#294 The Cook Family Murders

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🗓️ 6 November 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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In June of 1959, in the quiet town of Stettler, Alberta. Raymond and Daisy Cook along with their five young children were found brutally murdered. Their bodies stuffed into a grease pit beneath their own garage. But the shocking part was who police believed committed the crime. Despite no hard evidence, police arrested Raymond Cook's eldest son from a previous marriage, Robert Cook. He was charged with the murders and sentenced to death, becoming the last man ever executed in Alberta. Was Robert Cook truly guilty or was an innocent man sent to the gallows? This is the story of the Cook family murders. Check out our other shows!: Cryptic Soup w/ Thena & Kylee Strange & Unexplained True Crime Guys YouTube EVERYTHING TRUE CRIME GUYS: https://linktr.ee/Truecrimeguysproductions True Crime Guys Music: True Crime Guys Music on Spotify OhMyGaia.com Code: Crimepine Patreon.com/truecrimeguys Patreon.com/sandupodcast Merch: truecrimeguys.threadless.com Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raymond_Cook Inside Canada’s Most Controversial Family Murders | Robert Cook Family Murders Alberta’s last hanged man: Robert Raymond Cook The Murder of The Cook Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvIy7ARPN5E https://people.com/robert-raymond-cook-family-murders-alberta-canada-11735020 https://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/static/interesting-cases/criminal-regina-cook.html https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueCrime/comments/1k3z8qh/in_1959_an_entire_family_in_alberta_canada_was/

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome back to True Crime Guys podcast.
0:06.8	I'm your host, Michael, and Andy's here late with me tonight.
0:10.0	Hey, getting over a little cold there, bud?
0:12.4	Oh, yes, Michael.
0:13.4	I was hoping I was having that with like sexy cold voice, but no.
0:16.8	No, you're pretty much back to normal.
0:18.8	I'm just all, I'm all hopped up on cold medicine over here, baby.
0:22.4	Well, good.
0:23.0	At least you took DayQuil.
0:23.9	Right?
0:24.3	Yeah.
0:25.3	You'll be good.
0:26.3	But, guys, before we get into this older case, oldy but a goody.
0:30.2	Oh, goody?
0:31.0	Well, only but an interesting one.
0:33.7	Yeah.
0:34.2	Yeah.
0:34.7	Took place in the 50s.
0:36.4	Okay. Timely. Yeah. It's definitely not short on brutality.
0:40.2	So. Most things were not then. No. But before we get into it, guys, I got to remind you, you can catch
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