Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

Halloween’s Deadly Séance: Was Houdini Silenced by Spiritualist Revenge? Harry Houdini defied death—until Halloween 1926. His war on Spiritualist frauds made enemies. Threats of poison. A curse. Then, a stranger’s brutal punches. Was it an accident… or a perfect murder? Join myself, Jay Nicoll on Ontario Cold Cases as we summon the truth behind Houdini’s final act.  New episode, Historical True Cr...

The Bunny That Vanished: The Halloween Disappearance of Cindy Song Good evening. Jay Nicoll, Nicoll Investigations, reporting for Ontario Cold Cases. Tonight: The 2001 Halloween vanishing of Penn State student Cindy Song. Hyun Jong 'Cindy' Song: Born 1980, Seoul. Immigrated 1995 to Virginia. Graduated 1998 honors. Fall 2001: 21-year-old senior, integrative arts major. Jobs: Night library shifts, P...

THE GHOSTS OF QUEEN’S PARK  A Mick & Mack Mystery
Toronto, Autumn 1950 Available now! 
When a night watchman flees Queen’s Park claiming he’s seen a woman in white, Detectives Mick McCathie and Archie “Mack” MacNeely are called to keep the scandal quiet. 
But in a city where history never stays buried, reporter Roz Carver of the Toronto Telegram arrives first. Inside the marble halls of Ontari...

The Vanishing of Barney Laflamme: A Cold Case Crippled at the Start In May 1981, 24-year-old René Bernard Laflamme—known as "Barney"—vanished from Montreal just days before he was scheduled to begin a new life in British Columbia. Barney was a man with a plan, deep family ties, and a one-way ticket West. His complete, abrupt silence since May 29th was immediately suspicious. But his final days wer...

Unresolved Disappearance: René Bernard Laflamme (Trailer) In May 1981, 24-year-old René Bernard Laflamme vanished from Montreal. He had an apartment waiting in B.C. He was expected home in Ottawa. His silence was immediate proof that something went desperately wrong. The family gave police a prime suspect: a controlling associate who fought with René just before he disappeared. But a tug-of-war be...

Amarillo’s Halloween Nightmare: The Murder of Sister Tadea Benz (Short) Available Now! On Halloween 1981, 76-year-old nun Sister Tadea Benz was raped and murdered in her Amarillo convent. Teen neighbor Johnny Frank Garrett was swiftly convicted on fingerprints, hairs, and a hidden knife—then sentenced to death. But the crime scene was botched, key evidence destroyed, and DNA testing forever lost....

The Bunny That Vanished: The Halloween Disappearance of Cindy Song Available Now! On Halloween night 2001, 21-year-old Penn State senior Cindy Song—dressed in a bunny costume—reached her apartment door at 4:03 a.m. and vanished. No struggle. No trace. From Seoul immigrant to top student with Britney Spears tickets in hand, her stable life ended abruptly.   21 binders of files, 5,000 tips, and the...

The Bunny That Vanished: The Halloween Disappearance of Cindy Song (Trailer) Good evening. This is Ontario Cold Cases. Halloween 2001. Penn State student Cindy Song—bunny costume—vanishes at her door. 5,000 tips. Serial killer confession. 24 years cold. Exclusive files. Cleared suspects. One lead unproven: Her ears as a trophy. Justice waits. World True Crime Thursday—coming this Thursday, October...

The Unsolved Murder of Kathleen MacVicar and Its Chilling Link to London (Short) In 2001, 19-year-old Kathleen MacVicar vanished from CFB Trenton—her body found stabbed and assaulted in woods near home. Then detectives make a chilling discovry. The murder is connected to an assault and attempted murder in London months later. 24 years unsolved. $75K reward.   This episode traces every fact: Her fi...

THE GHOSTS OF QUEEN’S PARK A Mick & Mack Mystery
Toronto, Autumn 1950 Listen now — Ontario Cold Cases: The Ghosts of Queen’s Park. 
When a night watchman flees Queen’s Park claiming he’s seen a woman in white, Detectives Mick McCathie and Archie “Mack” MacNeely are called to keep the scandal quiet. 
But in a city where history never stays buried, reporter Roz Carver of the Toronto Telegram arr...

THE GHOSTS OF QUEEN’S PARK (Trailer) A Mick & Mack Mystery
Toronto, Autumn 1950 Coming the Wednesday October 29, 2025! 
When a night watchman flees Queen’s Park claiming he’s seen a woman in white, Detectives Mick McCathie and Archie “Mack” MacNeely are called to keep the scandal quiet. 
But in a city where history never stays buried, reporter Roz Carver of the Toronto Telegram arrives first....

Amarillo’s Halloween Nightmare: The Murder of Sister Tadea Benz Available Now! On Halloween weekend 1981, the tranquility of the St. Francis Convent in Amarillo, Texas, was shattered by a brutal crime. 76-year-old Sister Tadea Benz was violently raped, stabbed, and manually strangled. Police quickly arrested 17-year-old neighbor Johnny Frank Garrett. The prosecution presented overwhelming evidence...

