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Ominous Ontario is Southern Ontario's local true crime podcast. Covering murders in Ontario, Canada, host Steph Gick digs deep to find the important details to present to you. Join us on every Monday as we discuss crimes you may have never heard about, from Canada's most populated province. If you like Ominous Ontario, please consider supporting the show by sharing it with friends and leaving a 5 star review!
Steph Gick hosts Ominous Ontario, a history show with 27 episodes published.
They say the greatest pain a person can experience is burying their own child. For the Jenkins family in 1998, that nightmare would test the limits of forgiveness in ways most parent could never imagine. Sources: Life Wi
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New Year's Eve parties are supposed to be a fun celebration of hope for your best year yet, but an alleged crime in Sebringville during a New Year's Eve party in 2016-2017 is one everyone attended likely wants to forget
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Thank you so much for your patience as I took a much needed 3 weeks off for my birthday! Ty Conn was locked up for as long as he could remember - first in his bedroom as a child and then in cells from 14 up. Despite neve
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When a bubbly and compassionate 10-year-old disappeared close to home, the city of Toronto was left in a panic. When 2 bags were discovered floating in Lake Ontario the next day, the innocence of a community would be los
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Divorce is never easy - but when kids are involved, it can become even more difficult. When custody battles began heating up for the Campione family in 2006, the outcome would be catastrophic. Sources: https://linktr.ee/
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In 2009, Burlington and beyond would come together to rally for a young woman that was dying of cancer. What would happen after would send shockwaves through not just Ontario, but all of Canada. CORRECTION: I just realiz
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On a perfect fall day in 2015, the Ottawa Valley was gripped with fear when a man went on a killing spree, taking police on a 4 hour manhunt. His record of abuse was well documented - so how did he manage to take three l
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On a warm late spring day, 16-year-old Mistie Murray told her mother she was going to band practice after school. The problem was, there was no band practice, and Mistie never came home. Did tunnel vision prevent police
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Diane Werendowicz was days away from her 24th birthday when children playing in the woods would find her body. It would take 17 years to find her killer - and his conviction would only be the first chapter in a legal dra
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On September 1, 1994, Toronto firefighters would find the burned remians of an emaciated girl in a suitcase in an industrial area of Vaughan. It would take 17 years to learn her identity, and the horrors she endured in h
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On a cold winter night in 2007, a 911 call came in reporting an apparent suicide in a residential garage in Markham. As the caller entered the house, a murder scene was revealed inside. What happened at the family home t
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It started as an average summer day for the family of 6 in Kitchener, Ontario in the summer of 2000. What family would find the next morning would cause a grief that consumed a whole community and left more questions tha
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In October of 1984, the small village of Queensville was shaken when a 9-year-old girl was murdered. Police honed in on a suspect, and what would result is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice Ontario would ever s
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For 9 years, a serial killer was operating completely unsuspected in Woodstock, Ontario. While she was preying on the most vulnerable people in society, she was also confessing to her crimes - but no one was listening. E
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When Bill and Bridget Harrison bought their home in Mississauga, they knew it would be their forever home. What they didn't know was that one by one, the whole family would die in it over a 4 year span. Sources: Improbab
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Rural West Montrose is a picturesque village with a covered bridge that attracts tourists from all around the province - most of whom have no idea about the horrific murder-suicide that took place just a couple hundred f
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When a torso is fished from a harbour off an Oshawa pier, police are baffled. A few months later, plumbers will unlock the mystery and Oshawa will learn about a monster among them. Sources https://www.canlii.org/en/on/on
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On August 30,2010, police discovered an abandoned car, which led them straight to a bloody crime scene. Fifteen years later, and the killer of Sonia Varaschin has still not been found. Please listen carefully - you may b
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On April 6, 1999, one Ottawa workplace was forever changed when a former employee opened fire, taking four lives. This is a case that shone a harsh light on workplace bullying and harassment in the province. Sources: htt
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When two monsters cross paths, it would spread fear through every parent and child in Woodstock - and would rob them of their sense of security forever. Sources: Crime Beat: Tori Stafford — Never Forget Part 1 | S2 E13 E
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