Valley of Secrets
A gripping NEW true crime podcast that focuses on the victims of murder, mysterious disappearances, and haunting unsolved cases in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. Each episode sheds light on the stories behind the headlines, ensuring they are never forgotten.
Episodes
30 episodes
The Hogue Family Massacre
In 1965, a police officer, his wife, and their six children are found dead inside their suburban British Columbia home. Authorities quickly declare it a murder-suicide and name Leonard Hogue as the killer. But as secrets tied to corrupt cops, s...
The Murders of Aaron Kaplan and Genoa May
In 1985, two children are taken from their beds in the middle of the night and murdered. One man is convicted for one of the crimes…But did he commit both—or is another killer still hiding in the shadows?Sourceshttps://www...
The Hunt For Trina
In January 2021, 48 year old Trina Hunt vanished from her quiet Port Moody neighbourhood. Two months later, her remains are discovered near Hope, BC. For years, her family and community pushed for justice, but answers never came, Now, four year...
Serial Killer: Robert "Willie" Pickton Finale
In this final episode, Nicci Ruth dives into what led to the arrest and conviction of Robert Pickton—and what happened in the years that followed, including the chilling details that suggest the full truth may never be known.Court doc...
Serial Killer: Robert "Willie" Pickton Part 4
In this episode, disturbing witness accounts and overlooked tips begin to paint a darker picture of what may have been happening at the Pickton farm. Piece by piece, the investigation edges closer to a horrifying reality.Court documen...
Serial Killer: Robert "Willie" Pickton Part 3
Part 3 of the Robert “Willie” Pickton case dives deeper into the growing number of women disappearing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in the late 1990s. We focus on the lives of the victims, the mounting forensic evidence found on the farm, ...
Serial Killer: Robert “Willie” Pickton Part 2
In Part Two, we continue the story of Robert “Willie” Pickton and the women who vanished from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. We revisit the night in March 1997 when one woman survived — a turning point that would help expose a predator. This ep...
Serial Killer: Robert “Willie” Pickton
In Part one, Nicci Ruth explores the early 1980s on the Pickton farm, where disturbing behavior, criminal activity, and unchecked violence became normalized. It’s a look at the warning signs that were present long before anyone realized how dan...
Where is Kris Couture?
In January 2019, Kristofer Couture’s car was found abandoned at the Elk–Thurston trailhead, sitting there for months before an investigation into his disappearance began. What happened in that time raises questions that still linger today.<...
The Milkshake Murder: Rene and Esther Castellani
In 1965, Esther Castellani dies from a mysterious illness that leaves even Vancouver’s top doctors confused — until a shocking revelation changes everything. Her husband, Rene Castellani, a local radio personality, quickly becomes the prime sus...
The Heather Thomas Story
In this episode, Nicci Ruth explores the disappearance and murder of Heather Lynn Thomas, a 10-year-old girl who vanished from Cloverdale, B.C. The search for Heather would eventually lead investigators to Golden Ears Park and uncover a ...
The Beast of British Columbia: Clifford Olson Jr 1
Part One of this two-part series examines the early life of Clifford Olson Jr. and the beginning of one of Canada’s most notorious serial killers. Through the stories of his first victims, we explore how warning signs were missed, assump...
Murder in Pacific Spirit Park
On a bright spring afternoon in 2009, 53-year-old Wendy Ladner-Beaudry went for a run in Pacific Spirit Park — a route she’d taken for decades — and never came home. What happened in those silent minutes beneath the trees remains one of Vancouv...
The Kowbel Family Tragedy
A quiet Chilliwack neighborhood. A forged cheque. A fire meant to erase everything. In this episode, we dive deep into the 1987 Kowbel family attack—one of the Fraser Valley’s most disturbing cases. You’ll hear how three young men executed a ca...
The Murder of Chelsey Gauthier
When 22-year-old Chelsey Gauthier doesn’t come home after spending the day on a rural property in Mission, the people who love her know something is wrong. Days pass with no word… until search teams make a discovery in the woods that changes ev...
The Mysterious Death of Cindy James-Part 2
Before Cindy James was found dead under impossible circumstances, she spent seven years living in terror—cut phone lines, threatening letters, fires, and attacks that no one could explain. Was she being hunted, or was something else happening b...
The Mysterious Death of Cindy James- Part 1
In May 1989, forty-four-year-old nurse Cindy James vanished from Richmond, British Columbia after years of reporting that someone was stalking her. When her car was found parked outside a local bank—groceries and purse still inside—friends knew...
The Casey Bohun Disappearance
August 1989.Three-year-old Casey Bohun disappears from her bed in North Delta.Her mother wakes to an open door, an empty blanket — and a nightmare that would follow her for the rest of her life.Accusations, rumors, and shifti...
The Joanne Pedersen Story
It’s a cold, rainy night in Chilliwack, British Columbia.Ten-year-old Jo-Anne “Jo-Jo” Pedersen walks alone through the storm, a pink jacket pulled tight around her shoulders, heading to a corner store to call her mom. But when her mother ar...
The story of Brittany Stalman and Jeff Surtel
Two seventeen-year-olds. Two quiet Fraser Valley communities. Both left home one day and never came back.In this special Mental Health Awareness Month episode, Nicci Ruth shares the stories of Brittany Stalman and Jeff Surtel ...
The Kidnapping Of Abby Drover
In 1976, a twelve-year-old girl vanished on her walk to school in Port Moody, B.C.Six months later, police uncovered the unimaginable.This is the true story of Abby Drover—the girl who survived the darkness beneath her neighbour’...
The Holtam Family Massacre
1995, Thanksgiving weekend was shattered in Mission, BC when a mother and daughter were found murdered and a young boy barely clinging to life. This episode uncovers the truth behind the Holtam family tragedy.
The Mysterious Death of Shaelene Bell
On January 30th, 2021, 23-year-old Shaelene Keeler Bell left her apartment in Chilliwack for what she said would be a short drive — and vanished. Four months later, her body was discovered in the Fraser River nearly 90 kilometers away, but how ...