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Crime Beat

Deadly Rumours | 07

Crime Beat

Curiouscast

True Crime, News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

When police responded to allegations of disturbing confinement, torture and murder of a Calgary woman at a downtown rooming house- there was no evidence of foul play. But two officers instinctively felt they should persist. Learn how these tenacious investigators worked to solve a crime they weren’t sure had been committed without knowing if there was even a victim. Join Global News Senior Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt as she shares how these officers uncovered details of a crime that seemed more like deadly rumours than reality. Contact: Instagram: @nancy.hixt Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/ Email: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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In the spring of 2006, a disturbing rumor was spreading on inner city streets of Calgary,

0:51.7

alleging that a woman had been confined, tortured, and murdered in a

0:56.2

rooming house notoriously known as the White House.

1:01.0

When officers arrived at the location known for its illicit activity, the landlord consented

1:06.6

to them taking a look around.

1:09.1

They found no signs of foul play. But as the days went by,

1:14.6

two officers who regularly patrolled the area instinctively felt they needed to dig deeper. Further

1:22.6

tips came in and over the course of six days, they spoke with numerous witnesses and uncovered

1:29.3

graphic details of agonizing abuse and violence. They seized a dumpster outside of the White

1:37.0

House and found disturbing items that became their first solid evidence to corroborate the

1:42.9

tips that had been received.

1:45.3

They couldn't help but wonder if further evidence, including the body of a victim,

1:51.3

might have been thrown into the dumpster a week earlier.

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