True crime podcasts have been having a moment — and, more often than not, behind those podcasts are doggedly determined reporters: People who hit the street, knock on doors and ask hard questions. Because of their work, we often know every little detail about the crimes they cover, but what we don't hear enough is what it was actually like to report on those stories, to sit in courtrooms, chase down leads, get to know family members and talk to witnesses. True Crime Byline — a podcast by Postmedia and Antica Productions — sets out to do this.
Latest episodes
-
22 min
The Case Lori Culbert Got Wrong
After Amanda Zhao was reported missing in October 2002, Vancouver Sun reporter Lori Culburt went to Zhao's apartment to interview Zhao's boyfriend, Ang Li. She'll never forget the…
-
26 min
The Toronto 18: A Story of Radicalization and Rehabilitation.
In 2006, when the RCMP arrested 18 young men who were planning a series of attacks on Canadian soil, it forced Canadians to face the idea of homegrown terrorism. National Post repo…
-
26 min
Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash Changed a Town (and a Reporter) Forever
When Kevin Mitchell first heard the Humboldt Broncos bus had crashed on its way to a playoff game, he assumed it was a fender bender. But the Saskatoon StarPhoenix sports editor so…
-
34 min
Out of The Ordinary: The Tragic Story of Brandon Truaxe
Brandon Truaxe built the hugely profitable cosmetics empire Deciem — and then plunged it into chaos. From a psychiatric hospital in England he reached out to National Post reporter…
-
25 min
An Unthinkable Tragedy in the Ottawa Valley
One call, then another, then a third. Ottawa Citizen reporter Aedan Helmer vividly remembers what it was like in the newsroom on Sept. 22, 2015 when the police scanner crackled wit…
-
29 min
“They Believed Him”
There had long been stories in Saskatoon’s Indigenous community about police taking Indigenous people out of town and leaving them there in the dead of winter. But it wasn’t until…
-
28 min
The Exoneration of David Milgaard and the Trial of Larry Fisher
Nearly 30 years after David Milgaard was wrongfully imprisoned for the murder of Gail Miller the real killer — Larry Fisher — was charged and tried. Then-Saskatoon StarPhoenix repo…
-
26 min
Cocaine, Coyotes & The Coquihalla Highway
As the RCMP prepared to seize millions of dollars worth of cocaine and ecstasy moving across the Canada-U.S. border, they made a curious decision: to bring a journalist inside the…
-
26 min
9/11 Changed Everything. Including This Reporter.
Brad Hunter was a reporter with the New York Post when the Twin Towers fell on Sept. 11, 2001. Covering the tragedy and its aftermath did more than define his career — it defined t…
-
34 min
Dellen Millard Almost Got Away with Murder
Tim Bosma disappeared in 2013 after leaving home with two men to test drive a truck he was selling online. Police eventually charged Dellen Millard and Mark Smich with murder. Not…
-
30 min
Lev Tahor: The Case of a Missing Community
One winter day in 2013, nearly 250 members of an ultra-Orthodox Jewish group called Lev Tahor vanished from the remote town of Saint Agathe, Quebec. As Montreal Gazette reporter Ja…
-
28 min
How Covering the Bernardo Trial Changed Tom Blackwell
National Post reporter Tom Blackwell has tried to block out many things about the murder trial of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka, but what he doesn’t want to forget is what he lea…
-
29 min
A Politician Murdered his Ex Wife. We Should Have Seen it Coming
In 1983, the murder of JoAnn Wilson shocked Canadians. But looking back on it today, what's most surprising is that we were surprised it happened at all. Wilson was killed by her e…
-
35 min
The Article that Blew Up a Murder Trial
Today we'd do it without even thinking about it. But back in 2005, Googling a person — even the star witness in a murder trial — wasn’t commonplace. But as National Post reporter J…
-
48 min
This Isn't a Story About Robert Pickton
It started with a tip from a police source: The number of women reported missing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside was much higher than publicly reported. A dogged investigation b…
-
2 min
Introducing True Crime Byline
Behind every crime headline is a doggedly determined reporter whose job it is to hit the street, knock on doors and ask hard questions. Because of their work, we often know every l…