Holiday 2023: Winnipeg’s Yuletide Bandit

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.8 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 25 December 2023

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Episode 299: In this episode, we explore a dark chapter of Winnipeg's criminal history, centred on the "Yuletide Bandit," notorious for his holiday-season robberies in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Michael David Syrnyk, known for targeting banks and armoured vehicles, executed his crimes with a reckless disregard for human life, often using firearms and viewing his victims merely as obstacles. His choice of the festive season for these heists added a cruel irony to his crimes, starkly contrasting with the spirit of joy and family. One notable incident was a shootout at Winnipeg’s Polo Park Mall, causing terror among Christmas shoppers. The dramatic end to his criminal spree came with a 12-hour standoff involving a former girlfriend, leading to his capture. This episode not only recounts Syrnyk's heinous acts but also underscores the lasting impact of his crimes on the victims and the broader community in Winnipeg. Dark Poutine will return on January 8th, 2024, ad-free on Amazon Music and in our regular feed on January 15. Sources: NATIONAL REPORT Gunfight at Winnipeg mall has shoppers ducking Red Deer Advocate 13 Dec 2000, page 14 The Winnipeg Sun 05 May 2002, page 3 The Winnipeg Sun 08 May 2002, page 1 23 years in the nick for Yuletide Bandit Waterloo Region Record 26 Dec 2002, page 5 North Bay Nugget 18 Dec 2002, page 9 The Kingston Whig-Standard 26 Dec 2002, page 48 The unlikely suspect in hostage-taking had hidden arsenal Hostage | 72 Hours S01E14 | True Crime "72 Hours: True Crime" Hostage — s01e14 | Documentary, Crime| Michael Syrnyk | News, Videos & Articles | Global News Apr 2016: Winnipeg's notorious 'Yuletide Bandit' makes first appearance before the parole board 'I could be dead': Security guard shot by 'Yuletide Bandit' frustrated by early parole | CBC News Michael Syrnyk was released from prison on Friday | CBC News The Yuletide Bandit: The Seven Year Search for a Serial Criminal by Mike McIntyre Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and am Mike Brown here in Langley British Columbia and in Vancouver is my good
0:25.7	pal Matthew Stockton hello Matthew looking out the window again distracted I
0:30.5	think we're gonna switch that up next week and when you go on my crown and I'm going to break and go and I'm Matthew Stockton
0:37.0	Well, there isn't anything next week because it's Christmas time and we're taking a couple of weeks off.
0:43.0	Slacker.
0:45.0	What do you mean?
0:47.0	I'm going to be actually doing a lot of writing and an interview for our 300th episode which is the first one that drops in the new year
0:56.3	so I'm looking forward to that one and I had half of an episode written for January,
1:03.0	we might as well share this with everyone,
1:05.0	and yeah,
1:06.0	ended up spilling an entire cup of coffee on my laptop.
1:11.0	Yeah.
1:12.0	Took it to the Mac store and was told that it should just be buried because it's completely
1:17.9	dead.
1:18.9	So I lost the script.
1:19.9	Oh boy.
1:21.3	I know.
1:22.3	But anyway, I mean, you know, such as life, this stuff happens, live and learn as they say.
1:27.5	As he drinks coffee over his laptop.
1:31.5	As he drinks coffee and spills it on his new laptop, do not.
1:35.0	The views, information, and opinions expressed during the Dark Patine Podcast are solely those of the
1:41.6	producer and do not necessarily represent those of curious cast,
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