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The Legend of the Thunderbird

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 415: For generations, people across North America have reported seeing enormous birds, describing wingspans that seem impossible and encounters they struggle to explain. Long before those reports were written, the Thunderbird was already known in many Indigenous cultures, where it is understood as a powerful and sacred being associated with thunder, lightning, and the forces that shape the natural world. For some, it is symbolic. For others, it is real. These are living traditions that deserve care and respect.

Sources:

The Thunderbird Indigenous Symbol
Thunderbird (mythology) | Wikipedia
Jun 13, 1927, page 24 - The Boston Globe at Newspapers.com™
Aug 06, 1933, page 45 - The Sunday Oregonian at Newspapers.com™
Aug 20, 1933, page 3 - The Ogden Standard-Examiner at Newspapers.com™
Tombstone epitaph (Tombstone, Ariz.), April 26, 1890 | Library of Congress
Legend or Lie? The Tombstone Thunderbird | kgun9.com
r/Cryptozoology | What about Thunderbird?
r/Cryptozoology | Thunderbird sighting?
Thunderbird — A Canadian Legend | Mysteries of Canada
Thunderbird Stories from the Canadian Shield | Mysteries of Canada
Large-bodied birds are over-represented in unstructured citizen science data - Scientific Reports
Thunderbird | CryptidWiki
Why Giant Bird Sightings Still Appear Today
PROOF of the Tombstone Thunderbird - Forgotten History

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Redo and Update: The Monster of Miramichi

Mon, 13 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 414: In the fall of 1989, the Miramichi region of New Brunswick became a place of unimaginable terror as escaped killer Allan Legere, the Monster of the Miramichi, unleashed a seven-month rampage of sexual assault, arson, and murder. He beat to death beloved store owner Annie Flam, strangled and burned sisters Donna and Linda Daughney in their home, and tortured and killed Father James Smith in his rectory, crimes on top of his earlier conviction for murdering shopkeeper John Glendenning during a savage home invasion. We covered Legere in episodes 18 and 19 in the pre-Mathew days. But now, with his death in a maximum-security prison at age 78 on March 9, 2026, it’s time to remember the horrific crimes, the victims and the community that endured him.

Sources:

Serial Killer, Allan Joseph LEGERE - AKA The Monster of the Miramichi
Law Library | Our Unique Digital Collections | Allan Legere | UNB
Death of an inmate from Edmonton Institution | Corrections Canada
LEGERE, Allan Joseph | Serial Dispatches
18: Allan Legere – Monster of Miramichi – Part 1 (NB) – Dark Poutine
19: Allan Legere – Monster of Miramichi – Part 2 (NB) – Dark Poutine
Allan Legere Voir Dire July 1991
R. v. Legere (A.J.) (1994), 156 N.B.R.(2d) 321 (CA);
Rick MacLean & André Veniot — Terror: Murder and Panic in New Brunswick (McClelland & Stewart, 1990)

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Indefensible: The Murder of Dr. Mohd Abdullah

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 413: On the afternoon of March 11, 2022, Dr. Mohd Abdullah left work at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, British Columbia, that afternoon for a meeting with his lawyer. It was supposed to be a discussion about money, hundreds of thousands of dollars that Abdullah believed his lawyer had mishandled... He never returned.

Sources:

R. v Bagabuyo, 2026 BCSC 327 (CanLII)
Mohd Abdullah Obituary - Kamloops, BC
Mohd Abdullah | News, Videos & Articles
Mohd Abdullah at Thompson Rivers University
Nearly 60 pieces of evidence entered at trial of B.C. lawyer accused of murdering his client | RCI
Kamloops lawyer accused of murder granted bail
Murdered TRU faculty member remembered as quiet, kind man
Meticulous timeline built from receipts, GPS data and security footage sealed fate of killer Kamloops lawyer
Video surveillance clips show Kamloops lawyer's movements before, after alleged murder
Former B.C. lawyer found guilty of 1st-degree murder after killing his client in 2022 | CBC News

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Road Trip: Los Satanicos — The Murder of Mark Kilroy

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 412: In March 1989, 21-year-old University of Texas pre-med student Mark Kilroy travelled to South Padre Island with friends for spring break. One night, they crossed the international bridge from Brownsville, Texas, into Matamoros, Mexico, for drinks and a night out. In the early hours of March 13, as the group headed back toward the United States, Mark was briefly left standing alone near the roadside. When his friends turned back moments later, he had vanished. At first, they assumed they had simply become separated in the crowds, but Mark never returned. His disappearance triggered an urgent search on both sides of the border that would soon uncover something far more disturbing than anyone imagined, a discovery that exposed a hidden world of violence and horror behind one young man’s spring break trip.

The Work of the Devil | Texas Monthly
Cult commits murder at Rancho Santa Elena | March 14, 1989 | HISTORY
"Spring Break Murders" Mark Kilroy (TV Episode 2025) | IMDb
Mark Kilroy Murder - Arrests (1989) - KPRC-TV Collection
The Believers: Cult Murders in Mexico
Murder, Madness & Mayhem by Mike Browne
Kidnap, murder, ritual sacrifice | University Press
Murder of Mark Kilroy | Wikipedia
Mark Kilroy Foundation, Santa Fe, Texas
Mark James Kilroy (1968 - 1989) - Find A Grave Memorial
Memory Mark Kilroy | YouTube

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The Niagara Murder: The Tragic Death of Frederick C. Benwell

Mon, 23 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 411: In February 1890, the body of 24-year-old Englishman Frederick Cornwallis Benwell was found in a shallow grave near Lundy’s Lane, just outside Niagara Falls, Ontario. Benwell had travelled to Canada after corresponding with John Reginald Birchall, aka Lord Frederick A. Somerset, a fellow Englishman who advertised opportunities for young men seeking work and advancement overseas. Within days of Benwell’s disappearance, suspicion fell on Birchall, who was arrested in Buffalo, New York, and returned to Canada to stand trial. What followed was one of the most closely watched murder cases in late 19th-century Ontario.

Sources:

The Swamp of death, or, The Benwell murder by Oliver Wendell Holmes | Canadiana.ca
Catalog Record: The Swamp of death, or, The Benwell murder | HathiTrust Digital Library
Newspapers.com | Search: John Reginald Birchall
https://www.themeister.co.uk/birchall/birchall_reginald.pdf
BIRCHALL, REGINALD (Lord Frederick A. Somerset) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Frederick Cornwallis Benwell (1865-1890) - Find a...
John Reginald Birchall (1866-1890)
Murder as a Fine Art by Alan Blytheway
The Trial of Reginald Birchall
John Reginald Birchall | The Canadian Encyclopedia

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The Legend of Agnus McVee: Murder at 108 Mile

Mon, 16 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 410: In the final years of the Cariboo Gold Rush, between roughly 1875 and 1885, travellers moving along the Cariboo Wagon Road through British Columbia’s interior passed through a remote roadhouse known as the 108 Mile Hotel, about 108 miles from Lillooet on the route toward Barkerville. According to a long-told regional legend, the hotel was run by Agnus McVee, alongside her husband Jim McVee and her son-in-law Al Riley, who were accused of drugging, robbing, and murdering miners carrying gold through the region. The story claims that dozens of travellers disappeared after stopping at the inn, with some accounts later alleging that bodies were recovered from nearby lakes and that young women were held captive at the hotel.

Sources:

CARIBOO CALLING: The Legend of Agnus MacVee
The Cariboo Gold Rush Timeline
History - Gold Rush Trail - British Columbia Shaped by Nature
History and Timeline | Cariboo Gold Project
Agnus McVee – Habitual Runaway Tours
Sarah Leavitt's comic imagines the life of Agnes McVee | CBC Books
Agnus McVee | Wikipedia
Agnes, Murderess | Goodreads
108 Mile Heritage Site – Preserving the rich history of the Cariboo

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The Toronto 18 — Radicalized in the Suburbs

Mon, 09 Mar 2026 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 409: In June 2006, police carried out coordinated arrests across southern Ontario and charged 18 young men under Canada’s anti-terrorism laws. The case quickly became known as the Toronto 18. It was described as a homegrown plot, not directed from overseas but organized in suburban communities around Mississauga and Toronto.

Most of the accused were in their late teens or early twenties. Many were Canadian citizens or long-time residents. Their backgrounds varied, but research and court records show no pattern of hardened criminal histories or severe mental illness. What drew them together, investigators argued, was a shared sense of grievance over global conflicts and a growing embrace of militant ideology.

Sources:

Prime Minister comments on terror arrests | Canada.ca
Seventeen Arrested on Anti-Terrorism Charges | Canada.ca
2006 Ontario terrorism plot | Wikipedia
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day Issues Statement on Canada's National Day to Remember Victims of Terror | Canada.ca
Toronto 18: Key events in the case | CBC News
Manitoba Law Journal, vol 44 no 1, 2021 CanLIIDocs 787
R. v. N.Y., 2008 CanLII 51935 (ON SC)
R. v. Gaya, 2008 CanLII 24539 (ON SC)

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The Murder of Taylor Samson

Mon, 02 Mar 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 408: In August 2015, 22-year-old Dalhousie University physics student Taylor Samson walked into an apartment on Henry Street in Halifax, Nova Scotia, carrying 20 pounds of marijuana. He never walked out.

What followed became one of Nova Scotia’s most closely watched murder cases. William “Will” Sandeson — a former university track athlete and incoming medical student — was arrested days later. Surveillance footage showed Samson entering Sandeson’s apartment. Blood and DNA evidence tied the scene to a fatal gunshot. Samson’s body was never recovered.

This is the story of Taylor Samson’s disappearance, and the long road to justice for his killer.

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The Tragic End of Henrietta Knight

Mon, 23 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 407: On a quiet street in Kingston, Ontario, a 92-year-old woman named Henrietta Knight opened her front door on a summer afternoon in 1995. She was violently assaulted during a home invasion, left badly injured, and her house was ransacked. Though she survived the attack and spoke to police, paramedics, and doctors, her health steadily declined, and she died months later. What caused her death, and whether it was connected to the assault, would linger as an unanswered question for decades. This episode traces the case from its beginnings in eastern Ontario in the mid-1990s through years of silence and uncertainty, leading to a courtroom many years later, where the truth proved far harder to define than anyone expected.

Sources:

Jan 12, 1996, page 9 - The Kingston Whig-Standard at Newspapers.com™
Sep 24, 1999, page 10 - The Kingston Whig-Standard at Newspapers.com™
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2023/2023onsc1379/2023onsc1379.html
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2023/2023onsc1165/2023onsc1165.html
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2022/2022onsc5319/2022onsc5319.html
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2022/2022onsc4291/2022onsc4291.html

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Stolen Life, Stolen Identity: The Murder of Dwayne Demkiw

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 406: It was a bright Sunday late-morning, on May 31, 2015, in Calgary, Alberta, when a passerby heard a bang inside an airport‑area parkade and saw smoke pouring from the trunk of a black Acura. The car was still running, licence plate gone, still aflame as firefighters moved in, and a bystander quietly filmed a lone man walking away, glancing back at the burning vehicle. When investigators opened the doors, they found no driver, but blood soaked into the driver’s seat, the door, and the back seat, telling them someone had bled heavily inside that car. The Acura was registered to a 42‑year‑old limo driver, Dwayne Demkiw, who lived three hours north in Edmonton and hadn’t been seen since he finished a late shift around 4 a.m. that same morning. While his friends frantically called his phone and posted online, police in two cities were starting to realize they might be dealing with something far worse than a stolen car.

Sources:

Remembering Dwayne Demkiw | Reel by Dateline NBC
Dwayne Demkiw - Lets bring him home | Facebook
Dwayne Demkiw | Global News, Videos & Articles
R v Steadman, 2018 ABQB 1045 (CanLII)
R v Steadman, 2021 ABCA 332 (CanLII)
R v Sproule, 2025 ABKB 91 (CanLII)
R v Sproule, 2025 ABKB 707 (CanLII)
Canadian Taxi Driver Homicides: Dwayne Demkiw
Somebody's Hiding Something s02e03 | Crave
"Dateline NBC" The Case of the Man with No Name (2023) IMDb
Dwayne Eugene Demkiw | Obituary
Donate to Dwayne Demkiw - Justice, Grieving & Healing, organized by Jesta Menace
5 horrifying details about the murder of Canadian limo driver Dwayne Demkiw | Primetimer
Fugitive charged in Edmonton murder lived under stolen identity: investigators | Globe & Mail
Family thanks the person who found the bones of their missing son | CBC News
Homicide victim's friend removed evidence from crime scene, murder trial hears | CBC News
After a limo driver disappears, a fugitive’s web begins to unravel and sets off an international manhunt
Liberals grilled on trial delays after Dwayne Demkiw murder | Watch News Videos Online

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Final Justice: The Murder of Beverley Ann Dyke

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 405: On the 17th of May 1984, 48‑year‑old Beverley Anne Dyke was found brutally murdered in a wooded area near Moray Street and Saskatchewan Avenue on the edge of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Her killing, a frenzied sexual assault and stabbing, left her family and the wider community fearing a predator was on the loose. For years, detectives chased dead ends and even a dramatic prison confession, but the real killer remained a mystery. It would take more than two decades, and a cold‑case DNA match, to finally reveal who murdered Beverley and why.

Sources:

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Left in the Cold: The Winnipeg Homeless Murders

Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:48:00 -0000

Episode 404: In April 2015, someone began targeting some of the city’s most vulnerable residents: men living rough, sleeping outside, and often already failed by every system meant to protect them. By the time the killing stopped, three were dead: 37‑year‑old Miles Monias, 48‑year‑old Stony Stanley Bushie, and 65‑year‑old Donald Collins. Their killer was another man on the margins, a homeless drifter with a long history of violence and untreated mental illness, John Paul Ostamas.

Sources:

Media Release - April 28, 2015 - Winnipeg Police Service
R. v. Ostamas, 2016 MBQB 136 (CanLII)
R. v. Ostamas (J.P.) (2016), 329 Man.R.(2d) 203 (QB) | vLex
R v Ostamas, 2022 MBCA 68 (CanLII)
John Paul Ostamas | APTN Archives
John Paul Ostamas | Global News, Videos & Articles
Winnipeg's Duck Face Serial Killer
Winnipeg's history
Garden Hill First Nation | Wikipedia
Little Grand Rapids First Nation
Apr 27, 2015, page 16 - Calgary Herald at Newspapers.com™
Apr 29, 2015, page A5 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com™
May 2015: Death and the homeless
THE FIRST NATIONAL INDIGENOUS BROADCASTER IN THE WORLD | APTN
Winnipeg police charge man in connection with 3 murders | APTN
Man charged with 3 Winnipeg killings came from ‘good family’ in Eabametoong First Nation | APTN
May 2016: Guilty plea in killing spree
'3 monstrous murders': Homeless killer John Paul Ostamas will get no parole for 75 years | CBC News
‘Person of interest’ located by Winnipeg Police: Sources - Winnipeg
Police say suspect in Winnipeg deaths known to Ontario police
Murder charges for deaths of homeless Native men in Manitoba
Accused serial killer John Paul Ostamas sought help from Kenora pastor
Stoney Bushie's friends, family gather for Winnipeg prayer service | CBC News
Ostamas tried to burn down Winnipeg hotel, police say - Winnipeg
Thunder Bay-area man charged with murder after 2 homeless men killed in Winnipeg | CBC News
Families honour victims of alleged serial killer John Ostamas
Man charged with killing 3 men in Winnipeg | CBC News
Who is John Paul Ostamas, alleged serial killer in Winnipeg deaths? | CBC News
Homeless in Vancouver: Homeless man charged in serial killings of three Winnipeg men | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s source for arts, culture, and events
Homelessness – Social Planning Council of Winnipeg
Indigenous Peoples and Homelessness | homelesshub.ca
Homeless in Vancouver: Serial killer may be targeting Winnipeg homeless | Georgia Straight Vancouver’s source for arts, culture, and events
Latest Winnipeg street census suggests homelessness at highest point in past decade | CBC News
AMC Responds to Record Homelessness in Winnipeg | manitobachiefs.com
Understanding Indigenous Homelessness
28239_here_now_plan_report_FIN_WEB | PDF

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The Melady Murders: Canada’s Last Public Hanging

Mon, 26 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 403: Nicholas Melady Jr. was 24 years old when he stepped onto a wooden scaffold above the stone walls of Goderich Gaol in December of 1869, about to become the central figure in Canada’s last public hanging after the brutal murders of his father, Nicholas Melady Sr. and stepmother, Ellen, in a quiet Huron County farmhouse. In this episode, we return to a world of bush farms, rough taverns, and bitter family feuds over land and inheritance, tracing a path from a whispered meeting on a bridge and talk of “just a robbery” to a blood‑soaked kitchen floor, sloppy police work, and a coroner making two young men stand barefoot in dried pools of blood.

Sources:

Double Trap by John Melady
Seaforth Doors Open | shopseaforth.ca
Audio-Tour-of-North-Street | goderich.ca
Huron Historic Gaol
‘Morbid curiosity’: When executions were public spectacles in Ontario | TVO Today
Mar 27, 1869, page 1 - The Globe and Mail at Newspapers.com™
Apr 02, 1869, page 3 - Ottawa Daily Citizen at Newspapers.com™
Dec 08, 1869, page 4 - The Critic and Record at Newspapers.com™
Dec 09, 1869, page 4 - Buffalo Courier Express at Newspapers.com™
Dec 17, 1869, page 1 - Brampton Times at Newspapers.com™
Dec 07, 1869, page 3 - Boston Evening Transcript at Newspapers.com™
Carling R. Marshall ~ Public History Blog: Semi-public? - The Hoag Hanging, Walkerton - 1868
Carling R. Marshall - Capital punishment: Huron County opinion in 1869
Nicholas Melady | Wikipedia
1869: Nicholas Melady, the last public hanging in Canada | Executed Today
Researching Canada’s ‘Last Public Hanging | Huron County Museum
The Final Days of Nicholas Melady Jr. as Witnessed by William Dickson - Champlain Society

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Black Friday: The 1987 Edmonton Tornado

Mon, 19 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 402: On July 31, 1987, an ordinary summer afternoon in Edmonton, Alberta, ended in catastrophe. A powerful tornado cut through the city’s southeast, killing 27 people and leaving entire neighbourhoods destroyed in minutes. In this episode, we examine the second-deadliest tornado in Canadian history through firsthand survivor accounts and direct statements from officials who faced a disaster few believed could happen in a major Canadian city. The day would later become known as “Black Friday,” a name repeated in municipal histories and anniversary coverage. On July 31 itself, it was still just another Friday afternoon.

Episode Sources:

Tornado, a report : Edmonton and Strathcona County, July 31st, 1987 : Alberta Public Safety Services
Edmonton Tornado (1987) | The Candian Encyclopedia
BELLWEATHER KENNELS CANADA - EDMONTON TORNADO 1987 by Tom Taylor
Edmonton Tornado | Wikipedia
The Edmonton Tornado | Environment Canada
Black Friday changed city, survivors | CBC News
This Was the Worst Tornado in Canada’s History | Reader’s Digest
Jul 30, 1988, page 92 - Edmonton Journal at Newspapers.com™
From the Edmonton community on Reddit
Edmonton Journal front page story of the Edmonton tornado July 31, 1987 (Black Friday)
Regina Cyclone | Wikipedia

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Vancouver’s 1907 Anti-Asian Riots

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 401: At the start of the twentieth century, Vancouver, B.C., was a fast-growing Pacific port. Most residents were white settlers of British or European descent, but Chinese and Japanese communities were already well established and growing. They lived, worked, and built businesses in neighbourhoods like Chinatown and Powell Street, playing a central role in the city’s economy while being denied political rights and social acceptance.

By 1907, economic anxiety and racial resentment had hardened into open hostility. Asian workers were blamed for falling wages and job insecurity, a message repeated by newspapers, politicians, and organized exclusionary groups. The riots that followed on September 7 were not sudden outbursts, but the result of years of public rhetoric that treated entire communities as threats. This episode examines how those ideas gave rise to violence on Vancouver’s streets.

Sources:
The 1907 Racist Riots – Union Zindabad!
The Asiatic Exclusion League Riot, 1907 — Published by BC Labour Heritage Centre
The Vancouver Anti-Asian Riots
Causes of the 1907 anti-Asian riots :
The Lessons of the Anti-Asiatic Riot
"Images" and "Issues" : the portrayal of Asians in the Vancouver Daily Province and the Vancouver Daily World, 1907 to 1908
Anti-Asian Riots of 1907 - British Columbia - An Untold History
Mayor Ken Sim
David Lam
Chinese Immigration Act
Chinese Head Tax in Canada
1907 Vancouver anti-Asian riots
Asian Labour History in British Columbia
A White Man's Province by Patricia Roy | Internet Archive
W.L. Mackenzie King’s 1907 Report on Japanese Losses in Vancouver Riots
W.L. Mackenzie King’s 1907 Report on Chinese Losses in Vancouver Riots
The History of Canada Series: Trouble on Main Street: Mackenzie King Reason Race And The 1907 Vancouver Riots

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The Clara Ford Affair: Race, Rumour, and the Shooting of Frank Westwood

Mon, 05 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 400: In October 1894, 18-year-old Frank Westwood was shot on the doorstep of his Parkdale home. The killing shocked Toronto and sparked a frantic search for a suspect. Weeks later, a mixed-race tailor named Clara Ford walked into a Toronto police station and was quickly accused of the murder. With no weapon, no motive, and a disputed confession, her trial exposed deep racial bias and divided the city. This episode looks at Clara’s life, the investigation that targeted her, and the aftermath of the trial that captivated Canada’s largest city.

Episode Sources:
Clara at the Door with a Revolver — Carolyn Whitzman (UBC Press, 2023)
Toronto Public Library – Digitized Toronto newspapers
Newspapers.com – Historical Toronto press coverage
City of Toronto Archives
Archives of Ontario – Mercer Reformatory & judicial records
Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario’s Criminal Courts, 1858–1958 — Barrington Walker
Afua Cooper – Black Canadian history resources
DEWART, HERBERT HARTLEY – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
JOHNSTON, EBENEZER FORSYTH BLACKIE – Dictionary of Canadian Biography
Death in the Queen City: Clara Ford on Trial, 1895 By Parick Brode
A blood-drinking monster? When this Toronto woman was accused of murder, the newspapers of 1894 went wild
A sensational Toronto murder from 1894 – Bill Gladstone Genealogy
Transcript: The Story of a Black Woman Accused of Murder in 1894 | Feb 15, 2023 | TVO Today
Interview: Carolyn Whitzman on the archival story behind novel Clara at the Door – MOBA

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Out With the Old: The Dark and Weird Side of New Year’s Traditions

Mon, 29 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 399: As the clock strikes midnight, not everyone welcomes the New Year with champagne and resolutions. In this episode of Dark Poutine, we explore the darker, stranger, and sometimes dangerous traditions used around the world—and across Canada—to chase away bad luck and invite prosperity. From gunfire and forgotten parades in Newfoundland, to Hogmanay superstitions, poverty-banishing rituals, icy polar bear swims, and fire-lit celebrations meant to ward off evil, these customs reveal what people have been willing to risk for a clean slate. We also venture beyond Canada, examining ancient sacrifices, ritual fights, smashed plates, burning effigies, and other unsettling ways humanity has tried to reset the calendar. It’s a look at New Year’s Eve not as a party—but as a threshold, where superstition, fear, and hope collide.

Episode Sources:
Guns, parades and superstitions: A host of forgotten New Year's traditions in N.L. | CBC News
Out with the old, in with the new — East Coasters share their unusual past and present New Year’s Eve traditions
Newfoundland and Labrador Customs
New Year's Day in Canada: Traditions, History and Insights
New Year's levee
Top safety tips for New Year’s Eve revellers
35 Crazy New Year’s Eve Celebrations Throughout History
Bizarre New Year’s Eve Traditions From Around the World | Ripley's Believe It or Not! | Aquariums, Attractions, Museums
Decision of the Intergovernmental Committee: 6.COM 13.26
New Years in Ecuador: Yellow Panties and Effigies
The Traditional Fighting Festivals of Peru
Divers had Set the Christmas Tree Underwater of the Baikal Lake
6 traditions from around the world for marking a Jan. 1 new year | CBC Life

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Christmas Special 2025: The Great Canadian Butter Tart Heist

Mon, 22 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 398: It was supposed to be a quiet Canadian Christmas—until every butter tart in the country vanished overnight. From Nanaimo to Newfoundland, kitchens were left empty, bakers bewildered, and the RCMP at a loss. When the case turns strange, Santa Claus himself steps in, uncovering a nationwide confectionery conspiracy that leads to old grudges, familiar faces, and a suspect far closer to home than anyone expected. Dark, absurd, and very Canadian, The Great Canadian Butter Tart Heist is a holiday mystery where justice is sweet, but never simple.

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Demon of the Belfry: The Murders of Blanch Lamont and Minnie Williams

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 397: In April 1895, two young women, both twenty-one, from San Francisco’s Emmanuel Baptist Church vanished days apart. Blanche Lamont, a dedicated teacher-in-training, and Minnie Williams, a hardworking domestic with dreams of her own classroom, both entered the same church and never left. Their bodies were later discovered inside the building, setting off one of the most sensational murder trials in California history.

This episode explores the lives of Blanche and Minnie, the discovery of their deaths, the investigation that followed, and the arrest and trial of Canadian-born medical student William Henry Theodore Durrant, accused of killing them.

Sources:
Clara at the Door with a Revolver — Carolyn Whitzman (UBC Press, 2023)
Toronto Public Library – Digitized Toronto newspapers
Newspapers.com – Historical Toronto press coverage
City of Toronto Archives
Archives of Ontario – Mercer Reformatory & judicial records
Race on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario’s Criminal Courts, 1858–1958 — Barrington Walker
Afua Cooper – Black Canadian history resources
1897 film of convicted killer Durrant shapes prison policy -
Theodore Durrant
Sympathy for the Devil: The Emmanuel Baptist Murders of Old San Francisco
By Virginia A. McConnell
Theo Durrant — The Origin of Monsters — Crime Library on truTV.com
True Detective Mysteries, February 1929: Internet Archive
The tale of the 'Demon of the Belfry,' San Francisco's forgotten Jack the Ripper

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Road Trip: Deadly Prophecy — The Children of Thunder

Mon, 08 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 396: In this episode, we learn about an enigmatic narcissistic psychopath who led the Californian cult called The Children of Thunder. Glenn Taylor Helzer, and the other leadership was comprised of his brother Justin Helzer and their follower Dawn Godman. Raised in a strict Mormon home, Taylor’s life spiralled after years of mental health trouble. By 2000, the trio had formed a cult under Taylor’s delusional leadership. That summer, they murdered Ivan and Annette Stineman, Selina Bishop (daughter of guitarist Elvin Bishop), Jennifer Villarin, and James Gamble. The crime spree and investigation shocked authorities and families, exposing how Taylor twisted faith and loyalty into violence.

Episode Sources:

Shackles, Ski Masks and a Power Saw — Murderous Glenn Helzer and Justin Helzer called their cult The Children of Thunder — Crime Library
How Not To Get Away With Murder: Glenn Helzer And The Children Of Thunder
Glen Helzer | Wikipedia
Body Parts Identified / Disparate Tragedies' Common Ground Is Death, Suspects
Grisly clues unfolding in Delta case
Blues Guitarist's Daughter Killed
Murder, Madness and Mayhem by MIke Browne
20240418175434277_Cert Pet GlenTaylorHelzer
People v. Helzer
People v. Helzer, 317 Cal. Rptr. 3d 246 | Cal., Judgment, Law, casemine.com
Justin Helzer hangs himself in prison

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Bound by Silence: The Murder of Dr. Edith Wightman

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 395: On a cold December day in 1983, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, was shaken by a deeply unsettling crime. Dr. Edith Wightman, a respected scholar, was discovered dead in her office: bound with tape, handcuffed, and suffocated with a cloth. The investigation took an even stranger turn when police arrested Michael Allen Crowley, a chemist from Welland, who had been seen on campus in disguise, dressed in women’s clothing and a wig. With no personal connection to the victim, and the bizarre methods used, the murder left students and faculty reeling, and raised questions still unanswered to this day.

Sources:
A Brief History Of McMaster University
History of McMaster
WIGHTMAN, Edith Mary | Rutgers
Dec 19, 1983, page 1 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com
Dec 24, 1983, page 16 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com
Edith Wightman - Search - Newspapers.com™
Michael Alan Crowley - Search - Newspapers.com™
"72 Hours: True Crime" Murder on Campus (TV Episode 2005)
Canadian News Briefs - UPI Archives
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Detectives say Robert Garrow now 'best suspect' in 1973 Komorowski murder | CBC News
Adele Komorowski Homicide

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Guardian UFO: The Carp, Ontario Mystery

Mon, 24 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 394: On an August night in 1991, the quiet fields near Carp, Ontario, were interrupted by strange lights arcing across the sky—a sight so odd it left locals searching for answers. Soon, anonymous packages began to arrive, sent to UFO researchers all over Canada and the United States, packed with photos, documents, and a tape showing what appeared to be a UFO blazing above the marsh. The sender called himself “Guardian” and claimed this was not the first time such events occurred near Carp. Suddenly, what started as small-town talk exploded into one of Canada’s most perplexing UFO stories, a bizarre mystery that remains debated to this day.

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The Carp-Guardian Case - The Most Controversial UFO Case in Canadian History
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Searching for Guardian: Filmmaker re-examines mystery of Carp UFO sighting
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U.S. Lawmaker: Underwater UFO Bases Hide Aliens
Aliens may have underwater bases on Earth: Burchett | NewsNation Prime
House committee holds UFO hearing | full video
Why Do UFO Sightings Keep Happening Near Nuclear Sites?
The Diefenbunker and the Legends of Carp

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Really, I Did It: The Murders of Julia Howe & David Creamer

Mon, 17 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 393: On a cold February day in 2022, tragedy struck the small communities of Creston and Kimberley, British Columbia. Julia Howe, a familiar face to her neighbours, was found lifeless in the bathroom of her partner's home. Just hours later and nearly a hundred kilometres away, David Creamer, a father and trusted friend, was discovered dead in his own house. Both initially believed accidental or natural, no one suspected that these two deaths would soon be linked.

The true story was finally revealed, albeit in a peculiar manner. The connection between the deaths was finally revealed when Mitchell Earl McIntyre, a man known to both victims, confessed to hospital staff that he was responsible for both deaths. The problem was that, at first, no one believed him. It was the killer’s insistence and admissions of guilt that finally cracked the case.

Sources:

2024 BCSC 774 (CanLII) | R. v McIntyre | CanLII
2024 BCSC 2026 (CanLII) | R. v McIntyre | CanLII
Obituary information for Julia Ann Howe
Online Tribute for David Creamer
'You need to detain me' | Kamloops News
B.C. man who confessed to 2 killings not arrested until a month later
McInytre murder trial underway | My East Kootenay Now
BC man allegedly confessed to two killings originally ruled as accidents
B.C. man charged with woman’s death reportedly also admitted killing someone else
BC homicide suspect confessed to 2 killings weeks before arrest, court documents show
Second-degree murder trial moved | Kamloops News
Accidental Deaths That Were Really Homicides | Tyee

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Mayhem in Saanich: The 2022 Bank Shootout

Mon, 10 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 392: On the morning of June 28, 2022, as staff and customers began their day at the Bank of Montreal in Saanich, British Columbia, twin brothers Matthew and Isaac Auchterlonie entered the branch clad in body armour and carrying semi-automatic rifles. Within moments, they herded twenty-two people into the bank’s vault and set the stage for one of the most violent confrontations in recent Canadian history. More than a hundred shots were fired in the chaos that followed, leaving six police officers injured and both brothers dead, with the community left reeling and seeking answers.

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2022 Saanich shootout
VIIMCU RELEASES CONCLUDING REPORT ON JUNE 28TH SHOOTING – Saanich Police Department
IIOBC Report on the Shootout
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Prominent Vancouver Island family collateral victims of Victoria bank robbery
Brothers in botched B.C. bank robbery had become angry and radical, obsessed with guns and ‘government tyranny’
Portal:Current events/2022 June 28
Western Canada: Portrait emerges of brothers killed in Saanich bank robbery
Brothers, motivated by 'anti-authority beliefs,' staged Saanich bank robbery in effort to kill police: RCMP | CBC News
Prominent Vancouver Island family collateral victims of Victoria bank robbery
Brothers killed in Canada bank shootout aimed to kill as many police as possible
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Facing 'unbridled violence' from B.C. bank robbers, police justified in shooting to kill, report says | CBC News
Police to release findings on Saanich bank shootout where 2 Cowichan men died
One of two suspects killed in bank robbery was rejected from Canadian Armed Forces
Motive for Saanich bank shooting by Duncan brothers may never be known: criminologist
UPDATE: Saanich bank shootout suspects confirmed as 22-year-old twins from Duncan
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From the VictoriaBC community on Reddit: Twin brothers from Duncan revealed as suspects in Saanich bank robbery

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Canadian Connections: The 2004 Boxing Day Tsunami

Mon, 03 Nov 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 391: At dawn on December 26, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake off Sumatra’s west coast — one of the strongest ever recorded — triggered a devastating tsunami across the Indian Ocean. Waves up to 30 metres high struck Aceh Province within minutes, then swept across Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, and as far as East Africa. Entire communities vanished, and more than 227,000 people in fourteen countries were killed, making it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history.

At least fifteen Canadians lost their lives, and six more were reported missing, most while vacationing in Thailand and Sri Lanka. Survivors described the frantic searches for loved ones and the painful process of identifying and bringing home those who perished.

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The Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, 20 years on
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Camera holds instant of tsunami impact
Tsunami photos show couple's final moments | CBC News
Discovery of tsunami camera brings closure
Camera shows 'last words' of tsunami victims
School built in memory of B.C. tsunami victims | CBC News

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Halloween 2025: A Brief History of Witch Trials in Canada

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 390: When most Canadians think of occult-related witch trials, their minds drift south to Salem, Massachusetts, or across the ocean to medieval Europe. The popular narrative suggests that Canada, with its reputation for tolerance and peace, remained untouched by the supernatural hysteria that gripped other nations. This perception, deeply embedded in the Canadian consciousness, paints our country as somehow above the dark chapters of witch-hunting that stained other societies. Even Dark Poutine listeners, well-versed in the country’s hidden crimes and forgotten tragedies, might be surprised to learn the truth.

The reality is far different from this comfortable myth. Canada has a complex and largely forgotten history of witchcraft accusations, trials, and legal persecution spanning over 350 years—from the earliest days of New France to as recently as 2018. From demonic possessions in Quebec City to fraudulent psychics in modern Ontario, the Canadian witch trial story is one of fear, prejudice, and the persistent human tendency to blame the margins of society for inexplicable troubles.

Sources:
CBC Radio: “Quebec Demon Possession & Witchcraft in 1660”
JSTOR / McGill-Queen’s University Press: The Possession of Barbe Hallay
Canada’s History: “Sorcery in New France”
Kenton de Jong Travel: The Possession of Barbe Hallay
Dictionary of Canadian Biography: Daniel Vuil
Academia.edu "Sixteen and Possessed" PDF
Canada’s History: Book feature, The Possession of Barbe Hallay
The Medium: On Demonic Infestations in 17th century Québec
Mysteries of Canada: Poltergeists in Canada, Part III
Jean Campagna, The Sorcerer
74 – JEAN CAMPAGNA, THE SORCERER
Procès de Jean Campagna, prisonnier, 45 ans
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Quebec 1685: Part 8- The Charge is Sorcery
The Kimble Witch Trial
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“Native Witchcraft Beliefs in Acadian, Maritime and Newfoundland Folklore” – Erudit
Concerns move Indigenous ceremony meant to contact 'spirit realm' outside Quebec community | CBC News
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Witchcraft Act 1735
Bill C-365 (Historical)
Woman Charged With Fake Witchcraft, Days Before Canada Scraps Old Law
‘Psychic’ charged with being a fake fights case after Canada decriminalises witchcraft

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Pistols at Perth: The Wilson-Lyon Duel

Mon, 20 Oct 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 389: On a rain-soaked evening on June 13th, 1833, two young law students faced each other across a muddy field near Perth, Ontario, pistols in hand. John Wilson, a 20-year-old from humble farming stock, gripped his weapon with trembling fingers as rain dripped from his dark hair. Sixty feet away, 22-year-old Robert Lyon, handsome, aristocratic, and the son of a British officer, stood with the practiced composure of a gentleman born to privilege. Between them lay more than just distance: a bitter rivalry over the affections of Elizabeth Hughes, an English governess whose reputation had sparked this deadly confrontation. What had begun as whispered gossip in a lawyer's office in Bytown would end with one man dead, another's life forever changed, and a woman left to marry her lover's killer. This was Ontario's last fatal duel, a collision between Old World codes of honour and New World ambitions that would echo through Perth's streets for generations.

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A History of Perth | Perth Remembered
Perth Military Settlement
Robert Lyon 1812 - 1833 | Clark and Hogg Family History
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Wlison and Lyon Duel | Richmond Heritage
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ARCHIVED - Criminal Code
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Dueling: the Violence of Gentlemen
Le matin du 22 mai 1838, le dernier duel du Canada
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Last Fatal Duel Historical Plaque
How a pair of men in St. John's survived the last duel fought on Canadian soil | CBC News
Updates to Canada’s criminal law will legalize duels and permit pretending to practise witchcraft

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The Campbellton Python Tragedy: Connor and Noah Barthe

Mon, 13 Oct 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 388: On the morning of August 5, 2013, Campbellton, New Brunswick, faced an unthinkable tragedy. Police and first responders were called to an apartment above Reptile Ocean, the town’s reptile and fish shop, where they found Connor and Noah Barthe, brothers aged six and four, dead after a sleepover with their friend Jayce Savoie. Sometime in the night, a 12-foot, 53-pound African rock python owned by shopkeeper Jean-Claude Savoie escaped its enclosure, slithered through a vent, and fatally attacked the sleeping boys. The official cause of death was “traumatic asphyxia by constriction,” a finding that shocked the small community and quickly attracted national and international attention. As investigators began their work, residents struggled to comprehend how a night of friendship ended in such horror. Savoie was charged with criminal negligence causing death, setting the stage for a legal and ethical debate that would raise tough questions and stir deep emotions far beyond Campbellton.

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Connor & Noah Barthe Obituary - Campbellton, NB
2016 NBQB 205 (CanLII) | R. v. Savoie | CanLII
2016 NBQB 135 (CanLII) | R. v. Jean-Claude Savoie | CanLII
Snake kills two boys during sleepover, Canadian police say
Boys in python case lived life 'to a maximum' | CBC News
Mother of boys killed by python: 'I thought they would be safe'
Mother of N.B. boys killed by python: ‘I thought they would be safe’
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Python deaths: 'This could have been prevented by a simple action' | CBC News
Python made ‘growling noises’ after killing young brothers, trial of pet store owner hears
Juror dismissed in python deaths trial as Crown prepares to call final witness | Globalnews.ca
‘Smell of food would really excite’ python, reptile expert tells N.B. trial | Globalnews.ca
Juror dismissed in python deaths trial as Crown prepares to call final witness | Globalnews.ca
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Enfants tués par un python: Jean-Claude Savoie non coupable
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Tragic photos emerge of brothers cleaning snake pen months before python killed them in their sleep

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Boxing Day Bystander: The Murder of Jane Creba

Mon, 06 Oct 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 387: On December 26, 2005, around 5:15 p.m., there was a gunfight outside the Foot Locker store on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. Unfortunately, a fifteen-year-old girl named Jane Creba was shot and killed. She was an innocent bystander among hundreds of Boxing Day shoppers who were in the area at the time of the shooting. Sadly, she was caught in the middle of the gunfire and died from a single bullet that hit her in the back and pierced her aorta. In addition to Jane, six other people were injured in the shooting.

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Candlelight vigil set for tonight to remember Jane Creba | CBC News
Robbery, fight led to Boxing Day shooting: affidavit | CBC News
2008 CanLII 54975 (ON SC) | R. v. Smith | CanLII
2008 ONCJ 123 (CanLII) | R. v. Woodcock et al. | CanLII
Jeremiah Valentine interrogation - Police provided video | National Post
Jeremiah Valentine interrogation - Police provided video | YouTube
Guilty plea in Creba shooting
Creba's parents describe 'tsunami of grief' after 2005 shooting | CBC News
2012 ONCA 568 (CanLII) | R. v. J.S.R. | CanLII
2015 ONCA 535 (CanLII) | R. v. Woodcock | CanLII
Canadian Legal Information Institute | CanLII
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Man convicted in 2005 Toronto murder of Jane Creba faces first-degree murder charge in Montreal
Toronto Boxing Day killer granted full parole 7 months before fatal Montreal shooting
Gunman involved in Jane Creba Boxing Day killing arrested again, faces murder charge in Montreal

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All That Remains: Fox Hollow Farm — Part 2

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 386: In the last episode, we explored the origins of Herbert Baumeister and the early days at Fox Hollow, tracing the stories of early disappearances of gay men around Indiana. The disappearances beginning in the late 1980s and into the 1990s signalled the start of a wave of heartbreak that swept through Indianapolis’s gay community, leaving families and friends desperate for answers.

In this episode, we turn our focus to the other lives forever altered by Herb Baumeister’s crimes. We’ll share what’s known about the final days of Baumeister’s other victims. Among them were Jeffrey Allan Jones, Roger Alan Goodlet, Michael Frederick Keirn, Steven Spurlin Hale, Richard Douglas Hamilton Jr., Johnny Bayer, Allen Wayne Broussard, and Daniel Thomas Halloran. As their stories unfold, we’ll follow the determined police investigation, the pressure that began to close in on Baumeister, and his frantic flight from justice. This case, originating in quiet Indiana neighbourhoods, fades out across the border—coming to a haunting end here in Canada.

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Who Was Herb Baumeister? Revisiting the Serial Killer's Crimes and Horrifying Post-Murder Rituals 29 Years After His Death
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Baumeister, Herb - fall, 2005
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QUEER CRIME: The Double Life of Herb Baumeister
I-70 Strangler
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The True Story Of The Fox Hollow Murders
30-year mystery solved: Missing man's remains among those found on suspected serial killer's estate
Investigators Uncover "Unimaginable" 10,000 Bone Fragments in Businessman's Backyard
This private investigator cracked the case of notorious serial killer Herbert Baumeister
Jeffrey Allen “Jeff” Jones (1962-1993) - Find a...
Roger Allen Goodlet (1960-1994)
Michael Frederick “Mike” Keirn (1949-1995) - Find...
Steven Spurlin Hale (1967-1996)
Richard Douglas Hamilton Jr. (1973-1993) - Find a...
John Lee “Johnny” Bayer (1972-1993) - Find a...
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Daniel Thomas Halloran (1972-1993)
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Coroner: New DNA profiles completed for 2 of serial killer Herb Baumeister's victims
10th victim identified in Fox Hollow Farm serial killer case in Indiana
'I-70 Strangler' remains mysterious Midwest boogeyman, but private investigator has theory
Herb Baumeister’s killing field and the new effort to identify his victims: Forgotten at Fox Hollow
'The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer' premieres Feb. 18 on Hulu

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All That Remains: Fox Hollow Farm — Part 1

Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 385: The killings at Fox Hollow Farm are one of Indiana’s darkest chapters. In the early 1990s, Herb Baumeister, a husband, father, and thrift store owner, lived a double life in the upscale suburb of Westfield. Behind the facade of Fox Hollow Farm, he is believed to have lured young men, mostly from local gay bars, to his home, where police later uncovered the remains of at least 25 victims scattered across the estate. Hundreds of burned and crushed bones were found by investigators, revealing years of concealed brutality. As the net closed in, Baumeister fled to Canada and took his own life at Pinery Provincial Park, leaving unanswered questions and devastated families in his wake.

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Noah of Saskatchewan: The Tom Sukanen Saga

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 384: Driving the prairie roads south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, your eyes adjust to an endless sea of grass and sky, where grain elevators rise like sentinels and ragged lines of poplar windbreaks whisper in the steady wind. It’s a landscape that makes you feel both small and free—until, in the middle of the wheat-coloured plains, you come upon a steel-hulled ship sitting high and dry on the grass. This is the Sontiainen, built by Finnish immigrant Tom Sukanen, who spent years constructing it here, hundreds of kilometres from salt water, in hopes of sailing it home to Finland. What sounds like the beginning of a folk tale is entirely true: the man, the ship, and his dream were real—and so was the heartbreak that followed.

Sources:

The Sad Story Behind the Prairie Ship of Tom Sukanen
The Tragedy of Tom Sukanen
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Sukanen Ship Pioneer Village and Museum
Dreams in the Dust: The Story of Tom Sukanen
The tragic tale of Tom Sukanen

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The Darkest Depths – The Titan Submersible Tragedy

Mon, 08 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 383: On June 18, 2023, five people boarded the experimental Titan submersible for what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, resting nearly four kilometres beneath the North Atlantic. Less than two hours into the descent, all contact with the surface vessel was lost. Over the following days, searchers scoured the area, but hopes for a rescue faded quickly. When remotely operated vehicles finally reached the seabed, they found the Titan reduced to scattered fragments, the result of a catastrophic implosion. Aboard were Oceangate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush, 61; British businessman Hamish Harding, 58; French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77; and Pakistani father and son Shahzada Dawood, 48, and Suleman Dawood, 19; all were killed instantly.

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Titan sub firm used 'intimidation tactics' and 'critically flawed' safety practices, US Coast Guard report finds
Meet the man taking submarine trips to the Titanic
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A Deep Dive Into the Plans to Take Tourists to the 'Titanic'
Titan submersible implosion final report critical of CEO's inadequate oversight
Coast Guard releases final Titan sub disaster report: Live
Oceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie'

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The 1885 Tragedy at Frog Lake

Mon, 01 Sep 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 382: On April 2, 1885, the tranquil settlement of Frog Lake in what is now Alberta became the scene of a devastating tragedy. Known as the Frog Lake Massacre, this violent episode unfolded during the North-West Rebellion. Nine settlers, among them government officials, two Roman Catholic priests, traders, and a clerk, lost their lives at the hands of a group of Cree warriors led by Wandering Spirit. The attack stemmed from mounting desperation within the Plains Cree community, who faced starvation triggered by the near extinction of buffalo and the inflexible, often cruel administration of Indian Agent Thomas Quinn. While Cree Chief Big Bear advocated for peace and negotiation, tensions within his band and widespread hardship created a perfect storm. The violence not only shocked the young Dominion of Canada but also shaped the outcome of the North-West Resistance and left a legacy of sorrow and contested memory that resonates to this day.

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An infamous anniversary: 130 years since Canada’s Largest Mass Hanging 27 November 1885
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Pictou Sadist: The Murder of Trina Campbell

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 381: In December 1987, 12-year-old Trina Campbell, a Métis girl from Brampton, Ontario, was abducted and murdered by Douglas Robert Worth, a violent ex-convict known as the “Pictou Sadist.” Despite psychiatric warnings, Worth had been released months earlier. His relatives’ testimony helped lead police to her remains, and he was convicted of second-degree murder, receiving a life sentence with 23 years before parole eligibility.

Now, in 2025, Worth has been released at age 73 and is living in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, under strict monitoring. Halifax police issued a public safety alert, warning that he remains a high-risk offender with a long record of extreme violence, including rape, kidnapping, and dismemberment.

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Pictou, NS | The Canadian Encyclopedia
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Douglas Worth has been imprisoned for life; with no chance of parole...
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HUNTER: GTA dismemberment pedophile killer Douglas Worth out of prison
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Killer who raped, decapitated 12-year-old Ontario girl has been paroled: police
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Twice and Again: The Walpole Island Murders

Mon, 18 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 380: The tragic saga of an indigenous man named Stephen Kiyoshk is one of Canada’s most haunting tales of crime, retribution, and the complexities of the justice system. Spanning nearly three decades, the case includes double murder, dramatic trials, passionate community involvement, and a final execution that left deep scars on Walpole Island and the greater Sarnia, Ontario area. The primary victims of this saga were Charles Nahdee and Adam Johns in the notorious 1912 double homicide, and, decades later, Jerry Blackbird, whose violent death in 1939 ultimately led to Stephen Kiyoshk’s execution.

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Stephen Kiyoshk (1891-1941)
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The Mystery of Jerome, the Legless Man of Sandy Cove

Mon, 11 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 379: In the annals of Canadian folklore and unsolved mysteries, few stories have endured as hauntingly and stubbornly as that of Jerome, the silent, legless man who appeared from out of nowhere on the remote beach of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, in September 1863. To this day, no one knows for sure who he was, where he came from, or what chain of events led to his abandonment. What is known, thanks to accounts recorded by locals and later collected by historians and folklorists, is the extraordinary set of circumstances under which he entered the lives of several small maritime communities and remained there, silent and enigmatic, for nearly half a century.

Sources:

Jerome: Solving the Mystery of Nova Scotia's Silent Castaway by Fraser Mooney
Apr 30, 1930, page 28 - The Evening Mail at Newspapers.com
Jul 23, 1910, page 3 - The St. John Standard at Newspapers.com
Sept 16, 1905, page 10 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.com
Sept 28, 1905, page 3 - Nanaimo Daily News at Newspapers.com
Apr 23, 1912, page 6 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com
MysteryQuests - Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History
The Legless Mystery Man
Jerome: The Mystery of the Man Who Came Out of Nowhere – LIFE AS A HUMAN
Jerome: The Mystery Man of Baie Sainte-Marie
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The story of Jerome: The southwestern N.S. mystery that never ends, even 110 years after his death | SaltWire
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“Jérôme” - The Mystery Continues
Jerome of Sandy Cove: The Unusual Nova Scotian Mystery Man | by Charlie O’Brien | Medium
Jerome of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia - Historic Mysteries
Strange, Spooky and Supernatural - Mike Browne - Paperback

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Fredericton’s Last Execution: The Murder of Norman Burgoyne

Mon, 04 Aug 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 378: Fredericton, New Brunswick, in the sultry summer of 1949, was a community caught between the relief of peacetime and the tensions of post-war hardship. Along the margins of this tidy city lived George Hamilton (25) and Rufus Hamilton (23), two young black brothers whose lives had been fraught with poverty, exclusion, and desperation. These would be factors in the horrific actions they took, which would soon propel them into local infamy as the last men ever executed in Fredericton.

At the heart of this tragedy was Norman Burgoyne: a respected, 35-year-old taxi driver, decorated war veteran, and devoted family man whose sudden, violent death would shatter the sense of safety in the city.

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Episode Sources:
Norman Burgoyne - Search - Newspapers.com™
May 20, 1949, page 8 - Daily Gleaner at Newspapers.com
Jul 27, 1949, page 9 - Daily Gleaner at Newspapers.com
Jul 27, 1949, page 1 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com
The O'Ree and Lawrence Families
Black New Brunswickers reflect on past and modern racism | CBC News
Black History Walking Tour
“bad characters”: The Execution of George & Rufus Hamilton in Fredericton, 1949 | Acadiensis
Last hanging in Fredericton
George and Rue
View of Grieving the Ungrievable: Negation and Recognition in Execution Poems | Borders: Undergraduate Arts Journal
Execution Poems : The Black Acadian Tragedy of George and Rue | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS)
View of Whips, Hammers, and Ropes: The Burden of Race and Desire in Clarke’s George & Rue | Studies in Canadian Literature
Definitely not Butch and Sundance

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The Canadian Thelma and Louise: Rose Turford and Carolyn Stevens

Mon, 28 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 377: Joyce Carolyn Stevens, the daughter of a preacher from Houston, Texas, and Rose Marie Turford, a Canadian nurse and suburban mother, became infamous as the real-life “Thelma and Louise.” Their cross-border crime spree in the mid-1990s stunned communities from Houston to Toronto, as they lured, robbed, and humiliated unsuspecting men, all while eluding law enforcement. The case, with its bizarre twists, elaborate disguises, and a mysterious figure named “Avery,” captivated the public and left a trail of questions about motive, manipulation, and the dark side of friendship.

Sources:
1997 CanLII 26231 (ON CNO) | College of Nurses of Ontario v Turford | CanLII
Rose Turford and Carolyn Stevens | Unsolved Mysteries Wiki
CANADA NABS FUGITIVE DUO `THELMA, LOUISE'
After serving 13 years in Texas, let the Canadian half of the infamous 'Thelma and Louise' crime duo come home, her three sons plead
The Canadian half of a Houston robbery duo dubbed... - UPI Archives
Real-life "Thelma and Louise' jump bail
'Thelma and Louise' fugitives arrested
Unlikely Suspects Are Sought in 'Thelma and Louise' Robberies (Published 1995)
Real-Life 'Thelma and Louise' Elude the Law
In Toronto, U.S. Fugitives Find They Can Run but Can't Hide (Published 1996)
"72 Hours: True Crime" The Game (TV Episode 2004) | Documentary, Crime
This Real-Life ‘Thelma and Louise’ Caused Mayhem Wherever They Went
WOMEN ON THE RUN

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The 2021 London Truck Killings: The Afzaal Family

Mon, 21 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 376: On June 6, 2021, Nathaniel Veltman, 20, deliberately drove his truck into the Afzaal family, Pakistani immigrants, as they walked along the road in London, Ontario. The attack killed four members of the Afzaal family: Talat Afzaal (74), Salman Afzaal (46), Madiha Salman (44), and Yumnah Afzaal (15), and severely injured 9-year-old Fayez Afzaal. Veltman admitted that he had targeted the family solely because they were Muslim, making this Canada’s first fatal vehicle attack prosecuted as terrorism.

Sources:

Canadian Anti-Hate Network
What we know about the Muslim family in the fatal London, Ont., truck attack | CBC News
Court releases dramatic video of scene moments before London, Ont. Muslim family is killed
2021 London, Ontario truck attack
Terrorism in Veltman Murder Case - News Release - PPSC
AUDIO: Nathaniel Veltman and the 911 call
RAW VIDEO: Nathaniel Veltman's first interview with London police
RAW VIDEO: Nathaniel Veltman's June 6, 2021, arrest
Veltman says he's remorseful for killing Muslim family
An Act of Evil | MacLeans
Muslim family in Canada killed in 'premeditated' truck attack
Disorders took Nathaniel Veltman to 'very, very dark place': Defence expert
The Terrorist: How a devout Christian kid became a radicalized mass murderer
2024 ONSC 2276 (CanLII) | R. v. Veltman | CanLII
2024 ONSC 1054 (CanLII) | R. v. Veltman | CanLII
2023 ONSC 5063 (CanLII) | R. v. Veltman | CanLII
Killer of London, Ont., Muslim family appeals convictions, challenging use of manifesto at trial
Nathaniel Veltman | News, Videos & Articles | Global News
In manifesto, Nathaniel Veltman called for 'violent revolution'
Veltman sentencing: Killer’s actions ‘constitute terrorist activity’, judge says
'I did it on purpose': What the Nathaniel Veltman jury didn't hear
'He was smiling': Officer who arrested Veltman testifies at his trial
Timeline: London, Ont. attack kills four members of Muslim family
2025 Vancouver car attack
Islamophobia
Christian terrorism
Muslim family's kin grieves 'theft of precious life' as convicted killer's sentencing in London, Ont., begins | CBC News
Nathaniel Veltman's 'deep regret' dismissed by Afzaal family supporters
Introduction: The Enduring Relationship of Religion and Violence
Rapoport-Four-Waves-of-Modern-Terrorism
A Multidimensional Analysis of Religious Extremism
Christian Identity Reborn | The George Washington University
It’s Time to Talk About Violent Christian Extremism
God, Religious Extremism and Violence
Preventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities - Handbook For Parliamentarians | PDF | Violence | Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant

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Blood Ties: The Murder of Johnathon Madden

Mon, 14 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 375: On a bleak November afternoon in 2003, Toronto’s east end became the unlikely stage for a crime so brutal and bizarre that, even years later, it defies belief. The victim was 12-year-old Johnathon Robert Madden, a boy remembered by teachers and friends as “kind and thoughtful,” the kind of child who would go out of his way to walk a younger classmate home just to ensure he was safe. His murder was not the work of a stranger or a notorious criminal, but of his brother, 16-year-old Kevin Madden—a troubled youth whose anger and alienation had been festering for years. Kevin was not alone that day. With him were two friends: 15-year-old Timothy Ferriman, a self-styled “vampire” desperate for attention and belonging, and another teenage boy whose identity remains protected by law. Together, the teens would go on an afternoon rampage of violence and destruction that would shatter a family and horrify a city.

Sources:

2006 CanLII 33472 (ON SC) | R. v. Ferriman | CanLII
Murder of Johnathon Robert Madden
Rage by Jerry Langton (Ebook) - Scribd
THIS WAS JOHNATHON
Johnathon Madden (1991 - 2003) — In Memory Of
Why Monitor Violent Websites? A Justification
Goth culture social network Vampirefreaks closes
Farewell To VampireFreaks: The Website That Changed More Than Alt…
Neighbours React To Johnathon Verdict
Mother chronicles Johnathon's life in memorial website | CBC News
Teen Sentenced As An Adult For Murdering His Brother In Johnathon Trial
'Johnathan' named as teen killers receive adult sentences | CBC News
Johnathon’s killer loses bid for new trial

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Foreseeable: The Killing of Melissa Rae Blommaert

Mon, 07 Jul 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 374: On a frigid February night in 2020, the quiet streets of Calgary’s Bowness neighbourhood became the scene of a tragedy that would send shockwaves through the city and beyond. Melissa Rae Blommaert, a loving mother and devoted friend, was found fatally injured—her life stolen in a brutal act of violence. The investigation quickly turned toward someone heartbreakingly close to her: her husband, Ronald John Candaele. As the harrowing details of Melissa’s final hours came to light, so too did the story of a woman who had fought for hope and safety amid years of hardship. In this episode, we explore Melissa’s life, her struggles, and the devastating betrayal that led to her death.

Sources:

The History of Bowness
Melissa Rae Blommaert Obituary 2020 - Pierson's Funeral Service, LTD
2021 ABQB 332 (CanLII) | R v Candaele | CanLII
2024 ABCA 117 (CanLII) | R v Candaele | CanLII
2024 ABKB 521 (CanLII) | R v Candaele | CanLII
callitfemicide2020
Melissa Rae Blommaert - Search - Newspapers.com™
Ronald John Candaele - Search - Newspapers.com™
Melissa Rae Blommaert homicide | News, Videos & Articles | GlobalNews
Family remembers victim of Bowness domestic homicide as loving mother of 2 who enjoyed the outdoors - Calgary
Calgary man who drove over wife with U-Haul guilty of manslaughter, not murder: court of appeal | CBC News
Calgary husband who drove over wife with U-Haul should spend 15-18 years in prison for manslaughter: Crown | CBC News
‘Benefit of the doubt’: Appeal Court downgrades conviction in moving van death

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The Canadian Crimes of H.H. Holmes: The Pitezel Murders

Mon, 30 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 373: In the shadowy annals of North American crime, few names evoke as much dread as H.H. Holmes, a master manipulator, a conman, and a predator who thrived in the chaos of a rapidly changing world and the man often called America’s first serial killer. Born Herman Webster Mudgett, Holmes’s reign of terror began in Chicago, where he constructed his infamous “Murder Castle”—a labyrinth of hidden rooms, trapdoors, and secret passageways designed to lure and dispatch his victims during the bustling days of the 1893 World’s Fair. But Holmes’s evil did not respect borders; his murderous path would ultimately stretch into Canada.

During his murderous career, in 1894, Holmes claimed the lives of his accomplice, Benjamin Pitezel, 38, and three of his youngest victims, Benjamin’s children: Howard Pitezel, 8, in Indianapolis, and, later in Toronto, Pitezel’s daughters, Alice Pitezel, 15, and Nellie Pitezel, 11. Their tragic deaths in a quiet Toronto neighbourhood forever linked Holmes’s legacy to both sides of the border.

Sources:

The Holmes-Pitezel case by Frank P Geyer | Internet Archive
H. H. Holmes: Master of Illusion — Swindler — Crime Library
Holmes' Autobiogrpahy | Library of Congress
Holmes' Own Story by Herman W. Mudgett | Project Gutenberg
Depraved: Schechter, Harold | Internet Archive
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson | goodreads
H.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil | goodreads
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Benjamin Freelon Pitezel (1856-1893) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree
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HOLMES - PITEZEL CASE: A History of the Greatest Crime of the Century and of the Search for the Missing Pitezel Children.
H. H. Holmes | by Rebecca Frost
A Book of Remarkable Criminals, by H.B. Irving

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Two Flavours of Justice — Part 2: The Murder of Darcy Manor and The Trials of Glen Race

Mon, 23 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 372: In the spring of 2007, Glen Douglas Race’s violent odyssey escalated from a regional nightmare in Nova Scotia to an international manhunt that spanned two countries and left a trail of devastation in its wake. After the murders of Michael Knott and Trevor Brewster, Race fled Canada, later claiming that he was driven by delusions of a supernatural war against “demons” and “vampires” that only he could see. His flight would lead him to yet another murder at a hunting lodge in upstate New York, that of Darcy Manor, 35.

He was eventually arrested in Texas after a violent confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol, and ultimately faced justice in two nations. Psychiatric experts grappled with the question of whether he was a cold-blooded killer or a man so consumed by mental illness that he could no longer distinguish reality from fantasy. Ultimately, justice on either side of the border looked very different.

Sources:
2014 NSSC 6 (CanLII) | R. v. Race | CanLII
Glen Race Hearing's Agreed Statement of Facts | PDF | Psychosis | Psychiatry
Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: 2007-05 Murders
Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Michael Paul Knott
Halifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Trevor Charles Brewster
Halifax LGBTQ2S+ history: Cruising Citadel Hill - Nova Scotia Advocate
Before the parade
Michael Paul Knott | Obituary
Man charged with murder of Halifax-area gay men
Nov 2013: Details of Halifax stabbing deaths told
‘I will always need you, Daddy’
Nov 2013: Details of Halifax stabbing deaths told

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Two Flavours of Justice — Part 1: The Murders of Michael Knott and Trevor Brewster

Mon, 16 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 371: In early May 2007, Nova Scotia was shaken by a series of brutal murders that would eventually be linked to a single man: Glen Douglas Race. Over the course of just over a week, two well-liked men — Paul Michael Knott and Trevor Charles Brewster — were killed in separate, violent attacks. The case would expose not only the horror of the crimes but also the tragic intersection of untreated mental illness, the vulnerability of marginalized communities, and the failures of the system meant to protect both the public and those suffering from severe psychiatric disorders.

This episode will delve into the lives of the Nova Scotia victims, the chilling details of their deaths, and the complex psychological landscape that shaped Glen Race’s descent into violence and his subsequent flight across the border into the United States, where he killed again before being caught.

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Summer of Fear: The Carlos Rivera and Regier Family Murders

Mon, 09 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 370: In this episode, we journey into the chilling case of Jesse Imeson—a man whose troubled past and violent crimes left a deep scar on Southwestern Ontario. In the summer of 2007, Imeson's name became synonymous with fear as he embarked on a deadly spree, taking three innocent lives. The victims were Carlos Rivera, 25, of Windsor and Helene Regier, 72, and her husband, Bill Regier, 73, near the community of Grand Bend. The discovery of the murders sparked a 12-day nationwide manhunt and led to the capture of the killer in Portage-du-Forte, Quebec, near the Ontario border.

However, behind the headlines lies a story of trauma, addiction, and claims of childhood abuse that may have shaped the path to his horrific acts.

Sources:

⁠Man who killed elderly couple and bartender has appeal rejected by Supreme Court | CBC News⁠⁠

Carlos Rivera - Search - Newspapers.com™

⁠⁠Family of victims lash out as smirking killer gets life sentence⁠⁠

Supreme Court of Canada | 38467⁠⁠

Windsor murderer's claim of sexual abuse hits legal setback⁠⁠

2021 ONSC 5289 (CanLII) | Imeson v. Maryvale | CanLII⁠⁠

2018 ONCA 888 (CanLII) | Imeson v. Maryvale (Maryvale Adolescent and Family Services) | CanLII⁠⁠

2017 ONSC 1906 (CanLII) | Imeson v. Maryvale | CanLII⁠⁠2016 ONSC 6020 (CanLII) | Imeson v Maryvale | CanLII⁠⁠

Murder suspect Jesse Imeson captured in Quebec⁠⁠Suspect in 3 Ontario slayings appears in Windsor court | CBC News⁠⁠

Ont. man pleads guilty in 3 'savage' slayings, sentenced to life | CBC News⁠⁠

LFP Archives: The hunt for, and truth about, spree killer Jesse Imeson⁠⁠

Inadmissible evidence could lead to new trial⁠⁠

Obituary of Helene Marie Regier | T. Harry Hoffman & Sons Funeral Home⁠⁠

So, why did he do it? - Grand Bend Strip community newspaper⁠⁠

America's Most Wanted joins hunt for Ontario fugitive | CBC News⁠

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Final Justice: The Murder of Guylaine Potvin

Mon, 02 Jun 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 369: In the quiet city of Jonquière, Quebec, the brutal 2000 murder of 19-year-old Guylaine Potvin sent shockwaves through her community and left investigators baffled for over two decades. For years, the case grew cold, with few leads and little hope for justice. But in 2022, a remarkable breakthrough in forensic science and persistent detective work finally led to the arrest of Marc-André Grenon, a man whose name had lingered on the periphery of the investigation for years. This episode takes you inside the investigation, the science that cracked the case, and the long-awaited trial that brought answers to a grieving family.

Sources:⁠2024 QCCS 551 (CanLII) | R. c. Grenon | CanLII⁠⁠2023 QCCS 5152 (CanLII) | Grenon c. R. | CanLII⁠⁠Indigenous Tourism Quebec - Region - Saguenay, Lac-Saint-Jean⁠⁠Jonquière | Saguenay River, Fjord, Pulp & Paper | Britannica⁠⁠Jonquière, Québec, Canada genealogy project⁠⁠Jonquière | Wikipedia⁠⁠Crown, defence agree accused killed teen in cold case from 2000 but disagree on intent | CBC News⁠⁠WyndhamForensic_Presentation_DNAAnalysis⁠⁠The scientific reinvention of forensic science⁠⁠The False Promise of DNA Testing⁠⁠Procès de Marc-André Grenon : l’accusé ciblé en raison de son nom de famille⁠⁠Quebec cold case murder trial: Crime scene photos show 19-year-old victim's life⁠⁠Quebec police officer sat beside cold case suspect in movie theatre to get his DNA, trial hears | CBC News⁠⁠Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project⁠⁠Après 22 ans, un homme sera accusé du meurtre de Guylaine Potvin à Jonquière⁠⁠Project Surname | The Canadian Encyclopedia⁠⁠35 ans après Polytechnique : la sœur de Guylaine Potvin veut qu’on se souvienne⁠⁠Marc-André Grenon admet avoir causé la mort de Guylaine Potvin⁠⁠Meurtre de Guylaine Potvin | Marc-André Grenon a sévi une seconde fois en 2000⁠⁠Condamné pour le meurtre de Guylaine Potvin: Marc-André Grenon reconnaît avoir frappé une deuxième fois en 2000⁠

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Playing Nurse: The Life and Crimes of Brigette Cleroux

Mon, 26 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 368: Here, we delve into the life and crimes of Brigitte Denise Cleroux, examining how she repeatedly evaded regulatory scrutiny, the suffering she caused, and the systemic failures that enabled her persistence for so long. This story is a chilling tale of deception, exploitation, and the profound breach of trust within Canada’s health-care system. Cleroux masqueraded as a nurse for years in multiple provinces — British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec. She treated hundreds of patients, administering drugs and even performing medical procedures, all without a single legitimate credential. Her actions left a trail of traumatized patients, betrayed colleagues, and a health system forced to reckon with the vulnerabilities she so ruthlessly exploited.

Source:

⁠She worked as a nurse for decades. She wasn't who she said she was.⁠⁠2024 BCSC 2435 (CanLII) | R. v Cleroux | CanLII⁠⁠2023 BCSC 1275 (CanLII) | Massie v Provincial Health Services Authority | CanLII⁠⁠2022 ONCJ 188 (CanLII) | R. v. Cleroux | CanLII⁠⁠2022 QCCQ 8569 (CanLII) | R. c. Vallée Baillargeon | CanLII⁠⁠2011 ABPC 182 (CanLII) | R. v. Marier | CanLII⁠⁠Unlicensed BC Nurse Class Action⁠⁠Cleroux (PHSA) BC | Class Action | Murphy Battista LLP⁠⁠Bogus nurse lawsuits continue to mount against B.C. health authorities⁠⁠Assault with a weapon: Fake nurse pleads guilty to assaulting B.C. patients by IV injection | CBC News⁠⁠West Shore RCMP - Nurse impersonator sentenced to 7 years in prison⁠⁠Fake nurse sentenced 7 years for impersonation, using needles on patients in Ottawa | CBC News⁠⁠B.C. ‘fake nurse’ Brigitte Cleroux sentenced to 7 years in prison⁠⁠Fake nurse Brigitte Cleroux apologizes in court | CBC News⁠⁠Woman who worked as a fake nurse in B.C. makes tearful statement in court⁠⁠Dozens of B.C. civil lawsuits filed in alleged bogus nurse case⁠⁠Public advisory: Melanie Smith is not a registrant of BCCNM⁠⁠Fake nurse’s ’deep seated dishonesty’ adds four more years to prison term: B.C. judge⁠⁠Serial Imposter Works as a FAKE Nurse For Two Decades | The Case of Brigitte Cleroux⁠⁠Alleged B.C. nurse impersonator needs yet another lawyer⁠

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Road Trip: The Murder of Reeva Steenkamp

Mon, 19 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 367: In the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013, the world awoke to the shocking news that South African Olympic and Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius had shot and killed his girlfriend, a 29-year-old paralegal and model Reeva Steenkamp, inside his Pretoria home. Pistorius, celebrated for overcoming the loss of his legs to become a global sporting icon, now stood accused of a crime that would grip and divide a nation. The ensuing investigation and trial, marked by intense media scrutiny, conflicting testimonies, and a dramatic courtroom battle, would raise questions about celebrity, violence, and the quality of justice in South Africa.

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Reeva: A Mother's Story | Indigo.ca
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Oscar PISTORIUS | Olympic Athlete Profile
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Where Is Oscar Pistorius Now? Inside the Olympian’s Life After Murder Conviction

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Merciless: The Murder of Constable Michael Sweet

Mon, 12 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 366: On a cold night, March 14, 1980, the city of Toronto was shaken by an act of violence that would leave a deep scar on its police force and forever change the lives of one family. It was the kind of crime that, decades later, still echoes in the halls of justice and the memories of those who lived through it. This is the story of Constable Michael Sweet, a dedicated police officer, loving husband, and devoted father of three young girls, all under ten years old, who lost his life in the line of duty at the hands of two brothers whose names would become synonymous with brutality: Craig Alfred Munro, 28, and his 21-year-old brother, James Scott Munro.

