The Life and Crimes of Serial Killer Edward H. Rulloff

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True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Documentary

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🗓️ 8 July 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Episode 325: Edward H. Rulloff was a 19th-century Canadian-born serial killer renowned for his exceptional intellect and heinous crimes. Rulloff exhibited prodigious intellectual abilities from a young age. He was a polymath with expertise in various fields, including linguistics, where he made significant contributions, proposing theories on the origin of languages. Despite his scholarly achievements, Rulloff's life was marred by a series of crimes that began with the mysterious disappearance of his wife, Harriet Schutt Rulloff and their young daughter, Priscilla Charlotte Rulloff, in 1845, which many suspected to be his doing. His erudition earned him a reputation as one of the most learned men of his time, even while he was incarcerated. Rulloff's criminal activities were as notorious as his intellect was celebrated. He was involved in a string of burglaries and was eventually implicated in multiple murders. His undoing was the killing of a store clerk, Frederick Merrick, during a robbery attempt. His two accomplices, Al Jarvis and Billy Dexter, also died while fleeing the crime scene. Rulloff was suspected of doing away with them. He was soon captured and held for trial. Despite attempts to use his intellectual prowess as a defence, Rulloff was convicted and sentenced to death. His execution in 1871 was a significant event, as many viewed his death as the tragic end of a brilliant yet malevolent mind. Sources: Edward H. Rulloff - Wikipedia Murder by Gaslight: The Man of Two Lives. Edward Rulloff | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers The Life and Madness of Edward H. Rulloff | Victorian Gothic Edward H. Rulloff: The Veil of Secrecy Removed: Freeman, E H: 9781461142751: Books - Amazon.ca Rogue Scholar: The Sinister Life and Celebrated Death of Edward H. Rulloff (By: Richard W. Bailey) published: August, 2003: Richard W. Bailey: Books - Amazon.ca Rulloff’s Restaurant | The Story Rulloff : the great criminal and philologist / by Samuel D. Halliday. … - Full View | HathiTrust Digital Library The Internal Narcissist: Why Your Ego Wants You To Suffer What the new science of narcissism says about narcissists | Psyche Ideas Ithaca history: What do you know about Edward Rulloff? Mark Twain Day By Day: The Day Mark Twain Defended A Serial Killer The Life and Death of Edward H. Rulloff by Herbert A. Wisbey, Jr. Edward H. Rulloff | Newspapers.com ABOUT MARK TWAIN: BIBLIOGRAPHIC ISSUE NUMBER 5 on JSTOR Rulloff's Restaurant | The Story 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 am Mike Brown and Matthew is still sick with COVID because we're recording
0:26.1	this on the same day. We're doing two shows on the same day. We're doing two on the same day and we'll
0:30.9	be doing two next week.
0:32.6	Summertime sitting and we have frolicing to do.
0:37.0	We have frolicing to do.
0:38.5	I have a project that I'm going to be working on, a secret project that I can't talk about but that was my code
0:44.4	frolicking was yeah my frolicing I like I like frolicing is fun have you ever
0:50.9	have you ever just like ran through a field just to feel good? Yes, I did that lots when I was a kid.
0:58.5	Have you done it as an adult?
1:01.5	Have you seen me? I'm not a big runner.
1:04.0	No, I just mean like sort of like not run as a run, like just sort of like get to a pasture and just run with your arms in the air and joy. I think every adult should do that.
1:18.0	I think I probably will and I'll hope I'm hoping that there won't be a bull or some violent animal in the pasture that wants to kill me.
1:26.0	I'll tell you about the time I got chased by a whole herd of cattle someday.
1:30.0	My friend Dominic did too.
1:32.0	Anyway, let's get on with this. My friend Dominic did too.
1:32.6	Anyway, let's get on with this.
1:35.0	Yeah, we've got this crazy turd to talk about.
1:39.0	The views, information, and opinions expressed during the Darkpatine podcast are solely those of the producer
1:46.6	and do not necessarily represent those of Curious Cast, its affiliate Global News, nor their parent company, Chorus Entertainment.
1:56.0	Dark Poutine is not for the faint of harder squeamish.
2:02.0	Listener discretion is strongly advised.
2:04.7	We're not experts on the topics we present, nor are we journalists.
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