True North True Crime

07/11/2025

True North True Crime has been nominated for Outstanding True Crime Series at the The Canadian Podcast Awards.
Thank you for supporting independent storytelling.
As the podcast receives more attention, our thoughts are with the families who have an empty seat at their dinner table.
This nomination is for them and for everyone who continues to care and help carry their voices forward.

The nominees for Outstanding True Crime Series are…
Haunted Canada
Rooked
True North True Crime
Un Peu De Crime Dans Ton Cafe
Uncharted

🏆PODCASTERS VOTE NOW! 🏆
Voting for the 8th Canadian Podcast Awards is now open until Nov 22nd 2025 11:59pm EST. Visit canpodawards.ca to become a member and vote for your favourite Canadian podcasts.

🍁 What are the Canadian Podcast Awards? 🍁
The Canadian Podcast Awards are an industry award to highlight Canadian talent and diversity in podcasting.
Nominations and voting are done by the body of registered CPA members.

🗣️Who can be a voting member?🗣️
Anyone who is a Canadian citizen or permanent resident that has been a host or technical producer for a podcast can become a registered member.

🇨🇦Why can only Canadian podcasters join?🇨🇦
This is an award to bring attention to the podcasting industry and artistry we have here in Canada. It is meant to focus on amplifying Canadian voices and build community.

💰How much is membership?💰
FREE! Thanks to our sponsors, we are able to offer free enrolment and nominations.
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03/11/2025

Still wrapping our heads around this one.

We’re proud to be featured in an Amazon Music campaign spotlighting the top true crime podcasts in Canada.

From recording in our small home studio on Vancouver Island to seeing our podcast featured in the heart of Toronto… it’s a surreal and grateful moment.

Thank you to Amazon Music for the feature, to our incredible partners Acast for their support, and to Parviz Fotos for capturing these amazing shots.

And of course, thank you to everyone who listens, shares, and believes in independent storytelling. 💙

30/10/2025

True North True Crime has been featured by Amazon Music alongside some amazing Acast podcasts.

Listen to them all now on Amazon Music and support independent podcasting.

30/10/2025

Episode: The Last Hangings in Canada

On a cold December night in 1962, two men were led through the echoing halls of Toronto’s Don Jail. Beneath their feet, a trapdoor waited. Minutes later, Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin became the last people ever executed in Canadian history.

In this special Halloween episode, we step back into that chilling night — and the crimes that brought both men to the gallows.

Through archival records, press accounts, and historical context, we explore how Lucas and Turpin’s deaths marked not only the end of two lives, but the end of capital punishment in Canada.

This is the story of justice, mercy, and the night the noose fell for the last time.

Available on all podcast platforms.

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