Uncover is a Canadian investigative journalism podcast, launched in 2018 by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.Connie Thiessen, "CBC unveils fall podcast slate" . Broadcast Dialogue, August 23, 2018. Each season is hosted by a different journalist, and delves into Canadian and international crime stories.Sarah Larson, ""Uncover: The Village": A Serial Killer, Toronto's Gay Community, and a Podcast That Transcends True Crime" . The New Yorker, May 3, 2019.
The second season, Bomb on Board, won the RTNDA Canada award for Best Original / Enterprise Journalism in 2019."CBC Radio brings home RTDNA awards for excellence" . CBC News, May 12, 2019. In August 2019, the CBC announced that the third season, The Village, was in development as the basis for a documentary television series.Jordan Pinto, "CBC puts five podcasts into television development" . RealScreen, August 15, 2019.
As with other CBC podcasts, episodes of the series have aired terrestrially on CBC Radio One as substitute programming in the summer season and on public holidays.
Seasons
Season TitleTopic HostAir Dates Ref1Escaping NXIVMNXIVMJosh BlochSeptember 2018Stacy Lambe, "What's the NXIVM Cult? Everything to Watch or Read in Addition to the Lifetime Movie" . Entertainment Tonight, September 21, 2019.2Bomb on BoardThe bombing of Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21.Ian Hanomansing and Johanna WagstaffeNovember 2018Ben Forrest, "Bomb on Board" . Skies, December 14, 2018.3The VillageUnsolved murders in Toronto's Gay Village.Justin LingApril 2019Andrew Wright, "Reporter Justin Ling Sheds New Light on Bruce McArthur Case in CBC Podcast "Uncover: The Village"" . Zoomer Magazine, April 5, 2019.4The Cat Lady CaseThe disappearance of Joan Lawrence.Zander ShermanJuly 2019Doug Crosse, "Bracebridge Reporter updating missing seniors case with podcast" . My Muskoka Now, December 5, 2018.5SharminiThe disappearance of Sharmini Anandavel.Michelle ShephardSeptember 2019Todd Vandonk, "Peterborough rapist Stanley Tippett focus of CBC podcast Uncover: Sharmini" . My Kawartha, October 5, 2019.6Satanic Panic1990s Satanic Panic in Martensville, Saskatchewan.Lisa Bryn RundleFebruary 2020"New podcast explores how 'Satanic Panic' overtook a Saskatchewan town" . CBC Radio, February 4, 2020.7Dead WrongThe murder of Brenda Way and wrongful imprisonment of Glen Assoun.Tim BousquetJune 20208BrainwashedInvestigation into the CIA's experiments in mind control.Michelle ShephardSeptember 20209Evil by DesignAssault allegations against fashion mogul Peter Nygård.Timothy SawaMarch 202110The Village 2Investigation into the deaths of two Toronto trans women, Alloura Wells and Cassandra Do.Justin LingJuly 202111Carrie Low VS.Carrie Low's mission to hold Nova Scotia police accountable for failure to investigate her assault.Maggie RahrNovember 202112A Death in CryptolandThe death of Gerald Cotten, CEO of QuadrigaCX.Takara SmallDecember 202113White Hot HateJournalist Ryan Thorpe's infiltration of a white supremacist organization.Michelle ShephardDecember 202114Boys Like MeIncel subculture and related crimes.Ellen Chloe BatemanJanuary 202215The VillageThe murder of gay men in 1990s Montreal.Justin LingJune 202216Kuper IslandKuper Island Residential SchoolDuncan McCueAugust 202217The Kill ListThe murder of human rights activist Karima Baloch.Mary LynkDecember 202218Pressure CookerFollows an investigation into a couple accused of terrorism.Dan PierceJanuary 202319Run, Hide, RepeatThe story of host Pauline Dakin's tumultuous childhood.Pauline DakinFebruary 202320The Africas vs. AmericaThe 1985 bombing of a Black neighborhood in West Philadelphia, targeting a family of Black radicals known as MOVE.Matthew AmhaMay 202321The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey ShermanThe lives and deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman, one of Canada's richest couples.Kathleen GoldharJune 202322The Band Played OnFive decades of sexual abuse of teens by three teachers at Bell High School in Ottawa.Julie IretonAugust 202323The PitThe murder of trucker Sheree Fertuck in Saskatchewan.Alicia Bridges & Victoria DinhDecember 202324Hunting WarheadFollows a search for the people behind a child-abuse site on the dark web.Daemon FairlessFebruary 202425Love, JanessaThe search for Janessa Brazil, a cam girl whose photos are used in various catfishing schemes.Hannah AjalaMarch 202426The Outlaw Ocean7-part series on crimes at sea.Ian UrbinaApril 202427BloodlinesThe disappearance of 2-year-old Salmaan in the final days of the war against ISIS, as well as the fates of other children like him.Poonam TanejaJuly 202428Someone Knows SomethingThe Ku Klux Klan murders of two 19-year-old black men, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore, in Southwest Mississippi in May 1964.David RidgenSeptember 202429Capital GazetteThe June 2018 mass shooting at The Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, MD.Kelly McEversOctober 202430Bad ResultsA DNA lab offering prenatal paternity tests often identifies the wrong men as fathers.Rachel Houlihan & Jorge BarreraDecember 202431The Banned TeacherAnne-Marie Robinson reached out to host Julie Ireton to share her story of being raped by her music teacher as a teen, leading to the discovery of more victims.Julie IretonJanuary 202532Sea of LiesThe discovery of a body by local fishermen leads to a multi-country manhunt.Sam MullinsMarch 202533Calls From a KillerInformation received in jailhouse calls from murderer Clifford Olson.Arlene Bynon & Nathaniel FrumJune 202534Dirtbag ClimberA mysterious climber, alias Jesse James, is found dead in Squamish, BC.Steven ChuaSeptember 202535Allison after NXIVMAllison Mack is interviewed about Mack's time in Keith Raniere's sex cult, NXIVMNatalie Robehmed and Vanessa GrigoriadisNovember 202536The Cult Queen of CanadaA history of Romana Didulo's conspiracy theories and cultRachel BrowneApril 202637Expert WitnessAn investigation into Cybercheck, an AI tool used in police investigations in the United States.Sam MullinsJune 2026
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