The hidden story of a notorious serial killer — and his secret calls from behind bars

Sea of Lies from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

The voice of a killer. The truth uncovered. Coming April 23, 2025.

For years, journalist Arlene Bynon took forbidden jailhouse calls from notorious murderer Clifford Olson. Hundreds of hours of secret recordings — hidden from prison guards and the public — are now being revealed. In Uncover: Calls From A Killer, Arlene, joined by Nathaniel Frum, will expose what Olson told her, what police got wrong, and why authorities paid a serial killer $100,000.

Calls from a Killer unearths secrets that have been buried for decades. Episode 1 premiers via Uncover on April 23, 2025.

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0:00.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:04.5	Hi, Sam here. I want to tell you about the upcoming season of Uncover, slated to be released next month.
0:12.2	It's called Calls from a Killer. It's 1990, and reporter Arlene Bynan gets a collect call.
0:19.6	On the other end of the line is Clifford Olson, a man convicted of killing 11 children
0:25.3	less than a decade before.
0:27.8	This began years of secret conversations, recorded without the knowledge of his prison guards.
0:34.5	Now, for the first time, Arlene is sharing those tapes. Here's the trailer for
0:40.4	calls from a killer from CBC's Uncover.
0:56.6	Clerk. Clerk call for Eileen Beinen.
0:57.2	Yes.
0:59.9	From Clifford Olson, will you accept the charge?
1:05.3	I was a young journalist when Clifford Olson first called me.
1:08.9	Okay, listen, just don't let anything out that I'm calling you. I'm not doing this.
1:10.6	Are you supposed to call the media?
1:12.3	This is a conference call.
1:13.3	A reporter getting secret phone calls from Canada's most notorious serial killer.
1:20.3	He was serving a life sentence for murdering 11 children.
1:25.1	His oldest victim, 18.
1:30.1	The youngest, nine.
1:37.7	Captured only after the police offered him a shocking deal. Cash for bodies.
1:43.7	And then the prosecution announced an unusual trade. The location of the missing bodies,
1:46.0	in return for $100,000, today the news that crime does pay was a concern all across the country.
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