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Where is Cleo? Taken by child welfare workers in the 1970’s and adopted in the U.S., the young Cree girl’s family believes she was raped and murdered while hitchhiking back home to Saskatchewan. CBC news investigative reporter Connie Walker joins the search to find out what really happened to Cleo.

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    • Jun 3, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 38m AVG DURATION
    • 43 EPISODES
    • 2 SEASONS

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    Missing & Murdered Introduces | Uncover: Calls From a Killer

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2025 33:37


    What does a reporter do when they receive a cold call from one of the most horrific serial killers in Canadian history?The killer: Clifford Olson, who murdered at least eleven children in the 1980s. The reporter: Arlene Bynon, who recorded her jailhouse calls with Olson for years.Alongside legendary journalist Peter Worthington, Arlene spent hundreds of hours on the phone with Olson. It was kept secret from his prison guards; he wasn't allowed to speak to the media.In Calls From a Killer, from CBC's Uncover, Arlene unearths secrets that have been buried for decades. More episodes of Calls from a Killer are available at: https://link.mgln.ai/Vt22K2

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: Someone Knows Something Season 9

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2024 34:29


    Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges, confessing to her murder, but the case falls apart and Christine's family are left without answers.In Season 9 of the award winning podcast Someone Knows Something, David Ridgen, along with Christine's mother, reopen the investigation and come face to face with the man who said he killed Chrissy.Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen. Each season tackles an unsolved case, uncovering details and bringing closure to families.More episodes of Someone Knows Something are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/Dhp7oA5t

    Bonus: How to celebrate National Indigenous People's Day all summer long

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 21, 2024 52:00


    Today we have a special bonus episode for you from our sibling show Unreserved, a fearless space for Indigenous voices. Host Rosanna Deerchild is ready to Indigenize your summer with a tastemaker's guide to the best books, movies, podcasts and more. More episodes of Unreserved are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/qKyKgTHk

    Bonus: Connie Walker joins Crime Story to discuss her new podcast Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2024 3:35


    Fraud. Abduction. Murder. Every week, Crime Story host and investigative journalist Kathleen Goldhar goes deep into a tale of true crime with the storyteller who knows it best. In this special episode, Connie Walker joins Kathleen to discuss the new season of her Pulitzer Prize winning podcast Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater that investigates a crisis of policing on America's largest reservation. Connie investigates the disappearance of two women on the Navajo Nation, a place where people say you can get away with murder.The full episode and many more are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/7G-QCxtw

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: Stolen Season 3 | Trouble in Sweetwater

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 5, 2024 3:03


    From Spotify comes Stolen Season 3: Trouble In Sweetwater. Violence. Retaliation. Disappearances. The Navajo Nation is 27,000 square miles of remote terrain with just over 200 tribal police officers. This season on Stolen, Connie Walker's investigation into the cases of two missing women leads her on a search for justice in a place where people say you can get away with murder. Reporting for Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater was supported by the International Women's Media Foundation's (IWMF) Fund for Indigenous Journalists reporting on issues related to Missing & Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP) with a concentration on women, girls, Two-Spirit, and transgender people.

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: Someone Knows Something | Season 8

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2023 48:13


    ost David Ridgen joins victims' family members as they investigate cold cases, tracking down leads, speaking to suspects and searching for answers. In the highly-anticipated 8th season of Someone Knows Something, award-winning investigator David Ridgen delves into a cold case that has haunted Whitehorse for more than 15 years. Angel Carlick was a vibrant youth worker, nicknamed ‘Happy-Go-Lucky' by her loved ones. She had plans after graduation to become legal guardian of her brother and work to support struggling youth at her local resource centre. But just days before she was set to graduate in 2007, at age 18, Angel disappeared. Months later, her remains were found in a remote area in the Canadian north. As David works alongside Angel's family, friends, and community, he uncovers details surrounding her death and strives to bring her justice, while honouring the legacy of her late mother, Wendy. More episodes are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/oGRUe153

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's - Episode 1: The Police Officer and the Priest

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 35:23


    One night back in the late 1970s, an officer in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police pulled over a suspected drunk driver. When he walked up to the vehicle, he came face-to-face with a ghost from his past: a residential school priest. That officer was journalist Connie Walker's late father. What happened that night on the side of the road compelled her to return home to Saskatchewan nearly 40 years later to try to investigate a secret in her own family. What she uncovers is a much bigger story. More episodes are available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/7D4inq4DY144KIZN99Od6t?si=dbd6007f53084010

