S22 E1: The Gun | "The Band Played On"

The Expert Witness from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.5 • 10.9K Ratings

🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

It's the summer of 1985. Peter Hamer is a typical, goofy teenager partying with his friends. They're drinking beer and coolers. Then he invites his music teacher to join them, with sinister intentions. Thirty-three years later, Hamer returns to his high school band room to explain what happened next. Listener discretion is advised.

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0:43.0	It was towards the end of the summer.
0:46.0	I was having a party for the staff that I had worked with.
0:49.0	It was a nice summer night.
0:51.0	We had enough booze and nobody was doing any kind of drugs back then.
0:55.0	But it was always beer and coolers.
0:57.0	And it was fun.
0:58.0	It's 1985.
1:00.0	Peter Hamer is 17.
1:02.0	My parents were in England.
1:04.0	So naturally, he's having a party.
1:06.0	Peter's a cute kid with his wavy mullet and the dimple on his chin.
1:11.0	He's wearing what he always wore.
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