The Next Call Introduces: The Jaclyn Ferland-Smith Case
The Next Call with David Ridgen
CBC
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
David Ridgen is back with a brand new season of Someone Knows Something. In Season 10, David investigates the sudden 2021 disappearance of Jaclyn Ferland-Smith, a Canadian expat living in Playas del Coco, a paradise veiled in rumour and fear on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica.
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| 0:00.0 | In the fall of 2023, Romana Diedelow, a woman calling herself the Queen of Canada, |
| 0:05.5 | drove into Richmond, Saskatchewan with a fleet of RVs and set up her kingdom in an abandoned school. |
| 0:12.4 | So the town banded together to get the cult out by any means necessary. |
| 0:17.9 | My name is Rachel Brown, and in this season of Uncover, I explore what happens when a |
| 0:23.3 | conspiracy theory lands in your backyard. The Cult Queen of Canada. Available now on CBC Listen |
| 0:29.6 | and everywhere you get your podcasts. This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:37.1 | Hi, it's David. |
| 0:39.2 | I want to tell you about Jacqueline Furlin Smith, a 41-year-old Canadian who suddenly vanished from the coastal town of Playa del Cocoa Costa Rica in 2021. |
| 0:51.2 | People who knew Jackie say they saw something or heard something, but to date, no trace |
| 0:57.0 | of Jacqueline has ever been found. In the brand new season of Someone Know Something, |
| 1:01.6 | the Jacqueline Furlin-Smith case, I traveled to Costa Rica to investigate the truth about what |
| 1:07.5 | actually happened to her. Here's the first episode, Jackie. |
| 1:12.6 | Have a listen. |
| 1:16.4 | The following episode contains difficult subject matter, including references to suicide. |
| 1:22.7 | Please take care while listening. |
| 1:26.7 | Thank you. Take care while listening. |
| 1:35.3 | It's okay. |
| 1:38.3 | This is my stuff here. |
| 1:47.0 | My door is for there. Okay, thank you. Hello, doggy. Okay, thank you. |
| 1:50.0 | Yeah, thank you. |
| 1:53.0 | Hello, doggie. |
| 1:55.0 | Hello, doggy. |
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