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SOMEONE KNOWS SOMETHING SEASON 1- ADRIEN MCNAUGHTON: Transcripts | Listen

Host David Ridgen investigates the case of Adrien McNaughton. In 1972, five-year-old Adrien vanished while on a family fishing trip in Eastern Ontario. Despite an intensive search and investigation, no sign of Adrien was found, no clue as to where he might be. Ridgen goes back to investigate.
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In 1972, five-year-old Adrien McNaughton vanished while on a family fishing trip in Eastern Ontario. Despite an intensive search and investigation, no sign of Adrien was found, no clue as to where he might be. The case has hung over the area like a dark mass ever since, especially in the small town of Arnprior, where the McNaughton family lived.

In season one of the podcast Someone Knows Something, host David Ridgen, who grew up in Arnprior, goes back to investigate. Ridgen, a independent filmmaker with a proven record of solving cold cases, asks the questions that have been waiting for answers for over 40 years. He speaks to family, friends and other members of the community, discovering new leads and evidence, trying to put the ghosts of the past to rest. 

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Episode 1: The Family

Someone Knows Something23:57S1 Episode 1: The family
What happened the day five-year-old Adrien McNaughton wandered into the woods and was never seen again? How does a family grieve for someone who may still be alive? And where might he be today? SKS host David Ridgen returns to his hometown to investigate.

Access the transcript for this episode here.

Episode 2: Mr. Ring

Someone Knows Something28:21S1 Episode 2: Mr. Ring
Another witness was present in the moments leading up to Adrien’s disappearance. SKS host David Ridgen ventures into the backwoods of Eastern Ontario to find him.

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Episode 3: The theories

Someone Knows Something39:32S1 Episode 3: The theories
SKS host David Ridgen speaks with those involved in the initial search for Adrien McNaughton, and weighs every available theory about the cause of his disappearance — from abduction to bear attack.

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Episode 4: Hello, Adrien?

Someone Knows Something27:57S1 Episode 4: Hello, Adrien?
Is Adrien still alive? If so, what would he look like today? Forensic artist Diana Trepkov creates a series of age-progression sketches to help SKS in their quest to solve the mystery of McNaughton's disappearance.

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Episode 5: Breeze & Grief

Someone Knows Something27:41S1 Episode 5: Breeze & Grief
Two cadaver dogs are brought in to search the area of Holmes Lake where five-year-old Adrien McNaughton was last seen.

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Episode 6: The Scent

Someone Knows Something31:44S1 Episode 6: The scent
The cadaver dogs continue their search for the scent of human remains in the Holmes Lake area.

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Episode 7: First Attempt

Someone Knows Something33:47S1 Episode 7: First Attempt
A divemaster prepares to search Holmes Lake before winter arrives ​and the lake freezes over. And John Gervais identifies the mysterious vehicle he saw at the lake the day Adrien disappeared.

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Episode 8: Clyde Forks

Someone Knows Something38:39S1 Episode 8: Clyde Forks
Two psychics pointed to the remote town of Clyde Forks in their readings of Adrien McNaughton's fate and whereabouts. Could the missing boy have grown up in a secluded town an hour's drive from his family home?

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Episode 9: What we know

Someone Knows Something12:46S1 Episode 9: What we know
The investigation stalls as the search divers wait for Holmes Lake to thaw. In the meantime, SKS revisits the people, information and new leads that have been uncovered in the case so far.

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Episode 10: The Abyss

Someone Knows Something43:34S1 Episode 10: The Abyss
Five scuba divers conduct a search of Holmes Lake.

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Episode 11: Touching bottom

Someone Knows Something36:35S1 Episode 11: Terminus
In the season finale of SKS, David Ridgen wraps up loose ends, looks into ways to continue the investigation into Adrien's disappearance, and speaks with the McNaughton family about their experience of reopening the case.

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