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Episode 397: In April 1895, two young women, both twenty-one, from San Francisco’s Emmanuel Baptist Church vanished days apart. Blanche Lamont, a dedicated teacher-in-training, and Minnie Williams, a hardworking domestic with dreams of her own classroom, both entered the same church and never left. Their bodies were later discovered inside the building, setting off one of the most sensational murder trials in California history. This episode explores the lives of Blanche and Minnie, the discovery of their deaths, the investigation that followed, and the arrest and trial of Canadian-born medical student William Henry Theodore Durrant, accused of killing them. Sources:Clara at the Door with a Revolver — Carolyn Whitzman (UBC Press, 2023)Toronto Public Library – Digitized Toronto newspapersNewspapers.com – Historical Toronto press coverageCity of Toronto ArchivesArchives of Ontario – Mercer Reformatory & judicial recordsRace on Trial: Black Defendants in Ontario’s Criminal Courts, 1858–1958 — Barrington WalkerAfua Cooper – Black Canadian history resources1897 film of convicted killer Durrant shapes prison policy -Theodore DurrantSympathy for the Devil: The Emmanuel Baptist Murders of Old San FranciscoBy Virginia A. McConnellTheo Durrant — The Origin of Monsters — Crime Library on truTV.comTrue Detective Mysteries, February 1929: Internet ArchiveThe tale of the 'Demon of the Belfry,' San Francisco's forgotten Jack the Ripper Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025

Episode 396: In this episode, we learn about an enigmatic narcissistic psychopath who led the Californian cult called The Children of Thunder. Glenn Taylor Helzer, and the other leadership was comprised of his brother Justin Helzer and their follower Dawn Godman. Raised in a strict Mormon home, Taylor’s life spiralled after years of mental health trouble. By 2000, the trio had formed a cult under Taylor’s delusional leadership. That summer, they murdered Ivan and Annette Stineman, Selina Bishop (daughter of guitarist Elvin Bishop), Jennifer Villarin, and James Gamble. The crime spree and investigation shocked authorities and families, exposing how Taylor twisted faith and loyalty into violence. Episode Sources: Shackles, Ski Masks and a Power Saw — Murderous Glenn Helzer and Justin Helzer called their cult The Children of Thunder — Crime LibraryHow Not To Get Away With Murder: Glenn Helzer And The Children Of ThunderGlen Helzer | WikipediaBody Parts Identified / Disparate Tragedies' Common Ground Is Death, SuspectsGrisly clues unfolding in Delta caseBlues Guitarist's Daughter KilledMurder, Madness and Mayhem by MIke Browne20240418175434277_Cert Pet GlenTaylorHelzerPeople v. HelzerPeople v. Helzer, 317 Cal. Rptr. 3d 246 | Cal., Judgment, Law, casemine.comJustin Helzer hangs himself in prison Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2025

Episode 395: On a cold December day in 1983, McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, was shaken by a deeply unsettling crime. Dr. Edith Wightman, a respected scholar, was discovered dead in her office: bound with tape, handcuffed, and suffocated with a cloth. The investigation took an even stranger turn when police arrested Michael Allen Crowley, a chemist from Welland, who had been seen on campus in disguise, dressed in women’s clothing and a wig. With no personal connection to the victim, and the bizarre methods used, the murder left students and faculty reeling, and raised questions still unanswered to this day. Sources:A Brief History Of McMaster UniversityHistory of McMasterWIGHTMAN, Edith Mary | RutgersDec 19, 1983, page 1 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.comDec 24, 1983, page 16 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.comEdith Wightman - Search - Newspapers.com™Michael Alan Crowley - Search - Newspapers.com™"72 Hours: True Crime" Murder on Campus (TV Episode 2005)Canadian News Briefs - UPI ArchivesEdith Wightman | Wikipedia1984_3Winterhttps://www.reddit.com/r/McMaster/comments/jl1ew5/trying_to_find_details_of_on_campus_death/Review: [Untitled] on JSTORWightman: Gallia Belgica (Book Review)Detectives say Robert Garrow now 'best suspect' in 1973 Komorowski murder | CBC NewsAdele Komorowski Homicide Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2025

Episode 394: On an August night in 1991, the quiet fields near Carp, Ontario, were interrupted by strange lights arcing across the sky—a sight so odd it left locals searching for answers. Soon, anonymous packages began to arrive, sent to UFO researchers all over Canada and the United States, packed with photos, documents, and a tape showing what appeared to be a UFO blazing above the marsh. The sender called himself “Guardian” and claimed this was not the first time such events occurred near Carp. Suddenly, what started as small-town talk exploded into one of Canada’s most perplexing UFO stories, a bizarre mystery that remains debated to this day. Sources: The Carp-Guardian Case - The Most Controversial UFO Case in Canadian HistoryGuardian UFO TapeGuardian UFO | Unsolved Mysteries Wiki - FandomThe Mysterious Canadian UFO Sighting - Unsolved Mysteries“Guardian”: The 30th Anniversary Of A Bizarre UFO Incident near Carp, OntarioA mysterious VHS tape, a military bunker, and UFO sightings near Ottawa | UFO TownWe investigated an alleged UFO sighting near Ottawa | CBC DocumentariesSearching for Guardian: Filmmaker re-examines mystery of Carp UFO sightingLiving in Carp Ottawa CanadaVillage of CarpI was a teenage UFO investigator who explored an infamous alien sighting near Ottawa | CBC Documentariesabduction – lindaseccaspinaU.S. Lawmaker: Underwater UFO Bases Hide AliensAliens may have underwater bases on Earth: Burchett | NewsNation PrimeHouse committee holds UFO hearing | full videoWhy Do UFO Sightings Keep Happening Near Nuclear Sites?The Diefenbunker and the Legends of Carp Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2025

Episode 393: On a cold February day in 2022, tragedy struck the small communities of Creston and Kimberley, British Columbia. Julia Howe, a familiar face to her neighbours, was found lifeless in the bathroom of her partner's home. Just hours later and nearly a hundred kilometres away, David Creamer, a father and trusted friend, was discovered dead in his own house. Both initially believed accidental or natural, no one suspected that these two deaths would soon be linked. The true story was finally revealed, albeit in a peculiar manner. The connection between the deaths was finally revealed when Mitchell Earl McIntyre, a man known to both victims, confessed to hospital staff that he was responsible for both deaths. The problem was that, at first, no one believed him. It was the killer’s insistence and admissions of guilt that finally cracked the case. Sources: 2024 BCSC 774 (CanLII) | R. v McIntyre | CanLII2024 BCSC 2026 (CanLII) | R. v McIntyre | CanLIIObituary information for Julia Ann HoweOnline Tribute for David Creamer'You need to detain me' | Kamloops NewsB.C. man who confessed to 2 killings not arrested until a month laterMcInytre murder trial underway | My East Kootenay NowBC man allegedly confessed to two killings originally ruled as accidentsB.C. man charged with woman’s death reportedly also admitted killing someone elseBC homicide suspect confessed to 2 killings weeks before arrest, court documents showSecond-degree murder trial moved | Kamloops NewsAccidental Deaths That Were Really Homicides | Tyee Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2025

Episode 392: On the morning of June 28, 2022, as staff and customers began their day at the Bank of Montreal in Saanich, British Columbia, twin brothers Matthew and Isaac Auchterlonie entered the branch clad in body armour and carrying semi-automatic rifles. Within moments, they herded twenty-two people into the bank’s vault and set the stage for one of the most violent confrontations in recent Canadian history. More than a hundred shots were fired in the chaos that followed, leaving six police officers injured and both brothers dead, with the community left reeling and seeking answers. Sources: 2022 Saanich shootoutVIIMCU RELEASES CONCLUDING REPORT ON JUNE 28TH SHOOTING – Saanich Police DepartmentIIOBC Report on the ShootoutSaanich bank shooting: Suspects identified, motive unclear | CityNews VancouverProminent Vancouver Island family collateral victims of Victoria bank robberyBrothers in botched B.C. bank robbery had become angry and radical, obsessed with guns and ‘government tyranny’Portal:Current events/2022 June 28Western Canada: Portrait emerges of brothers killed in Saanich bank robberyBrothers, motivated by 'anti-authority beliefs,' staged Saanich bank robbery in effort to kill police: RCMP | CBC NewsProminent Vancouver Island family collateral victims of Victoria bank robberyBrothers killed in Canada bank shootout aimed to kill as many police as possiblehttps://www.mycowichanvalleynow.com/71546/news/ways-to-help-when-social-media-friends-post-disturbing-images/Facing 'unbridled violence' from B.C. bank robbers, police justified in shooting to kill, report says | CBC NewsPolice to release findings on Saanich bank shootout where 2 Cowichan men diedOne of two suspects killed in bank robbery was rejected from Canadian Armed ForcesMotive for Saanich bank shooting by Duncan brothers may never be known: criminologistUPDATE: Saanich bank shootout suspects confirmed as 22-year-old twins from Duncanhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/saanich-shootout-what-we-learned-1.6721683From the VictoriaBC community on Reddit: Twin brothers from Duncan revealed as suspects in Saanich bank robbery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 November 2025

Episode 391: At dawn on December 26, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake off Sumatra’s west coast — one of the strongest ever recorded — triggered a devastating tsunami across the Indian Ocean. Waves up to 30 metres high struck Aceh Province within minutes, then swept across Thailand, Sri Lanka, India, the Maldives, and as far as East Africa. Entire communities vanished, and more than 227,000 people in fourteen countries were killed, making it the deadliest tsunami in recorded history. At least fifteen Canadians lost their lives, and six more were reported missing, most while vacationing in Thailand and Sri Lanka. Survivors described the frantic searches for loved ones and the painful process of identifying and bringing home those who perished. 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - Wikipedia2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami: Facts and FAQsIndian Ocean tsunami of 2004 | BritannicaSouth Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004 | ReliefWebThe Night the Earth ShookTsunami - Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, 2004 | Australian Disaster Resilience Knowledge HubThe Indian Ocean Boxing Day Tsunami, 20 years onTwenty years on: the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami - British Geological SurveyNOAA Center for Tsunami Research - Tsunami Event - December 26, 2004 The Indian Ocean TsunamiRecovery Collection: 2004 Indian Ocean Earthquake and TsunamiWhat are the biggest tsunamis ever? How July 29 earthquake, tsunami compares.How a 1,000‑year‑old tsunami in the Indian Ocean points to greater risk than originally thoughtTsunami Eyewitness & Survivors ProjectList of tsunamisZORIAH - A PHOTOJOURNALIST AND WAR PHOTOGRAPHER’S BLOG: Asian Tsunami Anniversary - Thailand Tsunami Then and Now Comparison SeriesSumatra-Andaman Islands Earthquake - IRIS Special ReportHumanitarian response to the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake - WikipediaList of natural disasters by death toll - WikipediaTsunami Generation from the 2004 M=9.1 Sumatra-Andaman EarthquakeLisa BorgThe Devastating 2004 Tsunami: Timeline11 Facts About the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami | DoSomething.orgCNN.com - Tsunami tragedy: Your e-mails - Jan 3, 2005John Knill and Jackie KnillCamera holds instant of tsunami impactTsunami photos show couple's final moments | CBC NewsDiscovery of tsunami camera brings closureCamera shows 'last words' of tsunami victimsSchool built in memory of B.C. tsunami victims | CBC News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 November 2025

