Shades of Crime

Daniel Pickett and Trevor Hamlin were two young men from Newfoundland Canada who both disappeared under very mysterious circumstances, leaving behind a few pieces of puzzling evidence and even more questions. This week's episode looks into the 2006 disappearance of 25 year old Daniel Pickett and the 2018 disappearance of 33 year old Trevor Hamlin.

The province of PEI is known for its low crime rates and strong sense of community, so while the province only has three active missing persons cases, each has profoundly impacted the people of PEI. This episode covers the disappearances of Steven O'Brien, Stacey McKinnon-Smith and Theresa Ann Gregory.

Between 1928 and 1947, the Ideal Maternity Home was operating out of Chester Nova Scotia, a maternity home which boasted highly confidential maternity care for unwed mothers. The home was operated by Lila and William Young, a couple who went from being held in the highest regard to some of the most despised people in Canada. This week's episode looks into the actions of Lila and William Young and the long-lasting impacts their actions have left on people across Canada and the United States.

Eight year old Mindy Tran lived in Kelowna British Columbia when she went missing back in August of 1994. A man was captured and charged with Mindy's murder, but he was famously exonerated on the charges. The case leading up to this verdict seemed rock solid, which leaves many wondering if Mindy's killer got away.

Kimberley Lockyer and Dale Worthman were a couple living outside of St. John's Newfoundland who vanished without a trace back in the summer of 1993. Their basement apartment looked as though they had never left and was just one of the many confounding pieces of evidence in this case.

Douglas Edgett and Cheryl Pyne both lived in Moncton New Brunswick, their lives didn't have much cross-over, but their deaths have permanently linked them together because of the actions of one sick man. This week's episode covers the murders of Douglas Edgett and Cheryl Pyne and how even with a known perpetrator, the two cases lack complete resolve.

The city of Halifax has had something strange happen for many years, a guy cruises the downtown area between 2 and 3a.m looking for a lone man in need of a drive, he picks them and they head home. What happens during these car rides can vary, but there is one thing for sure, you should never accept a ride from the Halifax glove man. This episode includes a story that is based off of multiple true accounts merged in a cohesive fashion for narration purposes.

Andrea King, Shelley Connors and Kathleen MacVicar all vanished without a trace and were later located murdered under confounding circumstances. Each murder had little to go off of, but could the travels of the once esteemed military man Russell Williams give us an idea of who killed these women or are there other people involved? This week's episode looks into the murders of these women and the suspects involved in their deaths.

Glenda Morriseau was an indigenous woman living in Winnipeg Manitoba who may have fallen victim to a serial killer, but what happened to lead up to that? Listen to this episode to find out what happened to Glenda back in 1991.

24 year old Kimber Leanne Lucas was murdered in Halifax Nova Scotia in 1994. She was seven months pregnant when her stabbed and mutilated body was found in the back alley of a North street building. This week I look at who could have killed Kimber Lucas.

Jennifer Hillier-Penney vanished from St. Anthony Newfoundland on November 30th of 2016. This case was covered in episode two but new information has been released and this case was due for a re-making.

Jonathan Reader was murdered while walking home from the Pacifico bar and grille in Halifax Nova Scotia in August of 2005. This murder has gone unsolved for 15 years and is thought to be a random attack, but who could've carried this out?

Peter Dale MacDonald is a known criminal with two charges of murder, but could more cases be linked to him, making him a serial killer? This episode covers the convicted murders of Michelle Charette and James Campbell, along with three other cases which this man faced charges for.

The small province of Prince Edward Island in Canada only has one unsolved murder case in recent history, but now more than ever, we may be getting closer to finding out who killed Byron Carr. Get ready, because things are about to get... shady

Ryan Shtuka vanished from a small ski resort community jsut out of Kamloops BC, making him another young healthy man who has disappeared from BCs lower mainland. This episode also covers cases that have very little information and have not been talked about as much as the ones before this. This is my last episode in my investigation into the missing men of BCs lower mainland. Get ready, because things are about to get... shady.

Part two of my ivestigation into the missing men of British Columbia's lower mainland. This episode covers the cases of Sahil Sharma, Manvir Sinhu, Kellen McElwee, Pablo Guerra and Derek Kelly. These cases keep getting more and more twisted and confusing and the sheer volume of them is making it hard to deny a theme in the disappearances.

Men in the province of British Columbia have been disappearing from its southwest region for years under very mysterious circumstances. These men share similar characteristics and each case appears so similar that it is almost impossible to question whether they are somehow linked. This week the disappearances of Asim Chaudhry, Bryan Braumberger and Jeff Surtel are covered in this multi part coverage of the vanishing young men of British Columbia.

What happens when an article singling out members of the LGBTQ is published in a highly conservative country, the article forms a type of hitlist. The unauthorized Ugandan newspaper called the Rollingstone (not associated with the American magazine) published an article in 2010 entitled "Pictures of Uganda's Top 100 Homos" and stamped on the cover image was a message saying "hang them" so it is no surprise that this publication had terrible ramifications in a country where homosexuality is against the law.

The LGBTQ community is frequently targeted in violent attacks and those attacks disproportionately impact trans and gender non-conforming people and even more so when the person is black. So this episode is looking into the murders to two black trans women back in 2019 that have no garnered the attention that they deserve and still remain unsolved to this day. Trans and gender non-conforming people frequently lose family and close attachments to people they held before coming out and that means that frequently there are not enough people to advocate for them. That's why we need to make our voices heard, these cases can be solved with enough pressure on those handling the cases. Teach the world that murdering black trans people will be treated as murder.

While on her way to work, Elizabeth Gale Tucker vanished and with each passing day, more questions arose. But no one could have imagined that her case was the first in a seemingly unconnected set of crimes across Canada.

Brenda Way lived a life of obscurity and like many other sex workers, she fell through every possible crack in the system. In her life, Brenda encountered innumerable amounts of unsavory characters which leaves us with one burning question... Who killed Brenda Way? Sources for this episode can be found at www.shadesofcrime.ca Any questions, concerns, statements or requests can be directed to shadesofcrime@gmail.com