the Disappearance of Joanne Pedersen (1983 Chilliwack, BC)

Nighttime

Curiouscast

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 2 March 2025

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Chilliwack, BC - 1983 When 10-year-old Jo-Anne Pedersen became locked out of her house during a prank being played by her sister, she walked to a nearby convenience store to call her mom. The call ended abruptly after a mysterious man came on the line. When Joanne’s mom arrived, her daughter was no where in sight… and over four decades later the search continues. In this episode, Jordan Bonaparte and Madelayne Klein discuss Jo-Anne’s disappearance, the investigation, and the lingering questions that remain after 40 years. Links: make a case suggestion: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Subscribe to the show: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/subscribe Musical Theme: Noir Toyko by Monty Datta Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:04.7	On a cold and rainy night in 1983, a 10-year-old Joanne Patterson stepped into a phone booth outside a small convenience store in Chilliwack, British Columbia.
1:08.1	Joanne wasn't happy. She was having a rough night.
1:12.1	Joanne's sister and the 14-year-old cousin who was babysitting her pulled a prank that seems to have gone tragically wrong.
1:16.2	The two older girls locked the 10-year-old Joanne over the house.
1:20.3	Rather than pleading with them, Joanne walked to a nearby convenience store
1:24.0	to call her mom and ask her to come home.
1:27.1	Joanne did reach her mom from that phone
1:29.0	booth, and between tears asked to be picked up, but during the call, a mysterious man took over the
1:34.7	phone briefly before the call was disconnected. When Joanne's mom arrived, her daughter was nowhere
1:40.2	to be found, and now over four decades later, Joanne's disappearance still haunts
1:45.9	the people of Chilliwack. This is a case with strange phone calls, mysterious letters,
1:51.7	a prior kidnapping, and so many more twists and turns. And tonight, Madeline Klein and I are
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