Explore the unsolved mysteries of Ontario, Canada with our captivating true crime podcast, Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast. Join our team of dedicated detectives as they investigate cold cases, homicides, missing persons, and more, all across Canada. Delve into forgotten crimes and help us remember the victims and bring justice and hopefully peace, to the families. Tune in to our engaging exploration of unsolved mysteries today and discover the chilling stories that deserve to be remembered!
Hi, I’m Jay Nicoll a private investigator with Nicoll Investigations. I also host Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast.
I specialize in cold case investigations, and I’ve worked on various true crime documentaries over the decades.
So this isn’t just a podcast. This is a true investigation thoroughly completed by a trained private investigator.
Where possible I speak to family members, detectives and visit sites and talk to locals looking for possible witnesses as well as doing thorough research.
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ontario Cold Cases – The podcast S2-EP3 kathy potter & lee kirk
On Friday, October 1st 1971, Kathy Potter and Lee Kirk ate supper with their foster family on Rochell Crescent in Toronto. At about 6:30 p.m., they left home and were dropped off at the bus stop at the corner of Yonge Street and Finch Avenue in Toronto. The two girls were going to visit Lee Kirk’s biological father in Richmond Hill. The girls never made it to their destination and were not seen again until Sunday, October 3rd, when their bodies were found in a gravel pit in Pickering, Ontario.
YouTube – https://youtu.be/NFoVr3ZTBHg?si=jgIDobykrt467APB
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/56a9DJIcW64JcK7f8b3scF?si=Y0VDz58nQRmbNdFfNAB_qQ
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s2-ep3-katherine/id1714174047?i=1000642390696
ontario Cold cases – The podcast S2-EP2 Simone sandler
On Saturday, July 23rd, 1994, 21-year-old university drama student Simone Sandler was canvassing the corner of Yonge St. and Gerrard Ave. in Toronto as part of her summer job recruiting passersby for positions as film extras, when she vanished.
Her decomposing body, naked from the waist down, was found a week later floating in the Keating Channel, where the Don River meets Lake Ontario. She had been strangled.
At the time, police received numerous tips from people who recall seeing and interacting with her that summer, but to this date, her killer still remains unidentified and at large.
Does this case tie in with the murder of three prostitutes from the same time?
YouTube – https://youtu.be/h6qElbDCpkg?si=4snnmtQ94JvhdJGK
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s2-ep2-simone-sandler/id1714174047?i=1000641605073
Ontario Cold cases – The Podcast S2-EP1 Delia Adriano
On September 26th, 1982, 25-year-old Delia Adriano was kidnapped and murdered in Oakville, just west of Toronto.
It was a Sunday night. Adriano’s fiancé dropped her off at her parents’ home on Wildwood Drive at about 9:30 p.m. He drove away as his fiancée walked to the side door. She never made it in the house.
Witnesses in the area told police they saw a woman fitting Adriano’s description being forced into a vehicle later that night. The man and woman were arguing and then the car drove off.
Six weeks later, Adriano’s naked, partly-decomposed body was found in a forested area in Milton, more than 20 miles from her home.
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s2-ep1-delia-adriano/id1714174047?i=1000640806526
YouTube – https://youtu.be/QGrk1L_F5DE?si=nE4UTxopD5fNU9Qj
ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast S1-EP14 Kelly Mombourquette
The nude body of 14-year-old Kelly Mombourquette was found on Monday, October 19th, 1987 in the parking lot of a business on Yorkland Blvd. in the northeast corner of Toronto. The troubled girl, who had run away October 3rd from a group home on Warrendale Ct., had been bludgeoned and her throat slit.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/6LASYNAU3Ye9x41S8tsfqm?si=lGrZ3K45TYuPh6Z6_xKZ_g
YouTube – https://youtu.be/MohpwQYS_Po?si=B02eZADVv20ohjUO
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep14-kelly-mombourquette/id1714174047?i=1000640166700
Ontario Cold Cases – The podcast S1-EP13 Debbie Silverman
At about 5 a.m. on Saturday, August 12th, 1978, 21-year-old Debbie Silverman was abducted in the hallway of her apartment building at 4854 Bathurst St. near Finch Ave. W. in Toronto.
She had just come home from a night out with friends and was entering her apartment building when the abductor struck. Some of her belongings were found strewn in the hallway.
