Hi, Crime Junkies. I'm your host Ashley Flowers, and I'm Britt.

And today, I'm bringing you a story from Canada's East Coast.

The story of a man who tortured and killed four innocent people,

escaped police custody and terrorized the residents of Miramishi in New Brunswick

for nearly seven months back in 1989.

This is the story of Alan Lezier, the monster of Miramishi.

Our story starts on June 21, 1986, when John and Mary Glendenning

are just beginning their evening.

Now, it's a Saturday.

They had just locked up their general store for the weekend, and they were headed for

home for like a little bedtime snack and some much-deserved sleep.

Now, both John and Mary are in their 60s at this point, and they've been operating

their little grocery store in Black River Bridge, which is this like small community

on the Miramishi River for more than 30 years.

So by the time John settles in to watch some TV, it's like a little after 10 pm at this

point, which is why he's surprised to hear commotion coming from downstairs.

So he kind of yells down the stairs, like, hey, what's going on down there?

But before he can do anything, three men burst through his front door.

One of them immediately rushes John and hits him in the side of the head with a rock.

Now according to the book Terror's End, by Rick McLean, Andre Vino, and Sean Waters,

John is not a small man.

Like he's nearly six feet tall with a broad chest, but because of his age, he is no match

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