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Hamilton was shocked by the murders of a woman and her children in 1976. Respected City hall employee, Jon George Rallo, the father of the two children and husband of the murdered woman was responsible.

Who was the Mad Trapper from Rat River in Canada's Northwest Territories? It's n enduring mystery over 75 years old.

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

Dana Bradley was murdered on December 14, 1981 in St John's, NL. Her slayign remains unsolved.

In our 100th episode we take a look back before talking about the disappearance of Madison Scott from Vanderhoof BC in May of 2011.

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

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), R. v. Hagel, 1914 CanLII 769 (MB QB), R. v. Lakes, 1988 CanLII 3343 (BC SC), 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) Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

This is the second anniversary of Dark Poutine and our annual Hallowe'en episode

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

In 1995 Jeffrey Arenburg shot and killed sportscaster and former hockey player Brian Smith in Ottawa. Arenburg was ultimately found NCR for the murder. This is their story.