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In October 2008, 24-year-old Amber McFarland left a bar in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, with two men and was never seen again. Police later determined her disappearance was a homicide, but more than 17 years later, no body has been found and no one has been charged. Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc Listen on RSS.com : https://rss.com/podcasts/northern-dark-true-canadian-cri...

In 1982, six members of one family were killed during a camping trip in British Columbia. Decades later, the case has returned through the parole system, raising questions about justice, victim participation, and whether a life sentence ever truly ends for the families left behind. Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc Listen on RSS.com : https://rss.com/podcasts/northern-dark-tr...

Tonight on Northern Dark: the 2008 killing of Lindsay Buziak in Saanich, British Columbia. What began as a scheduled real estate showing was later determined by investigators to have been arranged in advance through prepaid phones and a false identity. Police have stated the attack was targeted, but no motive has been publicly confirmed and no arrests have been made. Listen on Spotify, Apple Podca...

A 22-year-old university student leaves home for an afternoon tennis outing and never returns. In this episode of Northern Dark, we examine the disappearance of Elizabeth Bain, the investigation that followed, the conviction and acquittal of Robert Baltovich, and the unanswered questions that still remain. Elizabeth Bain disappeared on June 19, 1990, her body has never been found, and the case rem...

Three disappearances. Three timelines that suddenly stop. In this episode of Northern Dark , we examine the cases of Kenley Matheson , Emma Fillipoff , and Marshal Iwaasa —three Canadians who vanished under circumstances investigators still can’t explain. Each case begins with an ordinary moment… and ends with the same unanswered question. What happened after they were last seen? Listen on Spotify...

Online grooming and sextortion cases are rising across Canada. In this episode, we examine how coercive networks operate through platforms like Discord and Roblox, how grooming progresses into leverage, and what Canadian law enforcement says about the growing digital risk to youth. Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc Listen on RSS.com : https://rss.com/podcasts/northern-dark-tr...

Most trafficking in Canada doesn’t begin with abduction. It begins with trust. In Episode 34, we examine Justice Canada’s Finding Our Voices report alongside 2024 national data to understand how exploitation actually starts, why minors are most vulnerable, and what survivors say still needs to change. Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc Listen on RSS.com : https://rss.com/podca...

On February 10, 2026, the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia became the site of one of the deadliest school shootings in modern Canadian history. Eight victims were killed. Dozens more were injured. The suspect also died at the scene. In Episode 33, we follow the confirmed timeline — from the residence where the violence began to Tumbler Ridge Secondary School — and examine what RCMP ha...

In June 2011, Cindy Gladue , a 36-year-old Indigenous woman from the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation, died in an Edmonton hotel room after suffering a catastrophic injury. The physical facts of her death were never in dispute. What followed was a legal battle over how Canadian law defines consent, serious bodily harm, and criminal responsibility. Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc L...

In December 1985, Kim Dianne Stolberg , a 21-year-old woman, was murdered inside her family’s engineering business in Richmond, British Columbia. Nearly forty years later, the case remains unsolved. Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc Listen on RSS.com : https://rss.com/podcasts/northern-dark-true-canadian-crime/ YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@NorthernDarkTCC New epi...

In 1985, five members of a Quebec biker chapter were summoned to what sounded like a routine internal meeting in Lennoxville. They arrived expecting discipline or discussion. What happened instead was a planned internal purge—quiet, controlled, and final. Episode 30 breaks down how leadership moved from correction to containment, what came out in court, who was charged, and why Lennoxville became...

On a November night in 1997, fourteen-year-old Reena Virk went to meet a group of teenagers near Craigflower Bridge in British Columbia. She never came home. What followed was not a single moment of violence, but a slow escalation shaped by rumor, exclusion, group dynamics, and bystander silence. Dozens of people witnessed parts of what happened. Many assumed someone else would intervene. No one d...

Tonight on Northern Dark , we continue our examination of men who vanished without a trace in Canada. In Part 2 of Missing Without a Trace , we focus on three men who disappeared in the British Columbia wilderness — places where people hike, trail run, and explore every day. This episode examines the disappearances of: Gordon Sagoo, who vanished during a summer hike in the Chilliwack backcountry T...

