True North True Crime

28/10/2025

This weekend, True North True Crime partnered with actors and storytellers Justin and Violet Rain to present a 3-Day Media Camp for the youth of Wei Wai Kai and We Wai K*m First Nations.

Over three days, participants learned filmmaking, storytelling, and media literacy while creating three PSA-style commercials and a short documentary. The camp encouraged teamwork, creativity, and living with intention.

Justin, known for his roles in Fear the Walking Dead, Blackstone, and Twilight, leads The Artist Inside Media Camp alongside Violet. Together they share a message of creativity, sobriety, and purpose, showing what is possible when you live with clarity and intention.

We are deeply grateful to the We Wai Kai and We Wai K*m Nations for welcoming us into their communities and for supporting this experience for their youth.

If your Nation or community is interested in bringing Justin’s Media Camp to your area, reach out to [email protected] for more information.

18/10/2025

Podcast Episode · True North True Crime · 2025-10-16 · 59m

16/10/2025

Ep. The Murder of Wayne Mallette and the Wrongful Conviction of Ron Moffat

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/true-north-true-crime/id1516149477?i=1000731375279

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2p0HyVOAG5Gn20prz2qHdn

Seven-year-old Wayne Mallette vanished on the deserted grounds of Toronto’s Canadian National Exhibition on September 15, 1956. Within days, police zeroed in on 14-year-old Ron Moffatt, extracting a confession during a parent- and lawyer-free interrogation and securing a juvenile conviction—while the real predator, Peter Woodcock, remained free to kill again. In this episode, we trace the investigation, the tunnel vision that led to a wrongful conviction, and the 1957 courtroom turn that cleared Moffatt.

We’re joined by journalist and author
Nate Hendley, whose book The Boy on the Bicycle documents the case and its legacy in Canadian justice: https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-boy-on-the-bicycle-a-forgotten-case-of-wrongful-conviction-in-toronto/9781988274515.html

1. Episode artwork featuring Wayne and his parents
2. Sketch of the suspect
3. Child ra**st and murderer Peter Woodcock
4. Ron Moffat (left) and Author Nate Hendley

16/10/2025

If you have information about the 2017 disappearance of Jordan Holling, please call the Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221

🕯️ Jordan Holling – Community Appeal

This week marks another year since 17-year-old Jordan Holling went missing from Campbell River in October 2017.

Jordan was last seen in the early morning hours near 16th Avenue after leaving a friend’s home. He has not been seen or heard from since.

While Crime Stoppers is helping to share this reminder, it’s important to be clear:

🔴 If you have any information—no matter how small—please contact the Campbell River RCMP directly at 250-286-6221.

Even the smallest detail could assist investigators and bring long-awaited answers.

If you wish to remain anonymous, you may contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), but information that may advance this investigation is best directed to the RCMP.

🕯️ Please share

15/10/2025

There was a fatal stabbing in Campbell River, BC in the early morning hours of Sunday October 12th.
The suspect, 29 year old Pauline Bruce, is in custody charged with Second Degree Murder.
The victim has been identified as 30 year old, Victoria Nesbitt, a person with a disability who was living unhoused.
Our thoughts go out to Victoria’s family and those who cared about her.

Second-Degree Murder Charge Laid in Campbell River Stabbing

A 30-year-old woman has died following a stabbing in the early hours of Saturday, October 12, in downtown Campbell River.

RCMP were called to the 1300 block of Dogwood Street around 2 a.m. Responding officers immediately attempted life-saving measures on the victim, who had suffered a critical stab wound. Despite efforts from police, Fire, and BC Ambulance, she did not survive.

Pauline Bruce, 29, was identified leaving the scene and taken into custody. She has now been charged with second-degree murder and remains in custody.

The investigation is being led by the Campbell River RCMP Major Crime Unit, with support from North Island Forensics and ‘C’ Watch.

Police are asking anyone who witnessed the incident and has not yet spoken with investigators to contact the Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221.

07/10/2025

INFORMATION NEEDED – KELLY MCLEOD

Kelly McLeod was last seen in Campbell River, BC, around October 3, 2019. He was 51 years old at the time.
This file remains open under RCMP file #19-13060.

Anyone with information that could assist investigators is asked to contact the Campbell River RCMP at 250-286-6221.

Sharing this post helps keep Kelly’s story visible and supports the ongoing effort to bring answers.