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's - Episode 2: Tikinê

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2023 43:32


    There are things in every family that no one ever talks about. In Connie's family, the truth of what really happened to the Cameron kids in residential school has largely remained unspoken. But when Connie breaks that silence and begins asking questions, her Aunties and Uncles start telling their stories—and naming names. More episodes are available at: https://open.spotify.com/show/7D4inq4DY144KIZN99Od6t?si=dbd6007f53084010

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: The Outlaw Ocean

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2022 55:02


    The high seas are beyond the reach of international law – and beyond the beat of most reporters. But Pulitzer-Prize-winner and former New York Times journalist, Ian Urbina, has sailed into uncharted territories. Urbina sets out on a years-long quest to investigate murder at sea, modern slave labour, environmental crimes and quixotic adventurers. Part travelog, part true-crime thriller, this 7-part series takes listeners to places where the laws of the land no longer exist. The Outlaw Ocean is brought to you by CBC Podcasts and the LA Times and produced by The Outlaw Ocean Project. More episodes are available at http://hyperurl.co/theoutlawocean

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: The Kill List

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2022 52:20


    When human rights activist Karima Baloch is found drowned off the shores of Toronto, an investigation into her mysterious death leads all the way back to Pakistan, the country she had recently fled. In this six-part series, host Mary Lynk explores the rampant abductions and killings of dissidents in Pakistan, the dangers that follow those who flee to the West, and a terrifying intelligence agency with tentacles around the globe. How did Karima die? And would Pakistan really carry out an assassination far beyond its borders? This is a story that a powerful state doesn't want you to know. More episodes are available at smarturl.it/thekilllist

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: Kuper Island

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2022 32:46


    Kuper Island is an 8-part series that tells the stories of four students: three who survived and one who didn't. They attended one of Canada's most notorious residential schools – where unsolved deaths, abuse, and lies haunt the community and the survivors to this day. Hosted by Duncan McCue. More episodes are available at hyperurl.co/kuperisland

    Missing & Murdered Introduces: The Secret Life of Canada

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 3, 2022 45:15


    The Secret Life of Canada is a podcast about the country you know and the stories you don't. Join hosts Leah-Simone Bowen and Falen Johnson as they reveal the beautiful, terrible and weird histories of this land. The Secret Life of Canada is back with season 4 and in this episode, you'll hear the story behind a now famous "before and after" photo of a little boy who was taken to residential school in Regina, Saskatchewan. Who is this boy? Where is he from and what happened to him after he was taken away from home? More episodes are available at http://hyperurl.co/secretlifeofcanada

    Introducing: The Next Call with David Ridgen - The Case of Terrie Dauphinais

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 35:35


    From David Ridgen, the creator of Someone Knows Something, comes the new investigative podcast The Next Call. Tackling unsolved cases through strategic phone calls. In the case of Terrie Dauphinais, a 24-year-old Metis woman is found dead in her Calgary home in the spring of 2002. New investigative efforts have held out promise, but the case still remains cold almost two decades later. More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/thenextcall

    Introducing: Carrie Low VS.

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2021 27:19


    Carrie Low trusted police when she reported her horrific rape. But she says they failed to investigate properly, and only succeeded in traumatizing her further. Now she's setting out on a mission to hold these institutions to account. This all-new investigation is hosted by award-winning investigative journalist Maggie Rahr. More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/carrielow

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    Introducing: The Village: Season 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 23, 2021 51:35


    Transgender women, and trans sex workers in particular, know what it means to be marginalized, overpoliced, and underprotected. In season two of The Village, host Justin Ling investigates the stories of two women, Alloura Wells and Cassandra Do, whose deaths remain unexplained, and whose cases expose the systems that failed them. More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/thevillagecbc

    Introducing: The Next Call with David Ridgen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 9, 2021 3:40


    From David Ridgen, the creator of Someone Knows Something, comes the new investigative podcast The Next Call. Tackling unsolved cases through strategic phone calls. From the victim's family members to potential suspects, the investigation unfolds with The Next Call. More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/thenextcall

