Year: 2020

Episode 135 – In the wee hours of Saturday, October 11, 2008, after an altercation with his cousin and one of two roommates, 21-year-old, Dylan Koshman, left the Edmonton home he shared and out into the night wearing only sneakers, jeans and a t-shirt. Dylan has not been seen since and what was thought to be a missing person case was upgraded to homicide in 2017 by the Edmonton Police Service. Dylan’s mother, Melanie Alix, and his sister, Tara Koshman, were kind enough to share with us about Dylan’s disappearance and their years long search for him.

DOB/Age: 21 at the age of disappearance
EPS File #:08-136304

Dylan went missing on October 11, 2008 from the residence at 10404-33 Avenue.The circumstances of his disappearance are very suspicious and he has not been heard or seen since that date.

There is a reward of up to $40,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for this homicide.

If you have any information on this or any other crime, please contact the Edmonton Police Service Complaint Line at 780-423-4567 or the Edmonton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your tip online. Please reference the EPS file number when possible.

Sources and Further Reading:
https://globalnews.ca/search/dylan%20koshman/
https://pleasebringmehome.com/dylan-koshman/
https://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2016-2017/the-disappearance-of-dylan-koshman
The Disappearance of Dylan Koshman – The Fifth Estate
EPS open hotline in Dylan Koshman case
https://www.facebook.com/helpfinddylankoshman/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dylan-koshman-edmonton-missing-person-homicide-investigation-1.4037783
https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimeFiles/Homicides/2000/DylanKOSHMAN
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dylankoshman/
https://discovermoosejaw.com/local/koshman-case-approaches-10-years-old
https://jerkshirehathaway.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/seven-years-ago-my-best-friend-disappeared/
https://www.metro.us/mom-holds-hope-for-son/
http://lostfacesofthemissing.blogspot.com/2008/11/monday4-missing-dylan-koshman.html

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Episode 134 – On the morning of October 22, 2014, an armed terrorist murdered Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, one of three honour guards at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario. Immediately after that, the man shot his way into the Parliament Buildings but was quickly neutralized by security service officers inside our nation’s capital.

Further Reading and Sources:

Nathan Cirillo
https://globalnews.ca/news/1630945/nathan-cirillo-soldier-and-dog-rescuer
https://truepatriotlove.com/
http://www.standonguardfund.com/
https://globalnews.ca/news/6067053/nathan-cirillo-five-year-anniversary/
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/nathan-cirillo-obituary?pid=179271124
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nathan-cirillo-tributes-pour-in-for-young-father-photographed-by-tourists-moments-before-fatal-9812599.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/cpl-nathan-cirillo-mourned-at-funeral-in-hamilton-1.2814727
https://youtu.be/fWtNKJ22a8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWC5XyjKCO0 GLOBAL: Ottawa Shooting: Who tried to save Nathan Cirillo’s life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVFesFLnbm0 GLOBAL: Nathan Cirillo’s family delivers statement on his tragic death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FfnZgVeaKI 
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-story-of-the-strangers-who-tried-to-save-cpl-nathan-cirillo/
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/remembering-cpl-nathan-cirillo/
https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2014/10/28/letter-to-the-son-of-corporal-nathan-cirillo.html
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-man-who-comforted-cpl-nathan-cirillo-in-his-last-moments-is-haunted-by-the-parliament-hill-shooting
https://www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/4948067-cpl-nathan-cirillo-mourned-as-kid-at-heart-/
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/10/22/soldier_fatally_shot_on_parliament_hill_identified_as_nathan_cirillo_of_hamilton.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/22/soldier_slain_at_war_memorial_remembered_as_compassionate.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/12/21/slain_soldiers_cirillo_vincent_named_newsmaker_of_the_year.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/11/15/facebook-shuts-down-fake-profile-with-cpl-nathan-cirillos-photos-to-contact-women.html
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/remembering-cpl-nathan-cirillo-five-years-after-he-was-killed-1.4649966

VIDEO and AUDIO 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjZG099WJm4 3 cameras
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrGqoISd-do Gunfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cev1D4c1tqU EXCLUSIVE: Parliament Hill gunman shot 31 times
https://youtu.be/v4wfzWJ2Hwo How Kevin Vickers managed to subdue Ottawa gunman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu5XX-OTunc Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers receives a standing ovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OABF6RrNH6c RAW Ottawa shooting aftermath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1H98uSBIfw Ottawa shooting: CCTV shows suspect arriving at parliament – BBC News

