Robert Pickton: The Final Chapter [1]

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

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

4.7 • 5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2026

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Summary

A brand new four-part series.

In 2024, Canada’s most prolific serial killer was murdered in prison in an act of vigilante justice. The final chapter of Robert Pickton may now be closed, but the story is far from over.

Pickton confessed to murdering 49 women on his pig farm near Vancouver, many of them sex workers and Indigenous women.

The evidence suggests he did not act alone.

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Part 1 begins by tracing a disturbing childhood on the Pickton farm where cruelty was normalized, morality was optional and vulnerable people were exploited and intimidated. It also tracks how that culture escalated after Robert and his brother took over the farm, and the many police failures that followed.

This series revisits the entire case to date, moving past the grotesque caricature of a lone monster in buddy boots, and restores the humanity of the women targeted through personal stories of those who loved them. It examines the culture and systems that failed them for so long, leaving their loved ones with many unanswered questions — and a prevailing sense of injustice.

This miniseries draws primarily from court records, historical news archives, investigative journalism, personal interviews and the Missing Women Inquiry final report.

CONTENT WARNING: this series includes graphic details that will be distressing for many listeners to hear, including mention of sexual assault, residential schools, Indigenous issues, child abuse and suicide.

Crisis referral services:

Free National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: call 1-866-925-4419 toll free

Hope for Wellness free chatline - 1-800-721-0066 or using the chat box on the website

Government of Canada Crisis and Mental Health support

Resources for Sexual assault survivors

Canadian True Crime donates monthly to those facing injustice.

Proceeds from this series are being donated to the WISH Drop-in Centre Society, supporting street-based sex workers on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside since 1984.

Full list of resources, information sources, and more:

www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes

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0:00.0	Canadian True Crime is a completely independent production, funded mainly through advertising.
0:04.7	You can listen to Canadian True Crime ad-free and early on Amazon music included with Prime, Apple Podcasts, Patreon, and Supercast.
0:12.4	The podcast often has disturbing content and coarse language. It's not for everyone. Please take care when listening.
0:19.6	Hi, I'm Christy Lee, and welcome to episode 200 of Canadian True Crime. I started this podcast
0:26.8	nine years ago as a passion project and it still is today. So thank you so much for joining me.
0:34.2	This special four-part series has been pieced together primarily from the public record,
0:39.7	including court documents, newspaper archives, the final report of the Missing Women Commission
0:45.4	of Inquiry, and On the Farm, the definitive book by the late award-winning investigative
0:51.3	journalist Stevie Cameron. Please be aware this series includes
0:56.2	distressing details that might be difficult to hear. There's also mention of sexual assault,
1:01.9	residential schools, indigenous issues, child abuse and suicide. Please see the show notes for
1:08.0	crisis referral services. Proceeds are being donated to the Wish Dropin Center Society,
1:14.4	supporting street-based sex workers in Vancouver's downtown east side.
1:43.5	Often referred to as the poorest postal code in Canada, the downtown east side. Often referred to as the poorest postal code in Canada,
1:47.3	the downtown east side is known for high concentrations of poverty, homelessness, mental illness,
1:53.7	hazardous substance use, crime and sex work. A red pickup truck pulls up to the corner.
2:00.7	The driver is in his late 40s, balding, with greasy, scraggly hair hanging down the back and sides.
2:08.5	He asks Wendy how much she charges for oral sex.
2:12.5	She tells him the going rate is $40.
2:15.5	He offers her $100 if she comes back to his place in Port Coquitlam.
2:21.6	Wendy needs the money, but that's about a 40-minute drive away. Can't they find somewhere closer?
2:28.5	The driver insists, promising to drop her back by one in the morning. She gets into the pickup and they drive out of the
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