Episode 390: When most Canadians think of occult-related witch trials, their minds drift south to Salem, Massachusetts, or across the ocean to medieval Europe. The popular narrative suggests that Canada, with its reputation for tolerance and peace, remained untouched by the supernatural hysteria that gripped other nations. This perception, deeply embedded in the Canadian consciousness, paints our country as somehow above the dark chapters of witch-hunting that stained other societies. Even Dark Poutine listeners, well-versed in the country’s hidden crimes and forgotten tragedies, might be surprised to learn the truth. The reality is far different from this comfortable myth. Canada has a complex and largely forgotten history of witchcraft accusations, trials, and legal persecution spanning over 350 years—from the earliest days of New France to as recently as 2018. From demonic possessions in Quebec City to fraudulent psychics in modern Ontario, the Canadian witch trial story is one of fear, prejudice, and the persistent human tendency to blame the margins of society for inexplicable troubles. Sources:CBC Radio: “Quebec Demon Possession & Witchcraft in 1660”JSTOR / McGill-Queen’s University Press: The Possession of Barbe HallayCanada’s History: “Sorcery in New France”Kenton de Jong Travel: The Possession of Barbe HallayDictionary of Canadian Biography: Daniel VuilAcademia.edu "Sixteen and Possessed" PDFCanada’s History: Book feature, The Possession of Barbe HallayThe Medium: On Demonic Infestations in 17th century QuébecMysteries of Canada: Poltergeists in Canada, Part IIIJean Campagna, The Sorcerer74 – JEAN CAMPAGNA, THE SORCERERProcès de Jean Campagna, prisonnier, 45 ansJean Campagna (abt.1640-aft.1685) | WikiTree FREE Family TreeQuebec 1685: Part 8- The Charge is SorceryThe Kimble Witch TrialView of Backward Seasons and Remarkable Cold: the Weather over Long Reach, New Brunswick, 1812-1821 | Acadiensis“Native Witchcraft Beliefs in Acadian, Maritime and Newfoundland Folklore” – EruditConcerns move Indigenous ceremony meant to contact 'spirit realm' outside Quebec community | CBC NewsFolklore of Nova ScotiaMi'kmaw Shamans and Acadian Sorcerers: A Study in Cultural Transmissions, Transferences and TransformationsWitchcraft Act 1735Bill C-365 (Historical)Woman Charged With Fake Witchcraft, Days Before Canada Scraps Old Law‘Psychic’ charged with being a fake fights case after Canada decriminalises witchcraft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 October 2025

Episode 389: On a rain-soaked evening on June 13th, 1833, two young law students faced each other across a muddy field near Perth, Ontario, pistols in hand. John Wilson, a 20-year-old from humble farming stock, gripped his weapon with trembling fingers as rain dripped from his dark hair. Sixty feet away, 22-year-old Robert Lyon, handsome, aristocratic, and the son of a British officer, stood with the practiced composure of a gentleman born to privilege. Between them lay more than just distance: a bitter rivalry over the affections of Elizabeth Hughes, an English governess whose reputation had sparked this deadly confrontation. What had begun as whispered gossip in a lawyer's office in Bytown would end with one man dead, another's life forever changed, and a woman left to marry her lover's killer. This was Ontario's last fatal duel, a collision between Old World codes of honour and New World ambitions that would echo through Perth's streets for generations. Sources: A History of Perth | Perth RememberedPerth Military SettlementRobert Lyon 1812 - 1833 | Clark and Hogg Family HistoryWILSON, JOHN – Dictionary of Canadian BiographyWlison and Lyon Duel | Richmond HeritageDuel in Early Upper Canada by William Renwick RiddellARCHIVED - Criminal CodeDueling for Honour or (Il)legal Murder?: Two Case Studies | The Loyalist CollectionSword or Pistol: A Brief History of Duels | Believe it or Not | ÉducaloiEn Guard! A History of Canadian Duels - Academie Duello - Learn SwordplayDueling: the Violence of GentlemenLe matin du 22 mai 1838, le dernier duel du Canadapistol-provenance.pdfLast Fatal Duel Historical PlaqueHow a pair of men in St. John's survived the last duel fought on Canadian soil | CBC NewsUpdates to Canada’s criminal law will legalize duels and permit pretending to practise witchcraft Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 20 October 2025

Episode 388: On the morning of August 5, 2013, Campbellton, New Brunswick, faced an unthinkable tragedy. Police and first responders were called to an apartment above Reptile Ocean, the town’s reptile and fish shop, where they found Connor and Noah Barthe, brothers aged six and four, dead after a sleepover with their friend Jayce Savoie. Sometime in the night, a 12-foot, 53-pound African rock python owned by shopkeeper Jean-Claude Savoie escaped its enclosure, slithered through a vent, and fatally attacked the sleeping boys. The official cause of death was “traumatic asphyxia by constriction,” a finding that shocked the small community and quickly attracted national and international attention. As investigators began their work, residents struggled to comprehend how a night of friendship ended in such horror. Savoie was charged with criminal negligence causing death, setting the stage for a legal and ethical debate that would raise tough questions and stir deep emotions far beyond Campbellton. Episode Sources:Connor & Noah Barthe Obituary - Campbellton, NB2016 NBQB 205 (CanLII) | R. v. Savoie | CanLII2016 NBQB 135 (CanLII) | R. v. Jean-Claude Savoie | CanLIISnake kills two boys during sleepover, Canadian police sayBoys in python case lived life 'to a maximum' | CBC NewsMother of boys killed by python: 'I thought they would be safe'Mother of N.B. boys killed by python: ‘I thought they would be safe’Reptile Ocean | Facts, Fiction, & the MediaWhy Are People Afraid of Snakes? | Phobia, Evolution, & Facts | BritannicaPython deaths: 'This could have been prevented by a simple action' | CBC NewsPython made ‘growling noises’ after killing young brothers, trial of pet store owner hearsJuror dismissed in python deaths trial as Crown prepares to call final witness | Globalnews.ca‘Smell of food would really excite’ python, reptile expert tells N.B. trial | Globalnews.caJuror dismissed in python deaths trial as Crown prepares to call final witness | Globalnews.caJean-Claude Savoie | News, Videos & ArticlesCBC Player | Dramatic 911 calls over pythonEnfants tués par un python: Jean-Claude Savoie non coupable2013 New Brunswick python attackTragic photos emerge of brothers cleaning snake pen months before python killed them in their sleep Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 October 2025

Episode 387: On December 26, 2005, around 5:15 p.m., there was a gunfight outside the Foot Locker store on Yonge Street in downtown Toronto. Unfortunately, a fifteen-year-old girl named Jane Creba was shot and killed. She was an innocent bystander among hundreds of Boxing Day shoppers who were in the area at the time of the shooting. Sadly, she was caught in the middle of the gunfire and died from a single bullet that hit her in the back and pierced her aorta. In addition to Jane, six other people were injured in the shooting. Sources: Candlelight vigil set for tonight to remember Jane Creba | CBC NewsRobbery, fight led to Boxing Day shooting: affidavit | CBC News2008 CanLII 54975 (ON SC) | R. v. Smith | CanLII2008 ONCJ 123 (CanLII) | R. v. Woodcock et al. | CanLIIJeremiah Valentine interrogation - Police provided video | National PostJeremiah Valentine interrogation - Police provided video | YouTubeGuilty plea in Creba shootingCreba's parents describe 'tsunami of grief' after 2005 shooting | CBC News2012 ONCA 568 (CanLII) | R. v. J.S.R. | CanLII2015 ONCA 535 (CanLII) | R. v. Woodcock | CanLIICanadian Legal Information Institute | CanLIIBoxing Day shootingMan convicted in 2005 Toronto murder of Jane Creba faces first-degree murder charge in MontrealToronto Boxing Day killer granted full parole 7 months before fatal Montreal shootingGunman involved in Jane Creba Boxing Day killing arrested again, faces murder charge in Montreal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 6 October 2025

Episode 386: In the last episode, we explored the origins of Herbert Baumeister and the early days at Fox Hollow, tracing the stories of early disappearances of gay men around Indiana. The disappearances beginning in the late 1980s and into the 1990s signalled the start of a wave of heartbreak that swept through Indianapolis’s gay community, leaving families and friends desperate for answers.  In this episode, we turn our focus to the other lives forever altered by Herb Baumeister’s crimes. We’ll share what’s known about the final days of Baumeister’s other victims. Among them were Jeffrey Allan Jones, Roger Alan Goodlet, Michael Frederick Keirn, Steven Spurlin Hale, Richard Douglas Hamilton Jr., Johnny Bayer, Allen Wayne Broussard, and Daniel Thomas Halloran. As their stories unfold, we’ll follow the determined police investigation, the pressure that began to close in on Baumeister, and his frantic flight from justice. This case, originating in quiet Indiana neighbourhoods, fades out across the border—coming to a haunting end here in Canada. Episode Sources: Who Was Herb Baumeister? Revisiting the Serial Killer's Crimes and Horrifying Post-Murder Rituals 29 Years After His DeathCrimeLibrary.com/Serial Killers/Sexual Predators/Herb Baumeister: Skeletons Beyond the ClosetBaumeister, Herb - fall, 2005Herbert R. Baumeister  - Encyclopedia of IndianapolisHerb BaumeisterQUEER CRIME: The Double Life of Herb BaumeisterI-70 StranglerThe Mystery of the I-70 Serial Killer - Unsolved MysteriesThe True Story Of The Fox Hollow Murders30-year mystery solved: Missing man's remains among those found on suspected serial killer's estateInvestigators Uncover "Unimaginable" 10,000 Bone Fragments in Businessman's BackyardThis private investigator cracked the case of notorious serial killer Herbert BaumeisterJeffrey Allen “Jeff” Jones (1962-1993) - Find a...Roger Allen Goodlet (1960-1994)Michael Frederick “Mike” Keirn (1949-1995) - Find...Steven Spurlin Hale (1967-1996)Richard Douglas Hamilton Jr. (1973-1993) - Find a...John Lee “Johnny” Bayer (1972-1993) - Find a...Allen Wayne Broussard (1966-1994)Daniel Thomas Halloran (1972-1993)After 29 years, another victim of suspected serial killer Herb Baumeister identifiedCoroner: New DNA profiles completed for 2 of serial killer Herb Baumeister's victims10th victim identified in Fox Hollow Farm serial killer case in Indiana'I-70 Strangler' remains mysterious Midwest boogeyman, but private investigator has theoryHerb Baumeister’s killing field and the new effort to identify his victims: Forgotten at Fox Hollow'The Fox Hollow Murders: Playground of a Serial Killer' premieres Feb. 18 on Hulu Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 29 September 2025

Episode 385: The killings at Fox Hollow Farm are one of Indiana’s darkest chapters. In the early 1990s, Herb Baumeister, a husband, father, and thrift store owner, lived a double life in the upscale suburb of Westfield. Behind the facade of Fox Hollow Farm, he is believed to have lured young men, mostly from local gay bars, to his home, where police later uncovered the remains of at least 25 victims scattered across the estate. Hundreds of burned and crushed bones were found by investigators, revealing years of concealed brutality. As the net closed in, Baumeister fled to Canada and took his own life at Pinery Provincial Park, leaving unanswered questions and devastated families in his wake. Sources: Who Was Herb Baumeister? Revisiting the Serial Killer's Crimes and Horrifying Post-Murder Rituals 29 Years After His DeathCrimeLibrary.com/Serial Killers/Sexual Predators/Herb Baumeister: Skeletons Beyond the ClosetBaumeister, Herb - fall, 2005Herbert R. Baumeister  - Encyclopedia of IndianapolisHerb BaumeisterQUEER CRIME: The Double Life of Herb BaumeisterI-70 StranglerThe Mystery of the I-70 Serial Killer - Unsolved MysteriesThe True Story Of The Fox Hollow Murders30-year mystery solved: Missing man's remains among those found on suspected serial killer's estateAllen Lee Livingston (1965-1993)Investigators Uncover "Unimaginable" 10,000 Bone Fragments in Businessman's BackyardThis private investigator cracked the case of notorious serial killer Herbert Baumeister'I-70 Strangler' remains mysterious Midwest boogeyman, but private investigator has theory Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 22 September 2025

