Ontario Cold Cases - The Podcast · Jay Nicoll

Midnight on King Street

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Detective Archie Mac McNeely confesses he brought the mysterious briefcase to the Royal York ballroom purely as 'a safeguard against hunger' for a buffet heist.

On New Year's Eve in Toronto, detectives Mick McCarthy and Archie 'Mac' McNeely are assigned to keep peace at the Royal York Hotel's grand ballroom. When a mysterious briefcase appears by the buffet, it triggers tension and speculation among the crowd of politicians, reporters, and police—only for Mac to reveal he brought it to secretly stash sandwiches, sparking a chain of humorous mishaps that culminate in a midnight revelation on King Street.

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