6 true crime podcasts with connections to Saskatchewan

The Pit

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As far as true crime podcasts go, it's not uncommon to hearstoriesabout 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. Astrong, 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 podcastto 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 CrimeEpisode 11:Shell Lake Massacre

On Aug. 15, 1967, Victor Hoffman entereda 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 murderexamines Hoffman's lifelong struggle with psychosis seemingly fuelledby the strict religious views of his family.

Canadian True CrimeEpisode 37: Tracy Latimer

Tracy Latimerwas killed Oct. 24, 1993 in Wilkie, Sask. Tracywas a 40-pound quadriplegica 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 todistinguish between mercy killing and cold-blooded murder.

Dark Poutine: The Disappearance of Mekayla Bali

Mike Browneand co-hostScott Hemenwaycover true crime from the perspective of Canadians in Dark Poutine.

In episode 45 they explore the case of a missing Saskatchewanteenager Mekayla Bali. There hasbeen no sign of the Yorkton teenager since 2016.

Mike and Scott pour overRCMPdetails that shed light on her final hours before her disappearance.

Dark Poutine:The Murder of Joann Wilson

A neighbourin Reginafound 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,usesthe story of Cleopatra Semaganis Nicotine, who disappeared from Little Pine First Nation, Sask. duringthe Sixties Scoopto shed light on of the disproportional violence that Indigenous girls and women face.