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Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

183: Ontario's Forest City Serial Killer w/ Vanessa Brown - A True Crime History Podcast

Most Notorious! A True Crime History Podcast

Erik Rivenes

True Crime, History, Education

4.72.8K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2021

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In late 1960s a serial murder stalked the city of London, Ontario, killing at will and baffling police.

My guest is author, bookstore owner and historian Vanessa Brown. She has spent countless hours researching these horrific murders and looking for the killer, and joins us to share details and theories from her book, "The Forest City Killer: A Serial Murderer, a Cold-Case Sleuth, and a Search for Justice."

Her bookstore's website is: https://brownanddickson.com/


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Transcript

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0:00.0

On this episode of the Most Notorious Podcast, a serial killer terrorizes the city of

0:07.9

London, Ontario.

0:10.6

What we do know is that Jackie got in the car voluntarily.

0:14.4

She either felt disarmed by or recognized the passengers in the vehicle or the driver.

0:20.8

So she got in and the vehicle did a U-turn and instead of taking her downtown towards

0:27.6

her house, heading north, it looped around and headed south towards the country roads.

0:33.8

And that is the area where her body was found five days later.

1:03.8

Welcome everyone to another episode of the Most Notorious Podcast.

1:07.1

I'm Eric Rivenes.

1:08.1

Great to have you with me.

1:10.6

So I've got a sadden getting some pretty good feedback from my new podcast, Agast at

1:14.7

the past 1892.

1:17.1

Give it a listen if you have some time.

1:19.2

It's for people who love true crime history, just like you and me.

1:23.5

And I'm having so much fun putting it together.

1:26.3

And for those of you who haven't heard the most recent episode yet, yes, Deltina Davis

1:31.0

is still missing and yes, her supposed boyfriend, Bert Treffathen, is still acting extremely

1:39.6

suspiciously.

1:41.1

Okay, on to the interview.

1:43.5

It is with great pleasure that I introduce my guest today, Vanessa Brown.

1:49.2

She is a freelance writer, editor, bookstore owner and London Ontario historian.

1:57.0

She is the author of The Grand Old Lady, the history of Hotel London and London 150 cultural

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