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Episode 205: In this Away Game we are off to post World War One Germany where in the early 1920s, a brutal serial killer, Fritz Haarmann, killed at least 27 young men and boys. Many of his crimes, it appears, were committed to impress his lover, a man named Hans Grans. Although Haarmann admitted it was he who murdered and dismembered the victims, he claimed that ultimately, in a few cases, it was Grans who chose who was to die.Sources:Weimar Republic - HISTORYList of German serial killers - WikipediaAuthor & Radio Host | Alan R. WarrenButcher of Hanover: Fritz Haarmann by Alan R. WarrenSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 204: Between 1957 and 1964 in Montreal, Quebec, experiments were undertaken that compromised and invaded people’s minds, their agency to make decisions for themselves removed and their brains mucked about in, both physically and psychologically. These barbaric, Orwellian experiments often involved mind expanding drugs like LSD, sensory deprivation, shock treatments and periods of sleep induced for weeks at a time as well as other treatments that could easily be called torturous. They were sponsored by the most notorious branch of the United States government, the CIA, the Canadian government as well as other shadowy organizations with funding coming even from the Rockefellers. The goals behind the research, it seems were to develop brainwashed, zombie-like ‘recruits’ who would do the bidding of these groups without question or conscience getting in the way and to develop new methods of psychological torture to aid in enemy interrogation. All of it took place right here in Canada. The research was overseen by Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron, an eminent and well-respected psychiatrist at McGill University’s, Allan Memorial Institute with unwitting Canadian psychiatric patients used as Guinae pigs. The project was called MK-ULTRA.Sources:D. Ewen Cameron, M.D., F.R.C.P.C.Donald Ewen CameronDonald Ewen Cameron | The McClaughry’s BlogCIA MKULTRA / Mind Control Collection - The Black VaultMKULTRA files : Free Texts : Free Download, Borrow and Streaming : Internet ArchiveThe Most Dangerous Game : Josh Shore, Paul Shore : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveThe Curious Career of Dr. Ewen CameronPsychological Warfare | RANDMind Control & MK-ULTRAMK Ultra Project - Commission on Assisted DyingGeorge Cooper Report Ewen Cameron, 1986 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet ArchiveMK Ultra: CIA mind control program in Canada (1980) - The Fifth Estate — YouTubeBrainwashed: The Secret CIA Experiments in Canada - The Fifth Estate — YouTubeCIA Mind Control Survivors Seek Restitution From Canadian GovernmentSAAGA — Survivors Against Government AbuseBrainwashed | CBC Podcasts | CBC ListenRavenscrag, Montreal - WikipediaAllan Memorial Institute - WikipediaProject MKULTRA - McGillDeclassified: Mind Control at McGill | The McGill TribuneReader CIA Brainwashing McIntoshMontreal MKULTRA Experiments | The Canadian EncyclopediaThe toxic legacy of Canada’s CIA brainwashing experiments: ‘They strip you of your soul’ | Canada | The GuardianVictims of CIA’s MKUltra Mind Control Program Are Fighting Back | GaiaMind Wars by Marie D. Jones | GoodreadsThe Search for the Manchurian Candidate: The CIA & Mind Control by John D. Marks | GoodreadsPoisoner in Chief: Sidney Gottlieb and the CIA Search for Mind Control by Stephen Kinzer | GoodreadsMaisonneuve | Distant RelativesTrudeau government gag order in CIA brainwashing case silences victims, lawyer says | CBC NewsBrainwashed: The echoes of MK-ULTRA | CBC NewsSocial Media and the BrainUS claims Russia planning ‘false-flag’ operation to justify Ukraine invasion | Russia | The GuardianSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 203: On May 7, 1992, after the McDonald’s restaurant on Kings Road near Keltic Drive in Sydney River, Nova Scotia, closed for the night and the overnight crew was coming in and the evening crew was leaving. Three young men, armed with a shovel handle, knives and a .22 calibre pistol robbed the establishment. They beat, stabbed and shot 4 of the restaurant workers, killing three, Jimmy Fagan, 27, Donna Warren, 22, and Neil Burroughs Jr., 29, and critically wounding 20-year-old, Arlene MacNeil, who was permanently disabled both physically and mentally, requiring round the clock