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The Gardner Museum Heist, Episode 1: The Heist

The Gardner Museum Heist, Episode 1: The Heist
The Heist That Shook the World
In the early hours of March 18, 1990, as Boston reeled from St. Patrick’s Day revelry, two men in police uniforms slipped into the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. In a brazen 81-minute spree, they outsmarted lax security, duped the night guards, and made off with 13 irreplaceable masterpieces—works by Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Degas—valued at an astonishing half a billion dollars. Then, they vanished, leaving behind empty frames and a mystery that’s haunted the art world for 35 years.  
Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast dives into this audacious crime with a gripping four-part World True Crime Thursday series. Hosted by Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations, we’ll take you inside the Venetian palace-turned-crime scene, reveal the guards’ fateful decisions, and trace the trail of clues into Boston’s shadowy underworld. Where did the art go? Who pulled off the heist of the century?  
Tune in for Episode 1: The Heist, and step into the night that changed art history forever. The search for answers starts here.  
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Murder at Maple Leaf Stadium

Murder at Maple Leaf Stadium

A Mick & Mack Mystery

Toronto, 1949. The crowd roars. The bat cracks. And a body hits the dirt.
Slugger Johnny “Jolt” Jensen rounds third under the glow of the Maple Leaf Stadium lights—only to collapse dead at home plate. What looked like a thrilling game turns into a deadly scandal as whispers of poison, gambling, and game-fixing ripple through the stands.
Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely are called in to keep a lid on the investigation before the press catches wind. But the deeper they dig, the stranger the box score becomes: a coded notebook disguised as stats, a batboy taking secret signals, and a charming ex-ballplayer turned flashy bookie with his fingers in every dugout from Buffalo to Baltimore.
At the heart of the mystery is Patches O’Sullivan—too smooth to be innocent, too cocky to be clean—and the unstoppable Rosie “Reds” DeLuca, tavern queen and thorn in every crook’s side.
With rising sports magnate Jack Kent Cooke watching from the wings, Mick and Mack must uncover the truth before the next pitch—and the next body—drops.
Because in postwar Toronto, even the cleanest game can hide a killer in the crowd.
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Hidden Horror: The Adam Strong Investigation

Hidden Horror: The Adam Strong Investigation
In the quiet city of Oshawa, Ontario, a seemingly ordinary man hid a monstrous secret. Adam Strong, a reclusive basement dweller, was a predator who preyed on the vulnerable. His victims, Rori Hache and Kandis Fitzpatrick, were young women with bright futures, their lives tragically cut short. When a plumber’s gruesome discovery led to Strong’s arrest, it marked the beginning of a harrowing investigation that would uncover years of hidden horror. In this episode of Ontario Cold Cases, host Jay Nicoll delves into the meticulous police work, the emotional trial, and the community’s quest for justice. Through detailed storytelling and expert insights, we honor Rori and Kandis’s memories while exploring the dark underbelly of a city that'll never be the same. Join us as we unravel one of Ontario’s most chilling cases and reflect on the enduring impact of these senseless tragedies.
Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice.
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Siding with Bad Guys

Siding with Bad Guys
Activists targeting revolutionary crime-fighting tool
“The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government and I’m here to help.”— Former U.S. President Ronald Reagan
Particularly if you’re a crime victim in Canada.
One of the most revolutionary developments in solving murders, sex assaults, and identifying John and Jane Does has now come under the scrutiny of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of Ontario.
A nearly 10,000-word opus entitled, Guardrails for Police Use of Investigative Genetic Genealogy in Ontario, obtained by the Toronto Sun, is packed with bureaucratese. The commission wants “guardrails” to derail police snooping in DNA databases. But cops don’t do that now.
They are not allowed.
Internet Genetic Genealogy has been the big bang in homicide investigations. In Toronto alone, 59 murders and sexual assaults have been cleared, along with the identification of those nameless individuals who ended up dead.
You may know the names: Christine Jessop, Erin Gilmour, Susan Tice and scores of others.
For the report, the commission invited a wide swath of people and groups to give their input. That includes cops, community groups and a slew of activists.
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The Enduring Mystery of Mistie Murray

