Introducing: The Cult Queen of Canada from CBC’s Uncover

About this episode

The episode discusses a cult leader in Saskatchewan and the community's response to her presence.

In The Cult Queen of Canada from CBC’s Uncover, a tiny Saskatchewan town faces a surreal crisis when a cult leader calling herself “The Queen of Canada” occupies an abandoned school. As neighbours turn on each other, a retired teacher leads resistance in a story about what happens when online extremism spills into the real world. Hosted by Rachel Browne. Crime. Investigation. Revelation. Uncover brings you explosive, high-caliber true crime year-round. From CIA mind control to serial abuse, mysterious disappearances to wrongful imprisonment. More episodes of The Cult Queen of Canada are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/CQOCxCF — When I decided to take on the story of the Codfather, I realized it was a little more true-crime than anything I had done before, and so it was important to me that we do true crime in a way that served a larger purpose. That there was a point to it all besides just people breaking the law and getting caught. And for me, one of the models of that kind of storytelling is the CBC’s Uncover. It’s an ongoing feed that has released just a stunning run of highly original and intensely engaging crime stories that also help…

People in this episode

Host: Rachel Browne

Topics covered

• cult
• true crime
• online extremism
• community conflict
• resistance

Keywords

• cult leader
• Queen of Canada
• Saskatchewan
• true crime
• community resistance

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: CBC

Places: Saskatchewan, Canada, prairie town

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