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Canadian True Crime

128 The Rallo Family Murders—Part 1

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

[Part 1 of 2] In the summer of 1976, the Rallo family appeared to be living the picture perfect family life in the “Golden Horseshoe” area of Southern Ontario.


Parents Jon and Sandra with young children Jason and Stephanie had enjoyed a warm family summer full of trips to visit grandparents and swimming... that is, until one morning when Jon woke up to an empty house, and a devastating note.


This two-part series provides a snapshot of Canadian history at a pivotal time for both the burgeoning city of Hamilton and the criminal justice system.

An additional content warning: this case includes the murder of a child, although no graphic details will be given. Please take care when listening.


Release schedule:

Part 2 will be released to everyone on February 22 - one week after Part 1.

If you're listening ad-free on a premium feed, Part 2 is available now on Amazon Music - included with Prime, Apple Podcasts, Patreon and Supercast. 


Canadian True Crime donates monthly to help those facing injustice.

This month we have donated to Interval House of Hamilton, an organization that provides emergency shelter, safety planning and support services for women with or without children that have experienced abuse or violence.


Credits:

Research: Gemma Harris

Writing, sound design, additional research: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Production assistance: Jesse Hawke

Script consulting: Carol Weinberg

Theme songs by We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by Erik Krosby


For the full list of resources, information sources, and credits:

See the page for this episode at www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes



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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Kerry Godliman.

0:01.2

From Wandery and Novel comes Stolen Hearts.

0:04.1

A story about a cop who falls in love with a man who is not all he seems to be.

0:08.6

Jills are cop, and Dean, he's something else entirely.

0:12.0

She said to me, if I don't know what it is,

0:13.8

but I know something's not right for you.

0:15.4

I've got two kids at home, I've got a career in the police.

0:17.9

I didn't know who I could trust.

0:19.4

There's a certain element within the police force who say what she must have known.

0:23.2

Listen to Stolen Hearts on Amazon Music or wherever you get your podcast.

0:32.3

Hi everyone, thanks so much for tuning in,

0:34.8

and thanks also for your patience and understanding over this last couple of months.

0:39.5

I also really appreciate the kind messages of support that you've been sending.

0:44.2

I wish I had more time to reply, but I've read all the messages and I can't thank you enough.

0:49.6

I don't want to keep you for long today and frankly I've had just about enough of hearing myself talk lately anyway.

0:55.9

So just quickly, this is part one of a two-part series to be released a week apart,

1:02.0

and you can always find the release schedule in the show notes and on the website.

1:07.1

My big priority, as I mentioned, is to make the production of this podcast more sustainable,

1:12.8

but it does take time.

1:14.6

One thing I can tell you is that we won't be releasing episodes on the first and 15th of each month anymore.

1:21.2

Instead, we'll promise you at least two episodes a month.

1:25.1

In fact, this month there will be three, and you won't have to wait more than a week between parts of a series.

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