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Serial Killers

“The Boozing Barber” Gilbert Paul Jordan Pt. 2

Serial Killers

Spotify Studios

True Crime, History, Education

4.630.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

His victims’ deaths were often ruled “unnatural and accidental,” leaving Gilbert Paul Jordan free to perfect his M.O. — forcing Indigenous women in Vancouver to drink themselves to death. Unable to keep him behind bars, police surveilled the barber until they could catch him in the act. This episode originally aired January 2021. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

Due to the graphic nature of this killer's crimes,

0:02.8

Lister to discretion is advised.

0:04.9

This episode includes discussions of murder, rape, and assault

0:08.4

that some people may find offensive.

0:10.5

We advise extreme caution for children under 13.

0:16.1

It was a late night in November of 1987.

0:20.1

55-year-old Gilbert Paul Jordan,

0:23.0

led Rosemary Wilson up to his room,

0:25.8

at Vancouver's Balmoral Hotel.

0:29.0

The woman was already intoxicated from a night of heavy drinking,

0:32.7

but Gilbert took no pause.

0:34.8

He pulled out a bottle of liquor and encouraged her to gulp it all down.

0:39.7

But while Rosemary grew drunk on alcohol,

0:42.7

Gilbert grew drunk with delight.

0:45.4

He got off on women drinking themselves to death,

0:48.7

and Rosemary was nearing her end.

0:51.5

To help things along, Gilbert gripped her by the neck,

0:55.2

forced open her mouth and poured the booze down her throat.

1:00.1

Unbeknownst to Gilbert, however,

1:02.0

police officers were stationed in the very next room,

1:04.9

positioned along the bordering wall.

1:07.2

They held up various pieces of audio equipment to their ears,

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