Episode 182: The Midnight Slider

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.7 • 38.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

In 2013, a small boat called The Midnight Slider was found floating empty in the waters off of Isle Madame in Nova Scotia. "Murder is not something that occurs in this neck of the woods very often," says Jake Boudrot, editor of the The Reporter, "There's always been a tradition of taking care of families, watching out, looking out for one another." Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:09.8	You don't steal from any fisherman.
1:12.7	And there are consequences.
1:15.8	There's a small island in Canada in Nova Scotia called Ilema Dam where fishermen are
1:21.6	up and out on the ocean at 4am, pulling up traps full of lobsters.
1:26.5	Thousands of dollars worth of lobster.
1:29.5	You need a license to fish for them and the licenses are very expensive.
1:34.6	Hundreds of thousands of dollars.
1:36.7	Someone who has a license that can set 250 traps can stand to make close to $500,000
1:44.6	in the run of a year give or take.
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