Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

Justin Pollari — A Property For Sale, And A Race Against TimeWe can now account for almost every hour of Justin Pollari's final day on December 7, 2001.A restaurant earlier that day. A friend's place where people saw him drinking with other teens. The Community Hall later that night — where his father came in and forcibly removed him. The moment he returned. A play-fight outside that gave him...

Justin Pollari — Investigation Update: New Tips, Corroborated Evidence, and What Comes NextWhen I first took on the Justin Pollari case in March of this year, I described it as one of the most preventably unsolved cases I had encountered. A 14-year-old classified as a runaway on the basis of a single family account. Friends who tried to give police information and were dismissed. A basement with a...

UPDATE on Justin Pollari (June 1, 2026)New tips are coming in and several have corroborated what I already knew — the investigation is moving forward.A formal submission to the OPP is being prepared. Eyewitnesses have come forward. Justin's confirmed last location is established.To keep this investigation going I need your support. His mother Lori has directed all GoFundMe funds directly to the co...

Tragic Update: Missing 90-Year-Old Toronto Man Located DeceasedThis is an Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast Special Edition Our hearts go out to the family, friends, and east-end Toronto community following the sad news about 90-year-old Joseph.He was last seen around midnight on January 29, 2026, near Coxwell Avenue and Gerrard Street East. Police had shared that he may have b...

The Final Days The unsolved murders of Barry and Honey Sherman — where fortune, family, and enemies collide.December 2017: Barry and Honey review blueprints for their dream home. Honey misses a key meeting—emails she's 'dealing with some stuff.' They drive home separately that night... and vanish. Bodies found days later, staged by the pool. No cameras. No forced entry. Eight years on, still...

From Rags to Riches - The Sherman MurdersThe unsolved murders of Barry and Honey Sherman — where fortune, family, and enemies collide.Barry Sherman: Orphaned at nine, PhD from MIT, built Apotex into Canada's generic drug giant—fighting Big Pharma in hundreds of patent battles. Honey Sherman: Born in a Holocaust DP camp, became Toronto's philanthropic powerhouse. Together, they amassed billions......

Billionaire Blood: The Sherman Murders Episode 1 - From Survivors to Titans.The unsolved murders of Barry and Honey Sherman — where fortune, family, and enemies collide.In the shadows of Toronto's elite, billionaire Barry Sherman built an empire challenging Big Pharma, while his wife Honey became a beloved philanthropist rising from Holocaust survivor roots. But on a quiet December night in 2...

Billionaire Blood: The Sherman Murders Episode 1 - From Survivors to Titans.The unsolved murders of Barry and Honey Sherman — where fortune, family, and enemies collide.Imagine walking into your dream home one December evening... and never walking out again.Toronto, 2017. Barry Sherman, the billionaire who took on Big Pharma and won time after time. Honey Sherman, the warm-hearted survivor wh...

The Mysterious Disappearance of Dorothy ArnoldIn December 1910, 25-year-old Dorothy Arnold, heiress to a wealthy New York perfume fortune, stepped out for a routine shopping trip on Fifth Avenue and vanished into thin air. Educated at Bryn Mawr, dreaming of a writing career, secretly involved with an older man her family despised—she left no note, no body, no clues. Her prominent family delayed po...

The Lure - The Murder of Amy MihaijevicFriday, October 27, 1989. A man calls 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic: 'I'm your mom's coworker. Help me pick a surprise gift for her promotion.' She agrees to meet him secretly at the shopping center. Witnesses see her talking to a stranger... then she's gone forever.Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice.Subscribe now to Ontario Co...

Echoes of Innocence: The Unsolved Murder of Amy MihaljevicIn 1989, 10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic vanished from a Bay Village, Ohio shopping center after a deceptive phone call lured her into danger. Her body was found months later in a remote field, launching one of Ohio's largest unsolved investigations. From chilling patterns of similar calls to other girls, mysterious fibers, dog hairs on a curtai...

The Pinkerton Hunt - The Disappearance of Dorothy ArnoldA wealthy family hires the famous Pinkerton Detectives with unlimited funds. They scour hospitals, ships to Europe, chase elopement leads, offer big rewards... yet Dorothy Arnold disappears forever. Family secrets? Foul play? The 1910 mystery that still haunts us. Full episode on Ontario Cold Cases – subscribe now!Because every case deserves...

Echoes of Innocence: The Unsolved Murder of Amy MihaljevicIn 1989, a phone call shattered a family's world...10-year-old Amy Mihaljevic, bright and trusting, lured to a shopping plaza by a stranger posing as her mom's friend.She vanished. Massive searches. Body found in a remote field. Stabbed. No justice.  Decades of leads, suspects, new DNA in 2025... hairs that could name her killer.&...