Sources:

⁠1983 CanLII 3542 (ON CA) | R. v. Munro | CanLII⁠⁠1984 CanLII 3608 (QC CA) | R. v. Vaillancourt | CanLII⁠⁠Oct 20, 1983, page 19 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Oct 28, 1980, page 3 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 21, 1980, page 9 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 19, 1980, page 3 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 17, 1980, page 14 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 15, 1980, page 1 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 15, 1980, page 9 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠

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Beneath the Roots: The Murder of Mary Ann Frauzel Mailman

Mon, 05 May 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 365: On a humid August morning in 1873, the quiet, tight-knit community of Baker’s Settlement outside of Bridgewater in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, was shattered by a crime so shocking that it would echo for generations. This is the story of Mary Ann Frauzel Mailman—a woman described by her contemporaries as strikingly beautiful, and by all accounts, a devoted mother—whose life ended violently at the hands of her husband, Peter Mailman. The murder and its aftermath would become one of the most infamous cases in the province’s history, both for its brutality and for the chilling window it offered into the darkness that can lurk behind closed doors.

Sources:

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The Collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge: A Tragedy in Steel

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 364: On June 17, 1958, a warm summer afternoon in Vancouver, British Columbia, the bustling construction site of the Second Narrows Bridge was alive with activity. Seventy-nine workers, including ironworkers, engineers, and painters, were perched high above the waters of Burrard Inlet, labouring to connect Vancouver to the North Shore. Little did they know that in mere moments, their world would come crashing down in what would become the worst industrial disaster in Vancouver's history. Several bridge spans suddenly collapsed as they attempted to join two chords of the unfinished arch. The disaster sent all the bridge builders on shift plummeting 30 meters into the waters below. Tragically, 18 workers lost their lives instantly or shortly after, possibly due to drowning from their heavy tool belts. The death toll rose to 19 when a diver searching for bodies also drowned in the days following the collapse.

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Last living survivor of Second Narrows Bridge disaster won't let pandemic stop him from honouring dead | CBC News

Check out this historical video report on the 1958 collapse of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing (VIDEO)

Tragedy at Second Narrows: The Story of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge

Time Traveller: 19 die in 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse and ensuing rescue

This Week in History: 1896: The Point Ellice Bridge collapses in Victoria, killing 55

Looking Back: 126 years since 55 killed in catastrophic Victoria bridge collapse

The Point Ellice Bridge Failure

The Point Ellice Bridge Disaster

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Shattered Innocence: The Murders Leanne McFarlane and Jeffrey Taylor

Mon, 21 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 362: On the morning of May 29, 2010, gunshots shattered the quiet of a rural property just outside Cranbrook, British Columbia. By the time police arrived at the scene, two lives had been tragically cut short in an apparent case of mistaken identity.

The victims were Jeffrey Todd Taylor, 42, and Leanne Laura MacFarlane, 43, a couple who had been renting half of a duplex on a large piece of land for about three months. They had no connection to the criminal underworld and appeared to have been innocent victims caught in the crossfire of a drug gang dispute.

Over the last 15 years, authorities and the couple’s family and friends have fought to bring their killers to justice.

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Charges laid 8 years after innocent B.C. pair were killed in targeted shooting | CBC News

Four charged in murder plot that saw innocent Cranbrook couple executed

Masked man held gun to head of slain woman's sister-in-law, court hears

Daughter of Cranbrook woman slain in mistaken identity murders shocked at not guilty verdict

2013 BCSC 828 (CanLII) | R. v. Adams | CanLII

2016 BCCA 330 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII

2020 BCSC 608 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII

2022 BCSC 647 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII

2024 BCCA 361 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII

2025 BCSC 372 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII

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Man pleads guilty to Cranbrook mistaken identity murders

Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison

Life sentence for man who killed B.C. couple in 2010 mistaken-identity murders

Second person charged in Brampton shooting that killed unintended target

Kingston man killed in Ottawa in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity

Shooting Of Sikh Family In Canada Case Of Mistaken Identity: Police

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POWs in Canada and the Murders at Camp 132

Mon, 14 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 362: We explore chilling events that unfolded at POW Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, during World War II. This prisoner-of-war camp, one of many scattered across Canada, became the site of two brutal murders that shocked even hardened veterans and led to Canada's last mass execution.

In the summer of 1943, August Plaszek, a former French Foreign Legion soldier forcibly integrated into the German army, met a gruesome end at the hands of Nazi hardliners within the camp. Just over a year later, in September 1944, Karl Lehmann, a university professor turned Luftwaffe interpreter, suffered a similar fate for daring to share news of Germany's failing war effort with his fellow prisoners. These murders, born from the complex dynamics of a “little piece of Germany” transplanted to the Canadian prairies, would set in motion a series of dramatic trials that tested the limits of Canadian justice and international law.

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Avro Arrow: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Dream Fighter

Mon, 07 Apr 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 361: On October 4, 1957, as the world's eyes turned skyward to witness the launch of Sputnik 1, another technological marvel was about to be unveiled in a hangar in Malton, Ontario. The Avro Arrow, Canada's ambitious supersonic interceptor, was poised to revolutionize aviation. But within two years, it would vanish without a trace, leaving behind a legacy of controversy and conspiracy.

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Who Killed The Avro Arrow? Book By Chris Gainor

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Madness on the Hill: The 1966 Parliamentary Bombing

Mon, 31 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 360: On May 18, 1966, Paul Joseph Chartier, among other things, a disillusioned and unemployed security guard and former truck driver, attempted a deadly act of terrorism on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Chartier planned to throw a homemade dynamite bomb into the House of Commons chamber, targeting politicians he blamed for societal injustices and his personal failures. However, the bomb detonated prematurely in a washroom, killing only Chartier himself. This tragic incident drew significant attention at the time, leading to investigations by the RCMP and led to a federal inquiry.

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Robert N. Wilkins: Remembering the man who tried blowing up Parliament, 50 years ago

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Parliament will carry on

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Margate Horror: The Murder of Mary Pickering Tuplin

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 359: On a warm summer evening in June 1887, 17-year-old Mary Pickering Tuplin vanished from her family's farm in Margate, PEI. A search and a grim discovery followed that would rock the quiet farming community to its core. Mary's body was found in the Southwest River, weighed down by a heavy stone, with two gunshot wounds to her head. The subsequent investigation would uncover a web of secrets, including the fact that Mary was six months pregnant. Circumstantial evidence led to 19-year-old William Millman's arrest, allegedly Mary’s lover. The shocking facts of the crime and its investigation led to a sensational trial that captivated the entire country. Millman was convicted and sent to the gallows in April 1888. Was justice indeed served, or, as some speculate, was an innocent man sent to the gallows?

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Made in Canada: The Unsolved Murder of Reet Jurvetson

Mon, 17 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 358: In Los Angeles, California, in the autumn of 1969, along winding Mulholland Drive, a young woman's body was discovered, brutally stabbed more than 150 times, her identity shrouded in mystery for nearly half a century. This Jane Doe, known only as case number 59, would lie nameless for the next 46 years, her story untold and her family unaware of her tragic fate. In a chilling twist, the proximity of her death to the infamous Tate-LaBianca murder scenes led investigators down a twisted path of speculation. The brutal nature of the crime sparked whispers of a possible connection to one of America's most notorious cults — the Manson Family.

It wasn't until 2016 that modern forensic techniques finally gave her a name: Reet Silvia Jurvetson, a 19-year-old from Montreal who had ventured to L.A. with dreams as big as the Hollywood sign. Despite her identity now being known, Reet Jurvetson’s murder remains unsolved. Her family is still hoping for answers more than 55 years later.

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'Jane Doe #59' was a 19-year-old from Montreal -- was she also a Manson victim?

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Jane Doe found in L.A. in 1969 ID'd as Montreal teen | CBC News

'Who is he?': Sketch shows 'person of interest' at heart of probe into Canadian woman's brutal 1969 killing | CBC News

Could Canadian's brutal 1969 stabbing death be connected to another L.A. cold case? | CBC News

'In a hurry': Did Canadian woman's killer drop his glasses as he got rid of body in L.A. in 1969? | CBC News

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LAPD Seeks to Identify Two Men in Connection with Murder of Reet Jurvetson

Reet Jurvetson: Was Jane Doe No. 59 a Victim of the Manson Family?

Did Charles Manson Have 4 More Victims? 'There's an Answer There Somewhere,' Says LAPD Detective

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From the UnresolvedMysteries community on Reddit: Who are the two men named 'Jean' who Reet Jurvetson visited with before she was found murdered on November 16, 1969?

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LAPD releases sketches of two men linked to 1969 killing of Canadian Reet Jurvetson

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Reet Silvia Jürvetson (1950-1969)

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LAPD Seeks to Identify Two Men in Connection with Murder of Reet Jurvetson

ID of woman found near Manson murders site stirs mystery

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Murder and Mayhem in Norfolk County

Mon, 10 Mar 2025 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 357: On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 21 June 1950, the tranquil tobacco farming community of Langton, of Langton, Ontario, was shattered by a violent crime that would leave an indelible mark on Canadian history. Joseph Herbert McAuliffe, a World War II veteran turned counterfeiter, walked into the Imperial Bank of Canada with robbery on his mind. In less than half an hour, two innocent men lay dead at the robber’s hands, Arthur Lierman and William Goddyn, their bodies riddled with bullets, and a community was gripped by fear.

For three harrowing days, Norfolk County held its breath as McAuliffe, armed and desperate, evaded capture in the surrounding woods. The manhunt that ensued would reveal a tale of tragic childhood, wartime heroism, and a descent into criminality that culminated in a botched robbery and senseless killings. As the story unfolded, it exposed the raw nerves of a nation grappling with questions of justice, redemption, and the ultimate price of crime.

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Jun 22, 1950, page 2 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com

Jun 22, 1950, page 3 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com

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Jul 08, 1950, page 5 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com

Jul 17, 1950, page 1 - The Sault Star at Newspapers.com

Jul 18, 1950, page 8 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com

Jul 18, 1950, page 17 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.com

Sept 06, 1950, page 1 - Niagara Falls Review at Newspapers.com

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Sept 07, 1950, page 9 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com

Sept 07, 1950, page 31 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com

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Aug 05, 1952, page 3 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com

The Ballad of HERB McAULIFFE (2023)

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Canadian Legends: The Lost Lemon Mine and The Vanishing Village at Angikuni Lake

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 356: In this episode, we explore two enduring Canadian legends that have captivated imaginations for generations. Our journey begins with the Lost Lemon Mine, a tale from the Canadian Rockies dating back to 1870. Two prospectors, Frank Lemon and "Blackjack," allegedly discovered gold, but their expedition descended into a dark saga of murder, madness, and an alleged curse that has kept the mine's location hidden for over 150 years.

We then venture to the frigid wilderness of Nunavut, where the mystery of the vanishing village at Angikuni Lake unfolds. In November 1930, fur trapper Joe Labelle reportedly discovered an abandoned Inuit settlement, sparking an investigation and endless speculation about the disappearance of an entire Inuit village. Join us as we delve into these fascinating Canadian mysteries, examining the evidence, historical context, and their lasting impact on the nation's folklore.

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The Lost Lemon Mine: The Greatest Mystery of the Canadian Rockies by Dan Riley

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Homicidal Somnambulism: Are You a Murderer if You Kill in Your Sleep?

Mon, 24 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 355: In this episode, we explore a phenomenon that blurs the line between consciousness and culpability: homicidal somnambulism. Can a person be held responsible for murder if they commit the act while sleepwalking? We'll examine two haunting cases that have grappled with this very question. First, we'll unravel the infamous story of Kenneth Parks, who, in 1987, drove 23 kilometres from his home in Pickering to Scarborough, Ontario, where he brutally attacked his in-laws, Dennis and Barbara Woods, killing his mother-in-law. Then, we'll turn our attention to the lesser-known case of Clayton John Vickberg, who attempted to kill his friend Hugh Heglin in Victoria. B.C., in 1996, while allegedly in a state of automatism. These cases challenge our understanding of criminal intent and raise unsettling questions about the nature of consciousness itself.

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If you kill someone in your sleep, are you a murderer?

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The Fosterville Murders

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 354: In the quiet, close-knit community of Fosterville, New Brunswick, a crime of unspeakable horror shattered the peace on November 26, 1924. Two young sisters, Cynthia (14) and Necia Foster (10), were found bound, gagged, and brutally murdered in the lakeside camp of their uncle, Harry D. Williams. The sheer brutality of the crime sent shockwaves through the region, making it one of the most infamous cases in New Brunswick’s history.

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The 2018 Toronto Van Attack

Mon, 10 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 353: On April 23, 2018, a bright spring afternoon turned into a nightmare when a rented van plowed through pedestrians along Yonge Street in North York, a Toronto neighbourhood. In just minutes, 10 lives were tragically lost, and 16 others were injured; one of those later passed away from her injuries, bringing the death toll to 11. The community was left mourning, and the country grappled with questions of how and why such a senseless act could occur.

The man behind the wheel was 25-year-old Alec Minassian, a self-proclaimed member of the so-called "incel" community—short for "involuntary celibate." This online subculture, rooted in misogyny and resentment, has been linked to acts of violence, often targeting women. Minassian’s actions that day were not random; they were a calculated act of terror fueled by a toxic ideology that glorifies hatred and violence against those perceived as rejecting or oppressing men like him.

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Elliot Rodger meticulously planned Isla Vista rampage, report says

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The Westray Mine Disaster

Mon, 03 Feb 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 352: At 5:18 a.m. on May 9, 1992, in Plymouth, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, in the Westray Mine, a methane gas explosion, followed by a coal dust blast, ripped through the underground tunnels, claiming the lives of 26 miners working the night shift.

The tragedy unfolded against a backdrop of known safety violations and ignored warnings. In the aftermath, a gripping rescue attempt captivated the nation as teams of drägermen braved hazardous conditions in a desperate search for survivors. The bodies of 15 miners were recovered during the initial rescue and recovery efforts. However, the remains of 11 miners were never recovered and remain entombed deep within the mine to this day.

Despite criminal charges being filed against the mine owners and its management, no convictions were secured due to the complexity of establishing legal responsibility. More than ten years later, the federal government introduced amendments to the Criminal Code in response to this tragedy.

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Killed on the Job: Constable Emmanuel Aucoin

Mon, 27 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 351: On March 8, 1987, a routine Sunday morning traffic stop on a quiet stretch of Route 640 between Yoho Lake and Hanwell to the southwest of Fredericton, New Brunswick, turned into a tragedy that shocked the nation. Constable Emmanuel “Manni” Aucoin, a 31-year-old highway patrol officer, husband and father of two young children, was shot and killed in the line of duty. His murderer, Anthony Phillip Romeo, an American fugitive who was wanted for another killing in New York, had been fleeing authorities when Aucoin pulled him over for speeding. Romeo shot Aucoin twice in the head as he wrote up a ticket, leaving him to die in his cruiser before fleeing back to the United States. Romeo was later captured, claiming Aucoin was a monster who’d been killing young men.

Constable Aucoin was the third Canadian police officer killed on duty in 1987 and was the first and only member of the New Brunswick Highway Patrol ever to die while serving.

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SUSPECT IS NAMED IN MURDER OF SON OF EX-AIDE TO CUOMO (Published 1987)

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1985 L.I. conviction is overturned

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New Brunswick highway patrol officer's killer denied full parole | CBC News

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Transatlantic Tragedy — The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth

Mon, 13 Jan 2025 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 350: Ashley Wadsworth’s story is one of hope and adventure turned into a nightmare. Originally from Vernon, British Columbia, Ashley travelled to the UK to be with her boyfriend, Jack Sepple, whom she had met online. However, what began as a romantic journey ended in tragedy when she was found dead in February 2022. Her murder shocked communities on both sides of the Atlantic and raised questions about the dangers of online relationships.

Join us as we unravel the details of this heartbreaking case, examining the events leading up to Ashley’s untimely death and the subsequent investigation that brought her killer to justice.

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The Power of Giving a 'No Comment' Interview During Police Questioning

Charge laid after B.C. woman killed in U.K.

Chelmsford: UPDATE Man charged with murder

Boyfriend killed Canadian teenager then filmed bloody confession | ITV News

'She wanted to help him... He repaid by taking her life' | ITV News

The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth | MacLeans

Vernon, B.C. teen’s U.K. killer sentenced to 23.5 years

‘She wanted to do so many things’: Vernon family grieving woman murdered in England

‘I was shocked’: Mother of Vernon teen murdered in England upon guilty plea

Documentary on B.C. teen’s murder airs on British TV

‘I thought England was the safest place in the world’ — DailyMail

Brit who killed girlfriend after she flew to UK was banned from meeting own mum

Mother of Vernon woman killed by boyfriend reacts to documentary about the death - Okanagan

The Murder Of Ashley Wadsworth — ITVX Documentary

Clare’s Law

Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol (Clare’s Law) Act | Royal Canadian Mounted Police

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Christmas 2024: Mummers, Murder and Manifestations

Mon, 23 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 349: In the 8th Christmas episode of the Dark Poutine podcast, we once again dive into the shadowy side of holiday traditions that often go unnoticed amidst the festive cheer. This episode will explore the dark origins of some Christmas customs, such as mummering, a practice steeped in mystery and community engagement, where masked individuals visit homes to entertain and sometimes frighten.

We will also recount the chilling tale of Isaac Mercer, who met a tragic end at the hands of mummers in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, in 1860.

Additionally, we’ll dig into the age-old custom of telling ghost stories during Christmas, which has deep roots in ancient traditions. This custom entertains and serves as a poignant reminder of mortality amidst the holiday festivities, adding an intriguing layer to our understanding of Christmas celebrations. We’ll share some chilly Canadian ghost stories along the way.

Sources:

Saturnalia | Celebration, Sacrifice, & Influence on Christmas | Britannica

The Wild Holiday That Turned Ancient Rome Upside Down

The Fright Before Christmas by Jeff Belanger

Mummers, Murder and Mayhem

Archival Moments: An Act Outlawing Mummering

Celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way: with drunken mayhem | CBC News

Ep079 The Isaac Mercer Mummer Murder Case. | MUN

Statutes of Newfoundland, 1861

The Christmas Tradition With A Dark Side | The Murder Of Isaac Mercer | Youtube

Any Mummers ’Lowed In?: Christmas Mummering Traditions in Newfoundland and Labrador by Dale Jarvis

The dark side of mummering: What you may not know about a beloved tradition | CBC News

The Isaac Mercer Mummer Murder Gate | Carved by the Sea

Victorian Christmas Ghost Storytelling Traditions in Montreal

Rousing ghost of Mount Royal

The Coffin Surfing Ghost

Montreal’s Duggan House built on a foundation of the uncanny

The long journey for a body's burial

10 famously spooky Canadian ghost tales

Mysteries in Canadian History

7 Spooky Stories from Across Canada

Augustus John Peers (1848-1901)

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The Gay Purge in Canada Part 2: The 1960’s -1990's

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 348: This is part 2 of our coverage of the Gay Purge in Canada. Last week, we uncovered the origins of the Canadian government’s purge of gays and queer folk, a campaign that began in the early years of the Cold War.

This week, we take a chilling dive into one of the government’s most sinister methods—the Fruit Machine. This pseudoscientific device was meant to expose gay individuals through invasive tests, and how the RCMP and military’s attempted Purge of gays from civil service continued unabated all the way through to the 1990s.

Sources:

Peyton V. Lyon, The Loyalties of E. Herbert Norman: A Report Prepared for External Affairs and International Trade Canada, March 18, 1990 (Ottawa: 1990).

Bowen, Roger W, Innocence Is Not Enough: The Life and Death of Herbert Norman (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1986).

Kinsman, Gary, and Patrizia Gentile. The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. University of British Columbia Press, 2010.

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Canada’s Cold War Purge of 2SLGBTQ2+ from Public Service" The Canadian Encyclopedia

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https://ambcanada.ca/ambassadors/egerton-herbert-norman/

Arthur Newspaper

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The Gay Purge in Canada Part 1: The 1940’s-1960’s

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 347: In this episode, part one of two, thanks to Mathew’s intrepid and unflinching research, we’re peeling back the layers on one of the most harrowing chapters in Canadian history: the Gay Purge.

Officially, the campaign targeted LGBTQ+ individuals as part of a national security effort—citing their supposed susceptibility to blackmail by Soviet agents - But the real story is that these purges were driven more by institutional homophobia cloaked in Cold War fears and rhetoric than by legitimate security concerns. The blackmail excuse became a convenient cover for the government's systemic discrimination, allowing a deeply entrenched homophobia to flourish unchecked.

This campaign stretched from the 1950s through to the 1990s, destroying lives, careers, and communities along the way. We’ll explore the origins of this agenda, how it escalated, and look at a few of the stories of individuals affected.

Sources:

Peyton V. Lyon, The Loyalties of E. Herbert Norman: A Report Prepared for External Affairs and International Trade Canada, March 18, 1990 (Ottawa: 1990).

Bowen, Roger W, Innocence Is Not Enough: The Life and Death of Herbert Norman (Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 1986).

Kinsman, Gary, and Patrizia Gentile. The Canadian War on Queers: National Security as Sexual Regulation. University of British Columbia Press, 2010.

The Canadian Encyclopedia: "Canada’s Cold War Purge of 2SLGBTQ2+ from Public Service" The Canadian Encyclopedia

Village Legacy Project: "Ottawa LGBT History: The 'Fruit Machine'" Village Legacy Project

https://definingmomentscanada.ca/all-for-9/historical-articles/lgbt-purge/#_edn3

https://www.trentarthur.ca/news/i-was-a-good-soldier-understanding-the-fruit-machine-2018-dir-sarah-fodey

https://ambcanada.ca/ambassadors/egerton-herbert-norman/

Arthur Newspaper

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Complex Justice: The Tragic Story of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash

Mon, 02 Dec 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 346: In this episode, we look into the life and mysterious murder of Annie Mae Pictou Aquash, a prominent Indigenous activist whose story continues to haunt the corridors of justice and activism alike. During the tumultuous 1970s, her journey took her from Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, to the heart of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the United States, where she fought for Indigenous rights.

The mystery surrounding Annie Mae's death is as compelling as her life. In December 1975, she disappeared and was later found deceased on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. Initial reports misleadingly attributed her death to exposure, but a second autopsy revealed she had been executed with a bullet to the back of her head. This revelation raised questions about who could have orchestrated such a brutal act against someone so profoundly committed to her cause.

It took almost 30 years before the shocking truth was uncovered and the people responsible for Annie’s murder were brought to justice.

Sources:

Annie Mae Aquash (1945 – 1975)

Shubenacadie Wildlife Park

A Warrior born... | Biography of Annie Mae

Crossing the Canada-U.S. border with a status card

CBP Customer Service

9.16 The 1960s Counterculture – Canadian History: Post-Confederation

National Day of Mourning: A 1970 protest changed how Native Americans see Thanksgiving | CBC Radio

Wounded Knee Massacre | South Dakota, Occupation, History, & Legacy | Britannica

Historical Reading Room — Incident at Wounded Knee | U.S. Marshals Service

Native Americans seized Wounded Knee 50 years ago. Here's what 1 reporter remembers

MuckRock | Annie Mae Aquash FBI Files

Annie Mae Aquash – From the US to Kurdistan: the indigenous struggle for freedom

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2022 BCCA 47 (CanLII) | Graham v. Canada (Minister of Justice) | CanLII

Justice for Annie Mae Pictou Aquash Woman Warrior

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Particularly Cruel: The Murder of Baylee Wylie

Mon, 25 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 345: In December 2015, the quiet city of Moncton, New Brunswick, was shaken to its core by a brutal crime that would leave an indelible mark on the community. Eighteen-year-old Baylee Wylie was found dead in a burned-out townhouse, the victim of a horrific murder that shocked residents and sparked a manhunt for those responsible.

Three young people who Baylee thought were his friends were ultimately charged for their roles in Wylie's death: Marissa Shephard, 20 at the time, along with Devin Morningstar and Tyler Noel, both 18. The gruesome nature of the crime - Baylee had been tied to a chair, beaten, and stabbed approximately 200 times - sent shockwaves through Moncton.

The murder and subsequent trials captivated the region, with media coverage detailing the drug-fueled night that ended in tragedy. The community grappled with the senseless loss of a young life and the disturbing actions of the perpetrators.

In this episode, we'll explore the events leading up to that fateful night, the impact on Baylee's family and the wider Moncton community, and the following quest for justice. Join us as we examine one of the most notorious crimes in recent New Brunswick history.

Sources:

2017 NBQB 7 (CanLII) | R v. Morningstar | CanLII

2017 NBCA 39 (CanLII) | Morningstar v. R. | CanLII

2019 NBCA 76 (CanLII) | Shephard v. R. | CanLII

2021 NBQB 218 (CanLII) | R v Shephard | CanLII

2021 NBQB 181 (CanLII) | HMQ v. Marissa June Shephard | CanLII

Baylee Wylie Murder | News, Videos & Articles | GlobalNews

In loving memory of Baylee Wylie

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Buried Evidence: The Murder of Erin Chorney

Mon, 18 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 344: In 2002, Brandon, Manitoba, was rocked by the disappearance of Erin Chorney, a feisty and energetic teenager with her whole life ahead of her. What began as a simple outing—Erin telling her mother she'd be back in an hour—turned into a parent's worst nightmare when she never returned home. As days turned into weeks and weeks into months, the community of Brandon rallied around the Chorney family, desperately searching for answers.

The truth behind Erin's disappearance would only come to light through one of Canada's most contentious investigative techniques. You guessed it — Mister Big. The case led investigators down a dark path, culminating in a shocking confession and a grim discovery that would forever change the lives of those involved.

Join us as we explore the details of this heart-wrenching case, examining the investigation that followed, the controversial methods employed by law enforcement, and the lasting impact on a community forever changed by tragedy.

Sources:

Brandon | City, Prairie, Wheat Capital | Britannica

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CHORNEY DARCY JAMES - Obituaries - Brandon Sun Passages

Fooled Into Giving A Full Confession | Dark Waters Of Crime | Real Crime

Undercover police sting ends with arrest of shocked murder suspect

Jun 18, 2005, page 4 - Nanaimo Daily News at Newspapers.com

Oct 08, 2006, page 22 - News-Press at Newspapers.com

Girlfriend-killer loses appeal

Jun 2014: Killer can't visit dying relative

Brandon man convicted of murdering Erin Chorney applying for parole under faint-hope clause

Apr 2021: Murder 'devastated' Chorney family

To the Grave: Inside a Spectacular RCMP Sting by Mike McIntyre

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Remembrance Day 2024: More Badass Canadians at War

Mon, 11 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 343: This is our special Remembrance Day episode. Each year on November 11, Canadians pause to remember the sacrifices made by those who served in the armed forces, defending our country and our allies with incredible courage and resolve.

Last year, we shared the story of one remarkable Canadian soldier, Leo Major. Leo was a scout and sniper who, against all odds, single-handedly liberated the Dutch town of Zwolle in 1945. Moving under cover of darkness, he confused and intimidated German forces through a series of daring attacks, leading them to believe an entire Allied battalion was upon them. His incredible bravery and tactical genius not only saved the town but established him as a true legend.

This year, we’ll explore the stories of several more incredible Canadians who, like Leo, faced impossible odds with courage, ingenuity, and the unbreakable Canadian spirit. These people faced unimaginable odds, fought for our freedom and justice, and showed the world the strength of the Canadian spirit. Join us as we honour and remember these heroes—names that deserve a place in history and our hearts.

Sources:

Francis Pegahmagabow - Veterans Affairs Canada

Corporal Francis Pegahmagabow Memorial - National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials (NICMM) - Memorials - Remembrance - Veterans Affairs Canada

PEGAHMAGABOW, FRANCIS - War Records

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Chief Francis Pegahmagabow, 1889-1952

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Ernest Smith | Wikipedia

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Tommy Prince | Legion Magazine

Prince of Death: Canada’s Indigenous war hero | Legion Magazine

Tommy Prince | Wikipedia

Tommy Prince | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Tommy Prince - Veterans Affairs Canada

NATIONAL INDIGENOUS HISTORY MONTH: Tommy Prince

Bizarre But True Facts: Canada in WWII

10 Badass Canadian War Heroes

'If you don't get us out of here, we're all going to die': Heroes Among Us

The Canadian hero whose leadership prevented countless casualties in Afghanistan

History-April 27 1945: The crazy trio who helped a starving war-torn Holland

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Still on the Run: The Murder of Krystal Senyk

Mon, 04 Nov 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 342: In the quiet Yukon community of Carcross, a chilling tragedy unfolded on March 1st, 1992, forever changing the lives of those involved and leaving a lasting impact on the region. Krystal Nicole Senyk, a twenty-nine-year-old with her whole life ahead of her, was found dead in the doorway of her cabin, the victim of a brutal murder.

The prime suspect in this heinous crime was Ronald Jeffrey Bax, the husband of Krystal's friend Lynn. In the hours between Krystal's murder and the discovery of her body, Bax, charged with murder in absentia, vanished without a trace, setting in motion a decades-long search for justice.

This case, which has haunted the Yukon for over 30 years, is a tale of tragedy, mystery, and the relentless pursuit of truth. Despite the passage of time, Ronald Bax has never been found, leaving authorities, Krystal's family and the community with unanswered questions and a continuing need for closure.

Sources:

Wanted by the RCMP: Ronald Jeffrey Bax | Royal Canadian Mounted Police

WhatHappenedToRonBax.com | A Yukon mystery

I Got a Name: The Murder of Krystal Senyk

Woman is shot; RCMP hunt for murder suspect

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Mar 04, 1992, page 1 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com

Mar 05, 1992, page 1 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com

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Nov 13, 1992, page 1 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com

Nov 13, 1992, page 2 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com

Mar 02, 1993, page 3 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com

Nov 20, 1995, page 1 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com

Oct 18, 2000, page 46 - Whitehorse Daily Star at Newspapers.com

Remember Krystal, remember them all

‘A mother should never have to go through this’

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Halloween Road Trip: Hauntings, Ghosts and Poltergeists Around the World

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 341: Welcome to a very special Halloween edition of Dark Poutine. This year, we’re also celebrating our seventh anniversary! Over the years, we’ve explored the darkest corners of Canadian crime and history, but tonight, we’re widening the lens to take you on a ghostly journey around the world. In the spirit of the spookiest time of year, we’ll dive into the eerie world of hauntings, ghosts and, of course, poltergeists—those noisy, mischievous spirits that have haunted homes, thrown objects, and terrified families across different cultures for centuries. Buckle up for a global tour of unsettling encounters and unexplained phenomena that have left their mark in folklore, history, and, for some, reality. Get ready to be both intrigued and chilled to the bone!

Sources:

Society for Psychical Research

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Types Of Ghosts and Spirits

Ghosts, poltergeists, and demons: What’s the difference?

The Ghost Glossary: The Difference Between Ghosts, Ghouls, Goblins, And More

Hauntings and Poltergeists | SPR

The Great Amherst Mystery, 1888

Mary Ellen Fire Spook - An Antigonish Haunting

The Hanging Cage That Held An Infamous Québec Murderess

Who is Marie-Josephte Corriveau?

The “Stone Tape Theory” of hauntings: A geological perspective

Family Ghosts: Bringing Back the Dead (Part II)

My Family Ghost Stories

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Satanic Panic: A Canadian Export

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 340: In the early 1980s, a wave of fear with its origins in Canada, swept across North America, igniting what would become known as the Satanic Panic. This moral hysteria, fueled by sensationalized media reports and dubious claims of widespread satanic ritual abuse, had its roots in a controversial book published in 1980 titled “Michelle Remembers.”

As the panic spread, it manifested in several high-profile cases across Canada. One of the most notorious incidents occurred in Martensville, Saskatchewan, where unfounded allegations of ritual abuse at a local daycare center led to multiple arrests and a community torn apart by suspicion and fear. Other cases emerged in various provinces, each feeding into the growing narrative of a vast, underground network of satanic cults preying on innocent children.

Sources:

Michelle Remembers by Smith, Michelle | Internet Archive

Michelle Remembers — fiction disguised as fact

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UNCOVER SEASON 6- SATANIC PANIC: Transcripts | Listen | CBC Radio

Hell to pay: Revisiting the Martensville satanic sex scandal (2003) - The Fifth Estate | YouTube

1995 CanLII 4037 (SK CA) | R. v. Sterling | CanLII

2003 SKQB 559 (CanLII) | K. v. Miazga | CanLII

2007 SKCA 57 (CanLII) | Kvello v. Miazga | CanLII

Aug 12, 1990, page 8 - The Independent at Newspapers.com

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West Memphis Three: What You Should Know About Their Wrongful Conviction

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Believe the Children: Re-Reading the Satanic Panic Through Michelle Remembers

How a doctor and his patient sparked a global ‘Satanic Panic’

It’s Time to Revisit the Satanic Panic | NYT

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America's Satanic Panic Returns — This Time Through QAnon

We Believe the Children: A Moral Panic in the 1980s | Amazon

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Cybercrime in Canada: Staying Safe Online

Wed, 16 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000

This bonus episode of Dark Poutine is brought to you by MasterCard. In this special episode, we’re exploring a growing threat hitting more close to home than ever—cybercrime. We’ve dived deep into all sorts of dark tales before, but this one is a bit different because it’s happening right now, affecting people and businesses across Canada.

Sources:

Mastercard Trust Centre | Cybersecurity Solutions for Every Business

mastercard.ca/trust

webcrunchers.com | Wayback Machine

Elk Cloner

John Draper

Michael Calce

Mafiaboy’s story points to Net weaknesses

Meet Mafiaboy, The 'Bratty Kid' Who Took Down The Internet

'Mafiaboy' breaks silence, paints 'portrait of a hacker' | CNN

A Q&A with MafiaBoy

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Why Canada has so many cyberattacks—and why we're all at risk | MacLeans

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Am I Impacted? | LifeLabs

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BC’s Last Man Hanged — The Tale of Leo Mantha

Mon, 14 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000

On the night of September 6, 1958, Aaron “Bud’ Jenkins was stabbed to death as he slept in his barracks at the Naval base in Esquimalt on Vancouver Island here in British Columbia. A man named Leo Mantha confessed to the crime, was tried, found guilty of 1st-degree murder, and executed in 1959. He was the last person ever to be executed in British Columbia and the 3rd last to be executed in Canada. At the time, executions were rare, and most Canadian death penalty verdicts were commuted to life in prison. After revisiting the crime, the consensus among experts today is that anyone else would have been charged with manslaughter or 2nd-degree murder, and not 1st-degree murder. So why do Leo Mantha hang? The fact that Leo Mantha was gay was the only factor that made him stand out at the time of the crime. Was his a hanging by homophobia?

Sources:

https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/506263024/

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Cold and Dark: The 1998 Quebec Ice Storm

Mon, 07 Oct 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 338: The Great North American Ice Storm of January 1998 was a devastating natural disaster caused by five consecutive ice storms affecting eastern Ontario, southern Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, northern New York, and central Maine. Montreal and southern Quebec were hardest hit, with freezing rain from January 4th to 9th accumulating up to 100 millimetres, collapsing trees, power lines, and steel towers. Nearly 3.5 million Quebecers and 600,000 Ontarians lost power, with blackouts lasting up to 33 days. The storm claimed 34 lives and led to the largest Canadian military deployment since the Korean War. The disaster tested the resilience of residents, who endured extreme cold and isolation while demonstrating heroism and community spirit.

Sources:

Jan 07, 1998, page 1 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com

The 1998 ice storm that called for the deployment of 16,000 military personnel | Weather Network

Ice storm changes the way cities prepare for disasters

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Ice Storm '98 relived: A handful of Quebecers look back

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25 years later: Quebec remembers ice storm that plunged province into darkness | CTV News

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25 years later: Quebec remembers ice storm that plunged province into darkness

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Valentine’s Day Nightmare: The Murder of Betty Hart

Mon, 30 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000

On the evening of February 14, 1985, Valentine’s Day, at around 6:00 p.m., Bryan Hart of Colborne, Ontario, came home to a quiet house after work. He looked around the house for his wife, Betty, but could not find her. The couple’s 19-year-old son had already been home for an hour and a half. Michael said he hadn’t seen his mom but had noticed a pair of glasses she wore sitting on the landing leading into the basement. Thinking his mother was out somewhere, Michael picked up the glasses and put them on top of the refrigerator in the kitchen for safekeeping.

On learning about the glasses from Michael, Bryan felt compelled to check the basement. It was the only place he hadn’t checked yet. In the cellar, Bryan discovered Betty lying on her side in a vast pool of blood. She was unresponsive. Bryan raced back upstairs and told his son to call an ambulance.

Marguerite Elizabeth (Betty) Hart, 46, was dead. Among Betty’s many injuries, her throat had been slashed. Early on, the OPP presumed Betty’s wounds to be self-inflicted, but not all was as it appeared.

Sources:

1987 CanLII 124 (ON CA) | R. v. Moran | CanLII

SCC Docket | Donald Philip John Moran v. Her Majesty the Queen

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Apr 30, 1985, page 7 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com

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Murder in Fort Mac: The Case of Robert LeVoir

Mon, 23 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000

In November of 2002, friends and family of 25-year-old Fort McMurray DJ Robert LeVoir became concerned that they hadn’t heard from him in over two weeks. Although he’d been a troubled guy, struggling with drugs, cocaine in particular, it wasn’t like Robert to be out of touch for so long. They worried about his welfare and began searching for him, eventually involving the RCMP.

To Robert’s family, the RCMP appeared to be doing little to find their loved one. However, behind closed doors, investigators were working on a tip from a man claiming Robert’s roommate, Dax Richard Mack, also a DJ, had murdered Robert LeVoir and disposed of his body.

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Ever a Hero: The 101-Year-Old Who Took Down a Killer

Mon, 16 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000

On December 18, 2014, 101-year-old Ernest Côté, a decorated World War II veteran, became the target of a violent home invasion. The assailant, Ian Bush, gained entry to Côté's secure condo building using fake City of Ottawa identification. Bush proceeded to rob and terrorize the elderly war hero, binding his hands, taping his mouth shut, and leaving him to suffocate with a plastic bag over his head. However, Côté's remarkable strength and presence of mind allowed him to break free, cut a hole in the bag, and call for help.

Little did anyone know that Côté's bravery would not only save his own life but would also lead to the resolution of a gruesome unsolved triple homicide from 2007. The evidence Côté preserved, particularly the duct tape used to gag him, provided the crucial DNA link that connected Bush to the murders of retired tax court judge Alban Garon, 77, his wife Raymonde Garon, 73, and their friend Marie-Claire Beniskos, 78. These three victims, all in their 70s, had been found hogtied, beaten, and suffocated in the Garons' luxury condo, leaving investigators baffled for years.

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Forget Me Not — The Murder of Tina Illingworth-Eisnor

Mon, 09 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 334: In this episode, we look at a tragic case of domestic violence that shook the small community of New Germany, Nova Scotia. On June 30, 2010, the quiet parking lot of a local grocery store became the scene of a horrific crime that would forever change the lives of the Eisnor family. Wayne Paul Eisnor, driven by jealousy and an unwillingness to let go, confronted his estranged wife, Tina Mae Illingworth-Eisnor, as she sat in her van. In a shocking act of violence that unfolded in broad daylight, Wayne shot Tina twice in the head, ending her life and then turned the gun on himself. Wayne, although he suffered brain damage, survived his wound.

Here, we explore the events leading up to this devastating moment, the aftermath of the shooting, and the complex legal proceedings that followed, including Wayne’s claims of amnesia, shedding light on a case that left a community in disbelief and a family deeply torn.

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Summer Cut Short: The 1977 Rosedale Murders

Mon, 02 Sep 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 333: On the evening of July 18, 1977, five local teenagers were relaxing, drinking and listening to music near Ferry Island Park on the banks of the Fraser River just east of Chilliwack. It was a beautiful summer night.

At 9:40 p.m., a man appeared from the underbrush armed with a rifle and, without a word, began shooting. Four of the teens were killed: Brothers from Rosedale, Jan Christiaan “John” Den Hertog,16, and Evert “Ed” Den Hertog, 19, Egbert “Bert” Menger, 19, of Clearbrook and Rosedale resident Leola Corrinne Guliker, 16. The killer sped off in Evert Den Hertog’s truck, while the only survivor, fifteen-year-old Adrian “Eddie” Menger, Egbert’s younger brother, fled and sought help.

The terrified community, stunned by the senseless slayings, began burying their dead while police sought a killer. More than a month later, they had their man — 23-year-old Walter Murray Madsen of Chilliwack. Madsen had then dumped all four victims into the Fraser, hoping the water would hide the evidence of his horrific crime.

Madsen’s bizarre motives for the shootings and further plans were revealed at his trial in 1978. Leola Guliker’s body was not found until nine months after the shooting, just days after Madsen was sentenced to life in prison for her killing and the three others.

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Out of Sight, Out of Mind: The Leprosy Colony of D’Arcy Island

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 332: In this episode of Dark Poutine, we delve into a troubling chapter of British Columbia’s history that reveals the deep-seated racism and fear that plagued our past. D’Arcy Island, a small and isolated landmass off the coast of Vancouver Island, became home to a leprosy colony from 1891 to 1924. But this wasn’t just any colony; it was a place where Chinese immigrants who had contracted the disease were forcibly sent to live out their days in harsh and inhumane conditions, far from society’s view.

Leprosy, now known as Hansen’s disease, has been misunderstood and deeply feared throughout history. The disease, although not highly contagious and treatable today, was seen as a mark of shame and led to the isolation of those afflicted. The establishment of the D’Arcy Island colony was rooted not only in fear of the disease but also in the racist attitudes of the time, which viewed Chinese immigrants as expendable and less deserving of care.

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Inside Out: The Murders of Panagiota Zerbinos and April Peregooda

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 331: On November 8, 2012, in a bloody crime scene, police discovered the body of 43-year-old Panagiota “Yota” Zerbinos in her daughter’s basement suite in the Fleetwood neighbourhood of Surrey, B.C. Yota had been brutally stabbed 24 times and left under a blanket; the murder weapon, a kitchen knife, was still in her chest. Two days later, Yota’s 28-year-old daughter, Gloria Crystle Zerbinos, was arrested and charged with second-degree murder. She pleaded not guilty, citing her schizophrenia, drug abuse and other complex mental health issues, claiming she was not criminally responsible for her mother’s death. Gloria was held at Alouette Correctional Centre for Women.

However, as court proceedings continued, another inmate, 51-year-old April Peregooda, was found unresponsive in Gloria Zerbinos’s cell.

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Graphic Details: The Murder of Iana Kasian

Mon, 12 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 330: In this episode, we explore a horrific case that shocked both Hollywood and Canada - the brutal murder of Iana Kasian by her fiancé, graphic novelist and filmmaker Blake Leibel.

On May 26, 2016, the mutilated body of 30-year-old Iana Kasian was discovered in the West Hollywood apartment she shared with Leibel. What makes this case particularly chilling is not just the gruesome nature of the crime but the background of the perpetrator himself.

Blake Leibel, born into a wealthy Canadian family, had relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the entertainment industry. As a graphic novelist and aspiring filmmaker, Leibel had contributed to a work titled “Syndrome,” which eerily foreshadowed the brutal manner in which he would later take Kasian's life.

The timing of this heinous act adds another layer of tragedy to the story. Kasian, originally from Ukraine, had given birth to the couple's daughter just three weeks before her murder. What should have been a joyous time for the new parents instead became a nightmare that would leave a child without her mother and a family shattered.

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Radicalized Canadian: The Attack on Paul Pelosi

Mon, 05 Aug 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 329: On October 28, 2022, Paul Pelosi, husband of former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was brutally attacked in his San Francisco home. The perpetrator? A 42-year-old Canadian man named David DePape.

Born and raised in British Columbia, DePape's journey from a small-town Canadian to an alleged political extremist is a disturbing tale of online radicalization. As we'll explore in this episode, DePape became immersed in far-right conspiracy theories and extremist ideologies, particularly those aligned with QAnon and other conspiratorial narratives.

The attack on Paul Pelosi serves as a chilling reminder of how online misinformation and conspiracy theories can lead to real-world violence. We'll examine how DePape's beliefs evolved, the role of social media echo chambers in his radicalization, and the broader implications of this case for Canadian and American society.

Join us as we unravel the events leading up to that fateful night in San Francisco and explore the dark undercurrents of extremism that can turn an ordinary Canadian into a violent offender on the international stage.

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Honourless: The Shafia Family Murders

Mon, 29 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 328: On June 30, 2009, the serene waters of the Rideau Canal in Kingston, Ontario, revealed a dark and tragic secret. A submerged car discovered that day contained the bodies of three teenage sisters—Zainab (19), Sahar (17), and Geeti (13) Shafia—along with their father's first wife, Rona Muhammad Amir (52).

What initially appeared to be a tragic accident soon unravelled into a chilling tale of premeditated murder. The perpetrators, Mohammad Shafia, his second wife, Tooba Mohammad Yahya, and their son, Hamed, were arrested on July 23, 2009, and later convicted of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder.

Shockingly, the victims were Mohammad Shafia's daughters and his first wife. This heinous act, driven by twisted notions of family honour, shocked the nation and highlighted the grim reality of honour-based violence. Join us as we delve into the harrowing details of the Shafia family murders, a case that not only captivated Canada but also sparked crucial conversations about domestic violence and the challenges faced by immigrant families in preserving their cultural values while integrating into a new society.

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2016 ONCA 812 (CanLII) | R. v. Shafia | CanLII

2013 ONCA 248 (CanLII) | R. v. Kailayapillai | CanLII

2004 BCSC 998 (CanLII) | R. v. Atwal | CanLII

2002 BCSC 928 (CanLII) | R. v. Nahar | CanLII

2004 BCCA 77 (CanLII) | R. v. Nahar | CanLII

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Hopes Crushed: The Murder of Maple Batalia

Mon, 22 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 327: Maple Batalia, a 19-year-old college student studying health sciences, was also a working model and actress and loved to paint. On the night of September 28, 2011, after a late-night study session at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus, she was shot and attacked with a knife in a parking lot as she left the campus library. The savage nature of the attack left her with multiple gunshot wounds and severe stab wounds to her head. Despite efforts to save her, Maple succumbed to her injuries at a Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminister.

Suspicion immediately fell on Maple’s ex-boyfriend, Gurjinder (Gary) Dhaliwal, with whom she’d broken up a month before. Dhaliwal refused to leave Maple alone and obsessively contacted her since their breakup, and he had been violent with her. Days before her murder, Dhaliwal had violently confronted Maple, and police became involved, telling him to stay away. Dhaliwal claimed innocence after Maple’s slaying, but his relationship with his friend Gursimar (Gary) Bedi proved to be his undoing.

Sources:

2016 BCSC 1930 (CanLII) | R. v. Bedi | CanLII

2016 BCSC 1966 (CanLII) | R. v. Dhaliwal | CanLII

2016 BCSC 2528 (CanLII) | R. v. Dhaliwal | CanLII

2017 BCSC 292 (CanLII) | R. v. Bedi | CanLII

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The British Home Child Migrant Scheme

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 326: Between 1869 and 1948, over 100,000 children from the United Kingdom were sent to Canada and other British commonwealth countries such as Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa as part of the British Home Children migration scheme. This movement was initiated to alleviate the burden of poverty and overcrowded workhouses in Britain by providing these children with opportunities abroad. However, the reality for many of these children was harsh.

In Canada, they were often placed with farm families where boys worked as labourers and girls as domestic servants. While some found caring homes, many others faced neglect, abuse, and exploitation. The children were frequently moved from one placement to another, leading to instability and a lack of proper education. Despite these hardships, many British Home Children contributed significantly to Canadian society, with some even enlisting in the military during the World Wars. Today, it is estimated that over ten percent of the Canadian population are descendants of these children, though many remain unaware of this heritage.

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The Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Edward H. Rulloff

Mon, 08 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 325: Edward H. Rulloff was a 19th-century Canadian-born serial killer renowned for his exceptional intellect and heinous crimes. Rulloff exhibited prodigious intellectual abilities from a young age. He was a polymath with expertise in various fields, including linguistics, where he made significant contributions, proposing theories on the origin of languages. Despite his scholarly achievements, Rulloff's life was marred by a series of crimes that began with the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Harriet Schutt Rulloff and their young daughter, Priscilla Charlotte Rulloff, in 1845, which many suspected to be his doing. His erudition earned him a reputation as one of the most learned men of his time, even while he was incarcerated.

Rulloff's criminal activities were as notorious as his intellect was celebrated. He was involved in a string of burglaries and was eventually implicated in multiple murders. His undoing was the killing of a store clerk, Frederick Merrick, during a robbery attempt. His two accomplices, Al Jarvis and Billy Dexter, also died while fleeing the crime scene. Rulloff was suspected of doing away with them.

He was soon captured and held for trial. Despite attempts to use his intellectual prowess as a defence, Rulloff was convicted and sentenced to death. His execution in 1871 was a significant event, as many viewed his death as the tragic end of a brilliant yet malevolent mind.

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What Happened to Sheree Fertuck?

Mon, 01 Jul 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 324: Sheree Fertuck, a 51-year-old businesswoman, mother of three, and grandmother from Saskatchewan, disappeared on December 7, 2015, after leaving her family’s lunch gathering at her mother’s farm in Kenaston to return to work at a nearby gravel pit. The next day, her abandoned gravel truck was found in the pit, with her personal belongings inside, raising immediate concerns about her unexplained disappearance. Despite extensive ground searches by her family, friends, and the police around the gravel pit and other locations, no trace of Sheree Fertuck has ever been found.

RCMP and Sheree’s family believed she was abducted, or worse, murdered. As the weeks and months passed with no sign of Sheree, suspicion fell on her estranged husband, Gregory Mitchell Fertuck, 62. The pair had been going through a contentious divorce for some years. The RCMP undertook an undercover operation to acquire a confession to Sheree’s murder. Due to legal challenges and COVID restrictions hampering proceedings, it was not until June 2024 that this case was finally resolved.

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Greg Fertuck threatened to shoot, bury wife: Crown witnesses | CBC News

'I'll gut you like a fish': Daughter testifies Greg Fertuck had history of threats against her mom | CBC News

Sheree Fertuck's sisters still searching for closure, justice 7 years after disappearance | CBC News

14 days, 35 witnesses: Who has testified so far at Greg Fertuck's 1st-degree murder trial | CBC News

Greg Fertuck calls former lawyer as defence witness at his murder trial

'Show me the body': Closing arguments heard at Greg Fertuck murder trial

Greg Fertuck 'never told me that he killed Sheree,' former girlfriend testifies at murder trial | CBC News

Greg Fertuck's murder trial adjourned for final decision after closing arguments

Sheree Fertuck | News, Videos & Articles | Global News

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Fertuck acted out killing estranged wife in secretly recorded confession video

Judge warns Greg Fertuck that court is not a 'playground' as murder trial resumes in Saskatoon | CBC News

Latest request from accused killer Fertuck 'unacceptable,' says Crown

Judge denies Fertuck's request for mistrial or to reopen murder trial

Greg Fertuck found guilty of killing ex-wife after nearly three-year long trial

Greg Fertuck found guilty of 1st-degree murder in 2015 disappearance of wife Sheree | CBC News

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The 2014 Nanaimo Mill Shooting: The Murders of Michael Lunn and Fred McEachern

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 323: In April 2014, a tragic shooting occurred at a sawmill in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Kevin Douglas Addison, 47, a former employee, opened fire at the Western Forest Products mill, killing Michael Lunn, 61, and Fred McEachern, 53, and injuring two others, Earl Kelly and Tony Sudar. Addison was charged with two counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder.

Addison's actions shook the tight-knit Nanaimo community and highlighted critical issues surrounding workplace violence and safety in industrial settings.

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Marine Disasters in NS and The Wreck of the SS Atlantic

Mon, 17 Jun 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 322: Nova Scotia's rugged coastline and treacherous waters have made it a graveyard for ships throughout history. The SS Atlantic, a White Star Line steamship, sank off Nova Scotia on April 1, 1873, in one of the worst maritime disasters before the Titanic. On its 19th voyage from Liverpool to New York with around 975 people on board, the ship ran short of coal and diverted to Halifax. Navigational errors caused it to strike rocks near Prospect, Nova Scotia. Rough seas hindered lifeboat launches, trapping many passengers below deck. Local fishermen and others aided in rescue efforts, but 562 people perished, marking it the greatest civilian loss in the North Atlantic at that time.

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Summer Tragedy: The 2018 Fredericton Shooting

Mon, 10 Jun 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 321: On August 10, 2018, the city of Fredericton, New Brunswick, was rocked by a horrific shooting that left four people dead. A man armed with a legally obtained assault-style rifle opened fire in a residential neighbourhood, killing two police officers and two civilians. Constables Robb Costello, 45, and Sara Burns, 43, were gunned down as they responded to reports of shots being fired. The civilian victims were 42-year-old Donnie Robichaud and his girlfriend, 32-year-old Bobbie Lee Wright.

The perpetrator, 48-year-old Matthew Vincent Raymond, was arrested at the scene after exchanging gunfire with other officers. He was charged with four counts of first-degree murder. Raymond was charged with four counts of first-degree murder. At his 2020 trial, two psychiatrists testified that he had a mental disorder that rendered him incapable of understanding his violent actions at the time they were committed. On November 20, 2020, after a nine-week trial, a jury found Raymond not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder. Many members of the public, including some members of the victims’ families, feel justice was not served.

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All That Remains: The Murder of Mary-Lynn Breeden

Mon, 03 Jun 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 320: In 1991, the city of Vancouver was rocked by the brutal murder of 29-year-old Mary-Lynn Kimberly Breeden. Friends and family called her Lynn. The charred remains of her body were discovered in a dumpster, with a single bullet wound to the skull. What followed was a complex investigation that would uncover a web of deceit, greed, and cold-blooded violence.

Through witness accounts, advances in forensic evidence, and detailed police work, detectives were able to piece together the chilling details of Breeden's final moments. Their investigation led them to a suspect named Christian Albert Cruz, a male stripper with a history of violence.

As the case unfolded, a tragic tale of betrayal and desperation began to emerge, shedding light on the dark motivations that drove one man to commit such a heinous act. Join us as we delve into the story of the murder of Lynn Breeden and explore the complex human emotions and societal factors that can lead to such senseless violence.

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Shadows of Deception (Part 3): The Murder of Wayne Millard

Mon, 27 May 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 319: In the first two parts of our Shadows of Deception series, we delved into the abysmal depths of depravity exhibited by Dellen Millard and Mark Smich through the heinous murders of Tim Bosma and Laura Babcock.

With Millard and Smich already incarcerated for their previous atrocities, a new investigation was launched into the 2012 death of Dellen's father, Wayne Millard, a wealthy aviation businessman. Initially presumed to be a suicide, the circumstances surrounding his demise came under intense scrutiny after his son's sensational arrests for the Bosma and Babcock murders.

After their investigation, authorities arrested Dellen Millard and charged him with the first-degree murder of his father. This shocking twist cast a sinister shadow over the already grim narrative, painting Dellen Millard as a far more depraved criminal than initially realized – one willing to extinguish even the life of his own flesh and blood. It appears that Dellen Millard is a cold-blooded individual who would stop at nothing to get what he wanted.

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Letters Between Dellen Millard and Christina Noudga | PDF

Serial killer Dellen Millard found guilty in prison stabbing incident

Serial killer Dellen Millard gets one year in prison for role in prison stabbing | CBC News

Ontario's top court dismisses Millard, Smich conviction appeals in murder of Hamilton's Tim Bosma | CBC News

Serial killer Dellen Millard says he's too smart a crook to commit 'sloppy' Tim Bosma murder

Rosie DiManno: Dellen Millard, convicted of first-degree murder in killing of Tim Bosma, Laura Babcock, is now on trial in the death of his father

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Killer Mark Smich’s move to medium-security prison outrages victims’ families

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Shadows of Deception (Part 2): The Murder of Laura Babcock

Mon, 20 May 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 318: In the previous episode, we explored the shocking murder of Tim Bosma and the subsequent trial that brought two killers to justice. However, their trail of violence did not end there. In this second installment of our three-part series, we delve into the tragic case of Laura Babcock, 23, whose July 2012 disappearance from Toronto was eventually attributed to Dellen Millard and Mark Smich. We'll learn a bit about Laura’s life and examine the circumstances surrounding her vanishing and the painstaking yet unsuccessful search efforts to uncover her remains. You’ll hear disturbing details that emerged during the trial for her murder, shedding even more light on the twisted dynamics between Millard, Smich, and their unfortunate victim. This episode serves as a prelude to the final chapter, where we'll explore the most shocking revelation of all, that Dellen Millard also killed his father, Wayne, for his money.

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Search — Laura Babcock | Toronto Star

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Shadows of Deception (Part 1): The Murder of Tim Bosma

Mon, 13 May 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 317: Tim Bosma, a 32-year-old family man from Ancaster, Ontario, went missing in May 2013 after taking two men for a test drive of his truck. The two men were later identified as Dellen Millard, a 27-year-old heir to a Canadian aviation empire, and Mark Smich, a 24-year-old drug dealer and aspiring rapper. This case would expose the disturbing reality of Millard and Smich's cold-blooded violence and web of deceit.

The investigation into Bosma's disappearance was just the beginning of uncovering the harrowing events surrounding Millard and Smich. In 2012, before Bosma's murder, they had killed Millard's 23-year-old ex-girlfriend, Laura Babcock. Later that same year, they shockingly took the life of Dellen's father, Wayne Millard.

As the details of the Tim Bosma case unfold, the stage is set for the equally horrific events of the murders of Laura Babcock and Wayne Millard to come to light in parts 2 and 3 of this true crime series. The disturbing stories of these two killers, Dellen Millard and Mark Smich, reveal a chilling trail of devastation left for the families and communities impacted by their callous acts of violence.

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Morning Run Cut Short: The Murder of Marguerite Telesford

Mon, 06 May 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 316: On January 18, 1987, 20-year-old University of Victoria student Marguerite Telesford disappeared during a morning jog in Saanich, British Columbia. Her bloody earmuffs, bloodstains, a discharged shotgun shell, and a pry bar were found, suggesting foul play, but her body was never located. In 1989, Scott Ian MacKay was convicted of second-degree murder concerning Telesford's death despite maintaining his innocence. MacKay had a history of violent assaults on women. Recently, after serving a life sentence, MacKay was controversially granted day parole, raising concerns from the community and victim advocates about public safety risks and his lack of remorse.

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More than Meets the Eye: The Murder of Barbara Stoppel

Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 315: Barbara Gayle Stoppel, a 16-year-old waitress, was tragically murdered on December 23, 1981, in the women's washroom of Ideal Donut Shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She was strangled with a twine, and despite being found alive, she succumbed to her injuries after six days on life support. The murder case quickly became notorious not only due to its brutal nature but also because of the wrongful conviction of Thomas Sophonow, who was initially accused of the crime.

Sophonow underwent three separate trials: the first ended with a hung jury, and the second and third led to convictions ultimately overturned by the Manitoba Court of Appeal. The Supreme Court of Canada refused to hear a Crown appeal, leading to Sophonow's final acquittal. This case is frequently cited as a significant example of a miscarriage of justice involving flawed eyewitness identifications and police misconduct during the interrogation process.

Despite Sophonow's exoneration, the actual perpetrator remained at large until a re-investigation of the case pointed to another suspect, Terry Arnold, who was already known to police for similar offences, having left a trail of depravity, sexual assaults and suspected murder in his wake. This revelation came too late to be pursued thoroughly, as Arnold died by suicide in 2005.

The impact of this case has been profound, leading to public scrutiny over police procedures and the reliability of eyewitness testimony. It has also been the subject of several books and a public inquiry which sought to prevent such injustices in the future.

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The Life of the Grey Fox: Bill Miner, Train Robber

Mon, 22 Apr 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 314: Ezra Allen Miner, more commonly known as Bill Miner, was an infamous American stagecoach and train robber born in Michigan in 1846. Bill Miner's criminal career included an early arrest on April 3, 1866, for robbery, leading to a three-year sentence at San Quentin. Over thirty-five years, Miner was incarcerated for a cumulative total of nearly 30 years, experiencing two official releases and making five escapes from custody. He became infamous in Canada for robbing the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) and securing his status as a legendary figure in Canadian outlaw lore, which included an escape from the B.C. Penitentiary in New Westminster.

Known by nicknames such as “The Grey Fox” and the “Gentleman Bandit,” Miner was celebrated for his courteous demeanour during his heists. Furthermore, he is often credited with popularizing the now-iconic command during robberies, “Hands up!”; however, this may be hyperbole. Miner’s blend of politeness and notoriety helped cement his legacy in the annals of Canadian criminal folklore.

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Murders in Meadowvale: Robert Grewal, Joseph Manchisi and Rene Charlebois

Mon, 15 Apr 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 313: Douglas Donald Moore, known in Meadowvale, Ontario, as a drug supplier for young teens, gained notoriety in Mississauga for killing three young men before taking his own life in his jail cell while awaiting trial on 11 charges for sexual assaults on three boys. Peel Regional Police assert that Robert Grewal, 22, of Meadowvale, and Giuseppe (Joseph) Manchisi, 20, of Milton, who were close friends, were killed in 2003 by Moore. After Moore’s death, he was named the prime suspect in the murders of Grewal and Manchisi. Additionally, police believe Moore was responsible for killing Rene Charlebois, 15, also of Meadowvale.

All three victims disappeared in late 2003, and their bodies were discovered in spring 2004. Charlebois’ remains were found in an Orangeville landfill, while Grewal and Manchisi’s remains were located in wooded areas near Montreal. In 2005, Moore’s former common-law wife and an unidentified 16-year-old were convicted of accessory to murder after the fact. The teen assisted in disposing of evidence, including driving with Moore to Quebec to bury the bodies of Grewal and Manchisi. Moore believed the two men had stolen drugs and cash from him, but it was later revealed that the 16-year-old was responsible for the robbery. The police have never disclosed the motive behind the killing of Rene Charlebois.

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Moved by the Spirit: The Murder of Mercy Babcock Hall

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 312: In a home in Shediac, New Brunswick, on February 13, 1805, Amos Babcock, driven by delusions of divine mission, subjected his family to a horrifying ordeal. He gathered his wife, children and sister, Mercy, instilling fear with his erratic behaviour and unsettling declarations. Spurred by imagined threats and seeing himself as an instrument of God, Amos prepared for a sacrificial act, treating his family with cruelty dressed up as a religious ritual. His deep descent into madness was evident as he inflicted violence upon his loved ones, sparing none from his erratic wrath. Babcock's final act of brutality saw him murder his sister, Mercy Babcock Hall, whom he saw as demonic, in a brutal frenzy of madness, bringing a tragic end to a night of unspeakable horror.

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Jan 18, 1993, page 25 - The Leader-Post at Newspapers.com

Apr 20, 2013, page 79 - National Post at Newspapers.com

The Ballad of Jacob Peck by Debra Komar (Ebook)

Great Awakening - First, Second & Definition

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Road Trip: Reckless Rust — The Death of Halyna Hutchins (Part 2)

Mon, 01 Apr 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 311: On October 21, 2021, a tragic accident occurred on the set of the low-budget old-west movie Rust, filmed on a New Mexico ranch. Wife, mother and Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot, and writer/director Joel Souza, 48, was injured. It was the lead actor and producer, Alec Baldwin, who was holding the prop gun that killed Hutchins and wounded Souza. Somehow, it contained a live round. Investigations also revealed other live rounds on set, which is never supposed to happen.

Baldwin and the film’s inexperienced armourer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, were charged with involuntary manslaughter. Dave Halls, 63, serving as the first assistant director on the film, entered a no-contest plea per a deal made with prosecutors, accepting responsibility for the misdemeanour offence of negligent use of a deadly weapon linked to the death of Halyna Hutchins. Numerous civil suits have also been filed, with accusations of negligence being levelled against several parties, including the production company, Hannah Gutierrez and actor Alec Baldwin.

Sources:

Halyna Hutchins | IMDb

Joel Souza | IMDb

Rust | Western | IMDb

Alec Baldwin | IMDb

Hannah Gutierrez Reed Probable Cause Statement | DocumentCloud

Halyna Hutchins Post Mortem — 62fc0b327d166.pdf

Alec Baldwin - Halyna Hutchins - FBI and Medical Examiner Reports (Aug 2022)

American Cinematographer January 2022 Ac0122 | PDF | Pixel | Signal Processing

The moment Alec Baldwin is told of the death of his colleague Halyna Hutchins

The New Mexico Film Office Announces Rust is Currently Filming in New Mexico

The day Alec Baldwin shot Halyna Hutchins and Joel Souza

Search warrant reveals grim details of 'Rust' shooting and Halyna Hutchins' final minutes

A Timeline of the ‘Rust’ Shooting and Investigation

'Rust' timeline: Key events in the Alec Baldwin on-set shooting

Rust trial: How events unfolded after fatal shooting on Alec Baldwin film set

Raise Funds In Memory of Halyna Hutchins, organized by ICG Local 600

‘Rust’ Camera Assistant on Safety Issues, Pay Irregularities and Producer Behavior on “Brutal” Set

Bonanza Creek Ranch | About

Gun in Fatal Rust Shooting Used in Target Practice that Morning

FULL Alec Baldwin Police Interview About Rust Shooting Incident

Bodycam Released in Alec Baldwin Set Shooting

Alec Baldwin, ‘Rust’ producers reach settlement with slain cinematographer’s estate - National

Video shows 'Rust' rehearsal, Baldwin speak to officers after shooting | NewsNation

Halyna Hutchins’s Death on the Set of Rust Was “Not a Freak Accident”

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Introducing... Crime Beat | Out of the dark

Thu, 28 Mar 2024 04:00:00 -0000

In the summer of 2006, a young Calgary woman was on top of the world. She had a supportive family, amazing friends and a great job. But life as she knew it came to an abrupt stop in the middle of the night on August 6, 2006. In this episode, Global News senior crime reporter Nancy Hixt shares details of a violent attack- a story that’s every woman’s worst fear.

www.calgarycrimestoppers.org - reference case # 06274598

https://newsroom.calgary.ca/sexual-assault-case-from-2006-has-new-lead/

Contact:

Instagram: @nancy.hixt

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NancyHixtCrimeBeat/

Email: nancy.hixt@globalnews.ca

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Road Trip: Reckless Rust — The Death of Halyna Hutchins (Part 1)

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 310: On October 21, 2021, a tragic accident occurred on the set of the low-budget old-west movie Rust, filmed on a New Mexico ranch. Wife, mother and Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot, and writer/director Joel Souza, 48, was injured. It was the lead actor and producer, Alec Baldwin, who was holding the prop gun that killed Hutchins and wounded Souza. Somehow, it contained a live round. Investigations also revealed other live rounds on set, which is never supposed to happen.

Baldwin and the film’s inexperienced armourer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, 24, were charged with involuntary manslaughter. Dave Halls, 63, serving as the first assistant director on the film, entered a no-contest plea in accordance with a deal made with prosecutors, accepting responsibility for the misdemeanour offence of negligent use of a deadly weapon linked to the death of Halyna Hutchins. Numerous civil suits have also been filed, with accusations of negligence being levelled against several parties, including the production company itself, Hannah Gutierrez and actor Alec Baldwin.

In this first of two parts, you will learn about the tragic trail of events leading up to the shooting.

Sources:

Alec Baldwin "Rust" shooting: A timeline of events in Halyna Hutchins' death | CBS News

Rust shooting incident

Rust shooting ‘43rd fatal incident on US film set since 1990’

Film set fatalities rise in last decade as production booms

On-set deaths from prop guns are rare — but not unheard of

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02_safety_bltn_live_ammunition

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Road Trip: More to the Puzzle — Somerton Man Updates

Mon, 18 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 309: In Mike's first book, Murder, Madness and Mayhem, he wrote about an unknown man whose body was found on Somerton Park beach near Adelaide, Australia, by two trainee jockeys who’d been out with their horses on the morning of December 1, 1948. Lying in peaceful repose, the man wore a suit, overdressed for the warm Australian summer, and had no wallet or identification. He was unknown to anyone locally. The labels of his clothing had been ripped out.

Some enigmatic leads proved fruitless, including the discovery of a book, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, believed to have belonged to the stranger. In that book, what appeared to be coded writing was found. Experts have yet to decrypt the supposed message. Some believe the man was a spy, possibly murdered for what he knew.

Called by many Somerton Man, the stranger's identity has remained unknown for decades until recently, when two separate groups came forward claiming they had information about who he was, leading to further speculation and even more questions.

Sources:

Murder Madness and Mayhem by Mike Browne

The Unknown Man by Gerald Feltus

Archived Newspaper Articles | Trove

Final Report/Thesis 2015 - Derek Abbott

Code Cracking: Who Murdered the Somerton Man | Prof. Derek Abbott

How to Solve Ciphers

Cryptography Hints

2602UMSAU — The Doe Network

‘Truth to come out’: Fresh claims emerge on Somerton Man

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Apex Predator: The Murder of Kim Hallgarth

Mon, 11 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 308: Kimberly Lynn Hallgarth was the 33-year-old mother of one and involved with former CFL football player Joshua Joseph Boden when. she was found brutally murdered at her residence in Burnaby, British Columbia, in March 2009. Her death was covered extensively in the media due to its connection with Boden, who had a long history of legal entanglements and was the main suspect in her killing. After years of awaiting a resolution, Kimberly’s family finally got a whiff of justice, when in 2018, Boden was charged with her murder. There had been a witness to the crime, and she was willing to testify.

