Northern Crimes

From Ontario farm roads and psychiatric hospital grounds to B.C. taxi stands, Alberta fire lookouts, Quebec’s biker underworld, and a Toronto traveler lost in the Caribbean, this episode traces seven Canadian disappearances—teen friends, a cabbie, a patient on a one-hour walk, two pregnant classmates, a First Nations woman, a Hells Angel kingpin, and a vacationer—connecting thin timelines, fragile leads, and families still waiting for answers. 

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Five experienced outdoors lovers step into the Northwest’s backcountry and vanish: a young photographer at snow-buried Crater Lake, a veteran Alberta fire lookout who misses a routine check-in, a Montana hiker who disappears between switchbacks, an elk hunter lost amid the Crazy Mountains, and an Idaho camp cook whose loyal dog returns without her. 5 Strange Missing Persons Cases from the Northwest traces each disappearance with scene-setting detail and reporting—from first alarms to exhaustive searches—asking whether these losses were accidents, crimes, or something we still don’t understand.

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In 1990, Twin Peaks turned Snoqualmie Valley into a backdrop for surreal murder mystery. But the real valley’s history—tragic accidents, brutal killings, and haunting discoveries—proved darker than anything David Lynch imagined. The Real Twin Peaks unravels how beauty, tragedy, and small-town secrets collided in Washington’s shadowed forests.

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From a family discovered beneath a garage floor in 1959 Stettler to the 2005 Mayerthorpe ambush of four RCMP officers, from an Edmonton filmmaker who turned a scripted “kill room” into real murder to a highway execution near Claresholm in 2011—this episode traces four Alberta cases that shattered the province’s sense of safety. Drawing on records, trial testimony, and survivor accounts, Northern Crimes examines how violence emerged in ordinary places, how investigators pursued fragile leads across vast distances, and how communities have carried the trauma long after the headlines faded.

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In November 1985, 67-year-old Dexter Stefonek set out on a cross-country drive from Oregon back to his home in Wisconsin. But along Interstate 94 in eastern Montana, his journey ended in tragedy. His Plymouth Horizon was found engulfed in flames at the Bad Route Rest Area, and months later, his body turned up in a remote landfill—shot, beaten, and discarded. Who killed Dexter Stefonek, and why? From strange graffiti in a rest stop bathroom to a long trail of dead ends, this is the haunting story of The Montana Rest Stop Murder—a case that underscores how quickly an ordinary journey can turn into a deadly mystery.

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From a vanished pizza delivery driver in Salem to the mysterious disappearance of an entire Portland family in the Columbia River Gorge, to the eerie “Frog Boy” case and the Forest Grove Sounds, Oregon’s history is filled with stories that blur the line between legend and reality. In this episode of Northern Crimes, we unravel six of the state’s most haunting unsolved mysteries—cases of vanished lives, unexplained deaths, and strange phenomena that continue to baffle investigators and families decades later.

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In the 1990s, a chilling series of disappearances in Saskatoon revealed the presence of a hidden predator targeting Indigenous women. When the remains of three missing women were discovered in the woods, investigators uncovered the horrifying crimes of serial killer John Martin Crawford—whose prior conviction and known violence had somehow gone unchecked. This episode explores the systemic failures, ignored warnings, and devastating impact of a case that still echoes through Saskatchewan and beyond.

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Spanning five decades and six provinces, this episode of Northern Crimes investigates some of Canada’s most haunting unsolved cases—from a real estate agent lured to her death, to Indigenous women failed by the system, to a professional wrestler executed in his home. These stories reveal the hidden dangers of remote terrain, systemic indifference, and killers who remain at large. In the silence left behind, families still search for justice.

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In the summer of 2012, 43-year-old Valerie Sifsof vanished from Granite Creek Campground in Alaska, triggering an urgent search through some of the state’s most unforgiving terrain. Despite recovered clothing and extensive efforts by family and authorities, no trace of Valerie was ever found. This episode retraces the events of that weekend, explores the evidence, and asks the haunting question: what really happened after Valerie walked into the woods and never came back?

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In the 1970s, a string of violent crimes shattered the peace of Olympia, Washington. From the brutal stabbing of 17-year-old Patricia Garrison to the unsolved murders of two teenage hitchhikers—Katherine Devine and Brenda Baker—this episode investigates a chilling pattern of violence and the long path to justice. With Ted Bundy once suspected and a 30-year-old cold case finally solved through DNA, The Olympia Murders explores what was uncovered, what remains unanswered, and how new forensic tools are reigniting hope in Thurston County’s darkest mysteries.

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