Episode 384: Driving the prairie roads south of Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, your eyes adjust to an endless sea of grass and sky, where grain elevators rise like sentinels and ragged lines of poplar windbreaks whisper in the steady wind. It’s a landscape that makes you feel both small and free—until, in the middle of the wheat-coloured plains, you come upon a steel-hulled ship sitting high and dry on the grass. This is the Sontiainen, built by Finnish immigrant Tom Sukanen, who spent years constructing it here, hundreds of kilometres from salt water, in hopes of sailing it home to Finland. What sounds like the beginning of a folk tale is entirely true: the man, the ship, and his dream were real—and so was the heartbreak that followed. Sources: The Sad Story Behind the Prairie Ship of Tom SukanenThe Tragedy of Tom SukanenView of Little Steamship on the Prairie: Grass-Roots Preservation and Artistic Interpretation in the Construction of Ethnic, Local, and National Identities | Scandinavian-Canadian StudiesSukanen Ship Pioneer Village & Museum - A real location with a fictitious community.Dustship Glory - Athabasca University PressSukanen Ship Pioneer Village and MuseumDreams in the Dust: The Story of Tom SukanenThe tragic tale of Tom Sukanen Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 15 September 2025

Episode 383: On June 18, 2023, five people boarded the experimental Titan submersible for what was meant to be a once-in-a-lifetime voyage to the wreck of the Titanic, resting nearly four kilometres beneath the North Atlantic. Less than two hours into the descent, all contact with the surface vessel was lost. Over the following days, searchers scoured the area, but hopes for a rescue faded quickly. When remotely operated vehicles finally reached the seabed, they found the Titan reduced to scattered fragments, the result of a catastrophic implosion. Aboard were Oceangate CEO and pilot Stockton Rush, 61; British businessman Hamish Harding, 58; French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, 77; and Pakistani father and son Shahzada Dawood, 48, and Suleman Dawood, 19; all were killed instantly. Titan Submersible - Coast Guard Marine Board of InvestigationCoast Guard Marine Board of Investigation releases report on Titan submersibleSUBMERSIBLE TITAN MBI REPORT (04AUG2025)OceanGate CEO ‘completely ignored’ flawed Titan sub before deadly trip, report findsTitan sub firm used 'intimidation tactics' and 'critically flawed' safety practices, US Coast Guard report findsMeet the man taking submarine trips to the TitanicStockton Rush | WikipediaUS Coast Guard Report on Titan Submersible Implosion Singles Out OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush | WiredOceanGate's 'toxic workplace culture' was bad enough to contribute to the Titan submersible disaster, Coast Guard says | Business InsiderWho is Stockton Rush? The OceanGate CEO killed in Titanic tourist submarine | The IndependentA Deep Dive Into the Plans to Take Tourists to the 'Titanic'Titan submersible implosion final report critical of CEO's inadequate oversightCoast Guard releases final Titan sub disaster report: LiveOceangate's Titan whistleblower: 'People were sold a lie' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 8 September 2025

Episode 382: On April 2, 1885, the tranquil settlement of Frog Lake in what is now Alberta became the scene of a devastating tragedy. Known as the Frog Lake Massacre, this violent episode unfolded during the North-West Rebellion. Nine settlers, among them government officials, two Roman Catholic priests, traders, and a clerk, lost their lives at the hands of a group of Cree warriors led by Wandering Spirit. The attack stemmed from mounting desperation within the Plains Cree community, who faced starvation triggered by the near extinction of buffalo and the inflexible, often cruel administration of Indian Agent Thomas Quinn. While Cree Chief Big Bear advocated for peace and negotiation, tensions within his band and widespread hardship created a perfect storm. The violence not only shocked the young Dominion of Canada but also shaped the outcome of the North-West Resistance and left a legacy of sorrow and contested memory that resonates to this day. Sources: Parks Canada - Frog Lake National Historic Site of CanadaCanada A Country by Consent: Native Treaties 1871-1897: Big BearChief Big Bear MistahamaskwaMISTAHIMASKWA (Big Bear, Gros Ours) – Dictionary of Canadian BiographyBrowse by Subject: Mistahimaskwa (Big Bear) Plains Cree ChiefBig Bear — North-West Mounted PoliceThe Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | DetailsBig Bear | WikipediaFrog Lake Massacre 1885 | Elk Point Historical SocietyA World We Have Lost: Saskatchewan Before 1905Two Months in the Camp of Big Bear., by Theresa Gowanlock and Theresa DelaneyBlood Red the Sun [The War Trail of Big Bear]KAPAPAMAHCHAKWEW (Papamahchakwayo) (Wandering Spirit, Esprit Errant) – Dictionary of Canadian BiographyBattleford Hangings, 1885 Riel RebellionKā-pēpāmahchakwēw = Wandering Spirit : Plains Cree war chief by Garry Radison.Narratives and Drama in 1885 | Our LegacyNorth-West Resistance - Indigenous Saskatchewan EncyclopediaNorthwest Rebellion - Frog Lake - Military HistoryCanada's Subjugation of the Plains Cree, 1879-1885 by John L. TobiasJohn McDougall publicationsA Redman's Viewpoint | Heinsburg HistoryEdgar Dewdney National Historic Person (1835–1916)Lac La Biche - History - Aboriginal Descendants - Big BearLost Harvests: Prairie Indian Reserve Farmers and Government Policy, 2nd Ed.PDF — Rethinking Treaty 6Big Bear | Creator - Land - PeopleA Tale of Two Massacres | Literary Review of CanadaBattlefords Agency Tribal Chiefs Hosts Wandering Spirit CommemorationThe Life Of Big Bear | Canadian History EhxAn infamous anniversary: 130 years since Canada’s Largest Mass Hanging 27 November 1885Battleford Hangings | SASKATCHEWAN INDIAN | JULY 1972 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 1 September 2025

Episode 381: In December 1987, 12-year-old Trina Campbell, a Métis girl from Brampton, Ontario, was abducted and murdered by Douglas Robert Worth, a violent ex-convict known as the “Pictou Sadist.” Despite psychiatric warnings, Worth had been released months earlier. His relatives’ testimony helped lead police to her remains, and he was convicted of second-degree murder, receiving a life sentence with 23 years before parole eligibility. Now, in 2025, Worth has been released at age 73 and is living in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, under strict monitoring. Halifax police issued a public safety alert, warning that he remains a high-risk offender with a long record of extreme violence, including rape, kidnapping, and dismemberment. Sources: Pictou, NS | The Canadian EncyclopediaHistory of PictouRobert Hare - UBC Department of PsychologyMay 10, 1988, page 1 - The Expositor at Newspapers.comR. v. Worth (R.D.) vLexR. v. Worth, 1995 CanLII 366 (ON CA)R. v. Worth, 1989 CanLII 7153 (ON SC)Trina Campbell, Brampton, 1987 — 1990 | Search - Newspapers.com™Douglas Worth has been imprisoned for life; with no chance of parole...Douglas Robert Worth: The Pictou SadistYouTube — Pictou SadistPolice say high-risk offender now living in Dartmouth areaHUNTER: GTA dismemberment pedophile killer Douglas Worth out of prisonHigh-risk offender now living in Halifax area | CBC NewsKiller who raped, decapitated 12-year-old Ontario girl has been paroled: policeHome Page - Final Report | MMIWG1977 Report to Parilament by the SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM IN CANADA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 25 August 2025

Episode 380: The tragic saga of an indigenous man named Stephen Kiyoshk is one of Canada’s most haunting tales of crime, retribution, and the complexities of the justice system. Spanning nearly three decades, the case includes double murder, dramatic trials, passionate community involvement, and a final execution that left deep scars on Walpole Island and the greater Sarnia, Ontario area. The primary victims of this saga were Charles Nahdee and Adam Johns in the notorious 1912 double homicide, and, decades later, Jerry Blackbird, whose violent death in 1939 ultimately led to Stephen Kiyoshk’s execution. Sources:Stephen Kiyoshk (1891-1941)SARNIA AGENCY - MURDER ON WALPOLE ISLAND OF ADAM JOHN AND CHARLES NAHDEE BY STEPHEN KLYOSHK Archives / Collections and FondsSARNIA AGENCY - MURDER OF JERRY BLACKBIRD BY STEPHEN KIYOSHK (CLIPPINGS) Archives / Collections and FondsWalpole Island First NationStephen KiyoshkJan 15, 1912, page 10 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.comApr 05, 1912, page 1 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.comDec 02, 1912, page 2 - The Times Herald at Newspapers.comApr 02, 1913, page 1 - The Sault Star at Newspapers.comSept 19, 1940, page 14 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.comSept 20, 1940, page 17 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.comNov 25, 1940, page 15 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.comNov 26, 1940, page 19 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.comJan 03, 1941, page 1 - Detroit Free Press at Newspapers.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 18 August 2025

Episode 379: In the annals of Canadian folklore and unsolved mysteries, few stories have endured as hauntingly and stubbornly as that of Jerome, the silent, legless man who appeared from out of nowhere on the remote beach of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia, in September 1863. To this day, no one knows for sure who he was, where he came from, or what chain of events led to his abandonment. What is known, thanks to accounts recorded by locals and later collected by historians and folklorists, is the extraordinary set of circumstances under which he entered the lives of several small maritime communities and remained there, silent and enigmatic, for nearly half a century. Sources: Jerome: Solving the Mystery of Nova Scotia's Silent Castaway by Fraser MooneyApr 30, 1930, page 28 - The Evening Mail at Newspapers.comJul 23, 1910, page 3 - The St. John Standard at Newspapers.comSept 16, 1905, page 10 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.comSept 28, 1905, page 3 - Nanaimo Daily News at Newspapers.comApr 23, 1912, page 6 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.comMysteryQuests - Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian HistoryThe Legless Mystery ManJerome: The Mystery of the Man Who Came Out of Nowhere – LIFE AS A HUMANJerome: The Mystery Man of Baie Sainte-MarieJerome of Sandy Cove - WikipediaThe story of Jerome: The southwestern N.S. mystery that never ends, even 110 years after his death | SaltWireThe legless castaway: one of Nova Scotia's most enduring puzzles, speculatively retold. - Free Online Library“Jérôme” - The Mystery ContinuesJerome of Sandy Cove: The Unusual Nova Scotian Mystery Man | by Charlie O’Brien | MediumJerome of Sandy Cove, Nova Scotia - Historic MysteriesStrange, Spooky and Supernatural - Mike Browne - Paperback Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 11 August 2025

Episode 378: Fredericton, New Brunswick, in the sultry summer of 1949, was a community caught between the relief of peacetime and the tensions of post-war hardship. Along the margins of this tidy city lived George Hamilton (25) and Rufus Hamilton (23), two young black brothers whose lives had been fraught with poverty, exclusion, and desperation. These would be factors in the horrific actions they took, which would soon propel them into local infamy as the last men ever executed in Fredericton. At the heart of this tragedy was Norman Burgoyne: a respected, 35-year-old taxi driver, decorated war veteran, and devoted family man whose sudden, violent death would shatter the sense of safety in the city. Podcast Promo:Brew Crime Podcast Episode Sources:Norman Burgoyne - Search - Newspapers.com™May 20, 1949, page 8 - Daily Gleaner at Newspapers.comJul 27, 1949, page 9 - Daily Gleaner at Newspapers.comJul 27, 1949, page 1 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.comThe O'Ree and Lawrence FamiliesBlack New Brunswickers reflect on past and modern racism | CBC NewsBlack History Walking Tour“bad characters”: The Execution of George & Rufus Hamilton in Fredericton, 1949 | AcadiensisLast hanging in FrederictonGeorge and RueView of Grieving the Ungrievable: Negation and Recognition in Execution Poems | Borders: Undergraduate Arts JournalExecution Poems : The Black Acadian Tragedy of George and Rue | Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS)View of Whips, Hammers, and Ropes: The Burden of Race and Desire in Clarke’s George & Rue | Studies in Canadian LiteratureDefinitely not Butch and Sundance Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 4 August 2025