    Introducing: Life Jolt

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 27, 2021 36:15


    Life Jolt - prison slang for a life sentence - examines the lives of women navigating Canada’s correctional system. The team gained unprecedented access to the Grand Valley Institution prison, the federal pen for women in Ontario, for a full year. They followed women going into prison for the first time, spoke with lifers who have been there for years, and parolees as they left. Hosted by Rosemary Green, a former inmate herself, Life Jolt focuses on individual women’s stories and the realities of prison life, and explores a wide range of issues including parenting behind bars, segregation, the over-representation of Indigenous women, addiction, trauma and the many obstacles of reintegration. More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/lifejolt

    Introducing Stolen: The Search for Jermain

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 22, 2021 47:21


    In 2018, a young Indigenous mother left a bar in Missoula, Montana, and was never seen again. Journalist Connie Walker goes inside the investigation to find Jermain Charlo, tracking down leads and joining search parties through the dense mountains of the Flathead Reservation. As she unravels this mystery, the show examines what it means to be an Indigenous woman in America. More episodes are available for free on Spotify.

    Introducing: Evil by Design

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 47:24


    More than 80 women from around the world have accused the fast-fashion mogul Peter Nygard of rape, sexual assault, and human trafficking in incidents across four decades and at least four countries. He denies it all, and claims his accusers are lying as part of a vast conspiracy. Nygard had built a sprawling international retail empire over the past 50 years — but now, his professional achievements are being overshadowed by a sinister personal life, earning him the moniker, ‘Canada’s Jeffrey Epstein’. Evil by Design is a new podcast that asks the key questions: Who are the women and men who have stepped forward? Which systems failed them? And how did Nygard get away with it for so long? More episodes are available at: smarturl.it/evilbydesign

    Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 32:22


    The 1950s & 60s saw a wave of radical movements. Che Guevara and the Cuban Revolution. The Black Panthers. Quebec and Canada had the FLQ — a showdown that dissolved into crisis. By October 1970, there were soldiers in the streets, communities on edge, kidnapping and terror in the headlines. But those frightening weeks were just the crescendo of a wave of terror and violence that was nearly a decade in the making. This series will reveal the stories of that time through immersive storytelling and the people who lived it: the bomb disposal expert on defusing live explosives, the survivors of terror, their families, and the radicals themselves. More episodes are available at http://hyperurl.co/recallcbc

    Introducing Uncover: The Village

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2019 41:32


    Two waves of murders, 40 years apart. Who's killing men in Toronto's gay community and why are they getting away with it? Subscribe now at cbc.ca/uncover.

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    Introducing Someone Knows Something: Kerrie Brown

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2018 63:42


    Fifteen-year-old Kerrie Brown disappeared from a house party in Thompson, Manitoba. Her body was found two days later. Host David Ridgen joins Kerrie's friends and family on their search for answers. Subscribe to Someone Knows Something now.

    S2 Episode 10: Cleo’s letters

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2018 55:14


    Even though it was supposed to have been destroyed in 1983, the police file documenting the investigation into Cleo’s death still exists and it contains more detail than Christine ever imagined learning about the last days, hours and even minutes of Cleo’s short life.

    S2 Episode 9: Reunion

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2018 53:41


    Christine travels to Pennsylvania for an emotional reunion with her brother, Johnny, who she hasn’t seen since she was a baby. Determined to get more answers about the days and weeks leading up to her sister’s death, Christine finally gets a copy of Cleo’s death certificate. That, and other documents begin to shed light on the truth she’s been seeking for decades.

    S2 Episode 8: Salesperson of the year

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 36:17


    Digging through archives in Saskatchewan, Connie makes a shocking discovery. As she investigates the controversial Adopt Indian Metis program which Cleo and her siblings were a part of, the man who started the program agrees to speak with her about its controversial origins, and legacy.

    S2 Episode 7: Lillian

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 32:01


    Connie’s chance meeting with the father who Cleo never knew is followed by new revelations about the Semaganis children’s biological mother, Lillian. A picture begins to emerge about why her children were taken, and when she joined the fight to stop the adoption of more Indigenous children into white homes.

