The Homicidal Sleepwalker (ON)

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🗓️ 9 March 2020

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Episode 115 - On the morning of May 24, 1987, 23-year-old Kenneth Parks walked into a police department covered in blood that was not just his own. Kenneth was disoriented and bleeding profusely from wounds to both his hands which were badly cut. Kenneth said “Oh my God, I just killed someone”; “I've just killed two people”. Kenneth was referring to his in-laws Barbara and Denis Woods of Scarborough. Police found Barbara deceased at the scene and Denis was severely injured, but survived. There was no question Kenneth had done it, but was he responsible? In a precedent setting case his defence team would claim that as Kenneth was sleepwalking when he committed the crime, he should not be held accountable.Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. For 10% off your purchase please use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. Sources & Further Reading[Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker][Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman]R. v. Parks (C.A.), 1990 CanLII 6954 (ON CA)R. v. Parks, 1992 CanLII 78 (SCC), [1992] 2 SCR 871[CanLII Connects - R v Parks Case Brief][Sleep Driving and Sleep Killing | Psychology Today][Sleepwalking Killers—And What They Tell Us About Sleep | Psychology Today][The Curious Case of Kenneth Parks - YouTube][(PDF) Homicidal Somnambulism: A Case Report][(PDF) Pushing the Margins of Responsibility: Lessons from Parks’ Somnambulistic Killing][Home - Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)][Sleepwalking Disorder Causes & Solutions - National Sleep Foundation][While You Were Sleepwalking][Automatism legal definition of automatism][Sleepwalking - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic][The Sleepwalker Killing (TV Movie 1997) - IMDb][MACBETH, Act 5, Scene 1][2 Jul 1988, 90 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com][25 Apr 1997, 48 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com][6 Sep 1992, Page 11 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com][5 Jan 1991, 77 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com][22 Jun 2006, 17 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com][4 Jul 1988, 21 - Edmonton Journal at Newspapers.com][31 May 1988, 44 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com][31 May 1988, 5 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com][26 May 1988, 3 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com][24 Nov 1990, 22 - The Leader-Post at Newspapers.com][Homicidal sleepwalking - Wikipedia] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey Mike here, I just wanted to let you know that you can listen to Dark Poutine early and
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0:10.8	of Dark Poutine. After episode 149, you will find Scott is no longer with the show.
0:16.9	In an effort to maintain continuity and offer listeners as many episodes as possible,
0:22.1	we are leaving the episodes in which he co-hosted intact. Thank you.
0:30.0	I thought I heard loons. Did you hear loons?
0:45.3	Cuckoo! Cuckoo! No, that's not the thing to make.
0:49.6	Welcome to Dark Poutine. I'm Mike Brown creator and host with me as usual as you just heard is
0:54.5	my good friend and co-host Scott Hemmanway say hello Scott. Hey, what's cracking?
0:59.0	Mike B. Boy Brown. Well, you know, my back. My hips when I stand up because I've got old man
1:05.6	hips. Funny you say that. I was walking over here and I yawned and I went oh my back.
1:11.1	There wasn't even an arm yawn. Oh my. It was just a mouth yawn and I hurt my back.
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1:31.6	for the faint of heart or squeamish. Lister discretion is strongly advised. We're not experts on the
1:37.4	topics we present nor are we journalists. We're two ordinary Canadians chatting about crime in the
1:42.0	Dark Side history. Jaddy Kathy. Yeah, let's get to it. Put on your tooth. Grab yourself a double,
1:47.0	double and an anymobar. It's time to scarf down some Dark Poutine.
2:27.8	Florida. Crimecon. May 1st to 3rd and I'm hoping that it isn't cancelled like south by south west.
2:34.5	Yeah, you just took the words out of my mouth. It's exactly as soon as I read that I'm like okay,
2:39.3	this is getting serious. I'm going regardless. I'm going to Florida. So, might, might con. Yeah.
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