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Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee | Canadian True Crime

Canada's top indie podcast bringing you thought-provoking crime cases with immersive audio storytelling.

Join Aussie-Canadian host Kristi Lee as she carefully unravels each case using court documents, news archives, inquiry reports and more to explore the underlying causes of crime — and the pitfalls of the criminal justice system. At least two new episodes a month, released whenever they're ready.

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Canadian True Crime - Karen and Krista Hart—Part 1
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01/15/22 • 57 min

[ Part 1 of 2 ] On August 4, 2002, Nelson Hart took his three-year-old twin daughters, Karen and Krista to play by Gander Lake. They both ended up in the water, and the decisions Nelson made in the aftermath baffled everyone—including the RCMP.

This is the shocking case of a murder investigation that forever changed the face of the Canadian justice system.

Part 2 will be released on Saturday January 22, and it's available now, ad-free on Supercast and Patreon.

Podcast recommendation:

Voices for Justice - a true crime podcast hosted by Sarah Turney.

Canadian True Crime donates monthly. This month we have donated to:

Black Lives Matter Canada

Credits:

Research and writing: Emily G. Thompson and Eileen Macfarlane

Content advice: Aja Romano

Sound design, additional research and writing: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True

The full list of credits and information sources can be found on the page for this episode at canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes.

Thanks for supporting our sponsors!

See the special offer codes here

Ad-free episodes:

All episodes, ad-free and often early on Patreon and Supercast.

Website and social medias:

Website: www.canadiantruecrime.ca

Facebook: facebook.com/CanadianTrueCrime

Twitter: @CanadianTCpod

Instagram: @CanadianTrueCrimePod

Instagram: @kristileehello



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Canadian True Crime - The Gakhal Family Massacre

The Gakhal Family Massacre

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02/15/22 • 71 min

BRITISH COLUMBIA In 1996, a family in Vernon, BC were preparing for a large wedding—but unbeknownst to them, a man was waiting in the sidelines to ruin it all. This is the tragic story of Canada’s third-largest mass shooting and the many lost opportunities that may have prevented it.


Podcast recommendation

Dealing Justice - a podcast about cold cases featured on decks of cards


Canadian True Crime donates monthly. This month we have donated to:

Archway Community Services (Formerly Abbotsford Community Services)

Archway Society for Domestic Peace (Formerly Vernon Women’s Transition Society


Thanks for supporting our sponsors!

See the special offer codes here

Ad-free episodes:

All episodes, ad-free and often early on Patreon and Supercast.


Credits:

Research: Gemma Harris

Additional research and writing: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True

Website and social medias:

Website: www.canadiantruecrime.ca

Facebook: facebook.com/CanadianTrueCrime

Twitter: @CanadianTCpod

Instagram: @CanadianTrueCrimePod

Credits:

Research and writing: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True

Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams

All credits and information sources can be found on the page for this episode at canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes.



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Canadian True Crime - The Murder of Samantha Walsh

The Murder of Samantha Walsh

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09/15/22 • 76 min

NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR In the winter of 2000, 13-year-old Samantha Walsh was supposed to walk a short distance home from her grandmother’s house—but she never made it.

This is the gripping story of how the tiny seaside town of Fleur De Lys, NL came together to support a local family during a devastating time.


More information:

Into the Night: The Samantha Walsh Story by Gordon Walsh

Sam's Place website

Samantha's Saltwater Joys facebook page

Fleur de Lys Soapstone Quarry National Historic Site and Museum


Canadian True Crime donates monthly to help those facing injustice.

This month we have donated to Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime


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Credits:

Research: Gemma Harris

Writing, editing, sound design: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True


Full list of resources and information sources and credits:

See the page for this episode at canadiantruecrime.ca



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Canadian True Crime - Karen and Krista Hart—Part 2
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01/22/22 • 73 min

[ Part 2 of 2 ] The conclusion of this case of a murder investigation that forever changed the face of the Canadian justice system.

Further reading:

Mr. Big: The Investigation into the Deaths of Karen and Krista Hart by Colleen Lewis and Jennifer Hicks

Podcast recommendation:

Casefile - Daniel Morcombe episode 54

Credits:

Research and writing: Emily G. Thompson and Eileen Macfarlane

Content advice: Aja Romano

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Sound design, additional research and writing: Kristi Lee

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True

The full list of credits and information sources can be found on the page for this episode at canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes.

Thanks for supporting our sponsors!

See the special offer codes here

Ad-free episodes:

All episodes, ad-free and often early on Patreon and Supercast.

Website and social medias:

Website: www.canadiantruecrime.ca

Facebook: facebook.com/CanadianTrueCrime

Twitter: @CanadianTCpod

Instagram: @CanadianTrueCrimePod

Instagram: @kristileehello



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Canadian True Crime - The Trial of Hedley’s Jacob Hoggard—Part 2
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11/08/22 • 69 min

[ Part 2 of 5 ] CONTENT WARNING: Graphic details of violent sexual assault and allegations involving a minor.

After the allegations of Jacob Hoggard’s inappropriate behaviour with fans surfaced on social media, a survivor finds the courage to come forward and detail her own violent experience with the Hedley frontman.

And she isn’t alone for long.


More information:

Resources for Sexual Violence and Abuse:

Canadian True Crime donates monthly to help those facing injustice.

This month we have donated to Good Night Out Vancouver & Ottawa Rape Crisis Centre.


Release schedule

November 15, 22 and 29.

Get early, ad-free access via CTC premium feeds, available on Amazon Music - included with Prime, Apple Podcasts, Patreon and Supercast.


