Hello, thanks for joining us for this episode of Into the Killing.

For this episode, we're going back to March 1975.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police, also known as the RCMP, was founded in 1920.

The RCMP is Canada's National Police Service.

It's similar to the FBI in the United States. RCMP officers are often called Mounties.

In May 1974, the Commissioner of the RCMP announced that for the first time,

they would be accepting applications from women for the position of Mountie.

They accepted 32 women who formed the all-female RCMP Troop 17.

On March 3rd, 1975, 30 women graduated from the Academy and were made Mounties.

At the time of this recording, one-fifth of all Mounties are women.

Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in April 1889 in London, England.

Chaplin grew up in poverty.

His father was rarely around and his mother was committed to an asylum when he was 14.

His parents were both music hall performers.

When Chaplin was just nine, he started performing at musicals.

He developed his physical comedy skills while performing.

In 1914, Chaplin moved to Los Angeles, California and entered the movie business.

Chaplin's best known character, The Little Tramp, was a hit with audiences.

Chaplin was a master of physical comedy and this made him

ideal for silent films. Chaplin went on to write and direct his own films. His most well-known

films are the gold rush, modern times, and the great dictator. For many years, Chaplin was

considered the most famous person in the world. He's arguably the most iconic silent film actor and one of the most important filmmakers of all time.

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