Where are Lilly and Jack Sullivan - Part 17: One Year Missing

The Canadian Gothic

Curiouscast

Society & Culture, Documentary, History, True Crime

4.6 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 May 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack Sullivan disappeared from their rural home in Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia, on May 2, 2025, after their parents reported waking up and finding the children missing. Despite Nova Scotia’s largest ground search involving police, volunteers, dogs, drones, and helicopters, no trace of the children has been found. In this episode we discuss; the one year anniversary, Daniel Martell’s criminal case, the May 2026 ground search, and the present state of the investigation. In this episode we discuss; the one year anniversary, Daniel Martell’s criminal case, the May 2026 ground search, and the present state of the investigation. Subscribe to the show: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com/subscribe Musical Theme: Noir Toyko by Monty Datta Contact: Website: https://www.thecanadiangothic.com Facebook: facebook.com/thecanadiangothic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecanadiangothic/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/thecanadiangothic Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You can listen to the Canadian Gothic early and ad-free on Amazon Music, include it with Prime.
0:07.0	A desperate search is underway tonight in Nova Scotia.
0:11.0	Two siblings, aged just four and six, are believed to have wandered away from their home on Friday morning and haven't been seen since.
0:19.0	When we noticed that the kids, children were gone,
0:21.6	immediately jumped in the vehicle,
0:22.6	surveyed all the areas, many dirt roads, many culverts as it could.
0:26.6	I want them home. I want to hold them.
0:30.6	And I want them home.
0:32.6	You were listening to Canadian Gothic.
0:35.6	It's now been one full year since then four-year-old Jack and his six-year-old sister, Lily Sullivan,
0:42.2	were reported missing from their home in rural Nova Scotia.
0:45.5	Since then, the case has twisted and turned in nearly every direction.
0:50.0	There's been continued ground searches, both civilian and professional.
0:53.7	There's been polygraphs, search warrants, hours of camera footage, the said to be unrelated
0:58.6	arrest of the last person to see the kids, and of course, endless speculation.
1:03.6	Yet to this point, none of it has led back to Jack or Lily.
1:07.5	In this episode tonight, Madeline Klein and I are going to catch up on the case by breaking down all the activity related to the grim one-year milestone for this case.
1:16.8	So grab a drink and get comfortable.
1:19.1	Tonight, in the 17th episode of this Canadian Gothic series, we're again going to be asking, where are Jack and Lily Sullivan?
1:27.2	It cannot be overstated, the statistical rarity of what we've seen, where two children to go missing at the same time,
1:36.3	and a year later to have no real investigative indicators, given that the police are still asking for tips,
1:44.0	and are actually also
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