Uncover
306 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★★ - 9.2K ratingsCrime. Investigation. Revelation. Uncover brings you explosive, high-caliber true crime year-round. From CIA mind control to serial abuse, mysterious disappearances to wrongful imprisonment. Each season features a new host who is deeply connected to the story, committed to tracking down the truth. With new episodes weekly, and over twenty seasons to choose from, Uncover represents the best in true crime.
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Episodes
S6 E4: ‘There is still time to wake up'
February 18, 2020 05:10 - 48 minutes - 44.5 MBA local activist in Saskatoon, Marjaleena Repo, says she knew instantly that the accused were innocent, victims of nothing less than mass hysteria. Though she sounds the alarm in any forum she can find, her warnings are ignored.
S6 E3: ‘You got to be friggin’ kidding me’
February 11, 2020 05:10 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBAs the number of suspects continues to grow, rumours of an underground Satanic cult whose members include police officers have taken root. Saskatoon Police Officer John Popowich finds himself facing “the worst things that a human being can be accused of.”
S6 "Satanic Panic" E1: 'It was such a perfect place'
February 11, 2020 00:08 - 36 minutes - 36.2 MBPolice Officer Claudia Bryden is drawn into a bizarre case unfolding in the peaceful Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. What starts with a single complaint about an alleged sexual assault in a home daycare grows into something bigger and more disturbing than anyone could have imagined. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-6-satanic-panic-transcripts-listen-1.5437487
S6 "Satanic Panic" E2: 'It was hell'
February 10, 2020 00:09 - 40 minutes - 39.3 MBBy June 1992, nine people face nearly 180 charges related to the sexual abuse of children who have attended a home daycare in Martensville. Journalist Dan Zakreski revisits the sites of the story that dominated everyone's attention, including a ‘Devil Church,’ and reflects on his own role in spreading the story. Then, we meet a young mother searching for answers who shares her own heartrending story of a childhood turned upside down by the Martensville Nightmare. For transcripts of this seri...
S6 "Satanic Panic" E3: ‘You got to be friggin’ kidding me’
February 09, 2020 00:10 - 38 minutes - 37.3 MBAs the number of suspects continues to grow, rumours of an underground Satanic cult whose members include police officers have taken root. Saskatoon Police Officer John Popowich finds himself facing “the worst things that a human being can be accused of.” For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-6-satanic-panic-transcripts-listen-1.5437487
S6 "Satanic Panic" E4: ‘There is still time to wake up'
February 08, 2020 00:10 - 48 minutes - 46.5 MBA local activist in Saskatoon, Marjaleena Repo, says she knew instantly that the accused were innocent, victims of nothing less than mass hysteria. Though she sounds the alarm in any forum she can find, her warnings are ignored. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-6-satanic-panic-transcripts-listen-1.5437487
S6 "Satanic Panic" E5: The Many Martensvilles
February 07, 2020 00:10 - 50 minutes - 48.3 MBAs devastating as the Martensville Nightmare is for all involved, it’s just one piece of a much bigger picture. FBI special agent Ken Lanning spent the ‘80s trying to figure out what the hell was happening across North America, and why. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-6-satanic-panic-transcripts-listen-1.5437487
S6 "Satanic Panic" E6: ‘I remember telling them nothing happened to me’
February 06, 2020 00:10 - 43 minutes - 42.2 MBHow does it come to be that hundreds of children across North America and beyond report such similar crimes? How has a phenomenon that’s never seen a proven case become so real in the minds of so many? And what does it mean for the children at the centre of it all? For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-6-satanic-panic-transcripts-listen-1.5437487
S6 "Satanic Panic" E7: What good can come of this?
February 05, 2020 01:10 - 50 minutes - 48.8 MBFar from healed, the Martensville Nightmare remains an open wound for those who lived through it. And yet for the rest of us, the history is all but lost — a symbol of the broader failure across the board to face the effects of the Satanic Panic head on or to learn its lessons. But, some surprising good did emerge out of all the pain. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-6-satanic-panic-transcripts-listen-1.5437487
S6 E2: 'It was hell'
February 04, 2020 05:09 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBBy June 1992, nine people face nearly 180 charges related to the sexual abuse of children who have attended a home daycare in Martensville. Journalist Dan Zakreski revisits the sites of the story that dominated everyone's attention, including a ‘Devil Church,’ and reflects on his own role in spreading the story. Then, we meet a young mother searching for answers who shares her own heartrending story of a childhood turned upside down by the Martensville Nightmare.
