Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay is an investigative podcast from Canadaland. Host Ryan McMahon examines suspicious deaths of Indigenous teens in Thunder Bay, Ontario. He uncovers racism, corruption, and neglect in a city with Canada's highest homicide and hate crime rates. The series originally ran in 2018, with follow-ups Return to Thunder Bay in 2020 and Thunder Bay: Post-Mortem in 2023.
Episodes
Jesse Brown is Fired!
It's true. Jesse Brown has fired himself as a host of Canadaland podcasts.So who will Canadaland's new hosts be?Stay tuned and support the next chapter of Canadaland here: canadaland.com/join Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Post-Mortem, Part 2
Ryan McMahon and Jon Thompson team up with Cherise Seucharan for the conclusion to Post Mortem, a two-episode dive into the connection between the police, the coroners, and the canary in a coal mine for death investigations across the province.Host: Jesse Brown Credits: Jon Thompson (Reporter), Cherise Seucharan (Reporter), Ryan McMahon (Reporter), Tristan Capacchione (Audio Editor and Techni
Post-Mortem, Part 1
For over five years, Canadaland has been investigating Thunder Bay, Ontario. Specifically, we have been trying to figure out why there were so many unanswered questions around the deaths of Indigenous people in this one Ontario town.We have looked at the cops. The schools. The courts. The government. The people in the town itself. But we never looked at the coroners and the forensic pathologi
Criminally Responsible
The verdict arrives in the trial that everyone’s talking about. Can there be justice? As Thunder Bay grapples with the truth about itself, people are still dying. Kids are still dying. So where do we go from here?Support us here: canadaland.com/join.This episode is brought to you by HelloFresh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
It Happens Because You're Indigenous
When a system is broken, you can work outside of it to create something new, or you can try to change it from within. But what happens when you need the system?Support us here: canadaland.com/join.This episode is brought to you by Missing From the Village and HelloFresh. Additional music by AudioNetwork.CORRECTION: An earlier edit of this episode presented an incomplete criticism of the
A Post-Truth Town
It’s infamous as the homicide and hate crime capital of Canada. And now, Thunder Bay has been officially diagnosed as racist. But so what? Does knowing this mean that anything will change?Welcome to Canada's first post-truth town.Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing: Return to Thunder Bay
New stories from Thunder Bay. Original artwork by Blake Angeconeb and Michah Dowbak.Support us at canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Burners
What if Thunder Bay isn't broken?What if it's working just as it's supposed to?Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
The Ruthless Game
Agnew Johnston was a lawyer who represented the state against criminals. But he was a criminal himself, paying underage girls for sex. His defence? Everybody in Thunder Bay is doing it, so why are you picking on me? The story of a case that implicated Thunder Bay's elite. Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Deathly Low Priority
Nine teenagers died. There is evidence of foul play. There are suspects. There are motives. There have even been confessions. But nobody has ever been charged. In a town with no consequences, it will happen again. Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Clowns
A dark, grainy, cellphone video leads to criminal charges against the mayor, his wife, the chief of police, and a multimillionaire lawyer turned convicted sex offender, whose wife disappeared years ago.Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
There Is A Town In North Ontario
Locals call it Murder Bay.It might be the most dangerous city for Indigenous youth in the world. But to others, it's their white nirvana.Host Ryan McMahon wants to know - not who killed all those kids, but what killed them. This is Thunder Bay. Support us here: canadaland.com/join. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Introducing: Thunder Bay
The highest homicide and hate crime rates in the country. A mayor charged with extortion. A police chief who faced trial for obstruction of justice. Nine tragic deaths of Indigenous high schoolers. Why does it all happen here? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
