Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast

Murder at Ashton Manor  Hello, I’m Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations and this is an Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast fictional episode of Whodunnit Wednesday’s. Go back to the Golden Era of detective fiction and enjoy stories in the tradition of the greats of writing. From Agatha Christie to Raymond Chandler to John Creasey, these are short stories I hope you enjoy. Prologue It w...

Halloween Horror: Investigating the 2004 Napa Valley MurdersOn Halloween night 2004, two roommates were brutally murdered in their Napa Valley, California home.  Welcome to Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, where we dive into the most chilling, mysterious, and unsolved stories from across the world. I’m your host, Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations, and today, we’re heading to the...

Husband gunned down in his home 13 years after wife disappears First a wife vanishes, and now her husband is shot to death in a strange home invasion. It’s a bizarre and disturbing series of events suffered by a couple who came to Canada from China for a better life, but found tragedy. Wei Ruo Zhao’s murder is the second mysterious “who dunnit” case for this Mississauga family in 13 years. First a...

The Stabbing of Michael Kent: A Small Town's NightmareOntario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, new episode available now. On this episode we will be exploring a heartbreaking case from the small town of Elmvale, Ontario. This story takes us back to February 11, 1966, when the brutal murder of six-year-old Michael Kent sent shockwaves through his town—and remains unsolved to this day. This...

The Stabbing of Michael Kent: A Small Town's Nightmare 
Hello, I’m Jay Nicoll from Nicoll Investigations and I’m here to tell you about the next episode of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, coming this Sunday, October 27th. On this episode we will be exploring a heartbreaking case from the small town of Elmvale, Ontario. This story takes us back to February 11, 1966, when the bruta...

What Happened to 21-Year-Old College Student Chris Jenkins on Halloween Night in 2002?Welcome to Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast: World Cold Case Thursday’s.  On the fateful Halloween night of October 31, 2002 in Minneapolis, Chris Jenkins, a 21-year-old university student was last seen leaving a bar after being kicked out and walking away into the night. Four long months passed b...

The Clockmaker’s Secret Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast fictional episode of Whodunnit Wednesday’s. Go back to the Golden Era of detective fiction and enjoy stories in the tradition of the greats of writing. From Agatha Christie to Raymond Chandler to John Creasey, these are short stories I hope you enjoy. The Clockmaker’s Secret Reginald Coldham was a man of exacting precision, m...

The Mysterious Death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel: Supernatural, Accidental or Murder? Welcome to Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, where we dive into the most chilling, mysterious, and unsolved stories from across the world. I’m your host, Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations, and today we’re exploring one of the most perplexing and haunting cases of the last decade and a half —...

80-Year-Old Beaten to Death in InnerkipOntario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, new episode available now! On September 15, 1988, 80-year-old Thera Dieleman got a ride into town to enjoy a day of shopping in Goderich, Ontario. Afterwards, she was dropped off at home and settled in for a relaxing evening. Thera had been widowed two years prior, so lived alone in her home in Innerkip, Ontar...

Alleged female serial killer to get court-ordered mental fitness assessmentOntario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, special edition. Mental check, like it or not, alleged serial killer, Sabrina Kauldhar, ordered into test. The accused serial killer refused to speak to the psychiatrist in mental health court. So, the judge has now ordered her to be taken on Nov. 20 to the Brief Assessment...

80-Year-Old Beaten to Death in Innerkip Hello, I’m Jay Nicoll from Nicoll Investigations and I’m here to tell you about the next episode of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, coming this Sunday, October 20. On September 15, 1988, 80-year-old Thera Dieleman got a ride into town to enjoy a day of shopping in Goderich, Ontario. Afterwards, she was dropped off at home and settled in for...

Satanic Cults, a Serial Killer and a 1981 Halloween Night Double Slaying On Halloween Night 1981, 39-year-old photographer Ronald Sisman and 20-year-old College Student Elizabeth Platzman were Viciously Murdered in Manhattan. The Crime Remains Unsolved Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast: World Cold Case Thursday The unsolved Halloween night murders of Ronald Sisman and Elizabeth Plat...

The Case of the Crimson EnvelopeOntario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast fictional episode of Whodunnit Wednesday’s. Go back to the Golden Era of detective fiction and enjoy stories in the tradition of the greats of writing. From Agatha Christie to Raymond Chandler to John Creasey, these are short stories I hope you enjoy. It was one of those thick San Francisco nights where the fog hung i...

