The Trail Went Cold - Episode 368 - Lynne Harper, Part 2

The Trail Went Cold

Robin Warder

True Crime, Tv & Film

4.5 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2024

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

June 9, 1959. Clinton, Ontario. After failing to return home, 12-year old Lynne Harper is reported missing and her body is discovered in a woodlot two days later. She has been sexually assaulted and strangled to death with her own blouse and suspicion turns towards her 14-year old classmate, Steven Truscott, who claims that he gave Lynne a ride to the highway on his bicycle and saw her climb into a passing car. Steven is soon charged, convicted and sentenced to death for Lynne’s murder, but his sentence is commuted to life imprisonment and he is paroled in 1969. Decades later, Steven files a successful appeal to have his conviction overturned, but there is still a lot of debate about who was actually responsible for Lynne Harper’s murder. Last week, we released Part One of our special eight-year anniversary episode of “The Trail Went Cold” about one of the most controversial murder cases in the history of Canada. This week, in Part Two, we will share the rest of the story before breaking down and analyzing all the details about the crime. Additional Reading: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Truscott “Until You Are Dead: The Wrongful Conviction of Steven Truscott” “Steven Truscott: Decades of Injustice” by Nate Hendley https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/truscott/index.html https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/truscott/timeline.html https://www.thestar.com/news/2007/01/29/can_science_clear_truscott.html http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/court-acquits-truscott-calling-conviction-miscarriage-of-justice-1.668524 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/victim-s-family-stunned-by-truscott-compensation-1.747261 https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/who-killed-lynne-harper-retired-opp-sergeant-says-travelling-salesman-a-suspect-in-string-of-murders https://web.archive.org/web/20070401115048/http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/ccr/kaufman/exec.html If you would like to make a donation to “Season of Justice”, please visit our donation page at https://givebutter.com/SOJ_thetrail or text “TRAIL24” to # 53555. “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon. Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. “The Trail Went Cold” is going to be appearing on podcast row at “Crimecon” in Nashville on May 31-June 2, 2024 and “Crimecon UK” in London on September 21-22, 2024. To get a 10 % discount on the purchase of tickets to either event, please use our specialized promo code, “COLD24”, by visiting Crimecon.com or Crimecon.co.uk. “The Trail Went Cold” will be appearing at the True Crime Podcast Festival, taking place at the Denver Marriott Westminster in Colorado on July 12-14, 2024. To get a 15 % discount on tickets, please use our specialized promo code, “TRAIL”, by visiting https://truecrimepodcastfestival.com. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone, before we begin this episode, I just wanted to provide one final reminder that during the month of February,
0:06.0	the Trail went cold as partner with Season of Justice, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping families shed new light on their unsolved cold cases.
0:14.0	We thank everyone for their support thus far, but as one final refresher,
0:18.0	season of justice provides grants to investigative agencies that fund DNA testing and forensic genetic genealogy research to solve cold cases.
0:27.0	And it also helps fund such resources as billboards which spread awareness about these unsolved cold cases
0:33.0	and urge people to come forward if they have information.
0:36.0	As an example, they raised the funding for a billboard about the unsolved
0:40.0	1996 murder of Leon Lorellis, which I covered on episode number 297.
0:45.4	Since 2020, season of justice has raised over $1 million in grants for more than 140 cold cases
0:51.6	in North America, and at the time of this recording six of these
0:55.0	cases have been solved. But they still need the support of listeners like you which is
0:59.5	why we're asking you one more time if you would consider donating to season of justice and help them
1:04.6	bring victims families ever so closer to a resolution.
1:08.4	You have one last day to donate to season of justice, so please visit the website give butter dot com slash
1:15.1	so j underscore the trail or text trail 24 to 53555 you'll also find links and information about this in our show notes and on our
1:25.9	social media pages and we have a donate button on our website at trailwentcole.com.
1:31.9	Like I just mentioned, our campaign with Season of Justice lasted the entire month of February,
1:36.0	and you still have one last day to donate.
1:39.0	Thank you very much for your support and enjoy the conclusion of our special two-part anniversary episode. Oh, uh, yeah.
2:03.0	Oh, uh,
2:05.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh,
2:08.0	uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, Hello everyone and welcome to our latest episode of The Trail Went Cold.
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