Month: September 2018

Episode 042 – The man the world came to know as Harry Houdini, stunt performer, illusionist, magician was obsessed with magic and illusion from an early age. That obsession and drive to be better led him to become the most famous person ever to have practiced the magical arts.

There was a darker thing driving Harry too. He wanted to prove the existence of an after life. This not only led him to years of heartache after the deaths of his parents. Harry made many enemies of would be spiritualists as he debunked them.

Some say this is what led to the events in a Montreal dressing room that eventually caused the Great Houdini’s demise.

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Sources: https://www.thegreatharryhoudini.com/ https://www.wildabouthoudini.com/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_Houdini https://ladailymirror.com/2015/06/01/harry-houdini-an-interview-by-marcet-haldeman-julius-october-1925/ http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/42723 The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin by Harry Houdini https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imprisoned_with_the_Pharaohs https://blogs.loc.gov/inside_adams/2014/10/harry-houdinis-rare-magic-books/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/death-of-houdini/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3r8qr-p9z5g straitjacket escape https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQfWw1m1Qos The Greatest: Houdini (1999) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJ9lNRAjTQM How Houdini Died https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ItDbVyT85kw Discovery Channel – Houdini https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onG-ktpHiDM How Did Houdini Actually Die? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D50yh3WV-OQ Harry Houdini’s Voice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IczEq22-rPU The Final Houdini Seance (Full Audio) https://www.amazon.ca/Secret-Life-Houdini-Americas-Superhero-ebook/dp/B000MGAU66/ Book: The Secret Life of Houdini https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=houdini# https://librivox.org/author/4549?primary_key=4549&search_category=author&search_page=1&search_form=get_results https://archive.org/search.php?query=1920%27s&and%5B%5D=mediatype%3A%22audio%22&page=2 https://archive.org/stream/pdfy-bDUVAOt69erDtFOJ/The%20Original%20Houdini%20Murder%20Theory_djvu.txt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mina_Crandon http://www.houdinifile.com/

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Episode 041 – In 2014 on a warm summer morning, Calgary mother, Jennifer O’Brien, went to pick up her 5-year-old son, Nathan, from his grandparents’. When she walked in the bloody scene she found, shocked even the most seasoned Calgary Police Service members. 

Kathy and Alvin Liknes and their grandson were nowhere to be found. A suspect was quickly identified, Douglas Garland, of Airdrie, Alberta. The trio was never seen alive again, nor were their bodies recovered. Polce were certain they had been murdered.

The mountain of evidence linking Garland to the crime, however, revealed a conniving mind, seething with resentment. Garland, after being shutout of a partnership in a product that went nowhere, had been planning murder for years.

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Episode 040 – On the morning of Sunday, June 28, 1959,RCMP made a grisly discovery in the garage adjacent to a small home in Stettler, Alberta. Raymond Cook, his wife, Daisy Mae and their five children were found dead and stuffed into a homemade grease pit. Raymond’s son from a previous marriage, Robert Raymond Cook, was the only suspect. He went on to become Alberta’s last man hanged in November of 1960.

Sources:
http://www.rcmpgraves.com/buffalo/mysterybutnomercy.htmlhttp://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/hanged/cook.htmlhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=14&v=yNn2j9kJit0https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raymond_Cookhttp://robertcook.ca/http://legalarchives.ca/project/last-man-hanged/http://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cook-robert-ray.htmhttps://www.pressreader.com/canada/edmonton-journal/20130628/281569468307256http://amok.wikia.com/wiki/Robert_Raymond_Cookhttps://www.reddeeradvocate.com/uncategorized/cook-shouldnt-have-been-hanged-documentarian/http://www.fortsaskatchewanrecord.com/2014/11/06/notorious-hangings-in-the-forthttp://provincialarchives.alberta.ca/how-to/explore-learning-and-education/discovering-albertas-court-records/interesting-cases/criminal-regina-cook.htmlhttps://mysteriesandmore.blogspot.com/2017/12/the-work-of-justice-trials-of-robert.htmlhttp://mysteriesandmore.blogspot.com/2018/01/robert-raymond-cook-facing-execution.htmlhttps://edmontonsun.com/2015/09/26/alberta-filmmaker-questioning-capital-punishment-after-making-doc/wcm/35e8b61d-6cfa-43f2-8820-97b135426fe4https://www.reddeerexpress.com/columns/robert-cook-murders-recounted-in-play/https://www.amazon.ca/The-Boy-ebook/dp/B00CLVLIZW/oolibook-20https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/the-boy-by-betty-jane-hegerat/article599379/https://www.stettlerindependent.com/community/stettler-students-hear-story-of-cooks-infamous-hanging/https://www.therichest.com/shocking/15-psychos-who-punished-their-siblings-in-unimaginable-ways/

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Episode 039 – On September 2, 1998 one of the worst air disasters in Canada’s history took place when SwissAir flight 111 plunged into the Atlantic Ocean just off Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia. Although local fisherman and authorities responded quickly, it was already too late. All 229 souls were lost during the tremendous impact. Once again, Nova Scotians showed their compassion and willingness to lend a hand when needed in their response to the disaster.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9rVKWsMv_g
Fifth Estate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJyPWrjRgNM
SwissAir 111 ATC Recording https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swissair_Flight_111http://www.tailstrike.com/020998.htmhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NR2h62yheI4
Investigation https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/swissair-flight-111-crash-20th-anniversary-1.4806166
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/swissair-flight-111-anniversary-friendships-forces-after-disaster-1.4806159
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/swissair-flight-111-diamonds-treasure-hunters-1.4804585 Diamonds
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASbP7J133d0 trailer
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2130067299 Aug 2011 Information
https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/families-first-responders-honoured-at-swissair-20th-anniversary-service-1.4077353
https://globalnews.ca/news/4418260/first-responders-swissair-flight-111-tragedy/
http://thechronicleherald.ca/artslife/1463855-q-a-with-author-thomas-juby
http://www.transcom.org/swissair/passagiere.htm passenger list
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wt_Wpcj2iIo aftermath scramble
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql16ggFvc_g&t=265s Nat Geo Mayday
http://forums.swissair111.org/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/322103945/m/8561049834 tapes discussion http://www.tailstrike.com/020998.htm transcript
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/recovery+bodies+from+plane+tragedy+scarred+strathmore+woman/9619793/story.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/4418365/swissair-flight-111-how-tragedy-unfolded/ Dr Butt’s audio https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hjs9qWmbivw victims families visit
https://globalnews.ca/news/4424321/swissair-flight-111-20th-anniversary/ 20th Memorial 

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