Sea of Lies from Uncover

Introducing: The Outlaw Ocean S2 and The shrimp factory whistleblower

09 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The Outlaw Ocean is an anthology podcast that plunges you into the vast and often lawless world of the open seas. Today we're featuring an investigati...

S33 E1: The Olson Tapes | Calls From a Killer

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Arlene Bynon answers a collect call. On the other end of the line is Clifford Olson: a man convicted of killing eleven children and teenagers in the 1...

S33 E2: Something Monstrous | Calls From a Killer

27 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

‘They called him the Candyman.’In British Columbia’s lower mainland, children are disappearing. Families are terrified as the local RCMP attempt...

S33 E3: The Mounties Always Get Their Man | Calls From a Killer

26 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

It’s the summer of 1981 and the RCMP have their sights set on Clifford Olson, who is well known to them as a career criminal and informant. As ...

S33 E4: Cash for Bodies | Calls From a Killer

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The country is shocked to learn that a serial killer has been paid by the police - $100,000 in return for the locations of his murder victims. Ev...

S33 E5: Joan | Calls From a Killer

24 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After months speaking to Clifford Olson, Arlene is still searching for answers. So she turns her attention to his mysterious wife: the woman who recei...

S33 E6: The Others | Calls From a Killer

23 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Clifford Olson is serving eleven life sentences for killing eleven children. By now, Arlene has been speaking to him for years and is starting to unde...

S33 E7: The Escape | Calls From a Killer

22 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Arlene’s patience with Clifford Olson is wearing thin until he says something truly shocking: he’s stolen a handcuff key and plans to escape.And t...

S33 Trailer | Calls From a Killer

13 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The voice of a killer. The truth uncovered.For years, journalist Arlene Bynon took forbidden jailhouse calls from notorious murderer Clifford Olson. H...

Uncover: Trailer

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Groundbreaking investigations. Artful storytelling. Uncover the best in true crime. Follow the show to get the latest episodes in your feed, and ...

Uncover Introduces | Aftermath: Hunt for the Anthrax Killer

12 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the wake of 9/11, anthrax-laced letters unleashed a new wave of terror across the nation. But who was behind the attacks — and why has America ne...

Uncover Introduces: Fatal Beauty from Sony Music Entertainment

01 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

She had a million-dollar smile and a trail of dead men behind her— who was Sandra Bridewell? From Sony Music Entertainment comes Fatal Beauty. Host ...

Uncover Introduces | The Con: Kaitlyn’s Baby

17 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kaitlyn Braun, a pregnant young woman in crisis, takes dozens of birth workers through an escalating series of disasters – rape, baby loss, and even...

The hidden story of a notorious serial killer — and his secret calls from behind bars

10 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The voice of a killer. The truth uncovered. Coming May 20, 2025.For years, journalist Arlene Bynon took forbidden jailhouse calls from notorious ...

S32 E1: Luck, Or Something Like It | Sea of Lies

06 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

An unlikely discovery ten miles out to sea leaves British detectives with a dead end case. Until an accidental doorknock leads to a shocking discovery...

S32 E2: When Ron Met Ron | Sea of Lies

04 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With the body now identified and the discovery of a man living under his name, Elaine Boyes is the only person who knows both men. So who is Ronald Pl...

S32 E3: A Dream State | Sea of Lies

03 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With Ron and Elaine off to Canada, their connection to the mysterious David Davis looks as if it’s coming to an end. But when Elaine finds herself a...

S32 E4: The Day of Reckoning | Sea of Lies

02 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

After the revelation that Albert Walker is one of the world’s most wanted men, Sam investigates his origin story - and the trail of crimes he commit...

S32 E5: Life on The Lam | Sea of Lies

01 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As the police piece together a case against Albert, the pressure on him and Sheena builds. In uncovering the truth about their five years on the run, ...

