Derek Ritz and the search for justice
When we think of Stratford, we think of a charming Ontario town with beautiful parks, world renowned theatre productions, and one of the wor...
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The 519 Podcast
The 519 Podcast brings you the news, events, people, and entertainment that you want to hear about, from a 519 perspective. Learn about local heroes, culture, stories, and places in Southern...
Episodes
20 of 99 episodesPride and Prejudice: how bigotry makes Pride Month more important than ever
55 years ago, marches were held in four U.S. cities – New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, and San Francisco. These marches were held one year af...
30 years later: the disappearance of Mistie Murray
Children go missing far more than the average Canadian might think, and finding them can require the help of the surrounding community, prov...
Online Misinformation: how to separate what's real from what's not.
When it comes to elections, there are battles for votes, and there are battles for information. Candidates hope that their messages will res...
The Windsor Slasher: A City Gripped by Fear
In the summer of 1945, Windsor’s post-war optimism was shattered by a series of brutal murders and stabbings. It quickly became clear that a...
Beyond the Scoreboard: battling sports betting addiction
We’ve all seen the onslaught of advertisements for betting platforms in virtually every part of our life. On our social media feeds, on stre...
Parvovirus: how a contagious disease killed several dogs in a Windsor neighbourhood
We all love our pets, and we would do just about anything to protect them. But sadly, sometimes our furry friends fall victim to contagious...
The Disappearance of Lisa Maas
On July 16th, 1988, 22-year-old Lisa Maas went to a house party in the Owen Sound area. She was separated from her husband of two years and...
Joseph Spracklin, the anti-alcohol crusading Minister who got away with murder
In this episode of the 519 Podcast, we tell the story of Joseph Spracklin, an anti-alcohol crusader in Windsor during the time of Prohibitio...
The Unsolved Murder of Sonya Cywink
Sonya Cywink was last seen alive on August 26, 1994, in Old East London. Four days later, her body was found at Southwold Earthworks Nationa...
The Disappearance of Neil McDougall
Neil McDougall had been married for less than six months when he went missing in October of 1985. 38 years later, his wife Mary Ellen is sti...
The Great Northeast Blackout - 20 years later
Where were you that day? Were you driving when the lights went out? Trapped inside an elevator? Camping and completely unaware? At 4:11 pm o...
A 519 Campfire Story: The Gordon House Haunting
The town of Amherstburg has been around for over 200 years. And as we’ve learned in previous episodes, many places with a long and deep hist...
Ontario’s Adoption Search Angel
It’s always fascinating learning about your family’s history. Did your Grandpa fight in a war? Or did your great-aunt Jess invent the shoe u...
The Secrets of Radar and the Second World War
More than a million Canadian men and women contributed to the war effort during the 1940s. Most of them were given full recognition for thei...
The Lambeth Poisoner
In 1879, Dr. Thomas Niell Cream was suspected in the suspicious death of Catharine Gardener in London, Ontario. What officials didn’t know w...
Confessions of a Killer: Elizabeth Wettlaufer
It’s not as rare as it once was to take a look inside the mind of a serial killer. But, the media seems to only cover a select few, like the...
The Haunting of the Park House Museum
If you visit a place that people tell you is haunted, you mightbuild the experience up in your mind. But, usually, when you arrive it’s a bi...
Thousands Infected: the Walkerton Water Crisis
There are few things we take for granted more than our drinking water. When we want water, we turn on the tap, and there it is. And, by and...
519 Unsolved: the disappearance of Lois Hanna
It’s not often that, in a small town, someone disappears out of thin air. So, when Lois Hanna vanished after a dance in the small Bruce Coun...