Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

SHADOWS OVER WELLS GRAY: THE BENTLEY-JOHNSON FAMILY MURDERS A remote wilderness. A vanished family. A nightmare beyond comprehension. In the summer of 1982, three generations of the Johnson-Bentley family embarked on a peaceful two-week camping trip into Wells Gray Provincial Park, British Columbia. Parents Bob and Jackie Johnson, their daughters Karen and Janet, and grandparents George and Edith...

The Predator in the Heat: Who Killed Kimlyn Tolgyes? A scorching summer night. A predator on the prowl. A murder that remains unsolved. On August 1, 2002, Hamilton, Ontario, was in the grip of an oppressive heatwave—the kind of night where the air is thick, the streets feel deserted, and shadows seem to stretch just a little too long. That night, a white sports car idled at the corner of Barton an...

The Predator in the Heat: The murder of Kimlyn Tolgyes (Trailer) Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast : The Predator in the Heat coming this Sunday March 9 on the murder of Kimlyn Tolgyes. A scorching night. A charming stranger. A brutal murder that remains unsolved. On August 1, 2002, Hamilton, Ontario, was suffocating under an intense summer heatwave. That night, a white sports car p...

WHAT HAPPENED TO SUZY LAMPLUGH? (Part 2) A Routine Appointment. A Vanishing Without a Trace. A Mystery That Still Haunts Britain. On July 28, 1986, 25-year-old estate agent Suzy Lamplugh stepped out of her London office for a house viewing with a client known only as "Mr. Kipper." She never returned. Hours later, her white Ford Fiesta was found abandoned near Fulham Football Club—unlocked, her pur...

WHERE IS LIAM GABRIEL TOMAN? Missing since February 2, 2025 after leaving a local après ski bistro in the Village of Mont Tremblant, Quebec  The family of Liam Toman is urgently appealing to the media and public to help in the on-going search of this young Ontario man, who vanished on a group ski trip on February 2nd and has still not been found. Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcas...

The Echoes of the Blade: A Mick & Mack Mystery Toronto, 1948. A city on the cusp of change, where the past lingers like a specter in the alleyways and the future arrives in the form of neon lights and the hum of streetcars. But some ghosts refuse to stay buried. When a prominent doctor is found murdered—his throat cut with chilling precision—Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are drawn...

Part 3 - H.H. Holmes: The Confession, Execution, and the Jack the Ripper Theory "I was born with the devil in me." With those chilling words, H.H. Holmes sealed his fate. After years of fraud, deception, and unspeakable murder, America’s first documented serial killer finally faced justice. But for a man who had spent a lifetime manipulating everyone around him, Holmes had one final game to play....

A Murder Foretold: The Unsolved Killing of Robert Wagner “They were out to get him… and they got him.” Robert Wagner knew he was living on borrowed time. Just weeks before his brutal murder, he confided in a family member that he had three weeks to live. He didn’t say who was after him. He didn’t say why. But he was certain—his days were numbered. On January 22, 1991, Wagner’s body was found insid...

A Murder Foretold – The Unsolved Killing of Robert Wagner Coming this Sunday, March 2nd on Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast “He knew it was coming.” Weeks before his brutal murder, Robert Wagner made a chilling confession—he had three weeks to live. He didn’t say why. He didn’t say who was after him. But three weeks later, he was dead. On January 22, 1991, Wagner was found stabbed...

What Happened to Suzy Lamplugh? (Part 1) On a bright summer morning in July 1986, Suzy Lamplugh, a confident and ambitious 25-year-old estate agent, stepped out of her office for what should have been a routine house showing. She was scheduled to meet a client—a man known only as “Mr. Kipper”—at 37 Shorrolds Road in Fulham, London. It was a normal appointment. Until it wasn’t. Suzy never came back...

Deadlier Than Maple Syrup - A Mick & Mack Mystery In 1950s Toronto, scandals are sweeter than syrup—and far deadlier. When a bohemian artist is found murdered in the middle of a glittering gala, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are drawn into a sticky web of lies, corruption, and betrayal. What starts as a high-society scandal soon spirals into a conspiracy that threatens to bring do...

Part 2: Murder, Madness, and Money – The True Horrors of H.H. Holmes Step inside the mind of one of history’s most chilling killers—a man who built an empire of deception, fraud, and murder. H.H. Holmes, America’s first documented serial killer, was more than just a conman; he was an architect of horror. His infamous "Murder Castle" in Chicago was no ordinary hotel—it was a labyrinth of terror, co...

The Unsolved Murder of Kelly Morrisseau She was seven months pregnant. She was brutally stabbed. She fought for her life in the freezing cold. And her killer is still out there. In the early morning hours of December 10, 2006, the lifeless body of 27-year-old Kelly Morrisseau was found in a snowy parking lot of Gatineau Park, Quebec. She had been savagely attacked—stabbed multiple times and left t...

