Northern Crimes

King County Killers examines a century of violence in and around Seattle, tracing how some of the region’s most notorious crimes unfolded across city streets, highways, and forested backroads. From early murders driven by greed to serial predators who hid behind charm, routine, or family ties, each case reveals a different face of calculated brutality.

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In December 1985, Ed and Minnie Maurin—an elderly couple who ran a small Christmas tree farm in rural Lewis County, Washington—were taken from their home and murdered along a remote logging road. The crime stunned the community, then slowly slipped into silence as leads faded and the case went cold.

This episode examines what happened, why the investigation stalled, and how years later, fresh eyes and long-buried testimony finally b...

In the winter of 1974-75, three women from Vancouver’s nightclub scene were murdered. Linked by routine, geography, and the shadow of organized crime, their cases remain unsolved nearly 50 years later.

This episode revisits the world they moved through - where powerful clubs, criminal networks, and a police crackdown collided - with lasting consequences and no clear answers.

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This episode of Northern Crimes explores six unsolved cases from Jackson County, Oregon — disappearances and deaths that unfolded along the Rogue Valley’s highways, forests, and riverbanks. Each story raises its own unanswered questions, revealing a region where investigations often stalled and the truth slipped out of reach. Decades later, the mysteries remain, and the families left behind are still waiting for answers.

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A prominent businessman is found murdered in his downtown office—bludgeoned in a brutal, personal attack. The victim comes from one of Canada’s most powerful families, and suspicion quickly turns to someone within that legacy.

What follows is a years-long legal saga marked by police missteps, shifting narratives, and a courtroom battle that would divide a province.

This is the story of a murder that shook a dynasty—and the mystery th...

This episode of Northern Crimes examines five unresolved cases that continue to trouble investigators across Canada. From the long-delayed discovery of Kimberley Lockyer and Dale Worthman in Newfoundland, to the disputed tale of the vanished Lake Anjikuni village, we trace how facts, folklore, and failure intersect. We follow the unexplained final journey of Blair Adams from British Columbia to Tennessee, the killing of Krystal Sen...

This episode follows the extraordinary and unsettling life of Paul Stavenjord, who first made headlines in 1971 after fleeing into the mountains of Seward following Alaska’s largest bank robbery. For more than two decades, Stavenjord appeared to rebuild his life, working on the railroad, raising a family, and carving out a quiet existence in the Alaskan frontier. But in 1997, he vanished once again—this time after the murders of hi...

This episode of Northern Crimes explores five harrowing true crime stories from the Pacific Northwest — cases that reveal how jealousy, obsession, and vengeance can erupt into shocking violence. From the murder of 18-year-old Rachel Burkheimer in Washington, to the calculated brutality of Douglas Garland in Alberta, and the haunting disappearance of Jermain Charlo in Montana, each story exposes a different face of evil. Also featur...

This episode examines three unsolved cases from the Pacific Northwest—a missing actor from Bremerton, a vanished college student in the North Cascades, and the unsolved murder of an orchardist in Hood River. Each investigation reveals how evidence can fade, leads can stall, and uncertainty can endure even in communities defined by quiet landscapes.

This story was originally released on the Northern Crimes YT Channel on Jun 23, 2024

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From vanished planes to children who disappeared without a trace, Strange Unsolved Cases from Alaska explores five of the most baffling and chilling mysteries to emerge from the Last Frontier. In a state defined by rugged terrain, brutal winters, and vast isolation, these cases remain frozen in time—unsolved, unexplained, and unforgettable.

This episode of Northern Crimes investigates a military aircraft that vanished with 44 people...

From Ontario farm roads and psychiatric hospital grounds to B.C. taxi stands, Alberta fire lookouts, Quebec’s biker underworld, and a Toronto traveler lost in the Caribbean, this episode traces seven Canadian disappearances—teen friends, a cabbie, a patient on a one-hour walk, two pregnant classmates, a First Nations woman, a Hells Angel kingpin, and a vacationer—connecting thin timelines, fragile leads, and families still waiting ...

Five experienced outdoors lovers step into the Northwest’s backcountry and vanish: a young photographer at snow-buried Crater Lake, a veteran Alberta fire lookout who misses a routine check-in, a Montana hiker who disappears between switchbacks, an elk hunter lost amid the Crazy Mountains, and an Idaho camp cook whose loyal dog returns without her. 5 Strange Missing Persons Cases from the Northwest traces each disappearance with sc...

In 1990, Twin Peaks turned Snoqualmie Valley into a backdrop for surreal murder mystery. But the real valley’s history—tragic accidents, brutal killings, and haunting discoveries—proved darker than anything David Lynch imagined. The Real Twin Peaks unravels how beauty, tragedy, and small-town secrets collided in Washington’s shadowed forests.

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From a family discovered beneath a garage floor in 1959 Stettler to the 2005 Mayerthorpe ambush of four RCMP officers, from an Edmonton filmmaker who turned a scripted “kill room” into real murder to a highway execution near Claresholm in 2011—this episode traces four Alberta cases that shattered the province’s sense of safety. Drawing on records, trial testimony, and survivor accounts, Northern Crimes examines how violence emerged...

In November 1985, 67-year-old Dexter Stefonek set out on a cross-country drive from Oregon back to his home in Wisconsin. But along Interstate 94 in eastern Montana, his journey ended in tragedy. His Plymouth Horizon was found engulfed in flames at the Bad Route Rest Area, and months later, his body turned up in a remote landfill—shot, beaten, and discarded. Who killed Dexter Stefonek, and why? From strange graffiti in a rest stop ...

From a vanished pizza delivery driver in Salem to the mysterious disappearance of an entire Portland family in the Columbia River Gorge, to the eerie “Frog Boy” case and the Forest Grove Sounds, Oregon’s history is filled with stories that blur the line between legend and reality. In this episode of Northern Crimes, we unravel six of the state’s most haunting unsolved mysteries—cases of vanished lives, unexplained deaths, and stran...

In the 1990s, a chilling series of disappearances in Saskatoon revealed the presence of a hidden predator targeting Indigenous women. When the remains of three missing women were discovered in the woods, investigators uncovered the horrifying crimes of serial killer John Martin Crawford—whose prior conviction and known violence had somehow gone unchecked. This episode explores the systemic failures, ignored warnings, and devastatin...

Spanning five decades and six provinces, this episode of Northern Crimes investigates some of Canada’s most haunting unsolved cases—from a real estate agent lured to her death, to Indigenous women failed by the system, to a professional wrestler executed in his home. These stories reveal the hidden dangers of remote terrain, systemic indifference, and killers who remain at large. In the silence left behind, families still search fo...

In the summer of 2012, 43-year-old Valerie Sifsof vanished from Granite Creek Campground in Alaska, triggering an urgent search through some of the state’s most unforgiving terrain. Despite recovered clothing and extensive efforts by family and authorities, no trace of Valerie was ever found. This episode retraces the events of that weekend, explores the evidence, and asks the haunting question: what really happened after Valerie w...