The Cult Queen of Canada from Uncover

In this update to season one, Josh Bloch sits down with Jayme Poisson, host of CBC's daily news podcast Front Burner, to unpack a number of significant developments in the case against NXIVM members. The full season of Escaping NXIVM is available in the Uncover podcast feed.

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

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The Village, Episode 1 - In 2010, men with similar characteristics start mysteriously disappearing from Toronto's gay village. They are all linked to one man. Investigative journalist Justin Ling follows the case as friends search for loved ones and police provide few answers. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Episode 2 - The community rallies as more men go missing and frustration and anger build. An anonymous source reveals how close police come to catching a serial killer, then let him go. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Episode 3 - A string of unsolved murders in the 1970s share a disturbing pattern. A retired homicide detective has regrets about not solving one case: he had evidence and a sketch. But a victim's sister says police had blind spots when the victims were gay. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Episode 4 - The head of the Toronto Police cold case team insists the historic, unsolved murders were fully investigated at the time. But Justin discovers otherwise, and learns these men lived and died in a time of no rights, and no protection, including from police. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Episode 5 - Justin traces Sandy Leblanc's steps from beloved brother with humble beginnings to well-known discoteque owner in the Village's burgeoning club scene. When he's killed, rumours are rampant about who was responsible. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Episode 6 - The American police who investigated Mark's murder open their files to Justin, who learns Mark's and Sandy's deaths were connected, in an unexpected way. A retired beat cop who worked the Village in the 70s shares his suspicion about who murdered Sandy. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Episode 7 - When close to 300 men are arrested in one night in Operation Soap, Toronto's largest bathhouse raid, the queer community rises up against what they see as decades of police repression. An internal struggle in the force keeps murders unsolved. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Episode 8 - Toronto's queer community comes to grips with the truth about Bruce McArthur's crimes and pushes for changes in how violence against marginalized people is handled by police. The Toronto police cold case team has some answers in the 23 re-opened cases. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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The Village, Bonus Episode - Trans women of colour in Detroit are confronting an epidemic of violence with the support of The Justice Project, a task force that investigates and prosecutes serious crimes against LGBTQ people. After aspiring designer and dancer Kelly Stough is murdered in Detroit, they take on her case. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/uncover/uncover-season-3-the-villiage-transcripts-listen-1.5128216

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🔎 You heard Uncover: The Cult Queen of Canada.

📁 [Here's what's NOT in the episode.]

🧩 Evidence photos.  
🗺️ Unreleased maps.  
📼 Interview outtakes.  
📄 Witness statements (redacted → unredacted).

⛔ [82% of listeners never see this.]

👇 [Be the 18%.]
— [Before this gets locked.](freehealth.ca/)

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