Amarillo’s Halloween Nightmare: The Murder of Sister Tadea Benz (Trailer) Coming Tuesday October 28, 2025! On Halloween 1981, 76-year-old nun Sister Tadea Benz was raped and murdered in her Amarillo convent. Teen neighbor Johnny Frank Garrett was swiftly convicted on fingerprints, hairs, and a hidden knife—then sentenced to death. But the crime scene was botched, key evidence destroyed, and DNA te...

The Unsolved Murder of Kathleen MacVicar and Its Chilling Link to London In 2001, 19-year-old Kathleen MacVicar vanished from CFB Trenton—her body found stabbed and assaulted in woods near home. Then detectives make a chilling discovry. The murder is connected to an assault and attempted murder in London months later. 24 years unsolved. $75K reward.   This episode traces every fact: Her final Wedn...

(Trailer) The Unsolved Murder of Kathleen MacVicar and its Chilling Link to London Coming Sunday October 26, 2025 2001: Kathleen MacVicar, 19, walks home from CFB Trenton on a Wednesday night. Two days later her body is found—stabbed and assaulted in woods minutes away. 24 years unsolved. ViCLAS links it to a London attack—same brutal method, same isolation, no DNA. Project Shadow launched in '01,...

The Unsolved Halloween Murder of James Adamski (Short) Available Now! Halloween 1982. Depew, New York. James Adamski, 18, leaves a bar party, steps into the night—and vanishes. Two months later, hunters find his body in a shallow grave, beaten to death. No suspects, no answers, 43 years later. Ontario Cold Cases digs deep. Can you help solve it? Subscribe now.  Because every case deserves answers—...

The Unsolved Halloween Murder of James Adamski On Halloween night 1982, 18-year-old James Adamski left a raucous costume party at a Depew, New York, bar, never to return home. Bludgeoned to death and discarded in a shallow grave, his murder remains one of Erie County’s most haunting unsolved cases. Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast crosses borders to unravel this chilling mystery wi...

Murder in the Mummy’s Shadow Fog coils around University College as a grad student turns up dead inside a circle of chalk—a jagged compass pointing straight at something older than the city. Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely follow whispers of midnight chants, a newly arrived sarcophagus at the ROM, and a professor with a velvet jacket and an unsettling smile. Is Elias Vane a scholar… or the archite...

The Unsolved Halloween Murder of James Adamski Halloween 1982. Depew, New York. James Adamski, 18, leaves a bar party, steps into the night—and vanishes. Two months later, hunters find his body in a shallow grave, beaten to death. No suspects, no answers, 43 years later. Ontario Cold Cases digs deep. Can you help solve it? Subscribe now.  Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserv...

Murder in the Mummy’s Shadow A Mick & Mack Mystery Toronto, October 1950. Fog coils around the towers of University College, and whispers of cults and curses haunt the lecture halls. When a graduate student is found dead in a circle of chalk symbols, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are drawn into a world of midnight gatherings, cryptic inscriptions, and an Egyptian sarcophagus said...

Power, Secrecy, and Scandal: The Redpath Mystery in Gilded Age Montreal Available Now! In 1901 Montreal, the Redpath sugar fortune bought more than mansions—it bought secrecy. When matriarch Ada and her son Clifford were found shot, the family didn't call the police. They called a coroner and convened a private inquest in their parlor. The verdict: Murder-suicide by an epileptic son. The evidence...

Murder in the Mummy’s Shadow (Trailer) Fog coils around University College as a grad student turns up dead inside a circle of chalk—a jagged compass pointing straight at something older than the city. Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely follow whispers of midnight chants, a newly arrived sarcophagus at the ROM, and a professor with a velvet jacket and an unsettling smile. Is Elias Vane a scholar… or t...

Power, Secrecy, and Scandal: The Redpath Mystery in Gilded Age Montreal A FORTUNE BOUGHT SILENCE. A MURDER DEMANDED IT. In 1901 Montreal, the Redpaths commanded one of Canada’s greatest fortunes—a legacy built on sugar, prestige, and the absolute control of their private world. But that world shattered on the evening of June 13th, when matriarch Ada and her son, Jocelyn Clifford, were found dead f...

Power, Secrecy, and Scandal: The Redpath Mystery. What did money hide? Coming this Tuesday, October 21st.  In 1901 Montreal, the Redpath sugar fortune bought more than mansions—it bought secrecy. When matriarch Ada and her son Clifford were found shot, the family didn't call the police. They called a coroner and convened a private inquest in their parlor. Because every case deserves answers—and ev...

Twenty-Years On: A Barrie Tragedy: April Dobson's Unsolved Murder  A quiet night in Barrie turned deadly on October 14, 2005, when April Dobson was fatally shot on a friend's porch. Witnesses described a clean-cut kid fleeing the scene on a mountain bike, but the killer's identity remained a mystery. Twenty years later, a son's determination to uncover the truth exposes a complex web of secrets an...