Silverman’s body was found on November 12th, 1978 in a shallow grave near Sunderland, Ontario, about 80 km northeast of Toronto.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/1xxBcldYpTK4yFsekKuTlB?si=tu8T0m3QRCasWIgeCLU4RQ
YouTube – https://youtu.be/K-Bm4mI-Fqk?si=NhkErodpsMLsfEgS
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep13-debbie-silverman/id1714174047?i=1000639591764
Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast S1-EP12 Lizzie Tomlinson
At approximately 3:30 p.m., a man lured her away from the park.
An intensive search was immediately launched, but it wasn’t until Monday morning that Lizzie’s defiled body was found in a forlorn industrial area, in some bushes near railway tracks at Bayview Ave. (West Don Roadway) and Front St., roughly a kilometre from where she was taken.
It is believed she and her killer walked the entire distance together. She had been beaten and strangled, and was partially covered by weeds and two long boards.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jofH752azR0Di0f82CHl0?si=C-soVt7_RhC_uqQATA8wFQ
YouTube – https://youtu.be/8qtIXVE7IDw?si=HiyutZlsGCDLaxF6
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep12-lizzie-tomlinson/id1714174047?i=1000638852555
Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast S1-EP11 Benita Tarantino, Susan Siegel, Donna Oglive, Lori Pinkus, lyle Ford
Over the years in Toronto there are many unsolved murders of sex trade workers. These are the stories of five, so they shall not be forgotten. All had been moved from where they were last seen and strangled. These date from the mid-1980’s to the late 1990’s. Could they all be connected to one man?
17-year-old Bonnie Tarantino, a prostitute since the age of 13, left her Ulster St. home to visit friends on September 27th, 1985 – one day after getting engaged to her boyfriend – and never returned.
The unclothed body of 20 year old prostitute Susan Siegel was discovered at 7:30 in the morning December 17, 1984 alongside railroad tracks near the Ontario Public Stockyards in an industrial area of west Toronto.
Donna Oglive was a resident of British Columbia. She has been in the Toronto area for the past five weeks. Donna had been known to travel between Vancouver and Toronto. She had been working as a prostitute in the Gerrard Street East and Church Street area of Toronto. . She was found murdered on March 8, 1998.
The body of Lori Pinkus, was found outside Brockton High School at 90 Croatia Street in downtown Toronto on September 8, 1991. The young woman, a high school dropout who worked as a prostitute and was addicted to drugs, had been strangled and left partially clad behind the school.
On September 9, 1990, a couple walking their dog found the body of Lyle Ford around 7:30 a.m. in Crombie Park at the Esplanade and Sherbourne St. Her clothes were dishevelled and the pants she was wearing were pulled down.
Yet listen to the silence. I have written too many of these. Yet another prostitute has been slain this year. Another candlelight vigil will be held, often in Allan Gardens in the area where so many prostitutes work.
More tears shed, more fear expressed, more anger that a killer – or killers –stalks them with impunity. Yet listen to the silence.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/3PQPwO2ggHik8Vm1NoCKjS?si=ZnMTgMAESp6zEuSwsleuLA
YouTube – https://youtu.be/WLeuJycyEC0
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep11-benita/id1714174047?i=1000638111720
Ontario cold cases – The Podcast s1-EP10 Tracy Kundinger
It was on Aug. 20, 1975 at around 11 p.m. 18 year-old Tracy Kundinger was walking to her family home on Monsanto Court, in Thornhill, just north of Toronto, near John and Leslie streets when her killer approached.
Tracy had worked until 10 p.m. as a lifeguard at the Ottawa Indoor Pool located at 650 Parliament Street, Toronto.
She decided to take a route that she didn’t usually take, cutting through an open space between the area’s new developments in the area of German Mills Public School at 61 Simonston Blvd. in Thornhill, near Don Mills Rd. just north of Steeles Avenue.
Tracy would end up being found murdered by strangulation with a piece of twine, possibly picked up from the immediate area due to the many tree plantings that were going on at the development site.
It occurred a mere 500 metres from her front door before her lifeless body was left for two neighbourhood boys, Steve Smith, 9, and Trevor Block, 7, to discover.
