Someone Knows Something

Someone Knows Something
Presentation
Hosted by David Ridgen
Genre
  • Investigative journalism
  • Serialized audio narrative
Written by David Ridgen
Language English
Updates Weekly
Production
Production
  • David Ridgen
  • Cesil Fernandes
  • Chris Oke
  • Steph Kampf
  • Arif Noorani (executive producer)
  • Ashley Walters
  • Sandra Bartlett
  • Craig Desson (digital producer)
  • Olsy Sorokina (digital producer)
Theme music composed by Bob Wiseman
Audio format MP3
No. of seasons 2
No. of episodes 13
Publication
Debut March 2, 2016
Provider CBC Radio
Website cbc.ca/radio/sks

Someone Knows Something is a podcast by Canadian award-winning filmmaker and writer David Ridgen, first released in March 2016. The series is hosted, written and produced by Ridgen and mixed by Cesil Fernandes. The series is also produced by Chris Oke, Steph Kampf and executive producer Arif Noorani.[1]

Using investigative journalism, Ridgen narrates a nonfiction story over multiple episodes. Episodes range from 15 to 40 minutes,[2] and are released every week.

This is Ridgen's first podcast experience,[2] and CBC Radio's first true-crime podcast.

Series overview

The first season focuses on the 1972 disappearance of Adrien McNaughton, a five-year-old boy who vanished during a family fishing trip in Eastern Ontario. The McNaughton family is from Arnprior, Ontario, where Ridgen grew up, moving there with his family shortly after Adrien’s disappearance.[3]

The second season follows the disappearance of Sheryl Sheppard in Hamilton, Ontario.[4]

Episodes

Season 1

No.TitleLength (minutes:seconds)Original air date
0"Prologue: 'Do it, David. Do it.'"6:39February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28)
David Ridgen considers whether he should create the podcast Someone Knows Something.[5]
1"The family"23:57February 29, 2016 (2016-02-29)
On day in June, in the small town of Arnprior, Ontario, Adrien McNaughton, 5 years old, vanishes without a trace. He was on a fishing trip with his family, while he went into the woods, not to be heard of again. Ridgen meets the McNaughton family and visits the lake where the boy was last seen on June 12, 1972.[6]
2"Mr. Ring"28:21March 7, 2016 (2016-03-07)
Another witness was present in the moments leading up to Adrien’s disappearance. SKS host David Ridgen ventures into the backwoods of Eastern Ontario to find him.[7]
3"The theories"39:32March 14, 2016 (2016-03-14)
David Ridgen speaks with those involved in the initial search for Adrien McNaughton, and weighs every available theory about the cause of his disappearance — from abduction to bear attack.[8]
4"Hello, Adrien?"27:57March 21, 2016 (2016-03-21)
Is Adrien still alive? If so, what would he look like today? Forensic artist Diana Trepkov creates a series of age-progression sketches to help SKS in their quest to solve the mystery of McNaughton's disappearance.[9]
5"Breeze & Grief"27:41February 28, 2016 (2016-02-28)
Two cadaver dogs are brought in to search the area of Holmes Lake where five-year-old Adrien McNaughton was last seen.[10]
6"The scent"31:44April 3, 2016 (2016-04-03)
The cadaver dogs continue their search for the scent of human remains in the Holmes Lake area.[11]
7"First Attempt"34:26April 10, 2016 (2016-04-10)
A divemaster prepares to search Holmes Lake before winter arrives and the lake freezes over. And John Gervais identifies the mysterious vehicle he saw at the lake the day Adrien disappeared.[12]
8"Clyde Forks"39:18April 17, 2016 (2016-04-17)
Two psychics pointed to the remote town of Clyde Forks in their readings of Adrien McNaughton's fate and whereabouts. Could the missing boy have grown up in a secluded town an hour's drive from his family home?[13]
9"What we know"13:25April 24, 2016 (2016-04-24)
The investigation pauses as the search divers wait for Holmes Lake to thaw. In the meantime, SKS revisits the people, information and new leads that have been uncovered in the case so far.[14]
10"The Abyss"44:13May 2, 2016 (2016-05-02)
Five scuba divers conduct a search of Holmes Lake.[15]
11"Terminus"37:13May 12, 2016 (2016-05-12)
David Ridgen wraps up loose ends, looks into ways to continue the investigation into Adrien's disappearance, and speaks with the McNaughton family about their experience of reopening the case.[16]

Season 2

On October 21, 2016, a message posted on the show's Facebook page announced that Season 2 is "coming soon".[17]

The first episode of the second season aired on November 21, 2016.[4]

No.TitleLength (minutes:seconds)Original air date
1"The Trailer Park[18]"43:16November 21, 2016 (2016-11-21)

References

  1. ↑ "About | Someone Knows Something | CBC Radio". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  2. 1 2 "CBC's Someone Knows Something taps into Serial podcast success". NOW Toronto Magazine - Think Free. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  3. ↑ Yeo, Debra (2016-03-02). "Someone Knows Something to focus on cold cases, beginning with the disappearance of Adrien McNaughton in 1972.". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  4. 1 2 "Introducing Season 2: Sheryl Sheppard". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  5. ↑ "Prologue: 'Do it, David. Do it.'". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  6. ↑ "Episode one: The family". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-04-06.
  7. ↑ "Episode two: Mr. Ring". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  8. ↑ "Episode three: The theories". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  9. ↑ "Episode four: Hello, Adrien?". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  10. ↑ "Episode five: Breeze & Grief". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  11. ↑ "Episode six: The scent". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  12. ↑ "Episode seven: First attempt". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  13. ↑ "Episode eight: Clyde Forks". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  14. ↑ "Episode nine: What we know". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  15. ↑ "Episode ten: The abyss". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  16. ↑ "Episode eleven: Terminus". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-05-17.
  17. ↑ "Someone Knows Something - Timeline | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-10-21.
  18. ↑ "Episode 1: The Trailer Park". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-21.


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