S32 E6: Sheena | Sea of Lies

28 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

With Albert awaiting trial, all eyes are on Sheena. The case against her father is far from a foregone conclusion and she’s the only one who knows t...

S32 E7: Plausible, Intelligent and Ruthless | Sea of Lies

27 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The trial attracts media coverage across the globe. Sheena finally has her moment on the stand, with Albert’s fate resting in her hands. Nearly 30 y...

S32 Trailer | Sea of Lies

22 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A body is pulled from the ocean, and a race against time to capture one of the world's most wanted criminals begins.This is the story of a con man who...

Uncover Introduces: Canadian True Crime

18 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

When police arrive for a welfare check at the home of a Vancouver fashion store owner, they're confronted with the lifeless bodies of two women lying ...

S31 E1: The ghost | The Banned Teacher

14 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

As a teen, Anne-Marie Robinson dreamed of becoming a professional musician. The talented French horn player soon became the music teacher’s favourit...

S31 E2: Time capsule | The Banned Teacher

13 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robinson stored her painful, high-school memories deep in her mind. But it all came flooding back in midlife after she saw the music teacher. She deci...

S31 E3: Seeking justice | The Banned Teacher

12 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

More than a year after Robinson went to police, William Douglas Walker was charged with a sex crime. She alleged he groomed and controlled her when sh...

S31 E4: Hello powerful woman | The Banned Teacher

11 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robinson couldn’t help but think if she knew there were other victims, the outcome of the case would have been different. The investigation finds an...

S31 E5: The blip | The Banned Teacher

10 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The desk in Jeanie McKay’s teenage bedroom had 56 notches: one for every time she had sexual intercourse with her music teacher. It would become evi...

S31 E6: The diaries | The Banned Teacher

09 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jackie Short kept detailed diaries as a teen. She knew the teacher was making sexual advances to multiple students. At the same time, he was courting ...

S31 E7: Club no one wanted to join | The Banned Teacher

08 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Five alleged victims gather for the inaugural meeting of “the club no one wanted to join.” They say they were sexually harassed, exploited, assaul...

S31 E8: The punch | The Banned Teacher

07 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Robinson meets Sam, the man behind the punch. He said in 1975, when he found out his 16-year-old daughter had sexual encounters with her high-school m...

S31 E9: If they were boys | The Banned Teacher

06 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

A third alleged victim goes to the police about the music teacher, again resulting in no charge or conviction. In season one of this podcast, 10 men c...

S31 E10: Taking back control | The Banned Teacher

05 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

The former teacher offers a letter of apology that leaves the survivors angry and unsatisfied. But Robinson makes a trip back to her old high school, ...

Uncover Introduces | The BBC’s investigative podcast World of Secrets: The Bad Guru

04 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In the latest season of the BBC’s World of Secrets: The Bad Guru Miranda’s search for inner peace through yoga leads to allegations of grooming, t...

S31 Trailer | The Banned Teacher

09 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Anne-Marie Robinson says that as a teen, she was raped by her music teacher. He says it was consensual sex. She reached out to journalist and podcast ...

Uncover Introduces: Avenger from Orbit Media

06 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Avenger from Orbit Media tells the story of Miriam Lewin, one of Argentina’s leading journalists today. At 19 years old, she was kidnapped off the s...

S30 E1: The “Fake Baby” | Bad Results

05 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 2015, a 20-something American named John learns he might be a father. A prenatal paternity test confirms it, and he quickly pivots from college stu...

S30 E2: Who's the father? | Bad Results

04 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Four years later, a Canadian college student named Corale needs to identify the father of her unborn baby. The 19-year-old turns to Viaguard Accu-Metr...

S30 E3: Stick to the script | Bad Results

03 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

On the surface, Accu-Metrics was making headlines and growing strong. But two former employees paint a troubling picture of what was going on inside, ...

S30 E4: Dogged by controversy | Bad Results

02 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After years of expansion into different DNA services, controversies around the company begin to surface — publicly. There’s a lawsuit against the ...