    S2 Episode 6: Little Pine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2018 49:35


    A brief encounter with someone who knew Cleo perhaps better than anyone else just before her death reveals crucial details. Connecting new facts about her life leads the investigation to a world far from where Cleo died, back to Little Pine First Nation.

    S2 Episode 5: Afraid of the dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2018 29:30


    As Connie shares some shocking news with Cleo's siblings, the truth about what happened to her remains just out of reach. Police may have answers but can’t share them yet. It's time to visit the one person who's bound to know more.

    S2 Episode 4: The funeral home

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2018 40:45


    The search for Cleo leads Connie to investigate a headstone belonging to a 13-year-old girl who died in 1978. The cemetery is more than 20 hours away from Arkansas, where Cleo's family has long believed she was killed.

    S2 Episode 3: A little lie

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2018 53:56


    Connie meets Cleo’s older brother, Johnny, in Pennsylvania, where he was adopted. He’s haunted by the memory of saying goodbye to Cleo and longs to fulfill a promise to find her. A late night internet search reveals he may be close.

    S2 Episode 2: Eyes that haunted me

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2018 40:54


    Christine gets a tip that helps geographically narrow the search for Cleo, and Connie visits another sister, April, to see what she may remember. Scouring old photos and documents, they stumble on a key reference to Cleo in April’s adoption records.

    S2 Episode 1: Stolen. Murdered. Missing.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 7, 2018 34:00


    Connie responds to Christine’s plea for help finding her eldest sister, Cleo. The only proof of Cleo’s existence though is a tiny, undated school photo. A clue soon emerges which will take Christine’s search in unexpected directions.

    S2 Episode 0: Finding Cleo

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 4:07


    In the 1970s, Cleo was taken by child welfare workers and adopted in the U.S. Her family, who has been searching for her since, was told she was murdered. Host Connie Walker helps the family unravel the mystery. A CBC News podcast coming March 7th.

    S1 Episode 8: Resilience

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2016 58:19


    Connie Walker questions police about DNA evidence, and learns that after nearly three decades, their seemingly stagnant investigation has become “very active”, as a result of new information brought to light in this podcast.

    S1 Episode 7: The Notebooks (Part Two)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2016 33:56


    Digging deeper into old police notes, Connie Walker tries to find out what happened to a pile of bloody clothes matching a description of what Alberta was wearing on the night she disappeared.

    S1 Episode 7: The Notebooks (Part One)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2016 44:13


    A closer examination of old RCMP notebooks yields new details about a mysterious phone call from a woman who knew where Alberta’s body was concealed, days before her body was actually found.

    S1 Episode 6: The Taxi Driver

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2016 44:58


    In this episode, Connie Walker finds the cabbie who people told us they saw with Alberta and her uncle Jack the night after she’s thought to have vanished. While talking to Walker the taxi driver discloses something surprising about his DNA.

    S1 Episode 5: The Black Truck

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2016 34:29


    A shocking new revelation surfaces about people seeing Alberta in a mysterious black truck after she was thought to have disappeared. The tip propels investigative reporter Connie Walker north, to Prince Rupert, British Columbia.

    S1 Episode 4: The Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2016 40:50


    New details emerge about the last night Alberta was seen alive. Reporter Connie Walker speaks to a key witness who has never been interviewed by police about what he saw the night Alberta disappeared.

    S1 Episode 3: A Suspect

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2016 53:42


    Investigative reporter Connie Walker tracks down the person police suspected in the murder of Alberta Williams.

    S1 Episode 2: The Investigation

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2016 42:31


    Combing through old police notebooks, Walker tries to piece together what happened on the night Alberta vanished. She discovers that even before Alberta’s body was found, one of the people interviewed hinted at a “tragic accident”.

    S1 Episode 1: The Tip

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 25, 2016 35:23


    Reporter Connie Walker meets face to face with the person who sent her a tip about Alberta Williams’ unsolved murder. Find out why they’re breaking their silence, and meet the sister who’s still haunted by vivid memories of Alberta’s disappearance.

    S1 Episode 0: Who Killed Alberta Williams?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2016 5:51


    This preview of Missing & Murdered: Who Killed Alberta Williams? explores how a chilling tip sparked the CBC’s Connie Walker to uncover secrets and confront a suspect in a decades-old cold case. The 8-part true crime podcast launches on October 25th.

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