover the night before. As she walked in the front door, she knew something terrible had happened. Jess give...
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Episode 7
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25:30
The Claresholm Highway Shooting
On Thursday, December 15th, 2011, two rising star baseball players and their friend were fatally shot in their car en route to the Calgary airport. What first appeared to be a drug deal gone bad turned out to be a 21-year-old's raging jealously...
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Episode 6
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30:42
The Richardson Family Massacre
When a husband, wife, and their 8-year old son are found brutally murdered in their Medicine Hat, Alberta home, the investigation leads to their 12-year old daughter and her much older 23-year-old boyfriend.Megs recants the story ...
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Episode 5
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36:30
The "Starlight" Tours
"Starlight Tours," also known as The Saskatoon Freezing Deaths, have dated back to 1976. The Police must serve and protect all civilians, regardless of their race... or so you would think? Jessie gives us the tale of what goes on during...
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Episode 4
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28:39
John Brian Altinger
On Thanksgiving weekend in 2008, a 38-year-old Edmonton man headed out to meet a woman he met online. Instead of finding love, he found something sinister - an Indie filmmaker obsessed with the TV series Dexter. While Megs was...
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Episode 3
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48:46
The Disappearance of Ryan Shtuka
MISSING: On the evening of Saturday, February 17th, 2018, 20-year-old Ryan Shtuka vanished without a trace in the small ski resort town of Sun Peaks, British Columbia. Three years later, his family and friends still linger on his wh...
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Episode 2
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54:30
The Kidnapping of Punky Gustavson
EPISODE 1! Sometimes it’s the smallest clue that can lead to the biggest breakthrough in a homicide case. After years of a horrific case being unsolved, advanced DNA finally captures the killer that shook the city of Edmonton, Alberta, C...
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Episode 1
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