the Disappearance of Mekayla Bali | Part 2 | Developments, Updates, and Unanswered Questions

The Canadian Gothic

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True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 27 April 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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In April 2016, sixteen-year-old Mekayla Bali vanished from Yorkton, SK after a day marked by strange movements, unsettling interactions, and a timeline that remains one of the most detailed and puzzling in any Canadian missing persons case. Over the years, this story has continued to evolve and Mekayla’s disappearance has stayed in the public eye through surveillance video releases, reported sightings, and the relentless efforts of her family to find answers. Now, on the 10th anniversary of her disappearance, this two-part series presents a fully re-edited and updated version of prior Canadian Gothic episodes on the case, bringing together the known timeline, the key developments, and the questions that still remain unanswered. In part two we are joined by Madelayne Klein to discuss a series of significant developments in the case that had surfaced in the years after the interview with Paula Bali we featured in part one. Episode Links: ⁠https://www.bringmekaylabalihome.com/⁠ Send a voicememo to the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/contact⁠⁠ Subscribe to the show: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/subscribe⁠⁠ Musical Theme: Noir Toyko by Monty Datta Social Links: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/⁠⁠ Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/TheCanadianGothic⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/thecanadiangothic/⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:42.7	Hello, listeners, and welcome back to the Canadian Gothic's coverage of then-16-year-old Michaela Bali's disappearance from York and Saskatchewan.
0:46.2	In our prior episode, you listened in on my interview with Michaela's mom, Paula, in which
0:50.7	she discussed the life and the disappearance of her daughter Michaela Bali, and shared
0:55.4	the state of the case roughly one year after she reported her daughter missing. But there
1:00.8	have been many updates and developments since then, and I suspect some of them are going to
1:05.7	change or solidify your theories on what may have happened to Michaela Bali. So let's get into it.
1:11.2	Tonight, in this episode of the Canadian Gothic,
1:13.8	Madeline Klein and I will revisit the case
1:15.9	and provide some significant updates related to the disappearance of Michaela Bali.
1:22.7	The text message arrived at about 10 o'clock,
1:26.3	three little words that could mean so much.
1:29.6	It said, I need help. And then like 20 minutes later it said, never mind, I figured it out.
1:34.9	By the time Shelby Hanatic got the text message on her phone asking for help, it was too late.
1:40.7	Her classmate, Michaela Bali, was already missing. That was on April 12, 2016, the last time anyone saw her.
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