Serial Killer: Robert Pickton

Crime Salad

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4.4 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 June 2021

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

This week, we are bringing you the story of a serial killer who went undetected for years in British Columbia and by the time he was captured, he was one victim away from having killed 50 women. Fifty! Today we’re covering the life and capture of Robert Pickton, a pig farmer whose horrific crimes make him one of Canada’s most prolific serial killers.

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Researched and Written by: Allison Hauser and Crime Salad

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0:00.0	All the pain.
0:02.6	All the pain.
0:10.0	All the pain.
0:17.4	All the pain.
0:26.4	All the pain.
0:36.4	All the pain.
0:43.4	All the pain.
0:51.4	All the pain.
1:01.4	All the pain.
1:09.4	All the pain.
1:17.4	From his birth on October 24, 1949 in Port Co. Quitlam, British Columbia, there was little happiness in Robert William Pickedin's life.
1:26.4	His father was largely absent throughout Robert's childhood and his mother Louise was a tough and callous woman.
1:34.4	Louise Pickedin ran the family's meat business and raised their children to work long hours on the farm like she did.
1:42.4	In the 1950s in a small farming community like this, it didn't matter if it was a school day or not.
1:49.4	The kids would be put to work on the farm.
1:52.4	Robert and his siblings spent long hot days on the farm and had little activity outside of that.
1:57.4	When working on the farm when he was young, Robert took interest in a baby calf that needed a bit of extra care.
2:03.4	Even though he was just a child, he looked after it like it was his own pet.
2:08.4	For a time, it was his only companion and he cared greatly for it.
2:13.4	Robert's family promised that he could keep the calf as a grew older, but as a grew older, his mother went back on her promise.
2:21.4	Robert woke up one morning to find that his only companion had been slaughtered.
2:26.4	To make matters worse, Louise Pickedin made it clear that when they were having beef for dinner, there was a chance it could be Robert's pet that they killed.
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