Uncover

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Crime. Investigation. Revelation. Uncover brings you explosive, high-caliber true crime year-round. From CIA mind control to serial abuse, mysterious disappearances to wrongful imprisonment. Each season features a new host who is deeply connected to the story, committed to tracking down the truth. With new episodes weekly, and over twenty seasons to choose from, Uncover represents the best in true crime.

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S20 "The Africas VS. Americ...

05.29.2023

The MOVE 9 are catapulted into the international spotlight, facing more than 900 years between them for the death of Officer James Ramp — a crime for which they maintain their innocence. Central to the case is a former Black ...

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05.29.2023 S20 "The Africas VS. America" E5: The System on Trial The MOVE 9 are catapulted into the international spotlight, facing more than 900 years between them for the death of Officer James Ramp — a crime for which they maintain their innocence. Central to the case is a former Black ...
05.22.2023 S20 "The Africas VS. America" E4: The Commissioner’s Gambit Complaints from neighbours about MOVE’s lifestyle lead to increasingly violent clashes with police. One confrontation turns deadly, and by 1978, relations between MOVE and city authorities have reached a crisis point. The MOVE home in residential Powelton Village becomes the ...
05.15.2023 S20 "The Africas VS. America" E3: The Toughest Cop in America By the 1970s, both local and federal law enforcement have perfected a system to subvert and neutralize Black liberation movements across the United States. The civil rights movement has been uprooted, and Black Power is now here. In Philadelphia, the ...
05.08.2023 S20 "The Africas VS. America" E2: The Making of John Africa (GI John) A quiet and reclusive young man is conscripted to war in Korea and returns having been made anew. Vincent Leaphart becomes the enigmatic John Africa, whose revolutionary vision will prove irresistible to followers seeking a new way of living. But ...
05.01.2023 S20 "The Africas VS. America" E1: Mother's Day In the early hours of May 13, 1985, police direct residents of Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia to leave their homes, and not return for 24 hours. It’s Mother’s Day, and authorities have come to resolve a years-long conflict with ...
05.01.2023 Introducing: The Africas VS. America To those that remember, it’s known simply as the bombing of West Philly. In the spring of 1985, the City of Philadelphia became the first in U.S. history to drop a bomb on a family of American citizens. The attack ...
03.20.2023 Uncover Introduces: The Naked Emperor Sam Bankman-Fried wasn't like other crypto moguls: he drove a Toyota Corolla, he was an advocate for government regulation, he said he would give billions away to charity. That is, until he lost it all in what has been called ...
02.20.2023 Uncover Introduces: The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman News of the mysterious deaths of billionaire Canadian pharma giant Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey in December 2017 reverberated around the world. Five years later, with no arrests and little news from the police, their deaths remain shrouded ...
02.13.2023 S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E1: Don't Tell It’s 1971 and Ruth Dakin is going through a messy divorce and fears for the future of her young children, Pauline and Ted. She meets Stan Sears, a United Church Minister, a man who offered comfort and safe harbour. But ...
02.13.2023 S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E2: On The Run Now a teenager living in Saint John, the secrecy and unexplained moves wear Pauline down. Eventually she graduates and starts a career in journalism thinking she can start to live a normal life. That changes in February 1988 when her ...
02.13.2023 S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E3: The Weird World Based on her mother and Stan’s stunning revelations, Pauline and her brother Ted start sifting through their childhood memories and matching them to the once unexplained events. Stan and Ruth, now openly a couple, are going deep undercover — and ...
02.13.2023 S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E4: Saving Mom Pauline is struggling with doubts — the details of her family’s secret seem outrageous. But why would Stan and her mother lie to her? Pauline sets up a sting to find out once and for all if Stan and Ruth ...
02.13.2023 S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E5: Stan's World Pauline sets out to understand Stan’s mind and motives. She meets up with his son, John, who has some very strange stories of his own. And Pauline finally comes across a potential answer – something that could explain all of ...
02.08.2023 Uncover Introduces: The Africas VS. America In 1985, at the height of the Black Power era, police dropped a bomb in a Philadelphia neighborhood. Their target? A family of Black radicals known as ‘MOVE,’ who found themselves ensnared in a city — and nation’s — domestic ...
01.23.2023 Uncover Introduces: Love, Janessa Behind every catfish, there’s the bait. Who is Janessa Brazil? Stolen images of an adult entertainment star are being used to con victims out of thousands of dollars, breaking hearts in the process. Journalist Hannah Ajala embarks on a quest ...
