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
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-...
In the peaceful streets of Maple, Vaughan, a dark mystery has lingered for over three decades. On November 7, 1990, Eustace Compass, a 43-year-old accountant, was discovered shot dead in his home. His car was found abandoned, personal items were missing—a robbery, perhaps. But was it that straightforward?
Born in Jamaica, Eustace led a double life: a meticulous account...
In the quiet streets of Maple, Vaughan, a chilling mystery has lingered for over 30 years. A man shot dead in his own home, his killer still walking free. This Sunday, June 1, Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast takes you deep into the shadows of Oakdale Road to unravel the haunting, unsolved murder of Eustace Compass.
November 7, 1990. Police step into a ...
In the heart of London’s summer haze, a brilliant MI6 operative vanished into a mystery that defies logic and haunts the world of espionage. Gareth Williams, a 31-year-old mathematical genius, was found in August 2010—his body impossibly folded inside a padlocked sports bag, sealed within his own locked apartment. No signs of struggle, no fingerprints, no answers. Was it a ...
Toronto, 1948. The city is expanding, the suburbs are booming—and evil is hiding in plain sight.
When twelve-year-old Lillian “Lily” Moore is found strangled in a snowy construction lot, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are called to a scene that feels more deliberate than tragic. No signs of robbery. No sign of panic. Just a red coat, a mi...
In the summer of 1986, the quiet town of Birkenhead, Merseyside, was shattered by the brutal murder of Diane Sindall, a 21-year-old florist with a bright future ahead. Her life was stolen in a violent, frenzied attack—bludgeoned to death and left in an alley—after her van ran out of petrol on a warm August...
Known as the 'chameleon' for her ability to blend into any crowd, Rachel Russell's life was as colorful as it was complicated. But on a cold November day in 2007, her body was discovered near the railway tracks in Cobourg, Ontario—a grim end to a life full of promise. Despite an arrest and countless leads, her killer remains at large, leaving a community haunted by questions and a family...
In the small town of Cobourg, Ontario, a woman known as the 'chameleon'—Rachel Russell—lived a life as bold as it was fragile. Outgoing, adventurous, and fiercely resilient, she lit up every room… until her light was snuffed out near the railway tracks, leaving a mystery that’s haunted her community for years.
On November 12, 2007, a passerby stumbled upon her body—blunt force ...
On a windswept Scottish beach, a young woman’s life ended in a chilling enigma that has gripped hearts and defied answers for nearly two decades. Annie Borjesson, a vibrant 30-year-old Swedish linguist with dreams as vast as her talents, was found face down on Prestwick Beach in December 2005, her belongings eerily staged beside her. Authorities called it suicide ...
Toronto’s most iconic bargain palace. A diamond necklace worth a fortune. And a thief hiding in plain sight.
When a priceless jewel vanishes in the middle of Honest Ed’s biggest blowout sale, Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are thrown into a case where chaos is the camouflage.
Shoppers jostle for toasters, mannequins mingle with suspects, and somewhere between the velvet d...
A shocking breakthrough has reignited the mystery that’s haunted the world for 17 years: the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. In 2007, three-year-old Madeleine vanished from her family’s holiday apartment in Portugal, launching a global search that went cold—until now. German police have uncovered a hard drive at a derelict factory owned by prime suspect Christian Bru...
In the quiet, rain-drenched village of Hopetown, Ontario, a savage double murder shattered the stillness of a September night in 1987. James George Simpson, a meticulous 40-year-old building inspector, and his sister Helen Marguerite Simpson, a gentle 58-year-old mother, were gunned down in their isolated farmhouse on Concession 1 in Dalhousie Township. Marguerite lay lifeless o...
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