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Episode 414: In the fall of 1989, the Miramichi region of New Brunswick became a place of unimaginable terror as escaped killer Allan Legere, the Monster of the Miramichi, unleashed a seven-month rampage of sexual assault,…

Episode 381: In December 1987, 12-year-old Trina Campbell, a Métis girl from Brampton, Ontario, was abducted and murdered by Douglas Robert Worth, a violent ex-convict known as the “Pictou Sadist.”…

On November 18, 1987, Jay Cook, 20, and Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18, a young couple from Vancouver Island, went on a road trip to Seattle, Washington. Unfortunately, they were never seen alive again. Their bodies were discovered weeks later in separate locations. Tanya had been raped, shot, and left in a ditch in Skagit County. Jay was found strangled in the woods near Monroe, about 60 miles away. The case went unsolved for over three decades until 2018, when authorities were able to use genetic genealogy to identify a suspect. He was arrested and charged with the murders. The man pleaded not guilty. In 2021, after his trial, the man was the first to be convicted using genetic genealogy. The couple’s killer was subsequently sentenced to life behind bars.

Episode 115 - On the morning of May 24, 1987, 23-year-old Kenneth Parks walked into a police department covered in blood that was not just his own. Kenneth was disoriented and bleeding profusely from wounds to both his hands which were badly cut. Kenneth said “Oh my God, I just killed someone”; “I've just killed two people”. Kenneth was referring to his in-laws Barbara and Denis Woods of Scarborough. Police found Barbara deceased at the scene and Denis was severely injured, but survived. There was no question Kenneth had done it, but was he responsible? In a precedent setting case his defence team would claim that as Kenneth was sleepwalking when he committed the crime, he should not be held accountable. Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. For 10% off your purchase please use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. Sources & Further Reading [Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker] [Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman] R. v. Parks (C.A.), 1990 CanLII 6954 (ON CA) R. v. Parks, 1992 CanLII 78 (SCC), [1992] 2 SCR 871 [CanLII Connects - R v Parks Case Brief] [Sleep Driving and Sleep Killing | Psychology Today] [Sleepwalking Killers—And What They Tell Us About Sleep | Psychology Today] [The Curious Case of Kenneth Parks - YouTube] [(PDF) Homicidal Somnambulism: A Case Report] [(PDF) Pushing the Margins of Responsibility: Lessons from Parks’ Somnambulistic Killing] [Home - Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)] [Sleepwalking Disorder Causes & Solutions - National Sleep Foundation] [While You Were Sleepwalking] [Automatism legal definition of automatism] [Sleepwalking - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic] [The Sleepwalker Killing (TV Movie 1997) - IMDb] [MACBETH, Act 5, Scene 1] [2 Jul 1988, 90 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [25 Apr 1997, 48 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com] [6 Sep 1992, Page 11 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com] [5 Jan 1991, 77 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com] [22 Jun 2006, 17 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com] [4 Jul 1988, 21 - Edmonton Journal at Newspapers.com] [31 May 1988, 44 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com] [31 May 1988, 5 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [26 May 1988, 3 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [24 Nov 1990, 22 - The Leader-Post at Newspapers.com] [Homicidal sleepwalking - Wikipedia] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine