Just a note at the top, this episode does contain some very brief use of expletives.

This episode also briefly touches on themes of violence, historic hate crimes, and murder.

This is the fall line.

This season, we're covering cold cases in Atlanta, Chicago, and Montana.

We're beginning the season with a special interview with CBC's David Rigen,

a documentarian and podcaster who's just released the ninth season of his acclaim podcast,

Someone Knows Something.

The CBC describes David as, quote, an award-winning podcaster, filmmaker, and writer who

specializes in hard-hitting, character-driven stories with a passion for investigative work

and narrative experimentation. As host, producer and writer of CBC's Someone Knows Something,

Rigen works alongside the family of cold case victims to discover new leads and evidence, trying to put the ghosts of the past to rest.

And we think that's a pretty great description of the work that Rijin does.

As people who work on underserved cold cases, we consider David Ridgin's productions to be one of the best

examples of what podcasting can do for cold cases, for families, and for victims. His commitment to

ethical and compassionate storytelling has remained constant in every season of Someone Know Something.

Now in season nine, which premiered on November 5th,

Rijin is presenting a story that he has a direct connection to. As CBC puts it, the quote,

investigation is 15 years in the making and follows the story of Ontario teenager Christine

Heron, who disappears in 1993. A mysterious man confesses to her murder, but the police

case stalls out, and then David steps in. Christine Heron was just 15 years old when she disappeared.

Her family waited for years for some movement in her case, and when it looked like there

would finally be some forward motion towards resolution,

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