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Episode 147: Canada has a long history of folks who have attempted to communicate with the dead - a practice is known as Spiritualism. Some of these have claimed that they can connect directly with those on the other side. Here we will give a bit of history, tell some of their stories and give a how-to primer for entertainment purposes only. We do not recommend, dear listeners, that you make attempts to commune with the beyond using the methods we will speak about later. If you do so and incur negative consequences, we bear no responsibility for your decision to proceed. Co-host: Carol Browne Interview with: Morgan Knudsen Sources: The Fox Sisters The Canadian Spiritualist Movement and Sources for its Study Wikipedia - The Fox Sisters Talking Nonsense (thesis) GlobalNews - MacKenzie King Spiritualist Alliance Buckland’s Book of Spirit Communications Mary Melville, The Psychic by Flora MacDonald LearnReligions - How To Hold a Séance activehistory.ca Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

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Episode 146: On June 13th 1901, Ada Mills Redpath and her son Jocelyn Clifford Redpath were killed in their mansion in on Sherbrooke Street in Montreal. Ada had been shot to the back of the head. Clifford has a gunshot wound to his the temple. The police were not called. A coroner’s inquest the next day declared the deaths a murder-suicide. Ada and Clifford were buried June 15th without any further investigation. Written By: Josina De Bree Sources: https://www.canadianmysteries.ca/sites/redpath/home/indexen.html https://criminal.findlaw.com/criminal-procedure/the-m-naghten-rule.html https://www.epilepsy.com/learn/about-epilepsy-basics/what-epilepsy https://www.epilepsysociety.org.uk/epilepsy-auras https://www.cureepilepsy.org/for-patients/what-are-the-phases-of-seizures-of-epilepsy/ Denton A, Tellez-Zenteno JF. A patient with epilepsy charged with kidnapping, unlawful confinement, and assault causing bodily harm after seizures: Deficiencies in the legal system. Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2020;13:100361. Published 2020 Mar 21. doi:10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100361 Dougall, L. (2019) The Summit House Mystery; Or, The Earthly Purgatory. Good Press. Original work published 1905.  Reuber M, Mackay RD. Epileptic automatisms in the criminal courts: 13 cases tried in England and Wales between 1975 and 2001. Epilepsia. 2008 Jan;49(1):138-45. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2007.01269.x. PMID: 17727668. Shih JJ, LeslieMazwi T, Falcao G, Van Gerpen J. Directed aggressive behavior in frontal lobe epilepsy: video-EEG and ictal spect case study. Neurology. 2009;73(21):1804-1806. doi:10.1212/WNL.0b013e3181c2933f Devinsky, Orrin. “Postictal psychosis: common, dangerous, and treatable.” Epilepsy currents vol. 8,2 (2008): 31-4. doi:10.1111/j.1535-7511.2008.00227.x Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 145: This episode contains disturbing and graphic details of the 2015 murder of Chinese millionaire, Gang Yuan, in West Vancouver at the hands of his soft-spoken cousin Li Zhao. The crime’s unthinkable and twisted aftermath is horrendous. Sources: Pre-Trial Voire Dire R. v Zhao, 2020 BCSC 1322 (CanLII), BC v. Child 3, 2019 BCCA 171 (CanLII), Mother 1 v Solus Trust , 2019 BCSC 200 (CanLII), 963 King Georges Way, West Vancouver | Dana Inman - 360hometours.ca 961 King Georges Way - Real Estate tour video (renumbered address) 961 King Georges Way - Realtor Listing  3333 The Crescent Pym Island NY Times Article National Post Article 2014 HBICtv: Ultra Rich Asian Girls - Wikipedia HBICtv: YouTube GlobalNews - Conviction Article Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 144: On the evening of December 27, 2005, in my home province of Nova Scotia, Jason McCrae, husband of a beloved educator, artist, sister and mother named Paula Anne Gallant, reported her missing. Paula failed to return to her home in Timberlea after a shopping trip to nearby Halifax. The next day, Paula’s body was found locked in the trunk of her car in the parking lot of the school where she taught the third grade. The cause of Paula’s death was not immediately evident, nor was it apparent how she had come to be in the trunk of her vehicle. Sources: https://www.scribd.com/document/49878324/Statement-of-Facts-R-v-Jason-Wayne-MacRAE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Ann_Gallant https://web.archive.org/web/20160304180629/http://paulagallant.com/ http://silentwitnessnovascotia.ca/paula-anne-gallant/ https://www.victimsweek.gc.ca/stories-experience/r3.html https://caperfrasers.