THE ULTIMATE CRUISE FOR CRIME FANS

From America’s serial strangler to the Titanic victims’ resting place, the Canada & New England Discovery Cruise is killer

MONTREAL

Settle in with some poutine and try your hand at solving Montreal’s most fascinating cold case. The initial investigation into the Redpath Mansion Murders of 1901 has more holes than a colander – possibly because the Redpaths were one of Canada’s wealthiest families and wanted the whole thing to disappear. So who killed Ma Redpath? See if you can figure it out.

QUEBEC CITY

A lot of tourists make a beeline for Morrin College and its insanely beautiful libraries. You’ll want to head there too, but mostly because it’s actually a 200-year-old prison with cells and death row still intact. Make time for their Life of a Convict tour, where you’ll be interned as criminal. Hot tip: also ask a local about tt the e Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist of 2012.

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE

Known as the “graveyard of the gulf” because more than 350 shipwrecks have occurred here in the last 400 years, you’ll be making your way through this infamous gulf on your Holland American Line cruise. Nervous?

Distract yourself with one of the seven dining options on board. We’d probably have the burger and fries from the Dive-in as our last meal anyway. yway.

CHARLOTTETOWN

After sampling some famous Prince Edward Island potato chips, head out to Goblin Hollow – the site of the 1859 unsolved murder of Ann Beaton. People still visit the spot hoping to catch her apparition, which is said to haunt Queen’s Road. If she doesn’t show up, hit up the cheerier Gahan House, an oldschool brewery with plenty of craft ale, on your way back.

SYDNEY

This small town in Nova Scotia is home to such notables as 300 pairs of Atlantic puffins (cute!) and Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone. After some bird-spotting, head to local fave Flavor for seafood chowder and crack the spine on Murder At Mcdonald’s. This book by local journalist Phonse Jessome does a deep dive on Canada’s most chilling murder case, which took place in Sydney in 1992.

HALIFAX

While home to the most photographed building in Canada – the picturesque lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove – what you really want to see is Fairview Lawn Cemetery, the final resting place for 121 passengers of the Titanic. Follow a guide as they retell the story of the notorious voyage. Discover the true identity of one very familiar sounding J Dawson – one of the victims recovered from the icy water.

BAR HARBOR

This Maine township has long been known as the summer playground of American royalty like the Rockefellers, Vanderbilts and Obamas. And you’re in lobster country now, so track down a seafood shack. But after that, opt for a private Island of the Dead tour. Filled with phantom-packed lighthouses, spectral sightings and even cannibal spirits, it’s one hell of a time.

BOSTON

Head to iconic bar Cheers if you must, but after that try the Mobsters, Mayhem and Murder in Boston tour, which you can book on Airbnb. Covering the mafia, notorious crime boss Whitey Bulger and of course the Boston Strangler, one of America’s most infamous serial killers, it’s like experiencing the ultimate true crime podcast in person.