Introducing | Robert Pickton: The Final Chapter, from Canadian True Crime
The Devil You Know with Sarah Marshall
CBC
4.6 • 751 Ratings
🗓️ 26 January 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Today we bring you the first episode of the new miniseries - Robert Pickton: The Final Chapter, from Canadian True Crime.
Everyone knows about the Canadian pig farmer who confessed to murdering 49 women on his farm near Vancouver. What you might not know is that Robert Pickton was recently murdered in prison in an act of vigilante justice. His final chapter may now be closed, but the story is far from over. The evidence suggests he did not act alone.
In this special four-part series from Canadian True Crime, Aussie-Canadian host Kristi Lee traces a disturbing childhood on the Pickton family farm where cruelty was normalized, and morality optional. Moving past the caricature of a lone monster in buddy boots, this series restores the humanity of the women targeted and examines the systems that failed them for so long — leaving their loved ones with many unanswered questions.
This miniseries draws primarily from court records, historical news archives, investigative journalism, personal interviews and the Missing Women Inquiry final report.
CONTENT WARNING:
This series includes graphic details that will be distressing for many listeners to hear, including mention of sexual assault, residential schools, Indigenous issues, child abuse and suicide.
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About Canadian True Crime - Canada’s leading independent podcast
From the snowy streets of small-town Canada to the darkest corners of the big cities, join Aussie-Canadian host Kristi Lee as she unearths chilling true crime stories that shook the nation. With meticulous research and a trauma-informed approach, Kristi takes listeners beyond the headlines for a thoughtful deep dive into compelling true crime stories, unraveling some of Canada's most compelling criminal cases and justice system failures.
You can listen to the second part of Robert Pickton: The Final Chapter now, just find Canadian True Crime wherever you get your podcasts or visit www.canadiantruecrime.ca
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| 0:00.0 | This is a CBC podcast. |
| 0:05.3 | Hi there. Most people know about the case of the Canadian pig farmer who confessed to murdering |
| 0:11.0 | 49 women on his farm near Vancouver. It's often sensationalized into a grotesque caricature |
| 0:18.2 | of a lone monster in muddy boots on a junkyard farm and an indistinct group |
| 0:23.7 | of largely nameless sex workers and indigenous women. What you might not know is that Robert |
| 0:30.0 | Peckton was recently murdered in prison by a fellow inmate who claimed it was all for the victims. |
| 0:37.1 | And while the final chapter of Canada's most |
| 0:39.6 | prolific serial killer might now be over, the evidence suggests he did not act alone. I'm Christy |
| 0:47.4 | Lee, writer and narrator of Canadian True Crime, a podcast I started nine years ago as a passion project, and it still is today. |
| 0:56.7 | Thanks to The Devil You Know and CBC podcasts, I'm sharing this first episode of my special |
| 1:03.0 | new series with you. It's called Robert Picton, the final chapter. In this four-part series, |
| 1:09.2 | I trace the case from the very beginning right up to |
| 1:12.6 | where it stands today, drawing from court records, historical news archives, the final report |
| 1:18.6 | of the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, investigative journalism, and personal stories |
| 1:24.0 | with a trauma-informed approach. From a disturbing childhood on the Picton family farm, where cruelty and exploitation |
| 1:31.3 | was normalized and morality optional, where Robert Pickton and his brother were shown that |
| 1:36.8 | bad deeds can be covered up using privilege and intimidation, cleaning evidence and |
| 1:42.0 | coordinating stories, to the blatant police failures, |
| 1:45.8 | systemic injustice and deep-rooted societal prejudice that enabled that violent culture to |
| 1:51.9 | continue long after the Picton parents were dead. Most importantly, this series restores |
| 1:58.4 | the identities and humanity of the vulnerable women who were targeted |
| 2:02.6 | through the personal accounts of those who loved and missed them, |
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