Robert Pickton: A Serial Killer and a Farm Full of Secrets

Clues with Morgan Absher and Kaelyn Moore

PAVE Studios

True Crime

4.4 • 945 Ratings

🗓️ 11 March 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In the 1990s, women began disappearing from Vancouver’s Downtown East Side: many of them Indigenous, many of them sex workers, many of them dismissed as transient or unreliable. A survivor of a violent 1997 attack identified her assailant as pig farmer Robert Pickton, but the charges were stayed and the investigation stalled. As the list of missing women grew, anonymous tips, witness statements, and internal warnings all pointed back to one property in Port Coquitlam. Morgan and Kaelyn trace the clues that were overlooked, the search that finally uncovered human remains on the farm, and the systemic failures that allowed one of Canada’s most notorious serial killers to operate for years. Head over to our Clues YouTube channel to WATCH this episode: https://www.youtube.com/@CluesPod If you’re new here, don’t forget to follow Clues to never miss a case! For Ad-free listening and early access to episodes, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts. Clues is a Crime House Original Podcast, powered by PAVE Studios. 🎧 Need More to Binge? Listen to other Crime House Originals including Crime House 24/7, Crimes Of…, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Murder True Crime Stories and more wherever you get your podcasts! Follow us on Social YouTube: @CluesPod | @crimehousestudios Instagram: @cluespodcast | @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudios X: @crimehousemedia Clues is hosted by Morgan Absher & Kaelyn Moore Instagram: @morgsyabsher | @itskaelynmoore TikTok: @twohottakes | @heartstartspounding Episode Sponsors:A year from today isn’t that far away. Get started now at https://www.HelloAlma.com/clues. Sign up for your one-dollar-per-month trial today at https://www.shopify.com/clues. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	When someone goes missing, the headlines focus on what happened.
0:05.0	But the truth often lives in the smallest details.
0:09.0	I'm Sarah Turney.
0:10.0	After my sister disappeared, I learned how those final hours, the last conversations, the last decisions can haunt families forever.
0:19.0	And I'm Courtney Nicole.
0:23.1	After seeing crime impact my own family,
0:24.9	I've learned how overlooked moments,
0:26.0	missed red flags, and unanswered questions can change everything.
0:29.2	Together, we're bringing those lived experiences
0:31.7	into the work.
0:33.4	This is the final hours,
0:35.4	a crime house original powered by Pave Studios,
0:38.5	a podcast that puts the moments before a disappearance under a microscope.
0:43.3	Listen to and follow the final hours wherever you get your podcasts, new episodes every Monday.
0:48.6	Thank you. This is crime house.
1:02.6	A woman stumbles out of the woods.
1:04.9	She's bleeding.
1:05.9	She's frantic.
1:06.8	She's got a knife in her hand and one handcuff locked on her wrist.
1:11.5	It's the middle of the night, but she's able to flag down a car, an elderly couple who immediately slams on the brakes.
1:18.4	Their headlights illuminated a massive wound on her stomach.
1:22.0	She's narrowly escaped death, but she's one of the only survivors.
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