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.
Valley of Secrets
The Madsen Family Murders
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Nicci
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Season 1
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Episode 1
In 1988, the quiet town of Mission, BC, is shattered when the Madsen family is brutally murdered in their home. What unfolds is a chilling story of betrayal, teenage violence, and a community forever scarred. This episode of Valley of Secrets unravels the lives lost, the investigation, and the trial that shocked British Columbia.
Sources
- Times Colonist — “Axe-Murder Trial Hears from Defence Today,” March 13, 1989. (FVRL Digital Archive)
- Times Colonist — “Murdered Couple Pleaded to Have ‘Deviate’ Stay with Them,” March 18, 1989. (Newspapers.com)
- Vancouver Sun — “Teenager Had History of Violence,” July 28, 1990. (FVRL Digital Archive)
- Vancouver Sun — Trial coverage, March 7–9 and March 17, 1989. (Newspapers.com)
- Prince George Citizen — Coverage of Borglund and Peever trial, 1989. (Prince George Digitization Project)
- Orlando Sentinel — “Ax-Murder Convictions: Two Teen-Agers Have Been Convicted…,” 1989.
- Find a Grave — “Leny Claziena van Rikxoort Madsen (1958–1988).”
- Serving Life 25 — “One Guard’s Story: Stories from the ‘Big House,’” Facebook post, 2019.
- Newspapers.com — [Archival article referring to Tyrone Borglund as a “deviate”], 1989.