Evidence Locker True Crime

19-year-old Royal Marine Alan Addis disappeared under mysterious circumstances while serving in the Falkland Islands in August 1980. Did he drown, or did he wander off into the wilderness and succumb to the elements. Or was Addie a victim of foul play? To date, no trace of him has ever been found. Promo: The Next Call Listen to Noel's interview with David Ridgen For pictures and more information,...

In the month of July, we are celebrating Evidence Locker’s third birthday and our 150th episode. For the last episode in our Blockbuster series, we explore the true crime case behind the Australian Noir film, Snowtown . John Bunting, Robert Wagner and James Vlassakis committed a series of brutal murders in Adelaide between 1992 and 1999. The remains of eight victims were found in six acid-filled b...

In the month of July, we are celebrating Evidence Locker’s third birthday and our 150th episode. With this in mind, we decided on a Blockbuster theme. This week we look into the true crime case behind Steven Spielberg’s film, Munich . Palestinian militant group Black September took nine 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team hostage during the Summer Olympics of 1972. The world watched as events u...

This week we explore the second case in our Blockbuster series. Before Academy Award-winning film Parasite , director Bong Joon Ho made Memories of Murder , inspired by the 1986-1991 Hwaseong Serial Murders. The film was released in 2003, with the hope of keeping the unsolved case alive. More than 30 years after the first murder, DNA evidence pointed to a man who was already in prison, serving a l...

Noel has a phone conversation with David Ridgen about his new podcast series, The Next Call. David, of course, is the creator of the popular podcast series, Someone Knows Something. The Next Call is his new investigative podcast, brought to you by CBC Podcasts.  In The Next Call, David tackles unsolved cases through strategic phone calls. From the victim's family members to potential suspects, the...

In the month of July, we are celebrating Evidence Locker’s third birthday and our 150th episode. In the spirit of celebration, we decided on a blockbuster theme. To kick things off, we look into the true crime case behind the film, The French Connection, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Film Editing, and Best Writing in 1971. The French Connection was a...

Archibald Hall, also known as Roy Fontaine, used his position as a butler in aristocratic homes to gain access to valuable antiques and jewellery, which he stole and sold. He was a conman and a thief who, when things heated up, turned to murder. His flamboyant persona fooled those closest to him, and in the end, no one was safe in the company of the Monster Butler.  For pictures and more informati...

In May 1987, Ken Parks walked into a Toronto police station, covered with blood. He was horrified and confused and told the duty officer that he may have hurt someone. As it turned out, Ken was asleep when he beat and stabbed his mother-in-law to death. Because he was not awake when he committed the brutal crime, he was acquitted. His case made Canadian legal history and people are still divided o...

When Glory Chau and Moon Siu’s 28-year-old son invited them to his new apartment, they were delighted. They had had a disagreement about his future and thought the invitation was his attempt to make things right. Their son led them into the apartment block in Tai Kok Tsui just before 1 pm, but they never left the building again… Sponsors: Best Fiends - A world on your Mobile. Engage your brain wit...

Between 1945 and 1950, five people vanished in the Green Mountain National Forest, Vermont. A 74-year-old hunting guide, an 18-year-old sophomore college student and a 68-year-old war veteran, an 8-year-old boy and a 53-year-old lady all disappeared under mysterious circumstances. Were the cases related, or was it a coincidence? The area has been dubbed ‘The Devil’s Triangle’ or ‘The Bennington Tr...

In January 1983, one of Puerto Rico’s most famous television and radio personalities was found dead in the trunk of his burnt-out Mercedes Benz. At the time of his death, Luis was going through a bitter divorce from soap opera star, Lydia Echevarría. It did not take law enforcement long to find their first suspect. The case was a media circus, and everyone watched as it unfolded, like a real-life,...

Michael Telling came from one of the wealthiest families in all of England. When he married Californian beauty Monika Zumsteg, they moved into an opulent estate in Buckinghamshire. The couple’s life looked like the stuff dreams were made of. Then one day, out of the blue, Monika left. Michael hired a private investigator to find his wife, to no avail. Five months later, 170 miles away from the Tel...

