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Include it with Prime You are tuned to the nighttime podcast focused on the fringe of Canada. Of all the complicated things age has done to my mind and body, one of the few that I'm thankful for is the perspective I've gained by having experienced life's many ups, downs, and detours.

The older, and hopefully wiser I've become, the greater I've been able to respect that each of us are largely formed as a result of our own unique histories and personal challenges.

With that in mind, when I encounter someone either online or just out in the wild, I try to avoid

casting judgment on behaviors, decisions, or life choices they may have made that I don't necessarily agree with.

But as hard as I try, I know I could never truly understand the factors in their lives that

have led them to this moment of my interaction with them.

The story we'll hear tonight will hopefully reinforce this idea.

If you were to walk down the seedier parts of Hollis Street in Halifax during the mid-80s,

you may have encountered a lost-looking young girl with faraway eyes selling sex both to please her

pimp and to make ends meet.

At first thought you may be puzzled as to why a teenager would choose this lifestyle

and blame that faraway look in her eyes on drug abuse.

But when you hear her story, you may have an easier time empathizing with her.

Annette didn't choose this life, and that lost look in her eyes,

substance abuse may have played a role in it, but really, Annette had just given up on life after two of her closest friends and fellow sex workers were murdered in the months prior.

In tonight's episode, we'll be joined by Frank magazine crime writer Bev Kettie,

who will tell us the story of the Three Tragic Musketeers of Hollis Street.

Listen to the story.

Listen to of Nighttime will recognize Bev as a regular guest of the show, so I'll say

of a big introduction.

Bev writes a column for the Halifax-based tabloid Frank magazine, in which he shares

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