The Silence of Beachview Avenue: The Murder of Leah SousaIn the quiet shores of Cumberland Beach, Ontario, the 1990 Labor Day weekend turned deadly when 13-year-old Leah Sousa was brutally murdered in her home. Her mother, Lora, survived a savage attack but lost all memory of the assailant due to brain trauma. A bloody Nike shoeprint and a missing metal weapon are key clues, with suspects includin...

The Last Sighting December 12, 1910. Dorothy Arnold, 25, leaves her Upper East Side mansion for 'shopping.' She buys chocolates, a book, chats cheerfully with a friend on Fifth Avenue... then heads toward Central Park. She was never seen again. No body. No trace. What happened to Dorothy? New episode drops now on Ontario Cold Cases.Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves...

The Mysterious Disappearance of Dorothy ArnoldIn December 1910, 25-year-old Dorothy Arnold, heiress to a wealthy New York perfume fortune, stepped out for a routine shopping trip on Fifth Avenue and vanished into thin air. Educated at Bryn Mawr, dreaming of a writing career, secretly involved with an older man her family despised—she left no note, no body, no clues. Her prominent family delayed po...

The Survivor's SilenceLora Sousa survived a brutal blitz attack—but her memory was erased forever. She saw the killer's face, yet trauma locked it away. Her daughter Leah wasn't so lucky. Explore suspects like 'Mister X,' a possible serial predator. Ontario Cold Cases uncovers the truth. Subscribe today. Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice.Subscribe now to On...

The Vanishing of Dorothy ArnoldImagine walking Fifth Avenue in New York City in 1910... buying chocolates, waving goodbye to a friend... and vanishing forever. Dorothy Arnold did just that. Heiress. Writer. Secret lover. Her family waited weeks to call police. Pinkerton Detectives chased leads across oceans. Theories? Endless. Answers? None. The Mysterious Disappearance of Dorothy Arnold – ne...

The Haunting ShoeprintIn 1990, a killer left one chilling clue: a bloody Nike shoeprint in a Cumberland Beach home. 13-year-old Leah Sousa was murdered, her mother left for dead. Was it convicted killer Brian Ellson? Or a hidden predator? Tune into Ontario Cold Cases now. Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice.Subscribe now to Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True C...

The Silence of Beachview Avenue: The Murder of Leah SousaIn the quiet shores of Cumberland Beach, Ontario, the 1990 Labor Day weekend turned deadly when 13-year-old Leah Sousa was brutally murdered in her home. Her mother, Lora, survived a savage attack but lost all memory of the assailant due to brain trauma. A bloody Nike shoeprint and a missing metal weapon are key clues, with suspects includin...

The Silence of Beachview Avenue: The Murder of Leah SousaLabor Day 1990: Cumberland Beach was paradise—until murder struck. 13-year-old Leah Sousa, sexually assaulted and bludgeoned in her own backyard. Her mother Lora, left for dead in a blitz attack. Baby brother spared. No DNA, but a bloody shoeprint points to a size 10 or 9 Nike. Suspects? Convicted killer Brian Ellson, just blocks a...

The Gravel Pit Murders of Kathy Potter and Lee KirkOn a warm October night in 1971, two teenage girls set off for a visit that would change everything. Kathy Potter, 13, and Lee Kirk, 15, left their Toronto foster home heading for Richmond Hill. They never arrived.Two days later, their bodies were discovered side-by-side in a Pickering gravel pit. They had been carefully placed, yet brutally stran...

Unravel the Mystery: The Murder of Simone SandlerUncover the haunting truth behind Simone Sandler's tragic fate. In 1994, this 21-year-old university student vanished from Toronto's streets, only to be found brutally murdered in the Keating Channel. As Ontario Cold Cases delves into the twists and turns of the investigation, one question echoes: was her killer a serial predator? Dive into the chil...

The Hour Delia Adriano Vanished: A Cold Case in OakvilleSeptember 26, 1982. Oakville, Ontario.Delia Adriano was twenty-five, engaged to be married, and just days from her birthday. Dropped off by her fiancé at 9:30 PM, she took the few steps toward her family's door.She never made it inside.What happened in the crucial missing hour that followed?Around 10:30 PM, witnesses report a frantic scene le...

Unresolved Silence (Full Episode Available Now!)Delving into Ontario's Enduring Cold Case MysteriesIn "Unresolved Silence," we uncover the haunting world of Ontario's unsolved homicides, where justice lingers in the shadows. From Toronto's high-profile enigmas like the Sherman murders and Bruce McArthur's victims to rural tragedies such as the Nation River Lady and Gerald Durocher, this gripping a...