Episode 377: Joyce Carolyn Stevens, the daughter of a preacher from Houston, Texas, and Rose Marie Turford, a Canadian nurse and suburban mother, became infamous as the real-life “Thelma and Louise.” Their cross-border crime spree in the mid-1990s stunned communities from Houston to Toronto, as they lured, robbed, and humiliated unsuspecting men, all while eluding law enforcement. The case, with its bizarre twists, elaborate disguises, and a mysterious figure named “Avery,” captivated the public and left a trail of questions about motive, manipulation, and the dark side of friendship. Sources:1997 CanLII 26231 (ON CNO) | College of Nurses of Ontario v Turford | CanLIIRose Turford and Carolyn Stevens | Unsolved Mysteries WikiCANADA NABS FUGITIVE DUO `THELMA, LOUISE'After serving 13 years in Texas, let the Canadian half of the infamous 'Thelma and Louise' crime duo come home, her three sons pleadThe Canadian half of a Houston robbery duo dubbed... - UPI ArchivesReal-life "Thelma and Louise' jump bail'Thelma and Louise' fugitives arrestedUnlikely Suspects Are Sought in 'Thelma and Louise' Robberies (Published 1995)Real-Life 'Thelma and Louise' Elude the LawIn Toronto, U.S. Fugitives Find They Can Run but Can't Hide (Published 1996)"72 Hours: True Crime" The Game (TV Episode 2004) | Documentary, CrimeThis Real-Life ‘Thelma and Louise’ Caused Mayhem Wherever They WentWOMEN ON THE RUN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 July 2025

Episode 376: On June 6, 2021, Nathaniel Veltman, 20, deliberately drove his truck into the Afzaal family, Pakistani immigrants, as they walked along the road in London, Ontario. The attack killed four members of the Afzaal family: Talat Afzaal (74), Salman Afzaal (46), Madiha Salman (44), and Yumnah Afzaal (15), and severely injured 9-year-old Fayez Afzaal. Veltman admitted that he had targeted the family solely because they were Muslim, making this Canada’s first fatal vehicle attack prosecuted as terrorism. Sources: Canadian Anti-Hate NetworkWhat we know about the Muslim family in the fatal London, Ont., truck attack | CBC NewsCourt releases dramatic video of scene moments before London, Ont. Muslim family is killed2021 London, Ontario truck attackTerrorism in Veltman Murder Case - News Release - PPSCAUDIO: Nathaniel Veltman and the 911 callRAW VIDEO: Nathaniel Veltman's first interview with London policeRAW VIDEO: Nathaniel Veltman's June 6, 2021, arrestVeltman says he's remorseful for killing Muslim familyAn Act of Evil | MacLeansMuslim family in Canada killed in 'premeditated' truck attackDisorders took Nathaniel Veltman to 'very, very dark place': Defence expertThe Terrorist: How a devout Christian kid became a radicalized mass murderer2024 ONSC 2276 (CanLII) | R. v. Veltman | CanLII2024 ONSC 1054 (CanLII) | R. v. Veltman | CanLII2023 ONSC 5063 (CanLII) | R. v. Veltman | CanLIIKiller of London, Ont., Muslim family appeals convictions, challenging use of manifesto at trialNathaniel Veltman | News, Videos & Articles | Global NewsIn manifesto, Nathaniel Veltman called for 'violent revolution'Veltman sentencing: Killer’s actions ‘constitute terrorist activity’, judge says'I did it on purpose': What the Nathaniel Veltman jury didn't hear'He was smiling': Officer who arrested Veltman testifies at his trialTimeline: London, Ont. attack kills four members of Muslim family2025 Vancouver car attackIslamophobiaChristian terrorismMuslim family's kin grieves 'theft of precious life' as convicted killer's sentencing in London, Ont., begins | CBC NewsNathaniel Veltman's 'deep regret' dismissed by Afzaal family supportersIntroduction: The Enduring Relationship of Religion and ViolenceRapoport-Four-Waves-of-Modern-TerrorismA Multidimensional Analysis of Religious ExtremismChristian Identity Reborn | The George Washington UniversityIt’s Time to Talk About Violent Christian ExtremismGod, Religious Extremism and ViolencePreventing Violent Extremism and Mass Atrocities - Handbook For Parliamentarians | PDF | Violence | Islamic State Of Iraq And The Levant Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 July 2025

Episode 375: On a bleak November afternoon in 2003, Toronto’s east end became the unlikely stage for a crime so brutal and bizarre that, even years later, it defies belief. The victim was 12-year-old Johnathon Robert Madden, a boy remembered by teachers and friends as “kind and thoughtful,” the kind of child who would go out of his way to walk a younger classmate home just to ensure he was safe. His murder was not the work of a stranger or a notorious criminal, but of his brother, 16-year-old Kevin Madden—a troubled youth whose anger and alienation had been festering for years. Kevin was not alone that day. With him were two friends: 15-year-old Timothy Ferriman, a self-styled “vampire” desperate for attention and belonging, and another teenage boy whose identity remains protected by law. Together, the teens would go on an afternoon rampage of violence and destruction that would shatter a family and horrify a city. Sources: 2006 CanLII 33472 (ON SC) | R. v. Ferriman | CanLIIMurder of Johnathon Robert MaddenRage by Jerry Langton (Ebook) - ScribdTHIS WAS JOHNATHONJohnathon Madden (1991 - 2003) — In Memory OfWhy Monitor Violent Websites? A JustificationGoth culture social network Vampirefreaks closesFarewell To VampireFreaks: The Website That Changed More Than Alt…Neighbours React To Johnathon VerdictMother chronicles Johnathon's life in memorial website | CBC NewsTeen Sentenced As An Adult For Murdering His Brother In Johnathon Trial'Johnathan' named as teen killers receive adult sentences | CBC NewsJohnathon’s killer loses bid for new trial Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 July 2025

Episode 374: On a frigid February night in 2020, the quiet streets of Calgary’s Bowness neighbourhood became the scene of a tragedy that would send shockwaves through the city and beyond. Melissa Rae Blommaert, a loving mother and devoted friend, was found fatally injured—her life stolen in a brutal act of violence. The investigation quickly turned toward someone heartbreakingly close to her: her husband, Ronald John Candaele. As the harrowing details of Melissa’s final hours came to light, so too did the story of a woman who had fought for hope and safety amid years of hardship. In this episode, we explore Melissa’s life, her struggles, and the devastating betrayal that led to her death. Sources: The History of BownessMelissa Rae Blommaert Obituary 2020 - Pierson's Funeral Service, LTD2021 ABQB 332 (CanLII) | R v Candaele | CanLII2024 ABCA 117 (CanLII) | R v Candaele | CanLII2024 ABKB 521 (CanLII) | R v Candaele | CanLIIcallitfemicide2020Melissa Rae Blommaert - Search - Newspapers.com™Ronald John Candaele - Search - Newspapers.com™Melissa Rae Blommaert homicide | News, Videos & Articles | GlobalNewsFamily remembers victim of Bowness domestic homicide as loving mother of 2 who enjoyed the outdoors - CalgaryCalgary man who drove over wife with U-Haul guilty of manslaughter, not murder: court of appeal | CBC NewsCalgary husband who drove over wife with U-Haul should spend 15-18 years in prison for manslaughter: Crown | CBC News‘Benefit of the doubt’: Appeal Court downgrades conviction in moving van death Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 July 2025

Episode 373: In the shadowy annals of North American crime, few names evoke as much dread as H.H. Holmes, a master manipulator, a conman, and a predator who thrived in the chaos of a rapidly changing world and the man often called America’s first serial killer. Born Herman Webster Mudgett, Holmes’s reign of terror began in Chicago, where he constructed his infamous “Murder Castle”—a labyrinth of hidden rooms, trapdoors, and secret passageways designed to lure and dispatch his victims during the bustling days of the 1893 World’s Fair. But Holmes’s evil did not respect borders; his murderous path would ultimately stretch into Canada. During his murderous career, in 1894, Holmes claimed the lives of his accomplice, Benjamin Pitezel, 38, and three of his youngest victims, Benjamin’s children: Howard Pitezel, 8, in Indianapolis, and, later in Toronto, Pitezel’s daughters, Alice Pitezel, 15, and Nellie Pitezel, 11. Their tragic deaths in a quiet Toronto neighbourhood forever linked Holmes’s legacy to both sides of the border. Sources: The Holmes-Pitezel case by Frank P Geyer | Internet ArchiveH. H. Holmes: Master of Illusion — Swindler — Crime LibraryHolmes' Autobiogrpahy | Library of CongressHolmes' Own Story by Herman W. Mudgett | Project GutenbergDepraved: Schechter, Harold | Internet ArchiveThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson | goodreadsH.H. Holmes: The True History of the White City Devil | goodreadsForensic-Scholars-Today-1.2-H.H.-Holmes-One-of-Americas-First-Recorded-Serial-MurderersBenjamin Freelon Pitezel (1856-1893) | WikiTree FREE Family TreeThe Toronto link to America's bloodiest serial killer - Spacing TorontoHOLMES - PITEZEL CASE: A History of the Greatest Crime of the Century and of the Search for the Missing Pitezel Children.H. H. Holmes | by Rebecca FrostA Book of Remarkable Criminals, by H.B. Irving Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 30 June 2025

Episode 372: In the spring of 2007, Glen Douglas Race’s violent odyssey escalated from a regional nightmare in Nova Scotia to an international manhunt that spanned two countries and left a trail of devastation in its wake. After the murders of Michael Knott and Trevor Brewster, Race fled Canada, later claiming that he was driven by delusions of a supernatural war against “demons” and “vampires” that only he could see. His flight would lead him to yet another murder at a hunting lodge in upstate New York, that of Darcy Manor, 35. He was eventually arrested in Texas after a violent confrontation with U.S. Border Patrol, and ultimately faced justice in two nations. Psychiatric experts grappled with the question of whether he was a cold-blooded killer or a man so consumed by mental illness that he could no longer distinguish reality from fantasy. Ultimately, justice on either side of the border looked very different. Sources:2014 NSSC 6 (CanLII) | R. v. Race | CanLIIGlen Race Hearing's Agreed Statement of Facts | PDF | Psychosis | PsychiatryHalifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: 2007-05 MurdersHalifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Michael Paul KnottHalifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Trevor Charles BrewsterHalifax LGBTQ2S+ history: Cruising Citadel Hill - Nova Scotia AdvocateBefore the paradeMichael Paul Knott | ObituaryMan charged with murder of Halifax-area gay menNov 2013: Details of Halifax stabbing deaths told‘I will always need you, Daddy’Nov 2013: Details of Halifax stabbing deaths told Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 June 2025

Episode 371: In early May 2007, Nova Scotia was shaken by a series of brutal murders that would eventually be linked to a single man: Glen Douglas Race. Over the course of just over a week, two well-liked men — Paul Michael Knott and Trevor Charles Brewster — were killed in separate, violent attacks. The case would expose not only the horror of the crimes but also the tragic intersection of untreated mental illness, the vulnerability of marginalized communities, and the failures of the system meant to protect both the public and those suffering from severe psychiatric disorders. This episode will delve into the lives of the Nova Scotia victims, the chilling details of their deaths, and the complex psychological landscape that shaped Glen Race’s descent into violence and his subsequent flight across the border into the United States, where he killed again before being caught. Sources:2014 NSSC 6 (CanLII) | R. v. Race | CanLIIGlen Race Hearing's Agreed Statement of Facts | PDF | Psychosis | PsychiatryHalifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: 2007-05 MurdersHalifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Michael Paul KnottHalifax Rainbow Encyclopedia: Trevor Charles BrewsterHalifax LGBTQ2S+ history: Cruising Citadel Hill - Nova Scotia AdvocateBefore the paradeMichael Paul Knott | ObituaryMan charged with murder of Halifax-area gay menNov 2013: Details of Halifax stabbing deaths told‘I will always need you, Daddy’Nov 2013: Details of Halifax stabbing deaths told Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 16 June 2025

