We explore the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, one of America's great unsolved mysteries, unveiling the depths of a brutal power struggle that culminated in a shocking act of gangland violence. Dive into the shadowy world of Jazz Age Chicago in this episode, where vibrant jazz and the illicit flow of liquor set the backdrop for a deadly rivalry between Al Capone and George 'Bugs' Moran. It is a tale of ambition, revenge, and the quest for control over Chicago's underworld.
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Episode 55 – The Handprint
On February 4th, 1880, Canada’s most notorious family, The Black Donnellys, were massacred in their home by a vigilante group of their neighbours. To mark the 144th anniversary, we take you inside the Donnelly legend. What happened on that fateful night? Were the Donnellys ‘evil’ or convenient scapegoats? Do their restless spirits still linger at the place where they met such a violent end?
Listener Advisory: This episode does contain descriptions of significant violence.
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Episode 150 – Footsteps in the Attic: The Hinterkaifeck Murders
The case of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon is a chilling mystery that unfolded in the lush jungles of Panama in 2014. The two Dutch women embarked on what seemed like an ordinary hiking trip, but their adventure took a mysterious turn as they vanished without a trace. What followed were eerie discoveries of scattered belongings, bone fragments, a camera that captured haunting images of their time in the wilderness, and confounding phone records. With no conclusive answers and a sense of unease shrouding the entire investigation, the strange elements of this case continue to confound and haunt those who seek to unravel the truth behind the mysterious deaths of Kris Kremers and Lisanne Froon.
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Episode 151 – Forgotten: The Death of Joyce Carol Vincent
One of the world’s great mysteries is on the verge of being solved. For over 70 years, investigators have sought to identify the unknown man found dead on an Australian beach in 1948. There were no signs of foul play and an examination of the victim’s stylish clothing strangely revealed that all of the labels had been removed. In his pocket was found a passage from a rare book that eerily translates to: It is ended. Was this a suicide or something much more complicated? We are joined by Dr. Lars Petersen to discuss how newly collected DNA evidence may finally reveal the identity of the Somerton Man.
The strange but true story of how child movie star and “America’s Sweetheart”, Shirley Temple, survived a brush with death on Christmas Eve in 1939 during a live radio show. We share Temple’s own account of the terrifying and bizarre incident, as well as key parts of the original radio broadcast. Was it a clandestine operation by a foreign government? Someone jealous of Temple’s success within the entertainment industry? Or, something much stranger and darker than that? In the episode, we explore the wild, disturbing, and relatively unknown events that had an 11-year-old Shirley Temple looking down the barrel of a gun.
In 1884, after being found guilty of the grizzly murder of his employer, John “Babbacombe” Lee was brought to the gallows to pay for his crime. Then something completely unexpected happened. The shocking turn of events raise fundamental questions about justice, destiny and supernatural intervention.
At one time or another, most of us have fantasized about disappearing into the night and starting a new life somewhere else under a new name. The idea of shedding our identity, like a snake would shed its skin, can be a tempting prospect when the pressures of life become overwhelming. Could you go to the ultimate extreme, and fake your own death to change the course of your life? We are joined by Elizabeth Greenwood, author of “Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud”.
Over the past few months over 500 previously unreleased and over 15,000 previously redacted documents on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy were released to the public. For years the public has debated if Lee Harvey Oswald could have acted alone. Do these new files shed any light on one of the most believed conspiracy theories in the world?
David Ridgen is a modern day Sherlock Holmes. He is the host of the CBC’s extremely popular true crime podcast, Someone Knows Something. Join us as he gives us a behind the scenes look at the making of one of the most listened to podcasts in the world and how he negotiates the tricky (personal and professional) waters of investigating cold cases.