Episode 26

Sword and Scale

Incongruity

History, Society & Culture, True Crime, Documentary

4.0 • 63.8K Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2014

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

This is one of the most under-reported murders in the history of the North American Continent. A mutilation that took hours and mind that was so disturbed it relished in the extreme violence inflicted on the deceased, this story exposes the obvious deficiencies in the extremely Liberal Canadian justice system, which even many natives don't even fully understand. Dan Zupansky, author of Trophy Kill "The Shall We Dance Murder" and host of the highly-popular true-crime podcast True Murder "The Most Shocking Killers in True Crime History", joins us to tell us a tale that is as disturbing as some of the most infamous cases ever reported. Zupansky, however, wasn't satisfied in simply chronicling a historical case. He jumped in, head first, into an active case that was still unraveling. In doing so, he became the unwitting target of critics and star witness for the prosecution of his subject. He tells us his story, no holds barred, describing his disdain for some of the actors in this case such as Greg Broadsky, who defended infamous killer Paul Bernardo and is on a short list of the most prominent known Canadian criminal defense attorneys. This story is interesting from so many different standpoints, and also so tragic from so many different standpoints, it's unlikely for anyone not to find something they feel passionate about on this particular case.

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0:00.0	In the bathtub facing the officer as he would come in was the body posed and displayed.
0:22.6	He was decapitated but that head was now placed back on the windpipe where it normally would have been.
0:30.6	The body was sawn in half at the waist but then repositioned where it normally would have been. The legs were disarticulated at the knees, the arms at a show that reveals that the worst monsters are real.
1:05.4	This week, we have an incredible story of murder and dismemberment, of course, with author and true crime podcaster
1:14.5	Dan Zupansky, a man who not only doesn't shy away from a good story, but in this case at
1:21.2	least, becomes part of it. This is a story so shocking, so disturbing that you'll wonder why you've never heard about it.
1:30.3	It ranks up there with the likes of Ted Bundy, Ed Gain, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gasey, and Andrei Chiquetillo.
1:39.0	The only difference being, this was his first victim, and he got caught.
2:31.7	Music being, this was his first victim, and he got caught. I'm This month I had the honor to speak to the author of one of my favorite books.
2:34.6	My name is Dan Zupanski.
2:40.9	I'm a journalist and radio podcaster based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
2:44.7	The book I'm describing is called Trophy Kill, The Shall We Dance Murder?
2:49.2	And it's one of the most unique true crime books I've ever read.
3:02.3	This is the story of Sidney Teerhuse.
3:09.4	Sydney Teerhuis is 45-year-old Aboriginal man.
3:18.9	Originally, he was born on a small reserve called Little Grand Rapids in rural Manitoba, and was given up by his, at that time, 15-year-old mother to foster care.
3:25.4	He committed murder.
3:27.4	He's a murderer, essentially.
3:30.5	Well, that's his status now, and that was, I imagine, his goal.
3:35.0	And what can only be described as a highly unusual turn of events.
3:39.3	This story starts out on the set of the movie Shall We Dance, starring Susan Sarandon,
3:45.8	Jennifer Lopez, and Richard Gear.
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