The Unsolved Murder of Kelly Morrisseau coming this Sunday, February 23. The cold winds of December cut through Gatineau Park. It’s the early morning hours of December 10, 2006. A man walking his dog pauses—his breath visible in the freezing air. What he sees next will haunt him forever. A woman, battered and bleeding, clings to life on the icy ground. The snow beneath her is soaked in crimson. By...

Part 3 - MURDER IN PARADISE: THE UNSOLVED MURDER OF SIR HARRY OAKES Scandal, Power, and the Cover-Up That Shook the British Empire A millionaire bludgeoned to death in his bed. His body drenched in gasoline, feathers scattered across the corpse, and a fire set to erase the evidence. But the flames never took hold. The body remained, and with it—a mystery that has haunted the world for over 80 year...

A Fatal Farewell at Maple Leaf Gardens - A Mick & Mack Mystery The roar of the crowd. The crash of gloves against flesh. The electric buzz of a packed Maple Leaf Gardens on fight night. For Toronto’s boxing fans, this was the match of the year—a brutal showdown between two of the city's fiercest fighters. But when Jimmy "The Kid" Santoro collapses moments after claiming victory, the excitement...

THE MAKING OF A MONSTER: H.H. Holmes’ Early Life and Criminal Beginnings (Part 1) Before the Murder Castle. 
Before the Chicago World’s Fair. 
Before he became America’s first documented serial killer. He was just Herman Webster Mudgett—a brilliant but disturbed boy growing up in small-town New Hampshire. From a young age, there were signs of something… off about him. The stories would later becom...

The Vanishing of Erin ‘Portia’ McGonigal She was planning a fresh start. But before she could leave, she vanished. On October 6, 2015, Erin McGonigal, also known as Portia Devine, Portia Elizabeth Westendorp, or Erin Irene Mattar, was preparing to move out of her Mississauga home. A social media-savvy model, dancer, and entrepreneur, Erin was always connected—until she wasn’t. She never packed her...

The Vanishing of Erin ‘Portia’ McGonigal (Coming this Sunday February 16) How does a woman with a vibrant online presence, a plan for the future, and a circle of friends simply vanish without a trace? On October 6, 2015, Erin McGonigal was preparing to leave her husband and move forward with her life. But before she could take that next step—she disappeared. At first, no one thought much of it. Bu...

The Duke’s Shadow: The Murder of Sir Harry Oakes (Part 2) A brutal murder in paradise. A royal cover-up that shocked the world. A mystery still unsolved after eighty years. Sir Harry Oakes was the richest man in the Bahamas—a multimillionaire who struck gold in Canada and fled to the Caribbean to protect his fortune from taxation. But wealth couldn’t shield him from what was coming. On July 8, 194...

DEAD MEN DON’T DANCE 
A Mick & Mack Mystery The lights are low, the music is smooth, and the secrets are buried deeper than the dance steps at Toronto’s most prestigious ballroom school. But when famed dance instructor Gaston Moreau is found dead—dressed for his final waltz—detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely find themselves drawn into a tangled world of jealousy, ambition, and deceptio...

The Vanishing Act: The Unsolved Mystery of Ambrose Small A Millionaire. A Fortune. A Disappearance That Defies Time. Toronto, 1919. The city is alive with ambition, its theatres packed with eager crowds, and at the center of it all stands Ambrose Small—a ruthless businessman, a gambler at heart, and a self-made millionaire. On December 2, he finalizes the deal of a lifetime, selling his theatre em...

The Lost Road: The Unsolved Murder of Pauline Ivy Dudley A gripping true crime investigation from Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast August 10, 1973. A warm summer night in Oakville, Ontario. Seventeen-year-old Pauline Ivy Dudley steps onto Lakeshore Road, her silhouette illuminated by the glow of the streetlights. She is hitchhiking home to Milton—a common, almost routine decision i...

Pauline Ivy Dudley (Trailer) Coming This Sunday February 9 – Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast The Lost Road: The Unsolved Murder of Pauline Ivy Dudley August 10, 1973. A warm summer night in Oakville, Ontario. Seventeen-year-old Pauline Ivy Dudley steps onto Lakeshore Road, hitchhiking back to Milton. It’s a journey she’s taken before—a short trip, nothing unusual. But this time, so...

Part 1: THE KILLING OF MIDAS - The Murder of Sir Harry Oakes Murder. Power. A Cover-Up That Reaches to the Highest Circles. The white sands of Nassau and the turquoise waters of the Bahamas seemed like paradise. But behind the closed doors of Westbourne, the lavish estate of gold magnate Sir Harry Oakes, a nightmare was unfolding. On the morning of July 8, 1943, one of the wealthiest men in the Br...