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
THE GIRL IN THE BOILER ROOM: Andrea Atkinson and a Toronto Nightmare
Toronto, October 1990. Six-year-old Andrea Atkinson vanished from the high-rise she called home. The sudden disappearance of an innocent child launched a frantic, city-wide search that consumed a community and broke a family.
Ten agonizing days later, the worst was confirmed. Andrea’s tiny body was found hidden in the boiler room—a maintenance spa...
The Murder of Donna Oglive – A Cold Case Breakthrough
A Cold Case Cracked. A Killer Caught. The Truth Unearthed.
In the gritty streets of 1998 Toronto, 24-year-old Donna Oglive—a sharp, street-smart mother pregnant with her second child—was found strangled in a desolate parking lot, her body chillingly posed. Her murder joined a string of unsolved killings haunting the city’s sex trade workers, each case a whis...
The Cannington Cover-Up: The Unsolved Shearer Family Murders
In the dead of night, fire devoured a farmhouse on Cameron Street, exposing the brutal, close-range murders of father and son, Don and Andrew Shearer. The fire was a smokescreen for a personal hit in the heart of Brock Township. This unsolved case, tied to a pattern of fire-cover homicides across Ontario, has stumped police for over a decade. In a town this ...
The Cannington Cover-Up: The Unsolved Shearer Family Murders
In the dead of night, flames devoured a quiet farmhouse—and a family's secrets.
August 4, 2007. Cannington, Ontario—a sleepy rural haven where neighbors wave from unlocked porches—awakens to inferno. Firefighters battle the blaze on Cameron Street, only to unearth a nightmare: beloved teacher Don Shearer and his 16-year-old son Andrew, bludgeoned to dea...
The Cannington Cover-Up: The Unsolved Shearer Family Murders
In the dead of night, flames devoured a quiet farmhouse—and a family's secrets.
August 4, 2007. Cannington sleeps—until flames awaken a nightmare. Teacher Don Shearer, 16-year-old Andrew: Bludgeoned. Their home? Set ablaze to bury the brutality. Survivor son Charles escapes the inferno, but not the questions. Who in this trusting town turned family to ash...
The Kansas City Alias: The Mystery of Room 1046 and Artemus Ogletree
Part 2: Secrets from the Police File
The body was identified. The killer was not.
Welcome back to Ontario Cold Cases. I’m your host, Jay Nicoll, and in this highly anticipated Part 2, we peel back the layers on the infamous 1935 murder of Artemus Ogletree, found tortured and dying in Kansas City’s Room 1046.
In Part 1, you learned about the fake nam...
The Kansas City Alias: The Mystery of Room 1046 and Artemus Ogletree
In January 1935, a man signed into Kansas City's Hotel President as "Roland T. Owen." Two days later, he was found tortured and murdered in Room 1046, tightly bound and near death.
His final word? "Nobody."
The baffling scene was wiped clean, but the killer left bizarre clues: a hairpin, acid, and a note to "Don." Who was the victim, Artemus Ogletree, ...
The Kansas City Alias: The Mystery of Room 1046 and Artemus Ogletree
The Hotel President, Kansas City, 1935. A "wide-open" city where secrets were deadly.
A young man checks into Room 1046 under the name "Roland T. Owen." He has no luggage, asks for an interior room for maximum secrecy, and spends his time in the suffocating dark.
For two days, hotel staff witness a parade of bizarre activity: hushed phone calls to a ma...
The Fortune Teller’s Game (Short)
Toronto, late 1940s. A tea shop, a silk shawl, and a matriarch named Milly Fortunato. She predicts a death before midnight — and it happens. Then another prophecy comes true. Mick & Mack dig behind the velvet curtain: teapots hiding betting slips, cookbooks hiding ledgers, rivals circling like wolves. And when Milly predicts her own death, the lights go out. In the dark, ...
The Kansas City Alias: The Mystery of Room 1046 and Artemus Ogletree (Trailer)
In January 1935, a man named 'Roland T. Owen' checked into this Kansas City hotel...
...He asked for a room with maximum discretion, never unpacked, and only communicated with one person: "Don."
Days later, he was found bound, stabbed, and brutally tortured. When asked who did this, he whispered: "Nobody."
