Episode 274 - “He was Dead the First Time We Met Him” - The Murder and Mystery of Shannon Guyatt

The Minds of Madness - True Crime Stories

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True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

4.4 • 6.5K Ratings

🗓️ 13 July 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

On June 28th, 1992, Doug Guyatt stepped outside his home in Colwood, British Columbia, to tidy up the yard.

The house was up for sale, and it needed to look presentable.

But that wasn’t the only weight hanging over Doug that day.

His wife, 34-year-old Shannon Guyatt, had been missing for nearly two weeks.

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Research & Writing:
Nicole Colin & Katherine Thomas - Epigram Literary Group

Editing:
Aiden Wolf

Sources:
netk.net.au
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Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 24 Sep 1994: 1.
Son recalls Guyatt's grisly discovery - ProQuest
Rowlands, Bob. Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 04 Oct 1996: 1.
Wife-killer guilty of sex assault - Two years after conviction for - ProQuest
Watts, Richard. Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 21 Sep 1994: 1.
Severed head trial on today - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 04 Oct 1994: 1.
Guyatt's fate up to jury now - ProQuest
Watts, Richard. Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 14 Oct 1994: 1.
Guyatt locked up for at least 15 years - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 30 Sep 1994: 1.
Guyatt tells court of plan for freedom - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 01 Oct 1994: 1.
Witness harassed' by police - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 01 Oct 1996: 1.
Guyatt's sex-charge trial begins - Times Colonist staff - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 27 Sep 1994: 1.
Wife's lover lied to police, court hears - ProQuest
McCulloch, Sandra. Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 10 June 1994: 1.
Reward no help in finding body - ProQuest
Gibson, Jim. Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 18 Oct 1994: 1.
JIM GIBSON - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 05 Oct 1994: 1.
Shannon's lover acquitted of drunk driving - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 23 Apr 1994: 1.
Guyatt facing sex charges - ProQuest
Times - Colonist; Victoria, B.C.. 23 Mar 1994: 1.
Man facing murder trial charged with bail breach - ProQuest
Horwood, Holly. The Province; Vancouver, B.C.. 28 Sep 1994: A7.
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McLintock, Barbara. The Province; Vancouver, B.C.. 14 Oct 1994: A4.
Killer Guyatt jailed for life: [Final Edition] - ProQuest
Horwood, Holly. The Province; Vancouver, B.C.. 23 Sep 1994: A4.
Police officer tells court of severed head found in ditch: [Final Edition] - ProQuest
Horwood, Holly. The Province; Vancouver, B.C.. 22 Sep 1994: A5.
Wife's brutal murder tied to life insurance: Crown alleges money as motive: [Final Edition] - ProQuest
McIntyre, Greg. The Province; Vancouver, B.C.. 09 Oct 1994: A24.
Guyatt's convicted of murder: [Final Edition] - ProQuest
Pemberton, Kim. The Vancouver Sun; Vancouver, B.C.. 05 Sep 1992: B3.
Horrific murder proves a puzzler for police: [1* Edition] - ProQuest
Horwood, Holly. The Province; Vancouver, B.C.. 04 Oct 1994: A5.
Guyatt decision with jury: [Final Edition] - ProQuest

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1:01.6	Listener discretion is advised. Thank you. On June 28, 1992, Doug Gaiott stuck out of his home in Colwood, British Columbia to tidy up his yard.
1:43.7	The house was for sale, and it needed to look presentable.
1:47.8	But that wasn't the only weight hanging on Doug that day.
1:51.7	His wife, 34-year-old Shannon Gaiet, had been missing for two weeks.
1:57.4	As Doug moved through the overgrown lawn, picking up stray wrappers and empty bottles,
2:03.4	he spotted a white garbage bag laying in the ditch just outside his property.
2:09.0	And when he opened it, he found Shannon, or at least, part of her.
2:16.5	What Doug had pulled from the ditch was his wife's severed head.
2:21.7	Join me now, as we examine the brutal murder of Shannon Guyot and the disturbing secrets it
2:28.8	unearthed. Secrets that, more than 30 years later, still having all come to light.
2:41.0	Do you remember the 1990s? The decade that gave us acid-washed jeans and oversized flannel,
2:48.0	disc men clipped to our belts, tangled headphone cords in our pockets.
2:52.6	We tuned into Living Color and Buffy the Vampire Slayer,
2:56.6	rewound VHS tapes, and built friendships over mixtapes and music videos.
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