Credits:

Research: Eileen MacFarlane of Crimelapse Podcast

Additional research, writing, sound design: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Production assistance: Jesse Hawke

Theme songs by We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True


Full list of resources, information sources, and credits:

See the page for this episode at www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes



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Canadian True Crime - The Lake Family Murders—Part 2
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04/02/23 • 54 min

[Part 2 of 2] Sensational trials are held for three members of the Bannister family to get to the truth of what happened to the Lake family that night—and why a baby was at the centre of it all.


Warning: this series includes the death of a young child. Please take care when listening.


Old Dorchester County Jail, New Brunswick:

https://dorchesterjail.com/


Canadian True Crime donates monthly to help those facing injustice.

This month we have donated to the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime.


Listen ad-free and early:

CTC premium feeds are available on Amazon Music - included with Prime, Apple Podcasts, Patreon and Supercast.


Credits:

Research and writing: Eileen Macfarlane

Additional research and writing, sound design: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production, theme songs: We Talk of Dreams

Production assistance: Jesse Hawke

Script consulting: Carol Weinberg

Disclaimer voiced by Erik Krosby


For the full list of resources, information sources, and credits:

See the page for this episode at www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes



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Canadian True Crime - The Murder of Liu Qian

The Murder of Liu Qian

Canadian True Crime

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02/01/22 • 70 min

ONTARIO Sometime after midnight in 2011, 23 year old York University student Liu Qian was chatting to an old friend via webcam as she studied in her tiny basement dorm room in Toronto.


But there was a knock at her door—and her friend on the other side of the computer screen would be the only witness to the terror that would unfold.


Further information:

Open Letter, Artworks and Photos of Liu Qian from her father Liu Jianhui, translated by Professor Charles Burton and published by the Toronto Star


Canadian Universities are Failing Students on Sexual Assault, by Zane Schwartz, published in Macleans 2018


Thanks for supporting our sponsors!

See the special offer codes here

Ad-free episodes:

All episodes, ad-free and often early on Patreon and Supercast.


Credits:

Research: Gemma Harris

Additional research and writing: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True


All credits and information sources can be found on the page for this episode at canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes.



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Canadian True Crime - FLIGHT 108: The Sault-au-Cochon Tragedy
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08/01/22 • 76 min

QUEBEC | The story of one of the first instances of in-flight bombing, one of the worst mass murders in Canadian history, and the last woman to hang. In 1949, a passenger plane fell from the sky in the Sault-au-Cochon area of Quebec, killing everyone on board...


Full list of resources and information sources and credits:

See the page for this episode at canadiantruecrime.ca


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Images

This long form piece has all the photos and great captions:

(Spoilers!)

Coupable! (Guilty) by Dave O'Malley on Vintage Wings of Canada


Credits:

Research, writing, audio editing: Eileen Macfarlane

Additional research, writing, sound design, audio production: Kristi Lee

Theme by We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True



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Canadian True Crime - The Rivera and Regier Murders
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11/15/21 • 63 min

ONTARIO & QUEBEC | In 2007, residents of Southwest Ontario were gripped by panic as police worked to capture 22 year old Jesse Imeson—an armed, dangerous and unpredictable fugitive.


Crisis resources:

Crisis services Canada

Healing Childhood Trauma - healthline.com and psychologytoday.com


Carlos Rivera’s book:

Breaking Down the Wall of Silence


Thanks for supporting our sponsors!

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Ad-free episodes:

All episodes, ad-free and often early on Patreon and Supercast.

Website and social medias:

Website: www.canadiantruecrime.ca

Facebook: facebook.com/CanadianTrueCrime

Twitter: @CanadianTCpod

Instagram: @CanadianTrueCrimePod


Credits:

Research: Gemma Harris

Writing: Kristi Lee

Content advisor - 2SLGBTQIA+: Eliot Newton https://genderbandit.com/

Sound design: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True


All credits and information sources can be found on the page for this episode at canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes.



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Canadian True Crime - The Murder of Robert LeVoir

The Murder of Robert LeVoir

Canadian True Crime

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10/15/22 • 81 min

FORT McMURRAY | In 2002, the family of 25-year-old DJ Robert LeVoir reported him missing after they hadn't heard from him for two weeks. But the RCMP didn't seem to be doing much to help, in fact they didn't publicly announce Robert's disappearance for 8 months.

Understandably frustrated by the lack of progress, his family had no way of knowing that an elaborate plan to discover what had happened to Robert was already being set in motion behind closed doors.


Correction note: since releasing this episode, we've been advised that Robert LeVoir's surname isn't the French pronunciation; it's instead pronounced Le-Vor. We're not able to correct all the instances of this in the episode, but our sincere apologies to anyone affected by this error.


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Credits:

Research and writing: Emily G Thompson of Morbidology Podcast

Additional research and writing, sound design: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Production assistance: Jesse Hawke

Theme songs by We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of True


Full list of credits and information sources

See the page for each episode at canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes.



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How many episodes does Canadian True Crime have?

Canadian True Crime currently has 212 episodes available.

What topics does Canadian True Crime cover?

The podcast is about True Crime, History and Podcasts.

What is the most popular episode on Canadian True Crime?

The episode title 'Karen and Krista Hart—Part 1' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on Canadian True Crime?

The average episode length on Canadian True Crime is 60 minutes.

How often are episodes of Canadian True Crime released?

Episodes of Canadian True Crime are typically released every 14 days.

When was the first episode of Canadian True Crime?

The first episode of Canadian True Crime was released on Jan 20, 2017.

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