S30 E5: The Undercover Mother | Bad Results

01 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What’s really going on inside Accu-Metrics? Co-host Rachel Houlihan goes undercover, posing as a mother who needs a paternity test. Once inside, she...

S30 E6: Travesty | Bad Results

30 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In September 2024, a senior employee at Viaguard Accu-Metrics is sentenced for running an unrelated $6 million hair-testing scam. Will this developmen...

Uncover Introduces: Someone Knows Something Season 9

16 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Christine Harron, a book-loving teenager from Hanover, Ontario, leaves for school in the spring of 1993 and is never seen again. A suspect emerges, co...

S30 Trailer | Bad Results

23 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Who is this baby’s father? It’s a question a DNA lab promised to answer with “99.9% accuracy” — but instead, routinely identified the wrong ...

S29 E1: "A Damn Paper" | Capital Gazette

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part 1: Five colleagues are shot dead. Everyone is traumatized. On that day, June 28, 2018, what can the remaining staff of the Capital Gazette do tha...

S29 E2: "It's OK That We're Alive" | Capital Gazette

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part 2: How do you try to return to normal after a mass shooting? The Capital Gazette moves into a tiny, temporary office, and staff members confront ...

S29 E3: "I Know He Did It" | Capital Gazette

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part 3: The Capital Gazette takes on a new beat: itself. As the shooter's case works its way towards trial, the staff tries to balance coverage obliga...

S29 E4: "We Are the Newsroom" | Capital Gazette

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part 4: The Capital Gazette is swept up in the troubles of the newspaper industry. Its corporate owners are making painful cuts, and a hedge fund with...

S29 E5: "All of a Sudden… It’s Different" | Capital Gazette

21 Oct 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Part 5: In our final episode, there's one important part of the newspaper's story we couldn't bring you until now: what it's like to have their attack...

S29 Trailer | Embedded: Capital Gazette

18 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the upcoming season, Uncover listeners will get to know the surviving staff of The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, MD, where a gunman murde...

S28 Trailer | Someone Knows Something: Dee & Moore

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1964, the partial remains of two black teenagers — Charles Moore and Henry Dee — were pulled from a backwater of the Mississippi River. Brutall...

S28 E1: The Wrong Body | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In 1964, two klansmen were arrested for the murder of Dee & Moore: James Ford Seale and Charles Marcus Edwards. The charges were dropped. But Edwa...

S28 E2: The Klansman | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Why did authorities close the case? David & Thomas speak with the FBI and local District Attorney to try to find out. They also meet Henry's siste...

S28 E3: The Hornet’s Nest | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David and Thomas meet journalist Jerry Mitchell, who has stacks of FBI documents about the case. They speak to people who lived through the terror of ...

S28 E4: Bunkley | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

David and Thomas search for MHSP officers and FBI agents who were present during Seale and Edwards's arrests. And Thomas looks for the support of the ...

S28 E5: The Bridge | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The investigation continues, leading to the doorsteps of more former Klansmen. Then, a surprising revelation from Lampton. For transcripts of this ser...

S28 E6: Reckoning | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In the aftermath of the Dee-Moore case, questions remain. Years later, David and Thomas return to Mississippi to meet old friends, mourn those who hav...

S28 E7: Epilogue | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this bonus episode, David travels back to Mississippi, follows up on the Dee & Moore case, and looks at the fate of other civil rights era case...

S28 E8: Return to Mississippi | "Someone Knows Something"

16 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this special episode, David and Thomas Moore reflect on their search for justice and what they’ve learned in the years since their investigation ...

S27 E1: The Lost Boy | "Bloodlines"

24 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two-year-old Salmaan disappears in the chaos of the final days of the war against ISIS. In London, Salmaan’s grandfather, Ash, has been desperate fo...