Sources:

Kimberly Hallgarth (1975-2009)

CSO - Search Traffic/Criminal By Participant Name

Josh Boden | Global News, Videos & Articles

2011 BCPC 366 (CanLII) | R. v. Boden | CanLII

2012 BCPC 331 (CanLII) | R. v. Boden | CanLII

2014 BCSC 66 (CanLII) | R. v. Boden | CanLII

2021 BCSC 79 (CanLII) | R. v Boden | CanLII

2024 BCCA 6 (CanLII) | R. v. Boden | CanLII

The Province 15 Aug 2008, page 19

The Province 17 Mar 2009, page 7

The Vancouver Sun 25 Sep 2009, page 4

The Vancouver Sun 03 Oct 2009, page 7

The Vancouver Sun 25 Sep 2009, page 4

The Vancouver Sun 05 Aug 2010, page 5

The Province 19 Dec 2010, page 12

The Province 05 Nov 2018, page A4

The Province 04 Nov 2020, page AS10

The Vancouver Sun 17 Jun 2022, page A7

St Vincent and the Grenadines — Government

Murder of young mom still ‘unfathomable’

Woman found dead in Burnaby worked as escort

Police ID woman found dead in Burnaby home | CBC News

Former BC Lion Josh Boden handed 14-year minimum sentence for ex-girlfriend’s murder

The Province 14 Jan 2024, page A3

Ex-girlfriend to testify via CCTV against former BC Lion accused in Burnaby murder

Former BC Lion Joshua Boden found guilty of second-degree murder

Josh Boden trial: Key Crown witness breaks down in tears during cross-examination

Witness testifies about football player's alleged deadly attack on former girlfriend

Former B.C. Lion Josh Boden's murder of ex-girlfriend was 'horrific and brutal'

Former BC Lions player killed ex-girlfriend in Burnaby for ruining football career: Crown

Court upholds murder conviction for ex-B.C. Lion Joshua Boden | SportseNet

Court dismisses appeal of former B.C. Lions player convicted of ex-girlfriend's murder

Josh Boden football Statistics on StatsCrew.com

Joshua (Josh) Joseph Boden | Wikipedia

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Three on the Tracks: Kenny Novak, David Burrows and Terry Burt

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 307: On Friday, July 10th, 1970, around 7 a.m., near Ludlow, Maine, 45 kilometres from the border with Canada, the crew aboard a northbound Bangor & Aroostook Railway train noticed something lying on the tracks ahead. They thought at first it might be trash but reacted quickly regardless. Despite the immediate application of the brakes, the locomotive, towing 19 heavy boxcars, could not stop in time to avoid a collision. The objects on the tracks were sleeping bags containing three young males. All appeared to be in their teens or early twenties. The bodies were found without official identification, and among them, they carried just over 5 dollars in Canadian cash. After a very brief investigation, the Aroostook County Sheriff, Darrell Crandall, said he considered the deaths either accidental or a group suicide pact.

The young men were soon identified as Kenny Novak (fifteen) and David Burrows (seventeen), both from Sydney River and Terry Burt (twenty) of Whitney Pier, in Sydney, Nova Scotia. It was discovered that they had hitchhiked to the location, but they were a long way from home. Their families initially had no idea why they would cross the border. There were no indications that any of the three were suicidal. Why were they there? If their deaths were accidental, how had they not heard the train approaching? And why would they have chosen to sleep on the train tracks?

Information soon came to light that there may have been a darker reason for their journey, leading to speculation that the three might have been murdered and placed on the tracks to make their deaths appear accidental.

Their families and friends are still looking for answers.

Sources:

The Standard 11 Jul 1970, page 1

Death Notices — The Bangor Daily News 13 Jul 1970, page 26

Biddeford-Saco Journal 13 Jul 1970, page 10

The Bangor Daily News 19 Jul 1970, page 34

Remembering a Mysterious Summer of '70 Tragedy by Ken Jessome

Who Killed the Three Cape Breton Boys on the Tracks? by Ken Jessome

“An Unfortunate Mishap": Three Cape Breton Deaths by Ken Jessome

"Sleeping Victims": A Cape Breton True Crime Story? By Ken Jessome

QUEST FOR JUSTICE: The Cape Breton 3 (Interview with Lorne Novak)

Cape Breton Three: The Boys on the Tracks — Murder, She Told: Maine & New England True Crime

The Three Cape Breton Boys on the Tracks — Nighttime Podcast

S1 E2 The Cape Breton Boys on the Track — Locating the Lost

Federal Railroad Administration

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The Mysterious Deaths of Don Henry & Kevin Ives - Unsolved Mysteries

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Aroostook County Murder Mystery | Facebook

Ingonish Beach and Freshwater Lake – Cape Breton Highlands National Park | Tourism Nova Scotia, Canada

Petition to Re-Open the Investigation — Change.org

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The Tragic Death of Mark Harshbarger

Mon, 26 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 306: This week, we discuss the shooting death of American Mark Harshbarger during a 2006 hunting trip to Newfoundland. The Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, man was shot by his wife, Mary Beth Harshbarger, who claims she thought he was a black bear. In 2010, Harshbarger was extradited to Newfoundland, where she stood trial for criminal negligence causing death. The prosecution cited insurance money as Mary Beth’s motive for the killing. After two weeks of hearings in September, the presiding judge found her not guilty.

The shooting death of Mark Harshbarger has been a source of controversy since it occurred. Some people believe that Mary Beth Harshbarger was guilty of first-degree murder, while others believe that she was justified in shooting her husband because she thought he was a bear.

It is important to remember that this topic is very sensitive for many people. The family and friends of Mark Harshbarger are still grieving his death, and Mary Beth Harshbarger has gone through a great deal. Mark’s children have lost their father. We aim to be respectful of all parties involved when discussing this case.

Sources:

Hunting | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Fur Trade in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Town of Buchans Newfoundland & Labrador

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Official Newfoundland Hunter Safety Course | HunterCourse.com

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2010 NLTD 152 (CanLII) | R. v. Harshbarger | CanLII

Another Fine Day Afield | Outdoor Canada

Extradition looms for hunter who shot husband | Outdoor Canada

Harshbarger's father speaks out about widow's upcoming shooting trial - News - The Times-Tribune

Judge throws out PFA order that had been lodged against Mary Beth Harshbarger - News - Daily Review

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The Crimes of Joseph LaPage, The French Monster

Mon, 19 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 305: Joseph LaPage, a French-Canadian rapist and necrophile known as the French Monster, was tried and hung in 1878 for the brutal, sexually motivated murder of Josie A. Langmaid, 17, in Pembroke, New Hampshire, in 1875. LaPage was also the sole suspect in the 1874 murder of Marietta N. Ball, a girl from St. Albans, Vermont. He was arrested for that crime; however, insufficient evidence prevented a trial, but the night before his execution, LaPage confessed to Marietta’s murder. Only weeks after LaPage was hanged, two more murders perpetrated in 1867, that of Mrs. George Fountie and her 16-year-old daughter, Minnie, from Saint-Alexandre, Quebec, were also tied to LaPage. It is believed that Joseph LaPage, with a long history of violent behaviour, is one of Canada’s earliest misogynistic serial killers, predating even Jack the Ripper.

Sources:

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The Suncook Town Tragedy (Marietta Ball, Part 2)

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SuncookTragedy

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The Bizarre Case of Blair Adams

Mon, 12 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 304: On the morning of July 11, 1996, police were called to the parking lot of a hotel under construction off Interstate 40 at 7471 Crosswood Boulevard in Knoxville, Tennesee. There, they found the body of a man, later identified as Robert Dennis Blair Adams, 31, a Canadian citizen from Surrey, B.C. Family and friends called him Blair. Scattered around his body were personal items belonging to Blair and almost $4000 in various currencies, including Canadian, American, and German money. A black fanny pack near Blair’s body was found to be filled with nearly 5 ounces of gold bars, as well as gold and platinum coins and jewelry. It was later determined that Blair had been beaten and left to die in the parking lot where he was discovered.

It is unclear why Blair was in Tennessee, thousands of kilometres from home and in another country. His family later said Blair had been acting strangely and was suffering from insomnia. He told them he believed people were after him and wanted him dead. He had quit his job, emptied his bank account and safety deposit box and left home for good only two days before his body’s discovery. As Blair’s significant amount of cash and valuables lay untouched, the motive for his murder remains a mystery, as does the identity of his killer or killers.

Sources:

Half-nude with fanny pack of gold, Canadian's killing a Knox County mystery decades later

Septemmber 11, 2017 | Knoxville News Sentinel | Wayback Machine

Investigations – Cold Case – Homicides – Knox County Sheriff Website

Investigations – Cold Case – Homicide – Robert Dennis Blair Adams – Knox County Sheriff Website

Who killed a Canadian in Knox County but left his gold untouched?

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Robert Dennis Blair Adams (1964-1996) - Find a...

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CRIME HUNTER: Death far from home

Appalachian Unsolved: Cross-country trip ends in Canadian's mysterious death in Knoxville

Unexplained: The Story Of Blair Adam's Bizzarre Death

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DOUBLE 'S' CEDAR HOMES

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From the UnresolvedMysteries community on Reddit: I think I might be able to explain the Blair Adams case with personal experiences

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Part 1: The Connection Between Substance Use Disorders and Mental Illness | National Institute on Drug Abuse

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The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

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Brian Carr Update: ‘A long 35 years’: Murder charge laid in Canadian cold case thanks to genetic genealogy

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Terror on the School Bus: The Chowchilla Kidnapping

Mon, 05 Feb 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 303: The Chowchilla school bus hijacking and kidnapping, a notorious case that occurred in 1976, involved the abduction of a school bus carrying 26 children, nineteen girls and seven boys, ages 5 to 14, and their driver, Frank Edward ‘Ed’ Ray, who was 55. It was orchestrated by three young men from affluent families — brothers Richard Schoenfeld, 22, James Schoenfeld, 24, and their friend Frederick Newhall Woods IV, also twenty-four. The crime was motivated by a desire for ransom money and as a cure for their boredom. The kidnappers hid the bus and took its occupants to a buried truck trailer in a quarry in Livermore, California, intending to demand $5 million for their release. Remarkably, led by Ed Ray and Michael Marshall, 14, one of the older children, the victims managed to escape without any ransom being paid. Even though they all made it out alive, the victims suffered psychological scars that changed their lives and persist to the present day.

This was the largest kidnapping in U.S. history, and it has a Canadian connection.

After their hostages escaped, all three kidnappers went into hiding but were eventually apprehended and convicted, although one of the suspects, the mastermind behind the kidnapping, Frederick Woods, fled to Vancouver, British Columbia, before being arrested by the RCMP.

Sources:

Kidnapped! At Chowchilla — The School Bus Hijacking by Gail Miller and Sandra Thompkins

Oroville Mercury Register 16 Jul 1976, page 1

The San Francisco Examiner 16 Jul 1976, page 3

The Fresno Bee 16 Jul 1976, page 25

‘Major Break’ Expected in Mass Abduction (Published 1976)

The Province 23 Jul 1976, page 1

The Vancouver Sun 30 Jul 1976, page 1

Merced Sun-Star 07 Aug 1976, page 1

Merced Sun-Star 07 Aug 1976, page 9

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Chowchilla bus kidnapping survivor's lifelong fight to keep her captors behind bars

Chowchilla bus kidnapper released from prison

Chowchilla nightmares / 25 years later, kidnap victims still struggling to forget past

Chowchilla bus kidnapping survivor's lifelong fight to keep her captors behind bars

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Chowchilla school bus kidnap victims file lawsuit 40 years after abduction

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EDWARD... - City of Chowchilla, California (Government)

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Ballad Of Chowchilla Ray | Robert Goulet

Survivors of Chowchilla kidnapping break silence in new documentary

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The Murder of RCMP Constable Thomas Brian King

Mon, 29 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 302: On April 25, 1978, RCMP Constable Thomas (Brian) King, a 40-year-old father of three, pulled over a vehicle for a minor traffic offence at 12:35 AM on Highway 11, roughly a quarter mile (400 metres) north of the Saskatoon city boundary. Inside the car were two young men: 18-year-old Darrell Luke Crook and 19-year-old Gregory Michael Fischer. The pair had intentionally disabled the vehicle’s tail light to draw the attention of law enforcement. As the unsuspecting officer was checking Fisher’s driver’s licence, the two men overpowered, disarmed and manacled him with his service handcuffs.

The pair then forced the officer into their car and drove into Saskatoon, where they showed him off to friends. Afterward, Crook and Fisher drove to a secluded spot near the Saskatchewan River, where they beat and tortured the helpless constable. Then, they executed Brian King with his service revolver, shooting him twice and throwing his body into the river.

Sources:

A History of Winnipegosis

RCMP Depot Division

Royal Canadian Mounted Police Issues

The Dark Side of the RCMP

Star-Phoenix 25 Apr 1978, page 1

Star-Phoenix 27 Apr 1978, page 3

Star-Phoenix 27 Apr 1978, page 24

The Leader-Post 29 Apr 1978, page 1

Star-Phoenix 01 May 1978, page 3

1979 CanLII 2274 (SK CA) | R. v. Crook | CanLII

1980 CanLII 2130 (SK CA) | Radvanski v. Radwanski | CanLII

1991 ABCA 148 (CanLII) | R. v. Fischer | CanLII

Faint Hope: Background

Constable Thomas Brian King | Canadian War Memorial

Thomas (Brian) King (1938-1978) | Find a Grave

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CONSTA... - RCMP Quarterly / La Trimestrielle de la GRC

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Update: Stanley Park’s Babes in the Woods Identified

Mon, 22 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 301: In episode thirteen of Dark Poutine, we covered the Babes in the Woods case, a tragic and long-unsolved mystery from Vancouver. In 1953, the skeletal remains of two children were discovered in Stanley Park, one of Vancouver's largest urban parks. What made this case, particularly haunting was that the children were found with a hatchet that appeared to have been used to end their lives. The identities of the two children remained unknown for almost 70 years until, in 2022, using DNA genealogy, the Vancouver Police were able to identify the boys believed to have died sometime in 1947. They were seven-year-old Derek and six-year-old David D'Alton. Their mother, Eileen Bousquet, who died in 1996, told relatives at the time that social services had taken the boys as she was unable to care for them. No one knows for sure what happened leading up to their deaths, and as so much time has passed, it is doubtful we ever will. At least they have their names back.

Sources:

Stanley Park — City of Vancouver

Murder, Mystery and Intrigue in Review: Babes in the Woods

166: Hate Crime: The Murder of Aaron Webster – Dark Poutine – True Crime & Dark History

Six Officers Plead Guilty To Stanley Park Beatings

2004 BCPC 1 (CanLII) | R. v. Cronmiller | CanLII

Unsolved Stanley Park ‘Babes in the Woods’ case still haunts a city

Interview with Brian Honeybourn

69UMBC — The Doe Network

68UMBC — The Doe Network

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VPD identifies child victims in historic cold case murder - Vancouver Police Department

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Identities of Stanley Park Babes in the Woods revealed almost 70 years later

Who were the Babes in the Woods?

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Cold Case BC by Eve Lazarus

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BONUS: Interview with Stacey Thur, Daniel’s mom — The Murder of Daniel Levesque — Part 2

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:30:00 -0000

As this is bonus content related to episode 300, we don’t have the usual show open. There are no loons. There’s no music. There’s no Mathew here for this. This episode is dedicated entirely to Daniel Jordan Levesque's memory and features my recent conversation with his mother, Stacey Thur, from her home in Revelstoke. B.C.

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Lured by Lies — The Murder of Daniel Levesque — Part 1

Mon, 15 Jan 2024 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 300: In June 2011, twenty-year-old musician Daniel Jordan Levesque moved from his family home in Revelstoke, B.C., to Victoria, full of dreams to start a new life and advance his burgeoning musical career. On June 15, seeking work, Daniel went to a 7-Eleven store, where he met Joshua Tyler Bredo, the store’s Assistant Manager, who hired Daniel on the spot. Bredo presented himself as a good guy, a helpful friend, but in truth, he quickly became obsessed with Daniel sexually with nefarious motives in mind.

Bredo began grooming Daniel, lying to him with promises of a more lavish lifestyle, plying him with drugs and alcohol while telling Daniel he saw him as a “little brother.” The coercion and lies continued until August 3, when Bredo lured Daniel to his apartment under the promise of an interview for Daniel at a non-existent law firm. It was there that Bredo killed Daniel and set up a scene to make it appear to be self-defence, later calling 911. Bredo was arrested that night and charged with Daniel’s murder. However, the case was not put to rest until after a mistrial in 2015, numerous other delays and a guilty plea to the lesser charge of manslaughter in 2017.

Sources:

2016 BCSC 1843 (CanLII) | R. v Bredo | CanLII

2016 BCSC 2580 (CanLII) | R. v Bredo | CanLII

2016 BCSC 2701 (CanLII) | R. v Bredo | CanLII

2017 BCSC 2134 (CanLII) | R. v Bredo | CanLII

Musician lured with lies, then killed; ‘Let me go. Just let me go.’

B.C. man in prison for killing friend with hammer released early

ATTENTION!! ATTENTION!! For all of ... Stacey Thur

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Holiday 2023: Winnipeg’s Yuletide Bandit

Mon, 25 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 299: In this episode, we explore a dark chapter of Winnipeg's criminal history, centred on the "Yuletide Bandit," notorious for his holiday-season robberies in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Michael David Syrnyk, known for targeting banks and armoured vehicles, executed his crimes with a reckless disregard for human life, often using firearms and viewing his victims merely as obstacles. His choice of the festive season for these heists added a cruel irony to his crimes, starkly contrasting with the spirit of joy and family. One notable incident was a shootout at Winnipeg’s Polo Park Mall, causing terror among Christmas shoppers. The dramatic end to his criminal spree came with a 12-hour standoff involving a former girlfriend, leading to his capture. This episode not only recounts Syrnyk's heinous acts but also underscores the lasting impact of his crimes on the victims and the broader community in Winnipeg.

Dark Poutine will return on January 8th, 2024, ad-free on Amazon Music and in our regular feed on January 15.

Sources:

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Red Deer Advocate 13 Dec 2000, page 14

The Winnipeg Sun 05 May 2002, page 3

The Winnipeg Sun 08 May 2002, page 1

23 years in the nick for Yuletide Bandit

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North Bay Nugget 18 Dec 2002, page 9

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The unlikely suspect in hostage-taking had hidden arsenal

Hostage | 72 Hours S01E14 | True Crime

"72 Hours: True Crime" Hostage — s01e14 | Documentary, Crime|

Michael Syrnyk | News, Videos & Articles | Global News

Apr 2016: Winnipeg's notorious 'Yuletide Bandit' makes first appearance before the parole board

'I could be dead': Security guard shot by 'Yuletide Bandit' frustrated by early parole | CBC News

Michael Syrnyk was released from prison on Friday | CBC News

The Yuletide Bandit: The Seven Year Search for a Serial Criminal by Mike McIntyre

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Chinese Exclusion from Canada. Part 2: Return of the Dragon

Mon, 18 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 298: Last week, we learned how Chinese immigrants have significantly contributed to Western Canada's development since 1788, playing critical roles in trade, gold rushes, and railway construction. Despite their contributions, they faced severe discrimination and exploitation, particularly during the railway construction in the early 1900s. Post-railway completion, they suffered rights losses and were subject to a prohibitive head tax, escalating to $500, which failed to deter immigration. Enduring nativist racism and accusations of moral and social threats, their plight culminated in the dark chapter of Canadian history on July 1, 1923, as the Chinese Exclusion Act came into law.

Sources:

Federal Exclusion Act - Province of British Columbia

Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

Chinese Head Tax in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

1872 - Indigenous and Chinese Peoples Excluded from the Vote

When Chinese in Canada Were Numbered, Interrogated, Excluded

What was the Chinese Exclusion Act in Canada? 3 things you might not know - Beyond

Chinese Immigration records – Library and Archives Canada Blog

Douglas Jung

The Chinese head tax and the Chinese Exclusion Act | CMHR

Formal apology to Chinese Canadians

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Chinese Exclusion from Canada. Part 1: Enter the Dragon

Mon, 11 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 297: The history of Chinese immigration to Canada is a story marked by adversity. Chinese labourers played a pivotal role in building the Canadian railway under harsh conditions, yet faced institutional discrimination, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923, which limited immigration and separated families for years. Despite these challenges, the Chinese community's resilience has left an indelible mark on Canadian culture. Today, we honour their contributions and recognize the need to confront our history's shadows, striving for a more inclusive Canadian identity that values people of all backgrounds.

Sources:

Was 'old-stock Canadians' coded language — or a simple screw-up? | CBC News

1872 - Indigenous and Chinese Peoples Excluded from the Vote

The Fraser River Gold Rush and the Founding of British Columbia

Chinese Head Tax in Canada (Plain-Language Summary)

Indigneous People

Chinese Immigration Act, 1923 | Canadian Museum of Immigration at Pier 21

Federal Exclusion Act - Province of British Columbia

Sir John A. Macdonald – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Biography – CHU LAI – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Chinese Head tax: George Yee’s story

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Extreme Misogyny: The Montreal Massacre

Mon, 04 Dec 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 296: On December 6, 1989, a tragic and profound event shook Canada and had a lasting impact. That evening, a gunman entered the École Polytechnique in Montreal, an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal. This act of violence was specifically targeted against women, marking it as a horrific instance of gender-based violence. The attacker, motivated by his hatred for feminists whom he blamed for his personal and professional failures, embarked on a rampage through the school.

The consequences were devastating — in less than 20 minutes, 14 young women lost their lives.

They were: Anne-Marie Edward, Sonia Pelletier, Geneviève Bergeron, Maryse Leclair, Barbara Daigneault, Maud Haviernick, Michèle Richard, Anne-Marie Lemay, Annie Turcotte, Hélène Colgan, Nathalie Croteau, Annie St-Arneault, Maryse Laganière and Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz.

Also, ten more women and four men were injured before the cowardly gunman ended his own life. The event, later known as the École Polytechnique Massacre or the Montreal Massacre, left a deep scar on Canadian society. It led to increased awareness and action against gender-based violence, prompting changes in gun control laws and police procedures. The date, December 6, was subsequently declared the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women in Canada, serving as a sombre reminder of the need to combat gender-based violence and discrimination.

Sources:

Polytechnique Montréal | Polytechnique Montréal est l’un des plus importants établissements d’enseignement et de recherche en génie au Canada

Women in Engineering

Women in scientific occupations in Canada

30 years later

Nathalie Provost

The Montreal Massacre — The Target — Crime Library on truTV.com

Montreal_Coroners_Report

Because They Were Women - The Montreal Massacre — Josée Boileau

Aftermath — Monique Lepine

Historical CBC Reports on the Massacre

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The Black Friday Siege: The Murder of Detective Boyd Davidson

Mon, 27 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 295: On the afternoon of December 20, 1974, a storekeeper in Calgary, Alberta, alerted the police about a customer, Philippe Laurier Gagnon, 26, who became aggressive after being denied the sale of airplane glue. The individual fled, and police pursued him to his residence two blocks away. When officers approached the suspect's residence, they were met with gunfire. Additional police, more than 130 officers, arrived to find the suspect armed with two rifles rifle in a garage. Gagnon refused to come out. A shootout ensued, resulting in the death of Detective Boyd Davidson, 43, after being shot in the neck. Six other officers were wounded by gunfire, and several others were injured.

After a military armoured car arrived, police gained the upper hand, smashed into the house and dislodged the gunman from his hideout. Gagnon, who had two rape convictions, a history of assault as well as a record of mental illness and drug abuse, also died at the scene in a hail of bullets as he charged at the officers.

Detective Davidson, a 23-year veteran of the police force and key figure in establishing the combined police and fire arson squad, left behind a wife and five children. His death and what was learned from the events led to the creation of the Calgary Police Service’s tactical team and changes to policing nationwide.

Sources:

Calgary Herald 21 Dec 1974, page 1

Edmonton Journal 24 Dec 1974, page 3

The Ottawa Journal 24 Dec 1974, page Page 2

The Vancouver Sun 28 Dec 1974, page 60

The Daily Herald-Tribune 30 Dec 1974, page 2

Black Friday: The day that changed policing in Canada

Calgray Herald - 40 years ago Black Friday transformed Calgary policing

Thugs, Thieves & Outlaws: A dark day for Calgary police

Calgary Police Service | Facebook

Tribute to fallen officers | Calgary Police

About our Tactical Unit | Calgary Police

Calgary's armoured rescue vehicle set to retire

Calgary police unveil new armoured vehicle | CBC News

Black Friday | YouthLinkYYC | YouTube

PTSD among Police Officers: Impact on Critical Decision Making

PUBLIC SAFETY PERSONNEL AND POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS INJURIES

Public Safety Personnel’s interpretations of potentially traumatic events

Development of an Evidence-Informed Solution to Emotional Distress in Public Safety Personnel and Healthcare Workers: The Social Support, Tracking Distress, Education, and Discussion CommunitY (STEADY) Program

Calgary Police Service officer joins somber list of members killed in line of duty - Calgary

Driver in death of CPS officer sentenced to 12 years

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The Quakers and The Killers: The Murder of Peter Lazier

Mon, 20 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 294: On the evening of December 21, 1883, near Bloomfield, Ontario, visitor Peter Lazier was murdered by two intruders at the farmhouse of Quakers Gilbert and Margaret Jones. The community, deeply affected, quickly organized a search. They traced footprints in the snow, leading to Joseph Thomset and the Lowder family's homes near West Lake. By the next day, Joseph Thomset and brothers David and George Lowder were arrested and charged with murder.

The legal process moved rapidly. The coroner's inquest began the next day, followed by formal proceedings within a week. The trial, held at the Prince Edward County Courthouse in Picton just five months later, suggested the motive was robbery, aimed at stealing the $555 Gilbert Jones earned from selling hops. George Lowder and Joseph Thomset were found guilty of murder and hanged in June of 1884. Many felt justice was served, but others believed the law got it wrong, acting hastily without sufficient evidence.

Sources:

Prince Edward County

The Canadian Encyclopedia | Quakers

The Lazier Murder: Prince Edward County, 1884 — Robert J. Sharpe

The Kingston Whig-Standard 24 Dec 1883, page 2

Ottawa Daily Citizen 24 Dec 1883, page 1

Manitoba Weekly Free Press 15 May 1884, page 2

The Lazier murder trial of 1884 – did they get the right men?

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Cold Case Turned Hot: The Murder of Cathy Pozzobon

Mon, 13 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 293: During the evening of Friday, October 13 and the early hours of October 14, 1978, a group of teens and young adults attended a gathering in a rural area of Maple Ridge, B.C. That night, 16-year-old Catherine Emma Pozzobon went missing from the event. Her partially clothed remains were discovered on the afternoon of October 15, not far from the location of the party. Investigations revealed the presence of seminal fluid in her mouth, throat, and on her clothing, as well as a tuft of human hair grasped in her hand. The case was treated as a homicide by law enforcement, but without adequate evidence to pinpoint a suspect, the inquiry was eventually suspended.

Two decades later, in 1998, the case was reopened with the advancement of DNA profiling as a key tool for forensic investigation. Police tested the DNA profiles of the male party attendees against the evidence found on Cathy’s body, and there was a match. Twenty years after she was murdered, Cathy’s family finally saw justice.

Sources:

2001 BCSC 597 (CanLII) | R. v. Larsen | CanLII

OBITUARY: The Province 18 Oct 1978, page 38

Police Seek Clues: The Vancouver Sun 20 Oct 1978, page 6

No New Leads: Surrey Leader 01 Nov 1978, page 16

10 Suspects: Times Colonist 07 Nov 1978, page 14

Unsolved: The Vancouver Sun 18 Apr 1981, page 10

The Vancouver Sun 01 May 2001, page 11

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/101800177/catherine-emma-pozzobon

Maple Ridge — Official Website

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Introducing... Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry | The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash | 1

Sat, 11 Nov 2023 05:00:00 -0000

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 coin-operating vending machines where you could buy life insurance before you headed to the gate—you know, just in case you thought you weren’t going to make it to your final destination…

1977 was one of the worst years for accidents in aviation history…in addition to several violent hijackings every month—sometimes with fatal results—There were also passenger plane crashes with great loss of life…including the worst aviation disaster of all time when two 747s planes collided on a runway in the Canary Islands, killing 583 people.

Frank Sinatra’s mother, the Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, and all but one member of the University of Evansville basketball team died in crashes…

But then there were the events of October 20, 1977, when a rickety chartered plane went down in a swamp in Mississippi…on board were members of Lynyrd Skynyrd…six of the 24 passengers died, including singer Ronnie Van Zandt, guitarist Steve Gaines, backup singer Cassie Gaines, and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick…both pilots also died…

What happened?

Have I got a story for you...

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Remembrance Day 2023: The One-Eyed Ghost — Leo Major

Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 292: In the annals of military history, few figures stand as singularly remarkable as Léo Major, a French-Canadian soldier whose audacious feats in World War II and the Korean War etched his name in the pantheon of military legends. During World War II, he served with the Régiment de la Chaudière, participating in the D-Day landings and embarking on a series of extraordinary exploits that culminated in the single-handed liberation of the Dutch town of Zwolle from Nazi occupation. Unfazed by injuries and fueled by a relentless drive, he refused to be sidelined, resolutely continuing his service. Major's saga did not conclude with the end of World War II; he reenlisted to serve in the Korean War, where he would once again defy the odds and solidify his legacy. His story is a captivating tale of bravery, resilience, and a steadfast commitment to justice, offering an inspiring testament to the power of individual courage in the face of overwhelming adversity. Some have called him Quebec’s Rambo. He is the only Canadian to have received the Distinguished Conduct Medal (DCM) twice for his actions in two different wars.

Sources:

Have you heard of Léo Major, the liberator of Zwolle?

A One-Eyed Québécois ‘Rambo’ Captures Imaginations in Canada (Published 2018)

D-Day-the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division: 6 June 1944

Le Régiment de la Chaudière

Leo Major Liberates Zwolle

Léo Major – A Quebec Military Hero

Pte. Leo Major, 87: Decorated hero

Leo Major Obituary (2008) - Legacy Remembers

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Introducing... Black and Blue: Behind the Badge | Catching Hell

Sat, 04 Nov 2023 04:00:00 -0000

It’s 1986 and Michael Morrison is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to leave his life of poverty in Newark and start afresh. It’s a job offer he can’t afford to refuse. Michael has no idea what this new job has in store. But he soon realizes: he’s just joined ‘the biggest gang in America’. Join Seren Jones to hear Michael’s story and find out what it means to be both Black and Blue.

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Spooktober 5: The Story of Jack Fiddler, Wendigo Killer

Mon, 30 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 291: Jack Fiddler was a chief and shaman among the Anishinaabe in northwestern Ontario. Born around 1839, he became renowned for his abilities in white magic, particularly his claimed power to defeat the Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit. Fiddler asserted that he had vanquished fourteen Wendigos during his lifetime. Some of these were believed to be sent by enemy shamans, while others were individuals from his community who developed an uncontrollable craving for human flesh. Families often asked him to euthanize a gravely ill loved one to prevent them from becoming Wendigo.

In 1907, the North-West Mounted Police arrested Jack and his brother Joseph Fiddler for the alleged murder of a woman believed to have turned Wendigo. The arrest was part of a broader effort to impose Canadian law on Indigenous communities. The story garnered significant media attention, with many newspapers sensationalizing the events. Jack Fiddler died by suicide while in custody, and although Joseph went to trial and was convicted, he passed away in 1909, shortly before an order for his release arrived.

Sources:

Killing the Shamen : Fiddler, Thomas | Internet Archive

Windigo | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Wendigo Lore by Chad Lewis and Kevin Lee Nelson

Canadian Mysteries of the Unexplained by John Marlowe - Ebook

Dangerous Spirits: The Windigo in Myth and History - Ebook

Biography – ZHAUWUNO-GEEZHIGO-GAUBOW – Volume XIII (1901-1910) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Biography – PEEMEECHEEKAG – Volume XII (1891-1900) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

(PDF) Wendigo Psychosis

The Windigo in the Material World on JSTOR

The Power to Punish: Conflicts of Authority in the Case of Jack Fiddler | Deborah Rose Peña | The Hypocrite Reader

Windigo of First Nations oral tradition — fearsome and loathsome creature

Free Press Prairie Farmer 23 Oct 1907, page 8

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Spooktober 4: Fact or Fiction? Jacko the Ape-Boy from Yale, BC

Mon, 23 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

On July 3, 1884, the Daily Colonist newspaper in Canada reported the capture of "Jacko," described as a human-like creature resembling a gorilla near Yale, British Columbia. Some Bigfoot enthusiasts later cited this story as evidence for Sasquatch's existence. The tale gained prominence and drew much speculation from only a single story reprinted in numerous newspapers. Jacko’s story has been featured in various books, documentaries and television shows. Other articles from 1884 dismiss the story as a probable hoax, yet some continue to believe he did exist.

Sources:

The Daily British Colonist, July 3, 1884

The Mainland Guardian, July 9, 1884

The British Columbian, July 12, 1884

Yale & the Strange Story of Jacko the Ape-boy by Christopher L. Murphy and Barry G. Blount

Abominable Snowmen, Legend Come To Life : Ivan T. Sanderson | Internet Archive

Strange Creatures from Time and Space by John A. Keel | Goodreads

Sasquatch in BC: A Chronology of Incidents… by Christopher L. Murphy | Goodreads

Remembering John Green's indelible footprint

Kilby Historic Site

The Parker Road Phantom | Saltwire

rr_2009_july_protecting_elusive_sasquatch

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Spooktober 3: More on Canadian UFOs and The Charlie Red Star Sightings

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

First, we look at a little more about the history of UFO sightings in Canada and elsewhere. These are not a new phenomena.

In the show’s second half, we learn about a series of UFO sightings that occurred in the 1970s in Manitoba, particularly around Carman. The sightings garnered significant attention because of their frequency and because many credible individuals, including police officers and other professionals, witnessed them.

The name “Charlie Red Star” was given to the object due to its bright red hue and was often described as a glowing, pulsating, and sometimes changing shape. Sightings of the object frequently mentioned its ability to move at incredible speeds and make sudden maneuvers that seemed beyond the capability of conventional aircraft of that era.

The phenomenon of Charlie Red Star drew many UFO enthusiasts, reporters, and investigators to the area in the hope of witnessing or gaining some understanding of the mysterious object.

While there were numerous speculations and theories regarding the nature of Charlie Red Star, including secret military projects, extraterrestrial craft, or atmospheric phenomena, the true identity and nature of the objects remain unexplained. The events surrounding Charlie Red Star have since become a notable chapter in the annals of UFO lore.

Sources:

The Big Book of UFOs — Chris A. Rutkowski

Search Results: Carman, MB - Canada's UFOs: The Search for the Unknown - Library and Archives Canada

Charlie Red Star: True Reports of One of North America's Biggest UFO Sightings by Grant Cameron

The Canadian UFO Report: The Best Cases Revealed by Chris A. Rutkowski

Canada's UFOs: Declassified by Chris A. Rutkowski

The Calgary Albertan 17 May 1975, page 12

Star-Phoenix 18 Jun 1975, page 17

The Brandon Sun 18 Nov 1975, page Page 1

THE SANDRA LARSON INCIDENT

Schumer, Rounds Introduce New Legislation To Declassify Government Records Related To Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena & UFOs – Modeled After JFK Assassination Records Collection Act – As An Amendment To NDAA | Senate Democratic Leadership

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Spooktober 2: More Canadian Ghost Stories

Mon, 09 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 288: In this, the second episode of our five-part Spooktober series, we dive into three ghostly tales from coast to coast or, to coin a phrase, ghost to ghost. First, we’re off to northern New Brunswick to learn about the ghostly Fire Ship of Chaleur Bay, said to sail the waters of the bay intermittently terrifying mariners. Next, we head to Wallaceburg, Ontario, where, in the 1830s, violent poltergeist activity known as the Baldoon Mystery occurred. Last, we come back west to B.C., where in a small museum in Quesnel resides Mandy the haunted doll.

Sources:

City of Bathurst | Bathurst.ca | Heritage & Culture | The Legend of the Phantom Ship

Le Vaisseau de Feu de la Baie des Chaleurs

Lost at Sea: Ghost Ships and Other Mysteries | Goss, Michael | Internet Archive

The Burning Ship of Northumberland Strait: Some Notes on That Apparition on JSTOR

The Baldoon Mystery

Baldoon Mystery | Psi Encyclopedia

The Baldoon Mystery | Skeptoid

Baldoon mystery | Wierd and Startling | McDonald, Neil T | Internet Archive

“A History of Wallaceburg and Vicinity 1804 to the Present.” pp. 20–22

Biography – TROYER, JOHN – Volume VII (1836-1850) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Mandy | Quesnel & District Museum and Archives

Calgary Herald 04 Apr 1999, page 31

Quesnel Cariboo Observer 28 Apr 1999, page 12

The Paranormal Road Trippers (@theparanormalroadtrippers) | Instagram

Canada's Most Haunted Doll!! | The Paranormal Road Trippers | YouTube

Meet Mandy the Doll, Canada's Most Evil Antique

Forget Annabelle. Meet Mandy the Haunted Doll

Mandy the Haunted Doll | The Paranormal Guide

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Spooktober 1: More Legendary Canadian Creatures

Mon, 02 Oct 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 287: Canada, the second-largest country in the world, is a vast land of dense forests, expansive tundras, and rugged coastlines. Our diverse landscapes are home to folklore, legends, and tales of mysterious creatures. These elusive beings have captured the imaginations of locals, researchers, and enthusiasts for generations. In this, the first of five spookier-themed episodes for October, let’s explore a few of Canada's most intriguing legendary creatures. We’ll learn about a weird giant frog in Coleman, New Brunswick, a mythical people-eating creature in B.C., grumpy fairies in Quebec, and a few mythical and often terrifying creatures from the indigenous lore of Canada’s north.

Sources:

The Coleman Frog

Jump Into History With the Coleman Frog

It’s Something | Coleman Frog

Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwakiutl)

Book of Creatures | Baxbakwalanuxsiwae

Le bonhomme sept-heures

The Social Organization & Secret Societies of the Kwakiutl by Franz Boas | Internet Archive

Intellectual culture of the Hudson Bay Eskimos : Rasmussen, Knud | Internet Archive

A Book of Creatures | Canada

.: INUIT MYTHOLOGY:. | Mahaha

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The Mind Reader and the Murderer: The Booher Farm Massacre

Mon, 25 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 286: On July 9, 1928, the Alberta Provincial Police were alerted to a mass murder at the Booher farm in Mannville, Alberta. Upon arrival, they discovered the bodies of Rose Booher, her oldest son Fred, and two hired hands, Gabriel Grombey and Bill Rozak, all shot dead.

The younger son, Vernon Booher, was unharmed. He’d been out in the fields working that evening and, after hearing shots, ran back to the house to his mother and brother dead. It was he who’d sounded the alarm.

Two Booher daughters were in town during the incident. The father of the family, Henry, also away during the killings, was devastated.

Vernon displayed little emotion and soon became the number one suspect in the slayings. He denied involvement, and the murder weapon, a rifle, was missing. Dr. Adolph Maximilian Langsner, an Austrian criminologist and psychiatrist who claimed he could read brainwaves, was brought in to assist. He claimed he read Vernon’s mind, and confirmed he was the killer. Langsner also directed police to the missing firearm, claiming he’d drawn a map taken from Vernon’s thoughts. Presented with the formerly missing rifle, Vernon confessed, stating he killed his mother over her disapproval of his girlfriend and then eliminated witnesses. But his confession was disallowed. Why? His defence attorneys claimed Dr. Langsner had coerced him into it through hypnotism.

Sources:

1928 CanLII 342 (AB KB) | Rex v. Booher | CanLII

2007 SCC 6 (CanLII) | R. v. Trochym | CanLII

2009 CanLII 40558 (ON SC) | R. v. Trochym | CanLII

Hypnotism and its Legal Import

Times Colonist 19 Jul 1928, page 10

Edmonton Journal 24 Jul 1928, page 1

Langsner on the Stand: The Vancouver Sun 26 Sep 1928, page 1

Edmonton Journal 29 Apr 1996, page 1

Edmonton Journal 29 Apr 1996, page 7

Hypnotically Enhanced Testimony in Criminal Proceedings

Book: Strange Days: Amazing Stories From Canada's Wildest Decade by Ted Ferguson

Book: The Big Book of Canadian Hauntings by John Robert Colombo

Book: Murder: Twelve True Stories of Homicide in Canada by Edward Butts

Detective Maximilian Langsner and the Murderer's Mind Part 1

Detective Maximilian Langsner and the Murderer's Mind Part 2

After 17 years, Stephen Trochym admits slaying

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Road Trip: The Trial of the Pendle Witches

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode: 285: The 1612 Lancashire trials of the accused Pendle witches, one of the most notorious witchcraft trials in English history, took place during the reign of King James I. Twelve individuals from the area around Pendle Hill in Lancashire were accused of practicing witchcraft and brought to trial at Lancaster Assizes. Of these, ten were found guilty and hanged, one was found not guilty, and another died in prison. The trial is particularly remembered for the testimonies of the accused, especially that of the young girl, Jennet Device, whose evidence played a significant role in the convictions.

While the immediate aftermath of the Pendle trials saw heightened witch paranoia, the extremity of the trials and the nature of the evidence also sowed seeds of skepticism. Over time, as more and more trials took place, some segments of society began to question the validity of witchcraft accusations and the reliability of the testimony of children and confessions obtained under pressure.

It's believed that from the early 15th to the early 18th centuries, the total number of executions from English witch trials was just under 500.

Sources:

The Lancashire Witches: A Romance of Pendle Forest by William Harrison Ainsworth

Discovery of Witches by active 1612-1618 Thomas Potts

Daemonologie. by King of England James I

The Pendle Witches, a famous witch trial in Lancashire

The History Press: The Pendle Witches

The Demonology of King James I by Donald Tyson - Ebook

Malleus Maleficarum Index

The mark of the Devil: Medical proof in Witchcraft Trials by Sarah Dunn

The Pendle Witches | Lancashire Witch Trials | English Witchcraft

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The Murder of Gladys Wakabayashi

Mon, 11 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 284: On the evening of June 24, 1992, after she failed to pick her daughter up from school, 41-year-old Gladys Wakabayshi’s estranged husband, Shinji and her daughter, Elisa, discovered her body in the hallway of their home in Shaughnessy, a posh Vancouver neighbourhood. Gladys had been brutally slashed and bled out on the floor.

Early on, after uncovering an affair between Derek James, a long-time family friend, and Gladys Wakabayashi, Jean Ann James, 52, Derek’s wife, became the number one suspect in the murder. Jean Ann refused to talk, leaving the police without enough physical evidence to lay charges.

The crime would go unsolved for more than 15 years before Jean Ann James was arrested after she confessed to the murder of her friend during an intricate Mr. Big sting.

Sources:

2013 BCCA 11 (CanLII) | R. v. James | CanLII

2012 BCCA 162 (CanLII) | R. v. James | CanLII

Search — Newspapers.com: Gladys Wakabayashi

Woman confessed to killing husband's mistress with box cutters, court told

Jean Ann James | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Not So Sleepy Jean

Accused Killer Seen in Victim's Bedroom 2 Days Before Murder

'Volatile' elderly killer loses bid for private visits with cheating husband | CBC News

The “Mr. Big” Police Tactic in Canada Leads to False Confessions…

华人女富豪被割喉家中血贱温西豪宅 - 温哥华专栏 - Vansky.com

The case of Nelson Hart: 2 girls, 3 years and a mystery 'Mr. Big'

No New Friends: A Look at the Law Relating to Mr. Big in R. v. Hart : Royle Law | Criminal and DUI Lawyers Toronto

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Private Acts and Public Health: HIV Non-Disclosure in Canada

Mon, 04 Sep 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 283: In this episode, we venture into a controversial and tragic chapter of Canada's legal history. It intertwines public health, personal relationships, and the weight of the law. We're talking about the history of HIV non-disclosure cases in Canada.

Part of our journey takes us to the early 2000s, zeroing in on Johnson Aziga, a Ugandan-born Canadian resident. His name would soon become synonymous with a landmark legal battle challenging the boundaries of consent, deception, and responsibility. Aziga was diagnosed with HIV in 1996, but his numerous subsequent relationships would cast him into the national spotlight. Two women, specifically, would become central to his story: both entered into relationships with Aziga, and HIV-related complications tragically took both. The women’s names are protected under publication bans, so we cannot speak to their biographies. Regardless, their untimely deaths would raise a storm of questions about trust, disclosure, and the duty one owes to their intimate partners. Aziga was convicted of murder and deemed a dangerous offender, but argued that his race and status as an immigrant weighed against him. In 2023, the murder convictions were overturned and replaced with manslaughter charges substituted in their place.

NOTE: In this podcast, the names of survivors will be kept confidential, and initials or aliases will be used instead.

Sources:

A history of HIV/AIDS

HIV 101: The History of HIV & AIDS in Canada - Freddie Magazine

The legacy of the HIV/AIDS fight in Canada

R v Cuerrier

After Cuerrier | Publications - Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network

African immigrant damnation syndrome: The case of Charles Ssenyonga

2006 CanLII 42798 (ON SC) | R. v. Aziga | CanLII

2007 CanLII 38 (ON SC) | R. v. Aziga | CanLII

2011 ONSC 4592 (CanLII) | R. v. Aziga | CanLII

Canada: HIV “murderer” Aziga now also a “dangerous offender,” locked up for life

HIV-positive man convicted of murder apologizes to victims

2014 HRTO 144 (CanLII) | Aziga v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services) | CanLII

2014 HRTO 1465 (CanLII) | Aziga v. Ontario (Community Safety and Correctional Services) | CanLII

Court overturns murder convictions against Ontario man who gave two women HIV, killing them

2023 ONCA 12 (CanLII) | R. v. Aziga | CanLII

Update — Canada: Murder convictions for HIV transmission reduced to manslaughter

HIV Criminalization

Criminal HIV Transmission

Canada: Ontario leads the world in the over-criminalization of HIV non-disclosure

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The Child Martyr: Aurore Gagnon

Mon, 28 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 282: Aurore Gagnon is probably one of the most tragic figures in twentieth-century Canadian history. She was only ten years old when she died of exhaustion and blood poisoning in her hometown of Sainte-Philomène-de-Fortierville, Quebec, on February 12, 1920. An autopsy revealed at least 54 wounds on her body, presumably inflicted over time by her stepmother Marie-Anne Houde and her father, Télesphore Gagnon. Both were later convicted for their roles in the little girl’s death. Aurore Gagnon’s story has left a lasting impact on Quebec's cultural memory, inspiring plays, films, and discussions about child abuse and children's rights in the province.

Sources:

Aurore! The Mystery of the Martyred Child

HISTORY OF SAINTE-PHILOMÈNE

Fortierville, Quebec, Canada: Church of Saint Philomena of Fortierville

Fortierville

GAGNON, AURORE – Volume XIV (1911-1920) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Généalogie Aurore Gagnon

Centre d'interprétation de Fortierville | Église Ste-Philomène de Fortierville

Monument funéraire d'Aurore Gagnon - Répertoire du patrimoine culturel du Québec

Marie-Aurore-Lucienne “Aurore” Gagnon (1909-1920)...

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Beaver Lake Tragedy: The McKenzie Murders

Mon, 21 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 281: On the night of Saturday, October 25th, 1857, in Beaver Lake, a part of Simond’s Parish in St John County, a heinous crime was committed unlike anything ever seen in New Brunswick up to that point. Sure, there had been murders and arsons, but those were often the result of heated arguments or drunken brawls. But this crime was different. It’s hard to believe that anyone in New Brunswick would coldly and calculatedly murder a man named Robert McKenzie, his wife, and his four helpless children, all for the sake of money, and then burn down their property to destroy the evidence. The perpetrators, three Irish Catholics, Hugh Breen and Patrick Slavin Sr. and Slavin’s teenage son, Patrick Jr., targeted the protestant Mackenzie family, robbing and murdering them. This crime, committed on that fateful Saturday night, was, to that point, unprecedented in New Brunswick. Some still feel the crime rivals the worst in the province’s history.

Sources:

The Beaver Lake tragedy | Internet Archive

The Victorian Era Crime That Shocked New Brunswick: The Beaver Lake Tragedy

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They Walked Away — The Murder of Martin Payne

Mon, 14 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 280: In the early morning hours of July 8, 2019, Vancouver Island RCMP launched a manhunt for two inmates who had escaped from William Head, a minimum security federal institution in Metchosin, south of Victoria. The two men, James Lee Busch and Zachary Armitage had walked away from William Head the day before. The fugitives were arrested on July 9 after an off-duty RCMP officer spotted them in Esquimalt. On July 12, RCMP found the body of 60-year-old Martin Keith Payne, who had not shown up for work, at his home on Brookview Drive, in the community of Metchosin.

Payne's suspicious death initiated an 11-month investigation led by the Vancouver Island Integrated Major Crime Unit, involving several police agencies. On June 12, 2020, an RCMP news release reported that the escapees, Busch and Armitage, had been charged with first-degree murder concerning Martin Payne’s death.

This event sparked serious debate about the decision-making process that led to these two individuals, both with histories of violent crime, being housed in a minimum-security facility. How had they simply walked away from their incarceration to murder Martin Payne?

Sources:

RCMP in British Columbia - Two men arrested and charged in the 2019 Martin Payne homicide investigation

Metchosin

The behind-the-scenes story of how ignored warnings at William Head allowed a killer to escape

William Head Rd · Metchosin, BC

Correctional Service on Twitter

The Province 09 Jul 2019, page A13

Archive.org | CAPTURED - Prisoners who escaped from William Head Institution now in police custody

Archive.org | Suspicious Death Investigation Continues in Metchosin

Archive.org | Persons of interest identified in the murder of Martin Payne

Victim died of multiple stab wounds and blunt force injuries, murder trial hears

Woman sentenced for role in murder | CBC News

Metchosin seeks permission to use emergency alerts for prison breaks

Globe and Mail | Inmate tells B.C. court he ‘felt like dying’ while in solitary confinement

Loved ones remember joyous Metchosin man as his killer is sentenced

Family of murdered Metchosin man speaks as killer sentenced to life in prison

Paul Bernardo transfer to a medium-security prison was ‘sound’: review - National

CSC staff ‘worried the circus would begin’ before Bernardo transfer: emails - National

‘My father could have been anyone’: Daughters of murder victim speak out

July marks 4 years since inmates escaped William Head prison, murdered Metchosin man

2019 BCPC 311 (CanLII) | R. v. Armitage | CanLII

2022 BCSC 1407 (CanLII) | R. v Armitage & Busch | CanLII

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Repeat Offender: The Murders of Chantale Deschesnes and Marylène Levesque

Mon, 07 Aug 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 279: In Quebec City, on October 21, 2004, Dario Gallese got an alarming phone call from his younger brother, Eustachio Gallese. In the call, Eustachio admitted to killing his girlfriend, Chantale Deschesnes, 32, and, following his brother's advice, contacted the police to report the crime. Eustachio was arrested, charged, and convicted of the second-degree murder of Chantale. In late 2006, Eustachio was sentenced to life in prison without parole eligibility for 15 years.

In 2019, Eustachio was placed into a halfway house on day parole. In September, in what would be a controversial decision, his case management team allowed Eustachio Gallese to visit sex workers to have his sexual needs met, as long as he was ‘transparent’ with his case management team about these visits.

On the night of January 22, 2020, Eustachio Gallese walked into a Quebec City police station and admitted to having murdered another woman, a 22-year-old masseuse named Marylène Levesque, whom he’d become obsessed with. Marylène’s body was found in the Sainte-Foy (Sant-Fwa) hotel room where Gallese said she would be. She’d been stabbed 30 times.

A month later, Eustachio Gallese, then 51, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. After a public outcry inciting parliamentary debate, the Correctional Service of Canada and the Parole Board of Canada announced a joint investigation into Gallese’s release.

Sources:

2004 CanLII 56627 (QC CS) | R. c. Gallese | CanLII

2009 QCCA 1071 (CanLII) | Gallese c. R. | CanLII

Meurtre de Marylène Lévesque: une vigile contre les féminicides

Meurtre à Sainte-Foy: «C’était prévisible», dénonce la fille de la victime

Debates (Hansard) No. 14 - February 4, 2020 (43-1) - House of Commons of Canada

Stigma and Criminalization of Sex Work Facilitated the Murder of Marylène Levesque

Correctional services missed signs leading up to Marylène Levesque murder, says report | CBC News

Warning signs were missed prior to murder of Marylène Lévesque: report | Watch News Videos Online

Internal investigation into the murder of Marylène Lévesque: Pierre Paul-Hus calls for the immediate reopening of the internal investigation | Pierre Paul-Hus

Joint National Board of Investigation: Correctional Service of Canada - Parole Board of Canada

Enforcing prostitution laws could have saved Marylène Lévesque | The Star

Marylène Lévesque - Investigation Report | PDF

Capitalism Is Killing My Fellow Sex Workers

How Canada’s sex work laws put lives at risk | CityNews

Quebec City man sentenced to life with no parole for 25 years for 1st-degree murder of sex worker | CBC News

https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-wants-answers-on-how-moderate-risk-murder-suspect-made-parole

Correctional Service Canada takes concrete actions in response to Board of Investigation results

Why Sex Work Should Be Decriminalized

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Murder in Richmond Hill: The Crimes of Grace Marks and James McDermott

Mon, 31 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 278: In this episode, we plunge into the perplexing saga of Grace Marks and James McDermott. Their story, a blend of mystery and controversy, revolves around the savage murders of wealthy Richmond Hill farmer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper, Nancy Montgomery, in 1843. This tale continues to ignite debates about guilt, innocence, and the essence of criminality.

We'll lay out a tangled web of facts and speculations surrounding these infamous figures and their crimes. We journey through Grace's life, from her hazardous upbringing in Ireland to her immigration to Canada and her involvement in one of the 19th century's most notorious crimes. We also delve into James McDermott's role and his complex relationship with Grace Marks, a subject of relentless speculation.

Sources:

Grace Marks | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Life in the Clearings versus the Bush by Susanna Moodie - Free Ebook

The trials of James McDermott and Grace Marks | Digital Archive | Toronto Public Library

An Historical Enigma: the real Grace Marks and Alias Grace | Anna Mazzola

Is ‘Alias Grace’ a True Story? Separate Fact vs. Fiction

Beyond Grace: Criminal Lunatic Women in Victorian Canada

The Trial and Testimony of Grace Marks, Murderess: Gender Performance in a Colonial Courtroom, Upper Canada 1843 by Ashley Banbury

Early Days in Richmond Hill

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The Alexander Family Tragedy

Mon, 24 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 277: On January 26, 2012, Jo Anne Alexander called 911 from her residence in Richmond, B.C., pleading for help and mentioning that she had ingested sleeping pills. Upon arrival, police found Jo Anne and her husband, John Alexander, in their bed with their deceased family dog. John was dead and had suffered blunt-force injuries. His death was ruled a homicide. Jo Anne was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was arrested after a conversation with police and subsequently charged with second-degree murder.

A B.C. Supreme Court jury found Jo Anne Alexander guilty of the second-degree murder of her husband in March. She was sentenced to life in prison with no parole eligibility for 11 years. The court heard that the couple had been in severe financial distress, living off the proceeds from the sale of their home and borrowing from friends and family. In a letter to her family, Jo Anne, apparently suicidal, said the couple was facing "financial ruin" and that her husband didn't understand.

John and Jo Anne's son, David, will share his experiences over the past 11 and a half years since his father died in the next part of this episode.

The following episode includes talk of suicide. If you need help, you can contact a crisis responder to get help without judgement, twenty-four / seven, 365 days a year at 1-833-456-4566. For more information, please go to talksuicide.ca. You matter and are deserving of help.

Sources:

Get Help | Talk Suicide Canada

2014 BCSC 293 (CanLII) | R. v. Alexander | CanLII

2014 BCSC 1306 (CanLII) | R. v. Alexander | CanLII

Richmond woman, 63, gets 11-year prison term for murder of ailing husband - Richmond News

Richmond woman charged with murdering invalid husband of 40 years | Globalnews.ca

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The Shooting of Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal

Mon, 17 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 276: On March 27, 2020, Jacob Sansom, 39, and his uncle, Maurice Cardinal, 57, both Métis, went hunting in Glendon, Alberta. They later began driving along Range Road 484, where they were mistakenly suspected of planning a burglary by Roger Bilodeau, a white property owner. Bilodeau, 58, and his 16-year-old son, Joseph, gave chase, reaching speeds up to 150 km/h. Another son, Anthony Bilodeau, 33, was called to join during the chase. He did and brought a gun.

After a confrontation at an intersection near Glendon, Alberta, Anthony shot and killed both Sansom and Cardinal. The Bilodeaus fled the scene, offering no aid, nor did they contact authorities. The victims’ bodies were discovered by a passerby hours later.

Sources:

Justice for Jacob and Morris

Obituary of Jacob Christoper Sansom | Northern Lights Funeral Chapel

Obituary of Maurice David Cardinal | Northern Lights Funeral Chapel

Justice For Jake and Morris | Facebook

Métis National Council

2022 ABQB 576 (CanLII) | R v Bilodeau | CanLII

2023 ABKB 13 (CanLII) | R v Bilodeau | CanLII

Global News | Search: Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal

Métis hunters’ families reacts to Anthony Bilodeau’s sentence | APTN News

Surveillance footage shows Metis hunters’ deaths | Toronto Star | YouTube

Alberta father and son both guilty in killing of two Métis hunters | The Star

Metis hunter in Alberta says threats not new in province | APTN News

Experiences of discrimination among the Black and Indigenous populations in Canada, 2019

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White Canadian man found guilty of murder of two Indigenous hunters | Canada | The Guardian

Edmonton Journal | Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal Murdered

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Introducing... Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold

Fri, 14 Jul 2023 04:01:00 -0000

This historical, true crime podcast hosted by Kru Williams from History Television's hit original series Deadman’s Curse: The Legend of the Lost Gold investigates the curse and legend surrounding the lost gold mine of Pitt Lake.

On their quest they're joined by members of the Stó:lō and Katzie First Nations, historians and cultural experts of diverse backgrounds, as they sort fact from fiction and give Slumach a voice from the other side of the veil.

You'll hear about how an Indigenous prospector, accused of murder set a curse on anyone who searched for his hidden gold just before he was hanged. Over a century later, a prospector, a mountaineer, a truth-seeker and a way-shower band together to walk the same paths of those who went looking for Slumach’s cursed gold and never returned find how a single bullet was the catalyst for a 150-year-old mystery.

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The 1984 Quebec National Assembly Shooting

Mon, 10 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 275: On May 8, 1984, a man with a beard, dressed in Canadian Forces camouflage attire and wearing a beret, entered the studios of CJRP, a radio station in Quebec City. Employees at the station noticed the man had a knife secured to his leg. The man approached the assistant to radio host André Arthur’s assistant, presented her with an envelope while introducing himself as “Mr. D.” and promptly left.

The man was later identified as Denis Lortie, a 25-year-old disgruntled Canadian Forces corporal who then entered the Citadelle de Quebec to commit a mass shooting of members of the National Assembly of Quebec. He opened fire, killing three unelected legislature employees, Georges Boyer, 61, Camille Lepage, 54, and Roger Lefrançois, 57. He injured thirteen others before being apprehended, thanks to the heroism of René Marc Jalbert, a retired Canadian Forces officer and the sergeant-at-arms of the National Assembly of Quebec. Lortie’s actions shocked the nation and prompted discussions on security measures and political extremism. Jalbert’s earned him the Cross of Valour, Canada’s highest civilian bravery award.

Sources:

Home - La Citadelle de Québec – Musée Royal 22e Régiment

This is the story of how one lock and key, unlocked terror. | Diefenbunker.ca

Dramatic video: 30th Anniversary of National Assembly shootings | CBC.ca

“Mr. D.” - TIME

The Père-version of the Political in the Case of Denis Lortie

Canadian Parliamentary Review - Article

Il y a 20 ans, la fusillade de l’Assemblée nationale | Radio-Canada.ca

Le Soleil > Itinéraire d’un tueur

1990 CanLII 3485 (QC CA) | R. c. Lortie | CanLII

1986 CanLII 7293 (QC CA) | Lortie v. R. | CanLII

Lortie, Re, 1985 CanLII 3637 (QC CA) | Lortie Re. | CanLii

Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing by Dr. Lee Mellor | Scribd

Mr. René Marc Jalbert | The Governor General of Canada

Canadian Parliamentary Review - Article

Lortie Released | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Plaque to honour victims of 1984 National Assembly shooting unveiled | Montreal Gazette

J’étais la femme du tueur: le récit de Lise Levesque, épouse du caporal Denis Lortie: Dominique Fournier: 9782920839052: Books - Amazon.ca

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The Unsolved Murder of Trina Hunt

Mon, 03 Jul 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 274: Trina Hunt, a 48-year-old woman from Port Moody, B.C., was reported missing on the evening of January 18, 2021. Her husband, Iain Hunt, claimed to have seen her at her home that morning. Her whereabouts remained unknown for weeks despite extensive search efforts by authorities and volunteers. Tragically, Trina’s body was discovered near Hope, B.C., South of Silver Creek on March 29, 2021. Her death was determined a homicide. The investigation into her murder is ongoing, and her killer has yet to be apprehended.

Sources:

TrinaHunt.com

40 Hawthorn Drive - 40 Hawthorn Drive, Port Moody, BC

38 Hawthorn Drive, Port Moody, BC - 5 Beds for sale for $1,950,000

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Family of missing Port Moody woman Trina Hunt makes a statement | GlobalNews

Trina Hunt’s family speaks out following the identification of her body | GlobalNews

Trina Hunt $50,000 Reward Offered | YouTube

IHIT - Trina Hunt investigation continues

IHIT - IHIT appeal to the public on the two-year anniversary of Trina Hunt investigation

Vancouver Sun | It has been two years since Trina Hunt was killed, and still no charge in the case

Facebook Page | Justice For Trina Hunt | Port Moody BC

JUSTICE FOR TRINA HUNT (@justicefortrina) | Instagram

GoFundMe | JUSTICE FOR TRINA

Unofficial Reddit Sub | r/MissingTrinaHunt

Twitter | @findtrina

The Murder Of Trina Hunt | Unofficial Facebook Discussion Group

Man arrested in connection with Trina Hunt killing released without charges | Globalnews.ca

Death of Chilliwack’s Shaelene Bell classified as ‘undetermined’: coroner - Hope Standard

Pinterest | Iain Hunt

Reddit | r/MissingTrinaHunt | Iain confronted at Dairy Queen

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Bitter Reality: The Murder of Jasmine Fiore

Mon, 26 Jun 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 273: On August 15, 2009, the mutilated body of Jasmine Fiore, a 28-year-old Playboy model and aspiring actress, was found stuffed into a suitcase and discarded in a dumpster in Buena Park, California. The investigation quickly led to her husband, Ryan Jenkins, a Canadian real estate investor and former contestant on the reality TV show “Megan Wants a Millionaire.”

As the investigation progressed, a disturbing picture of domestic violence and jealousy emerged. It was revealed that Jenkins had a history of abusive behaviour towards Jasmine, and the couple had a tumultuous relationship. The motive for the murder appeared to be jealousy and control.

Ryan Jenkins fled to Canada, and an international manhunt was launched to apprehend him. However, on August 23, 2009, Jenkins was found dead in a Hope, British Columbia motel room. He had completed suicide by hanging himself.

This case generated widespread media coverage and sparked discussions about domestic violence, the dark side of reality TV, and the importance of raising awareness about toxic relationships. The tragic death of Jasmine Fiore served as a grim reminder of the dangers of domestic violence and the need for intervention and support for victims.

Sources:

Police: Violent Struggle Before Model’s Murder — YouTube

Ryan Jenkins | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Grim Reality: Jasmine Fiore and Ryan Jenkins — Introduction — Crime Library

Swimsuit Model’s Suspected Killer Husband Found Dead - ABC News

Friends of Murdered Model, Jasmine Fiore, Tell Her Story - ABC News

Friends mourn former swimsuit model, Bonny Doon native - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Jasmine Lepore Fiore (1981-2009) - Find a Grave Memorial

‘The Playboy Murders’: Model’s breast implants helped ID vic

Playboy model Jasmine Fiore’s reality TV millionaire husband Ryan Jenkins remains ‘on the run’ after her death | Daily Mail Online

Blood found in car of slain model, say police | CTV News

Ryan Jenkins’ Suicide Note: Love, Anger for Jasmine Fiore (Photos) - CBS News

The Playboy Murders: What happened to Jasmine Fiore?

Private memorial held in Calgary for Ryan Jenkins | CTV News

Police Discover Ryan Jenkins’ Suicide Note | Blog Archive | Vh1 Blog

Slain model’s ex-husband has assault record | CBC News

Thunderbird Motel

RCMP know woman who helped Jenkins - The Globe and Mail

Father of fugitive says he will talk | CTV News

Ryan Jenkins Death Rack/ Coat Rack (Item ID: 102251, End Time : N/A) - Ghouls Like Us

Wayback Machine — Collective Intelligence vs. Straightline International

Friends and family portray two very different Ryan Jenkins after murder, suicide - Red Deer Advocate

Reality TV contestant suspected of murdering his ex-wife found dead | US news | The Guardian

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Kettle Valley Train Explosion: The Death of Peter Verigin

Mon, 19 Jun 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 272: Peter Vasilievich Verigin, also known as “Lordly,” was a highly respected and influential leader among the Doukhobors. These Doukhobors had migrated to Canada in 1899, seeking a new life and religious freedom. Verigin was pivotal in guiding and inspiring them to create a strong and united community based on their religious beliefs.

However, tragedy struck in 1924, casting a dark shadow over Verigin’s legacy. An explosion occurred on Car 1586 of the Kettle Valley Line, resulting in the loss of Verigin’s life, the life of his companion, and seven others. The devastating incident left people shocked and searching for answers. Some suspected that fanatics or government agents might have been responsible, while others believed that fellow Doukhobors or accidental causes played a role. The truth behind this tragic event remains a mystery, and the case remains unsolved.

Sources:

Home | Doukhobor Heritage

Doukhobor Discovery Centre - Home

The Kootenay-Columbia Fuel Supply Company at Nelson, BC | Doukhobor Heritage

Explosion on the Kettle Valley Line: The Death of Peter Verigin

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Doukhobors | The Canadian Encyclopedia

The River Press 05 Nov 1902, page 2 - Newspapers.com

Times Colonist 29 Oct 1924, page 1 - Newspapers.com

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Case Updates: Sharron Prior and The Babes in the Woods

Mon, 12 Jun 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 271: In this episode, we’re providing updates on two historical shows that are now recently solved by way of updates to DNA technology and genetic genealogy. In the first half of this episode, we have recent updates to show 130, where we learned of the brutal rape and murder of a Montreal teen, Sharron Prior. We can finally answer the question posed in that episode’s title, “Who Killed Sharron Prior?”

In the second half, we go all the way back to episode 13, “Babes in the Woods - Stanley Park.” In that show, we learned that in 1953 in Vancouver’s Stanley Park, the skeletal remains of two young boys who were murdered around 1947 with a hatchet that was found near their bones. The boys’ identities remained a mystery until 2022, when their names were finally restored.

Sources:

Sharron Prior

Sharron Prior’s website

Sharron Prior website blog

Documentary: Don’t Rest in Peace | Crave.ca

Sharron Prior’s family relieved Longueuil police solve cold case 48 years later | Global News

Babes in the Woods

VPD identifies child victims in historic cold case murder | Vancouver Police Department

Vancouver police share details about Babes in the Woods case | Vancouver Is Awesome

Identities of Stanley Park Babes in the Woods revealed almost 70 years later | Globalnews.ca

Babes in the Woods officially identified, 75 years after their death | Vancouver Sun

Who are the Babes in the Woods found dead in Stanley Park? | Vancouver Is Awesome

68UMBC

69UMBC

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The Empress of Ireland Disaster

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 270: Having just set out from Quebec City the previous day, in the early hours of May 29, 1914, the passenger ship Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River near Rimouski, Quebec. She was on a return trip to Liverpool, England and due to heavy fog, the ship collided with the Norwegian collier SS Storstad.

Just two years after the Titanic calamity in international waters off the coast of Nova Scotia came the deadliest shipwreck in Canadian history. The event was so significant it is number 11 on the list of deadliest all-time Canadian disasters, just behind number 10, the Halifax Explosion.

The collision occurred when most of the 1,057 passengers and 420 crew members were fast asleep. The aftermath was devastating; the liner plummeted beneath the waters in less than a quarter of an hour, resulting in the tragic loss of more than 1,000 lives.

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Commémoration Empress of Ireland 2014

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Losing the Empress by David Creighton - Ebook | Scribd

Dark Descent by Kevin F. McMurray - Ebook | Scribd

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The Murder of Pamela Gail Bischoff

Mon, 29 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 269: On April 12, 1991, a group of teens attended a woodland party near Oromocto, New Brunswick, involving alcohol and drugs, including LSD. Pamela Gail Bischoff, 14, and William Wayne Dale (Billy) Stillman, 17, left the gathering together, marking the last sighting of Pamela Bischoff alive. Stillman returned home later, wet from the thighs down, cold, shaking, and sporting a cut above his eye with mud and grass on his pants.

Six days later, Pamela’s body was discovered in the Oromocto River, a short distance from the party site. The time of death correlated to the evening she had left with Billy Stillman. Eyewitnesses confirmed seeing a male accompanying Pamela near the discovery site, and Stillman was seen departing the area, his pants muddied. An autopsy showed that Pamela’s death resulted from head wounds, and there was evidence of sexual assault, which included semen inside her body.

Billy Stillman was arrested, released, arrested again and eventually charged and convicted in Pamela’s murder. Stillman’s appeals were based on alleged inappropriate conduct by the RCMP officers collecting important DNA evidence. This resulted in the case being heard and decided in Canada’s highest court in 1997, and a new trial was ordered.

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1995 CanLII 5579 (NB CA) | R. v. Stillman | CanLII

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Long Time Gone: The Murders of Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook

Mon, 22 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 268: On November 18, 1987, Jay Cook, 20, and Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, a young couple from Vancouver Island, went on a road trip to Seattle, Washington. Unfortunately, they were never seen alive again.

Their bodies were discovered weeks later in separate locations. Tanya had been raped, shot, and left in a ditch in Skagit County. Jay was found strangled in the woods near Monroe, about 60 miles away.

The case went unsolved for over three decades until 2018, when authorities were able to use genetic genealogy to identify a suspect. He was arrested and charged with the murders. The man pleaded not guilty. In 2021, after his trial, the man was the first to be convicted using genetic genealogy. The couple’s killer was subsequently sentenced to life behind bars.

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Man appealing genetic genealogy murder conviction was a violent child, his family told police | CBC News

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Conviction for 1987 murders of Tanya van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook overturned | CBC News)

Guilty verdict in 1987 killings of Saanich couple restored | CTV News

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The Canadian Caper: Canada’s Role in the Iran Hostage Crisis

Mon, 15 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 267: On November 4, 1979, Iranian militants attacked the US embassy in Tehran, Iran, taking 66 diplomats and staff members hostage. Remarkably, six diplomats managed to slip away unnoticed. These individuals were Robert Anders, Cora Lijek, Mark Lijek, Joseph Stafford, Kathleen Stafford, and Lee Schatz. Schatz sought refuge at the Swedish embassy, while the others went to the British embassy. However, upon nearing the embassy, they encountered a large crowd of protestors obstructing their path. Consequently, they decided to take shelter at Anders’ residence and devise their next steps. After six harrowing days, the six American diplomats sought refuge at the Canadian embassy.

The Canadian Ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, and his team provided shelter to the American diplomats and false Canadian passports. The Canadian government played a critical role in the mission to rescue them. The then-Canadian Prime Minister, Joe Clark, approved the operation and fully supported Ambassador Taylor and his team.

The rescue mission, known as the “Canadian Caper,” involved the creation of a fake movie production company called “Studio Six” and the production of a fake science fiction film called “Argo.” The Canadian embassy staff, along with the American diplomats, managed to escape from Iran using a combination of air travel and ground transportation. They were safely evacuated from Iran on January 28, 1980. The role played by Canada in the hostage crisis was highly appreciated by the US government and earned Canada international recognition for helping resolve the crisis.

