Hi there, welcome to Canadian True Crime. This is Christy, the host. I recently did a survey and found out that

many of you start listening from the very first episode when you discover this podcast. So this message is for you

guys. I wanted to tell you that the audio quality starts out a bit amateurish in these first couple of

episodes, and I do speak way too slowly in this first episode. I do correct it by the second,

but if this is the first you hear of me, please know that this podcast is a journey and it does

get better, I promise.

Thanks for listening.

Without further ado, here is the first ever episode of Canadian True Crime for you to cringe over.

I hope I see you on the other side. Welcome to the first ever episode of the Canadian true crime podcast, Paul Bonato and Carla Hamoka, part one.

This podcast contains adult themes and content of a violent nature. Listener discretion is advised. They call them the Ken and Barbie killers, the perpetrators of one of Canada's most

heinous and notorious crime sprees.

They were a good-looking couple and seemed to have it all,

but behind the mask was a cesspool of depravity and evil.

Our story begins in Scarborough, a suburb east of Toronto.

The year was 1964 and Paul Kenneth Bernardo was born into a dysfunctional but financially successful family.

His mother, Marilyn Eastman, had been adopted early in life by a wealthy lawyer and his wife and was raised in a stable and well-mannered environment. After her father had

disapproved of an earlier boyfriend due to his lack of education, Marilyn married Paul's father, Kenneth Bernardo, in 1960.

Kenneth was the son of an Italian immigrant who founded a highly successful marble and tile business,

so Kenneth grew up in considerable wealth as well.

But this is where the similarities between the two households end.

Paul's grandfather was abusive towards his wife and children,

which may have been a reason why Kenneth chose to become an accountant

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