Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

A Dash of Death A Mick & Mack Mystery A sizzling chef. A perfect dish. A fatal garnish. It was supposed to be a feast for the senses — a live cooking demonstration in Toronto’s lively Kensington Market, headlined by celebrity chef and culinary heartthrob Giancarlo Moretti. But when the flamboyant chef takes a bite of his own masterpiece and drops dead on stage, it’s up to detectives Mick McCat...

Threshold of Terror: The Yorkshire Ripper’s Deadly Dawn (Part 3 of 5) The night grows colder—and the blood runs hot. Step back into the abyss with Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast as we tear open Part 3 of our five-part plunge into the Yorkshire Ripper, Peter Sutcliffe: "Threshold of Terror: The Yorkshire Ripper’s Deadly Dawn." You’ve tracked his troubled roots and shivered through...

Uncertain Shadows: The Life, Death, and Legacy of Sumaya Dalmar Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast In the pre-dawn chill of February 22, 2015, a lifeless body is found near Toronto’s Danforth and Main—a discovery that ignites a firestorm of questions. Sumaya Dalmar , a 26-year-old Somali-Canadian transgender woman, was a survivor of war and rejection, a radiant force in her chosen fa...

Uncertain Shadows: The Life, Death, and Legacy of Sumaya Dalmar only on Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast coming this Sunday, April 13, 2025 February 22, 2015. Toronto’s east end holds its breath under a frozen dawn. A call pierces the silence—a body lies lifeless near Danforth and Main. Her name? Sumaya Dalmar. A 26-year-old Somali-Canadian trans woman—bold, brilliant, unbreakable....

The Unsolved Swing: The Mysterious Death of J. Douglas Edgar On the eve of golf’s golden age, J. Douglas Edgar was a legend in the making—a daring Englishman whose revolutionary swing conquered Canada’s greens and captivated the world. But on a sultry Atlanta night in 1921, his brilliance bled out under a dim streetlamp, a single, surgical wound severing his femoral artery. Was it a jealous lover’...

The Man from Nowhere Inspired by the real-life mystery of the Somerton Man: Soon to be featured on World True Crime Thursdays A Mick & Mack Mystery: He washed up in Toronto Harbour with no name, no past, and a cipher no one could read. No wounds. No identification. No explanation. Just a well-dressed corpse, polished shoes… and a strange slip of paper tucked into his coat pocket. When Detectiv...

Shadows of Violence: The Yorkshire Ripper’s Deadly Rehearsal (Part 2 of 5) The predator stalks closer… In the summer of 1975, northern England’s quiet corners became a testing ground for terror. Peter Sutcliffe—the man who would become the Yorkshire Ripper—was no longer a petty thief with a grudge. He was a shadow with a hammer, a blade, and a hunger growing sharper with every strike. Ontario Cold...

The Unsolved Murder of Sonya Cywink Ontario Cold Cases - Canada's True Crime Podcast In the dead of night on August 26, 1994, Sonya Cywink vanished from the gritty streets of London, Ontario. Four days later, her battered body—24 weeks pregnant—was found hidden in the eerie woods of the Southwold Earthworks, a sacred Indigenous site. Thirty years later, her killer walks free, and the questions bur...

The Unsolved Murder of Sonya Cywink (Trailer) Coming Sunday, April 6, 2025 August 26, 1994. 2 a.m. A red convertible cuts through the shadows of London, Ontario’s Old East Village. Sonya Cywink, 31 and pregnant, steps into the night—and vanishes. Four days later, a forager stumbles onto a horror in the woods—Sonya’s body, battered and abandoned at the Southwold Earthworks, a sacred Indigenous site...

The Murder of Julia Wallace: An Impossible Mystery
 From the creators of Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast A locked room. A vanished killer. A crime so baffling it defies reason. Liverpool, 1931. In a modest red-brick row house on Wolverton Street, Julia Wallace is found bludgeoned to death—her body crumpled in the parlor, a raincoat soaked in blood beneath her. Hours earlier, her h...

I Witness Six witnesses. One robbery. A thousand contradictions. A Mick & Mack Mystery “Everyone’s a hero. Until the facts walk in.” When a mid-morning bank job shakes up downtown Toronto, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are sent to investigate what should be a straightforward case. But something doesn’t sit right. The bank manager insists he bravely negotiated with the thief.
 One...

The Making of a Monster: The Yorkshire Ripper’s Descent into Darkness (Part 1 of 5) A chilling journey begins… In the quiet Yorkshire town of Bingley, a shy boy named Peter Sutcliffe grew up unnoticed—bullied, reserved, and harboring dark secrets. But beneath the surface of an ordinary life, a monster was stirring. From voyeuristic shadows to petty theft, from a sock filled with stone to a hammer...

