Murders Across Borders Podcast

24/04/2024

We’re back y’all!

Listen to our latest episode, Premeditated Ramblings - Life updates, to find out why it took us over a year to start recording again!

From major life events for Kate, including the loss of her beloved Buster, to Val and her family moving out of the hellhole that was their apartment into a house full of angel items, listen to our stories and open discussions about s**t life threw at us!

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Images:
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2. Baby Buster 🕊️🤍
3. Val’s key chain
4. Val’s angel blinds
5. Val’s angel light switch
6. Dr Who's weeping angel (aren’t they exactly the same as the light switch cover?!) (c) Radio Times

03/10/2023

OMG HAI MAB Fam! 🤩🤩🤩

We are BACK! 🥳 A looooot of s**t happened in the last like… 10 months? But we’re here! 🙋🙋🙋

This episode was recorded like in late 2022/early 2023, so please note that our ramblings are a little out of date (editing the audio files gave me [Val] anxiety and I postponed it for MONTHS!)

In this episode, we are taking a trip to the Canadian Maritimes provinces, more specifically Nova Scotia.

In 2013, this terrible story was titled “Murder for lobster” all over the news. But is it as simple as that? Let me tell you right now, no, it’s not that simple.

🎧Listen to our latest episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Goodpods, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts!🎧

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Images credits:
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2. Phillip Boudreau © CTV News Atlantic
3. Boudreau’s speedboat, Midnight Slider © CBC News
4. The Twin Maggies © Radio-Canada
5. James Landry being interrogated by the police © CBC Docs

22/02/2023

✨Another Premeditated Ramblings episode!✨

In this rambling episode, Kate and Val have a debate about f***y packs vs purses👝👜, Kate gives an update about the Heather Turner case, and talks about the Ana Walsh case (the lady who disappeared on NYE 2022).

They also talk about Kate's reading challenge📚, Storm Chasers and Val's tornado nightmares🌪️, tornado prep for a Canadian🇨🇦, the game show Baggage🧳 with Jerry Springer, dating TV shows💏, Val's obsession with 🧽, anxiety and true crime, and finally, being an adult and back problems🤸!

Listen to our latest episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Goodpods, or wherever you like to listen to podcasts!

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23/01/2023

🔥New Premeditated Ramblings episode!🔥

In this ramblings episode,Val talks about her previous bachelorette’s party that went from terrible to precious (thank you, couple who sang This Kiss by Faith Hill in a small karaoke bar in Montreal’s Village

21/01/2023

I’m so proud of what Val and I have created! 🤩😍

16/12/2022

Have you listened to the Pig Farm Killer episode yet?

Here's one of the YouTube videos humanizing the victims. Good job there. We strongly recommend watching this documentary.

The Pig Farm (2011): This is the story about Robert "Willie" Pickton, Canada's most prolific serial killer. In December 2007, he was sentenced to life in pri...

15/12/2022

This week, Val takes us to the West coast of Canada, in the area of Vancouver, British Columbia.

From the late 1970s to the early 2000s, women in Vancouver's Downtown East Side, also known as Low Track, started disappearing. As they were s*x workers and Indigenous women, the police didn't really care.

And there's this creepy pig farm in Port Coquitlam, BC, where a weird man is luring in people with drug addictions, and throws big parties at his Piggy Palace Good Times Society.

A case straight out of a horror movie... That happened for real.

This week, Val takes us to the West coast of Canada, in the area of Vancouver, British Columbia.From the late 1970s to the early 2000s, women in Vancouver's Downtown East Side, also known as Low Track, started disappearing. As they were s*x worker...

15/12/2022

In this mini episode of Premeditated Ramblings, Kate talks about her upcoming trip to San Francisco, tells the story of a 4th grader in her class cheating on his homework, shares an update on her hearing aids and funny misheard sentences, and talks about her YouTube page, Adventures without a roadmap.

On her end, Val shares an exciting project on her blog, Guidebook for Grown-Ups, and a personal "good thing" that happened that week. It involves trick-or-treating!

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In this mini episode of Premeditated Ramblings, Kate talks about her upcoming trip to San Francisco, tells the story of a 4th grader in her class cheating on his homework, shares an update on her hearing aids and funny misheard sentences, and talk...

18/11/2022

In August 2018, a quiet neighborhood in Colorado was shocked when Shan'aan, a wife and mother disappeared along with her two little girls.

The husband, Chris, attempted the role of devoted and worried husband and father but the missing pieces quickly fell into place, and the horrors of what happened shocked the country.

In August 2018, a quiet neighborhood in Colorado was shocked when Shan'aan, a wife and mother disappeared along with her two little girls. The husband, Chris, attempted the role of devoted and worried husband and father but the missing pieces quic...

