The case of Melanie Ethier: Episode 1
The Next Call with David Ridgen
CBC
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 50 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Queer life, Montreal, was wild. |
| 0:04.0 | Montreal in the 90s was a great time, but it had a dark side. |
| 0:10.0 | It was not a safe city for gay people back then. |
| 0:14.0 | But what else was behind a series of deaths in the city? |
| 0:18.0 | Somebody's killing gay men, we want to know why. |
| 0:21.0 | I'm Francis Porter and this is The Village, The Montreal Murdered. |
| 0:25.0 | Get early access to episodes at cbc.ca-listen |
| 0:30.0 | or by subscribing to the CBC True Crime Premium Channel on Apple Podcasts. |
| 0:39.0 | This is a CBC Podcast. |
| 0:47.0 | I asked myself why am I here? |
| 0:50.0 | I never watched Melanie Lee the house, it was weird, but it was the last time I saw her. |
| 1:05.0 | Hello? |
| 1:06.0 | Hello? |
| 1:07.0 | Hi, is this Celine? |
| 1:09.0 | Yes. |
| 1:10.0 | This is Celine Ethier. |
| 1:12.0 | I've reached her in the small town of New Liscard, Ontario. |
| 1:15.0 | Okay, so I'm sitting by the lake. |
| 1:18.0 | I usually come here almost every morning and drink the day when I think of Mel. |
| 1:23.0 | Celine's daughter, Melanie, aged 15, disappeared on a walk home from a teen get together in New Liscard, |
| 1:30.0 | early one September morning in 1996. |
| 1:34.0 | Mel has never been found, and Celine still lives in the same town. |
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