Episode 370: In this episode, we journey into the chilling case of Jesse Imeson—a man whose troubled past and violent crimes left a deep scar on Southwestern Ontario. In the summer of 2007, Imeson's name became synonymous with fear as he embarked on a deadly spree, taking three innocent lives. The victims were Carlos Rivera, 25, of Windsor and Helene Regier, 72, and her husband, Bill Regier, 73, near the community of Grand Bend. The discovery of the murders sparked a 12-day nationwide manhunt and led to the capture of the killer in Portage-du-Forte, Quebec, near the Ontario border. However, behind the headlines lies a story of trauma, addiction, and claims of childhood abuse that may have shaped the path to his horrific acts. Sources: ⁠Man who killed elderly couple and bartender has appeal rejected by Supreme Court | CBC News⁠⁠ Carlos Rivera - Search - Newspapers.com™ ⁠⁠Family of victims lash out as smirking killer gets life sentence⁠⁠ Supreme Court of Canada | 38467⁠⁠ Windsor murderer's claim of sexual abuse hits legal setback⁠⁠ 2021 ONSC 5289 (CanLII) | Imeson v. Maryvale | CanLII⁠⁠ 2018 ONCA 888 (CanLII) | Imeson v. Maryvale (Maryvale Adolescent and Family Services) | CanLII⁠⁠ 2017 ONSC 1906 (CanLII) | Imeson v. Maryvale | CanLII⁠⁠2016 ONSC 6020 (CanLII) | Imeson v Maryvale | CanLII⁠⁠ Murder suspect Jesse Imeson captured in Quebec⁠⁠Suspect in 3 Ontario slayings appears in Windsor court | CBC News⁠⁠ Ont. man pleads guilty in 3 'savage' slayings, sentenced to life | CBC News⁠⁠ LFP Archives: The hunt for, and truth about, spree killer Jesse Imeson⁠⁠ Inadmissible evidence could lead to new trial⁠⁠ Obituary of Helene Marie Regier | T. Harry Hoffman & Sons Funeral Home⁠⁠ So, why did he do it? - Grand Bend Strip community newspaper⁠⁠ America's Most Wanted joins hunt for Ontario fugitive | CBC News⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 9 June 2025

Episode 369: In the quiet city of Jonquière, Quebec, the brutal 2000 murder of 19-year-old Guylaine Potvin sent shockwaves through her community and left investigators baffled for over two decades. For years, the case grew cold, with few leads and little hope for justice. But in 2022, a remarkable breakthrough in forensic science and persistent detective work finally led to the arrest of Marc-André Grenon, a man whose name had lingered on the periphery of the investigation for years. This episode takes you inside the investigation, the science that cracked the case, and the long-awaited trial that brought answers to a grieving family. Sources:⁠2024 QCCS 551 (CanLII) | R. c. Grenon | CanLII⁠⁠2023 QCCS 5152 (CanLII) | Grenon c. R. | CanLII⁠⁠Indigenous Tourism Quebec - Region - Saguenay, Lac-Saint-Jean⁠⁠Jonquière | Saguenay River, Fjord, Pulp & Paper | Britannica⁠⁠Jonquière, Québec, Canada genealogy project⁠⁠Jonquière | Wikipedia⁠⁠Crown, defence agree accused killed teen in cold case from 2000 but disagree on intent | CBC News⁠⁠WyndhamForensic_Presentation_DNAAnalysis⁠⁠The scientific reinvention of forensic science⁠⁠The False Promise of DNA Testing⁠⁠Procès de Marc-André Grenon : l’accusé ciblé en raison de son nom de famille⁠⁠Quebec cold case murder trial: Crime scene photos show 19-year-old victim's life⁠⁠Quebec police officer sat beside cold case suspect in movie theatre to get his DNA, trial hears | CBC News⁠⁠Crown says suspect in Quebec cold case murder tracked down by Y chromosome project⁠⁠Après 22 ans, un homme sera accusé du meurtre de Guylaine Potvin à Jonquière⁠⁠Project Surname | The Canadian Encyclopedia⁠⁠35 ans après Polytechnique : la sœur de Guylaine Potvin veut qu’on se souvienne⁠⁠Marc-André Grenon admet avoir causé la mort de Guylaine Potvin⁠⁠Meurtre de Guylaine Potvin | Marc-André Grenon a sévi une seconde fois en 2000⁠⁠Condamné pour le meurtre de Guylaine Potvin: Marc-André Grenon reconnaît avoir frappé une deuxième fois en 2000⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 2 June 2025

Episode 368: Here, we delve into the life and crimes of Brigitte Denise Cleroux, examining how she repeatedly evaded regulatory scrutiny, the suffering she caused, and the systemic failures that enabled her persistence for so long. This story is a chilling tale of deception, exploitation, and the profound breach of trust within Canada’s health-care system. Cleroux masqueraded as a nurse for years in multiple provinces — British Columbia, Ontario, Alberta, and Quebec. She treated hundreds of patients, administering drugs and even performing medical procedures, all without a single legitimate credential. Her actions left a trail of traumatized patients, betrayed colleagues, and a health system forced to reckon with the vulnerabilities she so ruthlessly exploited. Source: ⁠She worked as a nurse for decades. She wasn't who she said she was.⁠⁠2024 BCSC 2435 (CanLII) | R. v Cleroux | CanLII⁠⁠2023 BCSC 1275 (CanLII) | Massie v Provincial Health Services Authority | CanLII⁠⁠2022 ONCJ 188 (CanLII) | R. v. Cleroux | CanLII⁠⁠2022 QCCQ 8569 (CanLII) | R. c. Vallée Baillargeon | CanLII⁠⁠2011 ABPC 182 (CanLII) | R. v. Marier | CanLII⁠⁠Unlicensed BC Nurse Class Action⁠⁠Cleroux (PHSA) BC | Class Action | Murphy Battista LLP⁠⁠Bogus nurse lawsuits continue to mount against B.C. health authorities⁠⁠Assault with a weapon: Fake nurse pleads guilty to assaulting B.C. patients by IV injection | CBC News⁠⁠West Shore RCMP - Nurse impersonator sentenced to 7 years in prison⁠⁠Fake nurse sentenced 7 years for impersonation, using needles on patients in Ottawa | CBC News⁠⁠B.C. ‘fake nurse’ Brigitte Cleroux sentenced to 7 years in prison⁠⁠Fake nurse Brigitte Cleroux apologizes in court | CBC News⁠⁠Woman who worked as a fake nurse in B.C. makes tearful statement in court⁠⁠Dozens of B.C. civil lawsuits filed in alleged bogus nurse case⁠⁠Public advisory: Melanie Smith is not a registrant of BCCNM⁠⁠Fake nurse’s ’deep seated dishonesty’ adds four more years to prison term: B.C. judge⁠⁠Serial Imposter Works as a FAKE Nurse For Two Decades | The Case of Brigitte Cleroux⁠⁠Alleged B.C. nurse impersonator needs yet another lawyer⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 26 May 2025

Episode 367: In the early hours of Valentine’s Day 2013, the world awoke to the shocking news that South African Olympic and Paralympic hero Oscar Pistorius had shot and killed his girlfriend, a 29-year-old paralegal and model Reeva Steenkamp, inside his Pretoria home. Pistorius, celebrated for overcoming the loss of his legs to become a global sporting icon, now stood accused of a crime that would grip and divide a nation. The ensuing investigation and trial, marked by intense media scrutiny, conflicting testimonies, and a dramatic courtroom battle, would raise questions about celebrity, violence, and the quality of justice in South Africa. Sources: Reeva: A Mother's Story | Indigo.caRemembering Reeva Steenkamp: Her inspiring life and tragic deathReeva Steenkamp, my friend, shot by Oscar PistoriusHere is Reeva Steenkamp, not just Oscar's girlfriendThe Reeva I knewAn untold story: all about Reeva Steenkamp1983 - The O'Malley ArchivesSouth Africa — Forced Removals | Overcoming ApartheidFormation and launch of the UDF | South African History OnlineMAJOR NEWS IN SUMMARY; Changing South Africa 1983 (Published 1986)Oscar Pistorius | Biography, Olympics, Conviction, & Facts | BritannicaOscar Pistorius: The strange and dangerous world of the blade runner | MacLeansOscar Pistorius - Athletics | Paralympic Athlete ProfileOscar PISTORIUS | Olympic Athlete ProfileThe Pistorius Case and South Africa’s Gun ProblemTimeline - The trial of 'Blade Runner' Oscar PistoriusReeva's Death 'Ruined' Steenkamp Family, Cousin SaysFamily of Reeva Steenkamp searching for answers about shootingOscar Pistorius trial SABC News on YouTubeDirector of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng v Pistorius (950/2016) [2017] ZASCA 158; 2018 (1) SACR 115 (SCA); [2018] 1 All SA 336 (SCA) (24 November 2017)S v Pistorius (CC113/2013) [2016] ZAGPPHC 724 (6 July 2016)Director of Public Prosecutions, Gauteng v Pistorius (96/2015) [2015] ZASCA 204; [2016] 1 All SA 346 (SCA); 2016 (2) SA 317 (SCA); 2016 (1) SACR 431 (SCA) (3 December 2015)S v Pistorius (CC113/2013) [2014] ZAGPPHC 924 (21 October 2014)S v Pistorius (CC113/2013) [2014] ZAGPPHC 793 (12 September 2014)Inside the Oscar Pistorius trialReeva Steenkamp shooting | The GuardianReeva Steenkamp | WikipediaTrial of Oscar Pistorius | WikipediaWhere Is Oscar Pistorius Now? Inside the Olympian’s Life After Murder Conviction Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 19 May 2025

Episode 366: On a cold night, March 14, 1980, the city of Toronto was shaken by an act of violence that would leave a deep scar on its police force and forever change the lives of one family. It was the kind of crime that, decades later, still echoes in the halls of justice and the memories of those who lived through it. This is the story of  Constable Michael Sweet, a dedicated police officer, loving husband, and devoted father of three young girls, all under ten years old, who lost his life in the line of duty at the hands of two brothers whose names would become synonymous with brutality: Craig Alfred Munro, 28, and his 21-year-old brother, James Scott Munro. Sources: ⁠1983 CanLII 3542 (ON CA) | R. v. Munro | CanLII⁠⁠1984 CanLII 3608 (QC CA) | R. v. Vaillancourt | CanLII⁠⁠Oct 20, 1983, page 19 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Oct 28, 1980, page 3 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 21, 1980, page 9 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 19, 1980, page 3 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 17, 1980, page 14 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 15, 1980, page 1 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Mar 15, 1980, page 9 - The Toronto Star at Newspapers.com⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 12 May 2025

