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Valerie Stevens Last Dance: Pregnant, Vanished, Betrayed?

Valerie Stevens Last Dance: Pregnant, Vanished, Betrayed?  
Serial Shadows or Someone She Knew?
She was 19, pregnant, ready for a night out...
Valerie Stevens vanishes from Toronto streets. Body found years later in remote woods.
Hitchhiking? Serial killer stalking bus stops and clubs?
Links to six unsolved murders. FBI patterns: trophies, neatness, dominance.
Or was it family... friends... betrayal?
Ontario Cold Case uncovers the truth. Subscribe now.
Coming Thursday November 13th!
Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice.
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The Mystery of the “Phantom Killer” of Texarkana

The Mystery of the “Phantom Killer” of Texarkana
In 1946, Texarkana—a town split by the Texas-Arkansas line—lived in terror. The "Phantom Killer" stalked lovers' lanes under moonlit pines, his white pillowcase mask hiding a .32-caliber pistol. Five dead, three wounded in savage ambushes: skull-crushing beatings, execution-style shots, dragged bodies in bloody woods. Sheriff Presley, Texas Rangers, and FBI hunted 400 suspects—but the killer vanished.  
Hear the facts: Jimmy & Mary Jeanne's flashlight ambush; Dick & Polly Ann's dragged executions; Paul & Betty Jo's tortured two-mile trail; Virgil & Katie's farmhouse slaughter. Prime suspect Youell Swinney's wife confessed killer details—then recanted. 80 years unsolved.  
Hosted by Jay Nicoll of Nicoll Investigations: No speculation, just cold case precision. Inspired The Town That Dreaded Sundown (1976).  
Tips: Bowie Co. (903) 798-3149 | Miller Co. (870) 774-3001.  
Because every case deserves answers—and every victim deserves justice.
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Whispers in the Dark - A Mick & Mack Mystery

Whispers in the Dark - A Mick & Mack Mystery

Tonight on Ontario Cold Cases—Whodunnit Wednesday and a Mick & Mack Mystery.
Halloween, 1950. The Royal Ontario Museum sleeps under a restless sky. Inside, a night watchman hears whispers that call his name.
Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely meet Professor Arpad Korda—gothic as a cathedral—and his prize: a medieval manuscript that claims the dead walk where their likenesses dwell.
At the séance, candles shudder. A glass breaks. Then the lights die.
When power returns, a wax vampire stands in a new pose, its lips stained red. A guard lies pale with two punctures in his neck.
By morning, reason pushes back: the manuscript’s metallic ink hints at old poisons; staff who handled it fall ill. In the rotunda, the dome’s acoustics carry whispers across the chamber—exactly the trick someone used to turn fear into chaos.
That night, Mick and Mack stage a second séance. In the dark, they catch a rival scholar disguised among the wax figures, reaching for the manuscript.
But the final word belongs to the book itself. In Korda’s gloved hands, the parchment ignites—no wires, no spark—burning to ash as if it chose its own ending.
Curse or chemistry, trick or truth—Whispers in the Dark leaves one question behind:
when history looks back at us… what, exactly, is staring?
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Halloween’s Deadly Séance: Was Houdini Silenced by Spiritualist Revenge?

Halloween’s Deadly Séance: Was Houdini Silenced by Spiritualist Revenge?
October 31, 1926. Halloween. Harry Houdini, the man who escaped every trap, took his final breath. Was it an accident… or murder? I’m Jay Nicoll, Ontario Cold Cases, and this is Historical True Crime Tuesdays.
Houdini wasn’t just a magician. He was a crusader, exposing Spiritualist mediums who conned the grieving with fake séances. His 1924 book and Congressional testimony humiliated frauds like Mina Crandon. But every trick he revealed made enemies. Threats piled up—poison, curses. One séance even predicted his death.
Then came Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. The Sherlock Holmes creator believed in spirits. When Houdini called his wife’s séance a sham, their friendship burned to ash. Doyle’s letters warned of ‘consequences.’ Was he signaling a darker plan?
October 22, Montreal. A stranger, J. Gordon Whitehead, corners Houdini backstage. He throws brutal punches to Houdini’s gut. Days later, Houdini collapses, fever raging. Surgeons find a ruptured appendix—and, a nurse later claimed, a ruptured pancreas. He dies on Halloween. Coincidence… or conspiracy?
No autopsy. A botched death certificate. Whispers of arsenic poisoning. Even Crandon’s descendant believes Spiritualists targeted him. Did they stage the perfect crime? Join us on Ontario Cold Cases to unravel Houdini’s final mystery. Subscribe and comment your theories!
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The Mystery of the “Phantom Killer” of Texarkana