Sources:

How the Shah’s Cancer May Have Changed History

The Iranian Revolution — A timeline of events

Ken Taylor and the Canadian Caper

Our Man In Tehran by Robert Wright — Ebook | Scribd

The Canadian Caper — Pelletier, Jean | Internet Archive

Ken Taylor and the “Canadian Caper” | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Canada history: Jan 27, 1980 — The famous “Canadian Caper” rescue – RCI | English

What you won’t see in Argo — Macleans.ca

Argo, F**k Yourself: Iran and the Oscars – The Diplomat

‘We lost a true hero’: Ken Taylor, 1934-2015 - Macleans.ca

Tony Mendez, former CIA officer and inspiration for ‘Argo,’ dies at 78 - National | Globalnews.ca

Ken Taylor satisfied with Affleck’s shoutout to Canada during Oscar speech | Globalnews.ca

Canada and Iran

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Iran - The CIA World Factbook

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Hollow Man — The Crimes of Mark Twitchell (Part 2)

Mon, 08 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000

In October 2008, the friends and family of 38-year-old Johnny Altinger were worried. Although emails and social media messages had indicated Johnny had run away on the spur of the moment with an unknown woman he’d just met, things didn’t add up. The messages did not have the same feel as Johnny’s typical fare, and he wasn’t known for his spontaneity. Police had already spoken with the tenant at the Edmonton garage that Johnny was directed to on the night he disappeared. They’d seen some things that concerned them, but there was no sign of Johnny. Something seemed off with the 29-year-old filmmaker Mark Andrew Twitchell, the man they’d spoken to. Little did the police know that only a week before Johnny vanished, another man, Gilles Tetreault, had suffered a bizarre attack at Twitchell’s hands after being lured to the same garage.

NOTE: This is part two of an updated, two-part expanded REDO of an earlier episode with which we thought we could have done better. We plan to update several more historical episodes to provide a better listener experience, more in line with the tone of our show.

Sources:

2010 ABQB 693 (CanLII) | R. v. Twitchell | CanLII

Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s First Statement To Police | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Twitchell Agreed Statement 1 | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Second Agreed Statement of Facts in Twitchell Case | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Garage and Evidence Photos

Edmonton Sun | Video Evidence of Garage | YouTube

A Transcript of Police Interview with Mark Twitchell From Oct. 20, 2008 | Scribd

Alleged Diary from Mark Twitchell’s Computer | Scribd

Twitchell DNA Report | Scribd

Live Blog of Twitchell Trial | Scribd

Edmonton Journal | E-Mail Exchange Between Mark Twitchell & a Facebook Friend | Scribd

Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s Notice of Appeal | Scribd

Mark Twitchell case: Inside the mind of “The Dexter Killer” - CBS News

Gilles Tetreault | Author | The One Who Got Away

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Hollow Man — The Crimes of Mark Twitchell (Part 1)

Mon, 01 May 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 265: In October 2008, 38-year-old Johnny Altinger was looking for love online and, thinking he’d found it, was lured to his death in a dingy south Edmonton, Alberta garage. Johnny believed he would meet the girl of his dreams, but a Star Wars and Dexter-Morgan-obsessed serial killer wannabe and 29-year-old amateur filmmaker named Mark Andrew Twitchell awaited him in the garage’s darkness.

NOTE: This is part one of an updated, two-part expanded REDO of an earlier episode with which we thought we could have done better. We plan to update several more historical episodes to provide a better listener experience, more in line with the tone of our show.

Sources:

2010 ABQB 693 (CanLII) | R. v. Twitchell | CanLII

Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s First Statement To Police | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Twitchell Agreed Statement 1 | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Second Agreed Statement of Facts in Twitchell Case | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Garage and Evidence Photos

Edmonton Sun | Video Evidence of Garage | YouTube

A Transcript of Police Interview with Mark Twitchell From Oct. 20, 2008 | Scribd

Alleged Diary from Mark Twitchell’s Computer | Scribd

Twitchell DNA Report | Scribd

Live Blog of Twitchell Trial | Scribd

Edmonton Journal | E-Mail Exchange Between Mark Twitchell & a Facebook Friend | Scribd

Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s Notice of Appeal | Scribd

Mark Twitchell case: Inside the mind of “The Dexter Killer” - CBS News

Gilles Tetreault | Author | The One Who Got Away

That Taxi Podcast | a podcast by Thomas & Taxi David

Edmonton Journal | Johnny Altinger BIO

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The Burning of Montreal: Angélique and the Fire of 1734

Mon, 24 Apr 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 264: In Montreal, Quebec on the evening of April 10, 1734, a fire broke out in the home of Madame de Francheville on Rue Saint-Paul and quickly spread throughout the city. Raging for hours, it destroyed over 46 buildings, primarily residential homes, and the Hôtel-Dieu, a hospital that provided medical care to soldiers and people who were too poor to care for at home. There were rumours that Madame de Francheville’s Portuguese-born black enslaved woman, Marie-Josèphe dite Angélique, started the fire as an act of rebellion on learning she was to be sold and sent away from her lover, a white man and salt trafficker named Claude Thibault. Angélique was arrested and subsequently tortured until she confessed to setting the fire. She was then convicted of arson and hanged on June 21, 1734. The fire significantly impacted Montreal’s development and created new building codes and fire prevention measures. The event remains integral to Montreal’s cultural and historical heritage and yet another dark spot in Canada’s history. Some have called Angélique a heroine, others a scapegoat. Unfortunately, the truth of the matter is lost to time.

Sources:

Torture and Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montreal

The Hanging Of Angelique by Afua Cooper - Ebook | Scribd

Marie-Josèphe-Angélique | Mémoires des Montréalais

Le procès de Marie-Josèphe-Angélique | Mémoires des Montréalais

A Canadian Slavery Story — CANADIANA web series

Biography – MARIE-JOSEPH-ANGÉLIQUE — Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Biography – POULIN DE FRANCHEVILLE, FRANÇOIS — Dictionary of Canadian Biography

Marie-Joseph Angélique | The Canadian Encyclopedia

The role of seigneur in New France — The French-Canadian Genealogist

Old Montreal fire: Questions raised about safety of building | CP24.com

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The History of Canada’s Drug Laws: Racism, Moral Panic and Refer Madness

Mon, 17 Apr 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 263: Approaching the week of 4/20, cannabis enthusiasts worldwide are preparing for a unique celebration. However, it’s essential to acknowledge the dark history of cannabis prohibition in Canada and the USA. The criminalization of cannabis wasn’t based on scientific evidence of its harmful effects or widespread health concerns but was fuelled by moral panic, racism, and xenophobia. It served as a tool to maintain a rigid social hierarchy, where those in power and privilege oppressed and marginalized those considered inferior. The ‘war on drugs’ transformed into a ‘war on cannabis,’ ultimately becoming a war on minorities in both countries.

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The Hamilton Torso Murder: How Could You, Mrs. Dick?

Mon, 10 Apr 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 262: In early March of 1946, John Dick, a 39-year-old streetcar conductor in Hamilton, Ontario, disappeared. Weeks later, five local children found John’s torso on the city’s outskirts — his head and limbs were missing. Suspicion soon fell on John’s wife, Evelyn, who was arrested and charged with the murder. The pair had had a whirlwind courtship and had been married only months before John turned up dead.

During the investigation, police discovered the body of a newborn encased in concrete in Evelyn Dick’s father’s attic. At her trial, evidence emerged of her volatile relationship with her husband, multiple extramarital affairs, and allegations of other criminal activities, including involvement in the alleged murder of her child. Despite her claims of innocence, Evelyn was convicted of murder and sentenced to death. Her story was not close to over.

Sources:

1947 CanLII 12 (ON CA) | R. v. Dick | CanLII

1947 CanLII 116 (ON CA) | Rex v. Dick | CanLII

Evelyn Dick Photos | Digital Archive: Toronto Public Library

The Evelyn Dick Files – A second look at the post-war trials of Evelyn Dick

Evelyn Dick (nee MacLean) (@evelyndick1946) | Instagram

John J. Robinette by George D. Finlayson - Ebook | Scribd

Evil Wives Fully Illustrated: Deadly Women Whose Crimes Knew No Limits Fully Illustrated | Scribd

Documentary: The Notorious Mrs. Dick by Reel-to-Reel films for CTV | YouTube

EvelynDick.com

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Canada: ONTARIO: The Dick Affair - TIME

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75 years later: The endless fascination with Evelyn Dick | TheSpec.com

How Could You, Mrs. Dick? | Steel City History

Forgotten Rebels - Mrs. Evelyn Dick, live @ Lee’s Palace in Toronto. Nov 22, 2014 | YouTube

Mark McNeil — Song: Evelyn Dick | YouTube YouTube

Search Results: Evelyn Dick - ProQuest

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The Vanishing of Brianne Wolgram

Mon, 03 Apr 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 261: On September 5th, 1998, between 11:00 and 11:30 pm, Brianne Ruth Wolgram was last seen at the 7-11 store in Revelstoke, BC., in the company of three young females whose identities are unknown. Five days later, Brianne’s abandoned car was discovered 30 km south of Revelstoke, towards the Akolkolex Falls & River, on Echo Lake Road. Inside the car was her wallet, driver’s license and $200, but there was no sign of Brianne. Nearly 25 years later, Brianne’s family and friends are left wondering whatever became of the shy 19-year-old. Police have not ruled out foul play in her disappearance.

If you have any information on Brianne Wolgram’s disappearance or whereabouts, please email the Missing Children Society of Canada (MCSC) at tips@mcsc.ca or contact Crimestoppers at 1.800.222.TIPS (8477) or the Revelstoke RCMP non-emergency number at 250-837-5255. You can also leave an anonymous message through the contact page at findbreanne.wordpress.com. You can also email darkpoutinepodcast@gmail.com, and we will pass the information to the proper authorities.

Sources:

The History of Revelstoke — Revelstoke Museum & Archives

Find Brianne Wolgram

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Reddit: Breanne Wolgram

MCSC - Home

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287. Use of Hypnosis—Purpose | JM | Department of Justice

Hypnosis Decision SCC: 2007 SCC 6 (CanLII) | R. v. Trochym | CanLII

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Second person, Allan Ellsworth, reported missing in Beaton area - Revelstoke Mountaineer

Public help sought as Revelstoke RCMP search for missing man - Okanagan | Globalnews.ca

The Ghost Story Guys Podcast

A Strange Little Place: The Paranormal Secrets of Revelstoke, British Columbia by Storr, Brennan | Amazon.ca

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The Cold War in Canada: Spies, Bunkers & Nukes, Oh My!

Mon, 27 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 260: Canada played an important role in the Cold War, a period of intense geopolitical tension and rivalry between the Western powers and the Soviet Union that lasted from the end of World War II in 1945 until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. As a member of the Western Bloc and a close ally of the United States, Canada was involved in a wide range of Cold War activities, including the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the construction of a network of radar stations in the Canadian Arctic known as the DEWline, and the creation of a series of underground emergency government bunkers known as Diefenbunkers. The Cold War also had a significant impact on Canadian society, shaping public attitudes toward issues such as national security, nuclear weapons, and international relations.

Sources:

Gouzenko Affair - Canada’s Human Rights History

Spies, Lies, and a Commission by Dominque Clément

Did the Cold War Start in Canada? – All About Canadian History

The Gouzenko Affair - The Historical Society of Ottawa

Parks Canada - Gouzenko Affair National Historic Event

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The Red Scare

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The Distant Early Warning Line: An Environmental Legacy Project - Canada.ca

Diefenbunker.ca

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Top Secret: The Lives of Employees at CFS Carp

Canadian Nuclear Weapons by John Clearwater - Ebook | Scribd

Underground Structures of the Cold War by Paul Ozorak - Ebook | Scribd

Cold War Secret Nuclear Bunkers by Nick McCamley - Ebook | Scribd

NORAD and the Soviet Nuclear Threat by Gordon A.A. Wilson - Ebook | Scribd

Now You Know Canada by Doug Lennox - Ebook | Scribd

Canada and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization

North American Defence | PDF

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Current Time - 2023 - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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Twisted: The Murders of Jessica Grimard, Christine Speich and Anna Lisa Cefali

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 259: After she’d been missing only one day, on the evening of May 7th, 2002, the body of 14-year-old Jessica Grimard was discovered by her father in a stream within a wooded area near her home in Rivière-des-Prairies, a suburban borough on the eastern tip of the city of Montreal, Quebec.

As her killer had placed Jessica in the water, washing away evidence, there was not much for the cops to go on. At first, police considered that Jessica had been killed by someone known to her. However, thanks to a few strange twists, the case would head in a new direction, eventually capturing a known sexual predator and suspected serial killer who had bragged about his crimes. The boasting included confessions of responsibility for two other 1993 deaths around Montreal, initially ruled accidental, that of 12-year-old Christine Speich and 20-year-old Anna Lisa Cefali. The killer had used water and fire to cover his crimes.

Sources:

Angelo Colalillo | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Une marche pour commémorer le triste événement | TVA Nouvelles

Meurtre de Jessica Grimard: un an plus tard, la douleur reste vive | TVA Nouvelles

Grimard (Jessica) - La Mémoire du Québec

2000 CanLII 6067 (QC CQ) | R. c. Paccione | CanLII

2003 CanLII 10002 (QC CQ) | R. c. Chalfoun | CanLII

2005 CanLII 49803 (QC CS) | R. v. Colalillo | CanLII

2005 CanLII 49804 (QC CS) | R. v. Colalillo | CanLII

2006 QCCS 274 (CanLII) | R. c. Colalillo | CanLII

2006 QCCS 7903 (CanLII) | R. c. Colalillo | CanLII

Search - Newspapers.com: Angelo Colalillo

The Man Behind the Letters | PressReader.com

Letters to be examined in Chalfoun trial | CBC News

Colalillo laisse derrière lui son testament criminel | TVA Nouvelles

Colallilo (Angelo) - La Mémoire du Québec

West Island man who sexually assaulted about 20 women denied parole | Montreal Gazette

Cold Careers and Occupational Hazards: The Occupational Preferences of Canadian Serial Killers

Accused Quebec serial killer dies in hospital | CBC

Quebec murder suspect took own life: report | CBC News

The sudden death of a man ‘like a wolf amongst the lambs’ - The Globe and Mail

The Murderer Who Used Water To Hide His Trace | Real Stories |YouTube

Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder | Scribd

Angelo Colalillo (1964-2006) - Find a Grave Memorial

Lifeless in a Stream | Real Crime | By Real Crime

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The Tragic Tale of Janice and Clayton Johnson

Mon, 13 Mar 2023 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 258: On the morning of February 20, 1989, stay-at-home mother of two Janice Faye Johnson was found unconscious, gravely injured and barely clinging to life at the foot of a flight of basement stairs in the Shelburne, Nova Scotia home she shared with her family, Clayton Norman Johnson and daughters Darla and Dawn. Even though she was still alive when she was found by a neighbour, who called for an ambulance immediately, Janice died in the hospital just after noon that day.

More than three years after her death, police arrested Janice’s husband, Clayton, a high school industrial arts teacher, and charged him with first-degree murder. Consistently maintaining his innocence throughout subsequent proceedings, on May 4, 1993, Clayton was found guilty of the first-degree murder of his wife. He was later sentenced to life in prison — his appeals, citing spurious forensic evidence, were rejected. He spent the next five years in prison.

Sources:

Clayton Johnson - Innocence Canada

Crown Halts Clayton Johnson Murder Prosecution - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada

Clayton Johnson Settlement - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada

Clayton Johnson: Innocent man convicted by so-called experts

Clayton Johnson walks as Crown balks at new trial | CBC News

Shelburne man, wrongly convicted of wife’s murder, dies | CBC News

1998 NSCA 14 (CanLII) | R. v. Johnson | CanLII

1994 NSCA 79 (CanLII) | R. v. Johnson | CanLII

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Scribd | Justice Miscarried: Inside Wrongful Convictions in Canada

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Unknown Monster: The Murder of Agnes Bings

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 257: In Victoria, B.C., on the rainy evening of Friday, September 29, 1899, on her way home from work alone, forty-four-year-old Agnes Bings walked across a railroad bridge, cutting through the Songhees Reserve as she did every other night without incident. This night, however, would be her last. Someone took her life somewhere during the 20-minute walk between her bakery on Store Street and the Bings family home on Russell Street. The next morning, Agnes Bing’s body was discovered. She’d been strangled, and her body mutilated. Her slaying has never been solved, although there have been a few suspects, interestingly including the world’s most famous serial killer, Jack the Ripper, whose 1888 crimes also remain unsolved.

Sources:

HISTORY OF DOWNTOWN VICTORIA | LIVE SITE

Home | Victoria

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Seeing Dead People E23 — Mrs. Bings Meets a Madman

The History of Garrick’s Head Pub | Victoria, BC, Canada

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The Killing of Colten Boushie

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 256: Colten Boushie was a 22-year-old Indigenous man from the Red Pheasant First Nation in Saskatchewan, Canada, who was shot and killed on a farm near Biggar, Saskatchewan, on August 9, 2016. His death received widespread attention and led to a national conversation in Canada about systemic racism and the treatment of Indigenous peoples in the criminal justice system. The trial and acquittal of the farmer who was charged with Boushie’s death, a man named Gerald Stanley, also sparked controversy and led to calls for reforms in the Canadian justice system.

Sources:

Red Pheasant Cree Nation – A prospering Nation

2017 SKQB 366 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII

2017 SKQB 367 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII

2018 SKQB 27 (CanLII) | R v Stanley | CanLII

Colten’s friend Eric talking about the shooting | Twitter

Victim, friends needed help with flat tire before farmyard shooting: witness | 650 CKOM

DocumentCloud | FSIN Media Release

The night Colten Boushie died | The Globe and Mail

The Legal Trial of Gerald Stanley - a second look at the case through the lens of law | CanLII Connects

CRCC Final Report on the Death of Colten Boushie

‘Have to keep talking about it,’ says Boushie’s mother, five years after Stanley acquittal | Star Phoenix

Colten Boushie, Gerald Stanley and a case that’s hard to defend | The Star

Read ‘The Rodney King of Western Canada’: Killing of Indigenous Man Heads to Trial Online

Who was Colten Boushie? | CBC News

Colten Boushie Archives - APTN News

‘White Lives Matter’ signs show up in North Battleford Saskatchewan

Debbie Baptiste | Canada’s National Observer: News & Analysis

Brad Wall - Racism has no place in Saskatchewan. | Facebook

We Will Stand Up | CBC Docs POV |YouTube

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The Murder of Natsumi Kogawa

Mon, 20 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 255: On September 28, 2016, a police dog discovered the nude and decomposing body of a young woman on the grounds of Gabriola House, a famous and, at that time, abandoned mansion on Davie Street in Vancouver’s West End. The body was that of Natsumi Kogawa, 30, a Japanese woman who’d been in Canada on a Visa to study English since May that year. Natsumi’s friends and family had not heard from her since September 8, and she’d been officially listed as a missing person four days after that.

On the same day as discovering Ms. Kogawa’s body, police arrested William Victor Schneider, a man from Vernon, B.C. Schneider’s brother Warren turned him into the police after William had told him where he’d put Natsumi’s body and that he ‘done something bad.’ Warren also recalled to police about overhearing a phone conversation during which he said he’d thought William had admitted to having killed Natsumi.

The legal proceedings that followed dragged on into the fall of 2022.

Sources:

Hirosaki – Travel guide at Wikivoyage

Tonari Gumi - Japanese Community Volunteers Association - Vancouver, Canada

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Vancouver Shinpo - その三十五　古川夏好（こがわなつみ）さんの一周忌

古川さん殺害、終身刑の男が控訴 | 日加トゥデイ/JC Today

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Update: Body of Missing Woman Found | Vancouver Police Department

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‘It’s my fault,’ court hears accused tell police in murder trial of Japanese student | The Star

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‘People listened’: Mother of murdered Japanese student grateful for guilty verdict | CBC News

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Murder conviction of B.C. man who killed exchange student restored: Supreme Court of Canada | Globalnews.ca

‘People listened’: Mother of murdered Japanese student grateful for guilty verdict | CBC News

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YOU SHOULD KNOW: About The History Of “The Gabriola Mansion” In The West End – Scout Magazine

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2022 SCC 34 (CanLII) | R. v. Schneider | CanLII

Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Docket - 39559

Supreme Court of Canada - 39559

Supreme Court of Canada - SCC Case Information - Webcast of the Hearing on 2021-12-10 - 39559

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Failed Justice: The Murder of Brigitte Grenier

Mon, 13 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 254: On Saturday, June 23, 1990, three teenagers, Brigitte Grenier, 16, Kyle Unger, 19, and Timothy Houlahan, 17, all separately attended a music festival at a ski resort near Roseisle, Manitoba. The following morning, Brigette was discovered dead in a creek in a heavily forested area within the resort. She’d been sexually assaulted, beaten, tortured and strangled to death. As both had been seen with the victim during the hours before her death, police quickly targeted Kyle Unger and Timothy Houlahan as suspects in Brigette’s slaying.

Forensic evidence pointed to Houlahan, and he, in turn, pointed to Kyle Unger as Brigette’s murderer, but Kyle was adamant he’d had nothing to do with Brigette’s death. The physical evidence against Kyle Unger was a single strand of hair found on Brigette’s sweatshirt. RCMP needed more, so they turned to their tried and true Mr. Big technique and, sure enough, acquired a confession from Kyle Unger. In February of 1992, both Unger and Houlahan were convicted of first-degree murder. Both appealed. Houlahan’s appeal was successful, and in July 1993, the Manitoba Court of Appeal ordered a new trial for him. Tim Houlahan completed suicide before his second trial. Kyle Unger’s conviction was upheld.

Did the justice system get it right? Unfortunately, we will see that it did not, at least not right away.

Sources:

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Roseisle Pioneer Monument (Roseisle, RM of Dufferin)

1992 CanLII 13202 (MB KB) | R. v. Unger (K.W.) and Houlahan (T.L.) | CanLII

1993 CanLII 4409 (MB CA) | R. v. Unger | CanLII

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Kyle Unger — Innocence Canada

Kyle Unger | News, Videos & Articles — Global News

Real Justice: A Police Mr. Big Sting Goes Wrong: The Story of Kyle Unger by Richard Brignall

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AWAY: Girl Gone: The Closs Family Tragedy

Mon, 06 Feb 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 253: At 12:53 am on the morning of October 15, 2018, a frantic, garbled 911 came in from the Closs Family just west of the City of Barron, Wisconsin, U.S.A. There is screaming throughout the 45 seconds of the call from what seems to be two different females. Police arrived shortly after 911 was placed. Inside the home were the bodies of James and Denise Closs. They’d both been shot to death. It was soon discovered that the Closs couple’s 13-year-old daughter, Jayme Lynn, was missing.

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JAYME CLOSS — FBI

www.facebook.com/barroncountysheriff

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Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of Erik Sedani squad video.mp4. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of James Pressley squad video 1.mp4. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of James Pressley squad video 2.mp4. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of James Pressley squad video 3.mp4. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of Jon Fick squad video 1.mp4. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of Jon Fick squad video 2.mp4. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of Erik Sedani body camera video 1 audio only.wav. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of Erik Sedani body camera video 2 audio only.wav. 2018.

Barron County Sheriff’s Department. Transcription of James Pressley body camera video 1 audio only.wav. 2018.

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Tormented: The Death of Amanda Todd

Mon, 30 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 252: Starting when Amanda Michelle Todd was just 11 years old, a person began a campaign of sexual extortion, relentless harassment and cyberbullying. Over the next three years, Amanda endured constant pressure from the man who used 22 online aliases on four different social media platforms to coerce and lure her into performing pornographic cam shows for him.

On September 7, 2012, Amanda posted a now-famous video on YouTube in which she used a series of flashcards to tell her experience of being blackmailed into exposing her breasts via webcam, which later led to her being bullied and physically assaulted. The video gained global attention when it went viral after Amanda completed suicide at her family home in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, a month before her 16th birthday on October 10th, 2012. As of this writing, the video, still up on YouTube, is just about to crack 15 million views.

Amanda’s mother, Carol Todd, was driven by grief of her daughter’s loss to become an activist. She established the Amanda Todd Trust at the Royal Bank of Canada, which receives donations to support anti-bullying awareness education and programs for young people with mental health problems.

In 2014, a Dutch-Turkish man, Aydin Coban, in his 30s when the abuse of Amanda Todd began, was identified as the man who’d been harassing her and at least 39 other young girls and young gay males in the Netherlands, U.K., and Canada. After legal proceedings in the Netherlands wrapped up, Coban was imprisoned there. Although charged with five offences related to Amanda Todd here in Canada, Amanda’s family would have to wait for justice for her.

In June 2022, almost ten years after Amanda’s death, after being extradited to Canada, Aydan Coban stood trial in the Supreme Court of British Columbia. On August 5, 2022, the jury found Coban guilty of all five of the charges he was facing.

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Amanda Todd Legacy Society Official Site - Home

My story: Struggling, bullying, suicide, self-harm | YouTube

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2022 BCSC 1810 (CanLII) | R. v Coban | CanLII

Dutch man Aydin Coban convicted of sexually extorting B.C. teen Amanda Todd | CBC News

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‘She shared everything with me’: Amanda Todd’s mother talks about her life with her daughter (with video)

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Timeline: Amanda Todd investigation | CTV News

Amanda Todd blackmailer Kody Maxson outed another pedophile blackmailer

Cyberbullying trial: Closing arguments in B.C. | CTV News

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Canada’s First Mass Murder: The Easby Family

Mon, 23 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 251: In the rural area known as Drummond Township, near Perth, Ontario, about a mile north of the village of Balderson’s Corners, in the early morning hours of December 10, 1828, what appeared to be an accidental fire resulted in the deaths of Thomas Easby’s wife and four eldest children. Only a month later, it was the word of Thomas’s only surviving son that painted a different, more sinister picture. Thomas was arrested, charged with the murders and tried. Easby’s trial was brief, he was convicted and sentenced to hang for what has been called Canada's first mass murder.

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Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing

The Thomas Easby Murders in 1829 — Foulest Ever in Lanark County | lindaseccaspina

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THE DEVIL VISITS DRUMMOND TOWNSHIP

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A History of Drummond Township - John C. Ebbs - Google Books

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The Sinking of the Queen of the North

Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 250: At 8:00 PM on the evening of March 21, 2006, the B.C. Ferries-operated motor vessel Queen of the North departed Prince Rupert, British Columbia. The long-haul passenger and vehicle ferry, making the 18-hour overnight trip to *Port Hardy* on the Northern end of Vancouver Island, was carrying 22 vehicles, 101 people, 59 passengers and 42 crew. Many passengers were asleep when, at 12:21 A.M., at 17.5 knots, the ferry struck an underwater ledge on the northeast side of Gil Island in Wright Sound. The damage to the hull was catastrophic; it tore holes in the starboard side and took out the propellers. The ferry lost propulsion and began drifting and taking on water. Upon realizing the ferry was lost, the crew and passengers loaded into lifeboats to take them safely away from the foundering vessel, which sank in 430 m of water only 80 Minutes later. Sadly, two of the passengers, Shirley Rosette and Gerald Foisy, both of 100 Mile House, British Columbia, were unaccounted for and, as they’ve never been found, they have since been declared dead.

Investigations by B.C. Ferries and the Canadian Transportation Safety Board determined that the sinking was due to human error on the part of the ferry’s navigational crew, and the RCMP undertook a criminal investigation. Helmswomen Karen Briker was fired, as was Captain Colin Henthorne, rightfully in his cabin at the time.

But the blame for the incident fell squarely on the shoulders of another man, the ship’s fourth officer. On March 16, 2010, the Crown charged *Karl-Heinz Arthur Lilgert* with two counts of criminal negligence, causing death. Lilgert was subsequently convicted of both charges and sentenced to four years in prison.

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Connecting the Coast | BC Ferries

Marine Investigation Report M92W1057 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Marine Investigation Report M06W0052 - Transportation Safety Board of Canada

Skidegate Band Council

Home | City of Prince Rupert

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Navigator was either fighting or having sex with former lover on bridge of B.C. ferry the night it sank, Crown tells court | National Post

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Family asked to prove loved ones died at ferry sinking trial | CTV News

Family of two victims testify at B.C. ferry sinking trial | CBC News

Ferry passenger believes she saw couple before crash, thinks they went overboard | Globalnews.ca

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Christmas 2022: Safe Cracking Santa & his Murderous Elf

Mon, 19 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 249: As this is our special Christmas episode. It is our tradition to tell a Yuletide-themed yarn. This one is about a duo of bandits who burglarized various shopping malls across the United States and Canada year after year during the holidays. Their insidious M.O. was to work from the inside. The group’s leader, a safe cracker named Willie Thomas Soke and his sidekick, a little person of colour called Marcus Skidmore, would acquire jobs inside the department store. Soke, a foul-mouthed, chronic alcoholic and sex addict, would play the store’s Santa Claus, and Skidmore, his evil sidekick, would be one of Santa’s elves. Finally, after the murder of the head of a mall security manager named Johnny ‘Gin’ Calhoun at a Phoenix, Arizona, shopping complex, the pair were brought to justice in 2003. This was thanks partly to the unwitting help of a Canadian-born 10-year-old boy, Thurman Merman, who was living in Phoenix with his grandmother.

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Achondroplasia | Johns Hopkins Medicine

City of Phoenix, Arizona, Police Department

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The University of British Columbia

‘Documentary’: Bad Santa

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Away Game: The Murder of John Lennon

Mon, 12 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 248: In New York City on the 8th of December, 1980, the world was rocked by the murder of influential rock and roll icon, artist, sometimes controversial activist and dad John Lennon. After an evening recording session at the Record Plant, John Lennon and his wife, artist Yoko Ono returned to their Central Park West apartment building, The Dakota. As John and Yoko approached the entrance to the building, they passed a man for whom, only hours earlier, Lennon had signed an autograph. The man, Mark David Chapman, 25, watched the couple walk by and then pulled a .38 special from his coat and unloaded on John Lennon, shooting him in the back four times. The deadly hollow point bullets tore through the former Beatle, mortally wounding him. He was pronounced dead at Roosevelt Hospital later. When police arrived, they found Chapman patiently reading his book, Catcher in the Rye.

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The Caledonia Mills Poltergeist

Mon, 05 Dec 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 247: In January of 1922, the first of a series of fires broke out on a farm in the small rural community of Caledonia Mills in Antigonish County, Nova Scotia. The family who lived at the farm, Alexander, 70, and sixty-nine-year-old Janet MacDonald, 69, and their 15-year-old adopted daughter Mary-Ellen, claimed the unexplained blazes, 30 in all, had begun in rapid succession in places not close to either wood stove. The fires and other terrifying occurrences that drove them out of the home, they believed, were caused by a malicious poltergeist bent on their destruction and focused around Mary-Ellen. News of the events brought renowned international investigators of things paranormal, even catching the attention of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, author of the Sherlock Holmes detective stories.

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Caledonia Mills: The Mary Ellen Spook Farm Case

Fire Spook by Monica Graham - Ebook | Scribd

Ghost Stories of Canada by John Robert Colombo, Jillian Hulme Gilliland - Ebook | Scribd

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The Murder of John Ruffolo

Mon, 28 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 246: John Ruffolo, 36, an employee of Brinks Canada at Butler Crescent location in Saanichton, British Columbia, was due to start a night shift at 10:30 PM on October 19, 2003. He was an ATM technician and an armoured car driver. When John didn’t show up, the rest of the armoured car crew waited 30 minutes before calling John’s home. A woman answered the phone, telling John’s co-worker, Jason Amos, that John had left for work some time ago. The crew waited a few more minutes before calling in a replacement.

John’s wife, Ruby Ann Ruffolo, reported her husband missing on October 20th. His car turned up outside a local pub in Victoria two days after that. On October 25, 2003, a hiker walking near Humpback Road in Langford, 15 kilometres from his Victoria home, found John Ruffolo’s body in a culvert and called the police. John’s body was uninjured except for puncture wounds, believed to be needle marks, on both arms.

Six months after John Ruffolo died, police arrested Ruby Ann Ruffolo and charged her with first-degree murder in her husband’s death. John’s surviving family had to wait seven long years for justice in a case beset by numerous delays, some initiated by the defendant and her lawyers, but also included a judge’s death and a mistrial.

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John RUFFOLO Obituary (2003) - The Times Colonist

2010 BCSC 1630 R. v. Ruffolo

2012 BCCA 325 R. v. Ruffolo

826 Esquimalt Road, Victoria, BC — Google Maps

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Amitriptyline - Oral | HealthLink BC

Nortriptyline - Oral | HealthLink BC

Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative

CN BC: Judge’s Death Puts Cases In Jeopardy

Woman killed cheating husband with overdose of heroin | CTV News

Family furious over convicted killer’s release | CBC News

Murder victim’s family responds to Ruffolo’s release - Saanich News

Ruby Ann Ruffolo Guilty of First Degree Murder - YouTube

Ruby Ann Ruffolo loses last appeal of conviction for murdering husband in 2003 - Victoria Times Colonist

KidSport Canada | So all kids can play

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The Wineville Chicken Coop Murders

Mon, 21 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 245: Between 1926 and 1928, a sinister darkness was afoot on a small chicken ranch in Wineville, California. When he was only 19, Gordon Stewart Northcott, a Canadian, had abducted, raped, tortured and murdered at least three and as many as 20 others. His victims were predominantly prepubescent boys. He sexually assaulted and released numerous others. When a portion of the truth came out, much of it was told by Northcott’s nephew, 13-year-old Sanford Clark. Northcott had brought Sanford with him from Canada two years before.

Northcott viciously raped and beat Clark numerous times before tiring of him as he aged. Afterward, through fear and intimidation, Northcott coerced his nephew into assisting him in committing and covering up the murders of his victims. Even Northcott’s mother, Sarah Louise Northcott, helped in some of the crimes to keep her son out of jail.

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What Happened to Tom Thomson?

Mon, 14 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 244: On the morning of the 8th of July 1917, thirty-nine-year-old Tom Thomson, a renowned Canadian painter and skilled outdoorsman, set off well-supplied for a day-long fishing excursion in his canoe on Canoe Lake in Algonquin Provincial Park in Whitney, Ontario. A canoe, later identified as Thomson’s, was found floating upside down in the lake later on the same day. When Tom did not return from his fishing trip the next day, his friends became concerned. Eight days after Thomson first set out, Dr. G. W. (Goldwyn) Howland, a cottager from Toronto, spotted Tom’s bloated and decomposed body floating in the lake. An examination of Thomson’s body uncovered a large bruise on the right side of his head, and blood had come out of his right ear. Thomson’s death was quickly ruled an accident, and no police investigation occurred. Thomson was laid to rest in Mowat Cemetery near Canoe Lake, where he’d died. However, Thomson’s older brother George demanded the body be exhumed. Two days later, Tom’s grave was re-opened, the casket removed, and he was re-interred on July 21 in the family plot beside the Leith Presbyterian Church in what is now the Municipality of Meaford, Ontario.

Officially the matter was closed, but mythology has grown around Thomson’s death. In the intervening years since Thomson’s death, investigations by sleuths, amateur and professional, have come to various conflicting conclusions. Some agree with the initial findings that Thomson died due to accidental drowning. Others, however, suggest that Tom Thomson was murdered.

Sources:

Death on a Painted Lake: The Tom Thomson Tragedy

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Tom Thomson by Joan Murray - Ebook | Scribd

Who Killed Tom Thomson? by John Little - Ebook | Scribd

The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson by Gregory Klages - Ebook | Scribd

The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson by George A. Walker - Ebook | Scribd

Tom Thomson’s Last Paddle by Larry McCloskey - Ebook | Scribd

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Remembrance Day 2022: Disaster at Dieppe

Mon, 07 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 243: Eighty years ago, on August 19, 1942, in Operation Jubilee began as the Allies attacked the French port of Dieppe on the English Channel Coast. Of the more than 6100 troops involved, five thousand were soldiers of the 2nd Canadian Infantry Division and a thousand British, many commandos, with a handful of others including Americans. The hope was to gain a foothold in Europe, breaching Hitler’s heavily-fortified Atlantic Wall. But unfortunately, the Germans were ready for them, and things did not go as planned.

After nine excruciating hours of brutal fighting along the shore, the allied force retreated. Almost 1000 Allied troops lay dead, and at least 2000 more were prisoners of war, making this one of Canada’s darkest days ever in a time of war.

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Dieppe - Veterans Affairs Canada

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HyperWar: Six Years of War: The Army in Canada, Britain and the Pacific Chapter 12

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Fallen Four: The Mayerthorpe Tragedy (Part 2): The Shooting & Aftermath

Mon, 31 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 242: On March 3, 2005, a contingent of RCMP constables, attended the property of James Michael Roszko, 46 in Rochfort Bridge, near Mayerthorpe, Alberta. The members were there to serve a search warrant for stolen property and a marijuana-growing operation on the farm, discovered the day before. Roszko, knowing the police would be arriving soon, armed himself with the help of a couple friends, Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman, and then he laid in wait for the RCMP. When four of the officers, Anthony Gordon, Lionide “Leo” Johnston, Brock Myrol and Peter Schiemann, walked into a quonset hut on the farm. Roszko, hidden inside the building, opened fire on the four members, killing them and then himself before the other RCMP members on site could come to their aid.

In the last episode we learned of the life of the murderer leading up to the day of the slaying of the four RCMP members. In this episode you’ll hear about the crime and its aftermath.

Sources:

Town of Mayerthorpe: Home

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE STATISTICS - Darkness to Light

Report to the Attorney General : public inquiry into the deaths of Cst. Anthony Gordon, Cst. Lionide Johnston, Cst. Brock Myrol, Cst. Peter Schiemann and Mr. James Roszko - Open Government

Report to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General Public Fatality Inquiry - PDF

Fallen Four | Home

Fallen Four Memorial Park & Visitor Information Centre | Facebook

Line of Fire by Edward Butts - Ebook | Scribd

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RCMP Tribute to Five Officers

Mayerthorpe Tragedy - Wikipedia

2008 ABQB 242 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII

2008 ABQB 282 (CanLII) | R. v. Cheeseman | CanLII

2009 ABQB 60 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII

2010 ABCA 274 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII

Murder charge approved in Burnaby RCMP officer’s killing | CTV News

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Fallen Four: The Mayerthorpe Tragedy (Part 1): Offender History

Mon, 24 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 241: On March 3, 2005, a contingent of RCMP constables attended the property of James Michael Roszko, 46, in Rochfort Bridge, near Mayerthorpe, Alberta. The members were there to serve a search warrant for stolen property and a marijuana-growing operation on the farm, discovered the day before. Roszko, knowing the police would be arriving soon, armed himself with the help of a couple of friends, Shawn Hennessey and Dennis Cheeseman, and then he lay in wait for the RCMP. When four of the officers, Anthony Gordon, Lionide “Leo” Johnston, Brock Myrol and Peter Schiemann, walked into a quonset hut on the farm. Roszko, hidden inside the building, opened fire on the four members, killing them and then himself before the other RCMP members on-site could come to their aid.

This episode covers the life of the murderer and leads us up to the slaying of the four RCMP members. Next week in part 2, you’ll hear about the crime and its aftermath.

Sources:

Town of Mayerthorpe: Home

CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE STATISTICS - Darkness to Light

Report to the Attorney General : public inquiry into the deaths of Cst. Anthony Gordon, Cst. Lionide Johnston, Cst. Brock Myrol, Cst. Peter Schiemann and Mr. James Roszko - Open Government

Report to the Minister of Justice and Attorney General Public Fatality Inquiry - PDF

Fallen Four | Home

Fallen Four Memorial Park & Visitor Information Centre | Facebook

Line of Fire by Edward Butts - Ebook | Scribd

James Roszko | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

RCMP Tribute to Five Officers

Mayerthorpe Tragedy - Wikipedia

2008 ABQB 242 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII

2008 ABQB 282 (CanLII) | R. v. Cheeseman | CanLII

2009 ABQB 60 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII

2010 ABCA 274 (CanLII) | R. v. Hennessey | CanLII

Murder charge approved in Burnaby RCMP officer’s killing | CTV News

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The History of Wartime Internment in Canada

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 240: Canada has had a long and embarrassing history of race relations, starting with the indigenous peoples who’d lived here for thousands of years prior to the arrival of European colonizers.

Our nation has also facilitated the mass internment of people perceived as threats to our national security during war time. As World War I raged in Europe, internment camps were set up to house Ukranians, Germans, Turks and Bulgrians. Of the more than 8500 detainees involuntarily held in camps across the country, a small percentage were women and children, the dependants of the men being held. Other internees included homeless people, conscientious objectors, and members of outlawed cultural and political associations.

At the outset of World War II, a number of Canadian citizens of German and Italian decent, as well as Jews who were immigrating to Canada, fleeing Europe were rounded up and put into internment camps. After the Japanese attack on the United States in Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, on 7 December, 1941, North Americans were afraid. The Second World War had come far too close to home. Just over a month after the Pearl Harbour attack, a process began which saw the mass internment of Japanese Canadians from 1942 until 1949. Many of the detainees, including women and children, had been born in Canada. The country they’d grown up to love had uprooted them from their homes, seized their properties and taken away their rights and freedoms.

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Introducing... Driven By Her: Unsung Heroines

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 04:00:00 -0000

The episode you're about to hear is a sample of the "Driven By Her" series from the Ongoing History of New Music presented by Porsche Canada. On this 5 episode series host Alan Cross explores the amazing contributions some of the most talented women on the planet have made to Modern Music. From Women who made the 90's rock to guitar heroes to the stories of some of the most talented songwriters and producers on the planet making the biggest hit we all know the words to... On the sample you're about to hear you'll learn about more than a dozen women that have changed music forever but have been given little to no credit, and Alan wants to fix that as he shines a spotlight on Trixie Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie and more. You'll be surprised to find that behind the rock and roll... the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd ALL have women to thank for their contributions to music history.

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Delayed Justice — Part 2: The Murder of Monica Jack

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0000

In our last episode we heard of the murder of eleven-year-old Kathryn-Mary Herbert in Abbotsford, B.C. The 1975 murder went unsolved for nearly 40 years.

Less than a year after Kathryn-Mary was killed, another girl from Abbotsford, Theresa Hildebrandt, 15, also went missing. Her body turned up in 1980, she’d been murdered. Two years after that and more than 200 kilometres from Abbotsford, another girl, Monica Jack, 12, went bike riding near Merritt, B.C. and was never again seen alive. Her remains were not found until 1995 near Nicola Lake, she too had been murdered.

Police believed that all three murders were connected. They had only circumstantial evidence on one suspect they presumed had committed all three killings.

Sources:

2015 BCSC 1023 (CanLII) | R. v Handlen | CanLII

2018 BCSC 1330 (CanLII) | R. v Handlen | CanLII

2022 BCCA 304 (CanLII) | R. v. Handlen | CanLII

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36 years later, Chilliwack woman believes daughter’s killer will be caught

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Family Of Theresa Hildebrandt Lives Four Decades Without Answers In Her Murder | Abbotsford News

Garry Handlen’s ‘Mr. Big’ Confession Could Have Been Fabricated, Judge Says | Abbotsford News

Garry Handlen convicted in Monica Jack killing: What the jury didn’t hear

Garry Taylor Handlen, accused child killer, evaded charges for 39 years | CBC News

Crown Proceeds by Direct Indictment in R. v. Handlen

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UBCIC Stands with Family of Monica Jack as her Murderer Appeals Conviction - UBCIC

B.C. court dismisses appeal of man convicted of 1978 murder of 12-year-old Monica Jack | CBC News

B.C. man convicted in young girl’s murder in 1978 loses appeal - Surrey Now-Leader

GRAPHIC CONTENT: Confession of Garry Taylor Handlen to the murder of Monica Jack | Vancouver Sun — YouTube

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Delayed Justice — Part 1: The Murders of Kathryn-Mary Herbert & Theresa Hildebrandt

Mon, 03 Oct 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 238: In Abbotsford, B.C., on the evening of September 24, 1975, Kathryn-Mary Herbert, age 11, was abducted while on her way home from a friend’s home. Last seen The girl’s body was discovered almost two months later on the Matsqui Indian Reserve north of Abbotsford. Investigators determined that she was likely murdered on the day she’d disappeared.

In May 1976, Theresa Hildebrandt, 15, vanished without a trace from her Aldergrove, B.C. home. F Police believed she might be a runaway, but her family felt otherwise. or nearly four years no one knew what had become of Theresa. In March of 1980, her skeletal remains were found in a shallow grave off Downes and Mt. Lehman roads.

Almost exactly two years after Theresa’s disappearance, in early May 1976, 12-year-old Monica Jack was riding her bicycle near Merritt, B.C. when she disappeared. As Monica was of indigenous heritage, her disappearance fell under Project E-PANA, the RCMP’s initiative to solve the multitude of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls along B.C.’s infamous Highway of Tears. In June of 1995, Monica’s remains were discovered off a logging road on Swakum Mountain, to the west of Nicola Lake and several kilometres from where she was last seen.

Families of the victims had their suspicions about suspects and worked hard to hold police on task, to solve the murders of their girls.

Due to similarities in the cases, police believed them all, potentially, linked. After years of running down tip after tip, a man with a history of sexual assault convictions and had been living in B.C. during all three killings fell under suspicion of investigators. After a long operation which involved the employment pf their infamous Mr. Big technique to get their suspect to talk, RCMP arrested 67-year-old Garry Taylor Handlen, and charged him with the murders of Kathryn-Mary Herbert and Monica Jack in 2014, more than 36 years after the murder of Monica Jack. He was later convicted of first-degree murder.

Sadly, in regards to Theresa Hildebrant’s murder, no one has yet been charged in her killing, and 46 years later, her family has yet to receive any official answers about Theresa’s death.

Sources:

2015 BCSC 1023 (CanLII) | R. v Handlen | CanLII

2018 BCSC 1330 (CanLII) | R. v Handlen | CanLII

A Garden of Tears: The murder of Kathryn-Mary Herbert | CBC.ca

CBC: Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women — Monica Jack

Kathryn-Mary Herbert | Theyaremissing Blog

A garden of tears (2009) | ridgenfilm

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Murder in Chatham: Virginia & Alfred Critchley and Jasen Pangburn

Mon, 19 Sep 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 237: On a fall evening in 1991, police discovered the bodies of Alfred Critchley, 75, and Virginia Critchley, 73, in the Chatham, Ontario residence they shared with their son and his family. The couple had been brutally stabbed. Alfred was unconscious but alive and Virginia was barely alive. Virginia died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital and Alfred died later in the hospital having never regained consciousness. After a brief search, the couple’s grandson, Jasen Pangburn, 19, was discovered partially buried in a nearby ravine. Jasen had been executed with a single gunshot to the chest from a .22 calibre firearm. Thanks to Virginia’s dying words, suspicion fell on two youths, who’d been acquaintances of Jasen Pangburn’s, Jason Shawn Cofell, 18, and a 15-year-old accomplice we’ll call C.B.

Sources:

2007 CanLII 76511 (ON SC) | R. v. Cofell | CanLII

The Essex and Kent Scottish - Canada.ca

Chatham triple-murderer granted parole after almost 25 years in prison | CBC News

Teenage triple-murderer whose killings rocked Chatham, region gets parole after decades in prison

Search — Jason Shaw Cofell — Newspapers.com

Cofell, Jason – Canadian Crimeopedia

Chatham-Kent, ON Crime Rates & Map

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The Murder of Diana Russell (Part 2)

Mon, 12 Sep 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 236: In our last episode, we heard about the murder of 61-year-old retiree, and beloved mother, grandmother and recent great-grandmother, Diana Russell. On February 22, 2002, after her car was found abandoned, in out-of-the way Boston Bar, her family became concerned. Diana was not answering her phone and no one knew where she was.

She was later found by police in the basement of Kelowna ,B.C. townhome. Diana had been beaten, hogtied, raped and then strangled. The number one suspect was no stranger to the family. He was Ronald Leal Fowler, an ex-boyfriend of Diana’s eldest daughter, Michele, and father to that daughter’s two-year-old son, Brandon.

After killing Diana, Fowler had fled in her car, but after it became hopelessly stuck after a freak winter mud and snow slide he’d hitchhiked to Vancouver. Fowler was arrested there after the truck driver who’d dropped him off in the Lower Mainland called police about the sketchy guy who’d ridden with him.

Fowler, who’d illegally walked away from half-way house in which he’d been living, claimed amnesia due to drug and alcohol binge at the time. He denied responsibility for Diana’s murder and maintains that position to this day.

Diana’s remaining family was left to pick of the pieces of their broken lives. This crime is still a painful wound for them, ripped open by Fowler’s every appeal and applications for parole. In the second part of this episode we hear from Collin Lucksinger, Diana Russell's grandson, as he shares with us his feelings about the his grandmother and the crime.

Sources:

Facebook — Biography of Diana Russell

Search Castanet News - Ronald Fowler

2006 BCSC 1215 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2006 BCSC 1214 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2005 BCSC 1876 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2005 BCSC 1875 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2005 BCSC 1874 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

CN BC: Drug Experts Differ Over Blackouts - Rave.ca

Femicide

RamsReef — Twitch

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The Murder of Diana Russell (Part 1)

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 235: On February 22, 2002, a vehicle was found in the ditch off the Trans-Canada highway near Boston Bar, B.C.

The car was registered to 61-year-old mother, grandmother and recent great-grandmother, Diana Russell, who was nowhere around the car. RCMP obtained a key to Diana’s Kelowna townhouse and went inside finding the woman partially clothed body underneath some mattresses and furniture. She’d been hogtied, raped, beaten and strangled.

Police quickly determined that Ronald Leal Fowler, 31, was a person of interest in the murder. Fowler, father of one of Diana’s grandchildren after a brief relationship with Diana’s eldest daughter, Fowler was later dramatically captured in Vancouver. He was then charged and in 2006 was convicted of first degree murder.

Diana Russell's daughter Valerie MacPherson kindly shared her writings about her family's pain around the time of the murder and the twenty years since. In part 2 we will hear from Diana's grandson, Collin Lucksinger, as he shares first hand his thoughts and feelings around Diana's murder.

Sources:

Facebook — Biography of Diana Russell

Search Castanet News - Ronald Fowler

2006 BCSC 1215 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2006 BCSC 1214 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2005 BCSC 1876 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2005 BCSC 1875 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

2005 BCSC 1874 (CanLII) | R. v. Fowler | CanLII

CN BC: Drug Experts Differ Over Blackouts - Rave.ca

Femicide

RamsReef — Twitch

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Heaven’s Gate — UFO Death Cult

Mon, 29 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 234: On March 26, 1997, police found the bodies of 39 members of a religious UFO cult known as Heaven’s Gate in an 830 square-metre (9,000 square foot) home in Rancho Santa Fe, California, a San Diego suburb. All, including the group’s leader, Marshall Applewhite Jr., had died in a ritualistic act of mass suicide. The headline on the cult’s website, which remains online today, stated, “Hale-Bopp brings closure to Heaven’s Gate.” Over the following weeks, as investigators probed what happened in the home, the story of the Heaven’s Gate cult emerged, each detail weirder than the next.

I wrote about this story in my first book, Murder Madness and Mayhem. I have always wanted to cover this on Dark Poutine. I have expanded on what I wrote, especially toward the end of the story, I get into more detail about the victims. The medium of a podcast also allows for other content, including audio clips from individuals involved in the case and other details I was otherwise unable to convey in the book involving Canadian connections which includes one of the victims, Erika Ernst, 40, who was from Calgary, Alberta. That’s right, this is not an away game.

Sources:

Get Help | Talk Suicide Canada

Heaven’s Gate — How and When It May Be Entered

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Video Anonymous Heaven’s Gate caller who directed police to mansion, 25 years after tragedy - ABC News

Heaven’s Gate, 25 Years Later: Remembering Lives Lost in Cult

CNN - Some members of suicide cult castrated - Mar. 28, 1997

Heaven’s Gate Survivor Lost His Soulmate to Suicide Cult

Facilitating You! – You are the love you have been looking for.

Erika Ernst (1956-1997) - Find a Grave Memorial

Cult Test | Cult Escape | Are you In A Religious Cult?

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Falling Stars: The Belcher Island Murders

Mon, 22 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 233: During the harsh winter of 1941, as World War II raged elsewhere, closer to home, a tragedy occurred on the remote, ice-covered island archipelago in Hudson Bay called the Belcher Islands. After witnessing a dramatic meteor shower, a tribal group of Inuit people believed the world was ending. Inspired by a copy of the New Testament Bible translated into Inuit syllabics by Anglican missionaries, 27-year-old Charlie Ouyerack, self-professed shaman of the tribe, claimed he was the second coming of Jesus Christ. Charlie determined his friend, Peter Sala, a skilled hunter and navigator, to be God. Their cult, Charlie, Peter, Peter's sister Mina and their followers, labelled any deniers as satanic heretics, eventually leading to the brutal murders of nine people within the group.

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Washed Away: The 1929 Newfoundland Tsunami

Mon, 15 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Epidsode 232: The strongest earthquake ever recorded in eastern Canada, measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale, occurred at 5:02pm Newfoundland time on the 18 of November in 1929. It was felt as far west as Ottawa and as far south as New York City. The quake, centred around 250 km south of Newfoundland along the southern edge of the Grand Banks caused a massive sub-ocean landslide. Two and a half hours after the quake a series of tsunami waves smashed into Newfoundland’s isolated Burin Peninsula devastating property, upending the fishery and causing 28 deaths.

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90 years later, a tsunami in southern Newfoundland still brings vivid memories | CBC News

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Surviving A Tsunami—Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan

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Die by the Sword: The Life and Murder of Gerald Bull

Mon, 08 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 231: Gerald Vincent Bull was a smart cookie from North Bay, Ontario. He graduated from the University of Toronto at 20, got a master’s degree at age 21, and at 22 earned a Ph.D. in aeronautical engineering from the University of Toronto’s newly created Institute of Aerodynamics.

Magazines touted him the ‘boy rocket scientist’. Nations sought him for his innovative ideas regarding long range artillery, ballistics and other military related endeavours. He was charged several times with breaching arms embargoes, even spending time in prison, a sore spot for the proud scientist. Eventually he became involved in Iraq’s ‘Project Babylon’ in which he was asked personally by then Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to build a Supergun which would launch weapons into space, giving Hussein the capability of bombing targets 1000’s of kilometres away. This obviously worried Iraq’s neighbours in the Middle East.

Before the project was completed Gerald Bull was assassinated, shot five times outside his apartment building in Brussels, Belgium. A lot of nations hated Gerald Bull and some, no doubt, wanted him dead, but it remains a mystery who was behind his killing. It isn’t clear who actually pulled the trigger in the murder of Gerald Bull, most likely it was someone either within, or acting on behalf of, one of those governments who’d felt threatened by Bull’s activities and alliances.

Sources:

Gerald Bull - Wikipedia

Gerald Bull | The Canadian Encyclopedia

The tragic tale of Saddam Hussein’s ‘supergun’ - BBC Future

Superguns 1854–1991 by Steven J. Zaloga, Jim Laurier - Ebook | Scribd

Bull’s Eye: The Assassination and Life of Supergun Inventor Gerald Bull eBook : Adams, James: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Strange Crime by Editors of Portable Press - Ebook | Scribd

Three in the Back, Two in the Head by Jason Sherman - Ebook | Scribd

Ready the Cannons! by William Gurstelle - Ebook | Scribd

Who Killed Gerald Victor Bull | PDF | Mossad | Central Intelligence Agency

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Gerald Bull

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THE GUNS OF SADDAM - The Washington Post

A Brief History of the HARP Project

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Remarks by President Biden on a Successful Counterterrorism Operation in Afghanistan | The White House

The Mossad

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Was Gerald Bull murdered by the Mossad? | CBC.ca

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The Chambermaid Murders - Belva Russell, Jane Woolley and Edith Authier

Mon, 01 Aug 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 230: Over a period of 22 months, between January 1969 and January 1971, 3 women in Southwestern Ontario were brutally murdered in 3 different towns. These women’s names were Isobella “Belva” Russell, Edith Authier, and Jane Wooley.

Police solved the case of the third victim, Belva Russell, a matter of weeks after the crime. The perpetrator, Gerald Thomas Archer was convicted and imprisoned. There were obvious similarities between all three crimes. For several reasons the initial investigators on the cases missed them. Gerald Thomas Archer got his freedom in 1985, when he was 65. He was a drifter and passed away in 1995. Five years after Archer’s death, his family made police aware of new information. Through DNA, were police able to connect him to the murders of Edith Authier, and Jane Wooley.

Gerald Thomas Archer, had been a serial killer and had walked free for the last ten years of his life.

Promo:

Evidence Locker Podcast

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Thomas_Archer

https://www.facebook.com/vintagelondon/photos/a.449810945145208/1187331708059791/

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https://www.history.com/topics/1960s/1967-detroit-riots

The home of Hugh Smith in 1971. 53 Wellington Street, Chatham.

The downtown Chatham Hotel in 1935. Where Belva Russell worked in 1971.

The Rankin Hotel in 1965. Where Belva and Reginald first stopped for a drink on the fateful night.

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Lonely Monster: Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen (Part 3)

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 00:00:00 -0000

Episode 229: In our last episode we learned about the life and first two murders of British serial murderer Dennis Andrew Nilsen. He was arrested after police discovered human remains he’d flushed down the toilet at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, a Suburb of North London. In this episode we’ll learn about Nilsen’s next twelve murders, what happened after his arrest and the aftermath of his crimes. A number of Nilsen’s victims remain unidentified to this day.

As Dennis Nilsen was a necrophile, some of the information we are about to share are intense and may be very disturbing to some. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Sources:

How Serial Killers “Cool Off” Between Murders | Psychology Today Canada

Dennis Nilsen’s house where he dismembered and cooked victims sold with gruesome warning - Mirror Online

Strangled, chopped up and burnt: The Sheffield man slayed by evil serial killer Dennis Nilsen | Doncaster Free Press

Sheffield man’s brutal murder to feature in new TV drama about serial killer Dennis Nilsen | The Star

The Real ‘Des’: The Dennis Nilsen Story: what happened to Carl Stotter? | HELLO!

- Memoires of a Heroinhead -

Dennis Nilsen - Wikipedia

Dyno-Rod Local Drains & Plumbing Experts | Fixed-Price | 24/7

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A Plague of Murder by Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson - Ebook | Scribd

Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes | Netflix Official Site

The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story

Reddit — Dennis Nilsen

Spotify Playlist - Nilsen's Favourite Tunes

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Lonely Monster: Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen (Part 2)

Mon, 18 Jul 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 228: In our last episode we learned about the final killing and capture of British serial murderer Dennis Andrew Nilsen after police discovered human remains he’d flushed down the toilet at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, a Suburb of North London, England. After his capture, the enigmatic Muswell Hill Murderer, or Kindly Killer, as he would come to be called, was more than happy to discuss his crimes. In this episode we’ll learn more about the killer’s life, his other crimes and what possibly led to the murders of 15 young men and boys, one of them a young Canadian student, Kenneth Ockendon Jr.

Sources:

Dennis Nilsen - Wikipedia

Dyno-Rod Local Drains & Plumbing Experts | Fixed-Price | 24/7

Killing For Company: Masters, Brian: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Dinner, Drinks & Death ; The True Story of Dennis Nilsen by Alan R. Warren - Ebook | Scribd

A Plague of Murder by Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson - Ebook | Scribd

Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes | Netflix Official Site

The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story

Reddit — Dennis Nilsen

Dennis Nilsen – Nick Davies

Tommy - Album by The Who | Spotify

Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen And His Career In The Army

I Struck Up a Friendship with the Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen. Then I Edited His Memoirs.

The Argus — Serial killer Dennis Nilsen’s impact on Brighton survivor

A murderer among us: I was Dennis Nilsen’s boss | The Spectator

Dennis Nilsen and Bleep: What Really happened to Des’ dog?

The Big Read: Dennis Nilsen - The Scottish nobody who became the archetypal serial killer | HeraldScotland

An honest lack of answers | The Psychologist

Psychopathic Serial Killers – Dennis Nilsen – Psychopaths In Life

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Lonely Monster: Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen (Part 1)

Mon, 11 Jul 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 227: On the 8th of February, 1983, complaints about the plumbing at 23 Cranley Gardens in Muswell Hill, a suburb in London, England led to the discovery of human remains. The remains were traced to the flat of a tenant in the home named Dennis Andrew Nilsen, 37, a civil servant, former police officer and veteran of the British military. In Nilsen’s home police found grisly evidence of many more murders. The enigmatic Muswell Hill Murderer, or Kindly Killer, as he would come to be called, is believed to have killed 15 young men and boys, one of them a Canadian named Kenneth Ockendon Jr.

Listener discretion is strongly suggested

Sources:

Dennis Nilsen - Wikipedia

Dyno-Rod Local Drains & Plumbing Experts | Fixed-Price | 24/7

Killing For Company: Masters, Brian: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Dinner, Drinks & Death ; The True Story of Dennis Nilsen by Alan R. Warren - Ebook | Scribd

A Plague of Murder by Colin Wilson, Damon Wilson - Ebook | Scribd

Watch Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes | Netflix Official Site

The Real Des: The Dennis Nilsen Story

Reddit — Dennis Nilsen

Dennis Nilsen – Nick Davies

Tommy - Album by The Who | Spotify

Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen And His Career In The Army

I Struck Up a Friendship with the Serial Killer Dennis Nilsen. Then I Edited His Memoirs.

The Argus — Serial killer Dennis Nilsen’s impact on Brighton survivor

A murderer among us: I was Dennis Nilsen’s boss | The Spectator

The Big Read: Dennis Nilsen - The Scottish nobody who became the archetypal serial killer | HeraldScotland

An honest lack of answers | The Psychologist

Psychopathic Serial Killers – Dennis Nilsen – Psychopaths In Life

Mike Browne's - Dennis Nilsen Spotify playlist

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Blueprint for Murder, and the Architecture of Grief

Mon, 04 Jul 2022 07:00:00 -0000

On a hot, sunny Saturday afternoon on the 15th of August 1914, in a house near Spring Green, Wisconsin one of the worst mass killings in the state’s history occurred when 7 people were axed to death, immolated, and the house they were in burnt down.

It was a case that on its own would have made headlines - but it wasn’t just any house that was burnt - it was the world-famous architectural treasure named Taliesin that was left in rubble, a house created by the internationally renowned architect Frank Lloyd Wright. The victims were Wright’s partner Martha Borthwick, and two children, her 9-year-old Martha, and 11-year-old John. Also slain were gardener David Lindblom, draftsman Emil Brodell, builder Thomas Brunkner, and Bruckner's 13-year-old son Ernest.

Promo: True Consequences

Sources:

https://www.messynessychic.com/2018/05/01/murder-in-the-blueprints-of-frank-lloyd-wright/

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https://drvitelli.typepad.com/providentia/2017/04/murder-at-taliesin.html

https://www.taliesinpreservation.org/

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Tragedy x2: Gail Miller and David Milgaard (Part 2)

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 225: In our last episode we learned that in Saskatoon, on the morning of January 31, 1969, a 12-year-old girl on the way to school stumbled upon the body of Gail Miller, a 20-year-old nurse’s aide, lying in the snow in an alley. Gail had been raped, murdered and discarded in the snow by her killer. As there had been a number of sexual assaults in the city, police were under enormous pressure to solve the murder and soon their attention turned to 16-year-old David Edgar Milgaard. He’d been in the neighbourhood and at a home nearby the alley where Gail’s body lay on the morning of the murder. Witnesses later claimed he’d seen blood on David’s clothing and gave other incriminating information to police. Milgaard was subsequently arrested and charged with Gail’s murder.

Exactly a year after the murder, Milgaard was convicted of the murder and sentenced to a term of life in prison — justice, it appeared, had been served. We’ll find out, that was not the case at all. After serving 23 hellish years in prison, David Milgaard, who’d always maintained his innocence, was finally exonerated by DNA evidence that pointed to another man as Gail Miller’s killer, a man named Larry Earl Fisher.

Sources:

Saskatoon.ca |

INQUIRY CALLED INTO WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF DAVID MILGAARD | News and Media | Government of Saskatchewan

Commission of the Inquiry Into the Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard

David Milgaard - Innocence Canada

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R. v. Milgaard, 1971 CanLII 792 (SK CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/g7c3z >

R. v. Fisher (L.E.), 1999 SKQB 88 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g95sx >

Justice Miscarried by Helena Katz - Ebook | Scribd

Shrunk by J. Thomas Dalby, PhD, Editor, Lorene Shyba, PhD, Editor - Audiobook | Scribd

Wrongful Convictions in Canada | PDF | Miscarriage Of Justice | Law

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Milgaard inquiry: Don’t judge us: Cops

Man convicted of notorious murder dies at Abbotsford prison – Abbotsford News

A Mother’s Story - Joyce Milgaard

Donald Marshall Jr. – Dark Poutine – True Crime & Dark History

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Tragedy x2: Gail Miller and David Milgaard (Part 1)

Mon, 20 Jun 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 224: In Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on the morning of January 31, 1969, a 12-year-old girl on the way to school stumbled upon the body of Gail Miller, a 20-year-old nurse’s aide, lying in the snow in an alley. Gail had been raped, murdered and discarded in the snow by her killer. As there had been a number of sexual assaults in the city, police were under enormous pressure to solve the murder and soon their attention turned to 16-year-old David Edgar Milgaard. He’d been in the neighbourhood and at a home nearby the alley where Gail’s body lay on the morning of the murder. Witnesses later claimed he’d seen blood on David’s clothing and gave other incriminating information to police. Milgaard was subsequently arrested and charged with Gail’s murder.

Sources:

Saskatoon.ca

INQUIRY CALLED INTO WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF DAVID MILGAARD | News and Media | Government of Saskatchewan

Commission of the Inquiry Into the Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard

David Milgaard - Innocence Canada

Reference re Milgaard (Can.) - SCC Cases

R. v. Milgaard, 1971 CanLII 792 (SK CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/g7c3z >

R. v. Fisher (L.E.), 1999 SKQB 88 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g95sx >

Justice Miscarried by Helena Katz - Ebook | Scribd

Shrunk by J. Thomas Dalby, PhD, Editor, Lorene Shyba, PhD, Editor - Audiobook | Scribd

Wrongful Convictions in Canada | PDF | Miscarriage Of Justice | Law

David Milgaard - Wikipedia

David Milgaard was innocent of Gail Miller murder and rape - SaskToday.ca

Milgaard inquiry: Don’t judge us: Cops

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Blurred Justice: The Murders of Corporal Irwin and Trooper Black

Mon, 13 Jun 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 223: On Friday, February 20, 1976, while on vacation in Florida OPP Corporal Donald R. Irwin, 39, a father of three from Kitchener, Ontario, went on a ride along with his good friend Florida State Trooper, Philip Black, also 39-years-old. Irwin was in civilian clothing and unarmed. At around 7:15 a.m. they checked an old Camaro parked in a rest area on I-95, north of Pompano Beach, Florida. Moments later, both officers were dead, and the five people who’d been in the Camaro had fled in Black’s cruiser.

Walter Norman Rhodes Jr., 26, 29-year-old, Jesse Joseph Tafero, Sonia “Sunny” Jacobs, 28, Tafero’s wife and two children, Jacobs’ 9-year-old son, Eric, and the couple’s 10-month-old daughter, Christina, were apprehended at a road block after having kidnapped another man, and stolen his Cadillac from a retirement home after abandoning Black’s cruiser. Rhodes’ life was spared as he pleaded guilty and agreed to testify against the other two. Jacobs and Tafero were both sentenced to die in Florida’s electric chair, but was justice really served. The case eventually unravelled but not before Tafero had his date with Old Sparky in 1990.

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21 Feb 1976, Page 1 - Fort Lauderdale News at Newspapers.com

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Sunny Jacobs: Life Beyond

Stretch of I-95 honors 2 fallen troopers

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Murder on the Island: Who Killed Byron Carr?

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 222: On Sunday, November 12,1988 beloved 36-year-old high school teacher named Byron Carr was found by his family dead in the bedroom of his home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He’d been strangled to death and stabbed. Byron’s wallet had been stolen, and ominously on his wall, written in pen, were the words “I will kill again.” Investigators revealed that Byron was a closeted gay man, and had been involved in a consensual sexual encounter with an as yet unidentified man prior to his death. It is presumed that it was this man who killed Byron. No one has ever been brought to justice in Byron’s death.

Anyone with any information regarding this crime, no matter how insignificant it may seem, is asked to call the Bell Aliant sponsored Byron Carr Hot Line 1-877-566-3952 or PEI Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS.

Promo: Crimes from the East

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Homicides | Charlottetown Police Services

PEI Crime Stoppers - Homicides

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Skimpy underwear connected to 1988 murder | CBC News

Charlottetown police release sketch of possible Byron Carr killer | SaltWire

Byron Carr murder accomplice identified by police | CBC News

2013, John Carr interview | CBC.ca

‘Give this family closure’: Police still working to solve 30-year-old Byron Carr murder | CBC News

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Murder on the Isle of Dogs: The Execution of Auguste Neel

Mon, 30 May 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 221: On the morning of December 31, 1888, in Saint-Pierre and Miquelon, friends found 61-year-old fisherman François Coupard dead in his fishing shack. Someone had brutally slain Coupard and had mutilated his body horribly after his murder. A quick investigation led to two men, Auguste Neel and Louis Ollivier, trying to flee to Newfoundland on a stolen fishing boat. The pair later admitted their roles in the murder and were tried and convicted. Ollivier was sentenced to 10 years at hard labour, while Neel, against whom the evidence was more solid, received a death sentence, which was carried out on August 24, 1889. This execution was the first and last in North America using a guillotine to do the deed.

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Sept. 10, 1977: Heads Roll for the Last Time in France | WIRED

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Set Up: The Bombing that Never Was

Mon, 23 May 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 220:

The attention grabbing headline of the the article in The Province newspaper on the morning of July 3, 2013 screamed, “RCMP foil Canada Day bomb plot”, the subheading read, “VICTORIA: Two British Columbians allegedly hatch scheme to blow up legislature.” Since March of that year, RCMP had been engaged in what they called Project Souvenir, a complex and expensive sting operation to gather evidence against two Surrey residents, John Stuart Nuttall, 38, and his common-law wife, Amanda Marie Korody, 29. The RCMP alleged that the pair were Islamist extremist bent on blowing up BC’s legislature buildings in Victoria and killing as many innocent Canadians as possible on Canada Day that year. On the morning of July 1, the couple had apparently placed three pressure cooker bombs strategically near concrete planters on the west and east sides of the Provincial legislature buildings.