The Enduring Mystery of Mistie Murray
On a warm spring evening in May 1995, 16-year-old Mistie Murray stepped out of her dance class in the quiet town of Goderich, Ontario—and vanished into the night. No footsteps, no witnesses, no trace. What happened next would shatter a family, stun a close-knit community, and leave a mystery that has defied answers for nearly three decades.
In this pulse-pounding episode of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast, host Jay Nicoll, founder of Nicoll Investigations, plunges into the haunting disappearance that still echoes through the streets of Goderich. With razor-sharp expertise, Jay reconstructs that fateful day: the last sighting in the town square, the desperate searches along Lake Huron’s shores, and the chilling suspicion that fell on Mistie’s stepfather, Steven Murray. A trial gripped the nation—yet an acquittal left the case dangling in shadow, with no body, no evidence, and a truth that refuses to surface.
Was Mistie snatched by a stranger lurking in the twilight? Did she stumble into a tragic accident, swallowed by the lake or the woods? Or does the key lie closer to home, buried in secrets yet untold? As Jay unravels the theories and confronts the emotional wreckage left behind, one question burns: What really happened to Mistie Murray?
Join Ontario Cold Cases as we peel back the layers of this decades-old enigma, inviting you—the listener—to help crack a case that’s haunted Canada since 1995. Tune in, dig deep, and be part of the search for justice. Because Mistie’s story isn’t over—and the truth is still out there, waiting to be found.
Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice.
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The Enduring Mystery of Mistie Murray - Trailer

The Enduring Mystery of Mistie Murray - Trailer
On a warm spring evening in 1995, the quaint town of Goderich, Ontario—nestled along the shimmering shores of Lake Huron—was forever changed. Sixteen-year-old Mistie Murray stepped out of her dance class… and vanished into thin air.
She was supposed to walk home. She never arrived. What happened to Mistie Murray?
A small town gripped by fear. A family shattered by suspicion. Her stepfather, Steven Murray, the last to see her—later charged, tried, and acquitted. But the mystery only deepened. Was it a stranger in the shadows? A deadly secret hidden in plain sight? Or a truth too chilling to face?
For nearly 30 years, answers have eluded us. Now, Ontario Cold Cases is digging into the case that refuses to rest.
Join myself, Jay Nicoll, as we piece together the haunting timeline, uncover the theories, and confronts the questions that still echo through Goderich. This Sunday, June 29, step into a mystery that’s as captivating as it is unsolved.
Mistie Murray disappeared without a trace—but the truth is out there. Will we find it?
Don’t miss The Enduring Mystery of Mistie Murray—this Sunday on Ontario Cold Cases: Canada’s True Crime Podcast. Subscribe now and uncover the secrets of a case that’s haunted a town for decades.
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The Bennington Triangle: Vermont's Unsolved Disappearances

The Bennington Triangle: Vermont's Unsolved Disappearances
In the wild heart of Vermont’s Bennington Triangle, a chilling enigma unfolded between 1945 and 1950. Five people vanished without a trace—Middie Rivers, a seasoned hunter; Paula Jean Welden, an 18-year-old college student; James Tedford, a veteran who disappeared from a moving bus; Paul Jepson, an 8-year-old boy; and Frieda Langer, a camper whose body was later found, offering no answers. Each case is a haunting puzzle, marked by exhaustive searches and lingering mysteries.
Join host Jay Nicoll, lead investigator at Nicoll Investigations, in this gripping installment of Ontario Cold Cases - Canada’s True Crime Podcast. As part of the True Crime Thursday series, Jay crosses borders to explore these perplexing vanishings tied to Glastenbury Mountain’s rugged expanse. From Paula Welden’s infamous 1946 disappearance that reshaped Vermont’s history to James Tedford’s inexplicable exit three years later to the day, this episode uncovers the eerie details, the investigations that faltered, and the theories—natural, human, or otherworldly—that still swirl around the Triangle.
What force claimed these lives in just five years? Tune in to "The Bennington Triangle: Vermont's Unsolved Disappearances" and step into a mystery that has defied answers for nearly 80 years. Subscribe now and decide for yourself what secrets lie hidden in Vermont’s shadowed wilderness.
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The Canoe of Shadows

The Canoe of Shadows
A Mick & Mack Mystery
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. Whispers in the woods. Shadowy figures that vanish in the mist. And a legacy soaked in silence.
The deeper they go, the more the lines blur between past and present, art and madness, justice and vengeance. Is someone using the legend of Tom Thomson to commit murder—or has the painter’s restless spirit returned to finish his final brushstroke?
As strange visions, buried secrets, and supernatural signs converge, Mick and Mack must uncover the truth before the lake claims another.
Some mysteries fade. Others are painted in shadow.
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Case as cold as Snow

Case as cold as Snow
By Brad Hunter, Toronto Sun
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.
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Cold Cases Remain Unsolved

Cold Cases Remain Unsolved
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 Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government.
Now, six years after the final report was released in 2019, with a so-called action plan, Red Dress Days and myriad other faculty lounge-inspired endeavours, MMIWG remains a national crisis.
Little has been done except for the go-to vibes.
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