Year: 2019

Episode 105 – Holiday Special – On Christmas Eve in 1988, after killing two security guards, gunmen burst into the Los Angeles offices of the Nakatomi Corporation in Century City at the newly opened Nakatomi Plaza building. The 30 plus hostages were all attendees of the Nakatomi Christmas party happening on the 30th floor. What at first appeared to be a terrorist incident was found out to be FAKE NEWS. Iit was actually an elaborate heist, led by German born criminal mastermind Hans Grüber. What Grüber and his group did not count on was the heroism of one partygoer, John McLane, who almost singlehandedly foiled the plan. The whole thing comes off like the plot of an action movie  

Sources and Further Reading:
[Breaking News – Shots Fired at Nakatomi Plaza]
[Hans Gruber – Wikipedia]
[John McClane – Wikipedia]
[Fox Plaza (Los Angeles) – Wikipedia]
[Nakatomi Plaza]
[Timeline of Events]

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Episode 104 – On August 18, 1976 two boys found the body of a 5-year-old girl in a duffle bag floating in a waterway between St Catharines and Hamilton, Ontario. That same day, 29-year-old Sandra Rallo and her two children, Jason, 6, and Stephanie, 5, were reported missing by Sandra’s father, Doug Pollington. The evidence pointed directly at Sandra’s husband and father to the children, Hamilton City Hall manager, Jon George Rallo. Although Rallo claimed innocence, the evidence mounted against him, resulting in three charges of first degree murder for the senseless slayings of his family.

Sources and Further Reading:
Regina v. Rallo, 1978 CanLII 2427 (ON CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/htv3n>
[SECRETS: Jon Rallo revealed | TheSpec.com]
https://www.pressreader.com/@Mike_Browne.1/collection/jon-rallo
[Newspapers.com – Jon Rallo / 1976-2019 / Canada]
[Debates (Hansard) No. 96 – June 4, 2014 (41-2) – House of Commons of Canada]
[Hansard Transcripts 1996-Apr-18 | Legislative Assembly of Ontario]
[August 1976: Hamilton’s Rallo family murdered | TheIFP.ca]
[Clairmont: Victims’ family struggling to keep killer Lovie away | TheSpec.com]
[Opinion | Hamilton murderers Jon Rallo, George Lovie sharing a house together]
[Killer Jon Rallo to get day parole  | Globalnews.ca]
[David Sweet Column: Helping victims find peace – David Sweet]
[Blast Furnace Canada Blog: John Rallo FREE?]

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Episode 103 – In this episode we’re heading to the Inuvik area of the Northwest Territories, near Fort McPherson. Along the Rat River in the summer of 1931 a stranger was first seen by two indigenous men canoeing on the river. He was a stranger who, save for a short visit to town for supplies, kept to himself. The man was later accused of interfering with the traps of other hunters and trapping without a license. When RCMP went to investigate hell broke loose, culminating in attempted murder of one RCMP constable and the murder of another at the hands of the man. The man, known by the alias Albert Johnson, lead RCMP on a six week chase across the frozen tundra before he was taken down. His true identity remains a mystery.

Sources:
[The Hunt For The Mad Trapper – Myth Merchant Films]
[The Mad Trapper of Rat River by Nash Neary]
[Goodreads.com – The Mad Trapper of Rat River by Dick North]
[Who was the Mad Trapper of Rat River? | Maclean’s | OCTOBER 1 1955]
[Goodreads.com – The Mad Trapper: Unearthing a Mystery by Barbara Smith]
[NWT and Y History project – may.htm]
[The RCMP Hunt for the Mad Trapper – The Wop May Chronicles]
[Constable Millen’s Cairn – PWNHC | CPSPG]
[CBC – Mad Trapper not a Canadian, scientific tests discover]
[GlobalTV – Northern Mysteries- The Mad Trapper Albert Johnson]
[Albert Johnson, “The Mad Trapper of Rat River” | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[Mackenzie River]
[The RCMP Hunt for the Mad Trapper – The Wop May Chronicles]

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Episode 102 – On the morning of August 15, 1967, in what was one of the most heinous random crimes ever to have happened in Canada, 9 members of the Peterson family of Shell Lake Saskatchewan were found gunned down in their modest farmhouse. Jim and Evelyn Peterson and 7 of their 9 children lay dead with no rhyme or reason for the crime. A madman was on the loose on the prairies.

