310. Targeted: The École Polytechnique Massacre

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Personal Journals

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🗓️ 21 May 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

On December 6th, 1989, a gunman walked into an engineering classroom in Montreal's École Polytechnique and opened fire. Within twenty minutes, fourteen women were dead. Killed only because they were women.
Join Jen and Cam as we discuss what happened in the twenty minutes of Canada's deadliest mass shooting.

***Jen tried her best to pronounce the victim's names correctly.

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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

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89cole_Polytechnique_massacre
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_L%C3%A9pine
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/dec/04/mass-shooting-1989-montreal-14-women-killed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18d2eocYP9Y&ab_channel=GeorgiaMarie
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/polytechnique-massacre-30-years-later-loreen-pindera-pov-1.5371032
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Because_They_Were_Women/aHwpEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT18&printsec=frontcover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnyT4rXwbAc&ab_channel=100huntley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5s4MAG-jOfc&ab_channel=100huntley
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Because_They_Were_Women/aHwpEAAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT18&printsec=frontcover
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spsAJ76rP3I&rco=1&ab_channel=CBCNews
https://globalnews.ca/news/6187845/montreal-massacre-victims/
https://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/the-nightmare-of-marc-lpines-mother

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.
0:48.8	Kim, how are you?
0:50.6	I'm pretty good.
0:51.3	How are you?
0:52.2	I'm okay.
0:53.4	I am.
0:53.8	Really? Really? I am. Well, we woke up to a tsunami and now it is a
0:58.1	beautiful day with the sunshine. Welcome to the Midwest. I know my backyard was completely flooded,
1:02.7	but that's okay. It's okay. So, what you got for us today, girl? I've got something that
1:09.1	I'm going to have a hard time pronouncing the name, so I apologize
1:11.7	in advance, but I really have worked hard and I hope I can do this.
1:14.9	You can do it!
1:15.5	I apologize in advance if I screw it up, but I'm very well-meaning, I promise.
1:19.6	All right, you ready?
1:20.4	I'm totally ready.
1:21.3	Okay.
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