Her sister, Sharon, maintains she would have never taken that route unless she was chased or dragged, as their parents had always strictly forbidden it.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/7k5LHhqAkGsN208Vi1OoeC?si=ra-uygXrSuOTve3M_ffewg
YouTube – https://youtu.be/isjhiKKVJJI?si=fmyJ8BtcFqY5-EJu
Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast S1-EP9 The Airst and Fagan FaMilies
It was surely a horrifying scene: Two victims, a husband and wife, both found dead inside their home in a wealthy Toronto neighbourhood.
While that setting calls to mind the shocking deaths of billionaire couple Barry and Honey Sherman at their North York mansion in December 2017— it’s also the circumstances of two cold case from the late 1970’s.
That of the Airst and Fagan families.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/3mUR31UFyDm7tePqDN7Gbk?si=PTnb37aeTEC9R_E6AfmKFQ
YouTube – https://youtu.be/DKRXqKwTY7c
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-murders-of-the/id1714174047?i=1000636565262
Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast: Missing Person Noreen Greenley
Noreen Anne Greenley was born May 16, 1950. She was the third of seven children to Harvey and Nadine Greenley.
On the evening of September 14, 1963, Noreen was visiting her best friend Bonnie Wilkin as well as Bonnie’s boyfriend Gary Woolner. The three went bowling at Liberty Bowl in Bowmanville, about 20 minutes east of Oshawa, and went to Sam’s diner later that night. They later returned to Bonnie’s house, where Noreen left to catch the 11:30 bus back to Maple Grove after Bonnie said she wanted some “alone time” with Gary.
She apparently went back to speak with Bonnie once more, before leaving again to catch the bus.
After leaving Bonnie’s house, she never boarded the bus and was never seen again.
YouTube – https://youtu.be/eREk13zgjZk
Ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast S1-EP8 Lisa Anstey
At 9:04 a.m. on the morning of Monday May 12, 1997 a 911 call was received about a body being found in a laneway at 393 Front St. East in downtown Toronto.
Upon examination it was confirmed the body was that of 21-year-old Lisa Anstey and she had been strangled.
She had been working the streets since she was 11-years-old, the youngest many sex trade workers had seen.
At the time police in and around the Greater Toronto Area had been searching for the killers of at least nine other women with links to prostitution.
Was Lisa Anstey the victim of a serial killer?
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Sm2iVfSkVPj8Wa7LJyte5?si=9iMryQ6RQqCGGC4s1_prdg
YouTube – https://youtu.be/Rq8pmYW_pR0?si=HGth_a_eNq8n3QVe
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep8-lisa-anstey/id1714174047?i=1000635336903
Ontario cold cases – the podcast: Missing person justin pollari
Justin Pollari was a 14 years old who lived with his dad, stepmother and her children in Hilton Beach, Ontario in the Algoma District.
On December 7, 2001, Justin Pollari came home upset with a scrape on his lip. Just a few moments or maybe hours after his arrival, Justin grabbed his skateboard and backpack with a few clothes to runaway from home.
Justin was supposedly seen by a gas bar attendant getting on a Quik X truck in Saulte Ste. Marie, a city located 67 km away from Hilton Beach. His family believed that he left for Toronto. Several searches in Toronto turned up nothing.
He was last seen wearing dark blue or black baggy pants, a dark blue or black hooded sweater, and a black toque over his six inch Mohawk. He was wearing red or burgundy running shoes.
He would be 36 years old today. He may be wearing a wooden name tag with the name “Woody” on it and go by the name of Joe.
YouTube – https://youtu.be/z3wROhWhja4
ontario Cold Cases – The Podcast: missing person Richard “Peewee” marlow
Seventy-nine years ago on on July 18, 1944, nine-year-old Richard “Peewee” Marlow was last seen on south Etobicoke’s Beta Street in south west Toronto. That February night, most of the Marlow family had gone to see a movie. Richard had seen the picture the night before and opted to stay home with his older brother Gerald. Richard went outside to ride his sister’s bicycle He hasn’t been seen since.
YouTube – https://youtu.be/-MD7YGs1sQ0
Ontario Cold cases – the podcast s1-ep7 Melinda Sheppitt and sophie fillion
The headline 11 years ago in 2012 said it all, “Ottawa police warn of pattern in prostitute murders.” Was a serial killer targeting prostitutes?
Police Chief Vern White of Ottawa Police, in January 2012, told local sex workers that a serial killer may have been operating there since at least 1990.
