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Episode 106 - This week we take on the case of a morphine addicted, syphilitic, Scottish Canadian physician with a lust for murder and a blackmail. Dr. Thomas Neill Cream used his intelligence, medical training, relative good looks and higher station to leave a trail of death in Canada, the United States and Victorian London. Only years after Jack the Ripper's reign of terror mysteriously ended, Dr. Cream picked up Jack's mantle poisoning at least four more sex workers in the poorest area of London. The Lambeth Poisoner may have gotten away with the crimes were it not for his own big mouth. Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. Use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. Sources and Further Reading: [Dr Thomas Neil Cream - Crime Library on truTV.com] [Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Dr. Thomas Neill Cream] [Murder by Gaslight: The Lambeth Poisoner] [Canada’s History - The Evil Deeds of Dr. Cream] [Dr. Thomas Neill Cream | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers] [The CRIMES OF DR. CREAM | Maclean’s | September 15, 1931] [The Lambeth Poisoner | Crime Magazine] [The Lambeth Poisoner: London’s Deadly Doctor] [Metropolitan Police letter and photographs of Dr Neill Cream, England, 1890-1907 | Science Museum Group Collection] [Doctor death - New York Daily News] [The man who would be Jack the Ripper - The Scotsman] [The gentleman from Chicago - Cashman, John - Internet Archive] [History of tuberculosis - Wikipedia] [A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream] [Monsters of Medicine] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 105 - Holiday Special - On Christmas Eve in 1988, after killing two security guards, gunmen burst into the Los Angeles offices of the Nakatomi Corporation in Century City at the newly opened Nakatomi Plaza building. The 30 plus hostages were all attendees of the Nakatomi Christmas party happening on the 30th floor. What at first appeared to be a terrorist incident was found out to be FAKE NEWS. Iit was actually an elaborate heist, led by German born criminal mastermind Hans Grüber. What Grüber and his group did not count on was the heroism of one partygoer, John McLane, who almost singlehandedly foiled the plan. The whole thing comes off like the plot of an action movie   Sources and Further Reading: [Breaking News - Shots Fired at Nakatomi Plaza] [Hans Gruber - Wikipedia] [John McClane - Wikipedia] [Fox Plaza (Los Angeles) - Wikipedia] [Nakatomi Plaza] [Timeline of Events] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

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