Murder Behind Vinyl: The Tragic Death of Lukas Strasser-Hird

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

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True Crime, Documentary, History, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Episode 417: In the early hours of November 23, 2013, 18-year-old Lukas Strasser-Hird was violently beaten behind the Vinyl nightclub in Calgary, in an alley off 10th Avenue Southwest. He was rushed to the hospital, but the injuries were too severe, and he died later that morning from multiple stab wounds and massive blood loss. Walk with us through the events that led from a night out at the club to one of Calgary’s most closely watched murder cases, and examine how the chaos in that alley would ripple through the city, the courtroom, and the lives left behind. Sources: Lukas Strasser-Hird | Global News, Videos & ArticlesR.I.P Austin Lukas Strasser-Hird | FacebookR v Cabrera, 2019 ABCA 184 (CanLII)R v Cabrera, 2021 ABCA 291 (CanLII)R v Gervais, 2019 ABQB 344 (CanLII)R. v. Shlah, 2019 SCC 56 (CanLII), [2019] 4 SCR 136FM010_Appellant_Franz-Emir-Cabrera SCC File No.: 38677Lukas Strasser-Hird - Obituary | Calgary HeraldThe final homecoming of Lukas Strasser-Hird - National | Global News1st-degree murder conviction upheld for Calgary man in swarming death - CalgaryNathan Gervais sentenced to life with no parole for 25 years in Lukas Strasser-Hird swarming death - Calgary 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 ad-free on Amazon music, included with Prime.
0:12.7	Welcome back to Dark Poutine. I am Mike Brown. How are you, Matthew Stockton?
0:23.4	Just taking a sip of my coffee. I see that. And you've got a sort of a silhouette of the queen with her pearls and her little crown on and a cue on the other side.
0:34.3	This is a company. They've shut down. They're called the Big Tomato Company.
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0:40.3	Modern English fine bone China made entirely in Stoke-on-Trent, England.
0:46.1	And I have a bunch of different letters, and they have like a cool image that goes with the letter.
0:49.6	I love mugs.
0:51.4	I have one that my sister gave me that says, I was normal two cats ago.
0:56.2	This is very true.
0:59.3	It's very appropriate, though.
1:01.3	Honestly, though, I don't know if I was ever truly sane.
1:04.8	Anyway, let's get on with this show.
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1:28.4	Dark Putine is not for the faint of heart or squeamish.
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1:38.2	We're two ordinary Canadian schmucks chatting about crime and the dark side of history.
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