VANISHED IN THE NIGHT: The Unsolved Mystery of Lisa Maas and Ontario’s Lost Daughters In the pre-dawn haze of July 17, 1988, Lisa Maas—22, five months pregnant, and chasing a fresh start—drove into the darkness of Woodford, Ontario, and disappeared. Her green Plymouth Fury was found two days later, abandoned on a muddy farm lane, doors flung open, papers strewn like a cry for help. Her driver’s li...

Vanished in the Night: The Unsolved Mystery of Lisa Maas and Ontario’s Lost Daughters July 17, 1988. 4:30 a.m. The backroads of Woodford, Ontario, lie silent—until Lisa Maas vanishes. A 22-year-old dreamer, five months pregnant, drives into the night after a party. Her car’s found days later—stuck in mud, doors wide open, papers scattered like a scream frozen in time. Her license? Tossed miles awa...

Vanished in the Islands: The Disappearance of Faloma and Maleina Luhk
 Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast It was a quiet morning on Saipan Island.
 The sun had just risen. The sea breeze was warm.
 Two young sisters—Faloma and Maleina Luhk—walked to their village bus stop like they did every school day.
 They sat down. They waited. Twenty minutes later, the bus pulled up.
 But the gi...

Johnny Thunders: Unraveling the Mystery Behind a Punk Legend’s Death He was chaos wrapped in leather and eyeliner. A guitar slinger with a sneer, a swagger, and a sound that could slice through the thickest smoke-filled club. Johnny Thunders didn’t just play rock ‘n’ roll—he was rock ‘n’ roll. From the streets of the Bronx to the neon-lit gutters of New York’s East Village, he carved his name into...

Vanished Without a Trace: The Disappearance of Lois Hanna She turned off the lights, but never made it to bed. July 3rd, 1988. A warm summer night in the quiet town of Lucknow, Ontario. As the Celebrate In ’88 festival came to an end, 25-year-old Lois Hanna said goodnight to her brother, stepped out of the arena, and disappeared into the dark. She made it home. That much is certain.
 Her pink dres...

Vanished Without a Trace – The Disappearance of Lois Hanna (Trailer) coming this Sunday, March 23rd. July 3rd, 1988. A summer night filled with music, dancing, and celebration in the small town of Lucknow, Ontario. 25-year-old Lois Hanna was last seen leaving a community dance—radiant, responsible, and heading home for the night. She made it home.
She changed into her nightgown.
She brewed a cup o...

Neon Lights & Dark Secrets: The Nightclub Murders of Vancouver Vancouver, 1975. A city of flashing neon, smoky jazz clubs, and underground deals. A world where glamour and danger walked hand in hand. Three women— Gail Rogers, Barbara LaRocque, and Deborah Roe —each full of life, each drawn to the allure of the nightclub scene. A go-go dancer, a country singer, and a vibrant young woman with dr...

WHISPERS THROUGH THE DRIFT A Mick & Mack Mystery A city buried under snow. A body hidden in the drifts. A crime no one was meant to uncover. When a snowstorm brings Toronto to a standstill, it also delivers a chilling surprise—a corpse frozen beneath the drifts in the shadow of City Hall. At first glance, it seems like another casualty of the cold, but detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeel...

Frozen Betrayal – The Wood Chipper Murder of Helle Crafts "If anything ever happens to me, don’t think it was an accident." These were the chilling words Helle Crafts spoke to her lawyer in October 1986, weeks before she vanished without a trace. A devoted mother, an ambitious flight attendant, and a woman desperate to escape a failing marriage, Helle saw the darkness closing in—but not even she c...

Vanished & Forgotten: The Lost Women of Hamilton (Part 2) Susan Gourley, Felicia Floriani and Project Advocate 📖 A True Crime Story of Murder, Mystery, and a Case That Went Cold Three women vanished. One was found murdered. One was lost for a decade before her remains surfaced in a farmer’s field. The third? Still missing. And the predator responsible? Never brought to justice. Hamilton in th...

Vanished & Forgotten: The Lost Women of Hamilton - Susan Gourley, Felicia Floriani and Project Advocate (Trailer) Coming This Sunday, March 16 – Only on Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast 🔎 Three women vanished. One was found murdered. One was lost for a decade before her bones were uncovered in a farmer’s field. The third? Still missing. And the killer? Never brought to justice....

Texas' Lost Girls – The Unsolved Case of the Fort Worth Trio Three girls. One holiday shopping trip. A mystery that has haunted Texas for half a century. On December 23, 1974, seventeen-year-old Rachel Trlica, fourteen-year-old Lisa Renee Wilson, and nine-year-old Julie Ann Moseley set off on what should have been a routine trip to the mall. With Christmas just two days away, the air was filled wi...

The Case of the Two Timelines - A Mick & Mack Mystery Time is a tricky thing—especially when it comes to crime. When smooth-talking conman Simon Ralston tries to swindle the wrong widow, private detectives Johnny Chandler and Vicky Langford step in to retrieve what’s been stolen. But just as they close in on Ralston, he offers them something much more valuable than a stolen heirloom—a name: Th...