The Fair Ticket and the River That Refused to Let Go

True Nightmare Stories · Oct 8, 2026 · 20m

The Fair Ticket and the River That Refused to Let Go

A fifteen-year-old found face-down in the shallows with only a creased Expo Québec fair ticket in his pocket - no wallet, no phone, no drug money - and a river lowered by the city that kept his body from drifting. What did the Samson Dam and a cut blue tarp have to do with a killing that required two trials, a juror's fake death threats, and a witness who tried to recant?

In this episode, I tell the story of Charles Tremblay's last night, the scene along the Saint-Charles River, and the investigation that followed, focusing on how the…