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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.

Brock Graham murders again and is finally caught. He continues lying about Lynn Duggan's murder until he's confronted by her family, face to face.

Lynn Duggan was murdered in her home in June of 1993. Her full remains have yet to be recovered.

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

Two Cranbrook BC girls murdered in 1984 in similar ways horrified the small town over 3 months before the perpetrator was caught.

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

In late 1990 billionaire businessman Jim Pattison's daughter was kidnapped and the family terrorized as she was held for ransom.