Sources & Further Reading:
[Newspapers.com search – Canada / 1967-2019 / Shell Lake]
Marking 50 years since the Shell Lake murders, Canada’s worst random mass killing
[Victor Ernest Hoffman | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers]
[CBC Player | Shell Lake Mass Murder]
[Newsroom : Inquest in the death of Victor Hoffman announced]
[Madera Tribune 21 August 1967 — California Digital Newspaper Collection]
[Shell Lake murders | Revolvy]
[After their release, most mentally ill offenders left unchecked – The Globe and Mail]
[Shell Lake Massacre – Phyllis Peterson – ExtraOrdinary Lives – YouTube]
[Goodreads – Shell Lake Massacre by Peter Tadman]
[Village of Shell Lake » Oasis of the Parklands]
[Veterans’ Land Act | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[What is ECT?]
[A Brief History of Electroconvulsive Therapy | Psychology Today Canada]

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Episode 101 – On the evening of December 14, 1981, 14-year-old, St. John’s, Newfoundland, resident and grade 9 student, Dana Bradley, disappeared while hitchhiking home from a friend’s house close to Village Mall. She was seen getting into a car with an unknown male, that drove off. She was found dead in woods outside the city 4 days later. She’d been sexually assaulted and murdered. To this day Dana’s murder has not been solved and her case remains open.

Anyone with information about Dana’s murder should contact the  [RCMP] at 709-772-5400 or call the anonymous  [Crime Stoppers] tip line at 1-800-222-8477.

Promo from Crime Machine Podcast

Sources and further reading:
[CBC – 2016 – New DNA Evidence] 
[Newfoundland and Labrador – Wikipedia]
[Man claims he witnessed Dana Bradley murder | The Western Star]
[An Alternate History of the Dana Bradley Murder Investigation — The Indy]
[Hitching a Ride: Darrin Mcgrath: 9781894463447: Books – Amazon.ca]
[Murder of Dana Bradley | Revolvy]
[Group Looking for Evidence – The Telegram]
[Some Dana Bradley murder suspects cleared with new DNA | The Telegram]
[Dana Bradley Murder – Original CBC Report from  1982 – YouTube]
[The Unresolved Murder of Dana Bradley : UnresolvedMysteries]
[Breaking their silence | Provincial | News | Truro News]
[The Telegram – St. John’s Newspaper – Dana Bradley Series]
[No justice for Dana | Local | News | The Telegram]
[Civilians dig up Dana Bradley cars, no evidence inside say RCMP]
[PressReader.com – RCMP opens up on Dana Bradley Bradley case]
[Search: dana Bradley | The Telegram]
[Dana Bradley’s face a constant reminder | The Compass]
[Justice for Dana Bradley – Home | Facebook]
[St. John’s missing women cases shrouded in mystery, more than 3 decades later]
[The Ghost Of Dana Bradley – YouTube]

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Episode 100 – This episode was recorded live at the Rio Theatre in Vancouver on November 9, 2019 as part of 2019 Vancouver Podcast Festival. In front of a packed house of energetic Dark Poutine listeners Mike and Scott went through a brief retrospective of some highlights from some of the most popular of the first 99 shows. The case covered in the second half of the show is the disappearance of Madison Scott, from Vanderhoof B.C. on the morning of May 28, 2011. Madison attended a party with friends and opted to stay alone in her tent at the Hogsback Lake Recreation Area after everyone else had gone. Madison was gone the next morning with her cellphone and keys, but her tent, truck and personal belongings were still there. She’s not been seen or heard form since.

