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Fraud. Abduction. Murder. Every week, Crime Story host and investigative journalist Kathleen Goldhar goes deep into a true crime case with the storyteller who knows it best. For early access to Crime Story episodes visit www.youtube.com/@cbcpodcasts or CBC's True Crime Premium Channel on Apple Podcasts (where episodes are also ad-free).

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Bonus | Lords of Death

Crime Story will be back in the new year with brand new episodes. To keep you company over the holidays, we're bringing you episode one of Lords of Death, a podcast from Tenderfoot TV. While digging through an old memory box, host Thrasher Banks discovers forgotten VHS tapes, police reports, and faded letters regarding a 1995 murder in Dayton, Ohio. Drawn to the connection between this murder and the other seemingly innocuous contents of the box, Thrasher begins investigating. Could the 1995 murder be connected to other unsolved cases? Join Thrasher as he unpacks this box and searches for answers about the “Lords of Death.” Listen now or subscribe to Tenderfoot+ to binge the show ad-free! More episodes are available at: https://lnk.to/lordsofdeath

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Bonus | Bad Results: The “Fake Baby"

Crime Story will be back in the new year with brand new episodes. To keep you company over the holidays, we're bringing you episode one of Bad Results from CBC's Uncover. They needed certainty. They got chaos. For over a decade, countless people from at least five different countries put their trust in a company offering prenatal paternity tests. It promised clients “99.9% accuracy” — but then routinely, for over a decade, identified the wrong biological fathers. Investigative journalists Jorge Barrera and Rachel Houlihan track down the people whose lives were torn apart by these bad results, the shattered families and acrimonious court cases that followed, and the story behind the company that continues to stand by its testing and is still operating today. More episodes of Bad Results are available at: https://link.mgln.ai/hhncYy

36 min
DEC 23

The Gas Man: The unlikely figure behind some of Iran’s deadliest crimes

For more than three decades, Peter Walaschek has been on the run. In the late 1980’s, during the Iran-Iraq war, Walaschek admitted to selling illegal chemicals used to make mustard gas to the Iranian regime. But he wasn’t a professional weapons dealer or a career criminal. He was a pharmacist who happened to really hate his office job. Reporter Chloe Hadjimatheou joins Crime Story to explain what it was like sitting across from the international fugitive, and how, Walaschek says, he went from working in a pharmacy in Germany to visiting the battlefields of Iran. Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca. Hear Crime Story episodes a week early, and ad-free, by subscribing on Apple Podcasts.

29 min
DEC 16

The voice of a killer? What a taped call says about Amber Tuccaro's disappearance.

In 2012, Edmonton police released audio of Amber Tuccaro, a young woman from Mikisew Cree First Nation who went missing a year and a half earlier. On the tape, you hear Amber speaking to someone as they drive. And even more eerie, you hear the voice of the man that most people believe murdered her. Reporter Jana Pruden joins Crime Story to discuss why hearing that haunting tape drove her to investigate Amber’s story. If you enjoyed this episode, check out Crime Story’s first conversation with Jana Pruden, titled 'In Her Defence: When the accused is also a victim.' Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.

36 min
DEC 9

339 bodies in the woods: the Noble crematory story

In the winter of 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency received an anonymous tip: somebody had seen bones on a property in Noble, Georgia, and they thought they might be human. Eventually, a police investigation would unearth the remains of more than 300 people. In a different kind of story, this property might belong to America’s most prolific serial killer. But none of these people were murdered – they had been sent there to be cremated. In his podcast Noble, Shaun Raviv tries to understand what happened more than two decades ago at Tri State Crematory and wrestles with the question: what do the living owe the dead? For early, ad-free access to Crime Story, become a subscriber of CBC True Crime Premium on Apple Podcasts. Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.

29 min
DEC 2

Carl Miller was a regular academic. Then he found the Kill List.

