Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

The Vanishing Tycoon 
A Mick & Mack Mystery Toronto, 1951. A city of rising skyscrapers, smoky jazz clubs, and backroom deals. A city where fortunes are made—and lost—in the blink of an eye. When Cornelius Whitelaw, the theatre magnate who turned playhouses into palaces, vanishes without a trace just hours after signing away his empire for a cool million, the case has all the makings of a lege...

The Co-Ed Killer: Terror in Southeastern Michigan - Part 3 For two years, a shadow of terror gripped Southeastern Michigan. Seven young women, aged 13 to 21, vanished without a trace—until their bodies were discovered, grotesquely mutilated and discarded like afterthoughts. The Michigan Murderer, the Ypsilanti Ripper, the Co-Ed Killer—this faceless predator turned quiet college towns into hunting...

A Killer in the Dark – The Murder of Patricia BovinA city haunted by violence. A mother silenced by murder. A case that slipped through the cracks. April 1969—London, Ontario. The city was already earning a dark reputation. Serial killers lurked in the shadows, their victims piling up while fear gripped the streets. But some cases were pursued with relentless determination, while others faded into...

Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime PodcastComing This Sunday, February 2ndA Killer in the Dark – The Murder of Patricia Bovin It was a warm spring night in 1969 when 22-year-old Patricia Bovin tucked her two little boys into bed, believing they were safe in their modest King Street apartment in London, Ontario. But beyond the thin walls and dim glow of her window, someone was watching—waitin...

The Secrets of Tiddlers Pond: The Unsolved Murder of Albert Welch Step into the chilling world of Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast , where we unravel the darkest and most perplexing mysteries from history’s shadowy corners. In this episode, we journey across the Atlantic to 1948 Hertfordshire, England, where the serene grounds of Potters Bar Golf Course hid a gruesome secret. Benea...

Pearls, Lies, and Alibis A Mick & Mack Mystery Toronto, 1952: The city hums with glitzy galas, smoky jazz clubs, and secrets lurking in every shadow. But when a scandalous affair leads to murder, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely find themselves neck-deep in a mystery that’s as tangled as a string of pearls. It starts with a politician’s wife, Lila Pritchard, whose charm is as sharp a...

The Co-Ed Killer: Terror in Southeastern Michigan - Part 2 Southeastern Michigan, late 1960s—a region once defined by quiet college towns became a haunting landscape of fear. Seven young women, aged 13 to 21, vanished under chillingly similar circumstances, their bodies discovered in horrifying states of violence. Stabbings, strangulation, post-mortem mutilation—the press christened the perpetrato...

Vanished in the Shadows: The Soraya O’Connell Mystery On a warm summer evening in August 1970, fifteen-year-old Soraya O’Connell waved goodbye to her mother at a bustling youth drop-in center in London, Ontario. It was supposed to be a night of card games and laughter—a safe place to enjoy the carefree moments of teenage life. But Soraya never made it home. By 10:00 p.m., her mother returned to fi...

Vanished in the Shadows: The Soraya O’Connell Mystery (Trailer)New Episode Premiering Sunday, January 26 On a warm summer evening in 1970, 15-year-old Soraya O’Connell set out for what should have been a typical night at a youth center in London, Ontario. By the time her mother arrived to pick her up at 10 p.m., Soraya was already gone. What followed was a desperate search that stretched on for ye...

Lost in the Eternal City: The Disappearance of Mirella Gregori In the heart of Rome, a seemingly ordinary May afternoon in 1983 turned into a decades-long nightmare. Fifteen-year-old Mirella Gregori, vibrant and full of life, stepped out of her home after receiving a mysterious phone call. Promising to return in ten minutes, she vanished without a trace. Just forty days later, another disappearanc...

The Mystery of the Maple Leaf MatchbookA Mick & Mack Mystery Toronto, 1952. A city of snow-dusted streets, neon lights, and secrets that lurk in the shadows. When a body is found behind Honest Ed’s, it seems like an open-and-shut case. But for Detective Mick McCathie and his wisecracking partner, Mack MacNeely, the devil is in the details—and this crime scene is downright bizarre. A murder wea...

The Co-Ed Killer: Terror in Southeastern Michigan - Part 1 Southeastern Michigan, late 1960s—a quiet college region gripped by an unimaginable terror. Seven young women, aged 13 to 21, vanished, only to be found brutally murdered. Stabbings, strangulation, post-mortem mutilation—each victim’s fate more horrifying than the last. The press dubbed him the Ypsilanti Ripper, the Michigan Murderer, and...

