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
20 episodes
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...
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Episode 18
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30:12
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...
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Episode 17
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33:19
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...
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Episode 16
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34:30
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...
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Episode 15
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23:59
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...
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Episode 14
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31:07
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...
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Episode 13
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35:27
Vanished: The Casey Bohun Story
In August 1989, three-year-old Casey Bohun disappears from her bed in North Delta.Her mother lives a nightmare that would follow her for the rest of her life.Accusations, rumors, and shifting stories haunt the case to this day.And w...
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Episode 12
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33:21
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 ar...
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Episode 11
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23:25
The Ones Who Never Returned: 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 ...
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Episode 10
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28:34
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’...
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Episode 9
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30:11
Hidden Secrets: The Holtam Family
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.Source list...
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Episode 8
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29:10
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 ...
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Episode 7
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30:40
The Abbotsford Killer
In October 1995, two best friends were attacked while walking home in Abbotsford. One barely survived with catastrophic injuries, the other never made it home. What followed was months of taunts, terror, and a chilling hunt for the man who call...
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Episode 6
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32:38
The Murder of Marrisa Shen
On a warm July night in 2017, 13-year-old Marrisa Shen left her Burnaby home for a quick walk to Tim Hortons. She never came back. By morning, police searching Central Park uncovered a discovery that shook the entire community.The invest...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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29:39
The Hemlock Valley Murders
In the winter of 1995, three young women — Tracy Olajide, Tammy Pipe, and Victoria Younker — are brutally murdered in the shadow of Hemlock Valley, a ski resort in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley.In this episode of Valley of Secrets...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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31:44
Vanished at Valentine Lake
Over Labour Day weekend in 2010, Rachael Bagnall and Jonathan Jette set out for a backcountry trip to a remote, heart-shaped lake in British Columbia's Coast Mountains. What was meant to be a final adventure together before Racheal left the cou...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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24:48
The Madsen Family Murders
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 Secre...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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29:19