142 • The Abby Killer

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Jack Luna

True Crime, Science, Social Sciences, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.8 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Friday, October the 13th, 1995. The date was asking for something scary. Abbotsford, B.C., just so happened to have a resident in Terry Driver, ready to pull up and deliver.

Sources:

Through the Valley of the Shadow - The Search for the Abbotsford Killer by Rod Gehl

https://www.amazon.com/Through-Valley-Shadow-Search-Abbotsford-ebook/dp/B0773T1HP8

Crime Stories S1E2

https://youtu.be/914-kUDRa7M?si=JWBKBHoohk6nNGNj

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0:00.0	Can we talk something else?
0:02.0	Can we talk about something else?
0:05.0	Hello!
0:20.0	Out there.
0:30.5	There's nothing scarier than a killer who is proud to be one.
0:33.9	A maniac out to cause as much mayhem as possible,
0:36.5	wanting not only as victims to suffer, but their families and society as a whole,
0:40.5	to feel a panic.
0:42.3	The killer who feeds on fear will be well fed if they can stay relevant.
0:46.4	In the news.
0:47.8	The great part about being a fear-driven psychopath is that you don't necessarily need to continue
0:52.7	drawing blood to get your fix.
0:55.2	It could be a phone call, a letter, a tombstone of a victim torn out of the ground, defaced,
1:02.1	and placed on the hood of a shock jock stupid car. Why not? If you're already headed to hell,
1:08.5	might as well weave your way there. Hop in the handbasket,
1:13.3	leave everyone in stitches. Welcome to Dark Topic. I'm your host, Jack Luna. This is a true
1:20.8	crime happening. The Abbey Killer. killer.
1:42.3	Abbottsford, British Columbia, a bedroom community to Vancouver, is normally cozy under the cover of top-notch Canadian wilderness,
1:45.6	majestic mountains, towering forests, roaring, trout-filled rivers, many walks of wild animal,
1:54.1	some of the bipedal variety, big-footed and small.
2:00.3	With a population hovering around 100,000, Abbotsford has always been considered
2:04.6	an excellent place to live. That is, when a homicidal maniac isn't on the loose. Friday, October
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