01.13.2023 S18: "Pressure Cooker" E1: Project Souvenir Police intercept two homegrown – and very peculiar – extremists intent on murder and mayhem at a national holiday festival. Pressure cooker bombs. Just like the Boston Marathon. But something about the official version of the story doesn’t add up. ...
01.13.2023 S18: "Pressure Cooker" E2: The Mysterious Uncle Abe Meet the misfit suspects behind the foiled attack. Learn how they fell down a rabbit hole of conspiracy, hate and terror. And how they crossed paths with a mysterious financier who pledged to fund their diabolical plot. For transcripts of ...
01.13.2023 S18: "Pressure Cooker" E3: Point of No Return John and Amanda’s struggles with addiction complicate their fledgling plot. Will these oddballs be able to pull off an attack? Police spending escalates as Project Souvenir gets more elaborate by the day. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/pressure-cooker-transcripts-listen-1.6563380
01.13.2023 S18: "Pressure Cooker" E4: Ticking Time Bombs John and Amanda are losing their grip on reality, frustrating Abe and his shadowy accomplices. John has doubts and asks for spiritual guidance from an imam, but time is running out as zero hour approaches. For transcripts of this series, ...
01.13.2023 S18: "Pressure Cooker" E5: Trapped John and Amanda piece together their shattered reality while facing a possible lifetime in prison. As the full picture of Project Souvenir emerges in court, they start to wonder if the deception goes even deeper. For transcripts of this series, ...
01.13.2023 S18: "Pressure Cooker" Bonus: Finding Kaz A mystery lingers about what role Canada's spy agency may have played in John and Amanda's case. The puzzling character known as Kaz could be the key to solving that mystery.
12.22.2022 S17: "The Kill List" E1: Death of an Icon A leading human rights activist is found dead. Many immediately suspect murder. The assassinations of dissidents like her have become commonplace in Pakistan. But Karima Baloch's body was discovered off the shores of Toronto, the city where she fled for ...
12.22.2022 S17: "The Kill List" E2: A Death in Sweden Months before Karima’s death, another prominent Baloch dissident is found drowned in a river in Sweden. Sajid Hussain had also fled Pakistan to start a new life in safety. His death bears a striking resemblance to Karima’s. Could the two ...
12.22.2022 S17: "The Kill List" E3: The Dissident Club Mary meets those who have been told they are on a kill list. Exiles from Pakistan have sought safety through the Western world. But do they remain in danger, no matter how far they flee? For transcripts of this series, ...
12.22.2022 S17: "The Kill List" E4: ‘I am not a terrorist’ We learn about Karima’s final days from those closest to her, including a man who’s finally ready to speak. After escaping death in Pakistan, what evidence is there that Karima may have taken her own life? For transcripts of this ...
12.22.2022 S17: "The Kill List" E5: Living Ghosts We follow Karima’s dramatic return to Balochistan — where even in death, she’s considered a threat. And hear from those in her homeland still willing to risk their lives by speaking out. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-kill-list-transcripts-listen-1.6514561
12.22.2022 S17: "The Kill List" E6: The Pier New documents, witnesses and a renowned forensic scientist all lead to the same, unsettling conclusion about what really happened to Karima. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-kill-list-transcripts-listen-1.6514561
11.14.2022 Uncover Introduces: Run, Hide, Repeat Pauline Dakin’s childhood was marked by unexplained events, a sense of unseen menace, and secretive moves to new cities with no warning. When Pauline was a young adult, her mother finally told her what they were running from – organized ...
09.26.2022 Uncover Introduces: The Outlaw Ocean The high seas are beyond the reach of international law – and beyond the beat of most reporters. But Pulitzer-Prize-winner and former New York Times journalist, Ian Urbina, has sailed into uncharted territories. Urbina sets out on a years-long quest ...
09.05.2022 Uncover Introduces: Pressure Cooker John and Amanda have lived on the fringes their whole lives. They’re on welfare, living with John’s grandma, and struggling with addiction to opioids and Dungeons and Dragons. They’ve followed crooked paths to this point. John played in heavy metal ...
08.02.2022 Introducing: Kuper Island Long after the Kuper Island Residential School was torn down, the survivors are still haunted by what happened there. Investigative reporter Duncan McCue exposes buried police investigations, confronts perpetrators of abuse and witnesses a community trying to rebuild — literally ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E1: A School They Called Alcatraz Duncan McCue travels to Penelakut, an island off the coast of B.C., and the site of the Kuper Island Residential School. The community has torn down the reviled building, but the dark memories of what happened at the nearly-century old ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E2: Nights on the Boys’ Side What was it like to be a student at one of the most notorious residential schools in Canada? Survivors James and Tony Charlie share their own account of recurring