A hidden life. A missing killer. This...
The Fortune Teller’s Game
When the tea leaves spell murder, who do you trust—fate, or the Fortunatos?
A Mick & Mack Mystery
Toronto’s Little Italy has a queen, and her throne is a lace-covered table in a bustling tea shop. Milly Fortunato is loud, loving, and terrifying when crossed—matriarch, fortune-teller, and underworld player who’s been running numbers longer than Manny “The Hat” Kaufmann’s been...
The Fortune Teller’s Game (Trailer)
Toronto, late 1940s. A tea shop, a silk shawl, and a matriarch named Milly Fortunato. She predicts a death before midnight — and it happens. Then another prophecy comes true. Mick & Mack dig behind the velvet curtain: teapots hiding betting slips, cookbooks hiding ledgers, rivals circling like wolves. And when Milly predicts her own death, the lights go out. In the dark...
‚öæ Vanished at Niagara Falls: The Strange Death of Big Ed Delahanty ‚öæ
He was one of baseball’s first true superstars — a powerhouse slugger whose elegant swing and towering presence made him a legend of the 19th century. But in the summer of 1903, Ed “Big Ed” Delahanty stepped off a train near Niagara Falls… and into one of the most enduring mysteries in sports history.
Days later, his body was found batte...
The Tragic Case of Susan Siegel and a Potential Serial Killer
A City Stalked by Shadows. A Killer Still at Large.
In the gritty underbelly of 1980s Toronto, a predator hunted the vulnerable. Susan Siegel, a 20-year-old sex trade worker, vanished into the night of December 16, 1984, only to be found strangled and abandoned by desolate railroad tracks. Her murder, chillingly similar to four others, remains unsolved—hau...
‚öæ Vanished at Niagara Falls: The Strange Death of Big Ed Delahanty ‚öæ
He was one of baseball’s first great sluggers — a towering figure who hit for power and average, adored by fans and feared by pitchers. But in July of 1903, Ed “Big Ed” Delahanty stepped off a train near Niagara Falls… and vanished into the night.
Days later, his body was found battered beneath Horseshoe Falls, stripped of his valuables ...
Unveiling the Mystery of Benita Tarantino’s Murder
A City Stalked by Shadows. A Killer Still at Large.
In the neon-lit streets of 1980s Toronto, a predator hunted the vulnerable, leaving a trail of unsolved murders that haunt the city to this day. Among them: 17-year-old Benita Tarantino, a troubled teen who vanished one night in 1985, just days after her engagement. Her body, found weeks later in a chilling tableau‚...
Thornhill’s Dark Secret: Who Killed Tracy Kundinger?
From Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, a chilling journey into the unsolved murder of 18-year-old Tracy Kundinger in 1970s Thornhill, Ontario. Strangled in a park just steps from home, her death points to a jealous ex, serial rapists, or a shadowy bus passenger. Secrets, alibis, and a family’s enduring grief haunt this case. Because every case ...
Keswick Man Convicted in 2000 Belleville Sexual Assault After 25 Years
A Predator’s Past Unearthed. A Survivor’s Justice Won.
For 25 years, a brutal crime haunted Belleville. A woman, attacked in the shadows of a bustling festival, endured a nightmare at the hands of a predator in a hotel change room. Beaten, assaulted, and robbed of her peace, she lived trapped in fear—her assailant a ghost, untouchable. Until n...
Man Sentenced to 13 Years for Brutal Kidnapping and Torture in $1M Bitcoin Plot
In the high-stakes world of cryptocurrency, a brutal crime is about to unfold.
A woman with a secret, a fortune in Bitcoin, and a target on her back.
When she's ambushed in broad daylight, her life becomes a living nightmare. Thrown into a van, she's subjected to a terrifying game of cat and mouse, held captive by a group of ruthless men dem...
The Brutal Slaying of Harold and Florence Fagan
A Cold Case That Still Grips Toronto
A Deadly Silence on Dewbourne Avenue
On a cold March morning in 1978, Toronto’s North York was shattered by a brutal double murder. Harold and Florence Fagan, a beloved couple in their sixties, were gunned down in their home—Harold shot in the chest and head, Florence executed with a single bullet to the head. Their chauffeur discov...
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