Purchase Mitzi Szereto’s book containing Mike’s story the Beast of BC right here.

Sources:
[Help Find Madison Scott]
[Telegraph Wilderness Trail, Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Canada, BC]
[Disappearance of Maddy Scott – Wikipedia]
[The Mysterious disappearance of Madison Scott – UnresolvedMysteries]
[R. v Charlie, 2017 BCSC 2187 (CanLII)]
[Madison Scott’s Mother Comments on BrainScratch Searchlight – YouTube]
[FRO’s b-day]
[http://www.vanderhoof.ca/]
[Recreation Sites and Trails BC – Hogsback Lake]
[Help find Maddy – YouTube] Somebody knows something – audio clip

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Episode 99 – Only days after the D-Day invasion 18 Canadians were taken as prisoners of war by the fanatical nazis in the 12 SS Panzer Division. The were led back to Abbaye d’Aredene in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France, a complex of structures that have stood since 1766. Over two days, June 7 and 8, 1944, 18 Canadian POW’s, belonging to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers  were murdered by men reporting to Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Kurt “Panzer” Meyer, who was later charged and convicted of war crimes for his hand in these and other murders of Canadian POWs at the hands of his troops.

Sources:
[Ardenne Abbey massacre – Wikipedia]
[Abbaye d’Ardenne – Veterans Affairs Canada]
[12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend – Wikipedia]
[(PDF) Kurt Meyer on Trial: A Documentary Record]
[D-Day veteran’s harrowing tale of advancing deep behind Nazi lines – YouTube]
[WarHistoryOnline  – The Ardenne Abbey Massacre]
[The 1942 Dieppe Raid – Veterans Affairs Canada]
[WarMuseum.ca  – A Chronology of Canadian Military History – Canada at D-Day, 1944]
[Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt “Panzer” Meyer]
[The 12th SS by Hubert Meyer]
[World War II: 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division Fought in Normandy]
[Guerres et violences à l’abbaye d’Ardenne]

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Episode 98 – After a life long career as a notorious thief, safe cracker, international bank robber and jail break artist in 1913, charismatic Bloody Jack Krafchenko made his final score; the bank in his home town of Plum Coulee, Manitoba. During the daytime robbery the bank’s manager, H.M. Arnold was shot once and killed by the fleeing bandit. After a few days Krafchenko was apprehended in nearby Winnipeg. Before he was to  go on trial for his life, he escaped from prison again, using his as yet undiscovered cache of riches as leverage to bribe his own lawyer, a prison guard and two other men into assisting him.

Sources:
R. v. Krafchenko, 1914 CanLII 618 (MB QB), <http://canlii.ca/t/gcjth>
R. v. Hagel, 1914 CanLII 769 (MB QB), <http://canlii.ca/t/g9b96>
R. v. Lakes, 1988 CanLII 3343 (BC SC), <http://canlii.ca/t/22wf1>
Manitoba History: The Story of “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko
Memorable Manitobans: John “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko (1881-1914)
Winnipeg Police Service – Bloody Jack
Settling the West: Immigration to the Prairies from 1867 to 1914 | Pier 21
Finding ‘Bloody Jack’ beyond the perimeter  – Spectator Tribune
West End Dumplings: The Toronto Street hideout of “Bloody Jack” is for sale!
John Larry “Bloody Jack” Krafchenko (1881-1914) – Find A Grave Memorial
Self-incrimination – Wikipedia
Canada Evidence Act
Bloody Jack: Dennis Cooley, Douglas Barbour: 9780888643919: Books – Amazon.ca
Ben Bertram
Full text of “Vulcan Advocate”
Running With Dillinger: The Story of Red Hamilton and Other Forgotten Canadian Outlaws
Catalog / Sears, Roebuck and Company. Spring 1910 (no.120)

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Episode 097 – In this, the second anniversary episode of Dark Poutine, the guys talk about origins of some Hallowe’en traditions and history, personal Hallowe’en tales and ghost stories from every Canadian Province and Territory.