The pair were taken into custody in the hallway of a hotel in Delta, B.C. where they had used a room, wired by cops for video and sound, where they had built their bombs and spoken openly about their plot to kill Canadians. But, as the truth came out, evidence revealed that Nuttall and Korody were not even remotely the devious threats to national security they’d been said to be and that the RCMP had in fact, according to court findings, entrapped the pair. The bombs had been inert, made using intentionally flawed designs and materials handed to the couple by the RCMP themselves during the more than one million dollar operation to bust them.

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John Nuttall | ReverbNation

R. v. Nuttall, 2016 BCSC 1404 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gsq89 >

R. v. Nuttall, 2018 BCCA 479 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/hwnvs >

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Friends of John Nuttall say he was a great friend, but was also troubled | Globalnews.ca

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RCMP spent $1M on Victoria terror plot investigation, including $90K on Nuttall and Korody - BC | Globalnews.ca

RCMP entrapment of B.C. couple in legislature bomb plot was ‘travesty of justice,’ court rules | CBC News

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UFOs Part 2b - BONUS - Listener Stories of UFO Encounters & Area 51

Mon, 16 May 2022 07:05:00 -0000

Episode 219 BONUS: In this episode we hear from several Dark Poutine listeners, and in one case, a family member of a listener, who are sharing their experiences and feelings around their own UFO encounters. Mike also shares his own experience as a youth, and at the end of the show Mike and Mathew talk about their recent visit to The Extraterrestrial Highway, Rachel, Nevada and the back Gate of Area 51.

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UFOs Part 2a - UFOlogist Chris Rutkowski Interview

Mon, 16 May 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 219: In the first of two episodes released this week, Mike interviews Chris Rutkowski. Chris A. Rutkowski is a science writer who has devoted much time to investigating and studying reports of UFOs, writing about case investigations, and offering his insights into the broad UFO phenomenon publishing the annual Canadian UFO Report. Chris has authored numerous books on UFOs and two of his previous books, Abductions and Aliens and The Canadian UFO Report, were national bestsellers. He was recently referred to in a 2021 report to the Canadian Minister of Defense on UFOs in Canada as the person to which the government hands over reports of UFOs. He lives just outside Winnipeg.

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The Canadian UFO Survey

Twitter - Chris Rutkowski

Facebook Page - Chris Rutkowski, Writer

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The Civil Aviation Daily Occurrence Reporting System (CADORS)

UFO sightings: Canada’s defence minister briefed | CTV News

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What does Canada do with reports of UFO sightings? — The Big Story

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UFOs Part 1 — Canadian Reports, Research & Disclosure

Mon, 09 May 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 218: The history of humanity is rife with stories of unexplained things in the skies above us. Handed down first verbally and pictographically by way of depictions painted on cave walls and then in written accounts, there are scores of stories about strange lights and objects in the sky. Throughout the twentieth century and into the twenty-first, as human technology has improved, we have been able to better document and disseminate information about these sightings. Over the next two episodes, we have a look at unidentified flying objects, more commonly called UFOs. In this first episode we’ll take a brief look at the phenomena itself, the stigma surrounding it and recent admissions by governmental officials of the existence of these objects. As well, we will peek at some of the stories from right here in Canada that we haven’t already covered. I have had to pick and choose some of the more interesting and detailed reports, as there are more than 1000 reports per year and the database of reports in Canada alone is massive.

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Chris Hadfield on exploring Mars and the growing conversation about UFOs | CBC Radio

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Walker ‘stunned’ to see ship hovering high above sea off Cornwall | Science | The Guardian

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The Mysterious Death of Holly Bartlett

Mon, 25 Apr 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 217: In the early hours of March 27, 2010, Holly Bartlett, 31, was found unconscious and badly injured under the A. Murray MacKay bridge in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 350 metres away from her home. She died the next day in a Halifax Hospital.

Holly, a grad student at Dalhousie University, was fiercely independent despite her disability. She had been completely blind since she was thirteen years old. Holly’s autopsy indicated she’d imbibed alcohol and that she had sustained “blunt force injury to the head (…) attributable to a fall” and that the manner of death was accidental. Police did a brief investigation determining that after cabbing home from a night out with a friend, Holly became disoriented and lost due to the combination of her alcohol consumption and her blindness.

Somehow, Holly had wandered down two steeply graded streets away from her home and toward the harbour, had made her way through a hole in a chain link fence, down a steep embankment, and fell 7 metres off a concrete abutment under the bridge across Halifax harbour. They called Holly’s death accidental. Holly’s family and friends in the Justice for Holly group were not satisfied and pressed for further investigation into her death.

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The Legend of La Corriveau

Mon, 18 Apr 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 216: In Quebec, on April 15, 1763, after a supposed confession and hasty trial by an English military tribunal, 30-year-old Marie-Josephte Corriveau was convicted of murdering in brutal fashion her second husband, Louis-Étienne Dodier, and was sentenced to death. She was hanged with haste, three days later. Her body was then put on display in a form-fitting metal cage and placed at a crossroad where for the next five weeks, she stood as a warning to others considering domestic homicide as an answer to an unhappy marriage. When her cage disappeared locals believed that the Devil himself had come and taken Marie-Josephte to hell. It said that La Corriveau's spectre haunts the crossroads still.

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Ghost Ship: The Tale of the Mary Celeste

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 215: Mary Celeste, formerly Amazon, was an American registered, Nova Scotia built brigantine that was found abandoned on December 4, 1872, some 740 km off the Azores, Portugal. The fate of the 10 people aboard remains a mystery almost 150 years later.

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Innisfail Bombing: The Murder of Vicky Shachtay

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 214: On November 25, 2011, neighbours around the four-plex at 51st Avenue and 47th Street in the town of Innisfail, Alberta heard a bang which shook their homes. Some said sounded like a gunshot, others said it sounded like someone dropping a heavy pile of wood. The dining room window of one the corner suites had been blown outward, glass was strewn throughout the yard. Police were called to the scene by a bystander inside the home and found a horrific scene. The home was full of smoke and debris. There at the dining room table, still in her wheelchair, first responders discovered the body of 23-year-old, Victoria (Vicky) Shachtay who’d died in what appeared to have been an explosion.

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Stepfather told victim not to open Christmas gift that turned out to be bomb | CTV News

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Charges laid in bombing murder of Vicky Shachtay - MountainviewToday.ca

Victoria Shachtay’s caregiver testifies about moments before fatal explosion

Mysterious package killed Alberta mother | CBC News

Canada ‘extremely lucky’ to face few bomb threats, attacks: RCMP - iPolitics

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Vicky Shachtay’s step-dad issues statement about her murder | CTV News

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A machinist in rural Ontario flipped the switch on a flashlight that arrived in the mail. Then it exploded | The Star

16 years later, police still don’t know who killed Paavo Henttonen | News | toronto.com

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The Mystery of the Missing Millionaire: Ambrose Small

Mon, 28 Mar 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 213: Toronto theatre magnate and enigmatic millionaire Ambrose J. Small disappeared without a trace on December 2, 1919, only a day after having made a lucrative deal to sell his ownership interests in his chain of theatres including the Grand Opera House in Toronto. People interested in the case suspected one of two theories were the most likely for the tycoon’s abrupt disappearance — either Small had run off and had into hiding under his own steam, or someone had abducted and very likely killed him. This case has become one of Canada’s oldest mysteries as more than 100 years later, there is yet no answer as to Small’s ultimate fate.

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Ghost Stories of Canada by John Robert Colombo, Jillian Hulme Gilliland - Ebook | Scribd

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Breaking the Oath: The Murder of Sian Simmonds

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 212: On the afternoon of January 27, 1993, the day before her 20th birthday, Sian Simmonds, a student who was working he way through school, was found dead in her basement suite in the Guildford neighbourhood of Surrey, B.C. She had been shot and bludgeoned. Neighbours had heard screams coming from her suite. Only days later, a man named David Schlender was arrested. Already on bail for the attempted murder of one of his cocaine dealers the year before, Schlender told police he’d been hired by another man, Brian West, to commit the murder in exchange for wiping an outstanding drug debt. The investigation of Brian West led to another man, Josephakis Charalambous, the Simmonds’ family doctor who had hired West to murder Sian. Eighteen months before her murder, Sian and her older sister Katie had filed grievances with the BC College of Physicians and Surgeons alleging sexual assault by Charalambous. Rather than face censure by the College and risk losing his substantial annual income, Charlambous had sought to silence the girls. As the truth came out about the doctor, his carefully constructed facade of the community minded healer came tumbling down revealing an ugly pattern of violence and predatory behaviour toward young women and girls.

Sources:

Betrayal of trust | Maclean’s | DECEMBER 12, 1994

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R. v. Charalambous, 1997 CanLII 3363 (BC CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/1dznk >

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Charalambous v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015 FC 1045 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gl077 >

Charalambous v. Canada (Attorney General), 2016 FCA 177 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gs5q6 >

Charalambous v. Attorney General of Canada, 2017 CanLII 1337 (SCC), < https://canlii.ca/t/gx021 >

Doctor denied day parole 27 years after hiring hitman to kill teen | Vancouver Sun

Scandalous Case had Public Riveted — PressReader.com

Documentary pays tribute to parents of murdered children - New West Record

Family Physician Hired a Hit Man to Silence Her…Permanently - Medical Bag

Serving Life 25-One Guard’s Story — Scribd

Dr. Death M.D. by David Pietras - Ebook | Scribd

Doctors Who Kill by Carol Anne Davis - Ebook | Scribd

Fatal Prescription: A Doctor without Remorse by John Griffiths | Goodreads

Medical Ethics | The Canadian Encyclopedia

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Murder in Bear River: The Slaying of Annie Kempton

Mon, 14 Mar 2022 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 211: On January 27, 1896, in the tiny community of Bear River, Nova Scotia, popular fourteen-year-old Annie Kempton was brutally murdered in her home while her parents were out of town. The crime, papers said, was the worst ever seen in the province up to that point and there was an outcry for swift justice on the heels of the slaying. Two days after the crime, Peter David Wheeler, 26, an immigrant, was arrested and charged with the murder. In July of that year, Wheeler was found guilty of the crime and after his trial, made a confession that some have come to see as coerced. He was hanged less than 8 months after the murder in the middle of the night as a crowd was allegedly on their way from Bear River to lynch him.

Sources:

Nova Scotia Archives - Admiral Digby Museum

Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia : Brown, Thomas J : Internet Archive

In search of justice for Peter and Annie | The Chronicle Herald

Bear River Historical Society | Nova Scotia, Canada

Peter Wheeler, Murder of Annie… - Admiral Digby Museum | Facebook

Justice Denied - Atlantic Books

Stories of our Local Characters

The Lynching of Peter Wheeler by Debra Komar - Ebook | Scribd

Maritime Murder: Deadly Crimes from the Buried Past eBook : Vernon, Steve: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Graveyard Tour | Fall For Bear River

Annie Kempton (1881-1896) - Find a Grave Memorial

Folksongs from Southern New Brunswick : Creighton, Helen, 1899- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

Bear River tragedy retold in ‘Annie Kempton’ | SaltWire

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The Murder of Ardeth Wood

Mon, 07 Mar 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 210: In the summer of 2003, Ardeth Wood, a 27-year-old PhD candidate studying philosophy at the University of Waterloo, was enjoying a well needed break at her parent’s home in the Orleans neighbourhood of Ottawa. In the early afternoon of August 6, 2003, wanting to take advantage of a beautiful, warm summer day Ardeth borrowed her brother’s bike to go for a ride. Ardeth never came home.

Ardeth’s disappearance triggered one of the largest searches in Ottawa’s history up to that point covering the almost 200 kilometres of bike paths around the capital city and its suburbs. Five days later, Ardeth’s body was discovered. She’d been drowned on purpose and then hidden by her killer in a densely wooded area along the banks of Green’s Creek. Police had no suspects. Fearing for their own safety, many of the residents of Ottawa were terrified to use the parks and bike paths for some time even with increased police patrols. It would be more than two years before charges were laid against the man accused of Ardeth’s murder.

Sources and Further Reading:

The Disappearance of Ardeth Wood An Anthology of True Crime by Pete Dove - Ebook | Scribd

Ardeth Wood - Wikipedia

Murder She Solved - The Pathway Predator - Dailymotion Video

Ardeth WOOD | Obituary | Ottawa Citizen

Ardeth Mary Margaret Wood (1975-2003) - Find a Grave Memorial

The value of virginity? « knitnut.net

University of Waterloo — September 10, 2003: Scholarship remembers murdered grad

A Mother’s Grief – The Healing Power of Forgiveness | Nourished Motherhood Blog

Archived Ardeth Remembered

Archived A death that touched an entire city

Ardeth Wood murder resonates 10 years later | CBC News

Interview with Colum Wood — YouTube

Global study on homicide

Kristen Gilchrist (2010) “Newsworthy” Victims?, Feminist Media Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2010.514110

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MMIW: The Murder of Daleen Kay Bosse

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 209: Daleen Kay Bosse, was a 26-year-old, wife and mother of Cree heritage and member of the Onion Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan near Saskatoon. On May 18, 2004, after a night out with friends Daleen did not return home. Her family grew worried. When she still hadn’t come home the next day Jeremiah, Daleen’s husband, contacted police, who, initially did not respond with much enthusiasm, telling Jeremiah and Daleen’s concerned parents to wait; that she would probably either come home or check in soon. Daleen’s family organized searches themselves and two weeks later Daleen’s car was found abandoned, but there was no sign of the missing woman. It would be more than four years later that Daleen’s family would find out what had happened to their missing loved one. Daleen had been murdered by a man named Douglas Richard Hales, who, during a Mr. Big sting, had admitted to killing the woman and the led police to Daleen’s charred remains.

Sources:

Onion Lake – Cree Nation

The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details — Treaty 6

The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details — Frog Lake Massacre

Frog Lake Massacre - Wikipedia

SACP | Missing Persons Database

Daleen Bosse Obituary (2008) - Saskatoon StarPhoenix

NWAC - Daleen’s Story

Family hires investigator to help locate daughter

MMIWG & Violence Prevention • Native Women’s Association of Canada

Home Page - Final Report | MMIWG

R v Hales, 2014 SKQB 411 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gfrdx >

Highlights from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, 2015 | CanLII

Man says he killed woman because she laughed when he couldn’t perform sexually | Philippine Canadian Inquirer

Douglas Hales guilty of 2nd degree murder of Daleen Bosse | CBC News

GUILTY - Canada - Daleen Bosse, 26, Saskatoon, Sask, 18 May 2004

Muskego Family Gets Some Closure - First Nations Drum Newspaper

Mother recalls trauma of daughter’s disappearance, murder

Daleen Bosse | News, Videos & Articles

Kristen Gilchrist (2010) “Newsworthy” Victims?, Feminist Media Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2010.514110

The Different Stories of Cree Woman, Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego) and Dakota-Sioux Woman, Amber Tara-Lynn Redman: Understanding Their Disappearances and Murders through Media Re-Presentations and Family Members’ Narratives

News camera allowed in Saskatchewan court for first time - J-Source

Saskatchewan man found guilty of killing Onion Lake Cree Nation woman, 25 - APTN News

Karina Wolfe case echoes Daleen Bosse murder | 650 CKOM

Finding Dawn by Christine Welsh - NFB

Douglas Hales’ appeal decision, Nov 23 2015 — YouTube

Hales appeal dismissed. - Free Online Library

Tasha Beeds – Walking With Our Sisters

2021 National Action Plan

Home • National Family and Survivors Circle

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The Donnelly Family Massacre

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 208: On Feb 4, 1880, just past midnight 5 members of the Donnelly family (A mother and father, two sons, and a niece) we brutally murdered by a mob in their homes just outside of Lucan, Ontario, in Biddolph township. A crime that happened 142 years ago this month, but it is one that had its roots in the distant past, and that has echoed into the future in Canada right up to today. The family and their story became legendary, and often shocks people into the realization of how dark, and unforgiving life in early Canada could be. Numerous books, songs, tv shows, plays, and films have been made about the murders. There is even a Craft Beer brand in Ontario called The Black Donnelly’s Brewing Company, will illustrations of the family on their bottles. If you grew up in Ontario the massacre was actually part of the school curriculum. This is a case of victim blaming on a huge scale. Myths and legends sprung up about the family — perhaps somewhat to appease the guilty conscience of society. Even up to the early 1980’s if you went to Lucan people would say ‘we don’t talk about the Donnellys’

Sources:

[The Vigilante Massacre | Maclean’s | June 1, 1950]

[Heaven and Hell on Earth: The Massacre of the”Black Donnellys”]

[Black Donnellys - Wikipedia]

[History | Lucan Museum]

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Bad Apples: Edwin Alonzo Boyd and his Gang

Mon, 14 Feb 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 207: After World War II, Canada’s economy rose. Work was much easier to come by than during the depression. Even though he’d been able to secure decent employment, family man and world war veteran with movie star good looks, Edwin Alonzo Boyd, was bored. He’d had his share of trouble already and was feeling the itch again. In the fall of 1949, he robbed his first bank. This crime kicked off events that would lead to one of the most infamous Canadian criminal gangs of the era. Over just a few years, The Boyd Gang, named for their charismatic de facto leader, Edwin, robbed numerous banks broke out of one of Canada’s toughest prisons, not once but twice. To some, they were folk heroes. However, public sentiment turned firmly against them after members of the gang, Steve Suchan and Lennie Jackson, murdered Toronto Police Department Sergeant of Detectives Edmund “Eddie” Tong and severely wounded his partner Roy Perry.

Sources:

Regina v. Boyd, 1953 CanLII 88 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/g1k34>

Edwin Alonzo Boyd: Life and Crimes of Canada’s Master Bank Robber by Nate Hendley

Fatal Intentions by Barbara Smith - Ebook | Scribd

Line of Fire by Edward Butts - Ebook | Scribd

John J. Robinette by George D. Finlayson - Ebook | Scribd

The Desperate Ones by Edward Butts - Ebook | Scribd

Now You Know Canada’s Heroes by Doug Lennox - Ebook | Scribd

Lost Rivers — Don Jail

Historicist: Titillating and Terrorizing Toronto - Torontoist — Archived

Geocities — BOYD GANG

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CBC Archives — Suchan and Jackson hanged back to back

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Toronto Feature: The Boyd Gang | The Canadian Encyclopedia

WHAT THE BOYD GANG FIASCO CAN TEACH US — Macleans Magazine — 1952

ExecutedToday.com » 1952: Lennie Jackson and Steve Suchan, of the Boyd Gang

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MMIW: Nanaimo Girl Gone — Lisa Marie Young

Mon, 07 Feb 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 206: Starting on the evening of June 29 and going into the early morning of June 30, 2002, Lisa Marie Young, a 21-year-old indigenous woman, was celebrating with friends in her hometown, Nanaimo, B.C. It was not only Canada Day long weekend, but also her friend Dallas’s birthday. The group went to several nightclubs and then attended a pair of house parties outside the city. Lisa left the party with a man the group had met just that evening. There were several frantic texts from Lisa shortly after her departure indicating she was afraid. Lisa Marie Young has not been heard from since. The man she was seen with while leaving the party was later identified as a local 27-year-old man named Christopher William Adair. Adair now refuses to speak to police and has left the country. Nanaimo RCMP presume Lisa has been murdered and her remains have never been found. In the days before the recording of this podcast, an anonymous donor contacted advocates for Lisa offering $50,000 reward to locate her remains. It’s time to bring Lisa home. Someone knows where she is. Maybe you can help.

When she went missing, Lisa Marie Young was 21 years old. She was 5’4” (163 cm) tall and weighed 115 pounds (52 kg). She had long dark brown hair, brown eyes. Lisa has a tattoo of a band of flowers with a heart in the middle that circles her upper right arm. She was wearing a black skirt, black top, black high boots and a silver hoop necklace.

If you have any tips or information regarding Lisa Marie Young’s disappearance, please call RCMP Corporal Markus Muntener directly at 250-754-2345

#BringLisaHome

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Dealing Justice - Podcast

Sources & Further Reading

Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young - Wikipedia

Native Women’s Association of Canada — Lisa’s Story

Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)

YouTube — Lisa Marie Young — Nanaimo Crime Stoppers

McColl Magazine - Lisa Marie Young, Missing Women

Lisa Marie Young Help Find Lisa Missed by family and loved ones from Nanaimo+ Since June 30, 2002

Lisa’s Song by Allison Crowe — MP3

Island Crime Podcast

Lisa Marie Young: Reward offered for location of missing Nanaimo woman | CTV News

Lisa Marie Young — Facebook Group

Main | Lil’ Red Dress Project

Final Report | MMIWG

MMIWG2S Inquiry — Master List of Report Recommendations

MMIW — Calls for Justice

Family seeks closure 10 years after daughter’s disappearance | Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper

Case 26: Lisa Marie Young - Casefile: True Crime Podcast

The Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young — True Crime Files

The Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young - Part I - Canada Day Weekend : UnresolvedMysteries

The Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young - Part II - The Man in the Red Jaguar : UnresolvedMysteries

The Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young - Part III - The City Without Pity - Conclusion : UnresolvedMysteries

CSO - Search Traffic/Criminal By Participant Name — Christopher William Adair

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Away Game: The Butcher of Hanover — Fritz Haarmann

Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 205: In this Away Game we are off to post World War One Germany where in the early 1920s, a brutal serial killer, Fritz Haarmann, killed at least 27 young men and boys. Many of his crimes, it appears, were committed to impress his lover, a man named Hans Grans. Although Haarmann admitted it was he who murdered and dismembered the victims, he claimed that ultimately, in a few cases, it was Grans who chose who was to die.

Sources:

Weimar Republic - HISTORY

List of German serial killers - Wikipedia

Author & Radio Host | Alan R. Warren

Butcher of Hanover: Fritz Haarmann by Alan R. Warren

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Mind Control at Ravenscrag: The MK ULTRA Experiments in Canada

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 204: Between 1957 and 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, experiments were undertaken that compromised and invaded people’s minds, their agency to make decisions for themselves removed and their brains mucked about in, both physically and psychologically. These barbaric, Orwellian experiments often involved mind expanding drugs like LSD, sensory deprivation, shock treatments and periods of sleep induced for weeks at a time as well as other treatments that could easily be called torturous. They were sponsored by the most notorious branch of the United States government, the CIA, the Canadian government as well as other shadowy organizations with funding coming even from the Rockefellers. The goals behind the research, it seems were to develop brainwashed, zombie-like ‘recruits’ who would do the bidding of these groups without question or conscience getting in the way and to develop new methods of psychological torture to aid in enemy interrogation. All of it took place right here in Canada. The research was overseen by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, an eminent and well-respected psychiatrist at McGill University’s, Allan Memorial Institute with unwitting Canadian psychiatric patients used as Guinae pigs. The project was called MK-ULTRA.

Sources:

D. Ewen Cameron, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.

Donald Ewen Cameron

Donald Ewen Cameron | The McClaughry’s Blog

CIA MKULTRA / Mind Control Collection - The Black Vault

MKULTRA files : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Most Dangerous Game : Josh Shore, Paul Shore : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

The Curious Career of Dr. Ewen Cameron

Psychological Warfare | RAND

Mind Control & MK-ULTRA

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George Cooper Report Ewen Cameron, 1986 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

MK Ultra: CIA mind control program in Canada (1980) - The Fifth Estate — YouTube

Brainwashed: The Secret CIA Experiments in Canada - The Fifth Estate — YouTube

CIA Mind Control Survivors Seek Restitution From Canadian Government

SAAGA — Survivors Against Government Abuse

Brainwashed | CBC Podcasts | CBC Listen

Ravenscrag, Montreal - Wikipedia

Allan Memorial Institute - Wikipedia

Project MKULTRA - McGill

Declassified: Mind Control at McGill | The McGill Tribune

Reader CIA Brainwashing McIntosh

Montreal MKULTRA Experiments | The Canadian Encyclopedia

The toxic legacy of Canada’s CIA brainwashing experiments: ‘They strip you of your soul’ | Canada | The Guardian

Victims of CIA’s MKUltra Mind Control Program Are Fighting Back | Gaia

Mind Wars by Marie D. Jones | Goodreads

The Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA & Mind Control by John D. Marks | Goodreads

Poisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer | Goodreads

Maisonneuve | Distant Relatives

Trudeau government gag order in CIA brainwashing case silences victims, lawyer says | CBC News

Brainwashed: The echoes of MK-ULTRA | CBC News

Social Media and the Brain

US claims Russia planning ‘false-flag’ operation to justify Ukraine invasion | Russia | The Guardian

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The Sydney River McDonalds Shooting

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 203: On May 7, 1992, after the McDonald’s restaurant on Kings Road near Keltic Drive in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, closed for the night and the overnight crew was coming in and the evening crew was leaving. Three young men, armed with a shovel handle, knives and a .22 calibre pistol robbed the establishment. They beat, stabbed and shot 4 of the restaurant workers, killing three, Jimmy Fagan, 27, Donna Warren, 22, and Neil Burroughs Jr., 29, and critically wounding 20-year-old, Arlene MacNeil, who was permanently disabled both physically and mentally, requiring round the clock care until her death in 2018. The crime’s brutality brought unwelcome international media attention to the small town, especially when the truth came out. To almost everyone’s surprise, days after the murders, it quickly became evident that the brutal crime had been committed by three, fairly well-liked young men from the area. They’d robbed the place for its cash, making off with a tiny fraction of what they had assumed would be in the restaurant’s safe.

Sources:

Sydney River McDonald’s murders - Wikipedia

R. v. Muise, 1992 CanLII 4046 (NS SC), < https://canlii.ca/t/1qlf2 >

R. v. MacNeil, 1993 CanLII 4442 (NS SC), < https://canlii.ca/t/1pqsc >

R. v. MacNeil, 1993 CanLII 4449 (NS SC), < https://canlii.ca/t/1pqsl >

R. v. Wood, 1993 CanLII 4535 (NS SC), < https://canlii.ca/t/1ql92 >

R. v. Muise (No. 1), 1993 CanLII 4555 (NS SC), < https://canlii.ca/t/1ql9r >

R. v. Muise, 1994 NSCA 198 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/1mqpp >

R. v. Wood, 1994 NSCA 239 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/1mqcn >

R. v. MacNeil, 1995 NSCA 10 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/1mqdv >

Twenty years of heartache | The Chronicle Herald

N.S. McDonald’s killer granted full parole | CBC News

McDonald’s killer Darren Muise ‘financially secure’ and ‘living a good life’ on parole: documents - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

McDonald’s murderer ‘financially secure’ and ‘living a good life’: parole documents | CTV News

Derek Wood, convicted in McDonald’s murders, denied day parole | CBC News

Wood v Warden (Atlantic Institution), 2017 CanLII 67340 (NB CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/h6mgr >

Derek Anthony Wood and the Sydney River McDonald’s Murders - Christopher di Armani.com

Sydney River McDonald’s killer loses appeal | SaltWire

One of three men convicted in McDonald’s murders awarded unescorted absences - Halifax | Globalnews.ca

24 Sep 2000, 28 - The Winnipeg Sun at Newspapers.com

Murder at McDonald’s: The Killers Next Door eBook : Jessome, Phonse: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

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Mad or Malingering? The Crimes of Mathew Charles Lamb

Mon, 10 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 202: Mathew Charles Lamb was a troubled and disturbed youngster. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, unwanted, to a teenage mother and bounced from one relative’s home to another, never having close relationships with any of them. To him they were merely his keepers. The rules they laid out for him to follow were bothersome to him. Young Matt was incorrigible. He became violent early on, many of the other kids in his family and in the neighbourhood were terrified of him. After a number of run ins with local police and several violent incidents involving firearms, one including a shootout with police, Mathew Lamb was jailed in the Kingston Pen for the first time — he was just 16. At 18 years old, only days after an early release, Mathew Charles Lamb, went on a shooting spree in Windsor, killing two strangers and wounding two more.

Sources:

City Of Windsor

Canada’s Most Dangerous Places 2020 - Macleans.ca

The Windsor Star - Google News Archive Search

Mathew Charles Lamb | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

Read Watching the Devil Dance Online by William Toffan | Books

Mathew Charles Lamb - Wikipedia

House of Commons Debates, 30th Parliament, 2nd … - Canadian Parliamentary Historical Resources

New Book Documents Canada’s First Spree Killer and Windsor Native Matthew Lamb | 519 Magazine

Book - The Psychopath Test

About: Mathew Charles Lamb

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The Tragic Death of Robert Dziekanski

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 201: On October 14, 2007, after a gruelling 20-hour journey from Poland, Robert Dziekanski, arrived at the YVR airport’s international terminal in Richmond, B.C. Dziekanski, who spoke nor read any English, was unable to read the signs directing him to what he should do next or where he should go. The confused man spent ten hours in the airport wandering around the secure customs area. His mother was waiting for him with a friend only a few meters away in the public waiting area. Had the two been able to connect this story would have had a very different conclusion, but they did not. She left the airport, frustrated, hours before her son’s final moments.

Sources:

Commissioner’s Statement - Incident at Vancouver Airport - Canada.ca

Report Following a Public Interest Investigation into a Chair-Initiated Complaint Respecting the Death in RCMP Custody of Mr. Robert Dziekanski | Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMP

Braidwood Inquiry

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Taser International, Inc. v. British Columbia, 2010 BCSC 1120 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/2c0pd >

R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1125 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g0349 >

R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1364 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/fzvpn >

R. v. Millington, 2014 BCSC 756 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g6pxd >

R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 143 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gg44h >

R. v. Bentley, 2015 BCCA 251 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gjdgc >

R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 433 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/ggsh4 >

R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 515 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gh26c >

R. v. Rundel, 2015 BCSC 1090 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gjr5s >

R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1380 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gkh89 >

R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1426 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gkmrj >

R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 1535 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gkwtz >

R. v. Millington, 2016 BCCA 293 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gshg5 >

R. v. Robinson, 2017 BCCA 6 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gwss2 >

Criminal Law: Perjury | CanLII Connects

Final report from Braidwood Commission finds Taser use unjustified

Osoyoos First Nation Mountie still trying to clear his name 12 years after the Robert Dziekanski died - APTN News

Mother of Robert Dziekanski dies during visit to Poland | Watch News Videos Online

Blamed and Broken: The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski eBook : Petrovich, Curt: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

CBA British Columbia - In Memoriam: Thomas Braidwood

Coroner’s Report

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2021 Holiday Special — Kevin McCallister & The Wet Bandits

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 200: The story we are about to tell is a harrowing tale of child neglect that leaves a young boy badly scarred for life. In December of 1990, after being overlooked by his family who were on their way to Paris for a Christmas visit, Kevin McCallister is left on his own in the family’s large Winnetka, Illinois home. There the 7-year-old not only has to care for himself, but has to do his best fend off two serial burglars, a team known as the Wet Bandits, attempting to break into the McCallister residence. Leaving Kevin McCallister with lifelong issues due to the effects of post traumatic stress, and later problems with addiction.

Sources:

An inaccurate Film Dramatization of Actual Events

671 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka, IL 60093 - realtor.com®

Bill Breakdown: How Much Kevin McCallister’s Dad Spent In Home Alone | Sideshow Collectibles

All Injuries Sustained In Home Alone - Assessed By A Real Doctor - Thrillist

Home Alone | Home Alone Wiki | Fandom

Kevin McCallister | Home Alone Wiki | Fandom

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Canadian Black Widow: Melissa Ann Shepard

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 199: In all the recent photos I could find of Melissa Ann Shepard, she looks like an ordinary, little old lady. But Melissa, Millie to some, has a criminal record a mile long, including convictions for fraud, impersonation and forgery. But, she is best known for, luring men via the internet, drugging them and taking control of all aspects of their lives. Melissa also caused the death of one of her husbands in Nova Scotia, was suspected in another’s death and at least two more men came close to dying.

Sources:

Melissa Ann Shepard - Wikipedia

CBC News Indepth: Melissa Ann Friedrich

Melissa Friedrich | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

HRP News — High Risk Offender Notification | Halifax.ca

Internet Black Widow Melissa Ann Shepard arrested in Halifax | CBC News

The internet black widow: Is this Canada’s most dangerous woman? - BBC News

How a smitten man came face to face with the ‘Internet Black Widow’ - The Globe and Mail

This 80-year-old ‘Black Widow,’ who lured lonesome old men to horrible fates, is out of prison again - The Washington Post

National Film Board of Canada — Why Women Kill

‘Internet Black Widow’ Melissa Ann Weeks charged with attempted murder in N.S. | Globalnews.ca

‘Black Widow’s’ ex-boyfriend warns men as she gets out of prison: ‘Watch out’ | Globalnews.ca

P.E.I.’s infamous ‘Black Widow’ facing attempted murder charges | SaltWire

Victims of ‘Internet Black Widow’ concerned over her release in N.S. | CTV News

Prison for Women’s Invisible Minority | Journal of Prisoners on Prisons

Unknown Gender History: Melissa Friedrich (Weeks), “The Internet Black Widow” of Nova Scotia - 2012

Unknown Gender History: Black Widow Serial Killers

Alex Strategos: ‘Millie Weeks’, AKA Melissa Friedrich, The Internet Black Widow - Inquisitr

Melissa Ann Shepard : Internet Black Widow (2012) - the fifth estate — YouTube

Melissa-Ann-Shepard | National Post

Read Webs of Black Widows Online by Pete Katz | Books

Read Lady Killers Online by Tori Telfer | Books

Read The Craigslist Killer Online by Crystal Majkowski | Books

True Crime: Canadian Monsters: 25 Horrific Canadian Serial Killers eBook : Keller, Robert: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Raw Video: ‘Internet Black Widow’ appears in court — YouTube

Online Dating and Dating App Safety Tips | RAINN

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Wild West Canadians: The Lady Bandit — Pearl Hart

Mon, 06 Dec 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 198: If you’ve had any interest in the Wild West, you’ve no doubt heard of a many of the storied gunmen and bandits from the era like Butch Cassidy, Jesse James and Billy the Kid. You probably also think of the United States, but Canada has its own legends and colourful characters from the era on both sides of the border. For example, legendary gunslinger and lawman, Bat Masterson, was was born in Henryville, Quebec. Sometimes the outlaws were women, like one notorious Canadian-born, lady bandit and the subject of this episode, whose most famous alias was Pearl Hart. After a rough life with criminal exploits that started during her troubled childhood, Pearl got herself into big trouble in Arizona in 1899 and was finally taken into custody after robbing a stage coach.

Sources:

Pearl Hart - Wikipedia

Pearl Hart – Lady Bandit of Arizona – Legends of America

Bandit Pearl Hart holds up an Arizona stagecoach - HISTORY

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Pearl Hart: The Amazing Life of The Bandit Queen

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The wild life and death of Old West feminist bandit Pearl Hart

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The Cosmopolitan — Volume 27 — Google Play Books

Pearl Hart: Smooth-talking card shark led Pearl’s slide to perdition | Local news | tucson.com

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Without Honour — The Crimes of Russell Williams — Part 2

Mon, 29 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 197: In our last episode we learned a bit about the life and depraved, early crimes of David Russell Williams, a 46-year-old decorated colonel and commander of the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) in Trenton, Ontario - one of the largest and busiest air force bases in Canada. The Canadian military’s rising star also had some dark secrets. Williams had been involved in dozens of instances of break, enter and theft of women’s undergarments in the communities in which he lived. The homeowners and police were unaware that many of these crimes had taken place. Many of the women presumed that their underwear had simply gone missing. They had no clue that they had been taken by someone who’s fantasy life had taken a very dark turn. Williams felt powerful in the homes, taking photos as he pleasured himself with the most private possessions of women he didn’t know. Russell would take their underwear home where, sexually aroused once again, he would take photos of himself as he modelled the items recalling his time in the homes of the women. The continued use of the garments thrilled Russell Williams and gave him a feeling of complete control.

In September 2009, Russell’s insatiable cravings for yet another sexual thrill demanded he take things a step further. Williams sexually assaulted two Tweed women, forcibly confining them, fondling them as he snapped multiple photos of the terrified women after removing their clothes. While those events had been exciting for Williams, they were dry runs for what he would do next. In November, 2009, Russell Williams committed his first murder, that of Marie-France Comeau. Month's later, he killed Jessica Lloyd, but his inattention to the little details, eventually got him caught.

Sources:

Book, ”Camouflaged Killer” by David A. Gibb

Read Beyond Suspicion: Russell Williams A Canadian Serial Killer Online by Alan R Warren | Books

A New Kind of Monster by Timothy Appleby

Jim Van Allen | ISN Inc

Russell Williams Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Read Snakes in Suits Online by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare | Books

The dark, depraved side of Russell Williams revealed in court - Macleans.ca

CPL Marie-France Comeau (1972-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial

252 Raglan Street, Brighton, Ontario, Canada | Housecreep

Jessica Elizabeth Lloyd (1982-2010) - Find A Grave Memorial

Jessica Lloyd Obituary - Belleville, Ontario | John R. Bush Funeral Home

Lloyd, Jessica – Canadian Crimeopedia

Belleville honours Jessica Lloyd | CBC News

62 Cosy Cove Lane, Tweed, Ontario, Canada | Housecreep

Russell Williams’s wife knew he was a predator: victim - Macleans.ca

Col. Russell Williams timeline | CBC News

“Russell Williams - Above Suspicion” episode from CBC program The Fifth Estate

Russell Williams Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Russell Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

David Russell Williams: The Kinky Killer Colonel — Obsession — Crime Library

[Russell Williams (criminal) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal))

YouTube — The Russell Williams Arrest Press Conference

Russell Williams - Full Murder Confession

Russell Williams Confession Part 1

Russell Williams Confession Part 2

Russell Williams Confession Part 3

Russell Williams interview transcript

Demi-victoire pour Laurie Massicotte contre Russell Williams | Radio-Canada.ca

Laurie Massicotte settles $7M lawsuit against convicted sex killer Russell Williams | CBC News

Massicotte v. Williams, 2014 ONCA 792 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gf735 >

M.E.H. v. Williams, 2012 ONCA 35 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/fpxq4 >

Family, friends of Jessica Lloyd mark decade since Russell Williams received life sentence | Globalnews.ca

Marie-France Comeau | News, Videos & Articles

Marie-France Comeau news, opinion and analysis - Macleans.ca

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Without Honour — The Crimes of Russell Williams — Part 1

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 196 - In September of 2009, in Cosy Cove, a quiet, rural neighbourhood near Tweed, Ontario, an anonymous young woman sleeping in her home was brutally sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant who’d broken into her home. During the violent, two-hour sexual assault, as her 8 week old daughter slept in another room, the rapist snapped photos of the woman, before escaping into the night. Two weeks later, in the same small neighbourhood, the creeper struck again, sexually assaulting another woman, Laurie Massicotte. Her rapist also photographed her before fleeing. A neighbour Laurie’s, was suspected in the assault but he denied any involvement. He was later cleared when his DNA was not a match to that of the Laurie’s attacker. Police suspected the two sexual assaults were somehow connected as they were both so similar.

Two months later, there was a murder. A year after that, another. When police discovered the identity of the perpetrator, the whole country was shocked.

Sources:

Book, ”Camouflaged Killer” by David A. Gibb

Read Beyond Suspicion: Russell Williams A Canadian Serial Killer Online by Alan R Warren | Books

A New Kind of Monster by Timothy Appleby

Jim Van Allen | ISN Inc

Russell Williams Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Read Snakes in Suits Online by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare | Books

The dark, depraved side of Russell Williams revealed in court - Macleans.ca

CPL Marie-France Comeau (1972-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial

252 Raglan Street, Brighton, Ontario, Canada | Housecreep

Jessica Elizabeth Lloyd (1982-2010) - Find A Grave Memorial

Jessica Lloyd Obituary - Belleville, Ontario | John R. Bush Funeral Home

Lloyd, Jessica – Canadian Crimeopedia

Belleville honours Jessica Lloyd | CBC News

62 Cosy Cove Lane, Tweed, Ontario, Canada | Housecreep

Russell Williams’s wife knew he was a predator: victim - Macleans.ca

Col. Russell Williams timeline | CBC News

“Russell Williams - Above Suspicion” episode from CBC program The Fifth Estate

Russell Williams Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Russell Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

David Russell Williams: The Kinky Killer Colonel — Obsession — Crime Library

[Russell Williams (criminal) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal))

YouTube — The Russell Williams Arrest Press Conference

Russell Williams - Full Murder Confession

Russell Williams Confession Part 1

Russell Williams Confession Part 2

Russell Williams Confession Part 3

Russell Williams interview transcript

Demi-victoire pour Laurie Massicotte contre Russell Williams | Radio-Canada.ca

Laurie Massicotte settles $7M lawsuit against convicted sex killer Russell Williams | CBC News

Massicotte v. Williams, 2014 ONCA 792 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gf735 >

M.E.H. v. Williams, 2012 ONCA 35 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/fpxq4 >

Family, friends of Jessica Lloyd mark decade since Russell Williams received life sentence | Globalnews.ca

Marie-France Comeau | News, Videos & Articles

Marie-France Comeau news, opinion and analysis - Macleans.ca

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Death of a Saint: The Murder of Hanna Buxbaum

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 195: Hannah Buxbaum was found dead July 5, 1984 on a highway near London, Ontario after having been shot by roadside bandits three times in the head as her husband Helmuth Buxbaum and their young nephew, Roy, in town from Vancouver for a visit watched helplessly. The bandits sped off with Hanna’s purse and police were called. No one could figure out why anyone would want to murder Hanna Buxbaum, who was as close to being a living saint that anyone could find.

The press initially labelled the case ‘The Good Samaritan Murder’ until the true story unfolded. This story has so many twists and turns and crazy elements. The Buxbaums being millionaire owners of several nursing homes there were huge sums of money, cocaine, sex addiction, sex workers, double crossing, nuclear bunkers filled with tobacco and alcohol, people being dangled by their feet off 14th floor balconies, worries of rocket launcher attacks and courtroom spectacles. No less than a motley crew of 7 people were charged in the killing of the earnest, salt of the earth woman, until, finally, the truth came out.

Sources:

A cruel case of murder | Maclean’s | DECEMBER 2, 1985

After 30 years, a son comes to terms with his father?s murder of his mother | Chatham Daily News

The killer I knew | National Post

Helmuth Buxbaum, convicted in 1980s murder, dies in jail | CBC News

Edward Greenspan - Wikipedia

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Remembrance Day 2021: Canada in the Korean War & Family Stories

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 194: On June 25, 1950, after months of increasing tension, the Korean War or what has been called Canada’s forgotten war, began when North Korean troops invaded South Korea. Countries, including Canada, belonging to the newly formed United Nations jumped in quickly to defend democratic South Korea from the the communist forces from the north. Canada contributed the third largest number of soldiers among UN countries to the war. More than 26,000 Canadians served in the conflict on land, at sea and in the air. Over the next three years of the conflict there were 516 Canadians killed, another 1042 were wounded, 33 became prisoners of war and 16 soldiers are still missing in action.

Lest we forget.

Sources:

Veterans Affairs Canada — Land of the Morning Calm

What is The Memory Project? — The Memory Project

Seeking the families of Canadian Army soldiers missing in Korea — Canada.ca

“We really didn’t think we would survive,” Mike Czuboka, Korean War “Extraordinary Hero” award recipient shares his story - 580 CFRA - Omny.fm

Gerald Edward Gowing - Veterans Affairs Canada

The Kims: Leaders’ Biographies - North Korea: Introductory Sources - LibGuides at Cornell University

Read Korea Online by John Melody and John M. Rockingham | Books

Read Deadlock in Korea Online by Ted Barris | Books

Read Triumph at Kapyong Online by Dan Bjarnason | Books

Read The Korean War Online by Michael Hickey | Books

Read Reluctant Neighbor: Canada, the U.S.A. and the Korean Crisis Online by Darryl Hurly | Books

Read Everyday Heroes Online by Jody Mitic | Books

Read Canadian Foreign Policy: 1945-2000 Online by Arthur E. Blanchette | Books

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MMIWG — What Happened to Hilary Bonnell?

Mon, 01 Nov 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 193: On September 5, 2009, Hilary Bonnell, 16, disappeared from Esgenoopetitj formerly known as, Burnt Church, in the Miramichi region of New Brunswick. Over the next several months her mother, stepfather, family and friends pulled out all the stops searching for the teen. Despite their tireless efforts, during which they utilized the media and a widespread poster campaign, they could not find Hilary. On Sunday, November 8, 2009, Curtis Wayne Bonnell, Hilary’s first cousin, was arrested by the R.C.M.P. on an unrelated sexual assault allegation. In custody, Curtis began talking. He admitted he had knowledge of what had happened to Hilary Bonnell.

Sources:

Esgenoopetitj First Nation “Burnt Church” - Home | Facebook

R v Bonnell, 2011 NBQB 246 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/fnknp >

R v Bonnell, 2011 NBQB 349 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g1nfv >

R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 24 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g1nft >

R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 289 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g1ngr >

R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 309 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g1nhf >

R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 321 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/g1nfl >

Bonnell v. R., 2015 NBCA 6 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/gg44v >

Global News — Search: Hilary Bonnell

Bonnell admits he killed cousin Hilary after sex | CBC News

Mother of Hilary Bonnell, allegedly killed by cousin, testifies at murder trial | Globalnews.ca

YouTube — Hilary Bonnell murder — family reaction

Curtis Listens to family’s pain – sentenced to life in prison : Miramichi Online

Mother of slain teen girl vents grief during New Brunswick man’s sentencing | Globalnews.ca

‘It doesn’t end when you bury your child’: Families of MMIWG speak of their pain in Moncton | Globalnews.ca

MMIWG Testimony — Moncton Public Vol 44(b) Fillier — Pamela and Fred Fillier (Hilary Bonnell)

Final Report | MMIWG

Hilary Bonnell’s family continues to face adversity 11 years after her murder | CBC News

Facebook Group — In Loving Memory of HILARY BONNELL

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HALLOWEEN 2021 — Death, the Afterlife and Things in Between

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 192: If you’re willing to look you’ll see that human culture and all other endeavors are shot through with one predominant and frightening idea, that one day everything, including us, must come to an end. One day we will die. Human beings are, as far as we know, the only animal capable of understanding that inevitably every one of us, good eggs and bad apples alike, will expire. Hopefully, a long time from now, we will pass away, be sleeping with the fishes, or, if you like, have met our maker.

Promo

Supernatural Circumstances Podcast

Sources:

BOOK — The Denial of Death

BOOK — The Worm at the Core: On the Role of Death in Life

BOOK — Egyptian Book of the Dead

BOOK — On Death and Dying

entityseeker.ca

29 Best Death Metaphors & Idioms (2021)

Don’t Pay The Ferryman - song by Chris de Burgh | Spotify

The Supernatural | Canada Stamp Series

Elisabeth Kübler-Ross Quotes (Author of On Death and Dying)

Ring Around the Rosie: Metafolklore, Rhyme and Reason | Folklife Today

Does a Dying Person Know They Are Dying?

The book of death: weighing your heart

What Physically Happens to Your Body Right After Death

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Horror on Bus 1170 — The Death of Tim McLean

Mon, 18 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 191: On the evening of July 30, 2008, Tim McLean, a 22-year-old Canadian carnival barker was returning home to Winnipeg riding a Greyhound bus when he was viciously stabbed, beheaded, and cannibalized by another passenger about 18 km west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. After arriving on scene, RCMP watched for hours as the perpetrator, Vince Li, 40, desecrated Tim’s body inside the bus after the driver and remaining passengers had fled, powerless to stop the man’s frenzy. Less than a year later, Vince Li was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for Tim McLean’s slaying, but held in a Manitoba psychiatric institution from which he was released just 6 years later.

Sources:

Cold Facts of the Case – Tim’s Law

YouTube — R.I.P Tim McLean - July 30, 2008 Greyhound Bus Tragedy

YouTube — TIMOTHY MCLEAN KILLING (CAROL DE DELLEY INTERVIEW) AFTERMATH OF MURDER: SURVIVOR STORIES

Justice served with the absolute discharge of Vince Li – The Manitoban

BOOK: Shrunk — Crime and Disorders of the Mind by Lore

Proceed with Extreme Caution: The Not Criminally Responsible Defence | CanLII

Vincent Li found not criminally responsible for murder - Winnipeg Free Press

DocumentCloud — Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board decision

Timeline of decisions in the case of Vince Li - Winnipeg | Globalnews.ca

Vince Li Archives - Dying Words

YouTube — Vince Li — “Please, kill me.”

YouTube — The Fifth Estate — Bus 1170 : Vince Li and the Greyhound Bus Murder (2011)

Killing of Tim McLean - Wikipedia

Vince Li | News, Videos & Articles | Globalnews.ca

Looking back at the Greyhound bus beheading a decade down the road | Globalnews.ca

Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act (backgrounder) — Canada News Centre

Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act

http://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/16395/etd9553_TMiller.pdf

Talk:Killing of Tim McLean - Wikipedia

How to Be a Juggalo: 12 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow Fun

A Conversation With Vince Li - Steinbachonline.com

Vince Li, man who beheaded Greyhound bus passenger, seeks absolute discharge | CBC News

R.I.P Tim McLean — Facebook Group

MCLEAN TIMOTHY - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages

Timeline to the Greyhound bus killing | CBC News

Vince Weiguang Li | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

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Anything But the Truth: The Murder of Mike Todor

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 190: Old Mike Todor’s body was found in his east end Regina home in the spring of 1955. He’d lain there for more than 14 months and had been beaten to death. Someone had killed him, but who? Elizabeth “Tootsie” LaFleche, Mike’s 30-something-year-old wife, who’d been living with a friend for months, was telling a lot of stories about what had become of Mike. None of the tales made a lot of sense. After police found Mike’s body, a number of arrests were made, charges were laid and several trials held, but thanks to Tootsie’s lies, the real facts of the case may never be known.

Sources:

R. v. Dyck, 1956 CanLII 197 (SK CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/g79xv >

BOOK — Trail of blood: A Canadian Murder Odyssey by Frank Jones

History of the Death Penalty in Canada

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The FLQ: Seven Years of Terror and the October Crisis

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 189: Starting in 1963 and stretching over the next seven years, a militant French separatist group called the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) terrorized La Belle Province. Their aim was to overthrow the Quebec government and leave Canada creating an independent Marxist- Leninist Quebec state. By 1970 the group had committed more than 200 violent criminal and terroristic acts including, bombings and high profile kidnappings. The group’s activities ultimately claimed the lives of eight people, including a Quebec provincial cabinet minister, and injured many more, before then Prime Minister, Pierre Elliot Trudeau, finding himself out of options, enacted the 1914 War Measures act to stem the violence of the October Crisis of 1970.

Sources:

Timeline of the Front de libération du Québec - Wikipedia

CBC Archives — What is the FLQ?

Web Archive | McGill.ca — October Crisis 1970

October Crisis - Canada’s Human Rights History

FLQ (FRONT DE LIBERATION DU QUEBEC) - SEVEN YEARS OF TERRORISM | Office of Justice Programs

The Making of the October Crisis: Canada’s Long Nightmare of Terrorism at the Hands of the FLQ by D’Arcy Jenish

Read Hostages Online by Gordon Kerr | Books

Read Terror Threat Online by Dwight Hamilton and Kostas Rimsa | Books

Read The Night Canada Stood Still Online by Robert Wright | Books

Read Trudeaumania Online by Robert Wright | Books

Read October Crisis: 50 Years After A Bloody Spasm That Nearly Tore Canada Apart

DEMOCRACY VERSUS TERRORISM: FLQ TERRORISM IN QUEBEC, A CASE STUDY on JSTOR

The Terrorist Activities of the Front de Liberation du Quebec (FLQ) - The Beginning of a New Era

Pierre Vallières (1937-1998) - The Beginning of a New Era

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THE FLQ: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION by Lorne Weston

The FLQ Crisis – VALOUR CANADA

Summary · Task Force on Kidnapping: The Department of External Affairs’ Files on the October Crisis · Canada Declassified

« Front de libération du Québec (FLQ)» : tous nos articles | Le Devoir

Pierre Laporte - Wikipedia

James Cross - Wikipedia

François Schirm — Wikipédia

Edmond Guénette — Wikipédia

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La police connaissait les ravisseurs de Cross et Laporte | Radio-Canada.ca

Global News — Search: FLQ

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Message of the FLQ to the Nation 1963

YouTube — Trudeau: Just watch me

Just watch me - Wikipedia

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The Order of the Solar Temple

Mon, 20 Sep 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 188: In early October of 1994, during a bizarre, nearly simultaneous sequence of murder / suicides, in Quebec, and across the Atlantic in Switzerland, 53 members of the Order of the Solar Temple were found dead in burned out buildings. The deaths fulfilled what the cult’s leaders claimed was the group’s “final transit” or return to Unity with God required before the impending end of the world. Even though it appeared to be over, more cult members were yet to die. Over a year later, in December of 1995, sixteen members of the cult died in France. More than a year after that, in march 1997, another five cult members died in Quebec bringing the death toll to 74.

The cult’s two founders, Luc Jouret and Joseph Di Mambro, were among the dead in 1994, however, some fear there may be future related mass murder / suicides by followers still practicing in secret.

Sources:

Cult Education Institute :: The Order of the Solar Temple

Order of the Solar Temple - Wikipedia

12 Disturbing Secrets Of The Order Of The Solar Temple Cult

The Cult of the Sun and the Cult of the Dead in Egypt on JSTOR

Read Doomsday Cults: The Devil’s Hostages Online by Alan R. Warren | Books

Read Killer Cults Online by Stephen Singular | Books

Read Cults that Kill Online by Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agsar | Books

Read Rampage Online by Lee Mellor | Books

Glass: Akhnaten - Album by Philip Glass, Dennis Russell Davies | Spotify

“Our terrestrial journey is coming to an end”: the last voyage of the Solar Temple

(PDF) The Magic of Death: The Suicides of the Solar Temple | Massimo Introvigne - Academia.edu

CBC Archives — The madness begins for the Solar Temple cult

CBC Archives — Solar Temple cult leader Joseph Di Mambro confirmed dead

Michel Tabachnik - Wikipedia

Swiss conductor acquitted of sect killings - SWI swissinfo.ch

Joseph Di Mambro | Article about Joseph Di Mambro by The Free Dictionary

History Canada: October 4,1994: An international cult tragedy begins – RCI | English

Cult Intervention :: Cult Education Institute

Homeopathy | HealthLink BC

https://infosect.freeshell.org/infocult/phenomene/English/HTML/doc0008.htm

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The Mad Slasher of Strathroy

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 187: Between 1974 and 1976, a series of rapes and murders took place in and around the small town of Strathroy, in South Western Ontario, perpetrated by Christian Herbert Harold Magee. He sexually assaulted and murdered 3 women, and raped two others.

Written by: Mathew Stockton

Sources:

R. v. Magee, 1997 CanLII 2431 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/6h5f>

Mental Health Centre, Penetanguishene v. Magee, 2006 CanLII 16077 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/1n8bq>

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/118607/carried-away-by-alice-munro/9780307264862/excerpt

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/2006/01/16/Mad-Slasher-wants-to-apologize/19681137468884/?ur3=1

https://truecrimerealtimepod.com/2020/05/26/28-londons-sordid-past-part-3-the-mad-slasher/

https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=42563797&fcfToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJmcmVlLXZpZXctaWQiOjQ2NDAxNDg5MywiaWF0IjoxNjI1MjU1MzU3LCJleHAiOjE2MjUzNDE3NTd9.S7hmiBoeW8POhTzffvN8NTXF4vCsSSuHGQO5sEZ5xXM

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http://coldcase.lailafarrell.com/index.php/category/murderer/

https://www.pressreader.com/canada/toronto-star/20051006/281608120825417

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Canadians and the September 11, 2001 Attacks

Mon, 06 Sep 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 186: Twenty years ago, on the morning of September 11, 2001, as the world watched in horror, 19 radical Islamist al-Qaeda terrorists launched a group of coordinated attacks using four commuter planes as weapons, hitting several preplanned targets in the eastern United States. Two of the airliners were flown deliberately into each of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane smashed into the U.S. Pentagon. A fourth plane believed to have been bound for the U.S. Capitol building crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers aboard the flight fought back against the terrorists who’d taken over the flight.

Among the 2977 people who died as a direct result of the attacks, 24 of those were Canadian. As with many other countries, Canada stepped up to help in the immediate aftermath. What follows are details of the initial attacks and then some of the stories from that day and its aftermath.

Sources and Further Reading:

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States

Not a drill – Canada’s air force on 9/11 | Globalnews.ca

Operation Support - Wikipedia

Operation Yellow Ribbon - Wikipedia

Casualties of the September 11 attacks - Wikipedia

Public Safety Canada — Remembering September 11th

The Government of Canada’s response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11

CANADA AND 9/11: BORDER SECURITY IN A NEW ERA

THE VIEWS OF CANADIAN SCHOLARS ON THE IMPACT OF THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACT

The Cost of 9/11

The Day Canadians Opened Their Homes To Americans

The Anti-Terrorism Act and Security Measures in Canada: Public Views, Impacts and Travel Experiences

Halifax airport employee remembers ‘grateful’ passengers and crew stranded on 9/11 | Globalnews.ca

New York thanks Gander, NL for help on 9/11 with piece of World Trade Center | Globalnews.ca

9/11 Canadian victims | Globalnews.ca

Brian Williams Memory September 11: Why Our Memory May Change | Time

RCMP officer kept stranded air passengers safe on 9/11 | Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Front row for history: Doc reveals fates of the ‘9/11 Kids’ at school with George W. Bush | Globalnews.ca

9/11 and Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia

‘Global National’ celebrates 20 years in TV special: ‘Disruption: 20 Years of Global National’ - National | Globalnews.ca

Can Watching Media Cause Symptoms of Trauma or PTSD? — Counselling & Therapy Services - The Juniper Center

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She Told Me To: The Blackman Family Tragedy

Mon, 30 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 185: RCMP officers arrived at the Blackman family residence on Spuraway Avenue in Coquitlam, B.C.’s Ranch Park subdivision in the early morning hours of January 18th, 1983. A neighbour had called 911after hearing screams and then witnessing what appeared to be a domestic argument next door that escalated into a shooting. Inside the eerily silent home as the cold winter rain fell, the responding officers found a horrific and bloody scene; six members of the Blackman family were dead.

The deceased were Richard Blackman, 50, his wife, Irene Blackman, 49, their daughter, Roberta Lynn Davies, 28, Roberta’s husband, John Iowerth Davies, 39, Karen Dale Rhodes, 25, another of the Blackman’s daughters, and the youngest of the Blackman children, 16-year-old son, Rick Blackman. Just outside the home, police had detained a young man, 22-year-old, Bruce Alfred Blackman, another of Irene and Richard’s sons. Bruce, who’d been picked up as police arrived, was acting bizarrely, telling the RCMP officers that he was the Antichrist and that the world was going to end on January 31.

Sources:

Blackman v. British Columbia (Review Board), 1995 CanLII 3437 (BC CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/1ddr0 >

Blackman v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 1993 CanLII 2620 (BC CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/1dbks >

British Columbia Review Board - Decision on Bruce Alfred Blackman

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/0332_1983

https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/1122_1991

Violence and Schizophrenia by Heidi J. Wehring and William T. Carpenter

Correlates of Future Violence in People Being Treated for Schizophrenia | American Journal of Psychiatry

Schizophrenia: Warning Signs of Violence | HealthLink BC

A Voice out of Nowhere eBook : Booth, Janice Holly: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Bruce Alfred Blackman | Amok Wiki | Fandom

Police layed six charges of first-degree murder Tuesday against… - UPI Archives

Author Janice Holly Booth — Book: A Voice out of Nowhere

Little Known Details Behind Mass Murder Case Revealed in New Book, A Voice out of Nowhere

Someone I love has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. How can I help? | Here to Help

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Monster in Mississauga: The Murders of Candace Dickey and Neda Novak

Mon, 23 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 184: In Mississauga, Ontario in 1973 and early 1974, the discoveries of the murdered bodies of two young women, Constance Dickey, 19, and Neda Novak, 18, only months apart, left the community shaken. Both women, it appeared, had been abducted, sexually assaulted, then murdered and dumped by a yet unknown killer. On August 19, 1974, after being sexually assaulted and left for dead, a sixteen-year-old girl, Julia Sheldon, identified a twenty-four-year-old, married father of two named Henry Robert Williams as the man who’d brutally assaulted her. It soon became clear that Williams had also committed the two previous murders.

Sources:

Read Cold North Killers Online by Lee Mellor | Books

Henry Robert Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers

“The Chemical Castration of Recidivist Sex Offenders in Canada: A Matte” by Matthew R. Kutcher

The Castration Alternative | Canadian Journal of Criminology and Corrections

Federal Probation - Google Play

The Medium — Sept. 11th marks 30th anniversary of UTM’s only murder by Adrian Barek

Police still looking for Oakville woman’s killer nearly 45 years later | Toronto.com

The dark echoes of Adele Komorowski’s murder linger 45 years later | TheSpec.com

5 Worst Crimes Committed in Mississauga | insauga.com

“It’s insanity” to free serial killer who assaulted girl in prison: Ex-detective – Cancrime

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Sins of the Father — The Delorme Affair

Mon, 16 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 183 - Early on a cold morning on January 7, 1922, two Montreal city Public Works Department employees, on their way to their works shed, discovered the body of a man laying on the frozen ground near the corners of Coolbrook and Snowden Street. The man, who’d been shot was later identified by a Catholic Priest named Adélard Delorme as his half-brother, Raoul Delorme. When police investigated they were surprised that their evidence pointed to one, very unusual suspect. This case would become important, not only for the oddity of its perpetrator and the groundbreaking forensics used to break the case but also for its shocking outcome.

Sources:

My version of the Delorme case : Farah-Lajoie, Georges

Delorme v. Sisters of Charity of Quebec, 1922 CanLII 656 (QC CQ)

1868-1996 - The Delorme Affair - Interactive Investigator

L’affaire Delorme — On ne juge pas un prêtre

Acquittement de l’abbé Joseph-Adélard Delorme d’une accusation de meurtre

Georges Farah-Lajoie — Wikipédia

Newspapers.com — Search: Adelard Delorme

L’affaire Delorme 1922: un procès qui souleva les passions - Instantanés

Georges Farah-Lajoie | Mémoires des Montréalais

History of Forensic Science in Canada | Famous Canadian Crimes: The Delorme Affair

Rigorous Science - Canada’s History

Cassock and the Crown: Canada’s Most Controversial Murder Trial - Jean Monet - Google Books

Scribd | For I Have Sinned Online by John Glatt | Books

La soutane et la couronne : le procès du siècle : l’affaire Delorme : Monet, Jean, 1932

Biographie – DEROME, WILFRID (baptisé Joseph-Wilfrid) – Volume XVI (1931-1940) – Dictionnaire biographique du Canada

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Sundown — The Death of John Belushi

Mon, 09 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 182: This is a story of two talented people whose final interaction would lead to the death of one of comedy’s rising stars and a notorious place in Hollywood history for the other.

On March 5, 1982, after an all too brief but stellar career in film and television, actor and comedian John Belushi, 33, was found dead in his bungalow at the infamous Chateau Marmont on Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood, California. Investigators soon discovered that a Canadian woman, Catherine Evelyn or Cathy Smith, was the last person with the star and had been the person who had supplied and shot him up with the fatal overdose that killed him.

Sources:

United States of America and Smith, Re, 1984 CanLII 3510 (ON SC), <https://canlii.ca/t/gcj9l>

Re United States of America and Smith, 1983 CanLII 1817 (ON SC), < https://canlii.ca/t/g1981 >

1984 CanLII 1913 (ON CA) | Re United States of America and Smith | CanLII

‘I Killed John Belushi’ — Secrets Of Tragic Comic’s Star-Studded Death!

Chasing Dragon by Smith Cathy, Signed - AbeBooks

Wired: The Short Life & Fast Times of John Belushi Online by Bob Woodward | Books

Read California Babylon Online by Kristan Lawson and Anneli Rufus | Books

The Death of John Belushi at the Chateau Marmont

Gone 25 years, Belushi’s impact still felt

Cathy Smith - Wikipedia

Cathy Smith, who admitted to killing John Belushi, was a woman of mystery - The Globe and Mail

Gordon Lightfoot here. Singer/songwriter for over 50 years whose work has been performed by everyone from Elvis to Barbra. AMA! : IAmA

The Tragic Real-Life Story Of John Belushi

The Weight - Remastered - song by The Band | Spotify

Sundown - song by Gordon Lightfoot | Spotify

High and Dry - song by Gordon Lightfoot | Spotify

Flash Of Fire - song by Hoyt Axton | Spotify

Addictions Treatment Helplines in Canada | Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction

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The Headless Men of the Nahanni Valley

Mon, 02 Aug 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 181 - The region in the South Nahanni River played host to several unexplained and disturbing occurrences in the first half of the twentieth century. Between1905 and 1945, in the remote and rugged wilderness in the lower west corner of Mackenzie Mountains in the Northwest Territories and other unexplained events, there were at least 44 people who went missing under mysterious circumstances.

Most unsettling of all were the four bodies that were found during that time in three separate incidents. All of the corpses had been decapitated, and their heads were never recovered, earning the area the ominous nickname, the Valley of the Headless Men. No one knows who was responsible for these horrific mutilations or what became of the other missing people.

Sources:

Secrets of the Nahanni: The Valley of Headless Men – The Outdoor Journal

The Lore Behind the Mystery of Canada’s Nahanni National Park

The Valley of Headless Men. The spectacular scenery of the Nahanni… | by L Hall | Chameleon | Medium

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Valley of Mystery — Pierre Berton | Maclean’s | March 15, 1947

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Did giants roam Canada’s Northwest Territories — or do they still? | CBC News

The Valley of the Headless Men: UnresolvedMysteries

Legends of the Nahanni Valley

Legends of the Nahanni Valley by Hammerson Peters

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Read The Dangerous River Online by R. M. Patterson | Books | Scribd

Read Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Weird Canada Online by Bathroom Readers’ Institute | Books | Scribd

Read Strange but True Online by John Robert Colombo | Books | Scribd

The Strangest Northerns: The Valley of the Beasts - Dark Worlds Quarterly

The Willows, The Wendigo, and Other Horrors: The Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood: Annotated and Illustrated Tales of Murder, Mystery, Horror, and Hauntings eBook: Blackwood, Algernon, Kellermeyer, M., Kellermeyer, M.: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store

Canada is a huge country. Most of it is unfit for human habitation. - Vox

This Is How Empty Canada Really Is (PHOTOS) | HuffPost Canada News

Geography | The Canada Guide

Largest Countries in the World by Area - Worldometer

Table 24.1 Population, by province and territory, selected years, 1861 to 2009

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Renfrew County Rampage: Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Nathalie Warmerdam

Mon, 26 Jul 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 180 - On September 22, 2015, in Renfrew County, Ontario, 66-year-old Carol Culleton was murdered in her home by her one-time handyman. The man, who’d become obsessed with the recent widow before killing her, then stole Culleton’s car and drove to the home of an ex-girlfriend, Anastasia Kuzyk, 36, and shot Anastasia there with a shotgun as her sister fled the home. However, the killer was not done settling the scores he had cooked up in his head and then drove to the home of another ex-girlfriend, Nathalie Warmerdam, 48. As Nathalie’s son ran from their home, in fear of his life, he heard the gunshot that ended his mother’s life.

The killer, Basil Borutski, 58, a former millwright, then fled, and a brief search ensued that ended in Borutski being taken into police custody. Later on, in a 5-hour long taped police interview, the killer admitted to what he’d done, laying the blame for his spree squarely on his victims.

Sources:

Ontario Provincial Police - What we do

Borutski’s history from 1977 to 2011 - Infogram

Borutski’s history with Kuzyk and Warmerdam - Infogram

Borutski’s history with Culleton - Infogram

Murder Sites — Driving Route

YouTube - Basil Borutski full police interview

YouTube - Basil Borutski and the Wilno Murders: Circle of Fear - The Fifth Estate

YouTube - Secrets of… Why Didn’t We Know? Basil Borutski & The Wilno Murders (podcast) - the fifth estate

Marchers say Basil Borutski guilty verdict was too little, too late | CBC News

What the courts knew about Basil Borutski before he murdered 3 women | CBC News

Search: Basil Borutski — Newspapers.com

Basil Borutski | News, Videos & Articles — GlobalNews

TOPIC: BASIL BORUTSKI TRIAL — CBC.ca

R. v. Borutski, 2011 ONSC 3536 (CanLII)

Borutski v. Borutski, 2011 ONSC 7099 (CanLII)

R. v. Borutski, 2017 ONSC 7748 (CanLII)

R. v. Basil Borutski, 2017 ONSC 7762 (CanLII)

The Meaning of Life: A Study of the Use of Parole Ineligibility for Murder Sentencing | CanLII

BBC Partners — Outlook: Singing for my murdered sister helps me heal

Ending Violence Association of Canada

Psychology Today — Dark Triad

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Tragedy in the Amazon: The Ayahuasca Murders

Mon, 19 Jul 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 179 - On April 19, 2018, in the village of Victoria Gracia, a community close to Pucallpa in Peru’s central Amazon region of Ucayali, a man got off his motorcycle. He walked toward the home of Olivia Arevalo Lomas, an 81-year-old shaman and respected elder in her community. The man was irate over a debt owed to him by the woman’s son. After firing a warning shot that drew a crowd of neighbours, the elderly healer came out of her house. After a bit of yelling back and forth, the man gunned the woman down with two shots from his pistol, killing her in broad daylight.

The man, later identified as Sebastian Paul Woodroffe, a 41-year-old British Columbian in Peru as an Ayahuasca researcher, was pursued by villagers who publicly lynched him. A cellphone recorded his killing, and the user later posted the video to Facebook. Woodroffe’s body was buried in a shallow grave. Two Peruvian men were later arrested for Woodroffe’s slaying.

What led this man, known to his friends as a gentle, helpful soul, to such a brutal crime?

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[The Canadian Man Who Killed a British Guy at an Ayahuasca Retreat in Peru Speaks Out]

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The Quebec City Mosque Massacre & Islamophobia in Canada

Mon, 12 Jul 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 178: On the evening of January 29, 2017, a young man, armed with a pistol and a rifle concealed inside a guitar case, entered the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City, a mosque in the Sainte-Foy neighbourhood of the historic city. Just over 40 people were inside the mosque at the time. Just before 8:00 pm, the man entered the prayer hall and began firing and, within two minutes, had killed 6 and seriously injured 5 other worshippers. After the shootings, the killer walked out of the building, hopped into his car and drove off. Less than 20 minutes later, the perpetrator, a 27-year-old, Canadian-born student of anthropology and political science at Laval University, surrendered to police, admitting he was the shooter. The motive? Islamophobia.

