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Introducing: The Jaclyn Ferland-Smith Case

B1IntermediateMarch 16, 202637 min

Someone Knows Something is the investigative true crime series by award-winning documentarian David Ridgen. In Season 10 of Someone Knows Something, host David Ridgen investigates the sudden 2021 disappearance of Jaclyn Ferland-Smith, a Canadian expat living in Playas del Coco, a paradise veiled in rumour and fear on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. More episodes of Someone Knows Something are available wherever you get your podcasts, and here: https://link.mgln.ai/SKS10xSherman

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Costa Rica is a tiny, lush country teeming with life. A paradise where people can lose themselves in, or even disappear. I'm David Ridgen, and I'm the host of Someone Knows Something. In this brand new season, I travel to the coastal tourist town of Playa del Coco,

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