The Rallo Family Murders [1]
Canadian True Crime
Kristi Lee
4.7 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 15 February 2023
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
A two-part series — In the summer of 1976, the Rallo family appeared to be living the picture perfect family life in the “Golden Horseshoe” area of Southern Ontario.
Parents Jon and Sandra with young children Jason and Stephanie had enjoyed a warm family summer full of trips to visit grandparents and swimming... that is, until one morning when Jon woke up to an empty house, and a devastating note.
*Additional content warning: this case includes the murder of a child, although no graphic details will be given. Please take care when listening.
This two-part series provides a snapshot of Canadian history at a pivotal time for both the burgeoning city of Hamilton and the criminal justice system.
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| 0:00.0 | Gina's a muncher. |
| 0:02.3 | Jackson Nippler. |
| 0:04.5 | Lucy likes to linger. |
| 0:08.1 | But not for too long. |
| 0:10.2 | And Harry? |
| 0:11.9 | Thank you, Harry. |
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| 1:03.3 | Hi everyone. |
| 1:04.7 | Thanks so much for tuning in and thanks also for your patience and understanding over this last |
| 1:09.9 | couple of months. |
| 1:12.8 | I also really appreciate the kind messages of support that you've been sending. I wish I had more time to reply, but I've read all |
| 1:18.3 | the messages and I can't thank you enough. I don't want to keep you for long today and frankly I've had |
| 1:24.1 | just about enough of hearing myself talk lately anyway. So just quickly, |
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