At the time there were six unsolved murders of sex trade workers in Ottawa since 1990. Since then, some have been solved. I believe two may very well be connected.
That of Melinda Sheppit and Sophie Filion.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/2n0HnGYDR07rBYrJKhYy85?si=YKbhIrV-Sfamv0x4twe9xg
YouTube – https://youtu.be/uXZPZY3oXms?si=yGxn8eZxpcd01Dny
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep6-melinda-sheppit/id1714174047?i=1000634541313
ontario cold cases – The podcast s1-ep5 ingrid bauer
At about 9:40 pm on August 16, 1972, Ingrid Bauer walked out of her home in Kleinburg (now the city of Vaughan, Ontario), a town about 45 kms north of downtown Toronto, to hitchhike to her boyfriend’s place, in North Woodbridge. She was last seen on foot on the west side (southbound) of Islington Avenue. She was never seen again.
With files from:
Unsolved: True Canadian Cold Cases by Robert J. Hoshowsky
With Files from Jeremy Grimaldi
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/7mz4tHql54217xS8bm1AnI?si=8-GMEoxWSDSHqa7zq2HSRQ
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuZJqzEtVL4
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep5-ingrid-bauer/id1714174047?i=1000633754172
ontario cold cases – the podcast s1-ep4 wendy smith, pierre mercon and cheryl rowe
This episode is about three individuals who disappeared from Richmond Hill Ontario, a town about 30 minutes north of downtown Toronto within a 20 year period.
Wendy Smith disappeared April 13, 1995 supposedly after being dropped off at the notorious Fantasisa strip joint.
Pierre Mercon disappeared on Halloween 1996.
Cheryl Rowe disappeared just before Christmas on December 22, 2011
Not a trace of any of these individuals have ever been found.
Is there a connection between these three cases?
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/2OZvPNAKAlZdGwrA2vnbdW?si=j6hareDaRC26g7_XCjHDVA
YouTube – https://youtu.be/Q6i-ZeOxG6k?si=wsNk05xDI7ojfqX2
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep4-wendy-smith/id1714174047?i=1000633004437
ontario cold cases – the podcast s1-ep3 donna awcock
Donna Jean Awcock, 17, was an active teen who loved to babysit and play baseball.
Four decades ago, she disappeared after watching a group of children and was found murdered on Oct. 13, 1983. Her older sister Tammy Dennett is determined to keep her story alive, and to bring the killer to justice.
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/08Z8Hrl5JzZiRID4dQxFUw?si=az4w17THSaatoYsAinh-jg
YouTube – https://youtu.be/6kN7C1k0aXg?si=1IwZK4SCbnxandtN
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep3-donna-awcock/id1714174047?i=1000633003205
ontario cold cases – the podcast s1-ep2 Christine prince
This episode is about a 25 year old woman, who was new to Canada working as a nanny in Toronto.
She went out late one evening with friends and disappeared on her way home.
Three days later her body would be discovered over 40 kms away from where she was last seen floating naked in the Rouge River in Scarborough.
Was she a victim of serial killer Paul Bernardo or were there two killers??
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/0uHPMVDtSut9JD1zEJPK2R?si=IZ5XVC76SVm9np7DtLDUgg
YouTube – https://youtu.be/uIZKqlMchgc?si=1ELyqOh1Y_12ocCl
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep2-christine-prince/id1714174047?i=1000633002304
ontario cold cases – the podcast s1-ep1 valerie stevens
Pregnant 19-year-old Valerie Karen Stevens vanished in the early morning hours of Saturday, September 9th, 1989 after leaving her 17-month-old daughter in the care of a teenage couple. Days later, the police were alerted of her disappearance by the teenage babysitters, who had been taking care of her daughter for four days straight.
Stevens’s skeletal remains were found over 3 years later on October 22nd, 1992 in a wooded area near Burford, Ontario, 100 km southwest of Toronto. An autopsy failed to find the cause of death, but all signs led police to suspect murder.
Was she the victim of a serial killer or something far more personal?
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/3NsmFLK1WuhihX4rxxaOQ6?si=chk3EU1CTF2A80Tsc0REsA
YouTube – https://youtu.be/Gfjo80SI2Ts?si=YOwZTCJM503XQAWL
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ontario-cold-cases-the-podcast-s1-ep1-valerie-stevens/id1714174047?i=1000632997905
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