Susan Klassen

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

36-year old Susan Klassen had only lived in Whitehorse for a few years, but she made a considerable impact on the local community as a renowned modern storyteller with the Yukon International Storytelling Festival. Susan’s death—and the public outrage that followed—was named the #1 story in the Yukon for 1997.

“Throughout her life, she deeply touched the lives and hearts of many. Along with her love of nature, one of Susan’s greatest joys was to share her talent of storytelling.” - Obituary

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This episode is about an important case that became a watershed moment for the local community in Whitehorse, Yukon, and across the country. We’ve pieced it together from court documents and the news archives, most notably the reporting of Caroline Murray and Yvette Brend for the Whitehorse Daily Star. Our sincere condolences to Susan Klassen’s loved ones and anyone else affected by this crime.

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0:00.0	Canadian True Crime is a completely independent production funded mainly through advertising.
0:04.5	You can listen to Canadian True Crime ad free and early on Amazon music included with Prime,
0:09.5	Apple Podcasts, Patreon and Supercast. The podcast often has disturbing content and
0:15.1	coarse language. It's not for everyone. Please take care when listening.
0:18.8	Hi everyone, I hope you're well. This is our final episode for the season. We'll be back with the next
0:25.8	regular episode in early September, but stay tuned over the next few months of summer for the
0:31.3	usual case updates episodes. Today's case led to an
0:36.2	important watershed moment that was named the number one news story in the
0:40.8	Yukon for 1997 and sent ripple effects across the country.
0:45.8	We've pieced this episode together from publicly available court documents and a deep
0:51.0	dive into the news archives, particularly the reporting of Caroline Murray and Yvette
0:56.4	Brent for the Whitehorse Daily Star. Our sincere condolences to Susan Klassen's loved ones and anyone else affected by this crime.
1:05.8	Please respect their privacy and that of others involved in this case.
1:10.8	Just quickly before we start, the True Crime and Paranormal Podcast Festival is coming up very soon,
1:17.5	the weekend of July 12th to 14th in Denver, Colorado.
1:22.0	I attended the first one in Chicago in 2019 and had a blast,
1:26.8	so I'm super excited to return and see some of my favorite podcasters and listeners again
1:32.2	and meet some new ones. I'll be at the
1:35.0	be at the podcast gallery with Charlie from crime lines and there's also a bunch of live shows
1:40.0	discussions and panels on topics like forensic science, ethics and true crime and more that I'm really looking forward to catching.
1:48.0	If you haven't purchased tickets yet, visit truecrime podcast festival.com or see the show notes for all the details and use promo code
1:57.1	Christie for 15% off. And with that, it's on with the show.
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