6 true crime podcasts with connections to Saskatchewan
Binge on these true crime stories this summer
The Pit
As far as true crime podcasts go, it's not uncommon to hear stories about young vulnerable women meeting tragic fate – The Pit is not that story.
CBC journalists Alicia Bridges and Victoria Dinh investigate the disappearance of Sheree Fertuck. A strong, Saskatchewan truck driver who disappeared in December 2015, near Kenaston, Sask.
In June 2019, Sheree's estranged husband, Greg Fertuck was charged with first-degree murder, causing indignity to a body
Alicia and Victoria plan to follow the case through court. Subscribe to the podcast to be notified about new episodes.
A letter to the Saskatoon jail nets the reporters an in-person interview with Greg Fertuck in Episode 5: The interview.
Canadian True Crime Episode 11: Shell Lake Massacre
On Aug. 15, 1967, Victor Hoffman entered a farmhouse at night and randomly murdered nine members of the Peterson family in Shell Lake, Sask.
Kristi Lee's story of Saskatchewan's worst mass murder examines Hoffman's lifelong struggle with psychosis seemingly fuelled by the strict religious views of his family.
Canadian True Crime Episode 37: Tracy Latimer
Tracy Latimer was killed Oct. 24, 1993 in Wilkie, Sask. Tracy was a 40-pound quadriplegic — a 12-year-old who functioned at the level of a three-month-old.
Kristi Lee tells a haunting story of a farming family who find themselves in a desperate situation.
Robert Latimer, Tracy's father, killed her. He told police exactly how committed the crime and it was up to the courts to distinguish between mercy killing and cold-blooded murder.
Dark Poutine: The Disappearance of Mekayla Bali
Mike Browne and co-host Scott Hemenway cover true crime from the perspective of Canadians in Dark Poutine.
In episode 45 they explore the case of a missing Saskatchewan teenager Mekayla Bali. There has been no sign of the Yorkton teenager since 2016.
Mike and Scott pour over RCMP details that shed light on her final hours before her disappearance.
Dark Poutine: The Murder of Joann Wilson
A neighbour in Regina found Joann Wilson brutally bludgeoned in her garage. She was the ex-wife of Colin Thatcher, a former Saskatchewan cabinet minister.
Suspicion fell on Thatcher immediately due to their recent divorce. The investigation revealed the shocking details that led to Thatcher's downfall.
Missing and Murdered: Finding Cleo
CBC's investigative podcast, Finding Cleo, uses the story of Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine, who disappeared from Little Pine First Nation, Sask. during the Sixties Scoop to shed light on of the disproportional violence that Indigenous girls and women face.
