S3 40 Years Cold | E3 The Killer
Suspicion: Murder on Mount Olive
Toronto Star
4.6 • 591 Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2024
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Who is Joseph George Sutherland? What would lead him to such depraved acts? In Moosonee, Ontario, we learn of the horrific circumstances that shaped the man and how a close friend was shocked to learn the details of his secret criminal past.
This episode comes with a content warning. In it, we discuss violence, sexual assault and murder. We also discuss the physical, mental, sexual and emotional abuse that survivors experienced in residential schools. If you're a residential school survivor or a family member of one and you're finding all of this particularly distressing, there's the National Indian Residential School Crisis Line that provides 24-hour support, 1-866-925-4419. You can also reach out to the Canadian Association of Sexual Assault Centres at casac.ca to help you find a centre close to where you live.
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Suspicion seasons 1 and 2, "Death in a Small Town" and "The Billionaire Murders: The hunt for the killers of Honey and Barry Sherman," were hosted by Kevin Donovan and are available in this feed.
Audio sources: CTV News Northern Ontario, Global News, CTV Your Morning
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| 0:00.0 | This episode comes with a content warning. |
| 0:03.2 | In it, we discuss violence, sexual assault, and murder. |
| 0:07.3 | We also discuss the physical, mental, sexual, and emotional abuse that survivors experienced in residential schools. |
| 0:15.4 | If you're impacted by these themes, we have some resources posted in our show notes. |
| 0:24.1 | He says, I've done some things I'm not very proud of. |
| 0:28.3 | I said, okay. |
| 0:31.1 | He said, well, I'd done some break and enters when I was young. |
| 0:36.8 | I said, oh, okay. |
| 0:38.3 | How long ago? He says like 40 years ago. |
| 0:42.3 | So I didn't know if he had come to know Jesus or what in the world had happened to him. |
| 0:48.3 | So he's confessing his soul to me or something. I didn't know. |
| 0:52.3 | And I said, oh, okay. |
| 0:56.0 | We've all done things. |
| 0:58.0 | In our past, I said, just let it go. |
| 1:01.0 | Like it's four years ago. |
| 1:04.0 | And he said, well, Toronto Police came in and took my DNA yesterday. |
| 1:09.0 | And I looked at him, I said, George, Toronto Police don't come and get your DNA |
| 1:15.6 | or break in there 40 years ago. |
| 1:18.6 | He says it gets worse. |
| 1:22.6 | From the Toronto Star, this is 40 years cold. |
| 1:35.3 | This is 40 years cold. Episode 3, The Killer. |
| 2:04.8 | With no road access from the rest of Ontario, |
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