Episode 365: On a humid August morning in 1873, the quiet, tight-knit community of Baker’s Settlement outside of Bridgewater in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia, was shattered by a crime so shocking that it would echo for generations. This is the story of Mary Ann Frauzel Mailman—a woman described by her contemporaries as strikingly beautiful, and by all accounts, a devoted mother—whose life ended violently at the hands of her husband, Peter Mailman. The murder and its aftermath would become one of the most infamous cases in the province’s history, both for its brutality and for the chilling window it offered into the darkness that can lurk behind closed doors. Sources: ⁠cihm_09620⁠⁠The trial of Peter Mailman for the murder of hi...⁠⁠Mary Ann Frauzel Mailman (1826-1873) - Find a...⁠⁠Bloodshed among the berries - 1873 Lunenburg, Nova Scotia⁠⁠Large Fierce Mammal: The Trial of Peter Mailman⁠⁠Capital case, Peter Mailman tried before [Minister of] Justice DesBarnes at Lunenburg⁠⁠Hamilton Spectator -- Deaths, 1873⁠⁠Dec 30, 1873, page 1 - The New York Times at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Dec 10, 1873, page 3 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Dec 05, 1873, page 2 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Nov 27, 1873, page 2 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Oct 24, 1873, page 3 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Oct 21, 1873, page 3 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 26, 1873, page 1 - The Rutland Daily Globe at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 25, 1873, page 2 - The Spirit of Democracy at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 22, 1873, page 1 - Democrat and Chronicle at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 22, 1873, page 3 - Hartford Courant at Newspapers.com⁠⁠Aug 19, 1873, page 3 - The San Francisco Examiner at Newspapers.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 5 May 2025

Episode 364: On June 17, 1958, a warm summer afternoon in Vancouver, British Columbia, the bustling construction site of the Second Narrows Bridge was alive with activity. Seventy-nine workers, including ironworkers, engineers, and painters, were perched high above the waters of Burrard Inlet, labouring to connect Vancouver to the North Shore. Little did they know that in mere moments, their world would come crashing down in what would become the worst industrial disaster in Vancouver's history. Several bridge spans suddenly collapsed as they attempted to join two chords of the unfinished arch. The disaster sent all the bridge builders on shift plummeting 30 meters into the waters below. Tragically, 18 workers lost their lives instantly or shortly after, possibly due to drowning from their heavy tool belts. The death toll rose to 19 when a diver searching for bodies also drowned in the days following the collapse. Sources: Collapse of the Second Narrows Bridge during Construction | Proceedings | Vol , No 1958 – BC Infrastructure Disaster – Ironworkers Memorial Bridge – Vancouver 1958 Time Traveller: 19 die in 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse and ensuing rescue Second Narrows Bridge Collapse Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing The Lions Gate Bridge The Lions Gate Bridge - And The Lions Who Guard It Building a Vancouver Icon: The Lions Gate Bridge - Introduction - MONOVA Jun 18, 1958, page 35 - The Province at Newspapers.com Last living survivor of Second Narrows Bridge disaster won't let pandemic stop him from honouring dead | CBC News Check out this historical video report on the 1958 collapse of the Ironworkers Memorial Second Narrows Crossing (VIDEO) Tragedy at Second Narrows: The Story of the Ironworkers Memorial Bridge Time Traveller: 19 die in 1958 Second Narrows Bridge collapse and ensuing rescue This Week in History: 1896: The Point Ellice Bridge collapses in Victoria, killing 55 Looking Back: 126 years since 55 killed in catastrophic Victoria bridge collapse The Point Ellice Bridge Failure The Point Ellice Bridge Disaster Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 28 April 2025

Episode 362: On the morning of May 29, 2010, gunshots shattered the quiet of a rural property just outside Cranbrook, British Columbia. By the time police arrived at the scene, two lives had been tragically cut short in an apparent case of mistaken identity. The victims were Jeffrey Todd Taylor, 42, and Leanne Laura MacFarlane, 43, a couple who had been renting half of a duplex on a large piece of land for about three months. They had no connection to the criminal underworld and appeared to have been innocent victims caught in the crossfire of a drug gang dispute. Over the last 15 years, authorities and the couple’s family and friends have fought to bring their killers to justice. Source: Obituary of Leanne MacFarlane | McPherson Funeral Service - Cranbrook Remembering the life of Jeffrey Taylor. City of Cranbrook - Our City Cranbrook BC | The Canadian Encyclopedia The Ktunaxa First Nation 4 charged in alleged B.C. murder conspiracy | CBC News B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial in Cranbrook double homicide | CBC News Charges laid 8 years after innocent B.C. pair were killed in targeted shooting | CBC News Four charged in murder plot that saw innocent Cranbrook couple executed Masked man held gun to head of slain woman's sister-in-law, court hears Daughter of Cranbrook woman slain in mistaken identity murders shocked at not guilty verdict 2013 BCSC 828 (CanLII) | R. v. Adams | CanLII 2016 BCCA 330 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII 2020 BCSC 608 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII 2022 BCSC 647 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII 2024 BCCA 361 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII 2025 BCSC 372 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison | CBC News Man pleads guilty to Cranbrook mistaken identity murders Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison Life sentence for man who killed B.C. couple in 2010 mistaken-identity murders Second person charged in Brampton shooting that killed unintended target Kingston man killed in Ottawa in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity Shooting Of Sikh Family In Canada Case Of Mistaken Identity: Police Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 21 April 2025

Episode 362: We explore chilling events that unfolded at POW Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, during World War II. This prisoner-of-war camp, one of many scattered across Canada, became the site of two brutal murders that shocked even hardened veterans and led to Canada's last mass execution. In the summer of 1943, August Plaszek, a former French Foreign Legion soldier forcibly integrated into the German army, met a gruesome end at the hands of Nazi hardliners within the camp. Just over a year later, in September 1944, Karl Lehmann, a university professor turned Luftwaffe interpreter, suffered a similar fate for daring to share news of Germany's failing war effort with his fellow prisoners. These murders, born from the complex dynamics of a “little piece of Germany” transplanted to the Canadian prairies, would set in motion a series of dramatic trials that tested the limits of Canadian justice and international law. Sources: Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees | Red Cross Prisoners of war: What you need to know | Red Cross The Geneva Conventions: 160 years of history | Genève internationale Geneva Conventions | International Humanitarian Law, Protections & History | Britannica Prisoners of War - Historical Sheet - Second World War - History - Veterans Affairs Canada Normandy Massacres | Nazi War Crimes, Allied Retaliation & Impact | Britannica Canadian Prisoners of War In Enemy Hands | CM Archive Abbaye d'Ardenne - Veterans Affairs Canada Three survivors on how they endured oppression, cruelty and abuse as prisoners in Japan during WW II Camp 132 – Medicine Hat Illegitimate trials. PoW hangings. A miniature Nazi state on the Prairie. | The Star When was it unjust to kill seven Nazi soldiers? When it happened in Canada | Globe & Mail Hanged in Medicine Hat - Sutherland House Publishing Gestapo PoWs | Legion Magazine Ideological Battles in Medicine Hat By Danial Duda Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp - And Canada's Last Mass Execution | History is Now POW Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta Camp 132 by Robin Warren Stotz POW and Internment Camps in Alberta: WWII | Alberta Historic Places World War II Prisoner of War Camp in Medicine Hat | Shaw TV Medicine Hat Prisoner of War Camps in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia POWs in Canada Internment Camps Thematic Guides - Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars - Library and Archives Canada Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 27 July 1929 Name, Rank, and Serial Number: The Legacy of the 1929 Geneva Convention | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 14 April 2025

Episode 361: On October 4, 1957, as the world's eyes turned skyward to witness the launch of Sputnik 1, another technological marvel was about to be unveiled in a hangar in Malton, Ontario. The Avro Arrow, Canada's ambitious supersonic interceptor, was poised to revolutionize aviation. But within two years, it would vanish without a trace, leaving behind a legacy of controversy and conspiracy. Sources: Avro Arrow | The Canadian Encyclopedia Avro Arrow | canadahistory.com Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow | Wikipedia Avro CF-100 Canuck | The Canadian Encyclopedia Broken Arrow | Legion Magazine A legend in aviation still hard at work | Canadian Military History Janusz Zurakowski - Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame Avro Arrow - List of Firsts - Canadians At Arms CF-105, the Arrow Program Avro Arrow: Canada’s Lost Dream of Aviation Supremacy Canadian Aviation And The Avro Arrow Book By Fred Smye Avro Arrow Pictures | avro-arrow.org The Avro Arrow: Exploding The Myths And Misconceptions Royal Canadian Air Force The Avro Arrow New Edition: The Story Of The Great Canadian Cold War Interceptor Jet In Pictures And Documents Book By Lawrence Miller The Avro Arrow: For The Record Book By Palmiro Campagna Storms Of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed Book By Palmiro Campagna Who Killed The Avro Arrow? Book By Chris Gainor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 7 April 2025

Episode 360: On May 18, 1966, Paul Joseph Chartier, among other things, a disillusioned and unemployed security guard and former truck driver, attempted a deadly act of terrorism on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Chartier planned to throw a homemade dynamite bomb into the House of Commons chamber, targeting politicians he blamed for societal injustices and his personal failures. However, the bomb detonated prematurely in a washroom, killing only Chartier himself. This tragic incident drew significant attention at the time, leading to investigations by the RCMP and led to a federal inquiry. Sources: Robert N. Wilkins: Remembering the man who tried blowing up Parliament, 50 years ago The Munsinger Affair Miner, Author, Singer, Lone-Actor Terrorist: The Lives and Death of Paul Joseph Chartier - University of Toronto Press The Mad Bomber of Parliament Hill by Fontana, James A The Parliament bombing of 1966 Citizen@175: 'I might as well give you a blast to wake you up' IMV_-_Terrorism-Research-Key-findings-eng Learn the lesson of the bad bomb Hewitt_2021_HistoryofLoneActorsinCanadaFinal Inquest Paul Joseph Chartier bombing of Parliament Miner, Author, Singer, Lone-Actor Terrorist: The Lives and Death of Paul Joseph Chartier - University of Toronto Press 201604_clat_final_report — Lone-Actor Terrorism “Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow”: Lone-Actor Terrorism, Masculinity, and the 1966 Bombing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa TSAS-Working-Paper-Hofmann-Lone-Actors-Final Paul Joseph Chartier Parliament will carry on Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 31 March 2025

Episode 359: On a warm summer evening in June 1887, 17-year-old Mary Pickering Tuplin vanished from her family's farm in Margate, PEI. A search and a grim discovery followed that would rock the quiet farming community to its core. Mary's body was found in the Southwest River, weighed down by a heavy stone, with two gunshot wounds to her head. The subsequent investigation would uncover a web of secrets, including the fact that Mary was six months pregnant. Circumstantial evidence led to 19-year-old William Millman's arrest, allegedly Mary’s lover. The shocking facts of the crime and its investigation led to a sensational trial that captivated the entire country. Millman was convicted and sent to the gallows in April 1888. Was justice indeed served, or, as some speculate, was an innocent man sent to the gallows? Sources: History Of The Blackhorse Corner Tavern Kensington Locomotive | PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation The history of Margate, Prince Edward Island Apr 11, 1888, page 2 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com Verbatim report of the Millman-Tuplin Murder Trial | Canadiana.ca Mary Tuplin - Search - Newspapers.com™ ’They hung the wrong boy’: New questions in 1887 murder of pregnant P.E.I. girl Ceremony reunites head with murdered owner 129 years later 'We finally got it right': 1887 murder victim's skull re-united with rest of remains | CBC News Mary Pickering Tuplin, 1887 murder victim, properly laid to rest Skull of murdered P.E.I. teen finally reunited with her body after 129 years English Folk Dance and Song Society: The National Organisation for the Development of the Folk Arts Mary Pickering Tuplin Millman and Tuplin Song, The 9780774817530 Murder of Mary Tuplin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 March 2025

