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 Girl In the Phone Booth: 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 arrives twenty minutes later, the phone booth stands empty — the receiver swaying in the rain.
Forty years later, her disappearance remains one of the Fraser Valley’s most haunting mysteries.
This episode retraces that night, the desperate search that followed, and the lingering questions that still echo across generations.
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