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
August 16, 1972. Kleinburg, Ontario. Fourteen-year-old Ingrid Bauer steps out of her family’s home, barefoot, to visit her boyfriend just miles away. She promises to return by 10:30 p.m.—but vanishes without a trace. No wallet, no purse, no clues. In a new episode of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, dive into one of Canada’s most baffling...
It was just days before Christmas, a time of family and celebration. But on December 22, 2011, a mother disappeared without a trace, leaving behind a home with unopened presents and a family consumed by dread.
For over a decade, the case of Cheryl Rowe has remained a chilling holiday mystery. The last person to see her alive was her daughter, Kristina, at a pre-arranged...
He made a phone call to his mother asking for a ride home. He was just a few feet away, but when she arrived, Pierre Mercon had vanished. The only thing left behind was a single piece of his Halloween costume—a camouflage poncho found under a table inside a Richmond Hill sports bar.
It was November 1, 1996, and 21-year-old Pierre disappeared into the night, le...
In the shadowed streets of Barrie, Ontario, a sinister predator stalks the vulnerable, leaving a trail of horror that has earned the name “The Barrie Butcher.” When William “Blake” Robinson and David Cheesequay vanished from a notorious homeless encampment, what began as a missing persons case unraveled into a gruesome nightmare of dismemberment and death. At the heart of it...
It was supposed to be a new beginning. On April 13, 1995, Wendy Renee Smith was heading to her first shift at a new job. She never arrived. Police believe she was murdered, but for nearly 30 years, her case has remained a cold, silent mystery.
A mother of four who had faced a life of struggle, Wendy's disappearance left her family shattered and full of questions....
Six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack Sullivan vanished from their rural home in Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia, on May 2, 2025, leaving behind a trail of questions and a community gripped by fear. Court documents reveal shocking new details in the desperate search for the missing children: a tatt...
She was a 17-year-old girl, an active and busy teenager who loved to babysit and play baseball. But on October 13, 1983, Donna Awcock disappeared, only to be found brutally murdered hours later. Her case went cold, and for four decades, her killer has walked free.
Now, her sister Tammy Dennett is determined to find answers and get justice for Donna. She believes someone knows some...
She was a Welsh nanny with a bright future, an engaged woman living her dream in a new country. But on a quiet night in Toronto, Christine Prince disappeared. Her body was found days later, miles from home, in the murky waters of the Rouge River.
Her murder remains one of Canada's most chilling unsolved cold cases.
For over 40 years, police have followed a trail of clues that lead to dead ends and sh...
In the early hours of September 9, 1989, Valerie Karen Stevens, a 19-year-old mother from Toronto, left her young daughter in the care of a teenage couple and set out to meet friends at the popular Diamond Club in downtown Toronto. Pregnant at the time, Valerie was never seen alive again. Days after she vanished, the teenage couple, who had been watching her daughter ...
The tranquil beauty of West Cork was irrevocably scarred by the brutal murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier. From the initial, challenging investigation to the perplexing emergence of Ian Bailey as the prime suspect, this case has been a relentless pursuit of truth across decades and continents.
In Part 3, ...
At a glittering diplomatic gala in Toronto’s historic King Edward Hotel, a foreign ambassador collapses mid-toast—stabbed with a blade no one saw and hidden beneath a sash meant for ceremony, not secrecy.
Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are plunged into a high-stakes case tangled in Cold War intrigue, where suspects come with diplomatic immun...
In the wild, untamed heart of northern British Columbia, Cody Legebokoff was the all-Canadian boy next door. Raised amid rugged landscapes and tight-knit communities, he was a popular kid who loved hockey, snowboarding, and the outdoors. To friends and family, he was kind-hearted and carefree—a mechanic with a bright future. But behind this charming mask ...
A quiet suburban Christmas shattered. A father gunned down in his own home. And a mystery that has haunted a community for nearly a decade.
On a cold December night in 2015, two frantic 911 calls pierced the peaceful calm of Ancaster, Ontario. Inside, Carman "Bud" Ward, a 60-year-old father with a black belt in jiu-jitsu, was fighting for his life and the lives of his sons, Josh...
It’s just days before Christmas. The quiet, peaceful streets of Ancaster, Ontario. Then, a sudden, brutal home invasion.
Two separate males inside the home were reporting a terrifying home invasion... Their father, Carman Ward, had been shot.
On December 21st, 2015, 60-year-old Carman "Bud" Ward, a man with a black belt in jiu-jitsu, fought to p...
The brutal murder of French filmmaker Sophie Toscan du Plantier shattered the serene beauty of West Cork. As local Gardaí grappled with a compromised crime scene and the quiet community reeled, a new and unsettling figure begins to dominate the investigation.
In Part 2, we delve into the crucial early witness accounts: th...
There are places on the map where the light’s always been more suggestion than promise—windswept shores, lonely harbors, and crumbling towers whose lanterns once guided ships through fog as thick as fate.
And sometimes, when that light goes out, it’s not the bulb that’s broken… it’s the story behind it.
When Toronto harbor patrol shrugs off a darkened lighthouse east of the city, one ma...
In Toronto’s Gay Village, a community once defined by joy and sanctuary was left shattered. Bruce McArthur, a trusted landscaper, betrayed those who welcomed him, stealing eight lives—Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi, Majeed Kayhan, Soroush Mahmudi, Kirushna Kumar Kanagaratnam, Dean Lisowick, Selim Esen, and Andrew Kinsman—and hi...
On a quiet summer morning in 1973, a mother of seven with a new college diploma and dreams of a fresh start vanished into the pre-dawn hours of Peterborough, Ontario. Just a few hours later, her nude body was found on a rural road—beaten, left to be discovered, but with no blood at the scene and no sign of the sexual assault or robbery one might expect.
Her last hours are a fragmented puzzle of...
Hello, I’m Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations inviting you to join us on Sunday, August 3rd, as Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast revisits a case that has haunted a community for over fifty years.
In the summer of 1973, Karen Anne Woodcock, a mother of seven, was on the verge of a new life. Just two days after graduating from college, she disappeared into the night. Hours later,...
She sought solace. She found terror.
In the tranquil, wild beauty of West Cork, Ireland, French film producer Sophie Toscan du Plantier found her idyllic escape. A place for peace, for writing, for quiet contemplation amidst the rugged landscape. But on the cold morning of December 23, 1996, that serene dream shattered into a horrifying nightmare.
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