Sources:
[CCIQ – Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec]
R. c. Bissonnette, 2019 QCCS 354 (CanLII), < [https://canlii.ca/t/j1672] >
Bissonnette c. R., 2020 QCCA 1585 (CanLII), < [https://canlii.ca/t/jbth0] >
[YouTube - Alexandre Bissonnette’s interrogation (en Français)]
[YouTube - Alexandre Bissonnette’s FULL interrogation (en Français) 3 hour 8 minute]
[YouTube - La déclaration des parents d’Alexandre Bissonnette]
[Les parents d’Alexandre Bissonnette jugent sa peine très sévère | Radio-Canada.ca]
[Alexandre Bissonnette’s parents speak out about their son | Global News]
[Open Letter From Raymond Bissonnette | Murder | Criminal Justice]
[‘I had to do something’: Mosque shooter said he acted to prevent terrorism | Montreal Gazette]
[Remembering the Québec City mosque attack: Islamophobia and Canada’s national amnesia]
[Court reduces sentence for Quebec City mosque attacker | Courts News | Al Jazeera]
[Alexandre Bissonnette: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know | Heavy.com]
https://twitter.com/justintrudeau/status/825438460265762816?lang=en
[Alexandre Bissonnette’s parents ask Prime Minister to stop calling their son a terrorist | CTV News]
[Islamophobia.org]
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[Islamophobia in Canada - Wikipedia]
[Read Fear of a Muslim Planet Online by Arsalan Iftikhar | Books]
[Cyber Racism and Community Resilience: Strategies For Combating Online Race Hate | Scribd]
[Naming The Gunman Glorifies His Crimes, Not Naming Him Could Undermine The Truth : NPR Public Editor : NPR]
[NO NOTORIETY]()
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[Pourquoi les peines consécutives font-elles débat? | Radio-Canada.ca]
[Quebec City mosque shooting - Wikipedia]
[London, Ontario truck attack - Wikipedia]

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The Jacques Cartier Bridge Murders: Chantal Dupont and Maurice Marcil

Mon, 05 Jul 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 177: On July 3, 1979, a pair of typical Montreal teenagers, Chantal Dupont, 15 and her friend, Maurice Marcil, 14, went missing as they walked home from a concert. Their loved ones had no idea what had happened to them. A week later they heard the news they dreaded. The bodies of Chantal and Maurice were discovered in different spots along the banks of the St. Lawrence River. The details of how the pair ended up in the water and the events leading up to their murders are horrifying.

Sources:
R. v. Guerin, 1984 CanLII 3533 (QC CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/gccd1>
R. c. Guérin, 1987 CanLII 1063 (QC CA), < [https://canlii.ca/t/1sth2] >
[PressReader.com - Normand Guérin et Gilles Pimparé]
[PressReader.com - Bridge Murders Timeline]
[Pillar 111 – The 1979 murders of Maurice Marcil and Chantal Dupont | WHO KILLED THERESA?]
[The Bridge Murders – To Err is Human, to Forgive, Divine – Crime Website]
[La force du pardon | Michèle Ouimet | La Presse - Archived]
[La Rage | Michèle Ouimet | La Presse - Archived]
[L’innocence perdue | Michèle Ouimet | La Presse - Archived]
[Le deuil | La Presse | Michèle Ouimet | La Presse]
[Même après 38 ans, le meurtrier Gilles Pimparé restera en prison | Radio-Canada.ca]
[Le Pardon (film) — Wikipédia]
[Dossier de presse]
[Dupont (Chantal) - La Mémoire du Québec]
[La force du pardon - La Presse+]
[Montreal killer asks for parole for the sixth time]
[L’un des pires criminels du Québec veut sa liberté | TVA Nouvelles]
[Pimparé «est encore dangereux», selon le frère d’une victime | TVA Nouvelles]
[Dossier de presse - *Ces parents qui ont pardonné l’impardonnable*]
[Coolopolis: The unspeakably horrific Jacques Cartier Bridge murders]
[Le pont du suicide Jacques-Cartier - Blogue de Montréal hanté]
[Le Pardon de Denis Boivin – Voyage à travers le Québec]
[Ideomotor phenomenon - Wikipedia]

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AWAY GAME: The Defeo Family Murders - Horror in Amityville

Mon, 28 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 176: On the night of November 13, 1974, In the sleepy community of Amityville on the coast of Long Island, New York, a 23-year-old man named Ronald (Butch) DeFeo Jr. came running into a local bar. He was distraught and claiming his whole family, his mother and father and 4 siblings, had been murdered in their home, a large Dutch Colonial house located at 112 Ocean Avenue. However, it was later determined it was Butch himself who’d annihilated his family. A year later, Butch was convicted on six counts of second-degree murder and received an equal number of sentences of 25 years to life in prison for slaughtering his family as they slept.

A month after Butch DeFeo’s conviction, the Lutz family, Kathy, George and their three kids moved into the property having purchased it for a steal, $80,000. But, after only 28 days in the house, the Lutz family fled. They claimed they’d been chased out by relentless psychic torture inflicted on them by some unseen presence; they thought demonic, who’d made life in the house impossible. A 1977 book on the case by author Jay Anson titled The Amityville Horror, and subsequent film in 1979 introduced the story to an international audience and has become one of the most well-known, most covered and at the same time, controversial tales of hauntings and demonic possession in history.

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[The Amityville Horror Website: Hosted By George Lutz - ARCHIVED]
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[The Real Amityville Horror: The Tragic Murder of the Ronald De Feo Family - ARCHIVED]
[The Amityville Files - America’s Most Famous Haunted House Controversy]
[Ronald DeFeo: The Original 911 Call Transcripts of the Murders]
[The Real ‘Amityville Horror’: Chilling Facts About the Crime and Haunted House - Biography]
[Slain Family Drugged, Police on L:I..Report - The New York Times]
[Ronald DeFeo - Murders, Movie & Family - Biography]
[Reel or Real? The Truth Behind Two Hollywood Ghost Stories | Skeptical Inquirer]
[Inside the ‘Amityville Horror’ house today, Long Island’s most notorious mansion - New York Post]
[Morgan Knudsen - Entityseeker Paranormal Research & Teachings]

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Creepy Creatures and Canadian Cryptids

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 175: Like any other region, Canada has its share of stories of fantastical creatures that may or may not exist. Dark Poutine has covered a few of them. In episode 25 we learned of Swift Runner, believed to be possessed by the cannibalistic spirit known as Wendigo, we talked about, Ogopogo, the giant serpent in Okanagan Lake in episode 113 and of course, in episode 131 we gave you a primer on Sasquatch aka Bigfoot in Western Canada and the USA. In this episode, you will learn about some of Canada’s lesser-known cryptids, The Loup-Garou, The Thunderbird, The Toronto Tunnel Monster and The Giant Spider Bat.

Source:
[Loup-Garou | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[The Werewolf of Quebec City — CANADIANA]
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[Les Loups-Garous du Québec – Werewolves of Quebec | Julian Peters comics]
[Thunderbird | New Cryptozoology Wiki | Fandom]
[Thunderbird: a symbol of power, strength and nobility - Ecstatic Trance Postures]
[Thunderbird- A Canadian Legend]
[Toronto Tunnel Monster | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom]
[The Toronto Tunnel Monster | Cryptozoology News Articles & Investigations]
[Toronto Urban Legends: The Real Toronto Underground]
[Strange Encounters with Bizarre Tunnel-Dwelling Monsters | Mysterious Universe]
[A guide to the secret tunnels hidden beneath Toronto]
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[What Lies Beneath: Toronto and The Tunnel Monster of Cabbagetown]
[ParaResearchers Of Ontario - Toronto Tunnel Monster]
[The Creepy Cabbagetown Monster Lurking in Toronto’s Underground]
[Cryptids of Canada and Other Toronto Urban Legends We Bet You Didn’t Know About - Mary-am Suites]
[C.H.U.D. (1984) - IMDb]
[Myths & Monsters - DIBAAJIMOWIN]
[memegwesi (na) | The Ojibwe People’s Dictionary]
[Mysteries of Canada – Canada History and Mysteries]
[Stranger Things: Four-in-Five Canadians believe]
[Giant Canadian Spiderbat | Cryptid Wiki | Fandom]
[North American House Hippo - YouTube]

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The Stopwatch Gang

Mon, 14 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 174 - Between 1974 and 1980, a group of three mask-wearing Canadian outlaws named Stephen Reid, Patrick (Paddy) Mitchell, and Lionel Wright, in well-planned, precisely timed and carefully executed heists, robbed at least 140 banks and armoured cars in Canada and the United States making off with a total of more than $15 million in cash, gold and other valuables.

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[The Life and Times of the Stopwatch Gang | The Atavist Magazine]
[Stephen Reid fonds - Search Research Collections]
[Inside Time by Jason Young - NFB]
[Paddy Mitchell’s Blog - A blog behind bars]
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[The Stopwatch Gang: notorious bank robber, celebrated author dies – RCI | English]
[Lionel Wright | Today in Ottawa’s History]
[Stephen Reid - ABC BookWorld]
[Obituary: Stephen Reid - Ottawa Citizen]
[Stephen Reid’s 10 toughest prisons in North America]

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La Train d’Enfer - The Lac-Mégantic Rail Disaster

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 173 - On July 6, 2013, in Lac-Mégantic, Quebec, an unattended 73-car freight train carrying crude oil rolled down a grade and derailed downtown, multiple tank cars exploded, resulting in a massive fire. More than 30 buildings in the town's core were destroyed, and, sadly, forty-seven people lost their lives.

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[Global News Search - Lac-Mégantic]
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Prohibition: Canadian Rum Runners & Bootleggers

Mon, 31 May 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 172 - To curtail social ills like alcoholism, family violence, and other unsavoury behaviours, religious and puritanical proponents of the Temperance Movement demonized alcohol throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries.

After numerous U.S. states had become ‘dry’ outlawing the production and sale of alcohol in the years prior, in 1919, the United States ratified the 18th amendment to their constitution, which banned the manufacture, sale, or transportation of intoxicating liquors within the country’s borders. As hoarded supplies quickly began to run dry over the next ten years, Americans looked outside their borders to keep the liquor flowing into the country.

Scores of Canadians stepped up, flouting the laws to move alcohol across the 49th parallel. Many were entrepreneurs with a daredevil spirit, a means of transportation and a desire to make a quick buck, but others were psychopathic, dangerous, mob-connected killers. We’ll talk about a couple of them here.

Mike Browne's new book, MURDER, MADNESS, AND MAYHEM: Twenty-Five Tales of True Crime and Dark History, is available this November from Harper Collins Canada! You can pre-order your copy now: https://bit.ly/3oSnKXS

Sources:
[Prohibition: An Interactive History – Mob Museum]
[Women Led the Temperance Charge – Prohibition: An Interactive History]
[Captain Jack Randell]
[Captain Jack Randell - Classic Sailboats]
[The Sinking of The I’m Alone]
[Heaving To Is a Valuable Skill for All Sailors]
[Story of the I’m Alone | Decora-chan | Prince Edward Island]
[Ernest Hemingway - Biographical - NobelPrize.org]
[The Whisky King - Trevor Cole - eBook]
[Molls of a mobster | Maclean’s | OCTOBER 5, 1987]
[Biography – STARKMAN, BESHA (Tobin)]

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Tangled Web: The Shootings of Alfred and Rosemary Podgis

Mon, 24 May 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 171 - Rosemary Podgis, 56, and her husband Alfred, 58, were found in a Pennsylvania Ravine. They had been fatally shot in their Loch Arbour, New Jersey home over the Fourth of July weekend in 1982. The apparent perpetrators arrested by police 5 days later were two 18-year-olds: Scott Robert Franz, Rosemary’s son from a previous marriage, and Scott’s Canadian friend Bruce Anthony Curtis, who had been Scott’s classmate at King’s Edgehill private school in Nova Scotia where the pair had just graduated.

The events leading up to the deaths of Rosemary and Alfred Podgis would be extremely important in establishing what led two teens, both with promising futures ahead of them, to kill Scott Franz’s mother and stepfather. Was it cold-blooded murder or, as Bruce would later claim, a tragic accident caused by a faulty firearm?

Sources:
[Blood Knot: The Trial and Conviction of Bruce Curtis by David Hayes]
[State v. Curtis :: 1984 :: New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division :: Justia]
[Two 18-year-olds, one from Nova Scotia, were held today… - UPI Archives]
[A disputed killing in New Jersey | Maclean’s | APRIL 16, 1984]
[Curtis’s long trip home | Maclean’s | MARCH 7, 1988]
[National Film Board of Canada - Journey Into Darkness: The Bruce Curtis Story]
[Dalhousie - The Gazette - Volume 117, Number 22 - February 21, 1985]
[Canadians Mount Campaign To Obtain Man in New Jersey Prison]
[YouTube - Deadly Betrayal: The Bruce Curtis Story - 1992 NBC Sunday Night Movie]
[Crime-Sep-24-1989-947717 | NewspaperArchive]
[Scott Franz’s Home - GoogleMaps]
[Bruce Curtis and Scott Franz case - MemoryNS]
[Shootings of Alfred and Rosemary Podgis - Wikipedia]

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Slippery as an Eel: The Tale of Ernest Cashel

Mon, 17 May 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 170 - In November of 1902, a rancher named Issac Belt from Haynes Creek near Red Deer, Alberta, had gone missing. Investigating officers had gone to Belt’s ranch to question a young man calling himself Bert Ellsworth, who was suspected of horse theft, who had been lending a hand there. That young man and Belt were both missing.

Police discovered the man claiming to be Ellsworth at a camp on the outskirts of Calgary. Some of Belt’s personal belongings were in Cashel's possession, and Cashel was wearing Issac's clothes. In reality, his name was Ernest Cashel, a 21-year-old American. He was on the run from U.S. and Canadian authorities for forgery and other crimes, including escaping from custody several times.

Cashel was arrested and charged with theft and later charged with Isaac Belt’s murder, convicted and sentenced to hang. Cashel escaped one last time, only days before he was to be executed, and was on the run for more than a month before being recaptured and sent to see his maker via the hangman.

Sources:
[The Case of Ernest Cashel | Maclean’s | December 1st 1930]
[Ernest Cashel - Wikipedia]
[2 Feb 1904, Page 1 - Vancouver Daily World at Newspapers.com]
[Ernest Cashel Hanged at Calgary - Newspapers.com]
[Scoundrels and Scallywags: Characters from Alberta’s Past by Brian Brennan]
[The Pursuit of Ernest Cashel by MJ Malcolm]
[14 Dec 1929, 39 - The Province at Newspapers.com]
[Ernest Cashel Hanged - page 3 - Newspapers.com]
[Hanged - Edmonton Journal (archived)]
[Ernest Cashel on way to trial, Calgary, Alberta - Photo]
[Ernest Cashel Story - Glenbow.org - January 30 - February 5]
[Biography – NOLAN, PATRICK JAMES – Volume XIV (1911-1920)]

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Worst Case Scenario: The Murders of Chloe and Aubrey Berry (BC)

Mon, 10 May 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 169: On the evening of Christmas Day in 2017, upon gaining access to an Oak Bay, British Columbia apartment, police discovered a bloody crime scene. In the suite were the bodies of six-year-old Chloe Berry and her four-year-old sister, Aubrey Berry. They had been murdered in their beds. First responders also discovered Andrew Berry, Chloe and Aubrey’s father, naked, seriously injured and bleeding in the apartment's bathtub. He had penetrating injuries to his left chest and throat. First responders took Andrew by ambulance to Victoria General Hospital for treatment. He’d eventually have a rather tall tale to tell about what had taken place that day.

Sources:
R. v Berry, 2019 BCSC 2362 (CanLII), < [https://canlii.ca/t/j5tr8]>
[Global News - SEARCH - Andrew Berry]
[Oak Bay News - SEARCH - Andrew Berry]
[Search Results | Times Colonist - Andrew Berry]
[Oak Bay Police Note - Twitter]
[Photo exhibits from Andrew Berry murder trial - BC | Globalnews.ca]
[Mom of slain Oak Bay sisters supports recent changes to Canada’s Divorce Act | Globalnews.ca]
[Chloe & Aubrey Berry Bursary Fund - Victoria Foundation]

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The Murder of Nadine Anne Taylor

Mon, 03 May 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 168 - On the evening of July 28, 2010, Nadine Anne Taylor, a 29-year-old woman in Halifax, Nova Scotia, left the Convoy Avenue apartment in Fairview she shared with her boyfriend, Gene. Nadine, who did not have a telephone, told Gene she needed to make a call, left her home and walked a nearby payphone to make a call. She was never seen alive again.

Sources and Further Reading:
[CANADA - Canada - Nadine Taylor, 29, Halifax NS, 28 July 2010]
[Police locate human remains | Halifax]
R. v. Laffin, 2013 NSSC 135 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/fx9dc] >
R. v. Laffin, 2013 NSSC 136 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/fxb17] >
[Global News SEARCH: Steven Elliot Laffin]
[Steven Laffin | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers]
[Obituary of Nadine Anne Taylor | J Albert Funeral Home]
[Fears grow for missing Halifax woman | CBC News]
[Fact Sheet - Prostitution Criminal Law Reform: Bill C-36, the Protection of Communities and Exploited Persons Act]
[Stepping Stone Nova Scotia | Sex Worker Support]
[51 Weyburn Road - Dartmouth, NS - Google Maps]
[Luminol - Wikipedia]
[R.I.P Nadine Taylor - Facebook Group]

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Did They Get it Right? The Rafay Family Murders

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 167: On July 13, 1994, just after 2:00 am, police responded to a 911 call from Sebastian Burns, 18. Sebastian and his friend, Atif Rafay, also 18, claimed they had discovered ‘some kind of break in’ and multiple deaths at Atif’s family home in Bellevue, Washington. A bloody crime scene awaited the first responders. All three of the victims, Tariq and Sultana, Atif’s parents and his sister, Basma, had been bludgeoned to death. Right away, something felt off to the Bellevue Police, who focused their attention on the pair of young men who’d reported the crime. But did they get it right?

Sources:
United States of America v. Burns, 1997 CanLII 3271 (BC CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/1dzl0>
United States v. Burns, 2001 SCC 7 (CanLII), [2001] 1 SCR 283, <https://canlii.ca/t/523r>
[168 Wn. App. 734, STATE V. RAFAY]
[Rafay Burns Appeal Site]
[Sebastian Burns 911 Call - YouTube]
[On the Margins of Freedom | The Walrus]
[Written In Blood - CBS News]
[Confessions of Murder ; Exposing the False Confessions Created from the Mr. Big Stings by Alan R. Warren | eBooks - Scribd]
[The wrongful convictions of Sebastian Burns and … - En Vero]
[Give Them Enough Rope - Shawn Blore]
[YouTube - Sebastian Burns Pre-Sentence Statement Part 1 of 6]
https://fuqrafiles.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/WMFuqraWash.pdf

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Hate Crime: The Murder of Aaron Webster

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:00:00 -0000

In the early morning hours of November 17, 2001, officers from the Vancouver Police were dispatched to the Second Beach area of Stanley Park. Several callers to 911 indicated that there had been some kind of altercation and a group of man had badly beaten another man.

Two VPD constables arrived at the Second Beach parking lot within minutes of being called to find a distraught man frantically providing CPR to a bloodied man on the ground. The man on the ground was naked except for socks and shoes. Police assessed the man’s condition and immediately called for an ambulance. The paramedics from the BC Ambulance Service arrived quickly, but determined that it was too late.

Aaron Zane Donald Webster, 42-year-old and a member of Vancouver’s gay community, was dead. He had been brutally beaten with a blunt instrument and his killers had skittered off into the night leaving Aaron to die. Aaron’s death would be come to be recognized as Canada’s most well-known and notorious cases of ‘gay bashing’.

Guest Host: Mathew Stockton (Steve the dog's dad)

Sources:
R. v. J.S., 2003 BCPC 442 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1g7d2>
R. v. A.C., 2003 BCPC 508 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1hd4j>
R. v. Cran and Rao, 2004 BCSC 1635 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1jfdp>
R. v. Cran, 2005 BCSC 171 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1jr5n>
R. v. J.S., 2005 BCPC 556 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1m420>
R. v. Cran, 2006 BCCA 464 (CanLII), <https://canlii.ca/t/1ps4p>
[Wright, N. (2011). Murder in the park : civic identity-making and space in Vancouver. University of British Columbia.]
[Aaron Webster | Xtra Magazine]
[The murder that changed us | Xtra Magazine]
[Ten Years After Aaron Webster’s Death, What’s Changed? | The Tyee]
[Stanley Park Rawlings Trail, Gay Vancouver Cruising Areas]
[Stanley Park | City of Vancouver]
[Search - Aaron Webster - 2001 - Newspapers.com]
[Aaron Webster - CHF BC]
[Aaron Webster Housing Co-operative – Original Site – Community Land Trust]
[QMUNITY — BC’s Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre]
[Pflag Canada]

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Dark Poutine Returns April 19 2021

Mon, 15 Mar 2021 07:00:00 -0000

It’s 2021. It’s been a hell of a year and Dark Poutine is still ticking along. That said, I need a quick break for my sanity and to do some behind the scenes work to freshen up some of the elements the show. Dark Poutine will be returning on April 19, 2021, with the same level of careful research and compassionate, personal story telling with new guest hosts, a shiny new logo and some new music. See you in a month, so until then, don’t forget to be a good egg and not a bad apple.

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Frenzy: The Killing of Traci Lynch (PE)

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 165: On the afternoon of July 24, 2015, the RCMP were called by the residents of 192 Pleasant Grove Road, outside of Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island. They said that the night before there had been a fight between a man, Joel Lawrence Clow, 46, and a woman, Clow’s 40-year-old on an off-again girlfriend and mother of one, Traci Lynn Lynch. Responding officers knew they would be investigating a domestic dispute, they’d dealt with Traci and Joel before. Things became more serious when cops discovered Traci, deceased on Clow’s property.

Sources:

R v. Clow, 2017 PESC 9 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/h4g3 8 >
R v. Clow, 2017 PESC 10 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/h4g3 9 >
R v. Clow, 2017 PESC 12 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/h5jd3>
R v Clow, 2019 PECA 5 (CanLII), < https://canlii.ca/t/hxmb 0 >

How This P.E.I. Program Helps Women Take Back Control After Leaving Abusive Relationships | CBC News | Ethical Edito r

Belvedere Funeral Home - Traci Lynch Obituar y

Clow / Lynch Timeline - CB C

Why People Stay - The Hotlin e

Ending Violence Association of Canad a

Domestic Violence and Abuse - HelpGuide.or g

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On the Run: Triple Murderer Kevin Louis Vermette

Mon, 01 Mar 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 164: On July 12, 1997, in the town of Kitimat, British Columbia, after months of tension, tempers boiled over, and a violent altercation took place between a mad man and four young men. Three of the men, Michael Mauro and Mark Teves, both 20 and 21-year-old David Nunes were dead, and another, 20-year-old Donny Oliveira, was barely clinging to life after a local man named Kevin Louis Vermette allegedly blasted away at the group with a sawed-off shotgun before disappearing into the brush. He is still on the loose almost 24 years later.

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:

Suspected BC murderer: Vermette still on the loose | Dawson Creek Mirro r

$25,000 reward in Kitimat triple murder cold case set to expire | Globalnews.c a

Wanted by the RCMP: Kevin Louis Vermette | Royal Canadian Mounted Polic e

B.C. town rescinds $25,000 reward for info on 1997 triple-murder. Some donors want their money back | National Pos t

A hockey game gets rowdy, and other Kitimat police files this week – Kitimat Northern Sentine l

Wanted man who fled B.C. city 16 years ago may be alive: RCMP - The Globe and Mai l

Experienced outdoorsman flees into forest after killing 3 young adults and injuring another with a shotgun. Police believe he may still be alive. : UnresolvedMysterie s

Fifteen years on, the questions remain – Terrace Standar d

America’s Most Wanted Fans - Kevin Vermett e

KEVIN LOUIS VERMETTE | Wanted For Murder (July 1997, Kitimat, BC )

Wanted by the RCMP - Kevin Louis VERMETT E

CANADA’S MOST WANTED: These killers are on the run; have you seen them? | Toronto Su n

America’s Most Wanted - Season 22 Episode 32: May 23, 2009 - Metacriti c

Community Profile - District of Kitima t

Unsolved Mysteries - Board With Everythin g

amw.com | Kevin Vermette - Fugitiv e

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Twice Hanged: The Life and Crimes of Bennie Swim

Mon, 22 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 163: In New Brunswick, in the fall of 1922 a convicted double murderer named Bennie Swim was hanged for the murder of the woman he loved, his first cousin Olive and her husband, Harvey Trenholm. Bennie didn’t die the first time, so the authorities hanged him again.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Promo: Murderish

Sources:

The Ballad of Benny Swim (original) - Mike Q - YouTub e

Hanged Twice_Benny Swi m

ExecutedToday.com » 1922: Benny Swim, “dead as a door-nail” (or not )

The Carleton County Man Who Was Hung Twice ”Benny Swim ”

Benny “Bennie” Swim (1899-1922) - Find A Grave Memoria l

The Life of a Screw - Douglas E. Arc h

Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada: Poplak, Lorn a

HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.c a

Harvey Dixon Trenholm (1883-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tre e

Olive M (Swim) Trenholm (1905-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tre e

Benny Swim (1899-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tre e

William Guy Carr - Wikipedi a

This Week in New Brunswick Histor y

http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/canada.html

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Death on the 505: The Shooting of Sammy Yatim

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 162: In July of 2013, on a busy summer night in downtown Toronto, police received several calls about a man on a streetcar brandishing a knife and threatening passengers and the transit operator. After an encounter with police lasting only 50 seconds, 18-year-old Sammy Yatim had been shot nine times and later died from his wounds. As videos of the incident surfaced, many people were outraged, claiming that the police had used excessive force and calling for the head of the officer who had pulled the trigger.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Promo: Ignorance Was Bliss

Sources:
Global News | Search - Sammy Yatim
Toronto Police shoot Sammy Yatim on TTC streetcar - Markus Grupp YouTube
Enhanced audio/video - Shooting of Sammy Yatim by Toronto Police Const. Forcillo on July 27, 2013 - YouTube
TTC surveillance camera 1 - YouTube
TTC surveillance camera 2 - YouTube
TTC surveillance camera 3 - YouTube
TTC surveillance camera 4 - YouTube
The Killing of Sammy Yatim | Toronto Life
Sammy’s Fight Back for Justice - Home | Facebook
Shooting of Sammy Yatim - Wikipedia
Special Investigations Unit — News Release
James Forcillo bail decision | Bail | Appeal
Reasons for the sentence of James Forcillo | Murder | Crime & Violence
James Forcillo parole decision | Parole | Probation Officer
Police Encounters With People in Crisis 2014 | Emergency Department | Mental Health

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The Murder of Alison Parrott

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 161 - On a warm July day in 1986, 11-year-old Alison Parrott was lured from her Toronto home by a man on the phone claiming to be a sports photographer who wanted to take photos of the young athlete. Two boys discovered Alison’s body in a heavily wooded section of Kings Mill Park two days later. She had been bound, raped and strangled to death. It would take a decade before science caught up to the point where her killer could be brought to justice.

Co-Host: Carol Browne

Sources:
R. v. Roy, 2003 CanLII 4272 (ON CA), < [https://canlii.ca/t/drk] >
[Exhibit A - Killer in a Box]
[Alison Parrott: Leader of the pack | Globalnews.ca]
[YouTube - Crime Beat TV Show - Alison Parrott]
[Murder of Alison Parrott - Wikipedia]
[The horror of child murders | Maclean’s | AUGUST 11, 1986]
[Parrott’s Killer Convicted | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[FindAGrave.com - Alison May Campbell Parrott]
[GIRL FOLLOWED RULES, BUT KILLER WON GAME - Chicago Tribune]
[Jury convicts Roy in Alison Parrot murder | CBC News]
[News Article - Toronto Star Ottawa Bureau]
[Staring down evil - The Globe and Mail]
[Why millions in Crime Stoppers rewards go unclaimed | The Star]
[Girls who went missing in Ontario: Solved and unsolved cases | The Star]
[Colin Pitchfork - Wikipedia]
[Violent Crime Linkage Analysis System | Royal Canadian Mounted Police]
[What is ViCLAS – What is ViCLAS]
[Stay Alert Stay Safe PSA#3 - YouTube]

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The Murder of Elena Tchoudakova

Mon, 01 Feb 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 160 - Elena Tchoudakova was a beautiful, outgoing and vibrant 23-year-old Russian woman attending Interior Design at Toronto’s Ryerson University. In January of 1995 Elena was discovered in her apartment, she’d been brutally beaten to death and left in her bathub. There were a number of suspects with means and motive but only one with opportunity.

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
[The Russian Princess Case: MacDonald, Bruce: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store]
R. v. Ho, 1999 CanLII 3823 (ON CA), <https://canlii.ca/t/1f9wr>
[50 Cambridge Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada | Housecreep]
[Tchoudakova : Toronto Public Library]
[Interactive: Toronto homicides since 1990 | The Star]
[Can a theatre program help rehabilitate Ontario prisoners? | The Star]

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AWAY GAME: Cult of Revolution: The Posse

Mon, 25 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 159: In the early 1980s near the small town of Rulo, Nebraska a white-supremacist cult leader named Michael Wayne Ryan and his band of followers took over a local farm essentially stealing it from the property owner. They burglarized nearby businesses and residences to fund their survival after the upcoming battle of Armageddon prophesied in the Books of Revelations.

Ryan, a proponent the Christian Identity movement’s doctrines with links to an anti-government group called Posse Comitatus spewed antisemitic views, the supremacy of the white race and planned to take down the government. In 1982 Ryan was arrested for the torture and murder of, Luke Stice, the 5-year-old son of the property’s former owner and the torture killing of one of his followers, 27-year-old, James Thimm.

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
[Michael Wayne Ryan | Murderpedia]
[Michael W. Ryan - Wikipedia]
[Christian Identity and Religions of America (Joseph Baker)]
[Evil Harvest: The True Story of Cult Murder in the American Heartland]
[Nebraska Inmate Details]
[Cult Education Institute :: Group Information Archives]
[Christian Identity | Extremism in America | ADL]
[ROSS] Facts
[NIGHTMARE IN RULO - Chicago Tribune]
[State v. Ryan :: 1989 :: Nebraska Supreme Court Decisions :: Justia]
[Dennis Ryan | Omaha Magazine]
[SPLCenter.org: Identity Crisis]
[Unite the Right Rally in Charlottesville Timeline]
[PolitiFact | Donald Trump’s ‘very fine people on both sides’ remarks (transcript)]
[Rick Ross, Executive Director]

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The Girl in Saskatoon: Who Murdered Alexandra Wiwcharuk?

Mon, 18 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 158 - Twenty-three-year-old nurse and former beauty queen, Alexandra Wiwrachuk, thought the warm spring night in 1962 would be perfect for a walk down by the river before her midnight shift at Saskatoon’s City Hospital. Alexandra did not show up for work that night, and it was not until thirteen days later that children stumbled upon her broken body in a shallow grave. Someone had savagely beaten the young woman, brutally raped her and then buried her alive, leaving her to die. Nearly sixty years later, no one has ever been brought to justice in Alexandra Wiwcharuk’s murder.

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
https://justiceforalex.com
http://alexandrawiwcharuk.net/index.html
https://www.facebook.com/alexandrawiwcharuk/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_unsolved_murders_in_Canada
https://thestarphoenix.remembering.ca/obituary/alexandra-wiwcharuk-1074725458
https://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/B0068LY6BE/
Girl In Saskatoon - Doc
Johnny Cash - The Girl in Saskatoon

SASKATOON POLICE
Saskatoon Police Website
policeservice@saskatoon.ca
1-306-975-8300

SASKATOON CRIME STOPPERS
Crime Stoppers
1-800-222-8477

THE NIECES OF ALEXANDRA
Nieces Official Website
patty@alexandrawiwcharuk.net
1-866-794-1962 (toll free)
All calls private and confidential!

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The Ideal Maternity Home: Butterbox Babies

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 157 - From the late 1920s until after the Second World War, Lila and William Young ran the Ideal Maternity Home and Sanitarium for Unwed Mothers at East Chester, Nova Scotia. The pair have been referred to as ‘baby farmers’ who sold healthy newborns to wealthy couples with the means to pay and left the less viable to die of starvation. Estimates are that more than 100 and as many as 400 to 600 babies may have died in their care. Many of these deceased infants were quietly buried in wooden butter boxes at various sites around the area, while it is believed that others may have been disposed of in the nearby Atlantic Ocean.

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ideal_Maternity_Home
https://canadiancrc.com/Butterbox-Babies_Killers-Child-Trafficking-Canada/Butterbox_Survivors.aspx
https://canadiancrc.com/Butterbox-Babies_Killers-Child-Trafficking-Canada/Butterbox-Babies-Baby-killers-child-trafficking-selling-babies-Canada-adoption-story.aspx
https://murderpedia.org/female.Y/y/young-gladys-lila.htm
http://archive.macleans.ca/article/1995/1/9/maternal-damnation
https://www.amazon.ca/Butterbox-Survivors-Robert-Hartlen/dp/1551092905
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/184030298/eva-margaret-nieforth
https://www.scribd.com/read/238627429/Deadly-Duos
https://www.scribd.com/read/350837071/True-Crime-Confidential-Volume-4-True-Crime-Confidential-4#b_search-menu_662236
https://www.scribd.com/read/230097379/Cold-North-Killers-Canadian-Serial-Murder
https://web.archive.org/web/20010606012612/http://www3.ns.sympatico.ca/bhartlen
http://bastards.org/nova-scotia https://commons.allard.ubc.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1007&context=emeritus_pubs

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Canadian Boogeyman – Dangerous Offender, Thomas Svekla

Mon, 04 Jan 2021 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 156 - In 2006, Thomas George Svekla, 38, a man who’d been in and out of trouble since 16, became the focus of a murder investigation lead by the Project KARE task force. Svekla was a suspect in as many as twelve murders. He was only ever charged with two slayings, that of Theresa Innes and Rachel Quinney, but was designated a dangerous offender for his long history of violent offences.

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
R. v. Svekla, 2007 ABQB 557 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1sxk0>
R. v. Svekla, 2009 ABQB 181 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/22w61>
R. v. Svekla, 2009 ABQB 187 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/22xkx>
R. v. Svekla, 2009 ABQB 193 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/22zrg>
R. v. Svekla, 2010 ABQB 370 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/2b5xx>
R. v. Svekla, 2010 ABCA 390 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/2dz2f>
R. v. Svekla, 2011 ABCA 154 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/flk2b>
Edmonton Journal - June 8, 2008 - Tom Svekla's Secret Life
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/edmonton-killer-gets-life-no-parole-for-17-years/article18452563/

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Christmas 2020: Santa Claus, Ghost Stories and Krampus, the Christmas Cryptid

Mon, 21 Dec 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 155: The holidays can be a notoriously hard time for people who either miss loved ones or have a hard time being around them so much. For those reasons, we take a break from all the murder and mayhem and try to bring you a little holiday cheer with a bit of a dark edge. This year, for our fourth Christmas, themed episode, we learn about the global depictions of Santa Claus, some dark Christmas traditions from around the world, and Krampus, the Christmas Demon.

See you in the new year!

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas
https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/fatherchristmas.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
http://www.krampus.com/krampus-on-the-web.php
https://www.thethings.com/15-terrifying-christmas-stories-that-will-put-you-in-true-holiday-spirit-this-year/
https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/ https://www.scaryforkids.com/christmas-stories/
https://litreactor.com/columns/20-ghost-and-horror-stories-for-christmas
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547/
https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/ https://www.icelandairhotels.com/magazine/blog/icelands-13-yule-lads-mag
https://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-icelandic-yule-brothers/erin-wisti
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71999/9-facts-about-krampus-st-nicks-demonic-companion
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Enkidu
https://thecompanion.in/christmas-eclipse-festival-saturnalia/

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Dirty Dr. Stewart: The Murder of Gordon Kralt

Mon, 14 Dec 2020 08:25:00 -0000

Episode 154 - Twenty-three year old Gordon Adrian Kralt had been the caretaker for a Bible camp on Vancouver Island when he went missing on Halloween in 1970. Gordon was found two weeks later, he had been brutally slain. Tracking down Gordie’s killer uncovered a career psychopath who was believed to have killed before.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Written by: Josina De Bree

Sources:
Regina v. Stewart, 1972 CanLII 1445 (BC CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/hv006>

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Serial Killer: The Life and Crimes of Charles Eli Kembo

Mon, 07 Dec 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 153 - Between 2002 and 2005, Charles Eli Kembo, a refugee from Malawi, murdered four people, his business partner, Arden Samuel, his stepdaughter, Rita Yeung, his girlfriend, Sui Yin Ma, and his wife, Margaret Kembo, whose body has never been found. He set up elaborate schemes to steal their identities, set up false bank accounts, insurance claims, and run up credit in his victims’ names.

Sources:
R. v. Kembo, 2010 BCSC 914 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/2bbxq>
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kembo-guilty-of-4-murders-b-c-jury-1.911825
https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/33466/DiSanto_Julianne_M_2016_PhD.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=2
https://www.refworld.org/docid/467bb4921e.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/immigration-matters/system.html#screening
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20100306/289579580900497
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/serial-killer-charles-kembo-book_n_1070290
https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/serial-killer-charles-kembo-loses-appeal
https://jezebel.com/meet-the-kids-author-who-is-also-a-serial-killer-5856417
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/murder-suspect-has-lengthy-list-of-offences/article4313841/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/predator-kembo-guilty-sentenced-to-life/article4388720/
https://www.straight.com/news/jury-finds-charles-kembo-guilty-four-counts-first-degree-murder
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kembo-guilty-of-4-murders-b-c-jury-1.911825
http://www.primetimecrime.com/Recent/Murder/Charles%20Kembo.htm
https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/four-time-surrey-murderer-loses-conviction-appeal/
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/crown-says-kembo-killed-4-to-steal-identities-1.443147
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/serial-killer-charles-kembo-s-lawyer-calls-trial-bewildering-1.2625206

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Bloody Lies: The Crimes of Dr. John Schneeberger

Mon, 30 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 152: In November of 1992, a twenty-four-year-old woman came forward to Kipling, Saskatchewan RCMP, accusing a respected local doctor, John Schneeberger, of sexual assault. After years of ridicule from other Kipling residents who refused to believe her claims, the young woman finally found some justice. When the truth saw the light, it uncovered one of the strangest and most devious criminals in Canadian history.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Promo: True Crime Island

Sources:
Canada v. Schneeberger, 2003 FC 970 (CanLII), [2004] 1 FCR 280, <http://canlii.ca/t/1fx21>
Midazolam aka Versed
Town of Kipling, SK
Wikipedia - John Schneeberger
HBO's Autopsy 7: Dead Men Talking
Forensic Files - Bad Blood - Season 6 Episode 13
ForensicFilesNow - What Happened to Dr. John Schneeberger?
Justice Denied: Extraordinary miscarriages of justice
Time Magazine - A Brief History of DNA Testing
The endless nightmare of Lisa Dillman
5 Ways to Recover From Being Cheated, Lied to or Manipulated
SexAssault.ca
WAVAW.ca
BC Victim Services & Violence Against Women Program Directory

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Bathtub Girls - The Murder of Linda Anderson

Mon, 23 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 151 - On January at 10:30 p.m., a 911 operator took a call from a seemingly distraught sixteen-year-old girl. When Peel Police arrived at the Mississauga, Ontario home two teenage girls, Sandra, 16, and Beth, 15, led them upstairs to the bathroom where their mother, Linda Andersen, 43, lie face down, deceased in the tub. For almost a year the police believed Linda's death was a tragic accident, but they learned differently from a young man who could not keep a secret any longer.
NOTE: Aliases used to protect the identities of young offenders.

co-host: Carol Browne
promo: Minds of Madness

Sources:
R. v. K.(C.)1 and K. (C.)2, 2005 ONCJ 462 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1m0c0>
R. v. K.(Cr.) and K.(Ct.), 2006 ONCJ 283 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1p2zx>
R. v. J.F., 2011 ONCA 220 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/fkxmb>
R. v. J.F., 2013 SCC 12 (CanLII), [2013] 1 SCR 565, <http://canlii.ca/t/fwb36>
https://web.archive.org/web/20150120034422/http://nicholasguindon.com/f/C_K_Ruling.PDF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Linda_Andersen
https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3123956-man-who-aided-bathtub-girls-asks-for-more-time/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bathtub-girl-killer-gets-early-release-for-university-studies-1.854264
https://www.citynews1130.com/2014/04/09/from-murder-to-law-school-story-of-ontario-sisters-who-drowned-mom-now-a-movie/ https://www.thestar.com/search.html?q=bathtub%20girls&pagenum=2
https://www.newspapers.com/search/legacy/#query=bathtub+girls+mississauga&dr_year=2004-2020&offset=12&p_place=Canada
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/bathtub-girls-younger-of-two-sisters-who-killed-mom-in-2003-now-an-articling-student-for-toronto-criminal-lawyer

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The Shag Harbour UFO Incident

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 150: Beginning at 7:19 pm Atlantic Daylight Time, on the evening of October 4, 1967, an airline pilot reported seeing an unidentified flying object heading east over Southern Quebec. About 30 minutes later, calls began coming into local authorities reporting strange lights in the sky over the Atlantic Ocean along Nova Scotia’s South Shore. The multiple sightings continued until 11:20 pm that evening when something large crashed into the water just off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. The mysterious and odd events of that evening are one of Canada’s most enduring and well-documented UFO sightings.

Sources:
https://shagharbourincident.com/
https://shagharbourufoexpo.com/
http://www.roswellproof.com/Shag_Harbour/Shag_Harbour1_summary.html http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread485206/pg1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour,_Nova_Scotia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour_UFO_incident
http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/CaseSubarticle.asp?ID=179
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/unusual/ufo/Pages/default.aspx https://globalnews.ca/news/3761270/canadas-best-documented-ufo-sighting-still-intrigues-50-years-on/
https://globalnews.ca/news/4319302/cousteau-family-members-shag-harbour/ https://www.ufocasebook.com/Shagharbor.html
https://ns1763.ca/war-monuments/roycan63anchor/

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Remembrance Day 2020 – Canada’s Flying Ace, Billy Bishop

Mon, 09 Nov 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 149: William Avery (Billy) Bishop was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, on February 8, 1894. When the First World War broke out, as with many young men of his day, Billy was off to Europe to do his part. By the end of the war, Bishop claimed he had survived more than 170 air battles and said he had shot down seventy-two German aircraft. This number left Bishop only three behind René Fonck of France and eight behind The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, who had 80 kills. These numbers made Bishop the top Canadian and British Empire flying ace of the war and Canada’s most storied veterans. But Billy’s story does come with some controversy.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bishop
https://www.scribd.com/book/230095060/The-Courage-of-the-Early-Morning-A-Biography-of-the-Great-Ace-of-World-War-I
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/billy-bishop
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/100-stories/Pages/bishop.aspx
https://www.constable.ca/caah/bbishop.htm
https://www.owensound.ca/en/billy-bishop-museum.aspx
https://valourcanada.ca/military-history-library/billy-bishop-vc/
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-avery-bishop
https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/billy-bishop
https://www.nfb.ca/film/the-kid-who-couldnt-miss/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/educational-magazines/william-billy-avery-bishop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc2LjoXbX-c Classic WW1 Fighters

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Halloween 2020 – Spiritualism in Canada: Seances, Mediums and Spirits, Oh My!

Mon, 26 Oct 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 147: Canada has a long history of folks who have attempted to communicate with the dead - a practice is known as Spiritualism. Some of these have claimed that they can connect directly with those on the other side. Here we will give a bit of history, tell some of their stories and give a how-to primer for entertainment purposes only.

We do not recommend, dear listeners, that you make attempts to commune with the beyond using the methods we will speak about later. If you do so and incur negative consequences, we bear no responsibility for your decision to proceed.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Interview with: Morgan Knudsen

Sources:
The Fox Sisters
The Canadian Spiritualist Movement and Sources for its Study
Wikipedia - The Fox Sisters
Talking Nonsense (thesis)
GlobalNews - MacKenzie King
Spiritualist Alliance
Buckland’s Book of Spirit Communications
Mary Melville, The Psychic by Flora MacDonald
LearnReligions - How To Hold a Séance
activehistory.ca

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Introducing... Crime Beat - Season 3

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 07:01:00 -0000

Ride along with 25 year veteran Crime Reporter Nancy Hixt, from Global News, on her award winning podcast Crime Beat as she takes you through some of Canada’s most high-profile criminal cases. Real People, Real Crimes, Real Journalism. Each episode takes you deep inside cases she has worked to give you detail you didn't hear on the news.

Season 3 is available NOW - LISTEN

Crime Beat is the 2020 winner of the Edward R. Murrow Podcast Award (RTDNA).

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The Redpath Mansion Mystery

Mon, 19 Oct 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 146: On June 13th 1901, Ada Mills Redpath and her son Jocelyn Clifford Redpath were killed in their mansion in on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal. Ada had been shot to the back of the head. Clifford has a gunshot wound to his the temple. The police were not called. A coroner’s inquest the next day declared the deaths a murder-suicide. Ada and Clifford were buried June 15th without any further investigation.

Written By: Josina De Bree

Sources:

https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/redpath/home/indexen.html
https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/the-m-naghten-rule.html
https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/about-epilepsy-basics/what-epilepsy
https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/epilepsy-auras
https://www.cureepilepsy.org/for-patients/what-are-the-phases-of-seizures-of-epilepsy/

Denton A, Tellez-Zenteno JF. A patient with epilepsy charged with kidnapping, unlawful confinement, and assault causing bodily harm after seizures: Deficiencies in the legal system. Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2020;13:100361. Published 2020 Mar 21. doi:10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100361

Dougall, L. (2019) The Summit House Mystery; Or, The Earthly Purgatory. Good Press. Original work published 1905.

Reuber M, Mackay RD. Epileptic automatisms in the criminal courts: 13 cases tried in England and Wales between 1975 and 2001. Epilepsia. 2008 Jan;49(1):138-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01269.x. PMID: 17727668.

Shih JJ, LeslieMazwi T, Falcao G, Van Gerpen J. Directed aggressive behavior in frontal lobe epilepsy: video-EEG and ictal spect case study. Neurology. 2009;73(21):1804-1806. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c2933f

Devinsky, Orrin. “Postictal psychosis: common, dangerous, and treatable.” Epilepsy currents vol. 8,2 (2008): 31-4. doi:10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00227.x

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Lust, Greed and Anger: The Slaying of Gang Yuan

Mon, 12 Oct 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 145: This episode contains disturbing and graphic details of the 2015 murder of Chinese millionaire, Gang Yuan, in West Vancouver at the hands of his soft-spoken cousin Li Zhao. The crime’s unthinkable and twisted aftermath is horrendous.

Sources:
Pre-Trial Voire Dire
R. v Zhao, 2020 BCSC 1322 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/j9jsm>
BC v. Child 3, 2019 BCCA 171 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/j09gq>
Mother 1 v Solus Trust , 2019 BCSC 200 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/hxnc9>
963 King Georges Way, West Vancouver | Dana Inman - 360hometours.ca
961 King Georges Way - Real Estate tour video (renumbered address)
961 King Georges Way - Realtor Listing
3333 The Crescent
Pym Island
NY Times Article
National Post Article 2014
HBICtv: Ultra Rich Asian Girls - Wikipedia
HBICtv: YouTube
GlobalNews - Conviction Article

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Perseverance, Prosecution & Peace: The Murder of Paula Gallant

Mon, 05 Oct 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 144: On the evening of December 27, 2005, in my home province of Nova Scotia, Jason McCrae, husband of a beloved educator, artist, sister and mother named Paula Anne Gallant, reported her missing. Paula failed to return to her home in Timberlea after a shopping trip to nearby Halifax. The next day, Paula’s body was found locked in the trunk of her car in the parking lot of the school where she taught the third grade. The cause of Paula’s death was not immediately evident, nor was it apparent how she had come to be in the trunk of her vehicle.

Sources:
https://www.scribd.com/document/49878324/Statement-of-Facts-R-v-Jason-Wayne-MacRAE
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Ann_Gallant
https://web.archive.org/web/20160304180629/http://paulagallant.com/
http://silentwitnessnovascotia.ca/paula-anne-gallant/
https://www.victimsweek.gc.ca/stories-experience/r3.html
https://caperfrasers.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/paula-gallant-murder-2/
https://canadianwomen.org/the-facts/gender-based-violence/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macrae-strangled-wife-over-700-debt-1.1054417
https://haligonia.ca/regan-relieved-closure-coming-for-family-of-paula-gallant-34003/
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/08/18/husband_charged_five_years_after_wifes_murder.html
https://damianpenny.com/2011/03/03/justice-at-last-for-paula-gallant/
https://pictouadvocate.com/tag/paula-gallant/
https://globalnews.ca/news/70852/have-you-met-mr-big/
https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/special-reports/women-of-influence-2015/lana-kenny-48909.aspx
https://www.metro.us/macrae-sentenced-life-in-prison-no-parole-for-15-years/
https://dubyadubya.wordpress.com/tag/leslie-conrad/
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/halifax-ns/paul-kenny-9135535
https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/paula-gallants-husband-says-he-killed-her-in-argument-over-700-gambling-debt-4474/
http://thans.ca/paula-gallant-memorial-modified-art-therapy-project/
http://musingsbygina.blogspot.com/2007/08/not-so-merry-after-all.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20130701012300/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/news-nouvelles/releases-communiques/Aug1810_133158-eng.htm

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No Justice for Rebecca Middleton

Mon, 28 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0000

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The Murder of Grant De Patie

Mon, 21 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 142: On a chilly, cloudy winter night in early 2005 at a gas station in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, a 24-year-old gas station attendant named Grant de Patie was brutally slain by a callous young man over just $12 and 30 cents worth of gas.

Sources:
R. v. Pratt, 2006 BCSC 1198 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1p295>
R. v. Pratt, 2007 BCCA 206 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1r1sv>
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/driver-from-2005-vehicle-dragging-death-in-maple-ridge-dies/
https://globalnews.ca/news/5080921/grant-de-patie-killer-darnell-pratt-dies/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_Law
https://globalnews.ca/news/5342451/bc-late-night-workers-grants-law/
https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/plaque-will-honour-grant-and-worker-safety/
https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/21/im-a-little-numb-killer-of-b-c-gas-station-attendant-grant-de-patie-dies/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/death-of-toddler-mauled-by-rottweilers-was-accidental-inquest-rules/article960766/

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Dangerous Offender: The Crimes of Jake Green (SK)

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 141 - In late June 1993, police were called to a possible stabbing at a residence in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In one of the bedrooms, Kenneth John Ladubec, 46, lay dead in a massive pool of blood. His killer was Jacob Leroy Andrew Green, 16, the son of Kenneth's live-in girlfriend. Green was tried as a young offender and found guilty of manslaughter.

After Jake's release, all seemed relatively okay. Underneath his cool exterior simmered a rage that would surface again in 1999 when, after a breakup, Jake stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Lesli Yaremko and her parents, Sharon and Terry.

Sources:
https://moosejaw.ca/
Welcome To Moose Jaw - Canada's Most Notorious City
R. v. G. (J.L.), 1994 CanLII 4627 (SK CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/1nqnr>
R. v. J.L.A.G., 2002 SKQB 289 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/5j7g>
https://app.vlex.com/#vid/681138249 Dangerous Offender Application
https://app.vlex.com/#vid/r-v-green-j-681449913 2004 Appeal
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regina-leader-post/20100626/284223756774309
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/saskatoon-starphoenix/20100628/282789237698833
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_offender
https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-753.html
http://criminalnotebook.ca/index.php/Requirements_for_a_Dangerous_Offender_Designation
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/hghrsk-ffndrs-hndb/index-en.aspx
https://www.defencegroup.ca/blog/crime/what-are-dangerous-offenders/
https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/research/r125-eng.shtml
https://www.macleans.ca/canadas-most-dangerous-places-2020/
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412652-moose-jaw-murders-and-other-deaths

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The 2018 Danforth Shooting

Mon, 07 Sep 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 140: On July 22, 2018, at around 10:00 pm, calls flooded Toronto's 911 call centre. There was a man on Danforth shooting at people in the streets and in the restaurants and cafes in Greektown. After the 16-minute rampage, 13 people were wounded, 10-year-old Julianna Kozis and 18-year-old Reese Fallon had been killed and the gunman had completed suicide. Even after two intensive investigations, one question remains - Why?

Sources:
https://globalnews.ca/news/4347334/toronto-danforth-shooting-timeline-map/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Toronto_shooting
https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/20190621-danforth_shootings_findings_of_investigation.pdf
https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=165
https://globalnews.ca/news/5416470/toronto-police-danforth-shooting-investigation/
|https://globalnews.ca/news/4346833/danforth-shooting-what-we-know-about-suspect/
https://globalnews.ca/?s=danforth+shooting
https://globalnews.ca/tag/julianna-kozis/
https://globalnews.ca/?s=reese+fallon https://globalnews.ca/?s=faisal+hussain
https://canadiantruecrime.ca/news/2018/4/24/canadian-crime-podcast-event
https://www.arbormemorial.ca/highland-scarborough/obituaries/reese-fallon/21923
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel
https://youtu.be/xmiM91Elbn8
https://youtu.be/4mMgJML1pbY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1igcEIdikZw
https://twitter.com/stilez/status/1021242759401779201?lang=en Trigger Warning: Shooting Video

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The Marpole Murders: Dianna Mah-Jones and Richard Jones

Mon, 31 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 139: On September 27, 2017, when Dianna Mah-Jones failed to show up for her shift without calling in sick, her co-workers were concerned. Neither Dianna nor her husband, Richard Jones, was answering the phone. One of Dianna's colleagues went to the couple's home in Vancouver's Marpole neighbourhood and discovered what appeared to be a bloody crime scene. Dianna and Richard lay dead inside the house, brutally murdered.

After a complex and intense investigation police had their suspect. He was an odd man, with an odder name and an ever more odd explanation for what he had done.

Sources:
R. v Kam, 2020 BCSC 893 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/j897x>
Complete Vancouver police interrogation of Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam | Vancouver Sun
2017 Health Care Hero Vancouver Coastal: Dianna Mah Jones - BC Health Care Awards Thrill Killing
UBC Memoriam
Global News - Marpole Murders
Crime Scene Evidence Photos

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The 1973 Kenora Bank Robbery Mystery (ON)

Mon, 24 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 138 - On the afternoon of May 10, 1973, a stranger entered the CIBC branch on Main St in the small town of Kenora, Ontario. The man, claiming he had a bomb, demanded all the money in the bank. (Photo credit: Don Dutton, Toronto Star)

Sources:
CJRL Covers the Kenora Bank Robbery 10 May 1973
Devil's Gap by Joe Ralko
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Paul_Higgins
https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2016065871&id=10
https://www.thestar.com/photos/toronto_star_photo_blog/2017/05/remembering-don-dutton-through-his-photos.html
https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/1067788 (gore warning)
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Sentencing/Cases/Robbery#Bank_robbery
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/bank-crime-statistics-2018.pdf/view
https://www.trentu.ca/indigenous/welcome/about-chanie-wenjack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Canadian_Imperial_Bank_of_Commerce_bank_robbery

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The Hillcrest Mining Disaster

Mon, 17 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 137 - At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 1914, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region of western Canada.

Episode written by Josina de Bree

Sources:
Anderson, Frank. “Hillcrest Mine Disaster” (Triumph and Tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass. Diana Wilson, Heritage House Publishing, Surrey, BC, 2005)
www.crowsnest.bc.ca
www.crowsnest-highway.ca
www.hillcrestminedisaster.com
Archival Holding PR0740. Provincial Archives of Alberta. https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0740&dv=True&deptID=1
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/canada/Canada3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_(Handel)
http://www.indsci.com/the-monitor-blog/carbon-monoxide-carbon-dioxide/
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw193731
https://alchetron.com/Hillcrest-mine-disaster
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2466176980

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Love & Dishonour: The Murder of Keith Black (BC/AB)

Mon, 10 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 136 - In July of 1998, Keith Scott Black went missing. He was a respected Taekwondo instructor who had three schools near Kelowna., B.C., where he taught with his wife, Rhonda Petra Black. Rhonda was saying Keith had abandoned her, but Keith's sister Sandy and the cops knew there was more to the story. After five long years the story came to a conclusion as the true story emerged as did Keith's remains.

Sources:
R. v. Black, 2007 BCSC 1105 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1s6zv>
R. v. Steadman, 2008 BCSC 1613 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/21nmn>
http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx5MLf3sdRQ

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What Happened to Dylan Koshman? (AB/SK)

Mon, 03 Aug 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 135 - In the wee hours of Saturday, October 11, 2008, after an altercation with his cousin and one of two roommates, 21-year-old, Dylan Koshman, left the Edmonton home he shared and out into the night wearing only sneakers, jeans and a t-shirt. Dylan has not been seen since and what was thought to be a missing person case was upgraded to homicide in 2017 by the Edmonton Police Service. Dylan's mother, Melanie Alix, and his sister, Tara Koshman, were kind enough to share with us about Dylan's disappearance and their years long search for him.

DOB/Age: 21 at the age of disappearance
EPS File #:08-136304

Dylan went missing on October 11, 2008 from the residence at 10404-33 Avenue.The circumstances of his disappearance are very suspicious and he has not been heard or seen since that date.

There is a reward of up to $40,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for this homicide.

If you have any information on this or any other crime, please contact the Edmonton Police Service Complaint Line at 780-423-4567 or the Edmonton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your tip online. Please reference the EPS file number when possible.

Sources and Further Reading:
https://globalnews.ca/search/dylan%20koshman/
https://pleasebringmehome.com/dylan-koshman/
https://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2016-2017/the-disappearance-of-dylan-koshman
The Disappearance of Dylan Koshman - The Fifth Estate
EPS open hotline in Dylan Koshman case
https://www.facebook.com/helpfinddylankoshman/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dylan-koshman-edmonton-missing-person-homicide-investigation-1.4037783
https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimeFiles/Homicides/2000/DylanKOSHMAN
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dylankoshman/
https://discovermoosejaw.com/local/koshman-case-approaches-10-years-old
https://jerkshirehathaway.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/seven-years-ago-my-best-friend-disappeared/
https://www.metro.us/mom-holds-hope-for-son/
http://lostfacesofthemissing.blogspot.com/2008/11/monday4-missing-dylan-koshman.html

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Terror on Parliament Hill: The Murder of Cpl. Nathan Cirillo (ON)

Mon, 27 Jul 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 134 - On the morning of October 22, 2014, an armed terrorist murdered Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, one of three honour guards at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario. Immediately after that, the man shot his way into the Parliament Buildings but was quickly neutralized by security service officers inside our nation's capital.

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AWAY GAME: Stranger Danger - Westley Allan Dodd

Mon, 20 Jul 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 133 - Throughout the 1970s and '80s serial pedophile Westley Allan Dodd molested dozens of children in the Pacific Northwest. Although caught for his crimes more than once Dodd never did any real prison time. Feeling invincible, Westley's fantasies became more violent and depraved until the fall of 1989 when he crossed the line between child predator to multiple murder. On Labour Day weekend in Vancouver, WA. park Westley murdered two brothers, 11- and 10-year-old Cole and William Neer and nonchalantly walked out of the park undetected. Not satisfied with a single victim, Westley craved another kill and on October 29, 1989, he murdered 4-year-old Lee Iseli after kidnapping him from a Portland OR. playground. The Vancouver Child Killer's ultimate undoing was his still unchecked desire for yet another victim.

Sources and Further Reading:
Dodd's Uncensored Diary
Driven to Kill by Gary C. King
Allan Dodd – Last Interview before Execution
Most Evil – Westley Allan Dodd
Real Detectives - Season 1, Episode 2 "Malice"
Serial Murder and Media Circuses by Dirk C. Gibson
Serial Murderers and their Victims
TIME: Lessons of the Gruesome Case Behind One of America's Last Legal Executions by Hanging
When You Meet a Stranger by Westley Allan Dodd
Dodd, Westley Allan - Dr. Mike Aamodt - Radford University

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A Brief History: Slavery in Canada and Africville

Mon, 13 Jul 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 132: In this episode we take a look at a topic not spoken of often, slavery in colonial Canada and its aftermath. As well, we learn a little about the Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and the shameful destruction of the community of Africville near Halifax, beginning in 1966.

Sources and further information:
[Africville Museum]
[Africville]
[The story of Africville | CMHR]
[Remember Africville by - NFB]
[Transmopolis » Wild Reports » Eddie Carvery and Africville]
[2020 Honouree: the community of Africville | NS Heritage Day]
[Nova Scotia Archives - Gone but Never Forgotten]
[Black History in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[Black History in Canada Education Guide | Canadian Encyclopedia]
[CDC: Black Loyalists]
[Code Noir - Wikipedia]
[Africville: A Community Destroyed | CBC Radio]
[Stolen From Africville - Broken Homes, Broken Hearts - Documentary]
[Remembering Black Loyalists - Who were Black Loyalists?]
[The story of slavery in Canadian history | CMHR]
[The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you - | TED-Ed]
[Slave Voyages]
[The transatlantic slave trade: introduction]
[Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad — YouTube]
[Africville — Children’s Book Reading — YouTube]
[Africville | GlobalNews.ca]
[Africville sources | Source Guide | Halifax]
[HRM: Africville - Apology]
[Fundraiser: Eddie Carvery - 50 Years of Africville Activism]

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Introduction to Sasquatch

Mon, 29 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 131 - For centuries, the indigenous peoples of the western Canada and in the forest along the west coast of the United States told tales of a an elusive massive, hair covered bipedal creature leaving giant footprints behind. Called Sasquatch by some, and Bigfoot by others, this giant man of the forest has been described as gentle but potentially dangerous. In this our inaugural episode on a massive topic Mike and Scott give listeners an overview of the legend, some examples of encounters and some of the theories. Special Guest Dave Scott of Spaced Out Radio tells of his own run ins with the creature. Happy Canada Day!!

Sources & Further Reading:
https://www.cryptozoology.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sasquatch
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1728-8
https://www.outsideonline.com/2095096/man-who-created-bigfoot
https://web.archive.org/web/20150819101546/http://www.sasquatchdatabase.com/
https://www.sasquatchcanada.com/https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1oUzrtOcvHs6Px-EfTRTdLt0cfDA&ll=50.639428965645266%2C-124.09120342344102&z=6&fbclid=IwAR1rnPwm8tRVUhqkHeT02B0geq-mV1O-Gz0eiXwLzzHp1qO87380nzTdPVc more than 900 sightings at CanadianSasquatch.com
http://anyflip.com/pzdt/mwly Bigfoot Sightings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willison_Green
http://www.cryptozoonews.com/johngreen-obit/
https://kilby.ca/learn/museum-exhibits/
https://vault.fbi.gov/bigfoot/bigfoot-part-01-of-01/view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fsMsPz1DQ MONSTER of the WOODS the John Green interview 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKwc331mnxc John Green - Sasquatch Summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJ-KORUt5E Bigfoot Man or Beast 1972 Patterson-Gimlin 16mm film Robert Morgan documentary full movie Sasquatch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7SpzTeodx0 Discovering Bigfoot - movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOxuRIfFs0w&feature=emb_title Patterson Gimlin film
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/northwest-coast/haida
https://www.sesqui.ca/en/news/kristi-lane-sinclair-on-the-legend-of-the-sasquatch/
http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bigfoot.htm
http://www.sesqui.ca/en/news/legendary-creatures-from-around-the-world/
https://www.mymondotrading.com/native-meanings-symbology-myths-legends
https://scenicsasquatch.com/2018/04/18/sasquatch-in-the-traditions-of-the-coast-salish-tribes/

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Who Killed Sharron Prior? (QC)

Mon, 22 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 130 - On March 29, 1975, pretty and popular, 16-year-old Sharron Prior left her home in the Montreal, QC, neighbourhood where she lived with her mom and siblings. She was off to a pizza joint only 5 short blocks away. Sharron was found days later, raped and murdered in another neighbourhood across the river. Her murder has never been solved. Her mom, Yvonne, still holds hope that one day she will see Sharron's killer brought to justice.

Sources & Further Reading
http://www.sharronprior.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/4790700762/
http://www.truecrimediary.com/index.cfm?page=cases&id=49
https://defrostingcoldcases.com/the-point-st-charles-nightmare-the-1975-murder-of-sharron-prior/
http://sharronprior.blogspot.com/
https://www.crave.ca/en/tv-shows/sur-les-traces-dun-tueur-en-serie

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EXCLUDED: The Komagatu Maru Incident

Mon, 15 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 129: In May of 1914, before the outbreak of WWI, a Japanese steamship called the Komagatu Maru anchored in Burrard Inlet in the Vancouver harbour. There were 376 people aboard led by a man named Baba Gurdit Singh Sirhali. Mostly from the Punjab area of India they dreamt of emigrating to Canada for a better life. Thanks to exclusionary Canadian immigration policies meant to prevent immigration form certain countries, including India, the ship was not allowed to dock. They sat in harbour, without adequate food and water for more than two and half months awaiting court challenges. They were deported in late July and led out of the harbour under naval escort. On returning to India they were diverted away from Calcutta, and when they finally landed a riot broke out with British forces during which 29 unarmed passengers were shot, 20 of whom died.

Sources and Further Reading:
http://komagatamarujourney.ca/intro
https://globalnews.ca/news/2708235/what-was-the-komagata-maru-incident-and-why-does-it-matter/
https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2016/05/18/komagata-maru-apology-house-commons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wx1KLtRgQY&feature=emb_logo Full Trudeau Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIZUpTxdYZw Canada Apologizes for Racist Incident 100 Years After Rejecting Komagata Maru Ship of 370 Immigrants
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17448727.2014.895546 The Sikh Formations journal article, GHADAR MOVEMENT: A LIVING LEGACY by Nishant Upadhyay
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/komagata-maru-racist-actions-1.5607242
https://pier21.ca/explore/online/tell-me-more-about/komagata-maru
https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/canadian-immigration-acts-and-legislation
https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Komagata_Maru
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/komagata-maru
https://humanrights.ca/story/the-story-of-the-komagata-maru

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The Murders of Chynna Deese, Lucas Fowler & Leonard Dyck

Mon, 08 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 128 - On the 15th of July, 2019, just outside Liard Hot Springs, B.C., the bodies of an innocent couple, Chynna Deese, 24, from Charlotte, NC, and her Australian boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, 23, were found shot to death beside their 1986 Chevy van. Police had no idea who had done this, or why.

Four days later, a burning truck, registered to a young Vancouver Island man was found burning near Dease Lake, B.C. As police were attending to that scene, they were notified of another man found murdered only two km from the burning truck. This 64-year-old botanist and UBC lecturer, named Leonard Dyck. His Toyota RAV4 was missing, along with the two young men, who quickly became suspects in the murders, sparking a manhunt that took police through four Provinces and one Territory, ending in Manitoba, thousands of kilometres from where it began.

Sources:
[B.C. RCMP - Overview of Fort Nelson and Dease Lake Homicide Investigation]
[RCMP say northern B.C. murder suspects admitted to murders on video - YouTube]
[B.C. RCMP investigate double homicide of tourists along Alaska Highway]
[Here’s an updated timeline of the northern B.C. murders and manhunt]
[Breyer Schmegelsky’s father speaks out - YouTube]
[Former classmate of Bryer Schmegelsky speaks out]

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Little Girl Gone - Cecilia Zhang

Mon, 01 Jun 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 127 - On the morning of October 20, 2003, in North York, a quiet neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Raymond Zhang and Sherry Xu awakened to find their only child, 9-year-old, Cecilia was missing. She had clearly been abducted. There were no ransom demands or clear motives for her kidnapping. All efforts to find the girl were fruitless, until a Scarborough man stumbled across a body in a ravine late in March 2004.

Sources and further reading:
Agreed Statement of Facts (PDF)
Raymond Zhang - Victim Impact Statement (PDF)
Sherry Xu - Victim Impact Statement (PDF)
CBC Zhang Case Background
CBC Zhang Case Background (more)
Cecilia Zhang search at Newspapers.com
https://missingkids.ca/
https://protectchildren.ca/
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/gazette/child-abduction
https://www.canadasmissing.ca/pubs/2019/index-eng.htm
web.archive.org - ceciliazhang.org
Globe and Mail - RIP Cecilia, Happy Birthday

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The Legend of Simon Gunanoot (BC)

Mon, 25 May 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 126 - On the morning of June 18, 1906, on the trail on the west side of the Two-Mile House, a drinking establishment outside Hazelton, B.C., the body of local tough guy, Alex McIntosh, was found. He had been ambushed and shot through the back. A short time later on the trail to the east of the Two-Mile House, the body of a labourer, Max Leclair, was discovered. He'd died in exactly the same manner. As McIntosh and an indigenous business man named Simon Peter Gunanoot had had a brutal fight only hours prior, suspicion fell on Gunanoot.

When the posse went to arrest him he had already taken off into the wilderness and would lead police on the most expensive manhunt in B.C. history. Gunanoot managed to evade capture for over a decade and was not brought in until he was ready to turn himself in.

Sources:
[Simon Gunanoot - Chasing Shadows by Monty Bassett]
[Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada]
[Kispiox Band Site]
[Gitxsan Nation Site]
[Emily Carr paintings near Kispiox - Contact Sheet]
[Simon Gunanoot - Wikipedia]
[Newspapers.com search - Simon Peter Gunanoot in Canada]
[Echoes of British Columbia by Robert Budd - goodreads.com]
[My Country by Pierre Berton - goodreads.com]
[100 years since the surrender of Simon Gunanoot – BC Local News]
[The man who stayed invisible for thirteen years | Maclean’s | JULY 5, 1958]
[HistoricPlaces.ca - Simon Gun-an-noot’s Grave]

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Cold December: Cst. O’Leary and Cpl. Bourgeois (NB)

Mon, 18 May 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 125 - On cold December night just before Christmas in 1974, the 14-year-old son of Moncton, NB restauranteur, Cy Stein was kidnapped from the family home by two masked gunman. By just before 5:00am the kidnapping came to and end, but two city of Moncton police officers had then gone missing. Their fate would not be known for two more days, and the outcome was not positive.

Sources:
Regina v. Hutchison, 1975 CanLII 1280 (NB CA)
Ambrose v. The Queen, 1976 CanLII 201 (SCC), [1977] 2 SCR 717

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Highway of Tears – Jill, Natasha, Cynthia & Loren (2009 – 2010)

Mon, 11 May 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 124 - Women and girls, many indigenous have been going missing in the area of Northern British Columbia's Highway 16 since 1969. The route has become known as the Highway of Tears. Many have been found deceased and still others have just vanished. In this episode we cover the murders of Jill Stuchenko, Natasha Montgomery, Cynthia Maas and Loren Leslie. All four were killed over a span of 14 months by a violent and cold blooded monster with a baby face, a serial killer named Cody Alan Legebokoff of Prince George, B.C.

