The kidnapping of Wenbo Jin: Why international students are being held for ransom

In 2012, Edmonton police released audio of Amber Tuccaro, a young woman from Mikisew Cree First Nation who went missing a year and a half earlier. On the tape, you hear Amber speaking to someone as they drive. And even more eerie, you hear the voice of the man that most people believe murdered her. Reporter Jana Pruden joins Crime Story to discuss why hearing that haunting tape drove her to investigate Amber’s story. If you enjoyed this episode, check out Crime Story’s first conversation with Jana Pruden, titled 'In Her Defence: When the accused is also a victim.'Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected].

In the winter of 2002, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency received an anonymous tip: somebody had seen bones on a property in Noble, Georgia, and they thought they might be human. Eventually, a police investigation would unearth the remains of more than 300 people.In a different kind of story, this property might belong to America’s most prolific serial killer. But none of these people were murdered – they had been sent there to be cremated. In his podcast Noble, Shaun Raviv tries to understand what happened more than two decades ago at Tri State Crematory and wrestles with the question: what do the living owe the dead?For early, ad-free access to Crime Story, become a subscriber of CBC True Crime Premium on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected].

Carl Miller had spent most of his career at a think tank in London, writing reports and giving lectures – the stuff most academics do.Then, a few years ago, Carl got a call that would change his life forever. The caller, an old colleague, had stumbled upon something that scared him: an online marketplace where you could hire a hitman. Suddenly, Carl was looking at a list of hundreds of names. A list of people that somebody, somewhere wanted dead.So Carl started calling them.For early, ad-free access to Crime Story, become a subscriber of CBC True Crime Premium on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected].

Ruby Franke rose to online fame by vlogging the lives of her six children and her husband, Kevin. Millions of people tuned in to the 8 Passengers YouTube channel every day for a snapshot of domestic bliss. But then, viewers began noticing something seemed off about the Utah family's idyllic life. Their suspicions lead to a shocking truth. Note: This episode contains details of child abuse. Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected] ad-free listening to Crime Story and early access to episodes, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.

Between 1973 and 1986, entire neighbourhoods in California often went to bed thinking about one man. His crimes earned him many names: the Cordova Cat Burglar, the East Area Rapist and of course, the Golden State Killer. For years, he broke into hundreds of homes, sexually assaulting more than 45 women and murdering 13 people, before disappearing into the night. This week on Crime Story, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter Paige St. John reveals why it took more than 40 years for victims of the Golden State Killer to learn his true identity.Note: This episode contains details of sexual violence.For ad-free listening to Crime Story and early access to episodes, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected].

Christine Harron didn’t feel well on May 18, 1993, and stayed home from school — but eventually her mother insisted that she get to afternoon class. Chrissy left, slamming the door, and would never be seen again. How can someone simply vanish, and did the local police find anything of use in their investigation?Subscribers of CBC True Crime Premium can binge all episodes of Someone Knows Something Season 9 right now.

In the Spring of 1993, 15-year-old Christine Harron said goodbye to her mom and left for school. She was never seen again. More than 30 years later, there’s still no sign of her.In the latest season of his hit podcast Someone Knows Something, investigative journalist David Ridgen picks up Christine’s case and comes face to face with the prime suspect in her disappearance. Watch this full interview on YouTube.You can hear Episode 1 of the Christine Harron investigation right now via CBC True Crime Premium on Apple Podcasts or on YouTube.

Debra Newell was ready to give up on love. By the fall of 2014, she’d been married and divorced four times and was reeling from a string of bad dates. But then she met John Meehan, and it seemed like her luck was finally changing. Meehan was a handsome doctor who doted on Newell. She fell in love almost immediately. Two months later, they were married.But Newell would eventually discover that Meehan wasn’t a charming doctor at all – he was a serial con artist with a violent past. Los Angeles Times reporter Christopher Goffard joins Crime Story to take us behind the scenes of Dirty John, one of the most popular true crime podcasts of all time.For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected].

On January 21 2020, Wenbo Jin woke up just after 4 a.m. to the sounds of two men ransacking his apartment. The 24-year-old had left his home in China to study statistics at the University of Toronto. That night, Wenbo lay there, terrified, as his dream of higher education in Canada turned into a nightmare at the hands of criminals with a diabolical scheme. This week on Crime Story, journalist Simon Lewsen takes us inside Wenbo Jin’s apartment and reveals the surprising reason kidnappers are targeting international students. For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected].

In 2015, the small town of Oxford, Michigan became the scene of a uniquely American nightmare: a school shooting. It was, tragically, like many of the mass shootings that had come before it. A lonely young man with access to guns and a history of mental illness. A number of warning signs that went unnoticed. But then, something happened that had never been done before: the prosecutors charged the shooter's parents, too.This week on Crime Story, I speak with Jessica Lowther, who unpacks this story in her new podcast Sins of the Child. For ad-free listening to Crime Story, subscribe to CBC's True Crime channel on Apple Podcasts.Feedback for us? You can email us directly at [email protected].