Year: 2018

Episode 054 – In this episode we find out that the iconic story by Dr Seuss, How the Grinch Stole Christmas is actually a true crime tale about a man living in the mountains above Squamish B.C. Mike and Scott dive into a thoughtful and serious break down of what may have motivated the man known only as “The Grinch” to commit such heinous acts as ripping off an entire town’s Christmas in the late 1950’s. 

Sources:
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Mike’s wacky head

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Episode 053 – In Thornhill Ontario, on a warm summer night in August of 2005 25-year-old Alicia Ross vanished from her family home without a trace. The intense search proved fruitless and foul play was expected early on. Alicia’s disappearance left a city in fear and her family and friends sick with worry. When someone came forward with news, it was the worst kind.

NOTE: Show co-hosted by temp co-host @carolbrowne as Scott is away in Australia.

Sources:
AliciaRoss.ca
R. v. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007 CanLII 21124 (ON SC)
Wikipedia Article: Alicia Ross
America’s Most Wanted (archived) – Missing: Alicia Ross
Newspapers.com – Search for Alicia Ross
SeanHine.com
MyJewishLearning.com – Why Jews Hang a Mezuzah on the Doorpost

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Episode 052 – In 1845 an expedition led by experienced explorer, British Naval Rear Admiral, Sir John Franklin set off northward to conquer the fabled Northwest Passage. After a stop in Greenland the two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, with 129 crew aboard were never seen alive by European eyes again. Over the next 170 years, the fate of the ships andt their crews would finally be revealed, thanks to the help of the Inuit people and their oral traditions.

Sources:
Wikipedia Entry for Franklin’s Lost Expedition
Parks Canada Site – The Franklin Expedition
Narrative of a Journey to the Shores of the Polar Sea by Sir John Franklin
Global News – Ships Gifted to Canada and New Artifacts
Cannibalism According to John Rae
Letter left at King William Island
List of provisions on Erebus and Terror
The book Dead Reckoning by Ken McGoogan

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Episode 051 – After a long stint of playing at home in Canada, this week we take you to Plainfield, Wisconsin where in the late 1950’s the entire town was shocked to find there was a depraved monster in their midst. Small in stature, shy, but somewhat odd, Ed Gein was the last person townsfolk would peg as a murderer, grave robber and necrophile. Gein’s horrific crimes went on to inspire writers to create some of the most memorable Hollywood villians of all time, namely Norman Bates in Psycho, Leatherface of Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Buffalo Bill in Silence of the Lambs and more.

** EXTREMELY GRAPHIC: LISTENER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED **

Sources:
Wikpedia’s entry on Ed Gein
Harold Schecter’s book Deviant: The True Story of Ed Gein, the Original Psycho
Robert Keller’s book Unhinged: The Shocking True Story of Ed Gein
Ed Gein’s psychological profile
Articles on Ed Gein’s murders at newspapers.com
Generation Why’s blog post about Georgia Jean Weckler
Jewish Virtual Library article on Bitch of Buchenwald Ilse Koch
Documentarian Errol Morris talks about Ed Gein

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Episode 050 – In the early morning hours shots ring out at the Hub Mall inside the TD Canada Trust ATM vestibule at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. Police attend to find three G4S security guards dead, one man critcally wounded. Another guard, Travis Brandon Baumgartner, was also missing, as was the armoured truck they’d arrived in and over $360,000 in cash. It quickly became evident that Baumgartner weas no victim and the manhunt was on.

Sources:
Hub Mall
Global News articles tagged Travis Baumgartner
@Leetrav on Twitter
W5 Documentary – Armed and Dangerous
Travis Baumgratner entry at Muderpedia

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Episode 049 – On the evening of November 8, 2010 a woman called 911 in a panic. She claimed that intruders had entered her house, tied her up, took her family’s cash before shooting her parents. Police responded finding Jennifer’s mother Bich Ha Pan, dead of multiple gunshot wounds. Jennifer’s father had escaped the house and was bleeding from wounds of his own. Police found Jennifer bound but unharmed upstairs. What at first appeared to be a random house invasion, turned out to be far more cold blooded.

