S16: “Kuper Island” E2: Nights on the Boys’ Side

The Expert Witness from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.5 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 2 August 2022

⏱️ 40 minutes

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What was it like to be a student at one of the most notorious residential schools in Canada? Survivors James and Tony Charlie share their own account of recurring sexual abuse at the hands of their teachers, starting with a fateful trip to Montreal's Expo '67. Their stories speak to how abuse rotted all facets of school life — and how at Kuper Island, no child was spared. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/kuper-island-transcripts-listen-1.6622551

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0:00.0	On an evening in early December 2018, the young CEO of a cryptocurrency exchange reportedly
0:07.3	dies while on his honeymoon in India.
0:09.9	This death is not announced to customers for another month, and when their told Gerald
0:13.7	Cotton is the only person to hold the passwords to their funds, conspiracy theories grow, leaving
0:19.2	some to wonder, could Gerald Cotton still be alive?
0:22.9	Honeymoon, moving to body, all the missing money, it was like, but what happened?
0:37.0	This is a CBC podcast.
0:39.8	Before we start, this is a podcast about Canada's Indian residential schools, and it contains
0:44.8	descriptions of sexual violence, suicide, and abuse.
0:48.6	If you need support, you can find information about where to turn for help at CBC.ca-keeper-Ilon.
1:00.3	It was a warm day in June 1966.
1:04.2	Tony Charlie was 15 years old and he was heading to the gym at the Cooper Island residential
1:09.5	school to play basketball.
1:12.3	But something held him back.
1:14.9	I got to the door and I grabbed the door and hop, and I was just overcome by hesitation.
1:24.2	It almost seemed like there was something stopping me from going opening the door.
1:28.8	So I held on the door and I let the door go, and I went back.
1:35.8	And so that happened to me twice.
1:38.1	I went to the gym and I got the door and I couldn't go in.
1:43.0	So he didn't go inside the gym that day.
1:47.2	The next day, they learned a boy had hung himself there.
1:51.2	At least that's what they were told.
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