The Vanishing Act: The Unsolved Mystery of Ambrose Small

02/12/25 • 58 min

The Vanishing Act: The Unsolved Mystery of Ambrose Small A Millionaire. A Fortune. A Disappearance That Defies Time.

Toronto, 1919. The city is alive with ambition, its theatres packed with eager crowds, and at the center of it all stands Ambrose Small—a ruthless businessman, a gambler at heart, and a self-made millionaire.
On December 2, he finalizes the deal of a lifetime, selling his theatre empire for $1.7 million. Hours later, he steps out of his office...
And is never seen again.

No body. No ransom. No trace.

Did Small vanish to escape his past? Was he silenced by a jealous enemy? Or was he the mastermind of his own disappearance?

More than a century later, the mystery still haunts Toronto, filled with whispers of betrayal, hidden fortunes, and a secret too dangerous to reveal.

Join Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast for a chilling deep dive into one of the nation’s most infamous unsolved mysteries—where fortune, power, and deception collide, and the truth remains just out of reach.

Some men leave a legacy. Ambrose Small left a mystery.

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The Vanishing Act: The Unsolved Mystery of Ambrose Small A Millionaire. A Fortune. A Disappearance That Defies Time.

No body. No ransom. No trace.

Did Small vanish to escape his past? Was he silenced by a jealous enemy? Or was he the mastermind of his own disappearance?

More than a century later, the mystery still haunts Toronto, filled with whispers of betrayal, hidden fortunes, and a secret too dangerous to reveal.

Some men leave a legacy. Ambrose Small left a mystery.

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The Lost Road: The Unsolved Murder of Pauline Ivy Dudley

A gripping true crime investigation from Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast

August 10, 1973. A warm summer night in Oakville, Ontario. Seventeen-year-old Pauline Ivy Dudley steps onto Lakeshore Road, her silhouette illuminated by the glow of the streetlights. She is hitchhiking home to Milton—a common, almost routine decision in the 1970s. But this time, something is different. Because this time, Pauline never makes it home.

Eighteen days later, her body is found in a farmer’s field, partially buried beneath hay and wheat, carefully hidden from sight. There are no signs of robbery. No immediate indications of sexual assault. Just one chilling clue—a hairline fracture on her jaw, a silent testament to the violence that ended her young life.

No witnesses. No evidence. No answers.

For nearly five decades, Pauline’s case has remained an open wound in Ontario’s history, an unsolved mystery that has haunted her family and investigators alike. Who picked Pauline up that night? Was she the victim of an opportunistic predator, or had someone been waiting for her? And why, after all these years, has no one been brought to justice?

From the team behind Ontario Cold Cases – Canada’s True Crime Podcast, The Lost Road takes you deep into one of Ontario’s most chilling mysteries, exploring the theories, the suspects, and the unanswered questions that still linger in the shadows.

Someone out there knows the truth. The only question is—will they finally speak?

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DEAD MEN DON’T DANCE
A Mick & Mack Mystery

The lights are low, the music is smooth, and the secrets are buried deeper than the dance steps at Toronto’s most prestigious ballroom school. But when famed dance instructor Gaston Moreau is found dead—dressed for his final waltz—detectives Mick McCathie and Mack MacNeely find themselves drawn into a tangled world of jealousy, ambition, and deception.

The suspects are lined up like dancers before a performance—a bitter rival, a jilted patron, a washed-up former champion, and a sharp-tongued receptionist. Each has a story, each has a motive, and each is hiding something.

As Mick pieces together the dark truth behind Moreau’s last dance, Mack goes undercover as an awkward beginner, much to the amusement of the seasoned professionals—and the sheer agony of his own feet. But when a hidden stash of letters reveals a secret inheritance and a final, fateful meeting, the case takes a deadly turn.

Now, the detectives must waltz through a web of deceit before the killer claims another victim. Can they uncover the truth before the music stops for good?

Step onto the dance floor, but be careful—some steps lead straight to murder.

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