sexual abuse at the hands of their teachers, starting with a ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E3: Sink or Swim Survivor Belvie Brebber tells us about her five years at Kuper Island Residential School, a time filled with fear, cruelty and sexual violence. Belvie makes it out alive, but her younger brother Richard Thomas does not. She describes a terrible ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E4: What happened to Richard? Richard Thomas was smart, kind and well-loved. He was having no problems in school and he wanted to go further in education. Then inexplicably, days before his graduation, he’s found dead in the Kuper Island school gym. His death was ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E5: Feeding the Dead An archaeologist uses the stories of survivors and a ground-penetrating radar machine to pinpoint where children who died at the Kuper Island school were buried, sometimes in places where no one ever wanted them to be found. And we explore ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E6: It Didn't Feel Like Justice We explore what really happened during a 1990s RCMP task force investigation triggered by the high number of allegations of sexual abuses at the Kuper Island Residential School, and track down a former staff member who witnessed the horrors firsthand. ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E7: Hurt People Hurt People The children who attended Kuper Island Residential School faced a terrible aftermath trying to process what happened. The abuse they suffered there often coloured their relationships with family and community — with devastating results. Meanwhile, the team learns one of ...
08.02.2022 S16: “Kuper Island” E8: Every Child Matters The team tracks down the last person to ever see Richard Thomas alive at Kuper Island Residential School. Donnie Sampson was just 10 years old at the time and has disturbing memories of the day — that include a familiar ...
07.19.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E7: Atonement Years of sustained pressure finally pay off as the policing culture shifts to include activists’ input into their investigations. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-village-the-montreal-murders-transcripts-listen-1.6479960
07.12.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E6: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell When one of its priests is found murdered in Montreal, the Anglican Church has to publicly reckon with its sins. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-village-the-montreal-murders-transcripts-listen-1.6479960
07.05.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E5: Out With Them All Faced with a deadly disease, surrounded by death, AIDS activist Roger Leclerc resorts to controversial tactics to confront discrimination and violence against gays and lesbians. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-village-the-montreal-murders-transcripts-listen-1.6479960
06.28.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E4: A Murder is a Murder is a Murder A married man is murdered while on a business trip in Montreal. The case highlights the challenges of investigating the murders. Delayed investigations and unsolved cases are a dear price to pay when a serial killer may be on the ...
06.21.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E3: Chicken Little Montreal, 1991 – Fearing a serial killer, activists decide to take matters into their own hands. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-village-the-montreal-murders-transcripts-listen-1.6479960
06.14.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E2: Sex Garage Scores of police remove their badges and slip on rubber gloves before beating and arresting queer partygoers in downtown Montreal. The violence escalates in the coming days, and many more are beaten and jailed. A stronger front emerges. For transcripts ...
06.07.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E1: La Vie en Rose Joe Rose, a queer activist living with AIDS, is murdered in cold blood on a city bus. So public, so brutal – the city is shocked. The killing becomes a catalyst for ACT UP’s takeover of the 1989 Montreal AIDS ...
05.31.2022 Introducing: The Village: The Montreal Murders (Trailer) A sneak peek into season three. Montreal in the 90s was a great time, but it had a dark side. For many men, being in – or out – of the closet during the AIDS epidemic was the difference between ...
05.31.2022 S15: "The Village 3" E0: Return to The Village Justin hands over the season to Francis at Parc de L’Espoir, the memorial to people who died from HIV/AIDS in Montreal’s gay village. We’re going back 30 years. The world was a different place. What we learned about how to ...
05.16.2022 Uncover Introduces: Someone Knows Something: The Abortion Wars Host David Ridgen joins victims' family members as they investigate cold cases, tracking down leads, speaking to suspects and searching for answers. In Season 7 of Someone Knows Something, Ridgen and investigative journalist Amanda Robb dig into the 1998 murder ...
03.10.2022 S9 "Evil By Design" E9: Nothing Sticks New criminal charges have been laid against Peter Nygard. New survivors have come forward. And much older allegations have surfaced. But for accusers in Nygard’s hometown — some who were among the most vulnerable in society — justice seems as ...

