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Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Murder in Bear River: The Slaying of Annie Kempton

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Curiouscast

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 March 2022

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

Episode 211: On January 27, 1896, in the tiny community of Bear River, Nova Scotia, popular fourteen-year-old Annie Kempton was brutally murdered in her home while her parents were out of town. The crime, papers said, was the worst ever seen in the province up to that point and there was an outcry for swift justice on the heels of the slaying. Two days after the crime, Peter David Wheeler, 26, an immigrant, was arrested and charged with the murder. In July of that year, Wheeler was found guilty of the crime and after his trial, made a confession that some have come to see as coerced. He was hanged less than 8 months after the murder in the middle of the night as a crowd was allegedly on their way from Bear River to lynch him. Sources: Nova Scotia Archives - Admiral Digby Museum Place-names of the Province of Nova Scotia : Brown, Thomas J : Internet Archive In search of justice for Peter and Annie | The Chronicle Herald Bear River Historical Society | Nova Scotia, Canada Peter Wheeler, Murder of Annie… - Admiral Digby Museum | Facebook Justice Denied - Atlantic Books Stories of our Local Characters The Lynching of Peter Wheeler by Debra Komar - Ebook | Scribd Maritime Murder: Deadly Crimes from the Buried Past eBook : Vernon, Steve: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store Graveyard Tour | Fall For Bear River Annie Kempton (1881-1896) - Find a Grave Memorial Folksongs from Southern New Brunswick : Creighton, Helen, 1899- : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive Bear River tragedy retold in ‘Annie Kempton’ | SaltWire Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:48.4

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0:55.3

co-host, whatever title people want me to give him. Have a queen of Dark Poutine.

1:02.4

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1:08.9

the Dark Poutine podcast are solely those of the producer and do not necessarily represent those

1:15.6

of curious cast. It's affiliate, global news, nor their parent company,

1:20.6

chorus entertainment. Dark Poutine is not for the faint of heart or squeamish. Our content is

1:27.6

often intense and some listeners may find it disturbing. We are not experts on the topics we

1:32.9

present nor are we journalists. We are ordinary Canadian schmucks chatting about crime and the

1:38.4

Dark Side of history. Let's get to it. Put on your tuk, grab yourself a double double and an

1:45.2

anymobar. It's time to scarf down some dark poutine. It's time to feed your fear. Oh gosh,

1:52.4

I don't know if we're feeding fear on this show, I hope not. Occasionally. Occasionally. Fun to do.

1:57.9

Yeah, it's good to feel a little fear once in a while, I guess.

2:28.3

On January 28, 1896, in the tiny community of Bear River Nova Scotia, a well-liked local girl,

2:47.2

14-year-old Annie Campton was brutally murdered in her home while her parents were out of town.

2:52.4

The crime, paper said, was the worst ever seen in the province up to that point, and there was an

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