S2 The Billionaire Murders | E12 Domestic Troubles and More

Suspicion: Murder on Mount Olive

Toronto Star

News, True Crime

4.6 • 591 Ratings

🗓️ 27 December 2024

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

In episode 12 of "The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman" Kevin Donovan is joined by producer Raju Mudhar, as the two examine where the case is now and where it might go. But before that, voice actors read emails exchanges that took place between Barry, Honey and others that could show signs of a contentious household.

The Billionaire Murders podcast is probing the strange case of the famous Toronto couple found strangled in their north Toronto home in 2017. For seven years, The Star's Kevin Donovan has covered the case for the Star, fought court battles to access documents on the police investigation and the Sherman estate, written a best selling book on it and produced a Crave documentary.

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0:00.0	Five weeks before the brutal murders of Barry and Honey Sherman,
0:04.0	the couple had a toxic email exchange,
0:07.0	an indication that the outwardly content Shermans were unhappy behind closed doors.
0:13.1	When this exchange took place,
0:15.0	Honey was away with girlfriends on a golf trip in the U.S.
0:18.5	Barry was at home in Toronto.
0:20.6	Honey wants Barry to attend a memorial
0:22.7	in Montreal for one of Canada's most beloved musicians. Barry, the Leonard Cohen event. Please,
0:28.6	go with me. Not going. Please, let's try to get along. Let's try to get along won't work unless you
0:34.3	understand what the problem is, and it appears that will never happen.
0:43.0	I do understand, but I'm not alone in this. I would try if you're willing as well, okay?
0:49.0	Apparently you do not understand. You have been abusive to me for over 40 years. Whenever I've asked you to stop, the response has been you stop. You are also persistently abusive to the kids, which you remain unable to see,
0:56.1	and you remain insensitive in how you deal with them.
0:59.2	Okay, I hear you.
1:06.5	From the Toronto Star, I'm Kevin Donovan, and this is the billionaire murders.
1:22.2	A bonus episode, domestic troubles, and more.
1:30.5	The email exchange you just heard, read by voice actors,
1:34.7	I think it's one of the pieces of information
1:36.7	police came across in the early days.
1:39.6	Something that made police think
1:40.9	it was possible that Barry snapped,
1:43.4	killed honey, then killed himself.
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