
45 episodes

Island Crime Island Crime+
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- True Crime
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4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
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Each season of Island Crime focuses on one crime story based on Vancouver Island. Season 4: 'Finding Amber' follows the case of a Port Alberni woman who disappeared on July 8, 2022.
Season 3: ‘Missing Michael’ is the story of Michael Dunahee, a little boy from Victoria, BC, who vanished from a playground in 1991 at the age of 4. Season 2: ‘Gone Boys’ follows the mystery of men who have gone missing in recent years on Vancouver Island. Season 1: ‘Where is Lisa?’ digs into the disappearance of 21-year-old Lisa Marie Young.
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S3 E12 The Man in the Brown Van (Part2)
Note: The Victoria police were given access to this story in advance of it being published. If the police choose to offer a comment or clarification, the series will be updated to include the response.
A tip about an alleged attempt abduction, preceding Michael Dunahee's disappearance leads to an exploration into the life of a now deceased local man. -
S3 E11 The Man in the Brown Van (Part 1)
Note: The Victoria police were given access to this story in advance of it being published. If the police choose to offer a comment or clarification, the series will be updated to include the response.
In September 1989, just over a year before Michael Dunahee's disappearance (March 24, 1991), there is an alleged attempted abduction of a 3 year old boy in virtually the same location. In this episode what is known about that incident, and the man who was involved. -
S1 E13 Hot Tub Time Machine
Up until now what happened to Lisa Marie Young, in the hours after she left 'The Jungle' nightclub, has been unclear. We know she attended a couple of house parties, but no one present at those gatherings has ever publicly described the events leading up to Lisa's disappearance on June 30th 2002. In this episode one of the young men there that night, finally breaks his silence.
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S1 E12 Hornets' Nest
Twenty years on, there are now new searches for Lisa Marie Young. The fresh attention is reopening old wounds and bringing unwanted attention to some.
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S2 Update: A Gone Boy No More: Brandon Cairney
Brandon Cairney has been missing from Port Alberni since October 2017. On September 22nd 2022, Brandon surfaced alive.
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S4 E6 Darkness
Amber's disappearance devastates those who love her. In this episode, close friends wrestle with the thought of life without Amber and look to the past to find clues about what was really going on in Amber's world.
Customer Reviews
Top Notch Journalism
The best coverage of local cases. Informative, unbiased and fair.
This podcast is NEEDED
As someone who has asked the question themselves, is there a problem with missing boys on Vancouver island?
This podcast is needed!!
Laura is helping people feel heard. Helping those who can’t tell their story, tell their story.
Brining attention to cases that need answers.
Her voice is lovely to listen to and she asks all the right questions. Everyone on Vancouver island should listen and share!!!!
Let’s find Lisa!!!
What happened to little Michael Dunahee?
I also wonder about Jordan Holling everytime I drive past the spot he was last sighted in my hometown of Campbell River.
Thank you Laura so everything this podcast does to bring attention to the gone boys of Vancouver island
Michael Dunahee
Kudos to you on your reporting of Michael’s disappearance. This report brought chills, especially the brown van man, it sure hits too close to home! It’s so disappointing that our local police refuse to cooperate in an investigation that went so seriously wrong. Our daughter was only 3-mths old when this happened and our city went into lockdown where families did not feel safe in one of the safest cities in Canada! I hope and pray that your investigative reporting gets some answers and closure for the Dunahee family. In the words of every cold case “somebody knows something”!
Yes, I believe the said property finally needs a proper search but I plead that the property owners do not get infiltrated by do-gooders! Let’s hope this is done respectfully by professionals as it should🥺