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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...

When we think of Stratford, we think of a charming Ontario town with beautiful parks, world renowned theatre productions, and one of the wor...

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...

Children go missing far more than the average Canadian might think, and finding them can require the help of the surrounding community, prov...

When it comes to elections, there are battles for votes, and there are battles for information. Candidates hope that their messages will res...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

In 1879, Dr. Thomas Niell Cream was suspected in the suspicious death of Catharine Gardener in London, Ontario. What officials didn’t know w...

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...

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...

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...

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...

It seems as if every small town in Ontario has seen its fair share of missing posters, or posters declaring a reward for information on murd...

When you think of the Klu Klux Klan, would you consider them to be strictly American? A racist enterprise restricted to the southern United...

It was an unusually sunny and warm March day in London - that also happened to be a Saturday, which also happened to be on St. Patrick's Day...

There were several people who played significant roles in trailblazing the Black press in Canadian history. As we heard on the last episode...

There is a rich Black history in Canada, particularly in southwestern Ontario, where thousands of escaped slaves ended up after crossing the...

Among the most troubling statistics to come out of Ontario in 2022 was the number of people who died in fires. In fact, the number was the h...

It’s a murder that people still talk about over 100 years later - one that some blamed on one of the most infamous serial killers we’ve ever...

In 1966, then 12-year-old Rob Freeman saw the unthinkable, a UFO. While he was initially laughed at when he told friends and family, he was...

In November of 2022, the Windsor Police Service’s Major Crimes Unit was recognized for solving a 48-year-old cold case murder. It was the gr...

Over the last decade, a startling number of horror stories have come out of the Elgin Middlesex Detention Centre. Inmates assaulted by guard...

The late Joe Egan of Sarnia was like so many Canadian men of his generation. The Second World War meant that young men would need to volunte...

There are some stories that are so startling you’d think they would make it beyond their county’s limits. If you grew up around Woodstock, y...

In May 2003, Walter Zepeda was put through a seven day exorcism that ended in his death. This happened in London, Ontario. The exorcism was...

On the second annual Day of Truth and Reconciliation, the 519 Podcast speaks with Indigenous leaders in our communities. What does the day m...

The morning of August 26, 2021 was like most mornings in the town of Wheatley Ontario. Kids were getting ready for another day of summer, pe...

It’s a first in Ontario. A cow manure powered garbage truck has hit the streets of Hensall, Ontario, a small town in Huron County. These car...

Long wait times, understaffing and underfunding in hospitals we’ve seen before, but ER closures and this level of surgical cancellations is...

In Part 1 of “The Windsor Spree Killer: From Horric to Surreal” we took a look at Matthew Charles Lamb and the fateful day he became Canada’...

When you think of spree killings, mass murders, and mass shootings, your first thought may be that it’s just another day in the news. While...

In 1913, one of the largest storms to ever hit the Great Lakes claimed the lives of over 250 people, while sinking 12 ships. The storm was s...

When a teenaged cashier at the grocery store makes a mistake, just about everyone would be outraged if the customer began yelling at them an...

You can't sit down to watch a sporting event without seeing them. Countless commercials, and even studio segments, promoting betting on the...

In 1881, London’s Thames River was the scene of, what was at the time, one of Canada’s worst maritime disasters when the "Victoria" sank in...

In part two of The Steven Truscott Saga and the Woman Who Set Things Right,- the 519 Podcast looks at Truscott's life between the time he le...

Most Canadians know the name Steven Truscott. Convicted of raping and murdering Lynne Harper at the age of 14, Truscott spent the next decad...

A recent story out of Norfolk County told of a woman who was charged with animal cruelty after investigators found 27 dogs, 5 cats, 3 horses...

They’re perhaps the 519’s most famous, or infamous, family. Whether it’s from books, movies, TV or elsewhere, just about everyone in the are...

They’re perhaps the 519’s most famous, or infamous, family. Whether it’s from books, movies, TV or elsewhere, just about everyone in the are...

During the last two years, there have been two things that Canadians could count on: the next wave of COVID-19, and being potential targets...

Most Canadians know the name Labatt. The name immediately brings up images of brown bottles of cold beer. But there are also a lot of Canadi...