Episode 358: In Los Angeles, California, in the autumn of 1969, along winding Mulholland Drive, a young woman's body was discovered, brutally stabbed more than 150 times, her identity shrouded in mystery for nearly half a century. This Jane Doe, known only as case number 59, would lie nameless for the next 46 years, her story untold and her family unaware of her tragic fate. In a chilling twist, the proximity of her death to the infamous Tate-LaBianca murder scenes led investigators down a twisted path of speculation. The brutal nature of the crime sparked whispers of a possible connection to one of America's most notorious cults — the Manson Family. It wasn't until 2016 that modern forensic techniques finally gave her a name: Reet Silvia Jurvetson, a 19-year-old from Montreal who had ventured to L.A. with dreams as big as the Hollywood sign. Despite her identity now being known, Reet Jurvetson’s murder remains unsolved. Her family is still hoping for answers more than 55 years later. Sources: The Murder of Marina Habe Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders About Reet Jurvetson | Reet Jurvetson's Family Memorial Man Who Found Possible Manson Victim as Teen Speaks Out Forensic DNA analysis: technology and application (BP-443E) 'Jane Doe #59' was a 19-year-old from Montreal -- was she also a Manson victim? Woman found near Manson murders ID'd after 47 years ID of woman found near Manson murders site stirs mystery Who Killed Jane Doe #59 | CBC News Jane Doe found in L.A. in 1969 ID'd as Montreal teen | CBC News 'Who is he?': Sketch shows 'person of interest' at heart of probe into Canadian woman's brutal 1969 killing | CBC News Could Canadian's brutal 1969 stabbing death be connected to another L.A. cold case? | CBC News 'In a hurry': Did Canadian woman's killer drop his glasses as he got rid of body in L.A. in 1969? | CBC News Who Killed Jane Doe #59 : The Case of Reet Jurvetson - The Fifth Estate LAPD Seeks to Identify Two Men in Connection with Murder of Reet Jurvetson Reet Jurvetson: Was Jane Doe No. 59 a Victim of the Manson Family? Did Charles Manson Have 4 More Victims? 'There's an Answer There Somewhere,' Says LAPD Detective Murder of Reet Jurvetson | Wikipedia Reet Silvia Jurvetson (1950-1969) From the UnresolvedMysteries community on Reddit: Who are the two men named 'Jean' who Reet Jurvetson visited with before she was found murdered on November 16, 1969? https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/gcypxe/who_are_the_two_men_named_jean_who_reet_jurvetson/ LAPD releases sketches of two men linked to 1969 killing of Canadian Reet Jurvetson Who Killed Jane Doe #59 : The Case of Reet Jurvetson - the fifth estate Reet Silvia Jürvetson (1950-1969) Facebook LAPD Seeks to Identify Two Men in Connection with Murder of Reet Jurvetson ID of woman found near Manson murders site stirs mystery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 March 2025

Episode 357: On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 21 June 1950, the tranquil tobacco farming community of Langton, of Langton, Ontario, was shattered by a violent crime that would leave an indelible mark on Canadian history. Joseph Herbert McAuliffe, a World War II veteran turned counterfeiter, walked into the Imperial Bank of Canada with robbery on his mind. In less than half an hour, two innocent men lay dead at the robber’s hands, Arthur Lierman and William Goddyn, their bodies riddled with bullets, and a community was gripped by fear. For three harrowing days, Norfolk County held its breath as McAuliffe, armed and desperate, evaded capture in the surrounding woods. The manhunt that ensued would reveal a tale of tragic childhood, wartime heroism, and a descent into criminality that culminated in a botched robbery and senseless killings. As the story unfolded, it exposed the raw nerves of a nation grappling with questions of justice, redemption, and the ultimate price of crime. Sources: Langton, Ontario John Langton 1808-1894 The History of Norfolk County The Archives of Ontario Celebrates Our Agricultural Past: Settling the Land Phone History: All About Party Lines Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950 — YouTube Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950 — NFB De Boer’s treasures: Herbert McAuliffe hanging SSGT Joseph Herbert McAuliffe (1918-1950) - Find... Wrong Side of the Law: True Stories of Crime by Ed Butts Book revisits bloody Langton bank robbery Herbert McAuliffe | Saint John Coin Club https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/canada.html Jun 22, 1950, page 7 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 8 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 1 - The Sun Times at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 1 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 2 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 3 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 1 - The Ottawa Journal at Newspapers.com Jul 08, 1950, page 5 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jul 17, 1950, page 1 - The Sault Star at Newspapers.com Jul 18, 1950, page 8 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Jul 18, 1950, page 17 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.com Sept 06, 1950, page 1 - Niagara Falls Review at Newspapers.com Sept 06, 1950, page 1 - Daily Standard-Freeholder at Newspapers.com Sept 07, 1950, page 9 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com Sept 07, 1950, page 31 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com Sept 08, 1950, page 6 - The Sun Times at Newspapers.com Sept 12, 1950, page 7 - Niagara Falls Review at Newspapers.com Sept 14, 1950, page 1 - North Bay Nugget at Newspapers.com Sept 14, 1950, page 1 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Nov 21, 1950, page 2 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com Nov 28, 1950, page 24 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Dec 18, 1950, page 2 - The Sault Star at Newspapers.com Dec 19, 1950, page 4 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com Dec 19, 1950, page 7 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Dec 19, 1950, page 8 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Dec 20, 1950, page 13 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com Aug 05, 1952, page 3 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com The Ballad of HERB McAULIFFE (2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 March 2025

Episode 356: In this episode, we explore two enduring Canadian legends that have captivated imaginations for generations. Our journey begins with the Lost Lemon Mine, a tale from the Canadian Rockies dating back to 1870. Two prospectors, Frank Lemon and "Blackjack," allegedly discovered gold, but their expedition descended into a dark saga of murder, madness, and an alleged curse that has kept the mine's location hidden for over 150 years. We then venture to the frigid wilderness of Nunavut, where the mystery of the vanishing village at Angikuni Lake unfolds. In November 1930, fur trapper Joe Labelle reportedly discovered an abandoned Inuit settlement, sparking an investigation and endless speculation about the disappearance of an entire Inuit village. Join us as we delve into these fascinating Canadian mysteries, examining the evidence, historical context, and their lasting impact on the nation's folklore. Sources: The Last Great Unsolved Mystery Reader's Digest Article about Oak Island 47: The Legend of Slumach and his Lost Gold Mine (BC) The Legend of the Lost Lemon Mine The Lost Lemon Mine | Canadian Encyclopedia Blackjack’s ghostly legacy | LostLemon.com The Lost Lemon Mine: An Unsolved Mystery of the Old West by Ron Stewart | goodreads.com The Lost Lemon Mine: The Greatest Mystery of the Canadian Rockies by Dan Riley Nov 27, 1930, page 7 - The Bee at Newspapers.com The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake — Canada's Great Disappearance Angikuni Lake | Wikipedia The Vanishing Of The Angikuni Lake Village Mysteries in Canadian History | Canadian Encyclopedia Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second Edition | McGill-Queen’s University Press The legend of Lake Angikuni - WordPress.comhttps://xylemmag.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-legend-of-lake-angikuni.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 March 2025

Episode 355: In this episode, we explore a phenomenon that blurs the line between consciousness and culpability: homicidal somnambulism. Can a person be held responsible for murder if they commit the act while sleepwalking? We'll examine two haunting cases that have grappled with this very question. First, we'll unravel the infamous story of Kenneth Parks, who, in 1987, drove 23 kilometres from his home in Pickering to Scarborough, Ontario, where he brutally attacked his in-laws, Dennis and Barbara Woods, killing his mother-in-law. Then, we'll turn our attention to the lesser-known case of Clayton John Vickberg, who attempted to kill his friend Hugh Heglin in Victoria. B.C., in 1996, while allegedly in a state of automatism. These cases challenge our understanding of criminal intent and raise unsettling questions about the nature of consciousness itself. Sources: Sleepwalking - Symptoms and causes 5 Possible Causes of Sleepwalking Sleepwalking: What Is Somnambulism? Sleepwalking (Somnambulism) Sleepwalking Doesn’t Have To Stop You From Resting Easy Dark Poutine 115: The Homicidal Sleepwalker (ON) 1992 CanLII 78 (SCC) | R. v. Parks | CanLII 1998 CanLII 15068 (BC SC) | R. v. Vickberg | CanLII Sleepwalking — Sleep Forensic Medicine Homicidal somnambulism: a case report - PubMed Killer Sleep: An Overview of Homicidal Somnambulism Nov 15, 1985, page 17 - Times Colonist at Newspapers.com Nov 17, 1989, page 19 - Times Colonist at Newspapers.com Sept 19, 1991, page 21 - Times Colonist at Newspapers.com Apr 25, 1998, page 2 - Times Colonist at Newspapers.com Apr 27, 1998, page 11 - The Kingston Whig-Standard at Newspapers.com Hugh Heglin Obituary (2006) - The Times Colonist If you kill someone in your sleep, are you a murderer? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 24 February 2025

Episode 354: In the quiet, close-knit community of Fosterville, New Brunswick, a crime of unspeakable horror shattered the peace on November 26, 1924. Two young sisters, Cynthia (14) and Necia Foster (10), were found bound, gagged, and brutally murdered in the lakeside camp of their uncle, Harry D. Williams. The sheer brutality of the crime sent shockwaves through the region, making it one of the most infamous cases in New Brunswick’s history. Sources: https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/new-brunswick Fosterville, New Brunswick Harry Williams - Search - Newspapers.com™ Fosterville Murder, Part 1 Fosterville Murder Part 2 Fosterville Murder Part 3 Fosterville Murder Part 4 Fosterville Murder Part 5 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 17 February 2025

Episode 353: On April 23, 2018, a bright spring afternoon turned into a nightmare when a rented van plowed through pedestrians along Yonge Street in North York, a Toronto neighbourhood. In just minutes, 10 lives were tragically lost, and 16 others were injured; one of those later passed away from her injuries, bringing the death toll to 11. The community was left mourning, and the country grappled with questions of how and why such a senseless act could occur.   The man behind the wheel was 25-year-old Alec Minassian, a self-proclaimed member of the so-called "incel" community—short for "involuntary celibate." This online subculture, rooted in misogyny and resentment, has been linked to acts of violence, often targeting women. Minassian’s actions that day were not random; they were a calculated act of terror fueled by a toxic ideology that glorifies hatred and violence against those perceived as rejecting or oppressing men like him.   Sources: Backgrounder: Yonge Street Incident | Toronto.ca Alek Minassian Case: Agreed Statement of Facts | PDF Alek Minasssian Trial | PDF Alek Minassian Interview | PDF Diverting Hate - Bi-Annual Report September 2023 | PDF Victim Impact Statements | PDF | Justice criminelle | Crime et violence The Incel Rebellion | PDF Exhibit # 6 - Doc-Victim Impact Statement From R. FORSYTH | PDF CJEM-v1n1-Rozdilsky-Snowden.-Toronto-Van-Attack April 24, 2018 episode transcript | CBC Radio TPSNews.ca | Stories | Witnesses Sought to Yonge-Finch Investigation Toronto van attack: Eyewitness accounts Witnesses say they are still struggling nearly 1 year since the deadly Toronto van attack Alek Minassian booked by police after Toronto van attack - YouTube Alek Minassian confesses in police interview after Toronto van attack - YouTube Toronto police on Const. Ken Lam, officer who arrested van attack suspect - YouTube How this Toronto officer 'courageously' got the van attack suspect in custody without firing a shot | CBC News Toronto van attack suspect says he was 'radicalized' online by 'incels' Incels.co - Involuntary Celibate incel lingo.pdf | Human Sexuality Incels (v1.2) by Aleph | Human Sexual Activity Policybrief Violent Extremists Incels OPV - Extremism and Hate Motivated Violence in Alberta - 2 | Extremism | Violence Alek Minassian admits to planning, carrying out van attack | Watch News Videos Online Toronto van attack - Wikipedia Alek Minassian admits to planning, carrying out Toronto van attack | Globalnews.ca Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years | Globalnews.ca Toronto van attacker sentenced to life in prison, no parole for 25 years 2021 ONSC 1258 (CanLII) | R. v. Minassian | CanLII Why attackers use vehicles as weapons to kill innocent people in crowds Vehicle Ramming: The Evolution of a Terrorist Tactic Inside the US Democratization of terrorism: an analysis of vehicle-based terrorist events by Ryan Scott Houser Elliot Rodger meticulously planned Isla Vista rampage, report says Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 10 February 2025