A Murder, a Mystery, and a City in Fear: Jackie English "She was a hero to her family, a 15-year-old juggling two jobs to make ends meet. Three months after buying her younger brother a graduation outfit, that same suit was worn to her funeral." In October 1969, Jackie English, a determined teenager from London, Ontario, vanished into the night after her shift at the Metropolitan Store’s diner. Fi...

Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast  
Coming This Sunday, January 19 A Murder, a Mystery, and a City in Fear: Jackie English (Trailer) On a chilly October evening in 1969, 15-year-old Jackie English vanished after her shift at the diner in Metropolitan Store at the Treasure Island Plaza in London, Ontario. Witnesses saw her step into a car on the Wellington Road Bridge, but Jackie wou...

Emanuela Orlandi: Secrets, Silence, and the Vatican’s Shadow (Part 3) Step into the shadowy corridors of power, where ancient walls guard modern mysteries. In this electrifying conclusion to our three-part series, Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast explores the most elusive questions surrounding the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi—a case that has haunted the Vatican and captivated...

Shadows Over Toronto – Part 2: A Mick & Mack Mystery Previously on Shadows Over Toronto: In the heart of 1946 Toronto, a desperate Soviet defector staggered into Mick and Mack’s precinct with a briefcase full of secrets—blueprints, names, and maps exposing a spy network operating in the city. Before he could tell all, he vanished, leaving the detectives with more questions than answers. From t...

David Bodemer: The Murder of Georgia Jackson and Unsolved ConnectionsA Small Town, A Brutal Crime, and a Killer Who Might Not Have Stopped February 18th, 1966. Georgia Jackson, a kind-hearted 20-year-old, vanishes on her way home from work in the quiet town of Aylmer, Ontario. Less than a month later, her body is discovered in a remote woodlot, sexually assaulted, mutilated, and discarded like an...

A Life Interrupted: The Bright Promise and Tragic Mystery of Lynda White London, Ontario, 1968: Lynda White was a vibrant 19-year-old university student, brimming with promise. A gifted pianist and passionate scholar, Lynda dreamed of a future shaped by her love of literature, music, and creativity. But on a crisp November afternoon, after finishing a French exam at Western University, Lynda vanis...

A Life Interrupted: The Bright Promise and Tragic Mystery of Lynda White Coming this Sunday, January 12, on Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast Are you ready to step into the shadows of Ontario's darkest mysteries? This week, we uncover the chilling and heartbreaking story of Lynda White—a vibrant 19-year-old university student with dreams of a bright future, tragically interrupted. O...

Shadows of the Vatican: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi – Secrets, Scandals, and Conspiracies (Part 2) In this captivating episode of Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast, we delve into one of the most perplexing and controversial mysteries in modern history—the disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi. From her last known moments on a bustling Roman street in 1983 to the dark alleys of...

Shadows Over Toronto - A Mick & Mack MysterySecrets in the Shadows… Danger in the Light Toronto, 1946. In the midst of a frigid January night, a desperate man bursts into the precinct, clutching a battered briefcase and claiming to hold proof of a Soviet spy ring entrenched in the city. Before detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely can piece together the cryptic documents, the informant va...

Justice Unveiled: The Final Chapter in the Fabio Sementilli Murder Case Part 3 of 3 Betrayal. Greed. Murder. The shocking murder of Fabio Sementilli has captivated and horrified audiences worldwide. In the explosive conclusion of this three-part series, we uncover the courtroom drama, the revelations of a jailhouse affair, and the arrest of a critical accomplice that deepened the conspiracy. In Pa...

The Unsolved Murder of Jacqueline Dunleavy: A Cold Case That Haunts London, Ontario London, Ontario, January 9, 1968. A quiet winter night turns into a haunting mystery that still chills the bones of an entire community. Jacqueline Dunleavy, a bright and ambitious 16-year-old with dreams of attending university, steps out of her part-time job and into the cold, dark evening. She never makes it hom...

A Cold Night in London - Jacqueline Dunleavy (Trailer) Coming This Sunday, January 5th Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast presents a chilling episode that takes you back to a frigid winter night in 1968. She was a bright, ambitious 16-year-old… working hard, dreaming big, and walking home on a cold January evening. But Jacqueline Dunleavy never made it to her front door. Found lifeles...

The Vatican's Lost Daughter: The Enduring Mystery of Emanuela Orlandi - Part 1 In the heart of Rome, where secrets whisper from ancient stones, 15-year-old Emanuela Orlandi vanished into the night. A daughter of Vatican privilege, her disappearance on June 22, 1983, spiraled into an international enigma. The Vanishing: Emanuela steps out from her music lesson, her last moments marked by a suspicio...