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Canadian True Crime

Lilly and Jack Sullivan: Cutting through the noise

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

Canadian True Crime, History, Crime, Crime Case, Serial Killer, True Crime, Murder, Psychological, True-crime, Society & Culture

4.75K Ratings

🗓️ 8 December 2025

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Today, we dive into the high-profile, baffling disappearance of six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack, who vanished from their rural Nova Scotia home in May 2025.


Kristi is joined by Jordan Bonaparte of The Canadian Gothic (formerly Nighttime), who has covered the case extensively from the area. Together, they cut through the speculation and conspiracy theories to focus on the confirmed facts.


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Information about Jack and Lilly Sullivan

The Government of Nova Scotia is offering a reward of up to $150,000 for information about the disappearance of Lilly and Jack Sullivan. More details and photos.


Statements referenced in this episode:

Mother Malehya Brooks-Murray

Stepfather Daniel Martell

Daniel Martell's mother (also lives on the property) 


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Hi there. I hope you're well. Just quickly, I wanted to thank you for your patience over the

0:24.2

past few months as episodes have been a little more spaced out than usual. There have been

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some challenges. Nothing bad. I'm working through it. And I'll share more details in a future

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update. All we can do is our best. so thank you so much for hanging in there.

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I appreciate it.

0:41.9

Today's episode takes us to Nova Scotia in Atlantic Canada, where a high-profile case is currently

0:48.4

unfolding in the public eye. Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack disappeared from their rural home

0:57.1

about an hour outside Halifax in May of this year. Despite an extensive investigation

1:03.6

and widespread searches, the siblings have not been found. And the troubling circumstances

1:10.1

behind their disappearance has resulted in the

1:12.9

case becoming the subject of speculation and conspiracy theories, making it difficult to sort out

1:19.6

fact from fiction. We don't usually cover unsolved cases on Canadian true crime, but this one has been

1:26.9

on my radar because of how high profile

1:29.5

it's grown with frequent new updates and developments, and it's become quite confusing with what

1:35.4

seems to be a lot of speculation and rumors, and it's hard to keep track of it all. That's where my

1:42.2

special guest today comes in. Many of you already know Jordan Bonaparte,

1:47.5

one of the OGs in Canadian podcasting and the creator of what became one of the country's most

1:53.5

influential indie podcasts. I like to call it the Pride of Nova Scotia. Jordan will love that.

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Of course, the show we're talking about

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