16/11/2022

In this new mini-series, Premeditated Ramblings, Kate and Val are, you know, rambling. Instead of leaving it in the regular episode, we'll cut them down in 2 shorter episodes!

This week, Kate talks about her ADHD medication and the struggles of teaching, how she's basically besties with Chvrches's singer, Lauren, a mini-golf course named Smiley Putt Putt in Kansas, and her future hearing aids.

Val talks about her son's ADHD medication (and all the benefits in school), and about the Berenstain Bears books. Does anyone else remember the spelling being "Berenstein" with an "e"? Because Val sure does!

Big shout-out to Karate in the Garage podcast for suggesting the name of our mini rambling episodes, Premeditated Ramblings!

In this new mini-series, Premeditated Ramblings, Kate and Val are, you know, rambling. Instead of leaving it in the regular episode, we'll cut them down in 2 shorter episodes!This week, Kate talks about her ADHD medication and the struggles of tea...

16/11/2022

This week, Val shares a terrible and sad murder story that happened on the Trans-Canada highway, close to Portage La Prairie in Manitoba, on a Greyhound bus.

Regardless of the facts, countless lives were affected by this horrible crime.

This week, Val shares a terrible and sad murder story that happened on the Trans-Canada highway, close to Portage La Prairie in Manitoba, on a Greyhound bus. Regardless of the facts, countless lives were affected by this horrible crime.

15/11/2022

Seeing nearly 3 million hikers a year, the Appalachian Trail is a much-anticipated hike for many. Less than a dozen cases of foul play have occurred on the trail since it opened.

However, in 1981, hikers Susan Ramsay and Robert Mountford Jr would embark on their journey that sadly ended as a horrific tragedy. Years went by and in 2008, two fishermen were faced with the fight of their lives at the very same spot on the trail where Ramsay and Mountford were murdered.

Stay tuned to hear how the cases were connected and how the Appalachian Trail became the location of some of the country's most gruesome acts of violence.

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Seeing nearly 3 million hikers a year, the Appalachian Trail is a much anticipated hike for many. Less than a dozen cases of foul play have occurred on the trail since it opened. However in 1981, hikers Susan Ramsay and Robert Mountford Jr would...

07/09/2022

Kate and Val are back after an unexpected summer off!

This week, Val takes us back to Scarborough, Ontario, and talks about a case she accidentally heard about while binge-watching Forensic Files: the Sleepwalker case.

Kenneth James Parks had a history of sleepwalking. And he was not the only one in his family. Like Grandma, who was a sleep-cooker!

One night, Ken woke up and drove to the police station. He believed he had hurt someone he loved dearly.

Learn about this interesting murder case that involves a lot of sleepwalking triggers, from gambling to poor sleep hygiene.

And if you manage to stay until the end, Val shares a couple of sleepwalking anecdotes from her past!

Listen to this episode on Stitcher, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcasting platform!

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31/05/2022

Episode 9 is out! 🎧

This week, Kate takes us back to Kansas!🌻 I know, what a surprise, right? 😆

Let's go back in time, specifically 1959, in Holcomb, Kansas, where a farm family in southwest Kansas is senselessly targeted and murdered in a robbery by two ex-cons.

Watch us on YouTube, or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!

This week, Kate takes us back to 1959 in Holcomb, Kansas, where a farm family in southwest Kansas is senselessly targeted and murdered in a robbery by two ex...

20/05/2022

New episode alert! Episode 8 is out!

This week, Val invites us to her hometown, Brossard (Quebec), where she tells the story of a murder that happened in 2007.

Plot twist: she knows the victim :O Listen to the story of a senseless murder that shouldn't have happened.

We also spend the first half-hour talking about abortion and Roe v. Wade. If you want to skip ahead to the murder story, it starts at around 33-34 minutes in.

Watch us on YouTube or listen to us on Spotify, Stitcher, Apple Podcasts, or your favorite podcasting platform!

This week, Val invites us to her hometown, Brossard (Quebec), where she tells the story of a murder that happened in 2007. Plot twist: she knows the victim :...

19/05/2022

Episode 7 🎧

This week, Kate takes listeners to Kansas City for a deep dive into the case of America’s first internet serial killer. How did a con man from the Midwest turn into a serial killer?

John Edwards Robinson had a history of conning people that rivals the plot of the movie Catch Me if You Can and a horrifically evil side that investigators, women, and his family never expected.

Watch on YouTube or listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, or your favorite podcasting app!

This week, Kate takes us back to the 1990s, in the early days of the internet, in the first case of a serial killer finding his victims online.This story hap...

