The Teslin Lake Incident—Part 1

Canadian True Crime

Kristi Lee

True Crime, History, Society & Culture

4.8 • 4.8K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2024

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Sheslay Free Mike terrorized the north for more than a decade. His real name was Michael Oros, and he's been remembered as a legend of the north, the other “mad trapper”, a folk hero… and a cold-blooded killer. But there's much more to this story than meets the eye...

This two-part series takes a look back at a well-known, historic case that was sensationalized through headlines, to show that behind it was a real, human story.

Special thanks to Garry Rodgers, Bob Buday, and Ed Hill, and to Craig Baird of Canadian History EhX for voiceover of the Oros diaries.

Release schedule:

Part 2 will be released to all on Monday April 22. Listen ad-free and early on our premium feeds.

Additional Content Warning:

This series includes brief mentions of the death of an animal.

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0:00.0	What ticket this bizarre behavior?
0:03.0	Journey into the cold heart of Northern Darkness with Nordic Crimes.
0:08.0	That case became like a scene from a horror movie.
0:12.0	A new true crime documentary series that chilled the bone.
0:16.2	The hunger for killing is increasing in the course of these homicides.
0:24.0	Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:29.3	Nordic Crimes is a part of the A-Cast family. Canadian True Crime is a completely independent production
0:35.0	funded mainly through advertising.
0:37.0	You can listen to Canadian True Crime ad-free
0:39.0	and early on Amazon music included with Prime,
0:42.0	Apple Podcasts, Patreon, and Supercast.
0:45.1	The podcast often has disturbing content and coarse language.
0:48.8	It's not for everyone.
0:49.8	Please take care when listening.
0:51.8	Hi everyone and welcome back to Canadian True Crime.
0:55.0	I'm Christy Lee.
0:57.0	This is the first of a two-part mini series about a case that's been requested many times over the years. His name was Michael Ores, but he was
1:06.7	widely known as Shezlay Free Mike, a notorious lone bushman who arrived in the vast northern wilderness of British Columbia and terrorized the locals for more than a decade.
1:19.0	Shezlefri-Myke has been referred to as the other Mad Trapper, a legend of the North, a folk hero, a cold-blooded
1:27.4	killer, and quote, the closest thing a man can be to being an animal, and the closest thing an animal can be to being an animal and the closest thing an animal can be to being a man.
1:36.3	This is a story about a dangerous big game hunt in search of a paranoid lone bushman armed with a rifle and intent to kill on his own turf.
1:47.0	Today we unravel an important series of events in Canadian history, piece together from the news archives of the of descent into madness, diary of a killer, and most importantly, personal interviews
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