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Death by Unknown Event

Written by: Danielle Elliot - writer, Eliza Smith - editor, Skybound Entertainment & Kamala Films - producer
Narrated by: Pamela Adlon
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  • Summary

  • For seven years, Vancouver nurse Cindy James reported more than 100 separate incidents of harassment, ranging from threatening phone calls to home invasions to ritualistic assaults, including strangulations and stabbings. Canada’s Royal Mounted Police spent over a million dollars investigating her claims and found zero evidence of foul play, leading them to suspect she was making it all up. Then, in 1989, Cindy was found dead, bound and naked, half a mile from where her car was parked in a shopping mall. What happened to Cindy James remains one of the most bizarre and perplexing true crime stories in recent memory.

    Death by Unknown Event illuminates the enigmatic context around James’s life, the efforts and failures of law enforcement, and the lingering theories around how she died from those closest to the case.
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    Sep 14 2021

    For seven years, Vancouver nurse Cindy James reported more than 100 separate incidents of harassment, ranging from threatening phone calls to home invasions to ritualistic assaults, including strangulations and stabbings. Canada’s Royal Mounted Police spent over a million dollars investigating her claims and found zero evidence of foul play, leading them to suspect she was making it all up. Then, in 1989, Cindy was found dead, bound and naked, half a mile from where her car was parked in a shopping mall. What happened to Cindy James remains one of the most bizarre and perplexing true crime stories in recent memory.

    Death by Unknown Event illuminates the enigmatic context around James’s life, the efforts and failures of law enforcement, and the lingering theories around how she died from those closest to the case.
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  • Episode 1: Cindy

    Episode 1: Cindy
    Oct 21 2021
    Cindy James was last seen depositing a paycheck in June 1988. Nearly two weeks later, a construction worker discovered her body in a ditch beside a busy road. Police ruled her death a suicide. Her family and friends insisted that she was murdered. In the years leading to her death, Cindy reported more than 100 incidents of stalking. Now the Vancouver community was left to solve this enduring mystery: Had the stalker taken Cindy’s life? Or had there never been a stalker at all?
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  • Episode 2: A Stalker

    Episode 2: A Stalker
    Oct 21 2021
    Cindy’s stalker is becoming bolder. What started with calls and letters soon escalated into a brutal attack. The Vancouver police interrogate Cindy, and start to search for the perpetrator. At the urging of Officer Pat McBride, the police turn their attention to Cindy’s ex-husband, Roy Makepeace.
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What a wild case!

Great binge listen! 10/10 really enjoyed this one. Great audio quality and editing. The narrator was good too engaging voice

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Excellent Story

I enjoyed the narrator, the story and development. It's my first true crime story, and I liked piecing it together, and listening to the evidence and other theories.

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Best Narration and intriguing story

Months after I listened, I came back to say stop scrolling and click play. I’m STILL thinking about it. It’s the narrator that pushed me over but the story it utterly captivating

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Very Intriguing

Interesting story. Excellent performance. Overall a fun listening. Annoying though that they next episode/podcast doesn't automatically play.

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Very intriguing case

This podcast is well made, and the narrator is very good. I liked it a lot

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The bigger picture

Since I was hired by Cindy James mother to work on her case, it is so interesting to me to be able to hear a bigger picture around the entire Cindy James story.
To hear actual audio of the threatening phone calls and hear the back story of the
participants such as friends neighbours and any of the others who knew her would have been invaluable to me at the time of my investigation. Knowing the scene where her body was discovered since it was only a few blocks from my mother’s home, and being able to visit Cindy’s home in Richmond with her parents makes
the podcast meaningful. Also having attended the Coroner’s inquest and having heard testimony first hand combined with the information in this podcast
gives me such a fuller sense of meaning to the entire case. What I saw at the time
and what I wrote in my book and on serviettes and coffee coasters are now embellished in a fuller fashion.
I like the voices presenting the podcast and the balance of content is perfectly
orchestrated. It is one of B.C.s most important cases that influenced many of the
workings of various institutions such as policing, psychiatry, treatment of women.

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Leaves you thinking

Excellent Podcast, well narrated, and the true story leaves you with many conclusions. It makes you wonder your own sanity.

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Excellent Production

Enjoyed the progression of the story and the inclusion of real audio. Overall it was really well done. Terrifying story. Hard to believe yet true.

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  • 2022-11-02

Great Reader

I enjoyed the way this was read. It was easy to comprehend. It was also a very interesting story and easy to follow

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  • 2021-12-04

Heartbreaking story, but couldn't stop listening.

The narrator was great. The story kept me coming back for more. Kept my attention all the way through.

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