1. David Ridgen is an independent Canadian filmmaker born in Stratford, Ontario.
10 Facts About David Ridgen
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David Ridgen has worked for CBC Television, MSNBC, NPR, TVOntario and others.
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David Ridgen is currently the writer, producer and host of CBC Radio's true-crime podcast series, Someone Knows Something and The Next Call.
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In 2000, David Ridgen's critically acclaimed documentary about Palestinian refugees in Lebanon, On the Borders of Gardens, earned him a prestigious Canadian Association of Journalists Award.
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David Ridgen made Return to Mississippi in 2004 for CBC Television, about the potential for a trial in the case of the three Mississippi Burning victims: civil rights workers Michael Schwerner, James Chaney, and Andrew Goodman.
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David Ridgen has made four investigative films about alleged cold cases for the CBC.
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In 2016, David Ridgen launched Someone Knows Something, CBC Radio's first true-crime podcast.
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David Ridgen grew up in Arnprior, moving there with his family shortly after Adrien's disappearance.
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In Season 3 David Ridgen revisits his documentary Mississippi Cold Case.
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In Season 4, David Ridgen revisits his case of Wayne Greavette's death by a bomb mailed to him as a flashlight.