The Mad Butcher of Kingsbury RunThe Cleveland Torso Murders Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast, Historical True Crime Tuesday’s Today, we’re taking a journey back to the 1930s to explore one of America’s most gruesome and baffling serial killer cases—the Cleveland Torso Murders. Between 1934 and 1939, a sadistic killer terrorized Cleveland, Ohio, brutally mutilating and dismembering...

TWO WOMEN BUTCHERED! TORONTO TERRORIZED Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, available now. In Toronto in the early 1950’s, two sadistic murders of women would shake the city to its core. Yet little would be written, and soon the butchering deaths of two women, Agnes Organ and Gertrude Derkison, would be lost over time and remain unsolved to this day. But was there a very good suspect...

TWO WOMEN BUTCHERED! TORONTO TERRORIZEDOntario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, coming this Sunday, October 13. In Toronto in the early 1950’s, two sadistic murders of women would shake the city to its core. Yet little would be written, and soon the butchering deaths of two women, Agnes Organ and Gertrude Derkison, would be lost over time and remain unsolved to this day. But was there a v...

On Halloween Night 1969, Michigan Teenagers Pamela Hobley and Patricia Spencer Vanished Without A TraceOntario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast: World Cold Case Thursday’s.   On October 31, 1969, Patricia Spencer and Pamela Hobley had plans similar to many teens in the small town of Oscoda, Mich. - attending their high school's homecoming football game, and then going to a Halloween party....

The Corpse in the Cocktail Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast fictional episode of Whodunnit Wednesday’s. Go back to the Golden Era of detective fiction and enjoy stories in the tradition of the greats of writing. From Agatha Christie to Raymond Chandler to John Creasey, these are short stories I hope you enjoy. John J. Malone was nursing a gin and tonic at the Club Royale. He’d bare...

Justice for Mia Zapata: The Murder That Shook SeattleOntario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast, Historical True Crime Tuesday’s Today we’ll be exploring a tragic and senseless murder that rocked the music scene and the city of Seattle in the 1990s: the murder of Mia Zapata. Mia Zapata was the vibrant, passionate lead singer of the punk band The Gits. Known for her powerful voice and electri...

S2-EP40 The Toronto Strangler (Part 2) Just a few short weeks before Hurricane Hazel would devastate Toronto and the surrounding regions in October 1954, the Toronto Strangler began terrifying the citizens of Toronto. Just how many victims were there? When did he begin his killing spree and was he ever caught? The Toronto Strangler Strikes Again On October 20, 1954, Toronto awoke to new headlines...

More victims of accused female serial killer arrested in Toronto, Hamilton, Niagara Falls deaths? Hello, this is Jay Nicoll from Nicoll Investigations and this is an Ontario Cold Cases special edition. The cold-blooded murders stretch from Toronto to Niagara Falls and have all the earmarks of a serial killer. Cops made the shocking announcement Friday afternoon that they had arrested a woman suspe...

The Toronto Strangler (Part 2)Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, coming this Sunday, October 6. Just a few short weeks before Hurricane Hazel would devastate Toronto and the surrounding regions in October 1954, the Toronto Strangler began terrifying the citizens of Toronto. Just how many victims were there? When did he begin his killing spree and was he ever caught? In the first epi...

Vanished: The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann - Part 4The Final Chapter? Christian Brückner and the Search for Answers "Welcome to Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast: World Cold Case Thursday’s.  I'm your host, Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations,and today, we conclude our exploration of the disappearance of Madeleine McCann with the most recent and potentially groundbreaking devel...

Gideon and the Silver SpectreOntario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast fictional episode of Whodunnit Wednesday’s. Go back to the Golden Era of detective fiction and enjoy stories in the tradition of the greats of writing. From Agatha Christie to Raymond Chandler to John Creasey, these are short stories I hope you enjoy. Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard had seen more than his fair s...

THE SKID ROW STABBER STABBING THE HOMELESS Welcome back to Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast, Historical True Crime Tuesday’s, where we dive deep into some of the most notorious, mysterious, and shocking true crime stories.  Eleven men were murdered in eleven separate crimes in the same part of a city under virtually identical circumstances. In most communities, it would be front-pa...