care until her death in 2018. The crime’s brutality brought unwelcome international media attention to the small town, especially when the truth came out. To almost everyone’s surprise, days after the murders, it quickly became evident that the brutal crime had been committed by three, fairly well-liked young men from the area. They’d robbed the place for its cash, making off with a tiny fraction of what they had assumed would be in the restaurant’s safe.Sources:Sydney River McDonald’s murders - WikipediaR. v. Muise, 1992 CanLII 4046 (NS SC), R. v. MacNeil, 1993 CanLII 4442 (NS SC), R. v. MacNeil, 1993 CanLII 4449 (NS SC), R. v. Wood, 1993 CanLII 4535 (NS SC), R. v. Muise (No. 1), 1993 CanLII 4555 (NS SC), R. v. Muise, 1994 NSCA 198 (CanLII), R. v. Wood, 1994 NSCA 239 (CanLII), R. v. MacNeil, 1995 NSCA 10 (CanLII), Twenty years of heartache | The Chronicle HeraldN.S. McDonald’s killer granted full parole | CBC NewsMcDonald’s killer Darren Muise ‘financially secure’ and ‘living a good life’ on parole: documents - Halifax | Globalnews.caMcDonald’s murderer ‘financially secure’ and ‘living a good life’: parole documents | CTV NewsDerek Wood, convicted in McDonald’s murders, denied day parole | CBC NewsWood v Warden (Atlantic Institution), 2017 CanLII 67340 (NB CA), Derek Anthony Wood and the Sydney River McDonald’s Murders - Christopher di Armani.comSydney River McDonald’s killer loses appeal | SaltWireOne of three men convicted in McDonald’s murders awarded unescorted absences   - Halifax | Globalnews.ca24 Sep 2000, 28 - The Winnipeg Sun at Newspapers.comMurder at McDonald’s: The Killers Next Door eBook : Jessome, Phonse: Amazon.ca: Kindle StoreSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 202: Mathew Charles Lamb was a troubled and disturbed youngster. He was born in Windsor, Ontario, unwanted, to a teenage mother and bounced from one relative’s home to another, never having close relationships with any of them. To him they were merely his keepers. The rules they laid out for him to follow were bothersome to him. Young Matt was incorrigible. He became violent early on, many of the other kids in his family and in the neighbourhood were terrified of him. After a number of run ins with local police and several violent incidents involving firearms, one including a shootout with police, Mathew Lamb was jailed  in the Kingston Pen for the first time — he was just 16. At 18 years old, only days after an early release, Mathew Charles Lamb, went on a shooting spree in Windsor, killing two strangers and wounding two more.Sources:City Of WindsorCanada’s Most Dangerous Places 2020 - Macleans.caThe Windsor Star - Google News Archive SearchMathew Charles Lamb | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersRead Watching the Devil Dance Online by William Toffan | BooksMathew Charles Lamb - WikipediaHouse of Commons Debates, 30th Parliament, 2nd … - Canadian Parliamentary Historical ResourcesNew Book Documents Canada’s First Spree Killer and Windsor Native Matthew Lamb | 519 MagazineBook - The Psychopath TestAbout: Mathew Charles Lamb Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 201: On October 14, 2007, after a gruelling 20-hour journey from Poland, Robert Dziekanski, arrived at the YVR airport’s international terminal in Richmond, B.C. Dziekanski, who spoke nor read any English, was unable to read the signs directing him to what he should do next or where he should go. The confused man spent ten hours in the airport wandering around the secure customs area. His mother was waiting for him with a friend only a few meters away in the public waiting area. Had the two been able to connect this story would have had a very different conclusion, but they did not. She left the airport, frustrated, hours before her son’s final moments.Sources:Commissioner’s Statement - Incident at Vancouver Airport - Canada.caReport Following a Public Interest Investigation into a Chair-Initiated Complaint Respecting the Death in RCMP Custody of Mr. Robert Dziekanski | Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMPBraidwood InquiryBraidwood Commission ReportVancouver Sun — YVR Robert Dziekanski 2007 Taser incident — YouTubeVancouver Airport Tragedy - Canada — YouTube (song)Rundel v. British Columbia – Braidwood Commission, 2009 BCSC 814 (CanLII), Taser International, Inc. v. British Columbia, 2010 BCSC 1120 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1125 