John Goddard

John Goddard

John Goddard is an author, magazine writer, and former Toronto Star reporter. His books include Inside the Museums: Toronto’s Heritage Sites and Their Most Prized Objects and Rock and Roll Toronto, with pop critic Richard Crouse. He currently resides in Toronto.

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The Man with the Black Valise
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The Man with the Black Valise
  • By: John Goddard
  • Narrator: Jim Seybert
  • Length: 6 hours 53 minutes
  • Publisher: Dreamscape Media
  • Publish date: March 03, 2020
  • Language: English
  • (65 ratings)
(65 ratings)
One glorious autumn day in 1894, a drifter attacked thirteen-year-old Jessie Keith so violently that people thought Jack the Ripper must be loose in rural Ontario. To solve the crime, the government called in Detective John Wilson Murray, the... Read more

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