Our True Crime Podcast: August 2026

Wednesday, August 26, 2026

374. What the Raven Knows: The Alaska Highway Murders

Thank you to Mary and her partner for the request!

Picture an endless stretch of highway surrounded by thick forests where there's no cell service, and towns are hours apart. Back in July 2019, that quiet part of the Alaska Highway in Canada turned upside down when a young couple on a road trip were found shot in a ditch.

Before anyone even knew what was happening, it turned into a massive cross-country crime spree and a frantic nationwide search to track down the killers.

Join Jen and Cam as they discuss What the Raven Knows: The Alaska Highway Murders.

Source:

⁠https://youtu.be/1zHWJtk3dnc?si=W2g3e04EHgCiDKJH⁠

⁠Timeline: B.C. triple murders by Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky | Vancouver Sun⁠

⁠Former classmates of northern B.C. murder suspect say he would describe killing himself, others | Globalnews.ca⁠

⁠Bryer Alan Schmegelsky (2000-2019) - Find a Grave Memorial⁠

⁠Kam Allan McLeod (2000-2019) - Find a Grave Memorial⁠

⁠Chynna Deese, Lucas Fowler murder: Mum reveals heartbreaking final texts | news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site for latest headlines⁠

⁠Chynna Noelle Deese - Obituary - July 15, 2019⁠

⁠Lucas Robertson Fowler (1995-2019) - Find a Grave Memorial⁠

⁠What We Know About the American-Australian Couple Murdered in Northern Canada⁠

⁠The murders of Chynna Deese, Lucas Fowler & Leonard Dyck – A True Crime Podcast⁠

⁠The Northern British Columbia Murders⁠

⁠Port Alberni - Wikipedia⁠

⁠Jul 29, 2019, page 8 - The Daily Sentinel at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 24, 2019, page A6 - The Charlotte Observer at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 21, 2019, page A13 - The Charlotte Observer at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 23, 2019, page A4 - Asheville Citizen-Times at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 26, 2019, page A12 - The Charlotte Observer at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 19, 2020, page 1 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 19, 2020, page 8 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 21, 2020, page 2 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Aug 16, 2019, page A8 - The Province at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Aug 08, 2019, page NP3 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Aug 25, 2019, page 13 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Aug 25, 2019, page 12 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Aug 13, 2019, page A10 - Rimbey Review at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Dec 30, 2019, page A5 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 23, 2019, page A6 - National Post at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Jul 25, 2019, page A16 - The Free Press at Newspapers.com™ - Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Sep 30, 2019, page A5 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Oct 02, 2019, page A33 - Alberni Valley News at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠Dec 20, 2019, page NP4 - Calgary Herald at Newspapers.com™⁠

⁠How the RCMP found Canada’s most wanted fugitives with a raven, a Cree trapper and luck - The Globe and Mail⁠

⁠New documents shed light on McLeod, Schmegelsky manhunt and 3 northern B.C. deaths⁠

⁠2019 Northern British Columbia murders - Wikipedia⁠

Wednesday, August 19, 2026

373. Someone Else's Daughter: Anita Cobby

It was a quiet summer morning in Prospect, New South Wales, when a farmer noticed his cows gathered around something in his paddock. At first, he thought it was a mannequin.

Then he realized it was the naked body of a young woman.

She had been brutally attacked, but the worst injury was to her throat, which had been slashed so deeply the medical examiner described it as a “near decapitation.” Investigators believed she had been conscious when it happened. Investigators soon had a likely identity for the young woman, which would become one of Australia’s most heinous crimes.

Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast, ‘Someone Else’s Daughter: Anita Cobby.’

Listener Discretion by @octoberpodVHS

Music by our EP @theinkypawprint

Sources:

https://cookandyoung.com.au/p/remembering-anita-cobby-the-case-the-husband-the-aftermath-30-years-on

https://people.com/anita-cobby-australia-rape-murder-former-beauty-queen-8726751

https://tv.apple.com/us/episode/the-anita-cobby-murder/umc.cmc.26h8fremeu75ysb9x56m0b6sa?showId=umc.cmc.59hhekmkn5g2tckmjuyk0i3cl

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/mar/20/anita-cobby-everyone-in-the-car-that-dreadful-night-had-a-passport-to-doom

https://www.news.com.au/national/crime/anita-cobby-killer-dying-of-cancer/news-story/c6c50e914446d13bbf7d6cdd98729e58

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Families_of_Crime

https://web.archive.org/web/20160823114747/https://aussiecriminals.com.au/2010/07/22/murder-of-anita-cobby/

http://www.aww.com.au/latest-news/crime/chilling-recordings-of-cobby-murder-confession-25302

https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19860625&id=iTZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OOgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3183,6281176&hl=en

https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9D07E3D61330F936A25753C1A96F958260

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/anita-cobby8217s-mother-grace-lynch-is-buried-covered-in-the-bright-blooms-that-reminded-her-of-her-murdered-child/story-fni0cx12-1226676094426

⁠https://web.archive.org/web/20130426080132/http://www.citv.com.au/crime-investigation-australia/episodes/episode.aspx?id=8⁠

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/breaking-news/how-anita-cobbys-killer-spent-his-final-years-in-jail/news-story/d240138bf529ac7d96515506b2055bbd

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-02-22/anita-cobby-killer-michael-murphy-dead/10836460

https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrimeDiscussion/comments/r6570q/heartbreaking_case_of_anita_cobby/

https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/timeline-the-murder-of-sydney-nurse-anita-cobby/j9f9oq405

Wednesday, August 12, 2026

372. The Mile High Murderer: Vincent Darrell Groves

In March of 1987, Sheila Washington was walking near East Colfax Avenue, which was once dubbed the “longest, wickedest street in America," when a stranger in a blue Concord offered her a ride. That afternoon turned into a fight for survival when he tried to strangle her, exposing 34-year-old Vincent Darrell Groves: a prolific yet largely unknown Colorado serial killer.

Decades later, dedicated cold case units and modern DNA testing are finally holding him accountable for a long list of cold cases and bringing long-overdue answers to grieving families.