Episode 352: At 5:18 a.m. on May 9, 1992, in Plymouth, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, in the Westray Mine, a methane gas explosion, followed by a coal dust blast, ripped through the underground tunnels, claiming the lives of 26 miners working the night shift. The tragedy unfolded against a backdrop of known safety violations and ignored warnings. In the aftermath, a gripping rescue attempt captivated the nation as teams of drägermen braved hazardous conditions in a desperate search for survivors. The bodies of 15 miners were recovered during the initial rescue and recovery efforts. However, the remains of 11 miners were never recovered and remain entombed deep within the mine to this day. Despite criminal charges being filed against the mine owners and its management, no convictions were secured due to the complexity of establishing legal responsibility. More than ten years later, the federal government introduced amendments to the Criminal Code in response to this tragedy. Sources: Coal Mining Fatalities The Story of Fossil Fuels, Part 1: Coal World Coal Consumption: Past, Present, and Future Parks Canada - Beginnings of Coal Mining National Historic Event Coal in Canada History of Mining | Mining Museum Coal in Canada | Canadian Encyclopedia 1860s Accidents | Not Your Grandfathers Mining Industry, Nova Scotia, Canada A Short History of Blame: The Doctrine of Progress Canada's Deadliest Mining Disaster - Coal - Alberta's Energy Heritage Mining Disasters Nova Scotia's Historic Underground Coal Mine Workings Information Nova Scotia Archives | Mining Disasters Nova Scotia Archives | Men in the Mines Coal and Grit Miners Memorial Day: Davis Day Stellarton, NS | Canadian Encyclopedia Westray | NFB Film Westray Mine | Wikipedia Westray Disaster | Canadian Encyclopedia The Day the Westray Mine Blew Westray Coal Mine Disaster | New Scotland Nova Scotia Archives | The Westray Story | Report of the Westray Mine Public Inquiry
Justice K. Peter Richard, Commissioner Westray.Mine.Public.Inquiry Death by Consensus: The Westray Story The Westray Mine Disaster and its Aftermath: The Politics of Causation 1993 CanLII 3278 (NS CA) | Nova Scotia (Commissioner of Inquiries, Westray Mine) v. Phillips | CanLII 1995 CanLII 86 (SCC) | Phillips v. Nova Scotia (Commission of Inquiry into the Westray Mine Tragedy) | CanLII Westray Verdict The Westray Disaster The Road From Westray: A Predictable Path to Disaster? by Eric Tucker The Westray Story: A Tragic Tale and the Law that Followed Criminal liability for workplace deaths and injuries – Background on the Westray Law 20th Anniversary of the Westray Law Westray: 30 Years - USW Canada Still Dying for a Living by Stephen Bittle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2025

Episode 352: At 5:18 a.m. on May 9, 1992, in Plymouth, Pictou County, Nova Scotia, in the Westray Mine, a methane gas explosion, followed by a coal dust blast, ripped through the underground tunnels, claiming the lives of 26 miners working the night shift. The tragedy unfolded against a backdrop of known safety violations and ignored warnings. In the aftermath, a gripping rescue attempt captivated the nation as teams of drägermen braved hazardous conditions in a desperate search for survivors. The bodies of 15 miners were recovered during the initial rescue and recovery efforts. However, the remains of 11 miners were never recovered and remain entombed deep within the mine to this day. Despite criminal charges being filed against the mine owners and its management, no convictions were secured due to the complexity of establishing legal responsibility. More than ten years later, the federal government introduced amendments to the Criminal Code in response to this tragedy. Sources: Coal Mining Fatalities The Story of Fossil Fuels, Part 1: Coal World Coal Consumption: Past, Present, and Future Parks Canada - Beginnings of Coal Mining National Historic Event Coal in Canada History of Mining | Mining Museum Coal in Canada | Canadian Encyclopedia 1860s Accidents | Not Your Grandfathers Mining Industry, Nova Scotia, Canada A Short History of Blame: The Doctrine of Progress Canada's Deadliest Mining Disaster - Coal - Alberta's Energy Heritage Mining Disasters Nova Scotia's Historic Underground Coal Mine Workings Information Nova Scotia Archives | Mining Disasters Nova Scotia Archives | Men in the Mines Coal and Grit Miners Memorial Day: Davis Day Stellarton, NS | Canadian Encyclopedia Westray | NFB Film Westray Mine | Wikipedia Westray Disaster | Canadian Encyclopedia The Day the Westray Mine Blew Westray Coal Mine Disaster | New Scotland Nova Scotia Archives | The Westray Story | Report of the Westray Mine Public Inquiry
Justice K. Peter Richard, Commissioner Westray.Mine.Public.Inquiry Death by Consensus: The Westray Story The Westray Mine Disaster and its Aftermath: The Politics of Causation 1993 CanLII 3278 (NS CA) | Nova Scotia (Commissioner of Inquiries, Westray Mine) v. Phillips | CanLII 1995 CanLII 86 (SCC) | Phillips v. Nova Scotia (Commission of Inquiry into the Westray Mine Tragedy) | CanLII Westray Verdict The Westray Disaster The Road From Westray: A Predictable Path to Disaster? by Eric Tucker The Westray Story: A Tragic Tale and the Law that Followed Criminal liability for workplace deaths and injuries – Background on the Westray Law 20th Anniversary of the Westray Law Westray: 30 Years - USW Canada Still Dying for a Living by Stephen Bittle Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 3 February 2025

Episode 351: On March 8, 1987, a routine Sunday morning traffic stop on a quiet stretch of Route 640 between Yoho Lake and Hanwell to the southwest of Fredericton, New Brunswick, turned into a tragedy that shocked the nation. Constable Emmanuel “Manni” Aucoin, a 31-year-old highway patrol officer, husband and father of two young children, was shot and killed in the line of duty. His murderer, Anthony Phillip Romeo, an American fugitive who was wanted for another killing in New York, had been fleeing authorities when Aucoin pulled him over for speeding. Romeo shot Aucoin twice in the head as he wrote up a ticket, leaving him to die in his cruiser before fleeing back to the United States. Romeo was later captured, claiming Aucoin was a monster who’d been killing young men. Constable Aucoin was the third Canadian police officer killed on duty in 1987 and was the first and only member of the New Brunswick Highway Patrol ever to die while serving. Sources: Joseph Emmanuel “Manni” Aucoin (1955-1987) - Find... Anthony Philip Romeo, Petitioner, Appellant, v. James B. Roache, Respondent, Appellee, 820 F.2d 540 (1st Cir. 1987) Cst. Emmanuel Joseph Aucoin 1991 CanLII 12407 (NB KB) | R. v. Romeo (1991) | CanLII 1991 CanLII 113 (SCC) | R. v. Romeo | CanLII R. v. Romeo - SCC Cases HE’S CHARGED IN ’85 GUN SLAY Anthony Phillip Romeo - Search - Newspapers.com™ Governor General Award — Emmanuel Joseph Aucoin Police Exemplary Service Medal, Awarded on August 28, 1987 New Brunswick Highway Patrol SUSPECT IN KILLING ON FIRE I. IS HELD IN CANADIAN SLAYING (Published 1987) N.B. cop killer Anthony Romeo granted escorted trip for meditation class Facebook — MURDER - CST. MANNY AUCOIN N.B. cop killer Anthony Romeo granted escorted trip for meditation class - New Brunswick Facing killer a life-changing event | Blue Line Man, 25, Found Slain In Home on Fire Island (Published 1985) SUSPECT IS NAMED IN MURDER OF SON OF EX-AIDE TO CUOMO (Published 1987) New Yorker ordered held in Canadian cop killing - UPI Archives PEOPLE v. ROMEO (2008) 1985 L.I. conviction is overturned Parole board denies release of American who killed New Brunswick cop in 1987 - New Brunswick New Brunswick highway patrol officer's killer denied full parole | CBC News Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 27 January 2025

Episode 350: Ashley Wadsworth’s story is one of hope and adventure turned into a nightmare. Originally from Vernon, British Columbia, Ashley travelled to the UK to be with her boyfriend, Jack Sepple, whom she had met online. However, what began as a romantic journey ended in tragedy when she was found dead in February 2022. Her murder shocked communities on both sides of the Atlantic and raised questions about the dangers of online relationships. Join us as we unravel the details of this heartbreaking case, examining the events leading up to Ashley’s untimely death and the subsequent investigation that brought her killer to justice. Sources: Ashley Wadsworth Obituary - Vernon, BC Language & Culture Revitalization - Okanagan Indian Band Timeline – Okanagan Nation Alliance Vernon BC | The Canadian Encyclopedia City of Vernon The Implications of 'No Comment' in A Police Interview and the Importance of Legal Advice - Makwanas | Criminal Legal Aid Solicitors The Power of Giving a 'No Comment' Interview During Police Questioning Charge laid after B.C. woman killed in U.K. Chelmsford: UPDATE Man charged with murder Boyfriend killed Canadian teenager then filmed bloody confession | ITV News 'She wanted to help him... He repaid by taking her life' | ITV News The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth | MacLeans Vernon, B.C. teen’s U.K. killer sentenced to 23.5 years ‘She wanted to do so many things’: Vernon family grieving woman murdered in England ‘I was shocked’: Mother of Vernon teen murdered in England upon guilty plea Documentary on B.C. teen’s murder airs on British TV ‘I thought England was the safest place in the world’ — DailyMail Brit who killed girlfriend after she flew to UK was banned from meeting own mum Mother of Vernon woman killed by boyfriend reacts to documentary about the death - Okanagan The Murder Of Ashley Wadsworth — ITVX Documentary Clare’s Law Interpersonal Violence Disclosure Protocol (Clare’s Law) Act | Royal Canadian Mounted Police Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 13 January 2025

Episode 349: In the 8th Christmas episode of the Dark Poutine podcast, we once again dive into the shadowy side of holiday traditions that often go unnoticed amidst the festive cheer. This episode will explore the dark origins of some Christmas customs, such as mummering, a practice steeped in mystery and community engagement, where masked individuals visit homes to entertain and sometimes frighten. We will also recount the chilling tale of Isaac Mercer, who met a tragic end at the hands of mummers in Bay Roberts, Newfoundland, in 1860. Additionally, we’ll dig into the age-old custom of telling ghost stories during Christmas, which has deep roots in ancient traditions. This custom entertains and serves as a poignant reminder of mortality amidst the holiday festivities, adding an intriguing layer to our understanding of Christmas celebrations. We’ll share some chilly Canadian ghost stories along the way. Sources: Saturnalia | Celebration, Sacrifice, & Influence on Christmas | Britannica The Wild Holiday That Turned Ancient Rome Upside Down The Fright Before Christmas by Jeff Belanger Mummers, Murder and Mayhem Archival Moments: An Act Outlawing Mummering Celebrate Christmas the old-fashioned way: with drunken mayhem | CBC News Ep079 The Isaac Mercer Mummer Murder Case. | MUN Statutes of Newfoundland, 1861 The Christmas Tradition With A Dark Side | The Murder Of Isaac Mercer | Youtube Any Mummers ’Lowed In?: Christmas Mummering Traditions in Newfoundland and Labrador by Dale Jarvis The dark side of mummering: What you may not know about a beloved tradition | CBC News The Isaac Mercer Mummer Murder Gate | Carved by the Sea Victorian Christmas Ghost Storytelling Traditions in Montreal Rousing ghost of Mount Royal The Coffin Surfing Ghost Montreal’s Duggan House built on a foundation of the uncanny The long journey for a body's burial 10 famously spooky Canadian ghost tales Mysteries in Canadian History 7 Spooky Stories from Across Canada Augustus John Peers (1848-1901) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcribed - Published: 23 December 2024