Cold cases, patiently held to the light.
Someone Knows Something is measured investigative true crime built around missing people, old files, and the people still living with unanswered questions. Season 10 follows Jacqueline Furlan-Smith’s disappearance from Playa del Coco, Costa Rica, through searches, sightings, injuries, contradictions, and grief.
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Someone Knows Something is cold-case journalism told at ground level. It does not rush toward certainty. Instead, it lets documents, remembered conversations, street-level geography, and recorded interviews accumulate until the shape of a case becomes harder to ignore. Season 10 follows the disappearance of Jacqueline Furlan-Smith in Playa del Coco, Costa Rica, after she and Sebastian Furland moved there. The setting matters. A beach town of expats, taxis, bars, construction, surf injuries, informal searches, and uncertain sightings becomes part of the investigation rather than a backdrop. The reporting keeps returning to practical questions. Who saw Jackie after August 17? Which sightings were discarded by the OIJ? What did Carol, Keith, Krista, Luis, and Travis remember, and what did those memories actually prove? Some leads are vivid but unstable. A red cab, a liquor store, a local watering hole, a woman who may or may not have been Jackie, and accounts of scratches or leg wounds all carry weight without becoming conclusions. The show’s tone is grave but not sensational. It gives family members, friends, neighbors, expats, investigators, and Sebastian room to speak in their own cadence, including uncertainty, contradiction, and discomfort. That patience is the point. A search that lasts weeks and finds no belonging of Jacqueline’s is not reduced to a plot beat; it becomes a record of effort, doubt, cost, and exhaustion. Sebastian’s explanations about stress, retirement, Costa Rica, and Jackie’s disappearance are presented beside other accounts rather than smoothed into a single verdict. The interviewer’s presence is active but quiet, asking direct questions and then letting the answers stand. Listeners are expected to remember names and weigh timelines. The show rewards attention to small details: a backyard conversation, a scar, a store camera, a beach bar, a search team, an engagement ring left behind with a phone. Its power comes from restraint. It understands that unresolved cases are not only mysteries; they are ongoing conditions for the people left behind.
Made for: For true-crime listeners who prefer careful reporting, unresolved timelines, and emotionally grounded interviews over spectacle. It especially suits people drawn to cold cases, missing-person investigations, and the human cost of uncertainty.
What sets it apart: The show’s strength is its austere patience: it lets field recordings, contradictions, and small physical details do more work than narration. Recent episodes build tension through evidence and memory rather than dramatic certainty.
Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen. Each season tackles an unsolved case, uncovering details and bringing closure to families.Find episode transcripts at this page.Previous seasons: S1: Adrien McNaughton. S2: Sheryl Sheppard. S3: Dee & Moore. S4: Greavette. S5: Kerrie Brown. S6: Donald Izzett Jr.. S7: The Abortion Wars. S8: The Angel Carlick Case. S9: The Christine Harron Case.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
David Ridgen makes unresolved cases legible by testing memories, sightings, and official accounts without turning uncertainty into certainty.
Someone Knows Something follows David Ridgen as he works patiently through unresolved disappearances and deaths, letting uncertainty remain visible instead of forcing each lead into a clean theory.
A red cab, an old scar, a disputed party: David Ridgen gives your suspicion somewhere responsible to go.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A slow, careful case study of grief, pressure, and uncertainty when relocation and disappearance collide.
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A patient search that lets uncertainty do the heavy lifting.
David Ridgen keeps the search for Jacqueline in Costa Rica moving without losing sight of the human details. Cab memories, scattered sightings, and the distance between what witnesses believed and what police could verify give the episode its shape.
A scar, a story, and the uneasy space between what was said and what people saw.
Someone Knows Something stays close to one physical thread: Sebastian's injuries, the account he gives for them, and what others say they noticed after Jackie disappeared.
A restrained episode that stays close to the search and the unanswered accounts around it.
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A careful case update where procedure and grief keep colliding.
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A careful, document-heavy look at a case shaped by grief, violence, and family history.
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A careful alibi audit turns one remembered party into a case-shifting question.
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Payne Lindsey's season-long investigation into two disappearances from Nome, Alaska.
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Pura vida arrives early.
Playa Coco at night changes the search.
Sebastian has a scar on his leg.
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This episode investigates the disappearance of Jackie from her home on August 17, as told by Sebastian Furland.
This episode features a personal interview about Jacqueline, dealing with difficult topics including suicide, with translation elements in Spanish.
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A narrator revisits Marianne to continue working on Chrissy's long-unsolved case, reflecting on the emotional weight of the investigation.
Marianne gets the late-night knock first.
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Another river.
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Sue Martin is angry.
The episode begins with a brief pop culture segment before transitioning into the investigation of Terry Dauphiney's murder, featuring a witness account.
David Ridgen returns a call to Trevor Brown, brother of murder victim Kerry Brown, discussing ongoing investigation and long-term grief.
Investigative journalist David Ridgen probes the unsolved disappearance of Angel Carlick, examining a person of interest named Jason Benecke.
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This episode investigates the disappearance of Nadia, a woman who went missing in December 2017, with interviews and case details.
This episode investigates the disappearance of Nadia, a woman from the Edmonton Lebanese community, focusing on her divorce and the lack of public knowledge about her case.
The host introduces a new podcast format, The Next Call, and begins investigating the 1996 disappearance of 15-year-old Melanie from New Liscard, Ontario.
David Ridgen investigates the disappearance of Melanie Ethier, making calls to potential witnesses and strategizing his approach.
This episode of The Next Call with David Ridgen investigates the case of Melanie Ethier, featuring a witness account of hearing frightening screams on the night in question.
This episode features Jocelyn Martell's first-time testimony about the morning Melanie Ethier went missing, including her encounter with a nervous Dennis LeVay who had scratches on his arm.
David Ridgen spends this episode of The Next Call trying to test Dennis LeVay's weekend alibi in the Melanie Ethier case by speaking with Jason Chartrand and Joel.
Host David Ridgen revisits the 1986 murder of Kerrie Brown in Thompson, Manitoba, following up on tips and re-examining evidence.