02/05/2022

New episode alert! 🚨

This week, Val talks about a crazy case that happened just back in 2019… And she had never even heard of it!

Pack your bags, we’re going on a road trip to the West coast that will take us from Yukon to Northern Manitoba. This manhunt across the Prairies was brought to you by Canada’s most wanted teenagers. And it also involves an American lady from North Carolina, an Australian man, and a sweet man who loves to watch Grizzlies.

Watch us on YouTube and listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting platform!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeMth4Wa3kE&t=5136s&ab_channel=MurdersAcrossBorders

This week, Val talks about a crazy case that happened just back in 2019… And she had never even heard of it!Pack your bags, we’re going on a road trip to the...

27/04/2022

In this episode, Kate’s bringing us back to Kansas this week as we explore a murder that occurred in the town where she and her husband worked.

What started out as a $200 debt turned into a crime of horror involving torture and murder, beyond what we could have ever imagined.

Tune in for this week's short but terrifying crime!

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Kate’s bringing us back to Kansas this week as we explore a murder that occurred in the town where she and her husband worked.What started out as a $200 debt...

26/04/2022

New episode alert! Episode 6 is out!

This week, Val talks about a crazy case that happened just back in 2019… And she had never even heard of it!

Pack your bags, we’re going on a road trip to the West coast that will take us from Yukon to Northern Manitoba. This manhunt across the Prairies was brought to you by Canada’s most wanted teenagers.

And it also involves an American lady from North Carolina, an Australian man, and a sweet man who loves to watch Grizzlies.

Watch us on YouTube and listen to us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting platform

https://youtu.be/WeMth4Wa3kE

This week, Val talks about a crazy case that happened just back in 2019… And she had never even heard of it!Pack your bags, we’re going on a road trip to the...

25/04/2022

In this episode, Val talks about Canada’s most infamous case, named “Ken and Barbie Killers”, because the murderers were both gorgeous people.

Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka are being one of the worst r**e, abuse, and murder case in history: The Scarborough Ra**st and the murders of Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French in St. Catharines, both in Ontario, Canada.

And one of the worse parts: the assault were filmed BY THE PERPETRATORS, on tape.

Let’s go back to the late 1980’s / early 1990’s. You are not going to believe how this story ends. By far the most frustrating case and a story where justice hasn’t been made, and probably never will.

This week, Val talks about Canada’s most infamous case, named “Ken and Barbie Killers”, because the murderers were both gorgeous people. Paul Bernardo and Ka...

22/04/2022

Join us this week as Kate shares the chilling and unsettling story of America’s First Serial killer family.

Kate stumbled on the story when stopping at a rest stop in southeast Kansas where she saw a historical marker for the site of the murders.

The Bender Family terrorized travelers on the Osage Trail from 1872-1873 and were responsible for at least 11 murders.

Listen on your favorite podcast platform or YouTube!

This week, Kate talks about the first serial killers in Kansas, a story that she stumbled upon by pure chance, when stopping at a rest stop of all places!Joi...

20/04/2022

In this episode, Val shares a horrific story she’s been hearing about her entire life. From 1977 to 1989, a guru went from helping people quit smoking and spread the word about the Bible to becoming one of the worst abusers in Canadian history.

Val chose this story because her grandma gave her a book written by one of the members of the cult, Gabrielle Lavallée. She knew one terrible story but boy, was she not ready for the awful events that took place in Saint-Jogues, Québec, and Burnt River, Ontario.

Spoiler alert: he dies at the end.

Listen to this 2-hour episode on your favorite podcasting platform or watch it on YouTube!

We are Kate and Val, co-hosts of the podcast Murders Across Borders. Watch our recordings to see our faces when we tell each other stories!This week, Val tal...

18/04/2022

EPISODE 1 ALERT!

Kate was terrified to present our first episode!!!

As a native of Wichita, KS, she knew she wanted to cover the Carr brothers case, as she had grown up hearing stories about it.

The horror occurred in 2000 when she was just 10 years old and she only knew bits and pieces of the story. Wow was she in for shock and heartbreak when she began her research.

Tune in to your favorite podcast platform and brace yourself for the Wichita Horror.

We are Kate and Val, co-hosts of the podcast Murders Across Borders. Watch our recordings to see our faces when we tell each other stories!This week, Kate ta...

18/04/2022

We are Kate and Val, and we share True crime stories from Canada and the United States!

You can watch our recordings on YouTube and listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, or your favorite podcasting platform!

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4c9ks70bvFjbBUosImQxww

Podcast: https://murdersacrossborders.buzzsprout.com/

18/04/2022

18/04/2022