Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast
Explore the unsolved mysteries of Ontario, Canada with our captivating true crime podcast, Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast. Join our team of dedicated detectives from Nicoll Investigations as they investigate cold cases, homicides, missing persons, and other crimes, all across Canada. Delve into forgotten crimes and help us remember the victims and bring justice and hopefully peace, to the families. Tune in to our engaging exploration of unsolved mysteries today and discover the chilling stories that deserve to be remembered!
Episodes
Deep in the misty reaches of Algonquin Park, a local artist is found dead in Canoe Lake—eerily echoing the fate of famed painter Tom Thomson in 1917. Officially, it’s a tragic accident. Unofficially? The lake remembers.
Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are sent north to investigate—but as they delve into the mystery, they uncover more than just a death. A haunted canvas. Whi...
Angelien Quesnelle was murdered in 1991 and, for 34 years, her family has lived without answers. OPP investigators have never stopped searching for her killer, relentless in their pursuit of the truth. On Monday, the OPP announced that they had arrested and charged suspected serial killer, David Snow in the long-unsolved cold case murder in the Bancroft area.
Because every case deser...
Scolding, posturing has not solved one MMIWG cold case
We all remember the scoldings.
Daily, we were told that the crisis of Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) was our fault. In some ways, it was true, but in most ways, it wasn’t.
So we launched a commission that cost a zillion dollars and had a pre-determined outcome.
Reality, however, scorched the commission’s narrative and that of ...
On a crisp autumn morning in October 1997, 18-year-old Jami Furnandiz dropped off her toddler son, Stefan, at a daycare in Port Perry, Ontario—and vanished without a trace. A devoted young mother with her son’s name tattooed on her ankle, Jami was balancing high school and parenthood when she disappeared, leaving behind a shattered family and a small town gripped by unease. Nearly three decades l...
In the summer of 1991, 19-year-old Glenda Morrisseau—a vibrant Indigenous woman from Sagkeeng First Nation—vanished from a Winnipeg street after a night with family. Three weeks later, her body was found in a desolate St. Boniface scrapyard, brutally beaten and bound. Thirty-four years on, her killer remains at large.
In this gripping true crime narrative, Jay Nicoll, host of O...
When celebrated geologist Dr. Clifford Baines is found dead at the base of the Scarborough Bluffs, the fall seems tragic—but accidental. That is, until Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely uncover missing notes, a bitter land dispute, and a legend buried deep beneath the cliffside soil.
As developers clash with environmentalis...
Uncover the chilling truth behind one of America's most infamous serial killers. Billy the Axeman's brutal crimes left a trail of terror across the Midwest and beyond, with families being brutally murdered in their homes. Join Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations as he delves into the facts, theories, and investigations surrounding this cold case. From the gruesome crim...
Genetic genealogy is a powerful tool that blends DNA testing with traditional genealogical research to uncover family history, identify biological relationships, and trace ancestral origins. It has transformed how we explore our roots, solve mysteries, and even crack cold criminal cases, as seen in the Christine Jessop case featured in Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast. Below, I’ll explore what gene...
In the quiet rural haven of Lynden, Ontario, a chilling crime shattered the peace on December 30, 2010. Audrey Gleave—a brilliant, quirky 73-year-old retired science teacher—was found brutally stabbed to death in her own garage. No forced entry. Nothing stolen. Her loyal German Shepherds locked away, unable to protect her. The scene screamed calculation, rage, and a kil...
This Sunday, June 15, on Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast... prepare to step into a mystery that’s haunted a small town for over a decade.
Lynden, Ontario—a quiet rural community where violence feels like a distant rumor. But on December 30, 2010, that peace was shattered. Audrey Gleave, a 73-year-old retired science teacher, was found brutally stabbed i...
On a cold November morning in 1966, a soldier stumbled upon a scene of unimaginable horror in the depths of Hodgemoor Wood, Buckinghamshire. In a secluded clearing, nearly a mile from an abandoned car, lay the brutalized body of Dr. Helen Davidson—a beloved physician whose face had been disfigured, her eyes forced back into their sockets. Beside her, in a heartrending act...
She thought she was going to a school exam.
She never came home.
Toronto, 1952. When sixteen-year-old Julie Wozniak vanishes after receiving a call from a man claiming to be a doctor with the Board of Education, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are drawn into the most chilling case of their careers.
The caller knew Julie’s n...
A nine-year-old girl vanishes from her quiet Ontario town, her dreams snuffed out in a brutal crime that shatters a community. A neighbor is accused, convicted, and condemned—but what if the real killer is still out there?
In this gripping episode of Ontario Cold Cases –...
Hello, I’m Jay Nicoll Investigations and this is an Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, special edition and an update on the murder of Ashley Lafrance from an article by Brad Hunter in the Toronto Sun.
A Kirkland Lake mom whose daughter was brutally slain doesn’t believe justice has been served.
Not by a long shot.
The last of a trio of a...
A quiet Christmas season in Moffat, Ontario, shattered by a single, sinister act. On December 12, 1996, Wayne Greavette, a devoted father and lighting salesman, opened a package disguised as a holiday gift. Inside, a flashlight—rigged with a deadly pipe bomb—detonated, tearing through his rural home and his family’s lives. Nearly three decades later, the question lingers: W...
December 12, 1996. A quiet farmhouse in Moffat, Ontario, just south of Guelph. The Greavette family is ready for Christmas, but a package arrives, wrapped like a gift, hiding a deadly secret.
Wayne Greavette, a loving father, flips the switch on a flashlight inside.
A pipe bomb tears through their home, killing Wayne instantly in front of his wife and kids. Ne...
On a crisp January morning in 2023, Nicola Bulley, a 45-year-old mother, vanished during her daily walk along the River Wyre. What followed was a gripping saga of search and speculation, as police, drones, and divers scoured the area, and the media churned out over 6,500 articles in a single day. But beneath the headlines lay a family's anguish, compounded by invasive scruti...
She vanished from a seaside resort in Portugal nearly two decades ago. Now, a new tip has reignited one of the most haunting missing persons cases of our time.
Join Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations in this urgent special edition episode of Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast, as...
She vanished without a sound. She was found where the water runs quiet.
Years before Lily Moore was murdered, another girl was taken—Emily Travers, age eight, gone without a trace from the streets of Cabbagetown. Her body turned up weeks later in the icy Rouge River, scarf knotted tight, shoes missing, innocence stolen.
The case was forgotten. Until now.
When a tip from private eye J...
On October 3, 1984, the quiet rural town of Queensville, Ontario, was forever changed when nine-year-old Christine Jessop vanished without a trace. What began as a crisp autumn day filled with the promise of a new recorder from music class spiraled into one of Canada’s most haunting mysteries—a decades-...
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