Carl Miller had spent most of his career at a think tank in London, writing reports and giving lectures – the stuff most academics do. Then, a few years ago, Carl got a call that would change his life forever. The caller, an old colleague, had stumbled upon something that scared him: an online marketplace where you could hire a hitman. Suddenly, Carl was looking at a list of hundreds of names. A list of people that somebody, somewhere wanted dead. So Carl started calling them. For early, ad-free access to Crime Story, become a subscriber of CBC True Crime Premium on Apple Podcasts. Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.

36 min
NOV 25

Ruby Franke: The dark secrets behind her Youtube fame

Ruby Franke rose to online fame by vlogging the lives of her six children and her husband, Kevin. Millions of people tuned in to the 8 Passengers YouTube channel every day for a snapshot of domestic bliss. But then, viewers began noticing something seemed off about the Utah family's idyllic life. Their suspicions lead to a shocking truth. Note: This episode contains details of child abuse. Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca. For ad-free listening to Crime Story and early access to episodes, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.

36 min
NOV 18

Man in the Window: Tracking down the Golden State Killer

Between 1973 and 1986, entire neighbourhoods in California often went to bed thinking about one man. His crimes earned him many names: the Cordova Cat Burglar, the East Area Rapist and of course, the Golden State Killer. For years, he broke into hundreds of homes, sexually assaulting more than 45 women and murdering 13 people, before disappearing into the night. This week on Crime Story, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Paige St. John reveals why it took more than 40 years for victims of the Golden State Killer to learn his true identity. Note: This episode contains details of sexual violence. For ad-free listening to Crime Story and early access to episodes, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts. Feedback for us? You can email us directly at crimestory@cbc.ca.

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Introducing Crime Story

Every week, Crime Story brings you an in-depth conversation with a storyteller who has lived and breathed a tale of true crime. Go inside some of the most riveting and complex crimes in recent memory. Crime Story drops Mondays, starting October 16.

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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. Find episode transcripts at this page. Previous seasons: S1: Adrien McNaughton. S2: Sheryl Sheppard. S3: Dee & Moore. S4: Greavette. S5: Kerrie Brown. S6: Donald Izzett Jr.. S7: The Abortion Wars. S8: The Angel Carlick Case.

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Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters – rape, baby loss, and even a coma. One by one, the doulas struggle to support her and grieve with her, and even save her life as they’re led down a distressing path. And then the truth comes out. In this six-part true crime series, Sarah Treleaven untangles a complex web of lies and deception to ask who Kaitlyn really is and why she did the things that she did. Cases like these puzzle legal experts and raise intricate moral and ethical questions. This is not your average con. Kaitlyn is not your usual scammer. Kaitlyn's Baby is Season 2 of The Con — a podcast exposing the art of deception — from CBC and the BBC World Service. Season 1 - the critically acclaimed catfishing quest, Love, Janessa, launched in January 2023. Content warning: The latest season of The Con contains references to medical emergencies, including baby loss. We also deal with sexual assault and there is some strong language.

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Kathleen Goldhar

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4.4

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69 Ratings

Paige St. John

Nov 11

susannj

It never fails to boggle my mind that a Pulitzer Prize winner thinks that the past tense of drag is “drug”. It’s dragged. Americans are so stupid.
339 Bodies

Dec 5

Megganp

Wow, what a story, and so well told. The empathy and the humanity were there through it all. The complexity of the gross and sad situation was also addressed so perfectly.
Best interview style and summary

Dec 2

jkawak

Worthwhile and useful interviews. Stands out as the best “interviews and deep dive” into creators of other podcasts , books , or investigation’s. I’m not sure if it’s her insightful and compelling questions, or the humanness in her interview style- but something makes me come back over and over to this show. All others pale. In comparison
A favorite!

Jun 24

katfish17

Kathleen is such a great host! I’m always excited to listen to a new episode! Ive found that it’s also a great way to find other podcasts. Sometimes I’ll stop the episode after the intro and find the podcast they are discussing, then come back to her episode.

Fraud. Abduction. Murder. Every week, Crime Story host and investigative journalist Kathleen Goldhar goes deep into a true crime case with the storyteller who knows it best. For early access to Crime Story episodes visit www.youtube.com/@cbcpodcasts or CBC's True Crime Premium Channel on Apple Podcasts (where episodes are also ad-free).