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A gripping NEW true crime podcast that focuses on the victims of murder, mysterious disappearances, and haunting unsolved cases in British Columbia’s Fraser Valley. Each episode sheds light on the stories behind the headlines, ensuring they are never forgotten.
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Serial Killer: Robert "Willie" Pickton Part 3
Send a textPart 3 of the Robert “Willie” Pickton case dives deeper into the growing number of women disappearing from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside in the late 1990s. We focus on the lives of the…
Serial Killer: Robert “Willie” Pickton Part 2
Send a textIn Part Two, we continue the story of Robert “Willie” Pickton and the women who vanished from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. We revisit the night in March 1997 when one woman survived — a…
Serial Killer: Robert “Willie” Pickton
Send a textIn Part one, Nicci Ruth explores the early 1980s on the Pickton farm, where disturbing behavior, criminal activity, and unchecked violence became normalized. It’s a look at the warning…
Where is Kris Couture?
Send a textIn January 2019, Kristofer Couture’s car was found abandoned at the Elk–Thurston trailhead, sitting there for months before an investigation into his disappearance began. What happened in…
The Milkshake Murder: The Rene and Esther Castellani Story
Send a textIn 1965, Esther Castellani dies from a mysterious illness that leaves even Vancouver’s top doctors confused — until a shocking revelation changes everything. Her husband, Rene Castellani,…
Tragedy in Cloverdale: The Heather Thomas Story
Send a textIn this episode, Nicci Ruth explores the disappearance and murder of Heather Lynn Thomas, a 10-year-old girl who vanished from Cloverdale, B.C. The search for Heather would eventually lead…
The Beast of British Columbia: Clifford Olson Jr 2
Send a textSupport the show Rate & Review on Apple Podcasts – This is the most impactful way to support the show. https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/valley-of-secrets/id1835568930 Contact…
The Beast of British Columbia: Clifford Olson Jr 1
Send a textPart One of this two-part series examines the early life of Clifford Olson Jr. and the beginning of one of Canada’s most notorious serial killers. Through the stories of his first victims,…
Murder in Pacific Spirit Park
Send a textOn a bright spring afternoon in 2009, 53-year-old Wendy Ladner-Beaudry went for a run in Pacific Spirit Park — a route she’d taken for decades — and never came home. What happened in those…
The Kowbel Family Tragedy
Send a textA quiet Chilliwack neighborhood. A forged cheque. A fire meant to erase everything. In this episode, we dive deep into the 1987 Kowbel family attack—one of the Fraser Valley’s most…
The Murder of Chelsey Gauthier
Send a textWhen 22-year-old Chelsey Gauthier doesn’t come home after spending the day on a rural property in Mission, the people who love her know something is wrong. Days pass with no word… until…
The Mysterious Death of Cindy James-Part 2
Send a textBefore Cindy James was found dead under impossible circumstances, she spent seven years living in terror—cut phone lines, threatening letters, fires, and attacks that no one could explain.…
The Mysterious Death of Cindy James- Part 1
Send a textIn May 1989, forty-four-year-old nurse Cindy James vanished from Richmond, British Columbia after years of reporting that someone was stalking her. When her car was found parked outside a…
Vanished: The Casey Bohun Story
Send a textIn August 1989, three-year-old Casey Bohun disappears from her bed in North Delta.Her mother lives a nightmare that would follow her for the rest of her life.Accusations, rumors, and…
The Girl In the Phone Booth: The Joanne Pedersen Story
Send a textIt’s a cold, rainy night in Chilliwack, British Columbia.Ten-year-old Jo-Anne “Jo-Jo” Pedersen walks alone through the storm, a pink jacket pulled tight around her shoulders, heading to a…
The Ones Who Never Returned: Brittany Stalman and Jeff Surtel
Send a textTwo seventeen-year-olds. Two quiet Fraser Valley communities. Both left home one day and never came back.In this special Mental Health Awareness Month episode, Nicci Ruth shares the…
The Kidnapping Of Abby Drover
Send a textIn 1976, a twelve-year-old girl vanished on her walk to school in Port Moody, B.C.Six months later, police uncovered the unimaginable.This is the true story of Abby Drover—the girl who…
Hidden Secrets: The Holtam Family
Send a text1995, Thanksgiving weekend was shattered in Mission, BC when a mother and daughter were found murdered and a young boy barely clinging to life. This episode uncovers the truth behind the…
The Mysterious Death of Shaelene Bell
Send a textOn January 30th, 2021, 23-year-old Shaelene Keeler Bell left her apartment in Chilliwack for what she said would be a short drive — and vanished. Four months later, her body was discovered…
The Abbotsford Killer
Send a textIn October 1995, two best friends were attacked while walking home in Abbotsford. One barely survived with catastrophic injuries, the other never made it home. What followed was months of…
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Valley of Secrets has published 26 episodes since August 2025, covering topics in Education, News.
Valley of Secrets is currently highly active with new episodes weekly. Average episode length is 30m.
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