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Episode 152: In November of 1992, a twenty-four-year-old woman came forward to Kipling, Saskatchewan RCMP, accusing a respected local doctor, John Schneeberger, of sexual assault. After years of ridicule from other Kipling residents who refused to believe her claims, the young woman finally found some justice. When the truth saw the light, it uncovered one of the strangest and most devious criminals in Canadian history.  Co-host: Carol Browne Promo:True Crime Island Sources: Canada v. Schneeberger, 2003 FC 970 (CanLII), [2004] 1 FCR 280, Midazolam aka Versed Town of Kipling, SK Wikipedia - John Schneeberger HBO's Autopsy 7: Dead Men Talking Forensic Files - Bad Blood - Season 6 Episode 13 ForensicFilesNow - What Happened to Dr. John Schneeberger? Justice Denied: Extraordinary miscarriages of justice Time Magazine - A Brief History of DNA Testing The endless nightmare of Lisa Dillman 5 Ways to Recover From Being Cheated, Lied to or Manipulated SexAssault.ca WAVAW.ca BC Victim Services & Violence Against Women Program Directory Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 137 - At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 1914, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region of western Canada. Episode written by Josina de Bree Sources: Anderson, Frank. “Hillcrest Mine Disaster” (Triumph and Tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass. Diana Wilson, Heritage House Publishing, Surrey, BC, 2005) www.crowsnest.bc.ca www.crowsnest-highway.ca www.hillcrestminedisaster.com Archival Holding PR0740. Provincial Archives of Alberta. https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0740&dv=True&deptID=1 https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/canada/Canada3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_(Handel) http://www.indsci.com/the-monitor-blog/carbon-monoxide-carbon-dioxide/ https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw193731 https://alchetron.com/Hillcrest-mine-disaster https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2466176980 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

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] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 123 - Born during the Great Depression, Ken Leishman was a stylish, good looking guy with a Clark Gable moustache. A married father of 7, he was adventurous, smart, charismatic, creative and enterprising. He used his skill as a small aircraft pilot to earn cash first as a fly in mechanic on prairie farms, then as a king cookery salesman.  Ken was also deeply in debt, his sales business was failing and he craved an even more lavish lifestyle. To get what he wanted Ken wasn't above stealing it, but often got caught going back for more. After flying all the way to Toronto to rob banks on two separate occasions Ken was dubbed the Flying Bandit after getting caught during his second failed bank robbery. After Ken's release, he had an even more elaborate heist in mind - making off with a few hundred pounds of gold bullion in what would be the greatest gold theft in Canadian history. Sources: [Bandit - A portrait of Ken Leishman by Wayne Tefs]  [Lost: Unsolved Mysteries of Canadian Aviation by Shirlee Smith Matheson]  [In the Mind of a Mountie - Google Play] [This Was Manitoba: Kenneth Leishman - The Flying Bandit (UPDATED)] [Ottawa Citizen - Ken Leishman - Google News Archive Search] [Newspapers.com search - Ken Leishman + Canada] [Ken Leishman: The Flying Bandit - video dailymotion] [Ken Leishman: The Flying Bandit - YouTube] [Court Briefing for 1966 trial of Ken Leishman et al, Winnipeg Gold Heist] [The Flying Bandit - Winnipeg Free Press] [Canada history: Mar.1, 1966: the Great Winnipeg Gold Heist – RCI | English] [The Flying Bandit - Winnipeg Free Press] [The ‘flying bank robber’ died hard | Maclean’s | DECEMBER 29, 1980] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 120 - For ages people have been drawn to Niagara Falls, the most famous group of waterfalls in North America, and maybe the world. As many as 20 million people per year visit to view the awesome power of nature as tens of millions of liters of water spectacularly pour over the falls every minute. There have been many accidental deaths, but there have been many drawn to the torrents for other darker reasons. Some come to end their own lives and others, the daredevils, to try to prove their ingenuity and courage can beat the falls. Some have failed in the attempt. NOTE: There will be talk of suicide in this episode. Sources and more information: [Niagara: A History of the Falls by Pierre Berton] [The River of Lost Souls: What We Might Learn From Niagara Falls Suicides by Michael Clarkson] [Welcome to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | City of Niagara Falls, Canada] [Niagara Falls,  Ontario,   Canada - World Waterfall Database] [Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls Tourism Information] [Facts About Niagara Falls | Live Science] [Niagara Falls Facts & Information] [On the Meaning  of Niagara - Brocku.ca] [Daredevil Exhibit - Things to do | Niagara Falls Canada] [Daredevils of Niagara Falls] [List of objects that have gone over Niagara Falls - Wikipedia] [Niagara Falls without water, 1969] [Sounds of Niagara Falls • Niagara Whirlpool • Horseshoe Falls • American Falls • Bridal Veil Fall - YouTube] [WNED PBS Documentaries | Daredevils of Niagara Falls | PBS] [Daredevils of Niagara Falls] [Niagara River - Life & Death on the river: Accidents & Rescues] [Ed Delahanty Obituary] [Stunters & Daredevils] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

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] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

As a result of the crash of a USAF bomber in 1950, the core of a nuclear weapon was lost over British Columbia.

The bombing of CP Air flight 108, in September 1949, remains one of the most heinous acts undertaken in Canadian criminal history.

A look at one of Canada's most famous cases of wrongful conviction.

In this episode we meet William Lyon MacKenzie King, Canada's longest serving, and arguably the weirdest, Prime Minister.