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1364 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2014 BCSC 756 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 143 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2015 BCCA 251 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 433 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 515 (CanLII), R. v. Rundel, 2015 BCSC 1090 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1380 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1426 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 1535 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2016 BCCA 293 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2017 BCCA 6 (CanLII), Criminal Law: Perjury | CanLII ConnectsFinal report from Braidwood Commission finds Taser use unjustifiedOsoyoos First Nation Mountie still trying to clear his name 12 years after the Robert Dziekanski died - APTN NewsMother of Robert Dziekanski dies during visit to Poland | Watch News Videos OnlineBlamed and Broken: The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski eBook : Petrovich, Curt: Amazon.ca: Kindle StoreCBA British Columbia - In Memoriam: Thomas BraidwoodCoroner’s ReportSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 200: The story we are about to tell is a harrowing tale of child neglect that leaves a young boy badly scarred for life. In December of 1990, after being overlooked by his family who were on their way to Paris for a Christmas visit, Kevin McCallister is left on his own in the family’s large Winnetka, Illinois home. There the 7-year-old not only has to care for himself, but has to do his best fend off two serial burglars, a team known as the Wet Bandits, attempting to break into the McCallister residence. Leaving Kevin McCallister with lifelong issues due to the effects of post traumatic stress, and later problems with addiction.Sources:An inaccurate Film Dramatization of Actual Events671 Lincoln Ave, Winnetka, IL 60093 - realtor.com®Bill Breakdown: How Much Kevin McCallister’s Dad Spent In Home Alone | Sideshow CollectiblesAll Injuries Sustained In Home Alone - Assessed By A Real Doctor - ThrillistHome Alone | Home Alone Wiki | FandomKevin McCallister | Home Alone Wiki | FandomSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 199: In all the recent photos I could find of Melissa Ann Shepard, she looks like an ordinary, little old lady. But Melissa, Millie to some, has a criminal record a mile long, including convictions for fraud, impersonation and forgery. But, she is best known for, luring men via the internet, drugging them and taking control of all aspects of their lives. Melissa also caused the death of one of her husbands in Nova Scotia, was suspected in another’s death and at least two more men came close to dying.Sources:Melissa Ann Shepard - WikipediaCBC News Indepth: Melissa Ann FriedrichMelissa Friedrich | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersHRP News — High Risk Offender Notification | Halifax.caInternet Black Widow Melissa Ann Shepard arrested in Halifax | CBC NewsThe internet black widow: Is this Canada’s most dangerous woman? - BBC NewsHow a smitten man came face to face with the ‘Internet Black Widow’ - The Globe and MailThis 80-year-old ‘Black Widow,’ who lured lonesome old men to horrible fates, is out of prison again - The Washington PostNational Film Board of Canada — Why Women Kill‘Internet Black Widow’ Melissa Ann Weeks charged with attempted murder in N.S. | Globalnews.ca‘Black Widow’s’ ex-boyfriend warns men as she gets out of prison: ‘Watch out’ | Globalnews.caP.E.I.’s infamous ‘Black Widow’ facing attempted murder charges | SaltWireVictims of ‘Internet Black Widow’ concerned over her release in N.S. | CTV NewsPrison for Women’s Invisible Minority | Journal of Prisoners on PrisonsUnknown Gender History: Melissa Friedrich (Weeks), “The Internet Black Widow” of Nova Scotia - 2012Unknown Gender History: Black Widow Serial KillersAlex Strategos: ‘Millie Weeks’, AKA Melissa Friedrich, The Internet Black Widow - InquisitrMelissa Ann Shepard : Internet Black Widow (2012) - the fifth estate — YouTubeMelissa-Ann-Shepard | National PostRead Webs of Black Widows Online by Pete Katz | BooksRead Lady Killers Online by Tori Telfer | BooksRead The Craigslist Killer Online by Crystal Majkowski | BooksTrue Crime: Canadian Monsters: 25 Horrific Canadian Serial Killers eBook : Keller, Robert: