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Island Crime – Laura Palmer / Frequency Podcast Network

Each season of Island Crime delves into an unsolved murder or missing person case on Vancouver Island. Host/Producer Laura Palmer updates the cases when she finds new evidence or fresh perspectives. Original journalism, leaving no stone unturned.

Season 9: ‘The Dead File’ The unsolved double stabbing of a husband & wife in their own home.

Season 8: ‘My Best Friend Bree’ -the unsolved murder of Bree Gamble (Lozano)

Season 7: ‘Evaporated’ explores the disappearance of Victoria’s Ian Indridson.

Season 6: ‘Sweethearts’ examines the unsolved cases of three teenage girls who were murdered in Victoria, Canada between 1990 and 1991.

Season 5: ‘Whiskey Creek’ is the untold story of a Halloween night massacre.

Season 4: ‘Finding Amber’ follows the case of a Port Alberni woman who disappeared on July 8, 2022.

Season 3: ‘Missing Michael’ is the story of Michael Dunahee, a little boy from Victoria, BC, who vanished from a playground in 1991 at the age of 4.

Season 2: ‘Gone Boys’ follows the mystery of men who have gone missing in recent years on Vancouver Island.

Season 1: ‘Where is Lisa?’ digs into the disappearance of 21-year-old Lisa Marie Young.

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Copyright: © Laura Palmer

Latest Episodes:

S3 E9 Could Michael Dunahee Be Alive? Mar 15, 2022

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If Michael is alive, DNA is the most likely way he will be found. The police have now put together Michael's DNA from his old toys and a hat.

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S3 E8 Witness to a Stranger Abduction? Mar 08, 2022

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81 year old Norma doesn't want to go to her grave without knowing what happened to Michael. She believes she witnessed his abduction.

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S3 E7 Monsters in Our Midst Mar 01, 2022

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Detective Robertson says her gut tells her the person responsible is likely already on their radar.

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S3 E6 A Dangerous Offender Feb 22, 2022

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Does a dangerous offender currently incarcerated in a Canadian prison, hold the key to what happened to Michael Dunahee on March 24th 1991?

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S3 E5 The Milwaukee Barber Feb 15, 2022

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There are few names publicly associated as possible suspects in Michael’s case. One of them is Vernon Seitz.

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S3 E4 Digging in to the Dunahee File. Feb 08, 2022

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From afar it may appear that there is just nothing. But the opposite is true. There are many suspects and it is possible whomever is responsible has already been identified.

Retired Detective Al Cochrane believes there is someone out there with a specific piece of information who needs to step forward in order for the Dunahees to know what happened to their son Michael.

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S3 E3 The Investigation Begins Feb 01, 2022

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In this episode you'll hear about the extraordinary lengths taken to solve the case. Retired Detective Sergeant Don Bland describes the efforts as like 'the war measures act'. Police contact the American space agency to try to get satellite pictures. The BC government flies 9 detectives down to Quantico Virginia, to consult with the F.B.I .

Michael's grandmother Cathy Jeffries reflects on memories of Michael and recalls searching for him with one of Michael's other grandmothers.

On Sunday March 24th 1991, Ian Arnold rides his bicycle around the neighbourhood searching for Michael. He lives across from Blanshard Elementary. The Dunahee's go to his home to phone the police that afternoon.

Retired Detective Sergeant Don Bland is one of the lead detectives on the Dunahee investigative team. Three decades on he remembers the mounting concern in the early hours and days after Michael disappears.

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S3 E2 Hellcats Jan 25, 2022

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Crystal's team mates 'The Hellcats' are the first to search for Michael. They will later be hypnotized to jar memories. Witnesses to one of Canada's greatest unsolved mysteries, their friendships transcend time and tragedy.

In this episode the players walk through Sunday March 24th 1991, the minutes and hours immediately following Michael's disappearance.

John Ducker will go on to become Victoria's Deputy Police Chief. In 1991, he is one of the junior officers called in to assist with the search and the investigation.

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S3 E1 Vanished Jan 18, 2022

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In this episode you will hear the voice of Michael Dunahee himself. Michael's parents Bruce & Crystal Dunahee shared home video with Producer Laura Palmer.

Felicia Bernier was one of Michael's little chums. She describes her friend Michael through the lens of a childhood playmate. She talks about his love of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. And how losing her buddy in such tragic circumstances impacted her life.

Bruce and Crystal Dunahee reflect on their life as a family before Michael vanishes. Michael's parents talk about Michael's childhood and what kind of a little guy he is growing into. They are interviewed separately and together to capture as much detail as possible about the day Michael disappears and their specific recollections of the event.

Author Valerie Green wrote the book on Michael Dunahee's case. It's called 'Vanished: The Michael Dunahee story'. Valerie mostly writes local history books. And true crime represents something of a departure for her. But Michael's disappearance in 1991, is a big part of the story of Victoria.

Townsend Coleman is the voice of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle 'Michaelangelo', one of Michael's heroes. At the end of each episode Townsend is lending his voice to a plea for information on Michael's case.

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Season 3: Missing Michael Jan 04, 2022

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The cliche 'It's every parent's nightmare' certainly fits the narrative of the disappearance of 4-year-old Michael Dunahee. On a spring day in 1991, Michael vanished from a playground in Victoria, BC while his parents were nearby. The adorable dimpled little boy with tousled blond hair captured the attention of the entire country. His case remains one of the largest unsolved mysteries in Canada. What happened to little Michael on that day? Could he still be alive?

Listen to Island Crime, Season 3: Missing Michael on January 18th.

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