The Mystery of the “Phantom Killer” of Texarkana
The year is 1946 in Texarkana. A Phantom Killer in a pillowcase mask. Five dead in lovers' lanes: pistol-whipped skulls, dragged bodies, shots through glass.
400 suspects. Wife confesses—then silences. FBI files: still unsolved. 
Coming Friday November 7th!
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Whispers in the Dark - A Mick & Mack Mystery

Whispers in the Dark - A Mick & Mack Mystery
Halloween, 1950. The Royal Ontario Museum sleeps under a restless Toronto sky. Inside, a night watchman hears whispers that shouldn’t exist—voices that call his name.

Detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely arrive to find a museum poised between reason and superstition: a Lugosi-esque professor, a cursed manuscript, and a gallery of wax figures that seem just a breath too alive.

When the lights die during a séance, a vampire exhibit appears to move, a guard collapses with puncture wounds, and a page of history burns without a spark. Is it chemistry, trickery, or something older than both?

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Whispers in the Dark

Whispers in the Dark

This is Ontario Cold Cases—Whodunnit Wednesday and a Mick & Mack Mystery.
Halloween, 1950. In the Royal Ontario Museum, a night watchman hears his name whispered by empty halls.
A professor unveils a manuscript that warns: ‘On All Hallows’ Eve, the dead walk where their likenesses dwell.’
The lights go out. A wax vampire moves. A guard drops.
Science says ‘ink and mercury.’
Superstition says ‘curse.’
Mick and Mack say: follow the evidence—
even when it burns without a spark.
Whispers in the Dark.
Coming tomorrow, Wednesday November 5th, only on Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast.
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Halloween’s Deadly Séance: Was Houdini Silenced by Spiritualist Revenge?

Halloween’s Deadly Séance: Was Houdini Silenced by Spiritualist Revenge?
On Halloween 1926, Harry Houdini, the escape artist who mocked death, met a chilling end. Officially, a ruptured appendix. But as the veil thins, whispers of murder grow louder. Did his crusade against Spiritualist frauds—exposing séance scams and feuding with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle—provoke a deadly revenge? A stranger’s brutal punches, a botched death certificate, and hints of poison fuel suspicion. Join Jay Nicoll on Ontario Cold Cases’ Historical True Crime Tuesdays as we summon the truth behind Houdini’s final act. Was it fate… or a séance of vengeance? Subscribe and share your theories!
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Halloween’s Deadly Séance: Was Houdini Silenced by Spiritualist Revenge? (Trailer)

Halloween’s Deadly Séance: Was Houdini Silenced by Spiritualist Revenge?
Harry Houdini defied death—until Halloween 1926. His war on Spiritualist frauds made enemies. Threats of poison. A curse. Then, a stranger’s brutal punches. Was it an accident… or a perfect murder? Join myself, Jay Nicoll on Ontario Cold Cases as we summon the truth behind Houdini’s final act. 
New episode, Historical True Crime Tuesdays coming November 4th.
The veil is thin…
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The Bunny That Vanished: The Halloween Disappearance of Cindy Song

The Bunny That Vanished: The Halloween Disappearance of Cindy Song
Good evening. Jay Nicoll, Nicoll Investigations, reporting for Ontario Cold Cases. Tonight: The 2001 Halloween vanishing of Penn State student Cindy Song.
Hyun Jong 'Cindy' Song: Born 1980, Seoul. Immigrated 1995 to Virginia. Graduated 1998 honors. Fall 2001: 21-year-old senior, integrative arts major. Jobs: Night library shifts, Penn DOT. Lived Apartment 363, West Cherry Lane. 5'1", 110 lbs, long black hair. Stable life—Britney tickets December 10.
October 31, 10 p.m.: Bunny costume—pink top, white skirt, ears. Player's Nite Club till 2 a.m. 4 a.m.: Dropped at Building 3. Waves, reaches door—last seen 4:03 a.m. November 4: Reported missing. Apartment: Backpack, phone, eyelashes found. Missing: Purse, keys, costume. Car untouched.
Ferguson PD: 21 binders. 2003 lead: Serial killer Hugo Selenski confesses abduction, trophy ears. 17 bodies exhumed—none Cindy. Died 2022. 5,000 tips cleared. No GPS era dead ends.
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