Amazon.ca: Kindle StoreRaw Video: ‘Internet Black Widow’ appears in court — YouTubeOnline Dating and Dating App Safety Tips | RAINNSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 198: If you’ve had any interest in the Wild West, you’ve no doubt heard of a many of the storied gunmen and bandits from the era like Butch Cassidy, Jesse James and Billy the Kid. You probably also think of the United States, but Canada has its own legends and colourful characters from the era on both sides of the border. For example, legendary gunslinger and lawman, Bat Masterson, was was born in Henryville, Quebec. Sometimes the outlaws were women, like one notorious Canadian-born, lady bandit and the subject of this episode, whose most famous alias was Pearl Hart. After a rough life with criminal exploits that started during her troubled childhood, Pearl got herself into big trouble in Arizona in 1899 and was finally taken into custody after robbing a stage coach.Sources:Pearl Hart - WikipediaPearl Hart – Lady Bandit of Arizona – Legends of AmericaBandit Pearl Hart holds up an Arizona stagecoach - HISTORYThe life and times of Pearl Hart, Ontario’s cigar-smoking, Wild West superstar | The StarPearl Hart: The Amazing Life of The Bandit QueenFemale bandit Pearl Hart: “I shall not be tried under a law in which my sex had no voice in making”The wild life and death of Old West feminist bandit Pearl HartPearl Hart - ‘Bandit Queen’ of the Old West - WednesdaysWomenPearl Hart, the Last Lady Outlaw - HeadStuffWild Women of the Wild West: Pearl Hart ~ Lady Bandit of ArizonaListen to Wildcat Audiobook by John BoesseneckerThe Encyclopedia of Lawmen, Outlaws, and Gunfighters - Leon Claire Metz - Google BooksThe Cosmopolitan — Volume 27 — Google Play BooksPearl Hart: Smooth-talking card shark led Pearl’s slide to perdition | Local news | tucson.comSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 197: In our last episode we learned a bit about the life and depraved, early crimes of David Russell Williams, a 46-year-old decorated colonel and commander of the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) in Trenton, Ontario - one of the largest and busiest air force bases in Canada. The Canadian military’s rising star also had some dark secrets. Williams had been involved in dozens of instances of break, enter and theft of women’s undergarments in the communities in which he lived. The homeowners and police were unaware that many of these crimes had taken place. Many of the women presumed that their underwear had simply gone missing. They had no clue that they had been taken by someone who’s fantasy life had taken a very dark turn. Williams felt powerful in the homes, taking photos as he pleasured himself with the most private possessions of women he didn’t know. Russell would take their underwear home where, sexually aroused once again, he would take photos of himself as he modelled the items recalling his time in the homes of the women. The continued use of the garments thrilled Russell Williams and gave him a feeling of complete control.In September 2009, Russell’s insatiable cravings for yet another sexual thrill demanded he take things a step further. Williams sexually assaulted two Tweed women, forcibly confining them, fondling them as he snapped multiple photos of the terrified women after removing their clothes. While those events had been exciting for Williams, they were dry runs for what he would do next. In November, 2009, Russell Williams committed his first murder, that of Marie-France Comeau. Month's later, he killed Jessica Lloyd, but his inattention to the little details, eventually got him caught.Sources:Book, ”Camouflaged Killer” by David A. GibbRead Beyond Suspicion: Russell Williams A Canadian Serial Killer Online by Alan R Warren | BooksA New Kind of Monster by Timothy ApplebyJim Van Allen | ISN IncRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRead Snakes in Suits Online by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare | BooksThe dark, depraved side of Russell Williams revealed in court - Macleans.caCPL Marie-France Comeau (1972-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial252 Raglan Street, Brighton, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepJessica Elizabeth Lloyd (1982-2010) - Find A Grave MemorialJessica Lloyd Obituary - Belleville, Ontario | John R. Bush Funeral HomeLloyd, Jessica – Canadian CrimeopediaBelleville honours