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Missing & Murdered: Finding Cleo

38 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 7.4K ratings

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

March 05, 2024 22:10 - 3 minutes - 2.93 MB

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) Fu...

Missing & Murdered Introduces: Someone Knows Something | Season 8

September 25, 2023 14:10 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MB

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 ...

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

May 11, 2023 04:10 - 43 minutes - 40 MB

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: Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s - Episode 1: The Police Officer and the Priest

May 11, 2023 04:10 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MB

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. ...

Missing & Murdered Introduces: The Kill List

July 11, 2022 04:10 - 52 minutes - 48 MB

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 assas...

Missing & Murdered Introduces: Kuper Island

May 17, 2022 20:20 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MB

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

February 03, 2022 21:32 - 45 minutes - 41.6 MB

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...

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

November 09, 2021 15:21 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

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: The Village: Season 2

June 23, 2021 14:30 - 51 minutes - 47.4 MB

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

June 09, 2021 15:30 - 3 minutes - 3.49 MB

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

April 27, 2021 04:10 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

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 realitie...

Introducing Stolen: The Search for Jermain

March 22, 2021 04:10 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

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

January 28, 2021 05:10 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MB

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 ...

Introducing: Brainwashed

September 23, 2020 04:10 - 23 minutes - 22.2 MB

Brainwashed investigates the CIA’s covert mind control experiments – from the Cold War and MKULTRA to the so-called War on Terror. It’s the story of how a renowned psychiatrist used his unwitting patients as human guinea pigs at a Montreal hospital, and the ripple effects on survivors, their families, and thousands of other people around the world. It also examines the cultural impact — how the CIA brought LSD to America and inadvertently created counterculture influencers such as author Ken ...

Introducing: Recall: How to Start a Revolution

September 08, 2020 04:10 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MB

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 ...

Introducing Uncover: The Village

April 02, 2019 16:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MB

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.

Introducing Someone Knows Something: Kerrie Brown

October 16, 2018 16:00 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

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

April 02, 2018 00:10 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 9: Reunion

March 27, 2018 00:10 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcr...

S2 Episode 8: Salesperson of the year

March 20, 2018 00:09 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 7: Lillian

March 20, 2018 00:08 - 31 minutes - 29.4 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 6: Little Pine

March 20, 2018 00:07 - 49 minutes - 45.5 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 5: Afraid of the dark

March 15, 2018 00:10 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 4: The funeral home

March 14, 2018 00:10 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 3: A little lie

March 09, 2018 00:10 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 2: Eyes that haunted me

March 08, 2018 00:10 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 1: Stolen. Murdered. Missing.

March 07, 2018 00:10 - 33 minutes - 31.2 MB

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. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/missing-murdered-season-2-finding-cleo-transcripts-listen-1.6733352

S2 Episode 0: Finding Cleo

March 06, 2018 17:00 - 4 minutes - 4.04 MB

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

December 20, 2016 17:00 - 58 minutes - 53.7 MB

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)

December 15, 2016 17:00 - 33 minutes - 31.4 MB

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)

December 13, 2016 17:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MB

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

November 29, 2016 17:00 - 44 minutes - 41.5 MB

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

November 22, 2016 17:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MB

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

November 15, 2016 17:00 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MB

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

November 08, 2016 17:00 - 53 minutes - 49.5 MB

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

S1 Episode 2: The Investigation

November 01, 2016 16:00 - 42 minutes - 39.2 MB

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

October 25, 2016 16:00 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

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?

October 18, 2016 16:00 - 5 minutes - 5.63 MB

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.