Radicalization Information
https://www.ltai.info/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130703015057/https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nsci-ecsn/rad/youth-jeune-eng.pdf
https://www.scribd.com/book/323301024/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-ISIS-Terror-Religion-War-the-Caliphate-TERRORISM
https://theglobalcoalition.org/en/

The Shooter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f5m-wjA6kA Video made by Parliament Hill shooter
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/michael-zehaf-bibeau-addict-drifter-walking-contradiction/
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/michael-zehaf-bibeau-buried-in-libya
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/photos-emerge-nathan-cirillo-shooting-zehaf-bibeau-war-memorial
http://canlii.ca/t/gf5kg
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/6-things-we-learned-about-michael-zehaf-bibeau-and-parliament-hill-shooting-1.2984759
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/11/10/rcmp-hits-wall-in-search-for-origin-of-michael-zehaf-bibeaus-gun.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/24/parliament_gunman_bought_car_used_in_attack_for_650.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/24/what_propelled_michael_zehafbibeau_on_path_to_radicalization.html

More Related Information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_shootings_at_Parliament_Hill,_Ottawahttps://youtu.be/iqOrmnBp_nA Rushing to Cpl. Cirillo’s aid
http://www.canada.com/health/loved+ottawa+lawyer+describes+trying+save+nathan+cirillo+with+video/10318953/story.html
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/pblc-rprt-trrrsm-thrt-cnd-2018/index-en.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Canada
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/pblc-rprt-trrrsm-thrt-cnd-2018/index-en.aspx
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/odds-dying-terrorist-attack-zeeshan-ul-hassan-usmani
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/01/08/ottawa_shooting_hero_kevin_vickers_to_be_named_ambassador_to_ireland.html

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Episode 133 – Throughout the 1970s and ’80s serial pedophile Westley Allan Dodd molested dozens of children in the Pacific Northwest. Although caught for his crimes more than once Dodd never did any real prison time. Feeling invincible, Westley’s fantasies became more violent and depraved until the fall of 1989 when he crossed the line between child predator to multiple murder. On Labour Day weekend in Vancouver, WA. park Westley murdered two brothers, 11- and 10-year-old Cole and William Neer and nonchalantly walked out of the park undetected. Not satisfied with a single victim, Westley craved another kill and on October 29, 1989, he murdered 4-year-old Lee Iseli after kidnapping him from a Portland OR. playground. The Vancouver Child Killer’s ultimate undoing was his still unchecked desire for yet another victim.

Sources and Further Reading:
Dodd’s Uncensored Diary
Driven to Kill by Gary C. King 
Allan Dodd – Last Interview before Execution
Most Evil – Westley Allan Dodd
Real Detectives – Season 1, Episode 2 “Malice” 
Serial Murder and Media Circuses by Dirk C. Gibson
Serial Murderers and their Victims
TIME: Lessons of the Gruesome Case Behind One of America’s Last Legal Executions by Hanging 
When You Meet a Stranger by Westley Allan Dodd
Dodd, Westley Allan – Dr. Mike Aamodt – Radford University

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Episode 132: In this episode we take a look at a topic not spoken of often, slavery in colonial Canada and its aftermath. As well, we learn a little about the Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and the shameful destruction of the community of Africville near Halifax, beginning in 1966.

Sources and further information:
[Africville Museum]
[Africville]
[The story of Africville | CMHR]
[Remember Africville by  – NFB]
[Transmopolis  » Wild Reports   » Eddie Carvery and Africville]
[2020 Honouree: the community of Africville | NS Heritage Day]
[Nova Scotia Archives – Gone but Never Forgotten]
[Black History in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[Black History in Canada Education Guide | Canadian Encyclopedia]
[CDC: Black Loyalists]
[Code Noir – Wikipedia]
[Africville: A Community Destroyed | CBC Radio]
[Stolen From Africville – Broken Homes, Broken Hearts – Documentary]
[Remembering Black Loyalists – Who were Black Loyalists?]
[The story of slavery in Canadian history | CMHR]
[The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you – | TED-Ed]
[Slave Voyages]
[The transatlantic slave trade: introduction]
[Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad — YouTube]
[Africville — Children’s Book Reading — YouTube]
[Africville | GlobalNews.ca]
[Africville sources | Source Guide | Halifax]
[HRM: Africville – Apology]
[Fundraiser: Eddie Carvery – 50 Years of Africville Activism]