Sources: R. v. Pan, 2013 ONSC 7865 (CanLII),  Jennifer Pan Interrogation Video 10 hours 34 minutes Global News Articles tagged Jennifer Pan TorontoLife: Jennifer Pan’s Revenge article Tiger Parenting article Reid Technique police interrogation tactic Eric Carty Death article

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Episode 048 – All Canadians are taught to observe the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year with a moment of silence and thoughtful reflection about those who made great sacrifice so we could enjoy the freedoms we do today. This episode marks the 100th anniversary of the signing of the armistice to end hostilities in the Great War, World War 1. Here we commemorate the brave men and women who have donned a uniform in service of our country, including medal winners and every day soldiers, like Mike’s grandfather, Private Courtney Tremaine Browne.

Sources:
In Flanders Fields poem
Canadian National War Museum
Legion.ca – Remembrance Day
Veterans Affairs Canada – Remembrance Day
The Five Causes of World War 1 – simplified
85th in France and Flanders
Passchedale Audio
Victoria Cross Recipients WW1
Margaret McDonald
Private George McLean
Keep the Home Fires Burning – John McCormack 1917
Search: Personnel Records of the First World War

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Episode 047 – In 1890 an enigmatic character and member of the Katezie indigenous tribe, Slumach, was charged and convicted of the murder of a man named Louie Bee. It was believed that Slumach may have been protecting a massive gold find near Pitt Lake outside of Maple Ridge, BC. After Slumach was hanged for his crime. The legend of his unclaimed gold grew. For over a century many have tried and failed to find Slumach’s cursed treasure. A few have died trying.

Sources: Slumach.ca Slumach’s Curse (video) Curse of the Lost Gold Mine – 1994 (video) Lost Mines Found – questionable  (video) About Sturgeon Pitt Lake’s Lost Gold Mine B25 Bomber story and photos Supposed coordinates of bomber

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Epsiode 046: To celebrate our Halloween 2018 and Dark Poutine’s first anniversary we dive into the paranorma. Mike and Scott share some of their own supernatural stories. Celebrating with us around the campfire telling their own spooky tales are a few of our friends from the podcasting community from all over the world.

Joining us are:

All Crime No Cattle from Fort Worth, Texas
Left Behind Podcast from Nova Scotia
Point Blank: A true Crime Podcast from Australia
36 Times – Canadian True Crime from Nova Scotia
Writing About Crime from Manitoba
The Asian Madness Podcast from Taiwan
Occultae Veritatis from Saskatchewan
Ignorance Was Bliss from Salem, MA
The Nighttime Podcast from Nova Scotia
Minds of Madness from Ontario

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Episode 045: On April 12, 2016 after skipping school, which was allegedly uncharacteristic, 16-year-old Mekayla Bali disappeared from Yorkton, Saskatchewan. She has not been seen, definitively, since.

“Mekayla is described as a Caucasian female, approximately 5’2″ tall and weighs approximately 114 lbs, with blonde hair and blue eyes. She is known to change her appearance: she has red-ish hair which can be dyed blonde or other colours and she wears her hair down, pulled back, straight or wavy. She sometimes wears dark rimmed (teal) glasses and a teal/mint coloured infinity scarf. When Mekayla was reported missing she was 16-years-old; she has since turned 17-years-old. Mekayla also goes by the name Mekayla NIEBERGALL.” from SaskCrimestoppers

Sources:

RCMP Missing Mekayla Bali Interpol Mekayla Bali RCMP Video RCMP Press Conference April 2016 RCMP Press Conference July 2016 Our Story: Mekayla Bali: Missing Since Apr 12, 2016 GloblalTV: ‘I feel that I have failed you’: mother asks for help finding Mekayla Bali Reddit: Unresolved Mysteries / Mekayla Bali Case Calgary Possible Sighting Amber Alert Criteria DaughterProject.ca BringMekaylaBaliHome.com Nighttime Podcast – Where is Mekayla Bali? True Crime Talk – Missing Mekayla Bali – Facebook Group

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