02/10/2025

Donna Awcock

On the night of October 12, 1983, 17-year-old Donna Jean Awcock was babysitting for a neighbour in London, Ontario. When her shift ended, she set out for a short walk — but she never made it home.

The next morning, October 13, Donna’s body was found near the Thames River by the Fanshawe Dam. She had been sexually assaulted and strangled. For forty years, her case has remained unsolved.

In this episode, we explore Donna’s life, the night she disappeared, and the investigation that followed. We also place her case within the pattern of unsolved murders that haunted London, Ontario, during the 1970s and 80s — a city some criminologists later called the “serial killer capital of Canada.”

If you have any information about the murder of Donna Jean Awcock, please contact the Ontario Provincial Police or Crime Stoppers.

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/true-north-true-crime/id1516149477?i=1000728915744

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7o06k1zLjDwP2ONv4awk1J?si=NnI8q9dXSBKgFclgaBIyXA

1. Episode Artwork
2. Donna Awcock
3. Donna’s sister Tammy
4. Fanshaw Dam

18/09/2025

Ep. 131 Mathew McGrath
(Links below)

In January 2024, 52-year-old Mathew McGrath went missing from Carleton Place, Ontario. For four months his family searched desperately, until his body was discovered in the Mississippi River that May. The coroner ruled his cause of death as drowning, but the manner was left undetermined. Police stated no foul play was suspected and considered the case closed.

For Mathew’s sister Melissa, the search for answers has never ended. In this episode, she shares memories of her brother’s life and her ongoing concerns about the contradictions and unresolved questions that surround his disappearance and death.

If you have any information about Mathew’s case, please contact the Ontario Provincial Police at 1-888-310-1122 or share what you know anonymously through Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/true-north-true-crime/id1516149477?i=1000726807350

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3YXglJBZxq6hHQ0xlCIjr3?si=XX6SwxSJRqS2Bdm7jVoNqw

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04/09/2025

Ep 130 MMIWG: Patricia Calahasen

It was the early hours of August 3rd, 2001, in Edmonton, Alberta, when fire crews responded to a dumpster blaze behind a central apartment building. Once the flames were out, they made a horrifying discovery — the burned remains of a young woman.

For nearly two weeks, investigators worked to find out who she was. They canvassed hundreds of apartments and narrowed their search to a short list of missing women. Dental records would confirm the victim was 18-year-old Patricia Calahasen.

What police uncovered next was a story of trust betrayed, a violent assault, and a desperate attempt to destroy the evidence. The person responsible was just 17 years old.

But for Patricia’s family, the fight for justice has lasted decades.

Photo 1: Episode Art Work
Photo 2: Patricia + Ginger
Photo 3: Patricia
Photo 4: Convicted Murderer Donald Cundell

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/true-north-true-crime/id1516149477?i=1000724288846

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3uTCbL5TgRxx6wYB5LA1PX?si=tJ-ge6UsQRGx_7jfA7QyQQ

03/09/2025

🔦 Hey TNTC listeners! I’m doing something a little different this weekend!

Most of you know me as one of the voices behind True North True Crime, where Caitlin and I dive into some of the most important stories in Canada. But before true crime, my world was comedy and acting — and this Saturday, I’m back on stage for a night of laughs with my very funny friends.

🎭 Saturday Night Laughs
📍 The Comedy Department @ The Show Cellar on Davie St in Vancouver
🕤 9:30 PM

It’s a chance to shake things up, reconnect with my comedy roots, and hopefully see some familiar faces in the crowd. If you’re in Vancouver and want a break from the heaviness of the world, come hang out for some live improv comedy.

🎟️ Tickets/info: see the link in the post below 👇

Hope to see some of you there — and don’t worry, TNTC will be back in your feed as usual!

SPECIAL GUEST!
This week’s 9:30 SNL show has a special guest I’ve been lucky to collaborate with for over 20 years: Graeme Duffy. Killer performer, hilarious partner-in-crime creating live shows, and an awesome actor you’ve seen recently on The Irrational, Murder in a Small Town, and Private Eyes: West Coast. He’s also the host of the hit Canadian podcast True North True Crime. We’ve been making audiences laugh together forever- and we're stoked to play with him this Saturday in the 930 show. He’s in town for one night only so come get some funny with us!
Tix : thecomedydepartment.com

28/08/2025

Missing: Vancouver Island