S6 E1: 'It was such a perfect place'
February 04, 2020 05:08 - 36 minutes - 34.2 MBPolice Officer Claudia Bryden is drawn into a bizarre case unfolding in the peaceful Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. What starts with a single complaint about an alleged sexual assault in a home daycare grows into something bigger and more disturbing than anyone could have imagined.
S6: Satanic Panic - Trailer
January 22, 2020 05:10 - 3 minutes - 3.52 MBThroughout the 1980s, Satanic cults were widely believed to be preying on children — torturing and terrorizing them as part of dark rituals. Across North America, there were hundreds of false allegations, scores of unjust criminal trials and countless lives torn apart. But never any real proof. By the early 90s, the panic reached the tiny Prairie town of Martensville, Saskatchewan. And nearly 30 years later, the people touched by it all are still picking up the pieces. So what happened? And w...
S5 Sharmini Bonus: Potential Witnesses Emerge
January 20, 2020 05:10 - 26 minutes - 24.8 MBTwo new sources come forward with statements on Sharmini Anandavel’s murder. One claims he has carried the image of Sharmini with Stanley Tippett for twenty years. The other says that a photograph of Tippett published in fall 2019 brought back a memory---a jog near where her body was found.
Introducing Chasing Cosby by the L.A. Times
January 14, 2020 05:10 - 7 minutes - 7.59 MBFor decades, Bill Cosby brought warmth and laughter across the country, cementing his image as “America’s Dad.” But behind that disguise was the real Bill Cosby – the monster who preyed on women by promising them mentorship, only to then drug and violate them. Hosted by Nicki Egan, the lead investigative journalist on this case, the series features jurors, lawyers, and over a dozen survivors telling their story together for the first time. “Chasing Cosby” is the definitive take on the rise an...
S1, S3 & S5 BONUS: The Story I Didn’t Tell
December 20, 2019 00:10 - 43 minutes - 40.6 MBJoin Ian Hanomansing and the hosts of Uncover, Missing and Murdered and Hunting Warhead as they share never-before-told stories from their podcasts in front of a live audience at the Hot Docs Podcast Festival. Josh Bloch asks if he was duped by his friend and subject of Uncover: Escaping NXIVM, Sarah Edmondson. Connie Walker reveals why she became a journalist and her hidden motivation behind her true crime podcast Missing and Murdered. Justin Ling, host of Uncover: The Village dives deep i...
Introducing Hunting Warhead
November 05, 2019 05:10 - 4 minutes - 3.98 MBA new investigative series from CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG. Hunting Warhead follows an international team of police officers as they attempt to track down the people behind a massive child-abuse site on the dark web. Listen at hyperurl.co/huntingwarhead
Introducing Bad Batch
October 23, 2019 04:10 - 5 minutes - 5.3 MBWhen a group of patients wind up in a Texas hospital in critical condition, the trail leads back to one stem cell company and its charismatic CEO. What happens when a supposed miracle cure leaves you worse off than before? Listen to Wondery’s new series Bad Batch at wondery.fm/UncoverBadBatch
S5 E6: Searching for Justice
September 24, 2019 15:59 - 34 minutes - 32 MBSharmini, episode 6 - Sharmini's brother Kathees shares the last time he saw her and recalls their interactions with Stanley Tippett before she went missing. The Toronto Police shares why no one was charged for Sharmini's murder, with context of another case around the same time. We hear her voice for the first time. Also, after the credits, an update from the team.
S5 E5: I Don't Recall
September 24, 2019 15:58 - 29 minutes - 27.6 MBSharmini, episode 5 - Michelle questions Tippett on the shifting details of his stories, while he firmly maintains his innocence. His own words from months ago —and from 1999— contain many contradictions.
S5 E4: Behind Bars
September 17, 2019 16:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MBSharmini, episode 4 - Michelle talks to Stanley Tippett for the first time in twenty years. Face to face.
