Valley of Secrets

Episode 9: The Kidnapping Of Abby Drover

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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’s garage.


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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-kidnap-sex-criminal-dies-in-hospital-1.1199808

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/1.433286

“Girl Found Alive After Six Months in Dungeon.” The Vancouver Sun, 28 Aug. 1976, p. 1.

Griffiths, John. Resurrection: The Kidnapping of Abby Drover. Macmillan of Canada, 1981.
“Hay Charged After Girl Found Alive.” The Province, 28 Aug. 1976, p. 1.


“Hay’s Record Missed in Check.” The Province, 30 Aug. 1976, p. 3.


Life Sentence: The Abby Drover Story. CBC Television, Parts 1–2, 1977.


“Mother ‘Overwhelmed but Grateful.’” The Province, 29 Aug. 1976, p. 1.


“Psychiatrists Describe Hay as Self-Centered, Lacking Remorse.” The Province, Mar. 1977.


Port Moody Police Department. Historical Case Summary: The Kidnapping of Abby Drover. Internal report, 1976.


Royal Canadian Mounted Police (B.C. Division). Case File Reports on the Drover Investigation, 1976.


True North True Crime. “The Kidnapping of Abby Drover.” Podcast episode, 2021.


“Abby Drover – CBC Archive Footage (1976).” CBC Digital Archives, https://www.cbc.ca/archives/topic/abby-drover

“The Kidnapping of Abby Drover.” Wikipedia, last modified 2024, used for timeline verification.

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