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S20 "The Africas VS. America" E5: The System on Trial

S20 "The Africas VS. America" E4: The Commissioner’s Gambit

S20 "The Africas VS. America" E3: The Toughest Cop in America

S20 "The Africas VS. America" E2: The Making of John Africa (GI John)

S20 "The Africas VS. America" E1: Mother's Day

Introducing: The Africas VS. America

Uncover Introduces: The Naked Emperor

Uncover Introduces: The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E1: Don't Tell

S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E2: On The Run

S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E3: The Weird World

S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E4: Saving Mom

S19: "Run, Hide, Repeat" E5: Stan's World

Uncover Introduces: The Africas VS. America

Uncover Introduces: Love, Janessa

S18: "Pressure Cooker" E1: Project Souvenir

S18: "Pressure Cooker" E2: The Mysterious Uncle Abe

S18: "Pressure Cooker" E3: Point of No Return

S18: "Pressure Cooker" E4: Ticking Time Bombs

S18: "Pressure Cooker" E5: Trapped

S18: "Pressure Cooker" Bonus: Finding Kaz

S17: "The Kill List" E1: Death of an Icon

S17: "The Kill List" E2: A Death in Sweden

S17: "The Kill List" E3: The Dissident Club

S17: "The Kill List" E4: ‘I am not a terrorist’

S17: "The Kill List" E5: Living Ghosts

S17: "The Kill List" E6: The Pier

Uncover Introduces: Run, Hide, Repeat

Uncover Introduces: The Outlaw Ocean

Uncover Introduces: Pressure Cooker

Introducing: Kuper Island

S16: “Kuper Island” E1: A School They Called Alcatraz

S16: “Kuper Island” E2: Nights on the Boys’ Side

S16: “Kuper Island” E3: Sink or Swim

S16: “Kuper Island” E4: What happened to Richard?

S16: “Kuper Island” E5: Feeding the Dead

S16: “Kuper Island” E6: It Didn't Feel Like Justice

S16: “Kuper Island” E7: Hurt People Hurt People

S16: “Kuper Island” E8: Every Child Matters

S15: "The Village 3" E7: Atonement

S15: "The Village 3" E6: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell

S15: "The Village 3" E5: Out With Them All

S15: "The Village 3" E4: A Murder is a Murder is a Murder

S15: "The Village 3" E3: Chicken Little

S15: "The Village 3" E2: Sex Garage

S15: "The Village 3" E1: La Vie en Rose

Introducing: The Village: The Montreal Murders (Trailer)

S15: "The Village 3" E0: Return to The Village

Uncover Introduces: Someone Knows Something: The Abortion Wars

S9 "Evil By Design" E9: Nothing Sticks