S31 E6: The diaries | The Banned Teacher

Sea of Lies from Uncover

CBC

True Crime

4.6 • 10K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Jackie Short kept detailed diaries as a teen. She knew the teacher was making sexual advances to multiple students. At the same time, he was courting another teacher who would become his wife. On a band trip to Germany, Short told an administrator what was going on at their high school.

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0:00.0	Christine Heron was 15 years old in the spring of 1993 when she disappeared, and in over 30 years there has been no trace of her.
0:09.9	I did know before the night was over. She was dead, though.
0:13.0	A story of murder and heartbreak and investigative error.
0:16.9	He was 90% sure he was going to be convicted.
0:21.4	From CBC Podcasts, I'm David Rigen, and this is Someone Know Something, Season 9, the Christine Herron case.
0:28.3	Available now.
0:31.3	This is a CBC podcast.
0:34.8	I'm getting a bit of help to start this episode.
0:37.5	Hi.
0:38.5	This is my daughter.
0:39.6	She knows all about my work, all about the rare times when adults cross the line with kids, issues around boundaries, consent.
0:47.5	I rattle on a bit about it.
0:49.7	Yes, you do.
0:51.4	This kid will be 16 later this year.
0:54.1	That's the same age as Anne-Marie Robinson,
0:57.0	Jeannie McKay, and Jackie Short, when they first had encounters with their music teacher.
1:03.7	Jackie Short, we haven't met her yet, but we will soon. She's another band member, Jeannie's friend.
1:13.7	Jackie kept a diary throughout high school,
1:20.0	and she still has them all these years later. This is where my daughter is going to help me out,
1:28.6	reading those entries. Wednesday, September 26, 1979. Me, Jeannie, two other people with Mr. Walker, went to Swiss chalet for dinner.
1:33.6	Mr. Walker brought up the subject of my new relationship.
1:37.2	16-year-old Jackie Short wrote down just about everything that happened at school.
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