A random Facebook post. A strip club that burnt down long ago. A mother missing for 30 years.

It wasn’t much. But it was enough for reporter Kallan Lyons to start digging into The Fantasia Cold Case.

Host: Jesse Brown

Credits: Kallan Lyons (Reporter), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editing & Post Production), Bruce Thorson (Senior Producer), max collins (Director of Audio), Jesse Brown (Editor and Publisher)

Fact checking by Julian Abraham

Additional music by Audio Network

More information:

Wendy Renee Smith Cold Case Profile - York Regional Police
COLD CASE: Fantasia Hotel haunts Wendy Smith’s family years after closure - York Region

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The Fantasia Cold Case

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The Fantasia Cold Case