S27 E2: Race Against Time | "Bloodlines"

23 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Bombs drop as Poonam enters Syria, blocking access to the areas she needs to get to. If things get worse, the troops guarding IS prisons say they will...

S27 E3: Breakthrough | "Bloodlines"

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Poonam finally gets into the prison camp where the women and children of suspected IS fighters are being held. There, she meets a Canadian woman who h...

S27 E4: DA’s secret | "Bloodlines"

21 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Poonam returns to DA, now suspicious of the secret she is keeping. What was IS like through her eyes? What can she tell Poonam about some of the terro...

S27 E5: The Crater | "Bloodlines"

20 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Poonam makes the perilous journey to the last known location of baby Salmaan, a guesthouse near where IS made its last stand. But IS sleeper cells sti...

S27 E6: The Forgotten Children | "Bloodlines"

19 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Poonam makes the perilous journey to the last known location of baby Salmaan, a guesthouse near where IS made its last stand. But IS sleeper cells sti...

S27 E7: No Tears Left | "Bloodlines"

18 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Poonam travels to Canada for an unexpected meeting and returns to London where she shares what she has discovered with Ash.

S27 Trailer: Bloodlines

03 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Two-year-old Salmaan disappears in the chaos of the final days of the war against ISIS. After the war against the Islamic State was won, what became o...

S26 E1: The Murder Video | "The Outlaw Ocean"

27 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Crimes like this don't often happen on land. A 10-minute slow-motion slaughter captured by a cell phone camera shows a group of unarmed men at sea, po...

S26 E2: The Dark Fleet | "The Outlaw Ocean"

26 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

It would be hard to believe if it hadn't actually happened. The longest law-enforcement chase in nautical history, spanning 110 days and 10,000 miles,...

S26 E3: Slavery At Sea | "The Outlaw Ocean"

25 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Ian’s account of his groundbreaking reporting on slavery in the South China Sea, the first time a reporter had ever made it onboard a Thai distant-w...

S26 E4: From The Sea, Freedom | "The Outlaw Ocean"

24 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The sea has always been a metaphor for freedom – an escape from governments, laws and other people. This episode takes us off the coast of England t...

S26 E5: Waves of Extraction | "The Outlaw Ocean"

23 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

The oceans are running out of fish. To slow down that problem, environmentalists pushed for fish farming or aquaculture. The problem is this industry ...

S26 E6: The Magic Pipe | "The Outlaw Ocean"

22 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a ship inadvertently spills oil, it’s big news. But every three years, ships intentionally dump more oil than the Exxon Valdez, and BP spills c...

S26 E7: Epilogue — The Spell of The Sea | "The Outlaw Ocean"

21 May 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When a ship inadvertently spills oil, it’s big news. But every three years, ships intentionally dump more oil than the Exxon Valdez, and BP spills c...

S26 Trailer: The Outlaw Ocean

10 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

High Seas. High Stakes. High Crimes. There are few remaining frontiers on our planet. Perhaps the wildest, and least understood, are the world’s oce...

S25 E1: From My World to Yours | "Love, Janessa"

07 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

New Year’s Eve. Simon receives a message from a beautiful stranger, named Shirley: “Greetings…from my world to yours.” A digital flirtation be...

S25 E2: The Big Fish | "Love, Janessa"

06 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Roberto is in love. Without ever seeing her or talking to her, he thinks he falls deeply for Janessa. He sends thousands of dollars and begs her to le...

S25 E3: Meet The Boys | "Love, Janessa"

05 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Tracking down scammers – how and why do they do it? One tells host Hannah Ajala: “I always feel bad”. Researchers estimate half of global romanc...

S25 E4: Helen of Troy | "Love, Janessa"

04 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Where is Janessa Brazil? She seems to have vanished. Then, she turns up somewhere unexpected. Is that really Janessa on a radio show, with the wife of...