S5 E3: Stranger to the Truth
September 17, 2019 16:00 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBSharmini, episode 3 - In the years between being a suspect in Sharmini's killing and his 2009 conviction, Stanley Tippett exhibited disturbing patterns. Michelle talks to law enforcement officers, old neighbours, and witnesses about Tippett's behaviour as he moved from Oshawa to Collingwood to Peterborough.
S5 "Sharmini" E1: The Crime Beat
September 16, 2019 00:10 - 31 minutes - 31.3 MBSharmini, Episode 1 - On June 12, 1999, 15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel left her family’s Toronto apartment around 9 a.m. She never returned. Her remains were found in a wooded ravine four months later. Investigative journalist Michelle Shephard revisits the case that has haunted her for twenty years and hears—for the first time—police theories about the only suspect. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-5-sharmini-transcripts-listen-1....
S5 "Sharmini" E2: Saturday Morning
September 15, 2019 00:10 - 29 minutes - 29.1 MBSharmini, Episode 2 - Michelle visits Woodbine Junior High in North York to learn about Sharmini’s life as a Grade 9 student. Her friends, teachers, and community recall the days after the teen's disappearance, and the false stories born out of prejudice. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-5-sharmini-transcripts-listen-1.5277530
S5 "Sharmini" E3: Stranger to the Truth
September 14, 2019 00:10 - 35 minutes - 35.3 MBSharmini, episode 3 - In the years between being a suspect in Sharmini's killing and his 2009 conviction, Stanley Tippett exhibited disturbing patterns. Michelle talks to law enforcement officers, old neighbours, and witnesses about Tippett's behaviour as he moved from Oshawa to Collingwood to Peterborough. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-5-sharmini-transcripts-listen-1.5277530
S5 "Sharmini" E4: Behind Bars
September 13, 2019 00:10 - 30 minutes - 30.2 MBSharmini, episode 4 - Michelle talks to Stanley Tippett for the first time in twenty years. Face to face. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-5-sharmini-transcripts-listen-1.5277530
S5 "Sharmini" E5: I Don't Recall
September 12, 2019 00:08 - 29 minutes - 29.7 MBSharmini, episode 5 - Michelle questions Tippett on the shifting details of his stories, while he firmly maintains his innocence. His own words from months ago —and from 1999— contain many contradictions. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-5-sharmini-transcripts-listen-1.5277530
S5 "Sharmini" E6: Searching for Justice
September 11, 2019 00:09 - 34 minutes - 34.1 MBSharmini, episode 6 - Sharmini's brother Kathees shares the last time he saw her and recalls their interactions with Stanley Tippett before she went missing. The Toronto Police shares why no one was charged for Sharmini's murder, with context of another case around the same time. We hear her voice for the first time. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-5-sharmini-transcripts-listen-1.5277530 Also, after the credits, an update from t...
S5 E7 Sharmini Bonus: Potential Witnesses Emerge
September 09, 2019 23:10 - 26 minutes - 26.9 MBTwo new sources come forward with statements on Sharmini Anandavel’s murder. One claims he has carried the image of Sharmini with Stanley Tippett for twenty years. The other says that a photograph of Tippett published in fall 2019 brought back a memory — a jog near where her body was found.
S5 E2: Saturday Morning
September 09, 2019 16:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBSharmini, Episode 2 - Michelle visits Woodbine Junior High in North York to learn about Sharmini’s life as a Grade 9 student. Her friends, teachers, and community recall the days after the teen's disappearance, and the false stories born out of prejudice.
S5 E1: The Crime Beat
September 09, 2019 16:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBSharmini, Episode 1 - On June 12, 1999, 15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel left her family’s Toronto apartment around 9 a.m. She never returned. Her remains were found in a wooded ravine four months later. Investigative journalist Michelle Shephard revisits the case that has haunted her for twenty years and hears—for the first time—police theories about the only suspect.
The ethical true crime podcast: How to make one, what not to do
September 04, 2019 16:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBRebecca Lavoie, host of Crime Writers On..., speaks with four distinguished podcasters who work with true crime: Justin Ling, host of Uncover: The Village, Connie Walker, host of Missing & Murdered, Natalie Jablonski, producer on In The Dark, and Amber Hunt, host of Accused. They break down the ethics behind true crime podcasts, what good podcasts should work to achieve, and what to take into consideration when dealing with stories that affect real lives. This bonus episode was recorded in ...