Sources and Further Reading:
[2013 BCSC 2178 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII]
[2014 BCSC 315 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII]
[2014 BCSC 1636 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII]
[2014 BCSC 1746 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII]
[2016 BCCA 386 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII]
[Legebokoff interview 2 by PGCitizen | Free Listening on SoundCloud]
[goodreads.com - Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid]
[Global News - SEARCH: Legebokoff]
[Legebokoff Trial | Prince George Citizen]
[Legebokoff evidence | Prince George Citizen]
[Who is Cody Alan Legebokoff? | Globalnews.ca]
[Families of Legebokoff victims give emotional statements at sentencing hearing]
[HighwayofTears.org]
[Home - Highway of Tears Film]
[“Knocking on Heaven’s Door” (cover) by Natasha Montgomery - YouTube]

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The Flying Bandit - Ken Leishman (MB)

Mon, 04 May 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 123 - Born during the Great Depression, Ken Leishman was a stylish, good looking guy with a Clark Gable moustache. A married father of 7, he was adventurous, smart, charismatic, creative and enterprising. He used his skill as a small aircraft pilot to earn cash first as a fly in mechanic on prairie farms, then as a king cookery salesman.

Ken was also deeply in debt, his sales business was failing and he craved an even more lavish lifestyle. To get what he wanted Ken wasn't above stealing it, but often got caught going back for more. After flying all the way to Toronto to rob banks on two separate occasions Ken was dubbed the Flying Bandit after getting caught during his second failed bank robbery.

After Ken's release, he had an even more elaborate heist in mind - making off with a few hundred pounds of gold bullion in what would be the greatest gold theft in Canadian history.

Sources:
[Bandit - A portrait of Ken Leishman by Wayne Tefs]
[Lost: Unsolved Mysteries of Canadian Aviation by Shirlee Smith Matheson]
[In the Mind of a Mountie - Google Play]
[This Was Manitoba: Kenneth Leishman - The Flying Bandit (UPDATED)]
[Ottawa Citizen - Ken Leishman - Google News Archive Search]
[Newspapers.com search - Ken Leishman + Canada]
[Ken Leishman: The Flying Bandit - video dailymotion]
[Ken Leishman: The Flying Bandit - YouTube]
[Court Briefing for 1966 trial of Ken Leishman et al, Winnipeg Gold Heist]
[The Flying Bandit - Winnipeg Free Press]
[Canada history: Mar.1, 1966: the Great Winnipeg Gold Heist – RCI | English]
[The Flying Bandit - Winnipeg Free Press]
[The ‘flying bank robber’ died hard | Maclean’s | DECEMBER 29, 1980]

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Connections: Nova Scotian Heartbreak (NS)

Mon, 27 Apr 2020 02:31:00 -0000

Episode 122 - This is for or the deceased victims, the injured, the families, the friends and Bluenosers everywhere who are hurting after the shooting rampage that shook the little province of Nova Scotia to its core on April 18 and 19, 2020.

This is not who Nova Scotians are. This will not define us.
#NovaScotiaStrong

The deceased are:
Lisa McCully
Greg Blair & Jamie Blair
Peter Bond & Joy Bond
John Zahl & Elizabeth Joanne Thomas
Dawn Madsen & Frank Gulenchyn
Jolene Oliver, Aaron Tuck & Emily Tuck
Corrie Ellison
Sean McLeod & Alanna Jenkins
Tom Bagley
Lillian Hyslop
Heather O’Brien
Kristen Beaton & baby Beaton
RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson
Joey Webber
Gina Goulet

Call the Nova Scotia RCMP tip line at 902-720-5959 with any information you have that can assist. Leave a detailed voicemail and an investigator will return your call.

[Share your condolences - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada]
[Stronger Together NS Public Group | Facebook]
[RCMP, Nova Scotia (@RCMPNS) | Twitter]
[GLOBAL NEWS - Nova Scotia shooting | News, Videos & Articles]
[RCMP release detailed timeline of 13-hour shooting rampage - YouTube]
[Nova Scotia Remembers - YouTube]

Official list of sites to donate to help the families of the fallen:
[Heart Colchester – Heart Colchester]

Other Links:
[Familiar Stranger - YouTube]
[Caribbean Baseball Goodwill Tours]

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Canadian Legends: Demons, a Witch and a Flying Canoe

Mon, 20 Apr 2020 07:02:00 -0000

Episode 121: In this episode we examine 3 different Canadian legends. First we look at Demon Isle a phantom island somewhere in or near the Gulf of St Lawrence. This is where French noblewoman Marguerite de Roberval was marooned by an evil uncle to star in her very own tale of demons, love, loss and survival in New France in the 1500's.

Then we're off to Moncton, New Brunswick, one of the most haunted cities in the Maritimes, and the the story of Rebecca's Grave, the resting place of a supposed witch who was executed, buried upside down and concrete was poured over her tomb.

Finally we hear the story of Chasse-Galerie in, or in English The Flying or Witched Canoe, one of the most famous Québecois folktales.

Isle of Demons
[Tales of the Enchanted Islands of the Atlantic Index]
[Dale Gilbert Jarvis: Marguerite de Roberval and The Isle of Demons]
[Stranded on the Isle of Demons | Mysterious Universe]
[Phantom island - Wikipedia]
[Mystery of the phantom islands solved: Lands that disappeared on ancient maps are explained as mistakes, mirages and myths | Daily Mail Online]
[How to Put a Fake Island on the Map - Atlas Obscura]
[Dale Gilbert Jarvis: The Phantoms of Fishot Island, on Newfoundland’s Northern Peninsula]

Rebecca Lutes, The Moncton Witch
[Rebecca’s Concrete Grave]
[NB - Haunted Locations]
[Rebecca Lutes Gravesite - YouTube]
[New Brunswick’s 7 Most Haunted Places - Huddle]
[Local Haunts – The Greater Moncton Paranormal Society]
[Rebecca’s Grave | Flickr]
[Do you know the story of Rebecca’s Grave? | Bobsroom Dot Com]
[GCR0WN Haunted Tour of Moncton (Unknown Cache) in New Brunswick, Canada created by Energizer Bunny]
[Great Canadian Ghost Stories: Legendary Tales of Haunting from Coast to Coast: Smith, Barbara: 9781771512794: Books - Amazon.ca]
[Rebecca’s Grave Investigation - YouTube]

Flying Canoe in Quebec
[French Canadian Legends - The Witched Canoe]
[The Century Magazine, August 1892, pp. 496-501]
[Chasse-galerie - Wikipedia]
[Forteresse: Chasse Galerie]
[Histoire Canada - Histoire Canada]
[La légende du canot d’écorce par Robert Doucet - ONF]
[Claude Dubois- Chasse-galerie - YouTube]

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Over the Edge: Death and Daring at Niagara Falls (ON)

Mon, 13 Apr 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 120 - For ages people have been drawn to Niagara Falls, the most famous group of waterfalls in North America, and maybe the world. As many as 20 million people per year visit to view the awesome power of nature as tens of millions of liters of water spectacularly pour over the falls every minute. There have been many accidental deaths, but there have been many drawn to the torrents for other darker reasons. Some come to end their own lives and others, the daredevils, to try to prove their ingenuity and courage can beat the falls. Some have failed in the attempt.

NOTE: There will be talk of suicide in this episode.

Sources and more information:
[Niagara: A History of the Falls by Pierre Berton]
[The River of Lost Souls: What We Might Learn From Niagara Falls Suicides by Michael Clarkson]
[Welcome to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | City of Niagara Falls, Canada]
[Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada - World Waterfall Database]
[Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls Tourism Information]
[Facts About Niagara Falls | Live Science]
[Niagara Falls Facts & Information]
[On the Meaning of Niagara - Brocku.ca]
[Daredevil Exhibit - Things to do | Niagara Falls Canada]
[Daredevils of Niagara Falls]
[List of objects that have gone over Niagara Falls - Wikipedia]
[Niagara Falls without water, 1969]
[Sounds of Niagara Falls • Niagara Whirlpool • Horseshoe Falls • American Falls • Bridal Veil Fall - YouTube]
[WNED PBS Documentaries | Daredevils of Niagara Falls | PBS]
[Daredevils of Niagara Falls]
[Niagara River - Life & Death on the river: Accidents & Rescues]
[Ed Delahanty Obituary]
[Stunters & Daredevils]

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MMIW - No Justice - The Murder of Tina Fontaine (MB)

Mon, 06 Apr 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Tina Michelle Fontaine was an Indigenous girl who had a tough go right from the beginning. As she had run away before when 15-year-old Tina disappeared on August 9, 2014 the authorities did not treat it with much urgency at all. Tina’s family was worried sick and wanted more activity. It was not until it was too late that the investigation began in earnest. Tina’s body was found wrapped in a duvet and floating in Winnipeg's Red River more than a week later.

Her death and the subsequent acquittal of the only suspect in Tina’s slaying are cited by some as catalysts for the national inquiry that was called to look into the massive amount of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada.

Sources and more information:
R. v. Cormier, 2010 ABCA 162 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/29qjl>
[Red River Girl: The Life and Death of Tina Fontaine by Joanna Jolly]
[Public Reports – Manitoba Advocate]
Place Where it Feels Like Home: The Story of Tina Fontaine - PDF
[Global News SEARCH: Tina Fontaine]
[Newspapers.com search: Tina Fontaine]
[CBC news topic tag Raymond Cormier trial]
[21 Feb 2018, N3 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com]
[27 Aug 2014, 10 - National Post at Newspapers.com]
[26 Sep 2014, 7 - National Post at Newspapers.com]
[BBC World Service - Assignment, Canada’s Red River Murders]
[Tina Fontaine’s 911 call | CBC.ca]
[Tina Fontaine | Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women - CBC.ca]
[Cormier speaks of last time he saw Fontaine in video shown to court - YouTube]
[Tina Fontaine: The life and the legacy | APTN InFocus - YouTube]
[Raymond Cormier found not guilty in death of Tina Fontaine | Globalnews.ca]
[Bear Clan Patrol Inc - Home | Facebook]
[Drag The Red! Public Group | Facebook]
[Red River Women - BBC News]
[Pair sentenced to 9 years in beating death of Tina Fontaine’s dad | CBC News]
[Raymond Cormier spoke of wanting to have sex with Tina Fontaine days before her death, Crown tells court | CBC News]
[Tina Fontaine, 15, found in bag in Red River | CBC News]
[MMIW Final report]

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Humboldt Broncos Bus Crash - Green Shirt Day (SK)

Mon, 30 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0000

In a tragedy that shook Canada and the rest of the hockey playing world, just before 5:00pm on April 6, 2018, the team bus of the Humboldt Broncos Junior Hockey team smashed into a semi that had just blown through a stop at the intersection of Saskatchewan highways 35 and 335. Of the the 29 people on the bus that day, only 13 survived. The truck driver walked away unharmed, and was later charged with and convicted of 16 counts of dangerous driving causing death and 13 more counts of dangerous driving causing injury.

One player, 21-year-old defenseman Logan Boulet, had signed his donor card only 5 weeks before the crash and his death. His thoughtful gift saved the lives of six organ recipients. Logan’s selfless actions led droves of other Canadians to sign their donor cards, creating what has been called the #LoganBouletEffect. This remains the largest number of donors pledging their organs from a single event; 100,000 in the first three weeks. To keep the effect going his family helped to create Green Shirt Day in 2019, observed on April 7, the anniversary of Logan’s passing.

Sources and Further Reading:
[Humboldt Broncos]
[Humboldt Broncos bus crash - Wikipedia]
[9 Apr 2018, NP1 - The National Post at Newspapers.com]
[Home - Green Shirt Day]
[Green Shirt Day - Home | Facebook]
[Green Shirt Day (@GreenShirtDay) | Twitter]
[Green Shirt Day (@greenshirtday) • Instagram photos and videos]
[Report On Intersection Review | Government of Saskatchewan]
[ER doctor recalls Humboldt Broncos crash response - YouTube]
[Rod Stewart pays tribute to Humboldt Broncos | Globalnews.ca]
[Logan Boulet taken off life support, organs donated | Globalnews.ca]
[COVID-19 forcing Green Shirt Day campaign changes | Global News]
[Agreed statement of facts - Humboldt Broncos bus crash]
[Guilty plea in Humboldt Broncos bus crash | Globalnews.ca]
[Driver in Humboldt crash wasn’t distracted | CBC News]
[Adam Herold Legacy Foundation]
[SEARCH: Global News Humboldt - YouTube]
[Swift Current Broncos bus crash - Wikipedia]
R v Sidhu, 2019 SKPC 19 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hzbj5] >

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Away Game: The Hollow Earth - Fact or Fiction?

Mon, 23 Mar 2020 07:06:00 -0000

Episode 117 - In this away game Mike and Scott explore the wacky world of the origins of Hollow Earth movement. We hear about Captain John Cleves Symmes Jr's desires for an expedition to the hole in the North Pole, Cyrus Reed Teed's Hollow Earth cult in Florida and Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd's supposed secret journey into the hidden world filled with fanatical creatures and advanced aliens within the Antarctic continent.

NOTE: Scott's audio is a little wonky as he had to record on location to maintain social distance.

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Sources and Further Reading:
[Flat-Earth martyr or victim? ‘Mad’ Mike Hughes dies in DIY rocket crash - National | Globalnews.ca]
[At the Earth’s Core (novel) - Wikipedia]
[Journey to the Center of the Earth - Wikipedia]
[goodreads.com - Hollow Earth: by David Standish]
[Hollow Earth - Wikipedia]
[The Philosophical transactions of the Royal society of London, from their commencement in 1665, in the year 1800]
[King Koresh | Sun | Stars]
[Fantastically Wrong: The Legendary Scientist Who Swore Our Planet Is Hollow | WIRED]
[Cyrus Reed Teed (1839-1908) - Find A Grave Memorial]
[John Cleves Symmes Jr. - Wikipedia]
[The Project Gutenberg eBook of Symmes’s Theory Of Concentric Spheres, by A Citizen of the United States.]
[The Earth is Hollow]
[Symzonia, Voyage of Discovery Index]
[Phantom of the Poles Index]
[Richard E. Byrd - Wikipedia]
[Admiral Richard B. Byrd’s, Diary Feb. Mar. 1947]
[Real footage of Admiral Richard E Byrd’s secret expedition part 2 the Russian leaks]
[Admiral Byrd’s North Pole Flight to “Agartha” (diary audiobook) - YouTube]
[The Inner Earth Realm of Agartha | Compass | Earth]
[The Hollow Earth Is Filled With Giants, Germans, and A Little Sun - Atlas Obscura]
[World Top Secret - Our Earth is Hollow !!! Decrypt | North Pole | South Pole]
[ADMIRAL BYRD’S SECRET JOURNEY BEYOND THE-POLES (Tim R. Swartz)]

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Close to Home - The Murder of Heather Thomas (BC)

Mon, 16 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 116 - The last time Heather Thomas's dad Pat saw his ten year old daughter alive was on the afternoon of October 1, 2000 when she went outside to play around their Cloverdale, BC, townhouse complex. After one the largest searches in RCMP history to that point, it was a hitchhiker who found Heather's body floating facedown in Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Park. Heather had been murdered and the community was shocked when they found out it had been one of their own who had done the terrible deed.

Sources and Further Reading:

R. v. Ertmoed, 2006 BCCA 365 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/1p21p] >
R. v. Ertmoed, 2002 BCSC 806 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/1hbwd] >
R. v. Ertmoed, 2002 BCSC 1848 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/59tb] >
[vLex - R. v. Ertmoed (S.R.), (2006) 229 B.C.A.C. 168 (CA)]
[vLex]- R. v. Ertmoed (S.R.), [2002] B.C.T.C. 1847 (SC)]
[Ertmoed gets life for murdering little girl - The Globe and Mail]
[The Cloverdale Market | Your Weekly Treasure Hunt]
[Resources & Research: Abducted then Murdered Children – protectchildren.ca]
https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/85-002-x1998009-eng.pdf
https://www.protectchildren.ca/pdfs/C3P_AMC_PreliminaryFindings_en.pdf

“Heather” by Pete Cross from the Behind the Yellow Tape blog

[The Life of a Curious Girl: Heather Thomas]
[Surrey child killer applies for early parole under faint-hope clause that has since been repealed – Surrey Now-Leader]

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The Homicidal Sleepwalker (ON)

Mon, 09 Mar 2020 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 115 - On the morning of May 24, 1987, 23-year-old Kenneth Parks walked into a police department covered in blood that was not just his own. Kenneth was disoriented and bleeding profusely from wounds to both his hands which were badly cut. Kenneth said “Oh my God, I just killed someone”; “I've just killed two people”. Kenneth was referring to his in-laws Barbara and Denis Woods of Scarborough. Police found Barbara deceased at the scene and Denis was severely injured, but survived. There was no question Kenneth had done it, but was he responsible? In a precedent setting case his defence team would claim that as Kenneth was sleepwalking when he committed the crime, he should not be held accountable.

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Sources & Further Reading
[Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker]
[Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman]
R. v. Parks (C.A.), 1990 CanLII 6954 (ON CA)
R. v. Parks, 1992 CanLII 78 (SCC), [1992] 2 SCR 871
[CanLII Connects - R v Parks Case Brief]
[Sleep Driving and Sleep Killing | Psychology Today]
[Sleepwalking Killers—And What They Tell Us About Sleep | Psychology Today]
[The Curious Case of Kenneth Parks - YouTube]
[(PDF) Homicidal Somnambulism: A Case Report]
[(PDF) Pushing the Margins of Responsibility: Lessons from Parks’ Somnambulistic Killing]
[Home - Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)]
[Sleepwalking Disorder Causes & Solutions - National Sleep Foundation]
[While You Were Sleepwalking]
[Automatism legal definition of automatism]
[Sleepwalking - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic]
[The Sleepwalker Killing (TV Movie 1997) - IMDb]
[MACBETH, Act 5, Scene 1]
[2 Jul 1988, 90 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com]
[25 Apr 1997, 48 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com]
[6 Sep 1992, Page 11 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com]
[5 Jan 1991, 77 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com]
[22 Jun 2006, 17 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com]
[4 Jul 1988, 21 - Edmonton Journal at Newspapers.com]
[31 May 1988, 44 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com]
[31 May 1988, 5 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com]
[26 May 1988, 3 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com]
[24 Nov 1990, 22 - The Leader-Post at Newspapers.com]
[Homicidal sleepwalking - Wikipedia]

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The Murder of Cst. Catherine Campbell - Sex, Lies and Surveillance Video (NS)

Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 114 - On the morning of September 11, 2015, off-duty Truro, Nova Scotia police constable, Catherine Campbell, went to a Halifax bar to wind down after a tough work week. She was looking forward to a visit with an old friend that weekend but never got to see her. Catherine was murdered that night and left underneath a Halifax bridge by her killer.

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R. v. Garnier, 2016 NSPC 86 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hph6m] >
R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 102 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hpgff] >
R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 238 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hrgf9] >
R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 239 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hrgfb] >
R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 259 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hrgfc] >
R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 338 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hrgfd] >
R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 339 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hrgff] >
R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 341 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hrgfh] >
R. v Garnier, 2018 NSSC 196 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/httmt] >
TIMELINE [A complete look at the Crown’s case against Christopher Garnier | Globalnews.ca]
[Catherine Campbell: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam]
[Catherine Campbell death a homicide | Local | News | SaltWire]
[Truro Police Service - Home | Facebook]
[Stellarton Fire Department - Our Crew]
[Home - Stellarton]
[Goodreads - Roll Up the Rim by Leo McKay Jr.]
[Stellarton - Wikipedia]
[HRP News | Halifax.ca]
[Holland College | Atlantic Police Academy]
[Christopher Garnier Court Exhibit 2 | Watch News Videos Online]
[Christopher Garnier Court Exhibit 1 | Watch News Videos Online]

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The Okanagan Oddity - Ogopogo (BC)

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 113 - This week Mike and Scott present some lighter fare in the form of a mystery that has persisted for generations surrounding a mysterious creature said to inhabit the waters of Lake Okanagan. Sightings of the serpent like cryptid called Opopogo or in Salish, n'ha-a-itk, continue to this day without an accepted scientific explanation for the phenomenon.

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Sources and Further Reading:
[Okanagan Nation Alliance – ałi kwu_swiwi-numtax, ałi kwu_suknaqinx, ałi axa/ L/tmxwula/xw.]
[Is Ogopogo real? Incredible sightings in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada!]
[Extended interview with legend hunter about Ogopogo | Watch News Videos Online]
[‘It was like a giant snake’: Did Kelowna man capture video of Ogopogo? | Globalnews.ca]
[RAW VIDEO: David Halbauer says he saw Ogopogo | Watch News Videos Online]
2011 [Possible Ogopogo sighting? - YouTube]
2018 [OGOPOGO SIGHTING July 10, 2018 cryptid - YouTube]
[Ogopogo - Wikipedia]
[Ogopogo: Canada’s Loch Ness Monster | Live Science]
[Cryptomundo » Ogopogo Photo Reward]
[Kelowna, BC, Canada - Ogopogo Lake Monster]
[The legendary Ogopogo lake monster, caught on video | Fox News]
[Lake Monsters: Ogopogo, Canadian Lake Monster]
[Ogopogo - Mythical Cryptid Lake Monster | Mythology.net]
[Stories of Ogopogo]
[Ogopogo the Chameleon | Skeptical Inquirer]
[Videos – Red Earth Uncovered]
[Legend of Ogopogo in the Okanagan Valley | Tourism Kelowna]
[Ogopogo – Okanagan Okanogan]
[36 Times Ep.32 East Meets West | Podbean]
[ogopogo | Mysterious Universe]
[Buy Canada #1292 - Ogopogo (1990) 39¢ | Arpin Philately]
[Susan Louisa Moir Allison - Wikipedia]
[A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia: The Recollections of Susan Allison by Margaret A. Ormsby]
[People are Seeing Something: A Survey of Lake Monsters in the United States and Canada eBook: Denver Michaels: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store]
[Syilx - Wikipedia]
[“The Ogo-Pogo” Harry Fay (as George Berry) YouTube]
[Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra [Ogo Pogo - YouTube]
[Legendary giant sturgeon caught on British Columbia’s Fraser River | Watch News Videos Online]
[Beyond Loch Ness aka “Loch Ness Terror”]
[Beyond Loch Ness trailer - YouTube]
[“Ogopogo” Now Has a Price in His Head]
[Ogopogo protector passes on | News | kelownadailycourier.ca]

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Sins of the Father - The McGuigan Murders (PE)

Mon, 17 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 112 - On a dark rural PEI road on November 19, 1970, the Vuozzo family, of nearby Montague had their lives changed forever. A drunk driver, named Herb McGuigan, ran a stop sign and hit the Vuozzo's fan, killing 9-year-old Kathy Vuozzo. Kathy's parents and Little Alfred Guy Vuozzo Jr, who was only two years old at the time of the crash, survived with minor injuries as did the drunk driver.

Alfred Jr. grew up hating the McGuigans, exacting revenge for his sister's death almost 44 years later. With drunk driver long since deceased, he murdered the man's son, Brent McGuigan, 68, and Brent's son, Brendon McGuigan, 39; two people completely innocent of the crime.

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Sources and further reading:
R v. Vuozzo, 2015 PESC 14 (CanLII), < (http://canlii.ca/t/gh7r9) >
[Brent McGuigan: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam]
[Brendon McGuigan: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam]
[Alfred Guy Vuozzo Sr's Obituary]
[The night Kathy Vuozzo died - YouTube]
[PEI Double Homicide Act of Family Revenge – NJN Network]
[Father-Son Killer Alfred Vuozzo Shows No Remorse | HuffPost Canada]
[Murder location - Google My Maps]
[Alfred Vuozzo made ‘inculpatory statement’ in double murder | CBC News]
[McGuigan father and son, shooting victims, laid to rest | CBC News]
[Alfred Vuozzo, homicide victims had family links to fatal crash | CBC News]
[Montague in shock after double homicide of father and son | CBC News](
[MapFight - Nova Scotia vs Prince Edward Island size comparison]
[After dad and husband killed in double murder, Canadian family lives out his Islanders dream in New York - New York Daily News]
[One year later: hearts ache Innocent men pay price for misplaced revenge | The Eastern Graphic | peicanada.com]

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Murdered on Duty - Cst. John Davidson (BC)

Mon, 10 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 111 - Near noon on November 6, 2017, reports of multiple shots fired in the parking lot of a busy Abbotsford, B.C. strip mall brought a swarm of Abby PD officers racing toward the scene. The first to arrive was Cst. John Davidson, 53-years-old, a 24 year veteran of policing and well respected in the city for his kindness, passion for helping the community's youth and dedication to his work. On leaving his vehicle in response to the reported situation, the unsuspecting officer was gunned down; shot from behind in cold blood by Albertan, Oscar Ferdinand Arfmann. who'd been on a crime spree, stealing two cars over three days from local dealerships.

John Davidson was a beloved husband and father to three adult children.

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Sources and further reading:
R. v Arfmann, 2019 BCSC 1618 (CanLII), < (http://canlii.ca/t/j2slm) >
R. v Arfmann, 2020 BCSC 56 (CanLII), < (http://canlii.ca/t/j4tc5) >
R. v Arfmann, 2020 BCSC 110 (CanLII), < (http://canlii.ca/t/j505d) >
[Abbotsford Police Department - Home | Facebook]
[Abbotsford Police Department]
[Cst. John Davidson Was Such An Exemplary Police Officer That Even The People Who Had Been Pulled Over By Him Are Grieving - The Lynda Steele Show - Omny.fm]
[Tourism Abbotsford – Handmade & Homegrown]
[Operation X “The Straight Goods on “E.” - YouTube]
[Remembering Const. John Davidson - YouTube] - CBC coverage of Cst. John Davidson’s Celebration of Life on November 19, 2017
[“We just want to say a few things about our dad”: John Davidson | Global News]
[Cellphone video captures Abbotsford police incident | Watch News Videos Online]
[Man who killed Abbotsford police constable hears victim impact statements | Global News]

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MMIW - The Unsolved Murder of Amber Tuccaro (AB)

Mon, 03 Feb 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 110 - In Nisku, Alberta, on August of 2010 the family of 20-year-old Amber Alyssa Tuccaro became concerned when a phone call with her brother ended abruptly and she she stopped answering texts and calls after that. She’d been hitchhiking into the close by city of Edmonton and was planning to be back soon. She never returned. After a botched police investigation, Amber’s remains were found in 2012 south of where she’d last been seen in Leduc County. Her case remains unsolved despite the RCMP having audio of the possible perpetrator by way of Amber’s last phone call, that had been recorded.

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Sources and further reading:
[Amber Tuccaro recording - YouTube]
[Amber Tuccaro’s unsolved murder - YouTube]
[RCMP Project KARE confirms identity of human remains | CTV News]
[RCMP looking into Amber Tuccaro case tip but caution against ‘erroneous information’ - Edmonton | Globalnews.ca]
[WAYBACK MACHINE: January 2014 - Project Kare - HOME]
[‘A pain you can’t describe’: New tip has Amber Tuccaro’s family fearing false hope | The Star]
[Historical Homicide Files - Royal Canadian Mounted Police]
[Police investigating man’s claim that his father may be responsible for several missing persons, including Amber Tuccaro]
[‘Not our best work’: RCMP apologize for handling of Indigenous woman’s death]
[The Murder of Amber Tuccaro | Hue and Cry]
[Justice for AMBER Tuccaro - Home | Facebook]
[Amber Tuccaro | RED POWER MEDIA]
[Windspeaker.com]
[Report says RCMP investigation into Amber Tuccaro’s disappearance was ‘wholly inadequate’ - APTN NewsAPTN News]
[Ending Violence Against Native Women | Indian Law Resource Center]
[Amber Tuccaro’s unsolved murder: Do you recognize this voice? | CBC News]
[MMIW — Native Womens Wilderness]
[Sacred MMIWG / FFADA sacrées - Home | Facebook]
[The Truth Sharing Podcasts (Partage des vérités)]
[Home Page - Final Report | MMIWG]
[Background on the inquiry]
[Experience Fort Chipewyan | Fort McMurray Tourism]
[Missing persons | Royal Canadian Mounted Police]
[Tip received on Amber Tuccaro’s homicide file | Royal Canadian Mounted Police]
[Remains of Amber Alyssa Tuccaro located | Globalnews.ca]
[RCMP lacked ‘urgency and care’ searching for Amber Tuccaro - APTN NewsAPTN News]
[Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women]
[RCMP Edmonton - Police Locate Human Remains of Corrie OTTENBREIT near Leduc - Gateway Gazette]

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Earle Leonard Nelson - The Dark Strangler (MB)

Mon, 27 Jan 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 109 - In a 16 month span over 1926 and 1927, in nine U.S. states and one Canadian province, 21 women and an infant were murdered by a sadistic serial predator and necrophile that became known as the Dark Strangler. The monster, named Earle Leonard Nelson, seemed to move too fast for police to catch up to. Eventually one of history's most notorious killers was apprehended and and brought to justice in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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Sources and further reading:
[Harold Schecter's, Bestial - GoodReads.com]
[Michael Newton's, The Dark Strangler - GoodReads.com]
[Winnipeg Police Service - The Strangler]
[Earle Leonard Nelson | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers]
[Meet Earle Nelson, The “Gorilla Man,” Once America’s Worst Serial Killer]
[Beastly man began landlady killing spree in SF – The San Francisco Examiner]
[Congenital Syphilis - NORD (National Organization for Rare Disorders)]
[15 Facts About The Gorilla Man, Earle Nelson | TheRichest]
[The Grisly Gorilla Man Murders of Earle Leonard Nelson]

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Carol King - From Missing to Murdered (SK)

Mon, 20 Jan 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 108 - On August 6, 2011, Carol Nora King went missing from her home in the tiny village of Herschel, Saskatchewan. That same day she was to make an official statement to Rosetown, SK., about ongoing harassment and stalking she had been suffering at the hands of her former boyfriend, Joseph 'David" Caissie. King was found dead in an abandoned farmyard three weeks later, but it was not until an undercover RCMP sting, 5 years later, that her killer was finally caught.

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Sources and further reading:
R. v Caissie, 2018 SKQB 279 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hvrxq] >
R v Caissie, 2019 SKQB 3 (CanLII), < [http://canlii.ca/t/hx4db] >
[Closing arguments at David Caissie murder trial focus on reliability | Saskatoon StarPhoenix]
[Watch: A timeline of the Joseph ‘David’ Caissie trial | The Province]
[Joseph ‘David’ Caissie appeals 1st-degree murder conviction in Carol King’s death - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca]
[Joseph ‘David’ Caissie guilty of killing Carol King in 2011 - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca]
[How do Mr. Big sting operations work - Saskatoon | Globalnews.ca]
[Conflicting testimony at Joseph ‘David’ Caissie’s murder trial | Country 104]
[Mr. Big sting admissibility ruling to come down in Joseph ‘David’ Caissie’s murder trial | Country 105]
[‘She feared for her life’: sister details events leading up to Carol King’s death | Globalnews.ca]
[‘Everywhere we went he was behind us’: Accused murderer harassed Carol King month before she died, sister says | CTV News]
[Carol King Obituary - Herschel, Saskatchewan | Legacy.com]
[R v B (KG) - Wikipedia]
[KGB Statement - Recanting domestic assault charges]

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The Murder of Brenda Young (NL)

Mon, 13 Jan 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 107 - In June of 1993, 9-year-old Cindy Young found her mother, Brenda, deceased on the floor of their St. John’s, Newfoundland apartment. Brenda Marie Young, 26, and a mother of two was brutally murdered while her children slept. Almost immediately, police had focused on a suspect, Brenda’s boyfriend, 28-year-old Randy Druken. But, in this case, things are not always as simple as they first appear.

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End of episode promo for Deadly Misadventures hosted by Justin from Generation Why and Tyler from The Minds of Madness.

Sources and Further Reading:
[Police interviewing children tend to ask ‘largely inappropriate’ questions which could lead to wrongful convictions: study | National Post]
[Randy Druken says he's innocent - CBC]
R. v. Druken (R.J.), 1995 CanLII 10478 (NL SC), < [http://canlii.ca/t/g08x0] >
R. v. Druken (R.J.), 1994 CanLII 10500 (NL SC), < [http://canlii.ca/t/g0900] >
R. v. Druken (R.J.), 1995 CanLII 10537 (NL SC), < [http://canlii.ca/t/g08t1] >
[The Lamer Report]
[#wrongfullyconvictedwednesday Randy Drunken - Toronto Defence Lawyers]
[Randy Druken - Innocents Database of Exonerations]
[3 Nov 1994, 4 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com]
[Randy Druken back in St. John’s court today | Provincial | News | SaltWire]
[Fisherman’s Road: ‘What kind of sick bastard would kill and rape their mother’]
[PressReader.com - Drug Addict Wins 2M in Wrongful Conviction Case]
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/crown-drops-3-charges-against-randy-druken-1.727346

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The Crimes of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream (QC/ON)

Mon, 06 Jan 2020 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 106 - This week we take on the case of a morphine addicted, syphilitic, Scottish Canadian physician with a lust for murder and a blackmail. Dr. Thomas Neill Cream used his intelligence, medical training, relative good looks and higher station to leave a trail of death in Canada, the United States and Victorian London. Only years after Jack the Ripper's reign of terror mysteriously ended, Dr. Cream picked up Jack's mantle poisoning at least four more sex workers in the poorest area of London. The Lambeth Poisoner may have gotten away with the crimes were it not for his own big mouth.

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Sources and Further Reading:
[Dr Thomas Neil Cream - Crime Library on truTV.com]
[Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Dr. Thomas Neill Cream]
[Murder by Gaslight: The Lambeth Poisoner]
[Canada’s History - The Evil Deeds of Dr. Cream]
[Dr. Thomas Neill Cream | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers]
[The CRIMES OF DR. CREAM | Maclean’s | September 15, 1931]
[The Lambeth Poisoner | Crime Magazine]
[The Lambeth Poisoner: London’s Deadly Doctor]
[Metropolitan Police letter and photographs of Dr Neill Cream, England, 1890-1907 | Science Museum Group Collection]
[Doctor death - New York Daily News]
[The man who would be Jack the Ripper - The Scotsman]
[The gentleman from Chicago - Cashman, John - Internet Archive]
[History of tuberculosis - Wikipedia]
[A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream]
[Monsters of Medicine]

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Away Game: Christmas Eve Incident at Nakatomi Plaza

Mon, 23 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 105 - Holiday Special - On Christmas Eve in 1988, after killing two security guards, gunmen burst into the Los Angeles offices of the Nakatomi Corporation in Century City at the newly opened Nakatomi Plaza building. The 30 plus hostages were all attendees of the Nakatomi Christmas party happening on the 30th floor. What at first appeared to be a terrorist incident was found out to be FAKE NEWS. Iit was actually an elaborate heist, led by German born criminal mastermind Hans Grüber. What Grüber and his group did not count on was the heroism of one partygoer, John McLane, who almost singlehandedly foiled the plan. The whole thing comes off like the plot of an action movie

Sources and Further Reading:
[Breaking News - Shots Fired at Nakatomi Plaza]
[Hans Gruber - Wikipedia]
[John McClane - Wikipedia]
[Fox Plaza (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia]
[Nakatomi Plaza]
[Timeline of Events]

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The Rallo Family Murders (ON)

Mon, 16 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 104 - On August 18, 1976 two boys found the body of a 5-year-old girl in a duffle bag floating in a waterway between St Catharines and Hamilton, Ontario. That same day, 29-year-old Sandra Rallo and her two children, Jason, 6, and Stephanie, 5, were reported missing by Sandra's father, Doug Pollington. The evidence pointed directly at Sandra's husband and father to the children, Hamilton City Hall manager, Jon George Rallo. Although Rallo claimed innocence, the evidence mounted against him, resulting in three charges of first degree murder for the senseless slayings of his family.

Sources and Further Reading:
Regina v. Rallo, 1978 CanLII 2427 (ON CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/htv3n>
[SECRETS: Jon Rallo revealed | TheSpec.com]
https://www.pressreader.com/@Mike_Browne.1/collection/jon-rallo
[Newspapers.com - Jon Rallo / 1976-2019 / Canada]
[Debates (Hansard) No. 96 - June 4, 2014 (41-2) - House of Commons of Canada]
[Hansard Transcripts 1996-Apr-18 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
[August 1976: Hamilton’s Rallo family murdered | TheIFP.ca]
[Clairmont: Victims’ family struggling to keep killer Lovie away | TheSpec.com]
[Opinion | Hamilton murderers Jon Rallo, George Lovie sharing a house together]
[Killer Jon Rallo to get day parole | Globalnews.ca]
[David Sweet Column: Helping victims find peace - David Sweet]
[Blast Furnace Canada Blog: John Rallo FREE?]

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The Mystery of The Mad Trapper of Rat River (NT)

Mon, 09 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 103 - In this episode we're heading to the Inuvik area of the Northwest Territories, near Fort McPherson. Along the Rat River in the summer of 1931 a stranger was first seen by two indigenous men canoeing on the river. He was a stranger who, save for a short visit to town for supplies, kept to himself. The man was later accused of interfering with the traps of other hunters and trapping without a license. When RCMP went to investigate hell broke loose, culminating in attempted murder of one RCMP constable and the murder of another at the hands of the man. The man, known by the alias Albert Johnson, lead RCMP on a six week chase across the frozen tundra before he was taken down. His true identity remains a mystery.

Sources:
[The Hunt For The Mad Trapper – Myth Merchant Films]
[The Mad Trapper of Rat River by Nash Neary]
[Goodreads.com - The Mad Trapper of Rat River by Dick North]
[Who was the Mad Trapper of Rat River? | Maclean’s | OCTOBER 1 1955]
[Goodreads.com - The Mad Trapper: Unearthing a Mystery by Barbara Smith]
[NWT and Y History project - may.htm]
[The RCMP Hunt for the Mad Trapper – The Wop May Chronicles]
[Constable Millen’s Cairn – PWNHC | CPSPG]
[CBC - Mad Trapper not a Canadian, scientific tests discover]
[GlobalTV - Northern Mysteries- The Mad Trapper Albert Johnson]
[Albert Johnson, “The Mad Trapper of Rat River” | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[Mackenzie River]
[The RCMP Hunt for the Mad Trapper – The Wop May Chronicles]

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Murder in Shell Lake: The Peterson Family Slayings (SK)

Mon, 02 Dec 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 102 - On the morning of August 15, 1967, in what was one of the most heinous random crimes ever to have happened in Canada, 9 members of the Peterson family of Shell Lake Saskatchewan were found gunned down in their modest farmhouse. Jim and Evelyn Peterson and 7 of their 9 children lay dead with no rhyme or reason for the crime. A madman was on the loose on the prairies.

Sources & Further Reading:
[Newspapers.com search - Canada / 1967-2019 / Shell Lake]
Marking 50 years since the Shell Lake murders, Canada’s worst random mass killing
[Victor Ernest Hoffman | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers]
[CBC Player | Shell Lake Mass Murder]
[Newsroom : Inquest in the death of Victor Hoffman announced]
[Madera Tribune 21 August 1967 — California Digital Newspaper Collection]
[Shell Lake murders | Revolvy]
[After their release, most mentally ill offenders left unchecked - The Globe and Mail]
[Shell Lake Massacre - Phyllis Peterson - ExtraOrdinary Lives - YouTube]
[Goodreads - Shell Lake Massacre by Peter Tadman]
[Village of Shell Lake » Oasis of the Parklands]
[Veterans’ Land Act | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[What is ECT?]
[A Brief History of Electroconvulsive Therapy | Psychology Today Canada]

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Who Killed Dana Bradley? (NL)

Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 101 - On the evening of December 14, 1981, 14-year-old, St. John's, Newfoundland, resident and grade 9 student, Dana Bradley, disappeared while hitchhiking home from a friend's house close to Village Mall. She was seen getting into a car with an unknown male, that drove off. She was found dead in woods outside the city 4 days later. She'd been sexually assaulted and murdered. To this day Dana's murder has not been solved and her case remains open.

Anyone with information about Dana’s murder should contact the [RCMP] at 709-772-5400 or call the anonymous [Crime Stoppers] tip line at 1-800-222-8477.

Promo from Crime Machine Podcast

Sources and further reading:
[CBC - 2016 - New DNA Evidence]
[Newfoundland and Labrador - Wikipedia]
[Man claims he witnessed Dana Bradley murder | The Western Star]
[An Alternate History of the Dana Bradley Murder Investigation — The Indy]
[Hitching a Ride: Darrin Mcgrath: 9781894463447: Books - Amazon.ca]
[Murder of Dana Bradley | Revolvy]
[Group Looking for Evidence - The Telegram]
[Some Dana Bradley murder suspects cleared with new DNA | The Telegram]
[Dana Bradley Murder - Original CBC Report from 1982 - YouTube]
[The Unresolved Murder of Dana Bradley : UnresolvedMysteries]
[Breaking their silence | Provincial | News | Truro News]
[The Telegram - St. John’s Newspaper - Dana Bradley Series]
[No justice for Dana | Local | News | The Telegram]
[Civilians dig up Dana Bradley cars, no evidence inside say RCMP]
[PressReader.com - RCMP opens up on Dana Bradley Bradley case]
[Search: dana Bradley | The Telegram]
[Dana Bradley’s face a constant reminder | The Compass]
[Justice for Dana Bradley - Home | Facebook]
[St. John’s missing women cases shrouded in mystery, more than 3 decades later]
[The Ghost Of Dana Bradley - YouTube]

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Live in Vancouver: The Disappearance of Madison Scott (BC)

Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 100 - This episode was recorded live at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver on November 9, 2019 as part of 2019 Vancouver Podcast Festival. In front of a packed house of energetic Dark Poutine listeners Mike and Scott went through a brief retrospective of some highlights from some of the most popular of the first 99 shows. The case covered in the second half of the show is the disappearance of Madison Scott, from Vanderhoof B.C. on the morning of May 28, 2011. Madison attended a party with friends and opted to stay alone in her tent at the Hogsback Lake Recreation Area after everyone else had gone. Madison was gone the next morning with her cellphone and keys, but her tent, truck and personal belongings were still there. She's not been seen or heard form since.

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Sources:
[Help Find Madison Scott]
[Telegraph Wilderness Trail, Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada, BC]
[Disappearance of Maddy Scott - Wikipedia]
[The Mysterious disappearance of Madison Scott - UnresolvedMysteries]
[R. v Charlie, 2017 BCSC 2187 (CanLII)]
[Madison Scott’s Mother Comments on BrainScratch Searchlight - YouTube]
[FRO’s b-day]
[http://www.vanderhoof.ca/]
[Recreation Sites and Trails BC - Hogsback Lake]
[Help find Maddy - YouTube] Somebody knows something - audio clip

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Remembrance Day 2019: Ardenne Abbey Massacre

Mon, 11 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 99 - Only days after the D-Day invasion 18 Canadians were taken as prisoners of war by the fanatical nazis in the 12 SS Panzer Division. The were led back to Abbaye d'Aredene in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France, a complex of structures that have stood since 1766. Over two days, June 7 and 8, 1944, 18 Canadian POW's, belonging to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers were murdered by men reporting to Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Kurt "Panzer" Meyer, who was later charged and convicted of war crimes for his hand in these and other murders of Canadian POWs at the hands of his troops.

Sources:
[Ardenne Abbey massacre - Wikipedia]
[Abbaye d’Ardenne - Veterans Affairs Canada]
[12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Wikipedia]
[(PDF) Kurt Meyer on Trial: A Documentary Record]
[D-Day veteran’s harrowing tale of advancing deep behind Nazi lines - YouTube]
[WarHistoryOnline - The Ardenne Abbey Massacre]
[The 1942 Dieppe Raid - Veterans Affairs Canada]
[WarMuseum.ca - A Chronology of Canadian Military History - Canada at D-Day, 1944]
[Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt “Panzer” Meyer]
[The 12th SS by Hubert Meyer]
[World War II: 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division Fought in Normandy]
[Guerres et violences à l’abbaye d’Ardenne]

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The Legend of Bloody Jack Krafchenko (MB)

Mon, 04 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0000

Episode 98 - After a life long career as a notorious thief, safe cracker, international bank robber and jail break artist in 1913, charismatic Bloody Jack Krafchenko made his final score; the bank in his home town of Plum Coulee, Manitoba. During the daytime robbery the bank's manager, H.M. Arnold was shot once and killed by the fleeing bandit. After a few days Krafchenko was apprehended in nearby Winnipeg. Before he was to go on trial for his life, he escaped from prison again, using his as yet undiscovered cache of riches as leverage to bribe his own lawyer, a prison guard and two other men into assisting him.

Sources:
R. v. Krafchenko, 1914 CanLII 618 (MB QB), <http://canlii.ca/t/gcjth>
R. v. Hagel, 1914 CanLII 769 (MB QB), <http://canlii.ca/t/g9b96>
R. v. Lakes, 1988 CanLII 3343 (BC SC), <http://canlii.ca/t/22wf1>
Manitoba History: The Story of “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko
Memorable Manitobans: John “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko (1881-1914)
Winnipeg Police Service - Bloody Jack
Settling the West: Immigration to the Prairies from 1867 to 1914 | Pier 21
Finding ‘Bloody Jack’ beyond the perimeter – Spectator Tribune
West End Dumplings: The Toronto Street hideout of “Bloody Jack” is for sale!
John Larry “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko (1881-1914) - Find A Grave Memorial
Self-incrimination - Wikipedia
Canada Evidence Act
Bloody Jack: Dennis Cooley, Douglas Barbour: 9780888643919: Books - Amazon.ca
Ben Bertram
Full text of “Vulcan Advocate”
Running With Dillinger: The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws
Catalog / Sears, Roebuck and Company. Spring 1910 (no.120)

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Halloween History & Canadian Ghost Stories

Mon, 28 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 097 - In this, the second anniversary episode of Dark Poutine, the guys talk about origins of some Hallowe'en traditions and history, personal Hallowe'en tales and ghost stories from every Canadian Province and Territory.

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Sources:
HauntedPlaces.org - Canada
Llewellyn’s Sabat Essentials: Samhain
The Book of Halloween 1919 by Ruth Edna Kelly
Forbes.com - Soul Cakes
Soul Cakes - Recipe
Trick or Treating Origins
Hallowe'en in Canada
UNICEF
Haunted Halifax
Canada Post - Ghostly Stamps
McLean's - Ghost Stories
Smithsonian - Lake Minnewanka
The Young Teazer
Stingy Jack

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Broken Arrow: Bomber 075 & the Lost Nuke (BC)

Mon, 21 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 096 - Just before midnight of Valentine's Day 1950, a Convair B36 bomber on maneuvers was lost somewhere over British Columbia. Twelve of the 17 crew survived. Also aboard was a Mark IV nuclear weapon, aka a Fat Man, just like the one dropped on Nagasaki Japan. Although, the bomb itself was jettisoned, it is unclear what became of the lead box containing the plutonium core to make the weapon active. This core, which would still be deadly today, may still lay on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean or in the wilds of BC, near where the plane was eventually found, if it exists at all.

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Sources:

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NCR: The Death of Brian Smith & Life of Jeffrey Arenburg (ON/NS)

Mon, 14 Oct 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 095 - On a summer evening in 1995 sportscaster and former NHL hockey player Brian Smith, 54, was shot by a stranger as he exited the CJOH studios in Ottawa, Ontario after a day's work. The two me had never met, but the gunman, a man named Jeffrey Arenburg from Bridgewater, Nova Scotia was convinced that the murder of the beloved sportscaster would bring attention to his plight, and perhaps, put a stop to his thoughts being stolen and broadcast by Smith's TV station. Arenburg, who'd suffered from paranoid delusions for years, and had been in and out of court and hospitals, was found NCR, not criminally responsible, for the murder.

Sources:
Brian Smith - Wikipedia
Jeffrey Arenburg - Wikipedia
Ottawa Citizen Articles about Jeffrey Arenburg at Newspapers.com
Not Criminally Responsible : Jeffrey Arenburg - The Fifth Estate (YouTube)
Not Criminally Responsible assessments - lawfacts.ca
Stats on verdicts of not criminally responsible in Canada
The Legacy of a Story: Double-Narrative of Jeffrey Arenburg and Brian Smith
UNITED STATES v. ARENBURG
Bill 68 2000 in memory of Brian Smith
Not Criminally Responsible Reform Act 2014
CBC - What does NCR mean?
Jeffrey Arenburg, killer of sportscaster Brian Smith, dead of heart attack
Brian's Law ruled constitutional

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Part 2 - Murder Most Pointless - Lynn Duggan & Patti Ducharme (BC)

Mon, 07 Oct 2019 05:11:00 -0000

Episode 094 - Part 2 of 2: After the murder of Lynn Duggan in her North Vancouver apartment, to escape the heat, prime suspect, an ex-VPD officer, Brock Graham ran away to Campbell River, B.C. He moved in with mother of four Patti Ducharme, in late 1995. All seemed well at first but soon the cracks in Brock's personality began to show.

In March of 1996, Brock brutally murdered Patti Ducharme after an argument. He ran back to the Lower Mainland where he was apprehended, charged and convicted for Patti's killing.

Brock continued to refuse to acknowledging that he'd killed Lynn Duggan even while in jail for Patti's murder with nothing to lose. In 2004, Brad Duggan, Lynn and Cheryl's brother, had the first of two restorative justice meetings with Brock Graham. This is where the case to solve Lynn's murder finally takes a turn.

Sources:
More Cheryl Duggan Interviews - © Dark Poutine 2019
The Duggan family private files and archives on the case
R. v. Graham, 1998 CanLII 5116 (BC CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/1dxnc>
Newpapers.com (searches for Brock Graham, Lynn Duggan and Patti Ducharme)
Cop: Forty-Three Years In The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Bill Sharp

Photo © Mike Browne

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Part 1 - Murder Most Pointless - Lynn Duggan & Patti Ducharme (BC)

Mon, 30 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 093 - Part 1 of 2: On the evening of June 17, 1993, after a day of worry, Cheryl Duggan, went to her 34-year-old twin sister Lynn's apartment in North Vancouver, BC. Cheryl soon discovered a grisly crime scene, and Lynn Duggan was never again seen alive again. The prime suspect, an ex-VPD officer, named Brock Graham who Lynn had dated only 3 times, was the main suspect from day one in the minds of the Duggan. Eventually the police came to agree, but Graham was not talking. In 1996, before the Duggan family could find justice for Lynn, Brock Graham, would kill again. This time in Campbell River, BC, where a mother of four named Patti Ducharme, who happened to be Brock's live in girlfriend was found brutally murdered in her home in much the same way authorities believed Lynn Duggan had been.

Sources:
Cheryl Duggan Interviews - © Dark Poutine 2019
The Duggan family files and archives on the case
R. v. Graham, 1998 CanLII 5116 (BC CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/1dxnc>
Newpapers.com
Cop: Forty-Three Years In The Royal Canadian Mounted Police by Bill Sharp

Photo © Mike Browne

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Collateral Damage - The Bombing of Flight 108 (QC)

Mon, 23 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 092 - On the morning of September 9, 1949, a DC-3 Canadian Pacific passenger plane, CP Flight 108, on a routine small hop flight up the St. Lawrence River crashed into the remote forest of Sault-au-Cochon, Quebec. All 23 aboard, 19 passengers and 4 crew, were killed instantly. Thanks to eyewitness reports of an explosion and first responders reporting the odour of dynamite, it was quickly determined that the crash was the result of sabotage. A Quebec City jeweller, J. Albert Guay quickly became the main suspect, his wife, Rita Morel, had been on the plane and determined to be the sole target. She'd recently discovered his affair with the teenage beauty Marie-Ange Robitaille. Guay also took a $10,000 travellers insurance policy out on his wife the day he bought her plane ticket to the ill fated flight. The other 22 killed were merely collateral damage so one man could get what he wanted.

Guay was quickly picked up with his two unlikely accomplices, a wheelchair bound watchmaker and his 44 year old sister, who'd been smitten with Guay. They were charged with multiple counts of murder. As the three were tried a story of betrayal, infidelity and greed emerged shocking the nation. All three were hanged for their participation in what was, up to that point, the third worst air disaster in Canadian history.

Sources:
Crash of a Douglas C-47-DL near Saint Joachim: 23 killed
CBC: To murder his wife, he killed 22 more: The Sault-au-Cochon plane crash of 1949
Roger Lemelin in MacLeans Magazine - My Friend Guay 1951
Douglas DC-3C (CF-CUA c/n 4518) Canadian Pacific Airlines
VICE She Was the Last Woman Executed In Canada. She May Have Been Innocent
New Yorker 1953 article by EJ Kahn - It Has No Name
Newpapers.com search for Albert Guay

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The .410 Murders - Denean Worms & Brenda Hughes (BC)

Mon, 16 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 091 - In early October 1984, Denean Worms, 19, went missing after a night out with friends. Denean's nude body was found 6 different ays later in a nearby gravel pit. She'd been raped, shot twice in the head with a .410 shotgun and tossed aside. There were no real suspects until late December 1984. Brenda Hughes, just 16, was found raped and murdered in her own home by her family returning from church. She too had been shot twice in the head by a .410 shotgun. A 22-year-old local man, Terrance Wayne Burlingham, was arrested and tried for the heinous crimes. Convicting him was not a straight forward undertaking.

Sources:
R. v. Burlingham, 1990 CanLII 484 (BC CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/1d7bf>
R. v. Burlingham, 1991 CanLII 2146 (BC CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/1d8wb>
R. v. Burlingham, 1993 CanLII 6884 (BC CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/23288>
R. v. Burlingham, 1995 2 SCR 206, 1995 CanLII 88 (SCC), <http://canlii.ca/t/1frk6>
Sinclair and the Scope of the Right to Counsel
Robert D. Keppel's Signature Murders: A Report of the 1984 Cranbrook, British Columbia Cases
VicNews.com - article
AbbyNews.com - article
newspapers.com - search for Terrance Wayne Burlingham

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Miscarried Justice – The Murder of Sandy Seale & Conviction of Donald Marshall Jr. (NS)

Mon, 09 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 090 - On evening in late May of 1971 police responded to reports of a young black male, Sandy Seale, having been stabbed in Sydney, Nova Scotia's Wentworth Park. A 17-year-old indigenous man, named Donald Marshall Jr., son of the Mi'kmaq Grand Chief who'd been at the scene, and injured himself, was later charged with the crime. After spending almost 12 years in prison Marshall was exonerated by a fresh RCMP investigation after new evidence was presented to Marshall by a friend. Donald Marshall Jr. was freed and the real killer, Roy Ebsary, was eventually convicted, and one of the largest inquiries into a wrongful conviction in Canadian history was launched.

Photo: provided by Marshall Family to the Canadian Encyclopedia

Sources:
Regina v. Marshall, 1972 CanLII 1345 (NS CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/hv00k>
R. v. Ebsary, 1984 CanLII 3507 (NS CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/g9nx0>
R. v. Ebsary, 1986 CanLII 4648 (NS CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/gc47w>
Wikipedia - Donald Marshall Jr
Mi’Kmaw Culture - Overview
Justice Denied: The Law Versus Donald Marshall by Michael Harris
Real Justice: Convicted for Being Mi'kmaq: The story of Donald Marshall Jr.
Royal Commission on the Donald Marshall, Jr Prosecution - PDF
Global News: N.S. introduces policy ensuring fair treatment of Indigenous Peoples in courts
Documentary - The Donald Marshall Jr. Story

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Billionaire’s Daughter: The Kidnapping of Cynthia Kilburn (BC)

Mon, 02 Sep 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 089 - Four days before Christmas in 1990 a North Vancouver woman named Cynthia Kilburn was kidnapped from her home. A threatening ransom note asking for $8.5 million was found pinned to the door of her home; her two children, 4-year-old twins, were found bound, but unharmed, in an upstairs bathroom. Unknown to most of her neighbours, Cynthia is the daughter of the philanthropic BC billionaire businessman and Canada's fourth richest man, Jim Pattison. The kidnappers knew who they had, but their poorly thought out scheme did not go as planned.

Sources:
Dead Ends: BC Crime Stories by Paul Wilcocks
R. v. Mulvahill, 1992 CanLII 347 (BC SC)
Seven Arrested After Kidnapping
Kidnap victim picked for judges' committee
What happened to Kataoka - Vancouver Sun
Newspapers.com
Jim Pattison Group

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Away Game: Burke and Hare - The Anatomy Murderers

Mon, 26 Aug 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 088 - Over a ten month period, starting in late 1827, a pair of Irish born serial killers William Burke and William Hare killed 16 people, for fun and for profit in Edinburgh, Scotland. The corpses of their victims, twelve women, three men and one child, were taken to Surgeon's Square and sold off to anatomist Dr. Robert Knox, for use in his anatomy classes.

Sources:
BurkeandHare.com
The Anatomy Murders by Lisa Rosner
Dr. Heinrich Von Staden’s The Discovery of the Body
Sanjib Kumar Ghosh’s Human Cadaveric Dissection
The Diary of a Resurrectionist - 1811-1812 by James Blake Bailey on Gutennburg.org
Mental Floss: The Era of the Body Snatchers
Mortsafes - The Vintage News
Burke and Hare: Serial Killing for Science (Ghastly Tales of Scotland) | Documentary
Broadside regarding the Burke and Hare trials
The History of Burke and Hare - 1884 by George MacGregor

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The Murder of Amber Kirwan (NS)

Mon, 19 Aug 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 087 - On the morning of October 9, 2011, 19-year-old Amber Kirwan failed to show up for an arranged ride home after leaving a local billiards hall in New Glasgow, N.S. After a massive search for almost a month Amber's body was found in a shallow grave in the nearby village of Heathbell. The man eventually charged and convicted of the crime had a surprising background. Should he have been in the community at all?

Sources:
R. v. Falconer, 2016 NSCA 22 (CanLII) http://canlii.ca/t/gp1bx
Pictou County Advocate - archives
Obituary of Amber Donna Kirwan
Timeline of Events in Amber Kirwan’s murder - Cape Breton Post
Surveillance Video at Dooly's - The Advocate
Murder of Taxi Driver - Robert Gerald LeBlanc
The song Taxi Phone by Dave Gunning

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The Altona School Shooting of 1902 (MB)

Mon, 12 Aug 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 086 - In October of 1902 the small, quiet Mennonite community of Altona, Manitoba was shaken by violent events at the hands of one of their own. The teacher at their one room school opened fire on three school trustees after an argument, wounding all three. He then returned to the school and shot three students, all daughters of the trustees he'd shot earlier.

Sources:
Spectator Tribune Article
Newspapers.com
School Shootings in Canada at Wikipedia
A Pictorial History of Altona
Winnipeg Free Press Article
Murder and Madness in a Mennonite Village

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Date with Death - The Murder of James Shannon (BC)

Mon, 05 Aug 2019 07:00:00 -0000

episode 085 - The day before Valentines Day in 2008, James Shannon, a nurse from Port Alberni, BC, met up with another man he'd met on the web site, Plenty of Fish. Although James was looking for love, the man he brought into his home brought something much more sinister. Days later, after not showing up for multiple shifts at work, James Shannon was found brutally murdered in his home. The man who committed the act, Kim Winslow Rothgordt, was claiming he'd been raped and was too intoxicated at the time to know what happened. The truth was nowhere near his claims.

Photo credit: Phil Smith on Flickr per CC licence

Sources:
R. v. Rothgordt, 2014 BCSC 1215 (CanLII)
Port Alberni on Wikipedia
MacLeans Magazine - Canada’s Most Dangerous Places 2018
Port Alberni ‘a safe place to be’ despite crime rate, says RCMP
Thunder Bay Podcast - CANADALAND
B.C. man convicted in second-degree murder of nurse in 2008 gets new trial
Gay Panic Defense on Wikipedia
BC judge says gay panic defence no longer valid

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Emanuel Jaques - The Shoeshine Boy Murder (ON)

Mon, 29 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 084 - July 28, 1977 was a hot summer day on the corner of Yonge and Dundas streets in what was then Toronto's seedier area. Three boys were shining shoes of passersby for change. After a day of work with little profit a tall, friendly stranger arrived with two pairs of shoes he needed shined. Claiming he had more lucrative work elsewhere he lured one to the younger boys, 12-year-old Emanuel Jaques, away. Emanuel was never seen alive again and the horrifying circumstances around his death divided the city.

Sources:
Book - OUTRAGED, by Robert J Hoshowsky
Newspaper.com
Wikipedia - Emanuel Jaques
Global News - 40 years Later
Court Case - R. v. Woods, 1980 CanLII 2928 (ON CA)
Court Case - Regina v. Betesh, 1975 CanLII 1451 (ON CJ)
Facts about child molestation

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Dark Poutine - Trailer

Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:56:00 -0000

True crime, legends, folklore, dark history and other creepy topics from the perspective of real live Canadians.

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The Minto Murders - Verna Decarie & Fred Fulton (NB)

Mon, 22 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 083 - The village of Minto, New Brunswick was rocked by the events occurring in April 2005 when a grisly murder scene was discovered at 358 Slope Road. Edlerly but active residents, Fred Fulton, known for his love of playing and listening to country music and his kind, wife Verna Decarie lay dead, butchered in their small rural home.

The village got it’s second blow when it became clear that one of their own, a 22-year-old neighbour of Fred and Verna’s, named Gregory Allen Despres was sought as a person of interest in the murders. He was on the run.

Bringing justice to this case would not prove an easy task in spite of a heap of evidence.

Sources:
R. v. Despres, 2008 NBQB 99 (CanLII) http://canlii.ca/t/1vz0x
R. v. Despres, 2007 NBQB 154 (CanLII) http://canlii.ca/t/1rb00
Wikipedia - Gregory Despres
SFGate Article
Global News articles about Shepody Healing Centre in NB

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Domestic Horror - The Murder of Donna Jones (ON)

Mon, 15 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 082 - On the morning of December 6, 2009, Ottawa paramedics and police responded to what sounded like a frantic 911 call placed by a man at a residence in the Bayshore area. The man was screaming that his wife was not breathing. Upon arriving they found the owner of the home, 33-year-old Donna Jones, deceased on a makeshift mattress on the basement floor. Donna's injuries and her time of death did not match the story that her husband Mark Peter Hutt was telling. Investigators would uncover a brutal history of abuse and torture ultimately leading to a heinous murder.

WARNING: This podcast includes graphic descriptions of violent domestic abuse and murder.

Sources:
R. v. Hutt, 2013 ONSC 2267 (CanLII)
CBC - Mark Peter Hutt police interview
Canada.com - Trial Coverage
Canada.com - More Trial Coverage
Psychology Today - How the brain works against abuse victims
Ottawa Citizen - Articles by Chloe Fedio and Andrew Seymour

Domestic Abuse Resources in Canada:
http://endingviolencecanada.org
Canada's Department of Justice
Canada's Treatment Programs for Men Who Abuse Their Partners

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The Cult of Brother XII and his Treasure (BC)

Mon, 08 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 081 - in the late 1920 and early 1930's a group called the Aquarian Foundation, led by a self-professed spiritual guru who called himself Brother XII set up just south of Nanaimo B.C. Brother XII drew wealthy followers to his cult with his promises of salvation through a coming apocalypse. As we've seen many times since the lust for power, sex and money corrupted the group, who, after scandals and cruel treatment turned on Brother XII.

He and a female follower, he claimed to be his wife, absconded with some of the treasure that the group had amassed. However, many believe there are still millions of dollars worth of Brother XII's gold hidden somewhere in the area.

Photo from the collection of Melody Wilson-Claridge

Sources:
Wikipedia - Brother XII and De Courcy Island
The Brother XII Affair
Books by Brother XII on Amazon
BrotherXII.com and the book Brother XII by John Oliphant
CBC - The Dream of Brother XII
Global - Brother XII's Gold
Atlas Obscura entry about Brother XII
Theosophy.org - About Theosophy
Book - Canadian Mysteries of the Unexplained
Documentary - The Canadians: Brother Twelve

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The Weird World of William Lyon Mackenzie King

Mon, 01 Jul 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 080 - The tenth Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon MacKenzie King, was instrumental in Canada's growth from a mere British colony to an independent nation within the Commonwealth. He saw the country through World War 2 and helped to create some of the social policies that continue to make Canada one of the greatest countries in the world to live.

MacKenzie King had his dark side too as is evidenced in his extensive diaries. His government oversaw the internment of 22,000+ who were either Canadians with Japanese heritage or Japanese nationals. His thoughts and decisions based on racial ideals will be shocking to some.

King's beliefs in the after life and spiritualist practices are probably the most bizarre. Driven by loneliness, Canada's longest serving Prime Minister believed he was able to communicate with the spirits of dead relatives, in particular his mother. He also claimed to have interacted with the spirits of other dead politicians, Leonardo da Vinci and even his own deceased dog.

Photo Credit / Mention de source :
Paul Horsdal. Library and Archives Canada, C-055544

Sources:
Wikipedia - William Lyon MacKenzie King
Library and Archives Canada - Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King
Diary Entry - MacKenzie King meets Adolph Hitler
Harper Memorial (Sir Galahad)
Video - From the Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King (2017)
OpenTextBC article on Japanese Internment in Canada
Japanese Canadian Internment | Narrated by David Suzuki
Mental Floss - Was Canada's Longest-Serving PM Also Its Strangest?
Book - King: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny
Book - Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King's Secret Life

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What Happened to Jodi Henrickson? (BC)

Mon, 24 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 079 - Jodi Henrickson, 17, was last seen in the company of her ex-boyfriend on the roadside near Miller's Landing on Bowen Island, BC on the morning of June 20, 2009. Her ex-boyfriend said that he walked away from Jodi after an argument. She has not been seen since.

At the time of her disappearance, Jodi Henrickson was 17-year-old Caucasian female with long dark brown hair, a small build and stood approximately 5'3". She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, black long sleeve shirt, and blue jeans.

Jodi's friends and family want to know what happened to her.

If you have any information the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) tip line number is 1-877-551-IHIT(4448). The team’s email is ihittipline@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or tips can be shared through SolveCrime.ca. A cash reward of up to $2000.00 will be paid for any information which leads to an arrest and charge.

Sources:
Facebook Group: Let's Find Jodi Henrickson!
Global News: Crime Stoppers video about Jodi Henrickson
Global News: IHIT takes over case
Global News: Ex-boyfreind charged with unrelated sex offenses
CTV News - New Charges Bring Hope
Vancouver Magazine article by Neil Boyd: Where's Jodi Henrickson?
CBC: Court ordered ex-boyfriend to stay away from Jodi
CBC: Father Denies Son's Involvement in Disappearance
The Province: Gavin's mother speaks out
PiqueNews Article
Squamish Reporter: What Happened to Jodi?
Squamish Reporter: Ten years of searching
Unsolved Canada - Jodi Henrickson
Reddit Article - Contains links to court documents obtained by CBC

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Joseph Galfy Jr. & Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (AB)

Mon, 17 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 078 - In May of 2013 police in New Jersey found respected, 73-year-old Lawyer, Joseph Galfy Jr. dead in the bedroom his home wearing only socks and underwear. Investigators were quickly onto a suspect who turned out to be a well known drifter.

Three months before, the suspect, 24-year-old, Canadian born Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, had become a internet celebrity, known as Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker. He was interviewed by Jessob Reisbeck for Fox News in Fresno California. In the interview Caleb, using another name, described coming to the aid of people who were being attacked by a large man who he'd been riding with only moments before. Using a hatchet from his backpack, Caleb had cleaved the man's skull allowing bystanders and later police to subdue him.

McGillvary was apprehended days later, but only tried for the murder in May of 2019, 6 years later. Although convicted, he maintains his innocence claiming he killed Galfy in self-defence.

Photo Credit: Jessob Reisbeck/YouTube/GlobalNews.ca screen grab

Sources:
Wikipedia - Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
Court Documents - People v Mcbride
Full Interview - Kai, Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, Amazing Interview w/ Jessob Reisbeck
Kai's Legal Support Fundrazr Page
Kai's Legal Support Facebook Page
Kai's Jimmy Kimmel Appearance
Songify This! - Smash, Smash SMASH

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The Ballarat Bandit (PE)

Mon, 10 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 077 - In 2004, after a year long chase across multiple U.S. States an unknown burglar, who'd proven quite a match fro even the best trackers, was cornered in Death Valley, near the ghost town of Ballarat, California. The chase first started there giving the perpetrator, and thorn in law enforcement's side, his name: The Ballarat Bandit. Rather than face prison, when capture was imminent, the man took his own life. After nearly another two years the man was finally identified as 50-year-old George Robert Johnston, a Canadian, from Prince Edward Island. He was a beloved husband and father of four beautiful daughters. His true motives for the chase through the desert died with him. (Photo is Public Domain)

Sources:
Wikipedia - The Ballarat Bandit
CBC: Fugitive ID'd as PEI Man
Pahrump Valley Times Article
Jason Kersten's - The Ballarat Bandit (PDF)
TV Episode: The Investigators - Lone Fugitive

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The Vancouver Stanley Cup Riots - 1994 and 2011 (BC)

Mon, 03 Jun 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 076 - The beautiful city of Vancouver has a surprisingly dark history of rioting over the years. Some have been politically and racially motivated, others have been music or sport related. The two we tackle in this episode are a couple of the most recent and most memorable. The NHL's Vancouver Canucks made the Stanley Cup finals twice in a span of 17 years. After both series, coming on the heels of game 7 losses, bad apples tore up our fair city.

Sources:
Wikipedia 1994 Riot
STANLEY CUP RIOT, the real story 94 VideoPedia
Global: Time Line of 1994 Riot
Berntt v. The City of Vancouver et al
Wikipedia 2011 Riot
Global: Full Executive Summary on 2011 Riot
Archives: Global’s breaking news coverage of the 2011 Stanley Cup Riot
100 Things Canucks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

NOTE: Photo used for cover art is © Mike Browne from 2011's game 4 in a fan zone in downtown Vancouver. It shows disappointed Canucks fans and does not show people involved in the riots after game 7.

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Away Game - The Tunguska Event

Mon, 27 May 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 075 - In the summer of 1908 a huge explosion levelled over 2000 square kilometres in Siberia. The event happened near the remote Tunguska river. It created the loudest sound ever heard by human ears and was visible through Europe and Asia. Locals reported seeing a large fireball rumbling across the sky before the blast. To this day, almost 111 years later, the exact cause of Tunguska Event remains a mystery.

Sources:
Russian Site on the Event - photos, investigation and first hand accounts
100 Wonders: The Tunguska Event - Atlas Obscura - Video
NASA article on Tunguska
The Tunguska Event at Wikipedia
Nuclear Secrecy - Nukemap
Leonid Kulik
Noctilucent Clouds
Cornell article on Mirror Matter

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The Julie Stanton Story (ON)

Mon, 20 May 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 074 - In April of 1990, 14-year-old Julie Ann Stanton disappeared near her Pickering, Ontario home. Right away investigators suspected, Peter John Stark, a neighbour and father of Julie's best, in Julie's disappearance. After 4 years, the police and Crown finally had enough to go arrest Stark, who turned out to be a serial predator with a very dark past.

NOTE: This week's guest host, Johanna Hemenway, went to the same high school and was in the same grade as Julie Stanton. She and some of her friends provided more insight around their experience with the crime and memories of the victim for the episode.