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Episode 131 – For centuries, the indigenous peoples of the western Canada and in the forest along the west coast of the United States told tales of a an elusive massive, hair covered bipedal creature leaving giant footprints behind. Called Sasquatch by some, and Bigfoot by others, this giant man of the forest has been described as gentle but potentially dangerous. In this our inaugural episode on a massive topic Mike and Scott give listeners an overview of the legend, some examples of encounters and some of the theories. Special Guest Dave Scott of Spaced Out Radio tells of his own run ins with the creature. Happy Canada Day!!

Sources & Further Reading:
https://www.cryptozoology.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sasquatch
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1728-8
https://www.outsideonline.com/2095096/man-who-created-bigfoot
https://web.archive.org/web/20150819101546/http://www.sasquatchdatabase.com/
https://www.sasquatchcanada.com/https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1oUzrtOcvHs6Px-EfTRTdLt0cfDA&ll=50.639428965645266%2C-124.09120342344102&z=6&fbclid=IwAR1rnPwm8tRVUhqkHeT02B0geq-mV1O-Gz0eiXwLzzHp1qO87380nzTdPVc more than 900 sightings at CanadianSasquatch.com
http://anyflip.com/pzdt/mwly Bigfoot Sightings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willison_Green
http://www.cryptozoonews.com/johngreen-obit/
https://kilby.ca/learn/museum-exhibits/
https://vault.fbi.gov/bigfoot/bigfoot-part-01-of-01/view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fsMsPz1DQ MONSTER of the WOODS the John Green interview 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKwc331mnxc John Green – Sasquatch Summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJ-KORUt5E Bigfoot Man or Beast 1972 Patterson-Gimlin 16mm film Robert Morgan documentary full movie Sasquatch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7SpzTeodx0 Discovering Bigfoot – movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOxuRIfFs0w&feature=emb_title Patterson Gimlin film
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/northwest-coast/haida
https://www.sesqui.ca/en/news/kristi-lane-sinclair-on-the-legend-of-the-sasquatch/
http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bigfoot.htm
http://www.sesqui.ca/en/news/legendary-creatures-from-around-the-world/
https://www.mymondotrading.com/native-meanings-symbology-myths-legends
https://scenicsasquatch.com/2018/04/18/sasquatch-in-the-traditions-of-the-coast-salish-tribes/

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Episode 130 – On March 29, 1975, pretty and popular, 16-year-old Sharron Prior left her home in the Montreal, QC, neighbourhood where she lived with her mom and siblings. She was off to a pizza joint only 5 short blocks away. Sharron was found days later, raped and murdered in another neighbourhood across the river. Her murder has never been solved. Her mom, Yvonne, still holds hope that one day she will see Sharron’s killer brought to justice.

Sources & Further Reading
http://www.sharronprior.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/4790700762/
http://www.truecrimediary.com/index.cfm?page=cases&id=49
https://defrostingcoldcases.com/the-point-st-charles-nightmare-the-1975-murder-of-sharron-prior/
http://sharronprior.blogspot.com/
https://www.crave.ca/en/tv-shows/sur-les-traces-dun-tueur-en-serie

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Episode 129: In May of 1914, before the outbreak of WWI, a Japanese steamship called the Komagatu Maru anchored in Burrard Inlet in the Vancouver harbour. There were 376 people aboard led by a man named Baba Gurdit Singh Sirhali. Mostly from the Punjab area of India they dreamt of emigrating to Canada for a better life. Thanks to exclusionary Canadian immigration policies meant to prevent immigration form certain countries, including India, the ship was not allowed to dock. They sat in harbour, without adequate food and water for more than two and half months awaiting court challenges. They were deported in late July and led out of the harbour under naval escort. On returning to India they were diverted away from Calcutta, and when they finally landed a riot broke out with British forces during which 29 unarmed passengers were shot, 20 of whom died.

