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Our True Crime Podcast

300. Cash for Corpses: Clifford Olson Jr

Our True Crime Podcast

Flanderson Media, LLC

True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

4.71.2K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2025

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Episode requested by Anthony W. Thank you, Anthony!


Welcome to OTCP's 300th regular episode! 

******Content Warning: Sexual assault and death of children*********

In this episode, we dive into Canada's most notorious serial killer, Clifford Olson Jr. Olson’s disturbing story is filled with horrific crimes. To be honest, I thought I knew about everything there was to know. I was wrong!  Camille and I will take you from his early life of crime to his eventual capture and conviction for the rapes murders of eleven children. 

Join Cam and Jen as we discuss- oh boy, do we discuss- "Cash for Corpses: Clifford Olson Jr."  

Thank you to our team:
Written and researched by Lauretta Allen
Listener Discretion by Edward October from Octoberpod AM
Executive Producer Nico Vitesse of The Inky Pawprint
Research by Jen

The book that Jen talks about in the episode is Predator: The Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Clifford Olson by Peter Worthington.

Sources:
https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/d71f0bf7-0816-4be2-a7cb-30e993d440bb
https://mail.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/olson/2.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford_Olsonhttps://murderpedia.org/male.O/o/olson-clifford-robert.htm
https://maamodt.asp.radford.edu/psyc%20405/serial%20killers/Olson,%20Clifford%20Robert%20_fall,%202006_.pdf
https://www.newspapers.com/image/327941931/?match=1&terms=Christine%20Weller (Christine's first appearance in the papers)
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https://www.newspapers.com/image/327919464/?match=1&terms=Colleen%20Daignault
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Transcript

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0:00.0

Hello, I'm Edward October. Over the years, I've narrated more ghost stories, horror shows,

0:05.9

and creepypastas than I can count. And yet, the crimes discussed on our true crime podcast

0:12.0

managed to scare the shit out of me. This program is not suitable for children or the faint of heart.

0:18.2

If you are such a person, go ahead and switch off this podcast.

0:21.7

Listen to something else.

0:24.5

Are you still with us?

0:26.7

Well, we've warned you. Hey, Jen.

0:48.3

Cam, how you doing?

0:49.5

I'm good. How are you?

0:50.6

I'm fantastic.

0:52.3

Today we are celebrating our 300th episode. Three hundred.

0:58.4

Now, technically, I think we have like 385 or I don't know. We have close to 400. That's all I know.

1:04.7

This is our official 300 episode. This is our official, unofficial, official, official 300.

1:15.6

Yeah. And that's if our math's right. And it's probably not, but we're going by what the computer says.

1:16.6

So yeah.

1:17.6

Well, let's go.

1:18.6

I hear it's a good one.

1:19.6

It was requested by Anthony W.

1:22.6

So yeah, we're going to go.

1:24.6

Now, this is about Clifford Olson, Jr. He was a serial killer, and I always

1:31.5

kind of thought I knew. He was, you know, about him. But, yeah, he's something. I picked up a book

1:38.2

that was written by a journalist in Canada that took Clifford's manuscripts and kind of interviewed him a bit. I read that book.

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