In Part One of this two-part episode, we examine three Canadian disappearances where people vanished from places meant to be safe — resort villages, park towns, and public walkways — leaving no confirmed route, no belongings, and no answers. Not to speculate, but to understand what happens when searches reach their limits. Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc Listen on RSS.com :...

On December 27, 2024, Toronto Police announced that DNA had linked three historic homicides to a single suspect — Kenneth Smith — decades after the crimes, and years after his death. In this episode, we examine how investigators revisited long-cold evidence, why police were careful with what they released, and what it means for families when answers arrive without a trial. It’s a case where scienc...

In January 1995, 23-year-old Melanie Carpenter vanished while working alone at a tanning salon in Surrey, British Columbia. Later that day, surveillance footage captured a man using her debit card, leading police to identify a parolee as their suspect. Before an arrest could be made, he died by suicide, leaving the case without a trial or verdict. Melanie’s body was later found in Fraser Canyon, a...

Tonight on Northern Dark , we examine the unsolved deaths of billionaire pharmaceutical executive Barry Sherman and his wife Honey Sherman , found inside their North York home in December 2017. Early assumptions spread fast, but as investigators and experts looked closer, the details raised harder questions — about the scene, the timeline, and what didn’t fit. Years later, the home is gone, the in...

A young woman is found murdered behind a Dartmouth apartment building in 1995. Police quickly zero in on her ex-partner, Glen Assoun — but the truth behind this case is far more complicated. Missing files, alternate suspects, and a dangerous serial killer in Halifax raise a haunting question: did the system pursue the wrong man? Social Media Listen on X: https://x.com/northerndarktcc Listen on RSS...

Tonight on Northern Dark, we revisit the murder of 14-year-old Dana Bradley — a case that shook Newfoundland in 1981 and remains unsolved more than forty years later. We walk through her disappearance, the discovery, the investigation, the false confession, and the modern forensic efforts still underway today. #TrueCrime #Canada #NorthernDark Social Media Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube...

Tonight on Northern Dark: We examine the killing of Tim McLean , a 22-year-old man murdered aboard Greyhound Bus 1170 near Portage la Prairie, Manitoba — one of the most shocking and unsettling crimes in modern Canadian history. Social Media For more Canadian true crime stories, subscribe to Northern Dark. RSS Feed: https://rss.com/podcasts/northern-dark-true-canadian-crime/ YouTube: https://www.y...

On a quiet spring night in Ancaster, Ontario, a husband steps outside for a quick test drive with two men interested in buying his pickup truck. He tells his wife he’ll be right back. He never returns. Social Media Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube: NorthernDarkTCC Follow us on X For more Canadian true crime stories, subscribe to Northern Dark . Sources Used Global News – Tim Bosma tr...

Tonight on Northern Dark , we head to a quiet stretch of farmland near Shedden, Ontario — where eight men from the same motorcycle club were found dead inside four abandoned vehicles. What looked like a gang war turned out to be something far darker: a betrayal from within. Through police records, trial evidence, and first-hand accounts, we uncover how loyalty, ego, and fear collided on one April...

From Paul Bernardo’s emotionless grin to Russell Williams’ secret trophies, Inside the Mind of a Killer explores the psychology and criminology behind some of Canada’s darkest crimes. Mark walks us through the science — psychopathy checklists, brain imaging, behavioural analysis — while Leah joins later to reflect on guilt, control, and what past Northern Dark cases reveal about the criminal mind....

Tonight on Northern Dark , we travel across Canada to four places where crime and tragedy left something behind. From the Screaming Tunnel in Niagara — where fire and fear still echo in the stone. To Toronto’s Don Jail — its walls steeped in punishment, execution, and unrest. To the Banff Springs Hotel — where a bride’s last step became a legend that still dances. And finally, to the Gibraltar Poi...

A quiet evening in Owen Sound turned tragic when Sharif Rahman, the beloved owner of The Curry House , was attacked outside his restaurant after confronting three men over an unpaid bill. What followed would send shockwaves across Canada: an international manhunt, three arrests in Scotland, and a community forever changed. In this episode, we retrace the life of a man remembered for his kindness,...