Missing in Canada - the O'Brien Boys - (Abducted Nov 9, 1996)

The Canadian Gothic

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History, True Crime, Society & Culture, Documentary

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🗓️ 19 March 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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November 9 1996, three brothers spend the day with their non custodial father at his home in Torbay, Newfoundland. An hour before the boys were scheduled to be returned to their mother, she received a phone call from her estranged husband telling her he was not going to return the boys to her and had rigged his house to explode if anyone entered it. Despite the passage of over 25 years the father nor the three boys have been seen again. In this episode of Nighttime Ashley Drake and I will present and discuss the abduction of the O'Brien Boys, Adam (14), Trevor (11), and Mitchell(4). Episode Links: Help Find the O’Brien Boys Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/13630588125/ Wikipedia profile - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearance_of_Adam,_Trevor,_and_Mitchell_O'Brien Links: Missing in Canada Series: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/keep-canada-weird make a case suggestion: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/contact Watch the video version of this episode: Provide feedback and comments on the episode: nighttimepodcast.com/contact Subscribe to the show: premium feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast apple podcasts: https://applepodcasts.com/nighttime Musical Theme: Noir Toyko by Monty Datta Contact: Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod Ashley Drake on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@halloweenphotografiend Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/nighttimepodcast Premium Feed: https://www.patreon.com/Nighttimepodcast Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello listeners, Jordan here. I just want to let you know that you can listen to nighttime early and add free on Amazon music
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0:15.0	Welcome to Missing in Canada an ongoing series by the nighttime podcast
0:20.0	that explores the stories and circumstances of Canadian missing person cases.
0:26.0	In this episode, we're going to discuss one of the darkest events to ever play out in the province of Newfoundland.
0:32.0	Our story takes us back to November of 1996.
0:36.0	Three brothers spend the day with their non-custodial father
0:40.0	and his family.
0:42.0	An hour before the boys were scheduled to be returned to their mother,
0:46.0	she received the phone call from her estranged husband, telling her that he was not going to return the boys
0:51.0	and that he had rigged his house to explode if anyone were to enter it.
0:55.0	Now, despite the passage of over 25 years, the father, Gary O'Brien and the three O'Brien boys
1:02.0	were still in the house.
1:05.0	Now, despite the passage of over 25 years, the father, Gary O'Brien and the three O'Brien boys haven't been seen since.
1:14.0	So let's get to it. Tonight, in this episode of nighttime, Ashley Drake and I will present and discuss the abduction of the O'Brien boys.
1:30.0	Ashley, how are you doing tonight?
1:32.0	I'm doing well. Thank you. How are you?
1:34.0	I'm doing good. It's its merch break here in Halifax.
1:37.0	So lots more time to stretch out and enjoy life and family.
1:42.0	Have you been passing the time? I'm sure your schedule has changed a little bit with this.
1:47.0	Yeah, I took vacation Monday to Thursday and I spent some time with my daughter.
1:52.0	We just did some stuff. We went to pure and simple, like two or three times to get breakfast.
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