Live Show Tickets Contest

Sources:
HauntedPlaces.org – Canada
Llewellyn’s Sabat Essentials: Samhain
The Book of Halloween 1919 by Ruth Edna Kelly
Forbes.com – Soul Cakes
Soul Cakes – Recipe
Trick or Treating Origins
Hallowe’en in Canada
UNICEF
Haunted Halifax
Canada Post – Ghostly Stamps
McLean’s – Ghost Stories
Smithsonian – Lake Minnewanka
The Young Teazer
Stingy Jack

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Episode 096 – Just before midnight of Valentine’s Day 1950, a Convair B36 bomber on maneuvers was lost somewhere over British Columbia. Twelve of the 17 crew survived. Also aboard was a Mark IV nuclear weapon, aka a Fat Man, just like the one dropped on Nagasaki Japan. Although, the bomb itself was jettisoned, it is unclear what became of the lead box containing the plutonium core to make the weapon active. This core, which would still be deadly today, may still lay on the bottom of the Pacific Ocean or in the wilds of BC, near where the plane was eventually found, if it exists at all.

Dark Poutine Live Show
November 9, 2019 at 10:00pm in Vancouver at the Rio Theatre: tickets here

Shout to to Jess Huey Pottery

Sources:

• https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875697
• https://www.timescolonist.com/entertainment/books/the-lost-nuke-of-bomber-075-1.20252067
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1950_British_Columbia_B-36_crash
• http://www.air-and-space.com/b-36%20wrecks.htm#44-92075
• https://web.archive.org/web/20150702114743/http://www.cowtown.net/proweb/brokenarrow3.htm
• https://www.amazon.ca/Command-Control-Damascus-Accident-Illusion-ebook/dp/B00C5R7F8G/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=
• https://www.amazon.ca/Lost-Nuke-Last-Flight-Bomber-ebook/dp/B00HUCQA50/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=lost+nuke&qid=1571183030&s=digital-text&sr=1-1
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2016/11/08/a-diver-was-looking-for-sea-cucumbers-he-may-have-found-a-long-lost-nuclear-bomb-instead/
• https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/72552
• https://www.introtoglobalstudies.com/2012/10/broken-arrow-lost-nuclear-weapons-in-canada/
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piDEE80nfgo
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair_B-36_Peacemaker
• https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Broken_Arrow
• https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/16/nuclear-war-north-korea-russia-what-will-happen-how-likely-explained
• https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2018/10/19/17873822/nuclear-war-weapons-bombs-how-kill
• https://www.wikihow.com/Deal-with-a-Fear-of-Nuclear-War
• https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=Nuclear+Apocalypse+movies
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
• https://www.scribd.com/book/230087857/Canadian-Nuclear-Weapons-The-Untold-Story-of-Canada-s-Cold-War-Arsenal
• https://www.scribd.com/book/230093903/U-S-Nuclear-Weapons-in-Canada
• http://mentalfloss.com/article/17483/8-nuclear-weapons-us-has-lost
• https://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/
• https://interestingengineering.com/broken-arrows-the-worlds-lost-nuclear-weapons
• https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/a-nuclear-needle-in-a-haystack-the-cold-war-s-missing-atom-bombs-a-590513.html
• https://archive.org/details/DuckandC1951
• https://archive.org/details/0771_Duck_and_Cover_12_33_20_12
• https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/soviet-atomic-program-1946
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_arms_race
• https://www.atomicheritage.org/history/tsar-bomba
• http://www.user.dccnet.com/welcomewoods/Nuclear_Free_Georgia_Strait/b_arrow1.html
• https://www.bcmag.ca/bomb-on-board-a-nuclear-weapon-goes-missing-over-british-columbia/
• http://www.ccnr.org/opinion_ge.html
• https://thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock/

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