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Global News What Happened To...?
You've heard the stories. You’ve felt for the people involved. But what happens after the cameras shut off and the reporters walk away? Just because a story disappears from the news doesn’t mean it’s gone. So what happened to the nuclear disaster at Fukushima? or the trapped Chilean Miners? And did...
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56 epizodListen Next - Global National with Dawna Friesen | Liberals win another minority government; Poilievre loses seat; NDP's big losses
The challenges ahead for Prime Minister Mark Carney as the Liberals win another minority government. What's next for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilie...
Listen Next: A Most Audacious Heist - Shoot For The Moon | 01
It’s a summer night in 1998. Vienna, Austria. And petty thief Daniel Blanchard is about to carry out the heist of a lifetime. Stealing a crown jewel....
The Vancouver Riots | 8
On June 15, 2011, riots broke out in Vancouver following Game 7 of the NHL Stanley Cup final downtown after The Canucks were defeated by the Boston Br...
Toronto Bathhouse Raids | 7
On February 5, 1981, Toronto Police launched Operation Soap. Officers ambushed four Toronto bathhouses in a series of coordinated raids following a si...
TikTok security concerns | 6
TikTok is one of the most popular apps around the world, with more than one billion users, but in February of 2023, Canada's federal government announ...
Introducing... Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry | The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash | 1
The old days of air travel were quite risky…compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater …every airport had kiosks and co...
TikTok text-to-speech voice | 5
TikTok is one of the most popular social media applications with more than 1 billion users around the world.
On this episode of What happened to...
Ukrainian Airlines FLIGHT PS752 | 4
Kourosh Doustshenas met Forough Khadem in 2010 but a relationship between the couple wouldn't blossom until years later.
The couple planned to g...
Google Glass | 3
On this episode of What happened to…?, Erica Vella revisits Google Glass — the product that sparked curiosity, protests and internet memes around the...
The Thai Cave Rescue Part 2 | 2
The 2018 Thai cave rescue quickly became an international spectacle that captured the attention of people all around the world.
Twelve boys and...
The Thai Cave Rescue Part 1 | 1
The 2018 Thai cave rescue quickly became an international spectacle that captured the attention of people all around the world.
Twelve boys and...

Season 3 Trailer
There are stories…..that grab the world’s attention…
But what happens when the cameras turn off and new stories take over the headlines?
O...

A look back at season 2 | 22
In this season wrap we give you a sneak peek at the complete season on Global News What Happened To…? as journalist Erica Vella brought you incredible...
Zebra Mussels | 21
Brook Schryer recalled his first interaction with zebra mussels in the early 1990s. He was living with his family on Lake Scugog in Ontario and one fa...
Napalm Girl | 20
Fifty years ago, Kim Phuc Phan Thi's life seemed simple; she lived with her family in the village of Trảng Bàng in Vietnam. The country was in the mid...
Toronto Van Attack: INCEL
In a nearly three-hour-long interview between Det. Rob Thomas and the man accused of driving a rental van on a busy Toronto sidewalk we got insight on...
Seven Minutes of Terror: The Toronto Van Attack Part 2 | 18
On Apr. 23 2018, a man drove a white rental van down busy sidewalks in Toronto, killing 11 people and injuring 16 others.
The driver was arreste...
Seven Minutes of Terror: The Toronto Van Attack Part 1 | 17
Cathy Riddell has lived in Toronto's Yonge and Finch neighbourhood for over six decades; it's an area where she says she’s surrounded by familiar face...
The Quebec Mosque Shooting Update | 16
The man who killed six men and injured over a dozen others after storming a Quebec City mosque will be eligible for parole after 25 years after a Supr...
West Africa Ebola outbreak | 15
In June 2014, cases of Ebola were reported in Guinea and the disease began to rapidly spread across the border to Liberia and Sierra Leone.
More...
Crime Beat presents: NCR from Greyhound to Brentwood | 14
On this special episode journalist Erica Vella shares an excerpt of the series on the Brentwood Five massacre first covered by Nancy Hixt.
Nancy...
Crystal Pepsi | 13
From the late 1980s to the early 2000s, companies made the move to create products that were colourless or transparent as it was often equated with pu...
Fort McMurray Fires | 12
In May 2016, tens of thousands of people in Fort McMurray were forced to flee their homes, as a fire burned through surrounding forests and entered th...
What’s happened since…? | 11
Journalist, Erica Vella is on a journey to find and speak with the people at the heart of stories that have captured the entire world’s attention, … a...
The IKEA Monkey | 10
On Dec. 9 2012, video of a baby monkey running around in a faux-shearling coat at a North York IKEA garnered international attention when Darwin escap...
Beirut Explosion | 9
Elias Tarabay remembers Aug. 4, 2020, clearly. He arrived home after having a late lunch with a friend. He was living in Beirut, the capital city of L...
Montreal Expos | 8
Elliott Price attended the Montreal Expos' first home game on April 14, 1969 at Jarry Park.
"There was a lot of worry because it snowed signific...
Jamaican Bobsled Team | 7
Devon Harris always had a passion for sport and dreamed of competing in the Olympics as a teenager.
He spent his childhood in Haughton, a rural...
Blockbuster | 6
As a former multiple-franchiser owner, Alan Payne is familiar with Blockbuster; he had owned over 40 stores in Alaska and Texas. Early on, however, Pa...
Kony 2012 - Part 2
In March 2012, a 30-minute film produced by U.S.-based not-for-profit Invisible Children and narrated by co-founder Jason Russell, aimed to shed light...
Kony 2012 - Part 1
On this episode of the Global News podcast What happened to…? Erica Vella finds out what happened to viral video, Kony 2012, which aimed to shed light...
Notre Dame Cathedral | 3
On April 15, 2019, the world watched with despair as a fire ripped through Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris.
The flames began just before 7 p.m. lo...
Ted Williams, the man with golden voice | 2
In 2011, a 90-second video launched Ted Williams, a man who was experiencing homelessness, as an international celebrity.
In the video, Williams...
Murder Hornets | 1
Moufida Holubeshen and her husband John Holubeshen have long been passionate about beekeeping; the couple has three hives of their own at their home i...
Season 2 Trailer
There are stories…..that grabbed the whole world’s attention…
But what happens when the news cycle continues to turn and new stories take over t...
A look back on 'What happened to…? | 18
On this episode of the Global News podcast What happened to…?, Erica Vella updates stories that were covered in Season 1 of the podcast, including th...
Lucky Loonie | 17
In 2002, Trent Evans was overcome with excitement when he learned he would be invited to the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah to volunteer...
Introducing... China Rising
Introducing Episode 1 of China Rising - Hostage Diplomacy
On the first episode of China Rising, we examine the Chinese government's practice of...
Acid Rain | 16
In the 1980s, the threat of acid rain in Canada and the U.S. had become a brewing environmental crisis.
In areas of Southern Ontario, lakes that...