Canadian True Crime

A two-part series | A New Brunswick railway worker discovers a burned‑out shack deep in the woods, with three members of a young family dead inside. But their infant is missing, and there's a trail of footprints in the snow. What begins as a desperate search for the lost baby soon exposes an unbelievable web of deception and hidden motives.

Part two coming tomorrow.

— This two-part series is a carefully selected replay from our archive, originally titled "The Lake Family Murders". We'll be back with new episodes in late April.

*Additional content warning: this series includes the death of a young child. Please take care when listening.

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[Part 3 of 3] A surprise witness comes forward to testify against Colin Thatcher.
His own contribution from the stand? Deny, deny, deny.
Even after the jury reaches a verdict, Thatcher continues to make headlines for decades to come...

*Additional content warning: this episode contains mentions of domestic abuse.

— This three-part series is a carefully selected replay from our archive. We'll be back with new episodes in late April.

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[Part 2 of 3] As she recovers from her gunshot wound, JoAnn Wilson decides to back down from the custody fight with her former husband.
Colin Thatcher has won this battle, but his fixation is far from over. A series of witnesses would later come forward with information almost impossible to believe...

*Additional content warning: this episode contains mentions of domestic abuse.

— This three-part series is a carefully selected replay from our archive. Part 3 will be released tomorrow. We'll be back with new episodes in late April.

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See the page for this episode at https://www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes/135
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A man walking home from work suddenly hears screams coming from a house... then a single sharp crack.
He follows the sound to the garage, where he finds a woman bleeding out on the floor.
It's JoAnn Wilson, mother of three and ex-wife of Colin Thatcher, a high-profile Saskatchewan politician.

Her murder was the tip of the iceberg of a decades-long saga that gripped the nation and drew comparison to the show Dallas — but would prove far darker than anything on TV.

*Additional content warning: this episode contains mentions of domestic abuse.

— This three-part series is a carefully selected replay from our archive. Parts 2 and 3 will be released over the next next two days. We'll be back with new episodes in late April.

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[Part 2 of 2] After picking up his pregnant wife from Saskatoon train station, Sergeant John Wilson drives them north to their new home.

They just have one stop to make on the way to take care of some "police business"...

*Additional content warning: brief details of an attempted suicide at approx. timestamp 29:00 to 30:30. Please take care when listening.

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