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Canadian True Crime

Robert Pickton [3]

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

Canadian True Crime, History, Crime, Crime Case, Serial Killer, True Crime, Murder, Psychological, True-crime, Society & Culture

4.75K Ratings

🗓️ 5 January 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

[Part 3 of 4] In this part, we find out what led to Robert Pickton's eventual arrest.


* Additional content warning: this episode includes adult themes, violence and graphic information. Please take care when listening.


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0:00.0

This podcast may contain coarse language, adult themes, and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

0:09.1

Listener discretion is advised.

0:20.2

Welcome to Canadian True Crime, Episode 17, Robert Picton, Part 3.

0:27.3

This is Christy.

0:29.2

We last left off with a terrifying encounter between Robert Pickton and Lynn Ellingson,

0:35.4

a sex worker living in his trailer, doing admin work in exchange for

0:39.7

alcohol, drugs, food and money. Lin had gone with Robert to the downtown east side to pick up a

0:46.3

girl and had taken her back to the farm. Lin went to bed, woke some time later and saw a light on

0:53.5

in the barn. She ventured over to take a look

0:56.4

and found the sex worker hung from a hook. Robert threatened that if Lynn said anything,

1:02.9

she would be next. The day after the barn incident, it was noticed that Georgina Pappin had vanished from the downtown east side.

1:22.6

Georgina was 35 years old and had long, thick black hair and high cheekbones, exactly like the woman that

1:30.2

Robert and Lynn had picked up the night before.

1:34.2

Georgina came from a well-known Aboriginal family, grew up with eight brothers and sisters,

1:39.3

and spent her childhood being farmed out to dozens of foster homes.

1:48.9

Despite this, the siblings made many attempts to stay close.

1:53.1

Georgina was described as rambunctious and special.

1:57.6

Among her many talents were drawing, singing, sewing and cooking.

2:01.3

People turned to watch her when she walked into a room.

2:08.2

Georgina was the mother of seven children. The last two were twins who were only a few months old at the time she disappeared. She didn't have custody of all of her kids, but she made

2:14.2

the best of what she had. But in the summer of 1998, she was caught shoplifting and

2:21.0

smoking dope, so all her kids were sent away and she was sent to rehab for a week. She turned up to the

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