Jessica Lloyd | CBC News62 Cosy Cove Lane, Tweed, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepRussell Williams’s wife knew he was a predator: victim - Macleans.caCol. Russell Williams timeline | CBC News“Russell Williams - Above Suspicion” episode from CBC program The Fifth EstateRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRussell Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersDavid Russell Williams: The Kinky Killer Colonel — Obsession — Crime Library[Russell Williams (criminal) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal))YouTube — The Russell Williams Arrest Press ConferenceRussell Williams - Full Murder ConfessionRussell Williams Confession Part 1Russell Williams Confession Part 2Russell Williams Confession Part 3Russell Williams interview transcriptDemi-victoire pour Laurie Massicotte contre Russell Williams | Radio-Canada.caLaurie Massicotte settles $7M lawsuit against convicted sex killer Russell Williams | CBC NewsMassicotte v. Williams, 2014 ONCA 792 (CanLII), M.E.H. v. Williams, 2012 ONCA 35 (CanLII), Family, friends of Jessica Lloyd mark decade since Russell Williams received life sentence | Globalnews.caMarie-France Comeau | News, Videos & ArticlesMarie-France Comeau news, opinion and analysis - Macleans.caSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 196 - In September of 2009, in Cosy Cove, a quiet, rural neighbourhood near Tweed, Ontario, an anonymous young woman sleeping in her home was brutally sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant who’d broken into her home. During the violent, two-hour sexual assault, as her 8 week old daughter slept in another room, the rapist snapped photos of the woman, before escaping into the night. Two weeks later, in the same small neighbourhood, the creeper struck again, sexually assaulting another woman, Laurie Massicotte. Her rapist also photographed her before fleeing. A neighbour Laurie’s, was suspected in the assault but he denied any involvement. He was later cleared when his DNA was not a match to that of the Laurie’s attacker. Police suspected the two sexual assaults were somehow connected as they were both so similar.Two months later, there was a murder. A year after that, another. When police discovered the identity of the perpetrator, the whole country was shocked.Sources:Book, ”Camouflaged Killer” by David A. GibbRead Beyond Suspicion: Russell Williams A Canadian Serial Killer Online by Alan R Warren | BooksA New Kind of Monster by Timothy ApplebyJim Van Allen | ISN IncRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRead Snakes in Suits Online by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare | BooksThe dark, depraved side of Russell Williams revealed in court - Macleans.caCPL Marie-France Comeau (1972-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial252 Raglan Street, Brighton, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepJessica Elizabeth Lloyd (1982-2010) - Find A Grave MemorialJessica Lloyd Obituary - Belleville, Ontario | John R. Bush Funeral HomeLloyd, Jessica – Canadian CrimeopediaBelleville honours Jessica Lloyd | CBC News62 Cosy Cove Lane, Tweed, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepRussell Williams’s wife knew he was a predator: victim - Macleans.caCol. Russell Williams timeline | CBC News“Russell Williams - Above Suspicion” episode from CBC program The Fifth EstateRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRussell Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersDavid Russell Williams: The Kinky Killer Colonel — Obsession — Crime Library[Russell Williams (criminal) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal))YouTube — The Russell Williams Arrest Press ConferenceRussell Williams - Full Murder ConfessionRussell Williams Confession Part 1Russell Williams Confession Part 2Russell Williams Confession Part 3Russell Williams interview transcriptDemi-victoire pour Laurie Massicotte contre Russell Williams | Radio-Canada.caLaurie Massicotte settles $7M lawsuit against convicted sex killer Russell Williams | CBC NewsMassicotte v. Williams, 2014 ONCA 792 (CanLII), M.E.H. v. Williams, 2012 ONCA 35 (CanLII), Family, friends of Jessica Lloyd mark decade since Russell Williams received life sentence | Globalnews.caMarie-France Comeau | News, Videos & ArticlesMarie-France Comeau news, opinion and analysis - Macleans.ca Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine