Canada

A Cold Case in Manitoba, Canada - October 16 2026

Morning Cup of Murder revisits the unsolved 1986 disappearance of teenager Kerrie Brown after a night out in Manitoba, Canada.

In Her Defence: Breach of Trust

In Her Defence: Breach of Trust is a seven-episode investigative podcast from The Globe and Mail, launching September 8, 2026, covering the case of Regina police officer Sgt. Robert Semenchuck.

Satan Wants You

Satan Wants You is a 2023 documentary about Michelle Smith and psychiatrist Lawrence Pazder, whose book Michelle Remembers sparked the real-world Satanic Panic. Streams on CBC Gem, Tubi, Apple TV and Kanopy.

New Podcast 'Forged' Exposes Massive Norval Morrisseau Art Fraud

The podcast 'Forged' investigates one of the largest art fraud cases in Canadian history, in which more than 1,000 forged works were attributed to celebrated Ojibwe artist Norval Morrisseau and sold for enormous sums.

Unsolved: True Canadian Cold Cases

Robert J. Hoshowsky profiles a carefully selected series of unsolved Canadian murders, disappearances and cold cases, detailing the victims, investigative timelines and forensic dead ends that left them unresolved. The book deliberately gives renewed public attention to these forgotten crimes in the explicit hope of generating fresh leads and reviving official interest in dormant cases.

Lethal Marriage

Nick Pron details the shocking crimes of Canadian couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, who raped and murdered at least three teenage girls in Ontario between 1990 and 1992. The book covers the videotaped evidence of their atrocities, the extensive investigation and the deeply controversial plea deal that granted Homolka a reduced sentence and outraged the nation.

That Lonely Section of Hell

Former Vancouver detective Lori Shenher delivers a searing memoir about the failed investigation into the city's missing women and serial killer Robert Pickton, whose pig farm concealed dozens of victims. Her account confronts institutional indifference, the deep marginalisation of Indigenous and sex-worker victims and the devastating personal toll of years of unheeded warnings.

Uncover Podcast Examines AI as a Witness in Criminal Courts

CBC Podcasts' award-winning true crime series Uncover has released a new episode, 'The Expert Witness', exploring the growing role of artificial intelligence in criminal justice systems — arriving at a moment when the debate over AI and crime is accelerating worldwide.

Canada's Beast: The Serial Murders of Clifford Robert Olson

Between 1980 and 1981, Clifford Robert Olson murdered 11 children across British Columbia, earning him the grim nickname 'The Beast from British Columbia.' His arrest in August 1981 exposed one of Canada's darkest chapters in criminal history.

Three Escapes, Three Methods: The Ingenuity of Richard Lee McNair

Richard Lee McNair, a former U.S. Air Force sergeant convicted of murder, escaped from custody three times between 1988 and 2006 using increasingly sophisticated methods—from lip balm to an ingeniously constructed escape pod—evading recapture for months each time.

Highway of Tears: Disappearances and Murders Along Highway 16

Highway of Tears is the name given to a cluster of disappearances and murders of women and girls along a 724-kilometer stretch of Highway 16 in British Columbia, Canada, with a disproportionate number of Indigenous victims since 1969.

The Bonanno Crime Family: A Century of New York Mafia Power

The Bonanno crime family emerged from the violent Castellammarese War of the early 1930s to become one of New York City's most powerful Mafia organizations. Led for three decades by Joseph Bonanno, the family expanded from Brooklyn across North America until internal corruption and federal investigation fractured its ranks.