S25 E5: Bubba | "Love, Janessa"

02 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“I'm an offensive person.” Can a shock jock radio talk show host help us find Janessa Brazil?Meet Bubba the Love Sponge Clem. Bubba and Janessa us...

S25 E6: Love, Vanessa | "Love, Janessa"

01 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Her real name is Vanessa. Her model name is Janessa Brazil. Where does Janessa end and Vanessa begin? Vanessa tells her story and reveals the human co...

S25 E7: Love, Vanessa | "Fantasy Meets Reality"

31 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

When the fish met the bait. Roberto has a broken heart and lost thousands of dollars to scammers. Vanessa had her images stolen by scammers and her li...

S25 Trailer: Love, Janessa

19 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

“I love her. I just love her!” You meet someone online. It turns out many others think they have fallen for the same person. Introducing the searc...

S24 E1: Hacker vs. Hacker | "Hunting Warhead"

06 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Einar Stangvik is a white-hat hacker — an internet security expert with an expertise in cracking the most secure and disturbing parts of the web. He...

S24 E2: Rude Awakening | "Hunting Warhead"

05 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

All Gordon wants for his birthday is to travel to Washington, D.C., to visit museums and see the opera. He’s completely unaware that his companion o...

S24 E3: Operation Artemis | "Hunting Warhead"

04 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

After the arrest of Canadian Benjamin Faulkner, Taskforce Argos has to learn how to become Warhead on Child’s Play, before its users realize that th...

S24 E4: Impact Statement | "Hunting Warhead"

03 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Jenn was home alone with her children when she received a call from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. They needed to talk to her as soon as po...

S24 E5: Becoming Warhead | "Hunting Warhead"

02 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

What led Benjamin Faulkner to become Warhead? And, more importantly, how do you prevent others like him from following the same path? For transcripts ...

S24 E6: Fallout | "Hunting Warhead"

01 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

At Faulkner’s final sentencing hearing, we finally discover the true extent of his activities on the dark web. We thought we knew everything he had ...

Uncover Introduces: Hollywood Exiles

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

From the BBC World Service and CBC Podcasts comes Hollywood Exiles. Host Oona Chaplin tells the story of the decades-long campaign to root out communi...

S24 Trailer: Hunting Warhead

30 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

A new investigative series from CBC Podcasts and the Norwegian newspaper VG, Hunting Warhead follows an international team of police officers as they ...

S23 E1: A strong lady | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

It's winter in Saskatchewan and Sheree Fertuck is hard at work hauling gravel in her semi-truck. She has lunch with her mom but doesn't come back for ...

S23 E2: Echo in the valley | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

The search for Sheree Fertuck is underway. Police are digging, questioning, and looking for suspects. Suspicions about what might have happened to Sh...

S23 E3: If walls could talk | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Sheree gets married. Soon, cracks in the relationship begin to form. Court documents reveal troubles in Sheree's private life. There's a death threat...

S23 E4: The north 40 | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Police announce a major breakthrough in Sheree's case. They've put someone behind bars. A former roommate of the suspect remembers a troubling conver...

S23 E5: The interview | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A letter to the Saskatoon jail nets our reporters a meeting with the suspect. We hear from him for the first time. For more, including a 360 video ex...

S23 E6: Mr. Big | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Police have Sheree’s alleged killer behind bars, but the suspect says he was scared into a confession. Our reporters investigate the controversial p...

S23 Update Episode: What happened in court | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Greg Fertuck appeared in court for a two-week preliminary hearing in January, 2020. The goal was to decide if he should be tried for murder. This shor...

S23 E7: Needle in a haystack | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

A close relative thinks Sheree was dumped somewhere near the gravel pit. Police and volunteers searched the area when she disappeared, and again after...

S23 E8: The Trial | "The Pit"

25 Dec 2023

Contributed by Lukas

With the trial about to begin, Greg’s lawyer explains why he’s representing Greg even though he doesn’t trust or believe him. We explore which f...