Richard Olland was a businessman in St. John New Brunswick, Canada.

He wasn't perfect.

He wasn't faithful to his wife and he didn't get along well with his brother.

But as far as his business was concerned, he was successful and respected.

That's why authorities couldn't understand why someone would want to kill him and set their

sights on his son as the

perpetrator after Richard had an encounter with a monster. Richard Olland was born in 1941 near St. John in New Brunswick, Canada, to Philip and Mary

Oland. The Olin's owned the oldest independently operated brewery in Canada. Moose had breweries.

When Philip retired, there was a power struggle between Richard and his brother Derek over who

would take over the business.

Derek being the firstborn son was chosen to be the president of the company with Richard

taking over his vice president. That didn't seem to be good enough for Richard. People said that

he was driven to innovate, so in 1981 he left the company. He started three companies in the St. John area,

real estate development company Kinghurst Estates Limited, investment firm Far End Corporation, and

Brookville Transport, which grew to have a fleet of 500 drivers. He also served as the St. John

1985 Canada Summer Games Society president,

helping organize that year's summer games. Richard had married a woman named Constance,

who went by Connie in 1965, and they went on to have three children, Elizabeth, who went by

Lisa, Jacqueline, and Dennis. They would all

grow up, marry, and live in the same neighborhood as their parents. Of the three businesses,

Richard set up his main office at the offices of Far End, located on the second floor of a

commercial building at 52 Canterbury Street. The building was owned

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