In the summer of 1960, four teenagers went camping at Lake Bodom. In the pre-dawn hours, an unknown assailant attacked them inside their tent, slashing them with a knife and hitting them with a blunt object. Of the four, only 18-year-old Nils Gustafsson survived, narrowly escaping death. 45 years later, he was charged with killing his friends, but acquitted. To this day, the mystery of what happen...

18-year-old Mathilde left home with her boyfriend, two cousins and three friends to go to Tek’Noz, a three-day festival on farmland in Brittany. The group looked out for each other and checked in constantly. But by Sunday morning Mathilde was nowhere to be found. At the same time, Gendarmes were hoping to identify the body of a young woman found at the edge of the woods. Once they made the link, t...

With the fall of Apartheid in South Africa, many rural women streamed to cities, looking for work. When police uncovered body after body in the veld outside Johannesburg and Pretoria, they informed the public they were dealing with a serial killer. All the victims had arranged to meet a man for job interviews and were never seen alive again. He struck in the areas of Atteridgeville, Boksburg and C...

Somewhat grungy and grimy, the Evidence Locker podcast brings you true crime stories from all the dark corners of the globe.

23-year-old Dutch teacher took some time off to travel through Central America. The highlight of her trip was to take a scuba diving course on the Caribbean island of Roatán, Honduras. For her last night on the island and she partied with her fellow divers. Afterwards, she went home with her Australian instructor. The next morning he and his flatmate dropped a badly injured Mariska off at the hosp...

After invoking fear into the community of Skidmore, MO for decades, the time had come for Ken Rex McElroy to face the music. When law enforcement failed to put an end to his constant intimidation and violent crimes, the townsfolk took matters into their own hands. 60 witnesses saw him being shot and killed outside a tavern in the middle of town, however, in an unprecedented act of solidarity, ever...

31-year-old Scott Guy was shot at his farm gate on a cold winter’s morning in 2010. His brother-in-law was charged with the murder but acquitted. Who would want to kill this well-liked husband, father, son and brother? This case caught the imagination of the entire country and people followed the trial blow-by-blow as intimate details of the daily lives of the Guy family emerged. For pictures and...

In May 2016, Chinese national Yangjie Li was months away from finishing her master’s degree in architecture in Dessau, Germany. On a mild spring evening when she went jogging, but never returned home. Two days later, her mutilated body was discovered, yards away from her front door. An investigation revealed that on the night of her disappearance, Yangjie had crossed paths with a couple, who had m...

Amateur photographer Julie Ward travelled from her home in England to document wildlife migration in Kenya’s Maasai Mara Reserve. When she disappeared, her father launched a search. Within a day, parts of Julie’s body were found in a burnt-out campfire on the African savanna. Police claimed she was struck by lightning and her remains were destroyed by predators. But predators aren’t necessarily li...

A former nurse engaged in online conversations with people – and instructed them on how to take their own lives. Two online sleuths from the other side of the world tracked down the IP address, and no one would have guessed the identity of the person behind the online aliases… For information on depression and to seek help on suicide prevention, please contact Lifeline: Lifeline USA – 1-800-273-82...

When three women from the same circle of friends died in short succession of each other, police wondered if their deaths were related. They looked at the one friend who was still alive, Buenos Aires socialite, Yiya Murano. She was friends with all three women, and before they died, they had all invested their life savings in a portfolio suggested by Yiya. For pictures and more information, join us...

Colin Whelan planned his wife’s murder before they were even married. He doubled their life insurance and searched the internet using phrases like death by strangulation and ‘asphyxiation’. The calculating groom even studied the court transcript of an American case, that of serial killer Henry Louis Wallace, using his method as inspiration. Then his wife died after falling down the stairs. Before...

When a young honors student disappeared two weeks before her graduation, no one knew where she could be. Clea was last seen walking into the home-office of Dr. Larry Amos, where she worked part-time. Her mom fell asleep waiting for Clea to call, so she could go and pick her up. She called Dr. Amos at 1 am, asking where her daughter was, and he said Clea signed out at 8:30 the night before. 26 year...