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/paula-gallant-murder-2/ https://canadianwomen.org/the-facts/gender-based-violence/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macrae-strangled-wife-over-700-debt-1.1054417 https://haligonia.ca/regan-relieved-closure-coming-for-family-of-paula-gallant-34003/ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/08/18/husband_charged_five_years_after_wifes_murder.html https://damianpenny.com/2011/03/03/justice-at-last-for-paula-gallant/ https://pictouadvocate.com/tag/paula-gallant/ https://globalnews.ca/news/70852/have-you-met-mr-big/ https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/special-reports/women-of-influence-2015/lana-kenny-48909.aspx https://www.metro.us/macrae-sentenced-life-in-prison-no-parole-for-15-years/ https://dubyadubya.wordpress.com/tag/leslie-conrad/ https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/halifax-ns/paul-kenny-9135535 https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/paula-gallants-husband-says-he-killed-her-in-argument-over-700-gambling-debt-4474/ http://thans.ca/paula-gallant-memorial-modified-art-therapy-project/ http://musingsbygina.blogspot.com/2007/08/not-so-merry-after-all.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130701012300/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/news-nouvelles/releases-communiques/Aug1810_133158-eng.htm Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 143: On the island paradise Bermuda in the early morning hours of July 3, 1996, a group of friends were riding in a car headed toward Ferry Reach Park, on the northeastern edge of the island. The vehicle’s occupants were startled when the car’s headlights illuminated a form lying in the middle of the dark and isolated road. They pulled the car over and got out to investigate. The group presumed at first it was an injured dog, but as they approached, they realized that this was a nearly naked and bloodied teenage girl. She was seventeen-year-old, Rebecca Middleton from Belleville, Ontario. Although alive when the strangers found her, Rebecca died from her injuries before authorities could get to her. Rebecca's story and aftermath have become the basis for one of the darkest moments in Bermuda's history. Sources: https://www.amazon.ca/Kill-Me-Once-Twice-Playground-ebook/dp/B07933SB3S/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060714193555/ http://rebeccamiddleton.org/index.html https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/7662753-middleton-murder-accused-deported-from-bermuda/ https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/06/29/rebecca-middleton-remembered-20-years-after-her-murder-in-bermuda.html http://michellesaysso.blogspot.com/2007/05/forget-your-trip-to-bermuda.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/blair-s-wife-asks-bermudian-court-to-reopen-case-of-slain-canadian-1.668711 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rebecca_Middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20180702/in-memory-of-rebecca http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160704/bermuda-remembers-rebecca-middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20171019/embarrassing-that-mundy-gets-executive-treatment http://www.royalgazette.com/crime/article/20171013/mundy-returns-to-jamaica http://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20160704/spare-thought-rebecca-middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160704/bermuda-remembers-rebecca-middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140409/COMMENT03/140409756 http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140915/NEWS/140919824 https://youtu.be/lVYhEdSaTEU  ID Documentary Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 142: On a chilly, cloudy winter night in early 2005 at a gas station in Maple Ridge, British Columbia, a 24-year-old gas station attendant named Grant de Patie was brutally slain by a callous young man over just $12 and 30 cents worth of gas. Sources: R. v. Pratt, 2006 BCSC 1198 (CanLII), R. v. Pratt, 2007 BCCA 206 (CanLII), https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/driver-from-2005-vehicle-dragging-death-in-maple-ridge-dies/ https://globalnews.ca/news/5080921/grant-de-patie-killer-darnell-pratt-dies/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grant%27s_Law https://globalnews.ca/news/5342451/bc-late-night-workers-grants-law/ https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/plaque-will-honour-grant-and-worker-safety/ https://www.citynews1130.com/2019/03/21/im-a-little-numb-killer-of-b-c-gas-station-attendant-grant-de-patie-dies/ https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/death-of-toddler-mauled-by-rottweilers-was-accidental-inquest-rules/article960766/ Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 141 - In late June 1993, police were called to a possible stabbing at a residence in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. In one of the bedrooms, Kenneth John Ladubec, 46, lay dead in a massive pool of blood. His killer was Jacob Leroy Andrew Green, 16, the son of Kenneth's live-in girlfriend. Green was tried as a young offender and found guilty of manslaughter. After Jake's release, all seemed relatively okay. Underneath his cool exterior simmered a rage that would surface again in 1999 when, after a breakup, Jake stabbed his ex-girlfriend, Lesli Yaremko and her parents, Sharon and Terry. Sources: https://moosejaw.ca/ Welcome To Moose Jaw - Canada's Most Notorious City  R. v. G. (J.L.), 1994 CanLII 4627 (SK CA), R. v. J.L.A.G., 2002 SKQB 289 (CanLII), https://app.vlex.com/#vid/681138249 Dangerous Offender Application https://app.vlex.com/#vid/r-v-green-j-681449913 2004 Appeal https://www.pressreader.com/canada/regina-leader-post/20100626/284223756774309 https://www.pressreader.com/canada/saskatoon-starphoenix/20100628/282789237698833 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dangerous_offender https://laws-lois.justice.gc.ca/eng/acts/C-46/section-753.html http://criminalnotebook.ca/index.php/Requirements_for_a_Dangerous_Offender_Designation https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/hghrsk-ffndrs-hndb/index-en.aspx https://www.defencegroup.ca/blog/crime/what-are-dangerous-offenders/ https://www.csc-scc.gc.ca/research/r125-eng.shtml https://www.macleans.ca/canadas-most-dangerous-places-2020/ https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/21412652-moose-jaw-murders-and-other-deaths Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 140: On July 22, 2018, at around 10:00 pm, calls flooded Toronto's 911 call centre. There was a man on Danforth shooting at people in the streets and in the restaurants and cafes in Greektown. After the 16-minute rampage, 13 people were wounded, 10-year-old Julianna Kozis and 18-year-old Reese Fallon had been killed and the gunman had completed suicide. Even after two intensive investigations, one question remains - Why? Sources: https://globalnews.ca/news/4347334/toronto-danforth-shooting-timeline-map/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Toronto_shooting https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/20190621-danforth_shootings_findings_of_investigation.pdf https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=165 https://globalnews.ca/news/5416470/toronto-police-danforth-shooting-investigation/ |https://globalnews.ca/news/4346833/danforth-shooting-what-we-know-about-suspect/ https://globalnews.ca/?s=danforth+shooting https://globalnews.ca/tag/julianna-kozis/ https://globalnews.ca/?s=reese+fallonhttps://globalnews.ca/?s=faisal+hussain https://canadiantruecrime.ca/news/2018/4/24/canadian-crime-podcast-event https://www.arbormemorial.ca/highland-scarborough/obituaries/reese-fallon/21923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel https://youtu.be/xmiM91Elbn8  https://youtu.be/4mMgJML1pbY  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1igcEIdikZw https://twitter.com/stilez/status/1021242759401779201?lang=en Trigger Warning: Shooting Video Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 139: On September 27, 2017, when Dianna Mah-Jones failed to show up for her shift without calling in sick, her co-workers were concerned. Neither Dianna nor her husband, Richard Jones, was answering the phone. One of Dianna's colleagues went to the couple's home in Vancouver's Marpole neighbourhood and discovered what appeared to be a bloody crime scene. Dianna and Richard lay dead inside the house, brutally murdered. After a complex and intense investigation police had their suspect. He was an odd man, with an odder name and an ever more odd explanation for what he had done. Sources: R. v Kam, 2020 BCSC 893 (CanLII),   Complete Vancouver police interrogation of Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam | Vancouver Sun 2017 Health Care Hero Vancouver Coastal: Dianna Mah Jones - BC Health Care Awards Thrill Killing UBC Memoriam Global News - Marpole Murders Crime Scene Evidence Photos Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine