True North True Crime

Meghan Hester is described as the free spirit of her family. She had interests in the arts and working to help others.  She moved to the big city of Toronto in the spring of 2014 but died suddenly just a few months later.  In this episode, we speak to Meghan’s mother, Jennifer, about her daughter’s life and the investigation into her death.  -- Music Composed by: Sayer Roberts - htt...

On May 27th, 2011, 20-year-old Madison Scott attended a party at a campground south of Vanderhoof BC. Madison was expected to return home the next day but she did not. For over a decade her case has been covered in the media but answers have not come. An ongoing investigation has ruled that foul play is involved. There is a $100 000 reward for information leading to the arrest...

On November 16th, 1979, the body of Irene Pearson was found in the basement of a display home in Winnipeg Manitoba.  The 31-year-old realtor had been brutally beaten and stabbed.  For over 40 years the person who committed this crime has evaded prosecution.  In the summer of 2020 retired WPS Officer Andrew Mikolajewski made contact with a man who was interviewed in connection with t...

Elnaz Hajtamiri, a 38-year-old woman, was abducted from a Wasaga Beach home on January 12, 2022.  At around 8:30 pm, 3 men dressed as police officers, forced their way into the home and dragged Elnaz into a waiting car.  She has not been seen or heard from since.  In this incredibly urgent episode, we speak with a family spokesperson and Attorney Devin Bains about the investigation...

On March 4th 2011, a 20-year-old man went out for a night on the town in North Bay Ontario with his friends. A series of events led to him being separated from his friend group, and tragically he has never been seen or heard from since. Join your hosts as we tell the story of the disappearance of Luke Joly-Durocher. Join the Missing Luke Joly Durocher Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/groups...

Cameron Collin was a 37-year-old engineer working in the energy sector. His work took him all over North America and he made friends wherever he went.  As a kid growing up in Alberta he was a natural leader and talented athlete.   In October of 2018, Cameron traveled to Billings, Montana to attend a friend’s wedding. At some point during the bachelor party, he allegedly disappeared....

On January 22, 2016, a tragedy hit the remote community of La Loche, Saskatchewan.  A 17-year-old shooter roamed the hallways of his high school for motives still not known. The impacts of this senseless crime not only devasted a small community but were felt across Canada and around the world. Using recently released court documents, join TNTC as we chronicle the timeline of that fatefu...

Jennifer Hillier-Penney, a 38-year-old mother of two, has been missing since November 30th, 2016.  Jennifer was last known to be at the home of her estranged husband in the town of St Anthony, NL.  Jennifer’s disappearance is considered suspicious. A publication ban regarding details of the investigation was put in place by the courts.  With the passing of 5 years since Jennifer wen...

In the town of Truro, Nova Scotia, a drama has been playing out in public, online, and in the civil court system.  Lost in all of the drama is a missing child.  Dylan Ehler, a 3-year-old boy, went missing near a rushing brook on May 6th, 2020.  While police believe that the toddler was swept away in the brook, his parents disagree.  In this episode, we lay out details of the se...

On July 23rd, 2017, Kristy Manzanares and her family boarded the Emerald Princess for a 7-night cruise through Alaska.  On the 3rd night of her cruise, the 39-year-old, Utah woman was found murdered in her cabin.  The main suspect was her husband and the father of her three children, Kenneth Manzanares.  In recent years more information has come out through the trial about the...

In yet another Canadian true-crime podcast eclipse, we sit down with Jordan Bonaparte of the Nighttime Podcast to have a discussion about the unsolved murder of 11-year-old Geraldine Settee. The murder of Geraldine Settee is one of the oldest unsolved MMIWG cases in modern Canadian history.  On January 1, 1970, Geraldine, an 11-year-old girl of Métis heritage, was murdered while she walked to...

The murder of Geraldine Settee is one of the oldest unsolved MMIWG cases in modern Canadian history.  On January 1, 1970, Geraldine, an 11-year-old girl of Métis heritage, was murdered while she walked to the store to buy candy in a Winnipeg suburb. Although an arrest was made, the suspect was released.  For over half of a century, The Settee Family has been left without answers.  W...

An infamous stretch of road in northern British Columbia has become known as “The Highway of Tears” For decades people have gone missing or been murdered along the remote highway.  The victims are primarily indigenous women and girls.  But in 1989 an entire family went missing.  Ronald Jack, his partner Doreen and their 2 children Ryan and Russel were last seen in the city of Prince...

Amherst, Nova Scotia was home to a haunting that has still not been completely explained to this day. Esther Cox began experiencing unexplained phenomena in late August 1878 after being assaulted by a local man named Bob MacNeil.  Bob fled the village after the attack however the manifestations of a poltergeist haunted Esther Cox for more than a year. For much of this time, Esther lived...

Amanda Zhao was the pride and joy of her family. Her dream to be educated in Canada was a symbol of a better future for her and her parents.  Sadly that dream came to an end when the 20 year old woman’s body was found on October 20, 2002. She had been murdered by her boyfriend Ang Li.  Following her death, her family found themselves caught in a kind of purgatory between two posturing go...

Justin Evans was reported missing on December 14, 2020.  The 22-year-old man was allegedly last seen at his home on December 12th in Gravenhurst, Ontario.  Tragically, in May 2021, Justin’s remains were found just 300 meters from where he was last seen.  To this day, the medical examiner’s report is at odds with the police theory of the case.  In this episode, we speak with Jus...

On the evening of November 12, 2014, 74-year-old Lise Fredette was brutally murdered in the driveway of her Peterborough, Ontario home.  Andrew Watson, a 79-year-old man, was convicted of her murder. To this day, he refuses to reveal where her body is.  Most people will never know the horror of losing a loved one to murder. In this episode, we interview Stephane Leclerc, Lise’s son. In a...

UPDATE: Teagan Coutts was returned to her father on December 23rd 2021 and is no longer missing. -- On July 8th, 2021, a 7-year-old Calgary child named Teaghan Coutts, was witnessed boarding a plane from Vancouver to Turkey with her abductors by her side. Her abductors, Louanne Bass-Hassan and Mostafa Mohammed Hassan are known to the little girl. They are her maternal grandparents. Using forged do...

Thanks to the Laura Palmer podcast Island Crime: “Where is Lisa” the disappearance of Lisa Marie Young is one of the most talked-about missing persons cases in Canada. On the Canada Day weekend in 2002, Lisa Marie Young, a 21-year-old First Nations woman, went out to a Nanaimo nightclub to celebrate a friend’s birthday. While outside of the club Lisa and her friends met a man in a red Jaguar. He o...

Do you have any information about the disappearance of Cory Westcott? Cory Westcott of Nelson, BC has been missing since August 31, 2020.  His mother, Dee, is desperately trying to bring him home.  Cory moved to Nelson from Vancouver in the summer of 2019 He went to visit a friend in the Bonnington area on August 31st, 2020. He has not been seen since.  Police found his tr...

On the evening of August 15, 2015, Taylor Samson was murdered in cold blood in a Halifax apartment building. Taylor, a 22-year-old university student, and tutor was the victim of a planned murder and robbery. The man accused of Taylor’s murder, a med student named William Sandeson, was convicted of the murder and sentenced to life in prison. However, William Sandeson has recently won a controversi...

In what is being dubbed a Canadian True Crime Podcast Eclipse, both True North True Crime, and Nighttime Podcast covered the unsolved murder of Tanner Krupa in the same week.  Both podcasts wanted to use this as an opportunity to raise more awareness to Tanner’s story.  We did what we do best.. we made a podcast about it.  Join us and Jordan from Nighttime for this bonus episode&nbs...

Tanner Krupa’s murder remains unsolved. Can you help? In the early morning hours of Sunday, August 20th, 2017 the body of a young man was found in a laneway in Surrey, British Columbia. The local RCMP, who are used to escalating gang violence in the area, were immediately perplexed as to the ID of the 19-year-old. He was not known to the police. He was not even from British Columbia. 1100kms away...

On May 27, 2021, Canadians collectively sat back in horror at the discovery of the bodies of 215 Indigenous children. Their remains were found in an unmarked burial site on the grounds of a now-closed residential school in Kamloops British Columbia.  As we live in the dark shadow of this news, a 16-year-old First Nations boy has been missing for 3 years.   The young teen was release...

Since Saturday, January 30th, 2021, Shaelene Bell, a young mother of two from Chilliwack, British Columbia has been missing. Around 8:30 pm that night, she hopped into her brand new SUV to go for an evening drive. Her boyfriend opted to stay home to tuck the kids into bed. Shaelene did not return home. Her car was later discovered, abandoned on a rural road just minutes from her hom...