Sources and Further Reading:
http://komagatamarujourney.ca/intro
https://globalnews.ca/news/2708235/what-was-the-komagata-maru-incident-and-why-does-it-matter/
https://pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2016/05/18/komagata-maru-apology-house-commons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wx1KLtRgQY&feature=emb_logo Full Trudeau Speech
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIZUpTxdYZw Canada Apologizes for Racist Incident 100 Years After Rejecting Komagata Maru Ship of 370 Immigrants
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17448727.2014.895546 The Sikh Formations journal article, GHADAR MOVEMENT: A LIVING LEGACY by Nishant Upadhyay
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/komagata-maru-racist-actions-1.5607242
https://pier21.ca/explore/online/tell-me-more-about/komagata-maru
https://pier21.ca/research/immigration-history/canadian-immigration-acts-and-legislation
https://www.sikhiwiki.org/index.php/Komagata_Maru
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/komagata-maru
https://humanrights.ca/story/the-story-of-the-komagata-maru

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Episode 128 – On the 15th of July, 2019, just outside Liard Hot Springs, B.C., the bodies of an innocent couple, Chynna Deese, 24, from Charlotte, NC, and her Australian boyfriend, Lucas Fowler, 23, were found shot to death beside their 1986 Chevy van. Police had no idea who had done this, or why.

Four days later, a burning truck, registered to a young Vancouver Island man was found burning near Dease Lake, B.C. As police were attending to that scene, they were notified of another man found murdered only two km from the burning truck. This 64-year-old botanist and UBC lecturer, named Leonard Dyck. His Toyota RAV4 was missing, along with the two young men, who quickly became suspects in the murders, sparking a manhunt that took police through four Provinces and one Territory, ending in Manitoba, thousands of kilometres from where it began.

Sources:
[B.C. RCMP – Overview of Fort Nelson and Dease Lake Homicide Investigation]
[RCMP say northern B.C. murder suspects admitted to murders on video – YouTube]
[B.C. RCMP investigate double homicide of tourists along Alaska Highway]
[Here’s an updated timeline of the northern B.C. murders and manhunt]
[Breyer Schmegelsky’s father speaks out – YouTube]
[Former classmate of Bryer Schmegelsky speaks out]

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Episode 127 – On the morning of October 20, 2003, in North York, a quiet neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Raymond Zhang and Sherry Xu awakened to find their only child, 9-year-old, Cecilia was missing. She had clearly been abducted. There were no ransom demands or clear motives for her kidnapping. All efforts to find the girl were fruitless, until a Scarborough man stumbled across a body in a ravine late in March 2004.

Sources and further reading:
Agreed Statement of Facts (PDF)
Raymond Zhang – Victim Impact Statement (PDF)
Sherry Xu – Victim Impact Statement (PDF)
CBC Zhang Case Background
CBC Zhang Case Background (more)
Cecilia Zhang search at Newspapers.com
https://missingkids.ca/
https://protectchildren.ca/
https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/gazette/child-abduction
https://www.canadasmissing.ca/pubs/2019/index-eng.htm
web.archive.org – ceciliazhang.org
Globe and Mail – RIP Cecilia, Happy Birthday

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Episode 126 – On the morning of June 18, 1906, on the trail on the west side of the Two-Mile House, a drinking establishment outside Hazelton, B.C., the body of local tough guy, Alex McIntosh, was found. He had been ambushed and shot through the back. A short time later on the trail to the east of the Two-Mile House, the body of a labourer, Max Leclair, was discovered. He’d died in exactly the same manner. As McIntosh and an indigenous business man named Simon Peter Gunanoot had had a brutal fight only hours prior, suspicion fell on Gunanoot.

When the posse went to arrest him he had already taken off into the wilderness and would lead police on the most expensive manhunt in B.C. history. Gunanoot managed to evade capture for over a decade and was not brought in until he was ready to turn himself in.

Sources:
[Simon Gunanoot – Chasing Shadows by Monty Bassett]
[Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada]
[Kispiox Band Site]
[Gitxsan Nation Site]
[Emily Carr paintings near Kispiox – Contact Sheet]
[Simon Gunanoot – Wikipedia]
[Newspapers.com search – Simon Peter Gunanoot in Canada]
[Echoes of British Columbia by Robert Budd – goodreads.com]
[My Country by Pierre Berton – goodreads.com]
[100 years since the surrender of Simon Gunanoot – BC Local News]
[The man who stayed invisible for thirteen years | Maclean’s | JULY 5, 1958]
[HistoricPlaces.ca – Simon Gun-an-noot’s Grave]

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