S5: Sharmini - Trailer
September 03, 2019 04:10 - 3 minutes - 3.31 MBOn June 12, 1999, 15-year-old Sharmini Anandavel disappeared. Michelle Shephard returns to an investigation that has haunted her for 20 years.
The Cat Lady Case Bonus - The Press Conference
September 01, 2019 16:00 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBSeason 4 update: Detective Rob Matthews keeps his promise, and someone phones Zander with a tip.
S4 The Cat Lady Case Bonus - The Press Conference
September 01, 2019 04:10 - 21 minutes - 20.3 MBSeason 4 update: Detective Rob Matthews keeps his promise, and someone phones Zander with a tip.
Introducing Over My Dead Body: Joe Exotic
August 27, 2019 16:00 - 4 minutes - 127 BytesJoe Exotic loves his animals, his husbands and his animals. He’s a liger-breeding, gun-slinging, polygamous zoo owner from Oklahoma. And throughout his career, he’s made some major enemies. Listen to season 2 of Over My Dead Body: Joe Exotic at wondery.fm/uncoveromdb
S4 "The Cat Lady Case" E1: Silhouettes
July 15, 2019 00:08 - 33 minutes - 32.7 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 1 - A witness remembers gunshots and a mysterious fire around the same time an elderly woman goes missing.
S4 "The Cat Lady Case" E2: The Man in the Cowboy Hat
July 14, 2019 00:07 - 38 minutes - 38 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 2 - A suspicious-looking man is seen interacting with the so-called “Cat Lady” shortly before her disappearance.
S4 "The Cat Lady Case" E3: Three More Missing
July 13, 2019 00:06 - 36 minutes - 36.2 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 3 - Police learn that the missing woman, Joan Lawrence, is not the only one to disappear from the small community.
S4 "The Cat Lady Case" E4: A Cold Case Turns Blue
July 12, 2019 00:05 - 45 minutes - 44.2 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 4 - With evidence and suspects, police try to press charges related to the disappearances.
S4 "The Cat Lady Case" E5: Find Bones
July 11, 2019 00:04 - 36 minutes - 35.4 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 5 - Information arises about where the missing seniors may be. Zander goes on a search and gets a surprise call.
S4 "The Cat Lady Case" E6: Joan
July 10, 2019 00:03 - 48 minutes - 47 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 6 - An insider finally speaks, and new details emerge about Joan.
S4: The Cat Lady Case - Trailer
July 09, 2019 04:09 - 3 minutes - 3.83 MBWhat happened to Joan Lawrence? Investigative journalist Zander Sherman sheds light on one of cottage country’s darkest crimes.
S4 E7 Bonus: The Cat Lady Case - The Press Conference
July 09, 2019 00:10 - 21 minutes - 22.4 MBSeason 4 update: Detective Rob Matthews keeps his promise, and someone phones Zander with a tip.
S4 E1: Silhouettes
July 08, 2019 15:58 - 33 minutes - 30.6 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 1 - A witness remembers gunshots and a mysterious fire around the same time an elderly woman goes missing.
S4 E2: The Man in the Cowboy Hat
July 07, 2019 15:57 - 38 minutes - 35.8 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 2 - A suspicious-looking man is seen interacting with the so-called “Cat Lady” shortly before her disappearance.
S4 E3: Three More Missing
July 06, 2019 15:56 - 36 minutes - 34 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 3 - Police learn that the missing woman, Joan Lawrence, is not the only one to disappear from the small community.
S4 E4: A Cold Case Turns Blue
July 05, 2019 15:55 - 45 minutes - 42 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 4 - With evidence and suspects, police try to press charges related to the disappearances.
S4 E5: Find Bones
July 04, 2019 15:54 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 5 - Information arises about where the missing seniors may be. Zander goes on a search and gets a surprise call.
S4 E6: Joan
July 03, 2019 15:53 - 48 minutes - 44.8 MBThe Cat Lady Case, Episode 6 - An insider finally speaks, and new details emerge about Joan.
S3 Bonus: The Village at Stonewall (World Pride New York)
June 26, 2019 16:00 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBJoin host Justin Ling and a panel of special guests in front of a live audience at the Human Rights Conference as part of World Pride in New York City marking the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots. Panelists from around the world reflect on the movement since Stonewall and what's next for LGBTQ+ rights today.