Sources:
R. v. Stark, 2000 CanLII 3503 (ON CA)
CBC The Detectives - Project Hitchhiker
York Police Cold Cases - Marie Woods
CP24 - Killer dies in prison

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The Murder of Shirley Duguay (PE)

Mon, 13 May 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 073 - In rural Prince Edward Island, on October 7, 1994 a car was found abandoned, away from the main road and in a field. The licence plates were missing and there appeared to be blood spatter on the windshield and throughout the vehicle's interior. The car was found to belong to a 32-year-old mother of five named Shirley Anne Duguay. RCMP investigated and were told by Shirley's family that she had not been seen in days. She'd disappeared, but thanks to evidence found by searchers, police believed that Shirley had been murdered.

Shirley's body was found months later in a shallow grave. Douglas Leo Beamish, Shirley's ex common-law spouse and father of three of her children, was arrested and charged with Shirley's murder. Some of the evidence used against Beamish had never been utilized at trial before. This case from Canada's tiny province would be precedent setting.

Sources:
R. v. Beamish, 1999 CanLII 4537 (PE SCAD)
Douglas Leo Beamish at Murderpedia
Forensic Files - Season 7, Ep 7: Purr-fect Match
The New Detectives - Season 8, Ep 3: Material Witness
Wikpedia - The Murder of Shirley Duguay
The Guardian - Parole Denied
Tears of the Cheetah by Dr. Stephen J. O'Brien

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The Klaus Family Murders (AB)

Mon, 06 May 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 072 - On a freezing December morning the Castor Volunteer Fire Department braved the icy Alberta roads to attend a structure fire at a farm a few kilometers outside town. When the firefighters arrived there were red flags evident immediately.

The family dog lay dead in the driveway from an apparent gunshot wound, two 9mm casings were nearby as was a partially full gas can which lay only meters away from the front door of the home, now almost burned to the ground. Three people, Sandra and Gordon Klaus, and their adult daughter Monica, had been at home at the time of the unsurvivable inferno. The only member of the immediate family left alive was the couple’s eldest son and Monica’s brother, Jason, who lived in a trailer nearby.

Who could have committed horrific acts and why? As the investigation unfolded a bizarre coverup story emerged consisting of communication with the spirits of the deceased.

Sources:
R v Klaus, 2018 ABQB 6 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/hpmwh
R v Klaus, 2018 ABQB 97 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/hqf49
R v Klaus, 2017 ABQB 537 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/h5sbp
R v Klaus, 2017 ABQB 689 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/hnb4z
R v Klaus, 2017 ABQB 720 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/hnz2j
R v Klaus, 2017 ABQB 721 (CanLII), http://canlii.ca/t/hnzzk
After the Fire: Murder, Lies and a Missing Deer Head
Klaus Family Obituary
Jason Klaus Police Interview
Joshua Frank Confession

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The Story of Samantha Walsh (NL)

Mon, 29 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 071 - It's been a long time coming, but this is our first episode taking place entirely in Newfoundland. On the night of February 6, 2000 nearly the entire population of the tiny town of Fleur de Lys was out looking for 13-year-old Samantha Walsh. She'd gone missing on a three minute walk between her grandmother's house and her own home in weather that was -25 °C. As the weeks wore on with no verified signs of Samantha suspicions fell on a local 16-year-old boy dividing the small community. Many did not believe that one of their own could hurt a child.

Guest co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
Into the Night: The Story of Samantha Walsh by Gordon Walsh
Saltwater Joys as sung by 10-year-old Samantha Walsh
Article about Fleur De Lys
newfoundlandandlabrardor.com - Iceberg Viewing
The Story of Samantha Walsh - Telegram Article
Globe and Mail Article - Murder charge devastates remote hamlet

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The Murder of Taylor Van Diest (BC)

Mon, 22 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 070 - In the quiet city of Armstrong B.C. on Halloween night 2011, Taylor Van Diest, 18, left her house dressed as a zombie. She was excited to meet up with her pals to go trick or treating one last time before they were 'too old'. Taylor stopped responding to text messages just over ten minutes into her short walk to her friend's home. She was found badly beaten and clinging to life two hours later by friends and family frantically searching. The fun loving girl with no known enemies died in hospital the next morning. It would take good old fashioned police work coupled with forensic DNA evidence to bring her killer to justice.

Sources:
Taylor Van Diest Facebook
Taylor Van Diest Press Conference (Nov.4/11)
Van Diest Suspect DNA (video)
RCMP Taylor Van Diest murder suspect (video)
R. v. Foerster, 2017 BCCA 105 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/h0b5z>
Killer's Videotaped Confession
Foerster Pleads Guilty to Earlier Attacks
Foerster Sr. gets three years for enabling murderer's escape

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Roch Theriault and the Ant Hill Kids (ON)

Mon, 15 Apr 2019 07:00:00 -0000

Episode 069 - On August 14, 1989 an emaciated woman favouring the stump of a recently severed arm emerged from the woods near the tiny town of Burnt River, Ontario. She was known to police as a member of the Ant Hill Gang, a religious cult, run by the charismatic and enigmatic Roch Theriault, who'd changed his name to Moses. As the woman's story came out, so did other tales of violence, sexual abuse, torture and murder at the hands of Roch and others in the group who were doing his bidding.

Note: There are extremely graphic depictions of violence in this episode that may be disturbing to some listeners.

Disclaimer by: Tyler Allen of The Minds of Madness Podcast

Sources:
Savage Messiah by Paul Kaihla and Ross Laver
Roch Theriault wikipedia
Macleans Magazine - The Ant Hill Kids (1993)
cvltnation.com
Cults That Kill by Wendy Joan Biddlecombe Agasr
InfoSect - Examples of Problematic Group Functioning
Cult Leader Roch Thériault aka The Deadly Messiah (Crime Documentary)
New York Daily News
Global News: Notorious Cult Leader Found Dead in Prison

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The Murder of Reena Virk (BC)

Mon, 08 Apr 2019 10:00:00 -0000

Episode 068 - Troubled 14-year-old Reena Virk had been missing for a week when her battered, semi-nude body was plucked from the water in the Gorge under the Craigflower bridge in Victoria, B.C., on November 22, 1997. Reena had initially been lured to a spot by friends, then swarmed and savagely beaten by a group of 8 youths, that consisted mostly of girls between 14 and 16. After staggering away Reena was followed by a male and female who further beat and then murdered her to 'keep her quiet". A story of 'bad girls', bullying, racism and murder emerged shocking the nation. The quest for justice for Reena was not a straight nor easy path.

Research: Rebecca McNall

Disclaimer read by: Tyler Allen of The Minds of Madness Podcast

Sources:
Reena: A Father's Story by Manjit Virk
Under the Bridge by Rebecca Godfrey
VICE article on Reena Virk
Court Documents about the Reena Virk murder
GLOBAL NEWS: Timeline: Reena Virk murder and the trials of Kelly Ellard
GLOBAL NEWS: Mother of murdered B.C. teen Reena Virk dies in ‘tragic accident’
GLOBAL NEWS: Reena Virk’s killer Kelly Ellard gets new extension on day parole
Wikipedia Article on Reena Virk

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The Falcon Lake UFO Incident (MB)

Mon, 01 Apr 2019 09:00:00 -0000

Episode 067 - In May of 1967 an RCMP constable on patrol near Falcon Lake, Manitoba was flagged down by a wild eyed man with a fantastic story to tell. The man, Stefan Michalak, a 51-year-old amateur geologist had been prospecting deep in the brush when he claimed he had a close encounter with two UFOs. After this initial report the events near Falcon Lake became one of the most investigated UFO events in Canadian history.

Sources:
Library and Archive Canada - Canada’s UFOs: The Search for the Unknown
CBC Archives: The Falcon Lake Incident (1983)
When They Appeared: Falcon Lake 1967: The inside story of a close encounter
Creepy Canada - UFO 1967, Falcon Lake, Manitoba incident
Falcon Lake incident is Canada's 'best-documented UFO case,' even 50 years later
More than 2,000 UFO sightings reported in Manitoba over 200 years
Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 5, Episode 8 - Full Episode
UFO Sightings in Canada - Wikipedia
Pentagon reveals secret UFO program

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The Great Amherst Mystery [with Morgan Knudsen] (NS)

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0000

Episode 66 - This week we go back in time to 1878 in Amherst Nova Scotia. We learn about one of Canada’s most documented and as yet unexplained paranormal events. Esther Cox, an ordinary 18-year-old in the town was at the center of these horrific psychic attacks, some people believe to have been poltergeists. It began with the feeling of something under the bed, odd noises and Esther suffering a weird illness. The events went on for months, eventually led to items flying around the home and mysterious fires being set seemingly out of nowhere.

In the second half of the show we speak to paranormal investigator, author, teacher and media personality, Morgan Knudsen of entityseeker.ca. She gives us some insight into the case of Esther Cox as well as some others including those included in Blue Ant Media’s Paranormal 911 which can be seen here in Canada on Sunday nights at 8:00 pm Eastern.

Sources:
The Great Amherst Mystery - Wikipedia
A Critical Study of "The Great Amherst Mystery Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research
Walter Hubbell's - The Great Amherst Mystery aka The Haunted House
Personal Experiences in Spiritualism

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Colin Thatcher: The Murder of Joann Wilson (SK)

Mon, 18 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0000

Episode 65: On a cold night in January in 1983, after hearing strange noises coming from the property nearby a neighbour found a woman's brutally bludgeoned body on the bloody floor of her open garage. She had also been shot once behind the ear. The body was that of Joann Wilson, ex-wife of Colin Thatcher, Saskatchewan M.L.A. and former Energy Minister and son of the Province's 9th premiere. The two had divorced bitterly only years before and suspicion fell on Colin right away. The ensuing investigation revealed the shocking facts of the case and led to Thatcher's downfall.

Research & Writing:
Katherine Buchanan

Books:
A Canadian Tragedy by Maggie Siggins
Deny, Deny, Deny: The Rise and Fall of Colin Thatcher by Garrett Wilson.
Not Above The Law by Heather Bird

Other Sources:
newspapers.com
CBC Timeline
Supreme Court Judgment
Colin Thatcher on Revolvy
CourtTV Crime Library - Archived

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The Cottage Killer - David Snow (ON & BC)

Mon, 11 Mar 2019 10:00:00 -0000

Episode 064 - In April of 1992 Ian and Nancy Blackburn did not show for a family get together near their recreational property in Caledon, Ontario. The couple were found murdered and stuffed into the trunk of Nancy's car outside their home in Toronto. The number one suspect, had allegedly been breaking into properties in the Caledon area throughout the winter and his aberrant behaviour had been escalating toward the dangerous and bizarre.

Although identified as, David Alexander Snow, 37, an eccentric antiques dealer in Orangeville near Caledon, he eluded police. In Vancouver, BC, where he'd fled, Snow went on a two week crime spree of kidnapping, rape, robbery and violence, before being apprehended by North Vancouver RCMP on July 12, 1992.

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Research Assistance: Rebecca McNall

Sources:

Crime Seen by Kate Lines - book
Cold North Killers by Lee Mellor - book
A Friend of the Family by Alison Shaw - book
Canadian Monsters by Robert Keller - book
David Alexander Snow - murderpedia
David Alexander Snow | Crime Documentaries
MacLeans Magazine 1992 - A Twisted Case
R. v. Snow, 2000 BCCA 113 (CanLII) , http://canlii.ca/t/5363
R. v. Snow, 1996 CanLII 8398 (BC CA), http://canlii.ca/t/1wntx
R. v. Snow, 2004 CanLII 34547 (ON CA), http://canlii.ca/t/1j0sb

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Mass Murderer: Dale Merle Nelson (BC)

Mon, 04 Mar 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 063 - In the wee hours of September 5, 1970, after a binge of alcohol and possibly LSD, Dale Merle Nelson, 33, a logger and father of three snapped. In just over an hour he'd murdered 7 residents, including 4 children, of tiny Creston B.C. He had then absconded with another child into the local wilderness. That child, 8-year-old Cathy St. Amand, would also be found butchered where Nelson stated he'd left her, prior to his capture just a day after the massacre; one of the worst in Canadian history.

Sources:
Dale Merle Nelson at murderpedia
Dale Merle Nelson at Wikipedia
The Limits of Sanity by Larry Still - Book
Various articles at newspapers.com
Dale Merle Nelson manhunt photos by John Denniston

Update for episode 60: Thank you to physicist Dr.Camilla Moir for her hypothesis on what Granger Taylor may have been attempting the night he died. Link 1 & Link 2

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Away Game - The North Hollywood Shootout

Mon, 25 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 062 - On the morning of February 28, 1997, two heavily armed men entered the Bank of America Branch on Laurel Canyon Blvd in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Over 44 minutes in a futile attempt at escape, the two men held off police and terrified a neighbourhood with automatic gunfire, all caught live on TV.

Sources:
northhollywoodshootout.com Archived
North Hollywood Shootout Wikipedia entry
Criminal Minds Wiki
Scanner Audio Part 1 YouTube
Scanner Audio Part 2 YouTube
Scanner Audio Part 3 YouTube
Scanner Audio Part 4 YouTube
LAPD 1998 Medal of Valor Recipients
Telemundo Coverage YouTube
Live TV News helicopter coverage YouTube

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Serial Killer: Michael Wayne McGray (NS, BC, QC, NB)

Mon, 18 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 061 - In the spring of 1985, 17-year-old Elizabeth Gail Tucker went missing when hitchhiking from Dartmouth to Southwestern, Nova Scotia. Tucker was the first of many murder victims, from a very diverse pool, of one of Canada's coldest and most outspoken serial killers, Michael Wayne McGray. McGray was convicted of 7 murders, one of which happened after years in custody. McGray remorselessly admits to as many as 10 more murders and claims, given the chance, he would do it again and again.

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Research Assistance:
Rebecca McNall

Sources:
Michael Wayne McGray Wikipedia Serial Killer Michael Wayne McGray Crime Documentary - YouTube
Michael Wayne McGray Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia
Michael Wayne McGray | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
Global News audio clips
Newspapers.com
BC Cornoner's Verdict on in custody death of Jeremy Michael Phillips (PDF)
Serial killer describes killing cellmate | CBC News

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Spaceman: The Disappearance of Granger Taylor (BC)

Mon, 11 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 060 - On a stormy evening in November of 1980, Granger Taylor disappeared without a trace. Granger was a shy, gentle giant and eccentric mechanic who had become obsessed with outer space and UFO's. Leaving all his possessions behind a note was found stating he was off to walk aboard an alien spacecraft for a 42 month long journey. Although, what was assumed to be some of Granger's remains were found 6 years later, more questions still haunt his friends and family. What happened to Granger?

As well we chat with Jennifer Horvath from Toronto based Alibi Entertainment who Executive Producer of Spaceman, a documentary about Granger's odd life and disappearance now available, streaming in Canada only, on CBC Gem.

Sources:
Vice Article: [The Man Who Went to Space and Disappeared]
Times Colonist: [The vanishing of Granger Taylor]
Henry McKay Audio: [UFO hovers outside hospital 1970 British Columbia]
Podcast Promo: [One Eye Open Podcast]

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Show Primer, Canadian Myths and Listener Q & A

Mon, 04 Feb 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 059 - In a bit of a palate cleansing episode after two of our most brutal, Mike and Scott bring listeners up to speed with a show primer, answering burning questions like, "What is a toque?" and "What's in a Nanaimo bar?". We spend some time debunking myths about Canada and then take on listener questions via write in and phone.

Sources:
Favourite Canadian Horror Movies: The Fly and The Changeling
Favourite Non-True Crime Podcasts we like: Gilbert Gottfried, Joe Rogan, Varmints, Canadaland
Official Nanaimo Bar Recipe
Minds of Madness Podcast

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The Beast of BC - Part 2: Four More Murders & Aftermath (BC)

Mon, 28 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 058 - The murders of 7 children had taken place between November 1980 and mid July of 1981. Although evidence had yet to be uncovered, police began to look at one suspect intensely. His name was Clifford Robert Olson Jr. Although surveillance was supposed to be in place, Olson managed to murder 4 more children in the Lower Mainland over the span of just 7 days.

After captured Olson made a 'cash for bodies' deal with police, which became one of the most discussed deals with a criminal in Canadian history. Even after conviction, Olson's behaviour continued to hurt others, especially the families of the victims.

Sources:
Clifford Olson - Wikipedia
Vancouver Police Museum: Beast of BC - Part 1and Part 2
Newspapers.com
BCTV Archives thanks to Global News
MacLeans Magazine Archives
Crime Library - Clifford Olson
Book: Where Shadows Linger
Book: Final Payoff by Ian Mulgrew
Book: Predator by Peter Worthington
Book: Clifford Olson: The Beast of British Columbia by Elizabeth Broderick
Poem written and narrated by David Thorvold Olson - Postcards from Gravelly Beach

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The Beast of BC - Part 1: Murder x7 (BC)

Mon, 21 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 057 - Starting in November of 1980 children between the ages of 9 and 18 years old began to go missing in Surrey, Burnaby and Coquitlam. A few were found sexually assaulted and brutally murdered, others were written off as runaways, some think due to systemic classism within local police departments. No real connections were made in cases until 7 kids were gone by late July of 1981, almost 9 months later. Police began to look at one suspect intensely, a man named Clifford Robert Olson Jr. But they didn't have enough hard evidence to arrest him and he was not done killing.

We will cover his next 4 murders, eventual capture and aftermath in next week's episode.

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The Crimes of Peter Demeter (ON)

Mon, 14 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 056 - In the summer of 1973, 32-year-old, Austrian born model turned wife and mother, Christine Demeter, was found deceased in the garage on the family home in Mississauga, ON. Early on, suspicion fell on Peter Demeter, Christine’s husband and Hungarian born multi-millionaire, jet-setting Toronto real estate developer. The truth uncovered a calculated plan concocted by psychopathic mind, that was just getting started.

Sources:

Regina v. Demeter, 1975 CanLII 685 (ON CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/g14jp> R. v. Demeter, 1975 CanLII 50 (ON CA), < http://canlii.ca/t/1vln3 > Demeter v. R., [1978] 1 SCR 538, 1977 CanLII 25 (SCC), <http://canlii.ca/t/1tx3n>
I Miss You, Hugs and Kisses (1978) - Full Movie Murderpedia - Peter Demeter
Andrea Demter - PTSD CBC Article
News Article - Mississauga's Most Notrious Muder Case
Book - By Persons Unknown, George Jonas and Barbara Amiel Wikipedia - Peter Demeter

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Where is Michael Dunahee? (BC)

Mon, 07 Jan 2019 11:00:00 -0000

Epsiode 055 - In Victoria BC, on March 24, 1991, Crystal and Bruce Dunahee were worried when their four year old son Michael Wayne Dunahee went missing without a trace from a playground in broad daylight. The Dunahee's were metres away and away for mere minutes when MIchael disappeared. He has not been seen since. For the last 28 years the Dunahee family, with the help of Victoria PD, continues to do what they can to keep hope alive, in what has become one of the most well known missing person cases in Canadian history.

Sources:
michaeldunahee.ca
missingkids.ca
Facebook Page: We Will Never Forget Michael Dunahee
Global News Archive
Multiple articles found on Newspapers.com
Crime Seen by Kate Lines
doenetwork case

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Holiday Special: Whoville's Stolen Christmas

Mon, 24 Dec 2018 05:00:00 -0000

Episode 054 - In this episode we find out that the iconic story by Dr Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is actually a true crime tale about a man living in the mountains above Squamish B.C. Mike and Scott dive into a thoughtful and serious break down of what may have motivated the man known only as "The Grinch" to commit such heinous acts as ripping off an entire town's Christmas in the late 1950's.

Sources:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Mike's wacky head

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Alicia Ross: Lily Among the Thorns (ON)

Mon, 17 Dec 2018 12:37:00 -0000

Episode 053 - In Thornhill Ontario, on a warm summer night in August of 2005 25-year-old Alicia Ross vanished from her family home without a trace. The intense search proved fruitless and foul play was expected early on. Alicia's disappearance left a city in fear and her family and friends sick with worry. When someone came forward with news, it was the worst kind.

NOTE: Show co-hosted by temp co-host @carolbrowne as Scott is away in Australia.

Sources:
AliciaRoss.ca
R. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007 CanLII 21124 (ON SC)
Wikipedia Article: Alicia Ross
America's Most Wanted (archived) - Missing: Alicia Ross
Newspapers.com - Search for Alicia Ross
SeanHine.com
MyJewishLearning.com - Why Jews Hang a Mezuzah on the Doorpost

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Icebound: Franklin's Lost expedition (NU)

Mon, 10 Dec 2018 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 052 - In 1845 an expedition led by experienced explorer, British Naval Rear Admiral, Sir John Franklin set off northward to conquer the fabled Northwest Passage. After a stop in Greenland the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with 129 crew aboard were never seen alive by European eyes again. Over the next 170 years, the fate of the ships andt their crews would finally be revealed, thanks to the help of the Inuit people and their oral traditions.

Sources:
Wikipedia Entry for Franklin’s Lost Expedition
Parks Canada Site – The Franklin Expedition
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Sir John Franklin
Global News - Ships Gifted to Canada and New Artifacts
Cannibalism According to John Rae
Letter left at King William Island
List of provisions on Erebus and Terror
The book Dead Reckoning by Ken McGoogan

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Away Game: Ed Gein - The Butcher of Plainfield

Mon, 03 Dec 2018 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 051 - After a long stint of playing at home in Canada, this week we take you to Plainfield, Wisconsin where in the late 1950's the entire town was shocked to find there was a depraved monster in their midst. Small in stature, shy, but somewhat odd, Ed Gein was the last person townsfolk would peg as a murderer, grave robber and necrophile. Gein's horrific crimes went on to inspire writers to create some of the most memorable Hollywood villians of all time, namely Norman Bates in Psycho, Leatherface of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs and more.

** EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: LISTENER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED **

Sources:
Wikpedia's entry on Ed Gein
Harold Schecter's book Deviant: The True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho
Robert Keller's book Unhinged: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein
Ed Gein's psychological profile
Articles on Ed Gein's murders at newspapers.com
Generation Why's blog post about Georgia Jean Weckler
Jewish Virtual Library article on Bitch of Buchenwald Ilse Koch
Documentarian Errol Morris talks about Ed Gein

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Edmonton Armoured Truck Massacre (AB)

Mon, 26 Nov 2018 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 050 - In the early morning hours shots ring out at the Hub Mall inside the TD Canada Trust ATM vestibule at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Police attend to find three G4S security guards dead, one man critcally wounded. Another guard, Travis Brandon Baumgartner, was also missing, as was the armoured truck they'd arrived in and over $360,000 in cash. It quickly became evident that Baumgartner weas no victim and the manhunt was on.

Sources:
Hub Mall
Global News articles tagged Travis Baumgartner
@Leetrav on Twitter
W5 Documentary - Armed and Dangerous
Travis Baumgratner entry at Muderpedia

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The Jennifer Pan Story (ON)

Mon, 19 Nov 2018 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 049 - On the evening of November 8, 2010 a woman called 911 in a panic. She claimed that intruders had entered her house, tied her up, took her family's cash before shooting her parents. Police responded finding Jennifer's mother Bich Ha Pan, dead of multiple gunshot wounds. Jennifer's father had escaped the house and was bleeding from wounds of his own. Police found Jennifer bound but unharmed upstairs. What at first appeared to be a random house invasion, turned out to be far more cold blooded.

Sources: R. v. Pan, 2013 ONSC 7865 (CanLII), Jennifer Pan Interrogation Video 10 hours 34 minutes Global News Articles tagged Jennifer Pan TorontoLife: Jennifer Pan's Revenge article Tiger Parenting article Reid Technique police interrogation tactic Eric Carty Death article

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Remembrance Day & The Great War

Sun, 11 Nov 2018 16:00:00 -0000

Episode 048 - All Canadians are taught to observe the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year with a moment of silence and thoughtful reflection about those who made great sacrifice so we could enjoy the freedoms we do today. This episode marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice to end hostilities in the Great War, World War 1. Here we commemorate the brave men and women who have donned a uniform in service of our country, including medal winners and every day soldiers, like Mike’s grandfather, Private Courtney Tremaine Browne.

Sources:
In Flanders Fields poem
Canadian National War Museum
Legion.ca - Remembrance Day
Veterans Affairs Canada - Remembrance Day
The Five Causes of World War 1 - simplified
85th in France and Flanders
Passchedale Audio
Victoria Cross Recipients WW1
Margaret McDonald
Private George McLean
Keep the Home Fires Burning - John McCormack 1917
Search: Personnel Records of the First World War

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The Legend of Slumach and his Lost Gold Mine (BC)

Mon, 05 Nov 2018 11:00:00 -0000

Episode 047 - In 1890 an enigmatic character and member of the Katezie indigenous tribe, Slumach, was charged and convicted of the murder of a man named Louie Bee. It was believed that Slumach may have been protecting a massive gold find near Pitt Lake outside of Maple Ridge, BC. After Slumach was hanged for his crime. The legend of his unclaimed gold grew. For over a century many have tried and failed to find Slumach's cursed treasure. A few have died trying.

Sources: Slumach.ca Slumach’s Curse (video) Curse of the Lost Gold Mine - 1994 (video) Lost Mines Found - questionable (video) About Sturgeon Pitt Lake’s Lost Gold Mine B25 Bomber story and photos Supposed coordinates of bomber

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Halloween 2018: Campfire Stories

Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:00:00 -0000

Epsiode 046: To celebrate our Halloween 2018 and Dark Poutine's first anniversary we dive into the paranorma. Mike and Scott share some of their own supernatural stories. Celebrating with us around the campfire telling their own spooky tales are a few of our friends from the podcasting community from all over the world.

Joining us are:

All Crime No Cattle from Fort Worth, Texas
Left Behind Podcast from Nova Scotia
Point Blank: A true Crime Podcast from Australia
36 Times - Canadian True Crime from Nova Scotia
Writing About Crime from Manitoba
The Asian Madness Podcast from Taiwan
Occultae Veritatis from Saskatchewan
Ignorance Was Bliss from Salem, MA
The Nighttime Podcast from Nova Scotia
Minds of Madness from Ontario

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The Disappearance of Mekayla Bali (SK)

Sun, 21 Oct 2018 15:41:00 -0000

Episode 045: On April 12, 2016 after skipping school, which was allegedly uncharacteristic, 16-year-old Mekayla Bali disappeared from Yorkton, Saskatchewan. She has not been seen, definitively, since.

"Mekayla is described as a Caucasian female, approximately 5'2" tall and weighs approximately 114 lbs, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is known to change her appearance: she has red-ish hair which can be dyed blonde or other colours and she wears her hair down, pulled back, straight or wavy. She sometimes wears dark rimmed (teal) glasses and a teal/mint coloured infinity scarf. When Mekayla was reported missing she was 16-years-old; she has since turned 17-years-old. Mekayla also goes by the name Mekayla NIEBERGALL." from SaskCrimestoppers

Sources:

RCMP Missing Mekayla Bali Interpol Mekayla Bali RCMP Video RCMP Press Conference April 2016 RCMP Press Conference July 2016 Our Story: Mekayla Bali: Missing Since Apr 12, 2016 GloblalTV: ‘I feel that I have failed you’: mother asks for help finding Mekayla Bali Reddit: Unresolved Mysteries / Mekayla Bali Case Calgary Possible Sighting Amber Alert Criteria DaughterProject.ca BringMekaylaBaliHome.com Nighttime Podcast - Where is Mekayla Bali? True Crime Talk - Missing Mekayla Bali - Facebook Group

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Murder in the Soo: The Slaying of Wesley Hallam (ON)

Sun, 14 Oct 2018 17:09:00 -0000

Episode 044 - On January 11, 2011 people walking along the road spotted a headless, bare torso floating in Cold Water Creek off Landslide Road in Sault Ste Marie, Ontario. The man was later identified as 29-year-old Wesley Hallam. Three local men, well knonw to police, were quickly apprehended and charged with first degree murder and causing idignity to human remains. After over five years of hard fought investigation and lengthy criminal proceedings the case was 'resolved', but the ending horrified Wesley's family, friends and many residents of The Soo, even the police.

Sources:

Sources: http://canlii.ca/t/gt2v7 http://canlii.ca/t/gn040 http://canlii.ca/t/flt1r http://canlii.ca/t/fwsm6 http://canlii.ca/t/g8k9s https://youtu.be/d2kqgX2KjTY Steel Town Down - Vice and W5 documentary http://yourlifemoments.ca/sitepages/obituary.asp?oid=458790 http://northernhoot.com/murder-wesley-hallam-getting-away-murder/ http://northernhoot.com/release-looming-hallam-family-untold-truth/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvbU0Bl0i-0 Press Conference http://northernhoot.com/remembering-wesley-hallam-if-when-you-wake-up-in-the-morning/ https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/details-of-wesley-hallams-death-emerge-as-three-sentenced-to-jail-346246 https://globalnews.ca/news/2875716/ontario-mother-receives-sons-remains-more-than-five-years-after-his-killing/ https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/mitchell-apologizes-mearow-and-jocko-dont-346489 https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/eric-mearow-to-stand-trial-on-weapons-charges-1017453 https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/anatomy-of-a-knife-fight-346637

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The Mysterious Death of Cindy James (BC)

Sun, 07 Oct 2018 20:19:00 -0000

Episode 043 - After over 6 years of apparent harassment and a number of, what appeared to be violent assaults, Cindy James, a 44-year old nurse, went missing in May of 1989. On June 8, 1989, two weeks later, Cindy's family's greatest fears were realized. She was found dead near an abandoned home in Richmond B.C., a suburb of Vancouver. She appeared to have been drugged and strangled, with her hands and feet tied behind her back. A medical inquest into the cause of Cindy's death was inconclusive, leaving this one of the most talked about unsolved cases in Canadian history.

Sources:

http://unsolvedmysteries.wikia.com/wiki/Cindy_James http://thetroublewithjustice.com/2014/07/05/who-killed-nurse-cindy-james/ http://melaniehack.blogspot.ca/2007/02/imagine-my-surprise-when-i-recently.html http://callingfoundation.org/blenheim-lodge/ http://melaniehack.com/ https://www.vancourier.com/news/vancouver-s-creepiest-unsolved-mysteries-1.1261787 https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/57463c/cindy_james_is_found_dead_in_1989_after_6_12/ https://web.archive.org/web/20140831003619/http://allthingscrimeblog.com/2014/01/08/who-killed-nurse-cindy-james/ https://youtu.be/ljymSSBqflU Inquest Reporting https://youtu.be/sbrAggQE2EA More reporting with Cindy Audio Father Audio, Ozzie Kaban https://youtu.be/KPZ-G5bFEek A Current Affair https://unsolved.com/gallery/cindy-james/ http://vancouvertrueborns.com/post/150657118691/perhaps-the-most-disturbing-story-related-to-the https://www.google.ca/maps/@49.1555492,-123.1365998,3a,75y,270h,90t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sdPhy_f0fpau1uXVElN_szg!2e0!6s%2F%2Fgeo0.ggpht.com%2Fcbk%3Fpanoid%3DdPhy_f0fpau1uXVElN_szg%26output%3Dthumbnail%26cb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile.gps%26thumb%3D2%26w%3D203%26h%3D100%26yaw%3D353.5272%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

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Houdini: Magical Life and Mysterious Death (QC)

Sat, 29 Sep 2018 05:59:00 -0000

Episode 042 - The man the world came to know as Harry Houdini, stunt performer, illusionist, magician was obsessed with magic and illusion from an early age. That obsession and drive to be better led him to become the most famous person ever to have practiced the magical arts.

There was a darker thing driving Harry too. He wanted to prove the existence of an after life. This not only led him to years of heartache after the deaths of his parents. Harry made many enemies of would be spiritualists as he debunked them.

Some say this is what led to the events in a Montreal dressing room that eventually caused the Great Houdini's demise.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources: https://www.thegreatharryhoudini.com/ https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini https://ladailymirror.com/2015/06/01/harry-houdini-an-interview-by-marcet-haldeman-julius-october-1925/ http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42723 The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin by Harry Houdini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisoned_with_the_Pharaohs https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2014/10/harry-houdinis-rare-magic-books/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/death-of-houdini/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8qr-p9z5g straitjacket escape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQfWw1m1Qos The Greatest: Houdini (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9lNRAjTQM How Houdini Died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDbVyT85kw Discovery Channel - Houdini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onG-ktpHiDM How Did Houdini Actually Die? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50yh3WV-OQ Harry Houdini's Voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IczEq22-rPU The Final Houdini Seance (Full Audio) https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Life-Houdini-Americas-Superhero-ebook/dp/B000MGAU66/ Book: The Secret Life of Houdini https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=houdini# https://librivox.org/author/4549?primary_key=4549&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results https://archive.org/search.php?query=1920%27s&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22audio%22&page=2 https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-bDUVAOt69erDtFOJ/The%20Original%20Houdini%20Murder%20Theory_djvu.txt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Crandon http://www.houdinifile.com/

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The Murders of Nathan O'Brien and Kathy and Alvin Liknes (AB)

Sat, 22 Sep 2018 05:27:00 -0000

Episode 041 - In 2014 on a warm summer morning, Calgary mother, Jennifer O'Brien, went to pick up her 5-year-old son, Nathan, from his grandparents'. When she walked in the bloody scene she found, shocked even the most seasoned Calgary Police Service members.

Kathy and Alvin Liknes and their grandson were nowhere to be found. A suspect was quickly identified, Douglas Garland, of Airdrie, Alberta. The trio was never seen alive again, nor were their bodies recovered. Polce were certain they had been murdered.

The mountain of evidence linking Garland to the crime, however, revealed a conniving mind, seething with resentment. Garland, after being shutout of a partnership in a product that went nowhere, had been planning murder for years.

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The Cook Family Massacre and Alberta's Last Man Hanged (AB)

Sat, 15 Sep 2018 04:41:00 -0000

Episode 040 - On the morning of Sunday, June 28, 1959,RCMP made a grisly discovery in the garage adjacent to a small home in Stettler, Alberta. Raymond Cook, his wife, Daisy Mae and their five children were found dead and stuffed into a homemade grease pit. Raymond's son from a previous marriage, Robert Raymond Cook, was the only suspect. He went on to become Alberta's last man hanged in November of 1960.

Sources:
http://www.rcmpgraves.com/buffalo/mysterybutnomercy.html http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/hanged/cook.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=yNn2j9kJit0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raymond_Cook http://robertcook.ca/http://legalarchives.ca/project/last-man-hanged/http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cook-robert-ray.htm https://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20130628/281569468307256 http://amok.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Raymond_Cook https://www.reddeeradvocate.com/uncategorized/cook-shouldnt-have-been-hanged-documentarian/http://www.fortsaskatchewanrecord.com/2014/11/06/notorious-hangings-in-the-fort http://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/explore-learning-and-education/discovering-albertas-court-records/interesting-cases/criminal-regina-cook.htmlhttps://mysteriesandmore.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-work-of-justice-trials-of-robert.html http://mysteriesandmore.blogspot.com/2018/01/robert-raymond-cook-facing-execution.html https://edmontonsun.com/2015/09/26/alberta-filmmaker-questioning-capital-punishment-after-making-doc/wcm/35e8b61d-6cfa-43f2-8820-97b135426fe4 https://www.reddeerexpress.com/columns/robert-cook-murders-recounted-in-play/https://www.amazon.ca/The-Boy-ebook/dp/B00CLVLIZW/oolibook-20 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-boy-by-betty-jane-hegerat/article599379/https://www.stettlerindependent.com/community/stettler-students-hear-story-of-cooks-infamous-hanging/https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-psychos-who-punished-their-siblings-in-unimaginable-ways/

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The Crash of SwissAir 111 (NS)

Sat, 08 Sep 2018 02:49:00 -0000

Episode 039 - On September 2, 1998 one of the worst air disasters in Canada's history took place when SwissAir flight 111 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean just off Peggy's Cove in Nova Scotia. Although local fisherman and authorities responded quickly, it was already too late. All 229 souls were lost during the tremendous impact. Once again, Nova Scotians showed their compassion and willingness to lend a hand when needed in their response to the disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9rVKWsMv_g
Fifth Estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJyPWrjRgNM
SwissAir 111 ATC Recording https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111 http://www.tailstrike.com/020998.htm https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR2h62yheI4
Investigation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/swissair-flight-111-crash-20th-anniversary-1.4806166
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/swissair-flight-111-anniversary-friendships-forces-after-disaster-1.4806159
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/swissair-flight-111-diamonds-treasure-hunters-1.4804585 Diamonds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASbP7J133d0 trailer
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2130067299 Aug 2011 Information
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/families-first-responders-honoured-at-swissair-20th-anniversary-service-1.4077353
https://globalnews.ca/news/4418260/first-responders-swissair-flight-111-tragedy/
http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1463855-q-a-with-author-thomas-juby
http://www.transcom.org/swissair/passagiere.htm passenger list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt_Wpcj2iIo aftermath scramble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql16ggFvc_g&t=265s Nat Geo Mayday
http://forums.swissair111.org/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/322103945/m/8561049834 tapes discussion http://www.tailstrike.com/020998.htm transcript
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/recovery+bodies+from+plane+tragedy+scarred+strathmore+woman/9619793/story.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/4418365/swissair-flight-111-how-tragedy-unfolded/ Dr Butt's audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjs9qWmbivw victims families visit
https://globalnews.ca/news/4424321/swissair-flight-111-20th-anniversary/ 20th Memorial

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The Murder of Harley Lawrence (NS)

Fri, 31 Aug 2018 23:23:00 -0000

Episode 038 - The small town of Berwick in the beautiful Annapolis Valley is known as Nova Scotia's Apple Capital. The town prides themselves on their sense of community, a strong work ethic yet laid back pace. The idilic little town was shaken when they woke up on the morning of October, 23, 2013 to find a local homeless man, Harley Lawrence, had burned to death overnight in the bus shelter on their main street. The circumstances surrounding Harley's death were even more horrendous. He'd been murdered in cold blood.

Sources:
http://www.whitefamilyfuneralhome.com/obituaries/83274 (Obituary)
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/harley-lawrence-s-murderers-decided-together-to-get-the-bum-court-told-1.3052106
http://www.thevanguard.ca/news/regional/timeline-the-night-harley-lawrence-was-murdered-37239/ (Timeline and Gas Station video)
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1283152-men-who-killed-harley-lawrence-sentenced-to-life (Ron Lawrence Audio)
https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:_HzMLYfkH10J:https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/10/25/berwick-asks-where-rcmp-w_n_4165178.html+&cd=17&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca&client=firefox-b-ab (where were RCMP)
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/harley-lawrences-murder-disturbing-details-154744657.html
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/national_news/article_b91f50bb-e641-558b-8ee0-03646fc25af2.html
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1162326-rcmp-investigate-homeless-man-s-death-in-berwick-bus-shelter-blaze
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2014/04/25/harley-lawrence-death-arrests_n_5212301.html
http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1165577-harley-lawrence-s-family-eager-for-police-report
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2414589905 http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2414219228 Witness to fire
https://globalnews.ca/video/1293002/two-men-accused-of-murdering-homeless-man Charges
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/death-of-homeless-nova-scotia-man-highlights-need-to-help-those-battling-mental-illness-1.1580060 about Harley

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Bonus Episode: Travel Update & Jack Luna of Dark Topic Interview (MB)

Fri, 24 Aug 2018 21:32:00 -0000

As we aren't talking about a full case we're calling this Bonus Episode 1. Mike and Scott chat about Mike's recent cross country trip and Mike gives the Dark Poutine related details of his journey. The last half of the episode is Mike speaking with Jack Luna of Dark Topic about his show, podcasting, true crime and some tough life experiences. We'll be back next week with our regular fare.

Shout outs to:
https://darktopicpodcast.com/
https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/
https://canadiantruecrime.ca/
http://trailwentcold.com/
http://www.insightpod.com/
https://mindsofmadnesspodcast.com/
https://www.truecrimegarage.com/
http://www.alreadygonepodcast.com/
https://36times.podbean.com/
http://leftbehind.blubrry.net/
https://thespoopfiles.podbean.com/
http://themarblegarden.libsyn.com/
http://thesaltycanadian.libsyn.com/
https://crime709.podbean.com/

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The Murders of Marie and Lyle McCann (AB)

Fri, 27 Jul 2018 16:00:00 -0000

Episode 037: In early July, 2010, Lyle and Marie McCann, retirees, beloved grandparents and great-parents packed up their RV and SUV in St. Albert, Alberta to head west to BC and visit more family. They were never seen again. After the McCann's were declared deceased a year later, 38-year-old, Travis Edward Vader was charged with their murder, but prosecuting him has not been easy. The whereabouts of Lyle and Marie's remains continue to be a mystery.

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The Tragic Death of Elisa Lam (BC)

Fri, 20 Jul 2018 19:00:00 -0000

Episode 036: Elisa Lam, a University student from Vancouver, BC was on a solo trip in California in January of 2013. When she disappeared, foul play was suspected. However, when she was found deceased more than two weeks later under odd circumstances there were far more questions than answers and much speculation as to what actually took place.

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Leston Lawrence - A Golden Opportunity (ON)

Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:17:00 -0000

Episode 035: Leston Lawrence privately sold almost 5 kilos of gold over a short period. He worked at the Royal Canadian Mint as a gold refiner, but could not explain where he'd obtained the gold he had been selling. If it came from the mint, how did he get it out without being discovered? The answers to these questions made for a story that went global.

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Away Game: Andrei Chikatilo - Rostov Ripper - Part 2

Sat, 07 Jul 2018 01:32:00 -0000

Episode 034: Andrei Chikatilo was one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. From 1978 to 1990 with the cold war at its height Chikatilo stalked and butchered as many as 56 victims in the the USSR. His victims were children, both male and female, as young as 7-years-old, teenagers and women as old as 44. Part 2 of our first away game series takes us through the killer's final murders from 1985 until his capture and trial in 1990. Bonus: Hear Mike mispronounce more names of many Russian people and places.

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Away Game: Andrei Chikatilo - Rostov Ripper - Part 1

Fri, 29 Jun 2018 23:19:00 -0000

Episode 033: Andrei Chikatilo was one of the most prolific serial killers of all time. From 1978 to 1990 with the cold war at its height Chikatilo stalked and butchered at least 56 victims in the the USSR. His victims were children, both male and female, as young as 7-years-old, teenagers and women as old as 44. Part 1 of our first away game series takes us through the killer's formative years through 1984 when her murdered a staggering 15 people in a single year. Bonus: Hear Mike mispronounce the names of many Russian people and places.

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The Death of Dorothy Stratten (BC)

Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:42:00 -0000

Episode 032: On August 14 1980, 20-year-old Vancouver B.C. born Playboy Playmate of the year and former Dairy Queen employee, Dorothy Stratten, was found dead of a single shotgun blast to her head. The perpetrator, her estranged husband, Paul Leslie Snider, lay dead nearby of a self inflicted wound by way of the same firearm. Dorothy's star had only just begun to rise and was snuffed out far too soon.

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Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Shout out: http://makingfaces.ca

Sources:

http://reprints.longform.org/death-of-a-playmate Pulitzer Prize winning article in 1981
http://hollywoodmurders.com/dorothy-stratten.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SahoSvAAbH4 1980 Tonight Show Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mPGPdD2R8g "Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" (1979) - Part 1 - Richard Dawson, Dorothy Stratten
Hollywood Book of Death
http://www.dorothystratten.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_of_the_Unicorn Killing of the Unicorn
https://www.amazon.ca/Killing-Unicorn-Dorothy-Stratten-1960-1980/dp/0553251643/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Stratten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Snider
http://ew.com/article/1994/08/12/this-day-1980-3/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NodDIxLIUn0 Galaxina - trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4TJIBR9xTU Galaxina - full film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_International_Pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxina

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The Abduction of Abby Drover (BC)

Fri, 15 Jun 2018 21:01:00 -0000

Episode 031: On March 10, 1976, 12-year-old Abby Drover went missing from her neighbourhood in Port Moody, B.C. Abby's mother was sick with worry and despite the extraordinary efforts of searchers and police Abby had vanished into thin air. In a bizarre turn of events, six months later what happened to Abby was shockingly revealed.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources:

https://quillandquire.com/review/resurrection-the-kidnapping-of-abby-drover/
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/04/donald-alexander-hay-underground-bunker_n_1569283.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-kidnap-sex-criminal-dies-in-hospital-1.1199808
https://www.therichest.com/world-entertainment/15-shocking-kidnapping-stories-thatll-scare-the-crap-out-of-you/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/kidnapper-who-held-girl-in-dungeon-refused-parole/article972809/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/face-to-face-with-her-captor-abuser/article4163656/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-abby-drover-story-1.433286
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBIP9h8PFC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-7MaWvhVY
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-case-sheds-light-on-abductor-mindset-1.1375276
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/article_84ca1360-14e0-11e7-a250-831ca02f7cb5.html

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The Wells Gray Murders (BC)

Sat, 09 Jun 2018 04:53:00 -0000

Episode 030: In August of 1982, Bob Johnson had not come back to work at the saw mill in Kelowna for over a week after his expected return. Bob had been camping in beautiful Wells Gray Park with his wife Jackie, daughters Janet and Karen and Jackie's mom and dad, Edith and George Benntley. It seemed both families, and their two vehicles had simply vanished without a trace until a month later when a mushroom picker in the park made a gruesome discovery. BONUS: The co-host of this show HATES being referred to as "the other guy". His name is Scott, remember it.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Gray_Provincial_Park_Family_Murders

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/man-convicted-in-b-c-park-killings-granted-escorted-leave-1.712572
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Wells+Gray+murders+soon+forgotten+Mulgrew+with+video/7262564/story.html
http://canlii.ca/t/1l9nx
http://canlii.ca/t/5f7q
The Wells Gray Gunmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unFwrrYLZH8
Mass Murderer still a monster (2013 parole hearing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl-MbOr-BCc
http://dyingwords.net/david-shearing-the-monster-from-wells-gray-park/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1344107641
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/04/28/An-RCMP-sergeant-probing-the-murders-of-six-family/7317420350400/

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The Disappearance of Nicole Morin (ON)

Sat, 02 Jun 2018 04:25:00 -0000

Episode 029: On July 30 of 1985, Nicole Morin, a vivacious 8-year-old girl vanished from her Etobicoke apartment building without a trace. This case is still unsolved. We talk about this unsolved case and a few others from the Toronto area around the same time that may or may not be connected. #FindNicole #NicoleMorin

If you have any information on Nicole Morin's whereabouts, please contact:

Toronto Metropolitan Police Department  416-808-2200  OR The Royal Canadian Mounted Police 877-318-3576.  

All information may be submitted anonymously.
NCMEC #: RCMP8608792
NCIC Number:  M-974508409  

Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Promo:

Wining About Crime
Nordic True Crime

Sources:

https://globalnews.ca/video/2140896/nicole-morins-father-talks-daughters-disappearance Art Morin talking on the 30th anniversary of Nicole’s disappearance
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2547733276 CBC Police search near Barrie in 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Alison_Parrott
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/29ui8l/the_disappearance_of_nicole_morin/
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1432545265 Murder of Sharin Morningstar Keenan
https://www.missingkids.ca/
http://missingchildren.wikia.com/wiki/Nicole_Louise_Morin
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/41dfon.html
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/wanted/dennis-melvin-howe
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/canada-sharin-morningstar-keenan-9-toronto-23-january-1983.14192/
https://globalnews.ca/news/3359324/sharin-morningstar-keenan-1983-murder/

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Happy Face Killer - Part 2 - 7 More Murders and Aftermath (BC)

Fri, 25 May 2018 22:12:00 -0000

Episode 028: In part 2 of 2 on the Happy Face Killer, Canadian born serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, we learn about 7 more murders of women across the United States, more Happy Face notes and about his Jesperson's eventual capture, trial and his psychopathic public antics in the press and online. NOTE: Scott hates this guy passionately.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Promo:

All Crime No Cattle

Sources:
http://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jesperson.htm
http://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://www.amazon.ca/Shattered-Silence-Untold-Killers-Daughter/dp/1599552388
https://www.amazon.ca/Happy-Face-Murderer-Serial-Jesperson-ebook/dp/B019G6DR0S/
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/happy-face-killer-speaks-prison-talks-interview-murder-murderer-killings-take-lives-Jesperson-11441251
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29835159
https://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/keith-hunter-jesperson-the-happy-face-murderer-on-the-road.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibL_QbQuEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98UOydYWWjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInxdPCWSIo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063452/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/jesperson/bodies_3.html
http://snapjudgment.org/my-fathers-keeper
https://web.ar

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Happy Face Killer - Part 1 - History & Taunja Bennett’s Murder (BC)

Fri, 18 May 2018 22:28:00 -0000

Episode 027: Keith Hunter Jesperson is one of Canada's most notorious exports to the United States. Born in Chilliwack British Columbia, Jesperson and his family emigrated to the US when he was a pre-teen. Early on he showed signs that have become signposts of the budding psychopath, cruelty to animals and a love of setting fires. Keith's first kill was Taunja Bennett, 23, of Portland, Oregon. Another couple was convicted for the crime, but Jesperson's ego wouldn't let someone else take all the credit for his hard work, leading him to leave the first Happy Face note in a truck stop bathroom admitting to the crime. This episode covers his early life, first murder and another attempted murder very soon after.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Promo:

Asian Madness Podcast

Sources:
http://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jesperson.htm
http://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://www.amazon.ca/Happy-Face-Murderer-Serial-Jesperson-ebook/dp/B019G6DR0S/
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/happy-face-killer-speaks-prison-talks-interview-murder-murderer-killings-take-lives-Jesperson-11441251
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29835159
https://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/keith-hunter-jesperson-the-happy-face-murderer-on-the-road.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibL_QbQuEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98UOydYWWjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInxdPCWSIo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063452/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/jesperson/bodies_3.html
http://snapjudgment.org/my-fathers-keeper

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The Murder of Kimberly Proctor (BC)

Sat, 12 May 2018 02:21:00 -0000

Episode 026: Kimberly Proctor was an animal loving grade 12 student from Langford, BC, just outside the provincial capital of Victoria. She was looking forward to seeing her graduation photos and sewing her prom dress with her grandmother. Kimberly did not arrive at her babysitting job on March 18, of 2010. Her parents were worried and began searching for her right away. This was out of character for Kimberly. They knew something was wrong. Just a short drive away, on the evening of the next day, a badly burned body was found on a walking trail under a bridge. Kimberly's friends and family feared the worst, and rightly so. The body under the bridge turned out to be that of Kimberly Proctor. She had been brutally murdered.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Promos:

https://mensreapod.com/

https://killaforniadreaming.com/

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbxOBJKsySs (killer plan over text)
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/woman-s-charred-remains-found-on-vancouver-island-1.494298
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYOMKFIqjZY (colloid homicide inv continues)
http://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/intervention-may-have-altered-fate-of-teen-killers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMoHp4sJKn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdjt3IjTRcI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvrV7f6fAqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_5DX8xpg5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEHGgodCx5M
http://kimberlyslaw.com/

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Swift Runner and the Wendigo (AB)

Fri, 04 May 2018 22:07:00 -0000

Episode 025: Swift Runner was a well respected Cree hunter and trapper outside Edmonton in the 1800's. In the 1870's his family, as were many others, began to go hungry. Swift Runner turned to alcohol to drown his frustrations and his personality quickly changed. He also began speaking of encountering Wendigo, an evil cannibalistic spirit, taunting him. Swift Runner's eventual crimes were shocking to all. BONUS: Rick Gibson eats a tesitcle or two.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources:

https://www.glenbow.org/index.cfm
http://www.murderpedia.org/male.R/r/runner-swift.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Fiddler
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?BioId=41285
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Mounted_Police
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Saskatchewan
http://www.sicc.sk.ca/archive/heritage/ethnography/cree/origin/oral.html
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cree/
http://www.prairieghosts.com/wendigo.html
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/
https://www.amazon.ca/Swift-Runner-Colin-Argyle-Thomson/dp/0920490409
https://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-Mysteries-Unexplained-Investigations-disturbing-ebook/dp/B005E07FNG/
https://www.amazon.ca/Wetiko-Legal-Principles-Anishinabek-Victimization-ebook/dp/B07B685Y4W/

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Rene Castellani - The Milkshake Murderer (BC)

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 00:34:00 -0000

Episode 024: In 1965 Rene Castellani was the promotional manager for Vancouver's premiere radio station CKNW. Castellani, a local celebrity, was well known for his on air pranks and stunts, earning him the nickname, "the dizzy dialer". Castellani was also having an affair with a receptionist from the radio station. When his wife Esther challenged him Castellani denied the affair. Shortly after that Esther became very sick and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. In July of 1965, Esther was dead.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources:

https://www.amazon.ca/Dead-Ends-B-C-Crime-Stories/dp/0889773483/ Paul Willcocks Dead Ends : BC Crime Stories

https://www.amazon.ca/Irrefutable-Evidence-History-Forensic-Science-ebook/dp/B009D173F2/ Irrefutable Evidence, A History of Forensic Science – Michael Kurland

http://evelazarus.com/the-sensational-murder-of-esther-castellani/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/radio-star-kills-wife-aresenic-laced-milkshakes-article-1.2249428

http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cknw-am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKNW

http://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20141004/281505044452227

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic

https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/4976/index.do

http://canlii.ca/t/1xd5m

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BowMac_sign

https://www.straight.com/life/1051491/homeless-vancouver-bowmac-sign-faces-demolition-when-west-broadway-toys-r-us-shuts-down

https://www.whitespot.ca/

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Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s Insulin Murders (ON)

Sat, 21 Apr 2018 03:11:00 -0000

Episode 023: Between 2007 and 2016 RN Elizabeth Wettlaufer coldly murdered 8 elderly patients in her care at a number of long term care facilities in Ontario. She injected each of them with massive overdoses of insulin to commit the crimes, saying she believed God was telling her it was their time to die. Wettlaufer got away with the murders until her conscience got the better of her and she confessed to police in 2016.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources:

https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Wettlaufer

http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/sh/TBk79oWhpi/elizabeth-wettlaufer-nurse-senior-deaths/

https://www.equaldex.com/region/canada

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/an-in-depth-look-at-the-alleged-victims-of-an-ontario-nurse-1.3130605

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QxsNCg6uQ (Confession)

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-wettlaufer-case/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6tRNs5hHFs (News with Family Reaction)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtpcDkvHneE (Fifth Estate Documentary)

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The Calgary Brentwood 5 Murders (AB)

Fri, 13 Apr 2018 17:32:00 -0000

Episode 022: On the morning of April 15, 2014, what was supposed to be a party to end a stressful winter semester at the University of Calgary wound up being the worst mass murder in the city's history. In all, 5 young people were literally cut down, just as their lives were about to truly begin. The story behind the murders at the hands of, Matthew de Grood, the son of a respected Calgary Police Officer is an epic tragedy. BONUS: Mike's mouth is full of marbles.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Shout out: Minds of Madness podcast

Sources:

http://murderpedia.org/male.G/g/grood-matthew-de.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Calgary_stabbing
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/bmwd8w/my-friend-killed-five-people-in-my-home-but-i-wont-call-him-a-monster
https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/bn3gg4/alberta-man-who-stabbed-five-students-to-death-at-a-house-party-thought-he-was-killing-werewolves
https://globalnews.ca/news/3343780/model-patient-matthew-de-grood-to-seek-reintegration-into-society-despite-concerns/
https://www.su.ucalgary.ca/bsd
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/matthew-de-grood-murder-trial-decision-1.3598671
https://globalnews.ca/video/2721520/father-of-matthew-de-grood-speaks-at-conclusion-of-trial
http://canlii.ca/t/grtgw

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The Frank, Hope and Meager Landslides (BC)

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 05:59:00 -0000

Episode 021: Over a span of just over 100 years, western Canada played host to the 3 largest landslides that have been measured in modern times. Frank Slide in 1903 was named for the Alberta town that saw a sixth of it's population buried under rock and debris from Turtle Mountain in the Crowsnest Pass between BC and Alberta, the Hope Slide just beyond Hope BC and finally, the Meager Slide, that occurred outside of Lillooet, BC. BONUS: Shitty seagulls.

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

SPONSOR: Sudio Headphones - use code DARKPOUTINE for a 15% discount at check out.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Slide

http://history.alberta.ca/frankslide/

http://www.crowsnest-highway.ca/index.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hope_Slide

http://www.archivos.ca/?p=130

https://www.hopestandard.com/home2/hope-in-history-the-hope-slide/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjXgVRLmMZ0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aigd-_En5z0

https://opentextbc.ca/geography/chapter/9-6-case-studies/

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/lone-survivor-of-1966-crash-returns-to-killer-mountain/article1097966/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Meager

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Mount_Meager_landslide

http://www.whistlerquestion.com/news/pemberton/meager-slide-one-year-later-1.1281960

https://thetyee.ca/News/2010/08/12/MeagerLandslide/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/dbsteers/sets/72157624700543708

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The Disappearance of Kimberly McAndrew (NS)

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 21:48:00 -0000

Episode 020: On a warm August evening in 1989 19-year-old Kimberly McAndrew got off work early from her work at the Canadian Tire store at Quinpool Road in Halifax. She was never seen again and her family and police are still searching for clues in her disappearance. They even turned to a psychic investigator at one point and we share some audio from three of those sessions as well as our own speculations and connections.

If you have information on this case, please contact any of the following:

Halifax Regional Police: 902-490-5333

Reference Case#: 2006-99031

Crime Stoppers: 1-800-222-TIPS(8477) or online at https://www.tipsubmit.com/webtipsstart.aspx

Crime Stoppers provides anonymous tipping

Send email to the National Centre for Missing Persons and Unidentified Remains at: canadasmissing-disparuscanada@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

Nova Scotia is still offering up to $150,000 as a reward for any information that leads to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for McAndrew's disappearance.

PROMO: Killafornia Dreaming

Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources:

http://www.deadmalls.com/malls/penhorn_mall.html

http://www.gpposner.com/Renier-Kimberly.html (Psychic Recordings)

https://thecellardoor.net/2016/02/05/did-a-serial-killer-stalk-the-streets-of-halifax-in-the-early-90s/

http://canlii.ca/t/1wfcq

https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/filled-with-emotions-after-search-in-shad-bay-n-s-1.1197684

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1228725-kimberly-mcandrew-s-family-still-looking-for-answers-25-years-later

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/kimberly-mcandrew-case

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Allan Legere - Monster of Miramichi - Part 2 (NB)

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 18:23:00 -0000

Episode 019: In our last episode career criminal Allan Legere had just been convicted of the murder of respected Chatham shopkeeper John Glendenning and the rape and attempted murder of Glendenning's wife Mary. Legere was nowhere near done. In May of 1989 he escaped from prison and went on a rampage that terrified Atlantic Canada for the next seven months. Prior to Legere's capture in the fall another 4 residents of the Chatham, NB area lay dead at the hands of the Monster of Mirimachi. BONUS: All Crime No Cattle promo

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Allan Legere - Monster of Miramichi - Part 1 (NB)

Sat, 17 Mar 2018 16:45:00 -0000

Episode 018: We return to Atlantic Canada for the first of a two part series on Allan Joseph Legere aka The Monster of Miramichi. In part one we learn about Legere's childhood, early crimes and the brutal murder of elderly local shopowner John Glendenning and the attempted murder and sexual assault of Mary during a burglary. This lead to Legere being sentenced to life in prison, but sadly, it was only the beginning. BONUS: Go shit in your hat compilation and Kyla, the first Prime Minister of Dark Poutine loses her marbles.

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Wayne Boden - The Vampire Rapist (QC)

Sat, 10 Mar 2018 23:22:00 -0000

Episode 017: In the late 60’s a sadistic serial murderer named Wayne Boden stalked and killed at least 3 women in Montreal, Quebec. He was given the nickname the Vampire Rapist due to his penchant for brutally biting his victims during the commission of his heinous crimes. By the time he was caught in Calgary a fourth woman was dead. His trial included the first testimony in forensic odontology in Canada; setting legal precedents.

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Podcast Promo: Blood on the Rocks

Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Boden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7P4iJLq2M8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZb3meOo_mE http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b/boden-wayne.htm http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5zq6n3 http://serialkillercentral.blogspot.ca/2010/07/wayne-boden-vampire-rapist.html http://vampireunderworld.com/historic-vampires/vampire-rapist/ https://books.google.ca/books?id=_7LTYq0-CcIC&pg=PA10&lpg=PA10&dq=wayne+clifford+boden&source=bl&ots=nP0nXH2BXa&sig=8f1gKcjdTQ-88E5CfnkMITbpUT8&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjX7OSCztbZAhWM0YMKHaKADzw4ChDoAQhNMAo#v=onepage&q=wayne%20clifford%20boden&f=false https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftranscanadienne.over-blog.com%2Farticle-31122794.html&edit-text= http://transcanadienne.over-blog.com/article-31122794.html https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/wayne-clifford-boden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forensic_dentistry http://www.mixedmartialarts.com/forums/OtherGround/Kingston-Penitentiary—HELL-closeth-come-Monday:2232224 http://slideplayer.com/slide/1702688/

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Jane Hurshman - Life with Billy (NS)

Sat, 03 Mar 2018 07:28:00 -0000

Episode 016: In March of 1982 the small community called Bangs Falls, just outside of Liverpool, Nova Scotia made national news after the local bully, Billy Stafford, was found minus his head in his pick up truck along the side of the road. Someone had ended his reign of terror with a single blast of a 12 gauge shotgun. Billy's death was news in itself, but who did the deed was even more newsworthy - his long suffering, regularly brutalized common-law wife Jane Hurshman. BONUS: Mike's personal connections to the area, one of the officers involved with Billy Stafford and Jane Hurshman's lawyer.

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Promo: https://www.basedonatruecrime.com/

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Gilbert Paul Jordan - The Boozing Barber (BC)

Sat, 24 Feb 2018 20:14:00 -0000

Episode 015: Gilbert Paul Jordan, a.k.a. the Boozing Barber, loved to drink and carouse with women. Between 1965 and 1987 nine women died of acute alcohol poisoning while in his company, while four others came close. Although police knew about Jordan's involvement in theier deaths. his prey were the down on their luck indigenous women from Vancouver's downtown East Side. Cops tended believed him when he told them he found them that way, even though he was a violent and sadistic career criminal. Women like that die every day down town. He was only ever charged with one murder and how that turned out was shocking too.

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Intro: LeftBehind Podcast

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Chris Benoit - The Canadian Crippler (QC)

Sat, 17 Feb 2018 16:58:00 -0000

Episode 014: In keeping with the rules of Dark Poutine, this episode is about famed Canadian wrestler and infamous murderer Chris Benoit, also known as the Canadian Crippler. Benoit murdered his second wife Nancy and their seven year old son, Daniel over a three day lost weekend at the end of June in 2007. Benoit then committed suicide himself. Much speculation followed as to Benoit's motives for the horrific crimes.

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Intro: Mariticide Podcast, thanks to Bryce and Kyla

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Babes in the Woods - Stanley Park (BC)

Sat, 10 Feb 2018 00:46:00 -0000

Episode 013: In this episode we tackle a popular unsolved case here in the Lower Mainland of BC. In 1953 two skeletons were found in Vancouver's beautiful Stanley Park. More than 65 years later, the murders of what turned out to be two children remain unsolved. Bonus: Scott does a hacky job of profiling a murderer

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Moncton Mountie Murders (NB)

Sun, 04 Feb 2018 00:43:00 -0000

Episode 012: The crimes we're looking at in this episode took place in Moncton, New Brunswick on June 4. 2014. In just over twenty minutes, 3 members of the local RCMP lay dead and another two had been shot. The community was terrified as a massive manhunt took place over the next 29 hours for the gunman who was still on the loose. Bonus: Listen to Mike mispronounce French surnames.

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Other Podcasts mentioned aka friends of the show:
Murderish, Lustmordia, Occultae Veritatis, Asian Madness Podcast, Minds of Madness Podcast

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Mindy Tran 1994 (BC)

Sat, 27 Jan 2018 21:52:00 -0000

Episode 011 is about the disappearance and murder of 8-year-old Mindy Tran of Kelowna, BC in 1994. Mindy was found under strange circumstances almost three months later. The ensuing search for Mindy's killer, the RCMP investigation, arrest and trial of a suspect and shocking aftermath still haunt the people who remember the case. CONTENT WARNING: Dark Poutine is not for the faint of heart or squeamish. Our content contains mature themes, coarse language and may include graphic descriptions of violent crimes. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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Podcast Mentions:

Intro by War Baby of Murderous Minors and Killer Kids

The Trail went Cold - a podcast hosted by Robin Warder

True Crime Garage

Promo for The Murder Mile podcast from the UK

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Mike Met a Monster in 1981 (NS)

Sat, 20 Jan 2018 07:21:00 -0000

Episode 010 has been a tough one for us to get out. This is Mike's personal story of what happened to him one summer night in 1981 and how one event effected him to this day. He hopes that in the telling of his story, others will feel safe enough to share their own and unburden themseleves of a secret. Thanks to Jami from the MURDERISH podcast for this week's intro. Jami's recent episode, A Stranger in my Bedroom, helped us get over the hump to telling this story.

As well we wish to thank Jim Clemente, former prosecutor, FBI profiler and consultant on the TV show Criminal Minds as well as his podcasts, Best Case, Worst Case and Real Crime Profile, for bravely sharing his own story of sexual assault at the hands of a grown up when he was a boy.

If you or anyone you know has been the victim of a sexual assault, please seek help, call the police, talk to your doctor, trusted family members and friends.

Organizations like 1in6 are there to help male vitims of sexual assault and sexual abuse. You are not alone. Another useful link is RAINN Some links for victims of crime in Canada: https://crcvc.ca/links/

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Acid Al and Hollywood Hospital (BC)

Sat, 13 Jan 2018 19:45:00 -0000

This is a weird one. I'm not sorry. We needed a break from the murder.

In Episode 009, we ask you to take a trip with us to Hollywood Hospital in New Westminster, BC, to meet Acid Al Hubbard the Johnny Appleseed of LSD who turned on Timothy Leary and facilitated psychedelic experiences for everyone, from philosophers and religious leaders, every day folks who were struglling in their lives, to musicians and actors. Cary Grant had many experiences with Acid Al.

The Walrus was Paul. Goo goo ga joob.

More crime next time.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode of Dark Poutine is not for everyone. Our content in this episode contains mature themes, colourful language and depictions of drug use, listener discretion is strongly advised.

Big thank you to Ood of Occultae Veritatis, another Canadian podcast from Saskatchewan for the intro to this episode. Thank you to Ashley & Courtney from the Cult of Domesticity podcast for providing us the promo we used before our trippy outro music.

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Trippy outro music:

umBum soundsystem ft saRan / Divine Spirits in Hyperspace Trans Mission by ben i sabbah is licensed under a Creative Commons 3.0 License.

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Peter Woodcock - Canada’s Youngest Serial Killer (ON)

Sat, 06 Jan 2018 05:45:00 -0000

In Episode 008, we meet Peter Woodcock, Canada's youngest serial killer, who at the age of 17, killed three children from 1956 to 1957 in Toronto, Ontario. After spending 34 years in confinement he killed again, on his first day out.

This is a rough one...

CONTENT WARNING: Dark Poutine is not for the faint of heart or squeamish. Our content contains mature themes, coarse language and may include graphic descriptions of violent crimes. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

Big thank you to Kristi Lee of Canadian True Crime Podcast for being gracious enough to do the intro for this episode. We loved hearing our names pronounced with that awesome Aussie accent. Check her podcast out. In her latest episode, part 3 of her 4 part series on Robert Pickton, you can hear a goofy promo from us at the end (our first one ever on another podcast).

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The Karissa Boudreau Murder (NS)

Sat, 30 Dec 2017 05:44:00 -0000

In Episode 007, we head off to Mike's hometown, Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, and in particular the nieghbourhood where he grew up. Whenever Mike goes home to Bridgewater he always makes a visit to the place where Karissa Boudreau's body was found down the bank near the water just on the border between the town and Conquerall Bank in 2009. Karissa's mother, Penny Boudreau, murdered her 12-year-old daughter then hid her body and reported the youngster missing. After that Penny made seeming emotional pleas for Karissa's safe return in the media. When the truth came out the town was mortified at the cold depravity of Penny's acts, motivated, she claimed, by the desire to keep a boyfriend.

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2017 Christmas Special

Sat, 23 Dec 2017 06:18:00 -0000

Episode 006, is extra special, this is our first Christmas episode. The subject of this episode is extremely disturbing, in fact, it may put you off your egg nog. We want to ensure you are forewarned about its content. Listen at your own peril.

We hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All the best, much love.

MUSIC credits to MYUU: https://myuu.bandcamp.com/

Photo Credit to: Richard Elzey on Flickr

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The Halifax Explosion (NS)

Wed, 06 Dec 2017 15:26:00 -0000

This is Episode 004 of Dark Poutine. Here we present The Halifax Explosion, in honour of the 100th annoversary of the disaster. Prior to the detonation of the first atomic bomb was the largest man made explosion humanity had seen. It devastated Halifax and many residents died, or were severely injured. As well as the loss of life and limb, many were left without adequate shelter from the cruel Nova Scotia winter.

Thanks to Erica and D'Arcy for sharing music in this episode, for sharing Joshua Smith's song, The Day The City Died. You can find it here: https://joshuasmith.bandcamp.com/

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Abbotsford Killer - Part 2 - Terry Driver Timeline (BC)

Thu, 30 Nov 2017 03:38:00 -0000

Here's Episode 003 of Dark Poutine. In this episode, part one of two, Mike and co-host give a little background on Terry Driver, Abbotsford Killer charged with the rape and murder of 16-year-old Tanya Smith and the beating of her best friend Misty Cockerill in 1995 in Abbotsford, British Columbia. The co-host reveals how he knew the Driver family and Terry. As well co-host became oddly involved in the media frenzy around Terry Driver after his arrest and prior to his trial.

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Abbotsford Killer - Part 1 - Cat and Mouse (BC)

Sat, 18 Nov 2017 08:58:00 -0000

Finally! After a few extra days of technical frustration here's Episode 002 of Dark Poutine. In this episode, part one of two, Mike and co-host talk about the hunt for the infamous Abbotsford Killer after the rape and murder of 16-year-old Tanya Smith and horrific, the near-fatal beating of her best friend Misty Cockerill on Friday, October 13, 1995 in Abbotsford, British Columbia.

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Dark Poutine Intro and Floating Feet

Wed, 01 Nov 2017 05:08:00 -0000

Just in time for Halloween we bring you Episode #001 of Dark Poutine. After a brief introduction Mike and Scott tackle the case of the floating feet, also known as the Salish Sea Feet.
This is our first episode so please, be gentle. We're still learning.

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AUDIO EXCERPTS: KOMO 4 TV News & CTV News Vancouver

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