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210
March 7, 2022
The Murder of Ardeth Wood
Episode 210: In the summer of 2003, Ardeth Wood, a 27-year-old PhD candidate studying philosophy at the University of Waterloo, was enjoying a well needed break at her parent’s home in the Orleans neighbourhood of Ottawa. In the early afternoon of August 6, 2003, wanting to take advantage of a beautiful, warm summer day Ardeth borrowed her brother’s bike to go for a ride. Ardeth never came home.Ardeth’s disappearance triggered one of the largest searches in Ottawa’s history up to that point covering the almost 200 kilometres of bike paths around the capital city and its suburbs. Five days later, Ardeth’s body was discovered. She’d been drowned on purpose and then hidden by her killer in a densely wooded area along the banks of Green’s Creek. Police had no suspects. Fearing for their own safety, many of the residents of Ottawa were terrified to use the parks and bike paths for some time even with increased police patrols. It would be more than two years before charges were laid against the man accused of Ardeth’s murder.Sources and Further Reading:The Disappearance of Ardeth Wood An Anthology of True Crime by Pete Dove - Ebook | ScribdArdeth Wood - WikipediaMurder She Solved - The Pathway Predator - Dailymotion VideoArdeth WOOD | Obituary | Ottawa CitizenArdeth Mary Margaret Wood (1975-2003) - Find a Grave MemorialThe value of virginity? « knitnut.netUniversity of Waterloo — September 10, 2003: Scholarship remembers murdered gradA Mother’s Grief – The Healing Power of Forgiveness | Nourished Motherhood BlogArchived Ardeth RememberedArchived A death that touched an entire cityArdeth Wood murder resonates 10 years later | CBC NewsInterview with Colum Wood — YouTubeGlobal study on homicideKristen Gilchrist (2010) “Newsworthy” Victims?, Feminist Media Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2010.514110Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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209
February 28, 2022
MMIW: The Murder of Daleen Kay Bosse
Episode 209:Daleen Kay Bosse, was a 26-year-old, wife and mother of Cree heritage and member of the Onion Lake First Nation in Saskatchewan near Saskatoon. On May 18, 2004, after a night out with friends Daleen did not return home. Her family grew worried. When she still hadn’t come home the next day Jeremiah, Daleen’s husband, contacted police, who, initially did not respond with much enthusiasm, telling Jeremiah and Daleen’s concerned parents to wait; that she would probably either come home or check in soon. Daleen’s family organized searches themselves and two weeks later Daleen’s car was found abandoned, but there was no sign of the missing woman. It would be more than four years later that Daleen’s family would find out what had happened to their missing loved one. Daleen had been murdered by a man named Douglas Richard Hales, who, during a Mr. Big sting, had admitted to killing the woman and the led police to Daleen’s charred remains.Sources:Onion Lake – Cree NationThe Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details — Treaty 6The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan | Details — Frog Lake MassacreFrog Lake Massacre - WikipediaSACP | Missing Persons DatabaseDaleen Bosse Obituary (2008) - Saskatoon StarPhoenixNWAC - Daleen’s StoryFamily hires investigator to help locate daughterMMIWG & Violence Prevention • Native Women’s Association of CanadaHome Page - Final Report | MMIWGR v Hales, 2014 SKQB 411 (CanLII), Highlights from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal, 2015 | CanLIIMan says he killed woman because she laughed when he couldn’t perform sexually | Philippine Canadian InquirerDouglas Hales guilty of 2nd degree murder of Daleen Bosse | CBC NewsGUILTY - Canada - Daleen Bosse, 26, Saskatoon, Sask, 18 May 2004Muskego Family Gets Some Closure - First Nations Drum NewspaperMother recalls trauma of daughter’s disappearance, murderDaleen Bosse | News, Videos & ArticlesKristen Gilchrist (2010) “Newsworthy” Victims?, Feminist Media Studies, https://doi.org/10.1080/14680777.2010.514110The Different Stories of Cree Woman, Daleen Kay Bosse (Muskego) and Dakota-Sioux Woman, Amber Tara-Lynn Redman: Understanding Their Disappearances and Murders through Media Re-Presentations and Family Members’ NarrativesNews camera allowed in Saskatchewan court for first time - J-SourceSaskatchewan man found guilty of killing Onion Lake Cree Nation woman, 25 - APTN NewsKarina Wolfe case echoes Daleen Bosse murder | 650 CKOMFinding Dawn by Christine Welsh - NFBDouglas Hales’ appeal decision, Nov 23 2015 — YouTubeHales appeal dismissed. - Free Online LibraryTasha Beeds – Walking With Our Sisters2021 National Action PlanHome • National Family and Survivors CircleSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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206
February 7, 2022
MMIW: Nanaimo Girl Gone — Lisa Marie Young
Episode 206: Starting on the evening of June 29 and going into the early morning of June 30, 2002, Lisa Marie Young, a 21-year-old indigenous woman, was celebrating with friends in her hometown, Nanaimo, B.C. It was not only Canada Day long weekend, but also her friend Dallas’s birthday. The group went to several nightclubs and then attended a pair of house parties outside the city. Lisa left the party with a man the group had met just that evening. There were several frantic texts from Lisa shortly after her departure indicating she was afraid. Lisa Marie Young has not been heard from since. The man she was seen with while leaving the party was later identified as a local 27-year-old man named Christopher William Adair. Adair now refuses to speak to police and has left the country. Nanaimo RCMP presume Lisa has been murdered and her remains have never been found. In the days before the recording of this podcast, an anonymous donor contacted advocates for Lisa offering $50,000 reward to locate her remains. It’s time to bring Lisa home. Someone knows where she is. Maybe you can help.When she went missing, Lisa Marie Young was 21 years old. She was 5’4” (163 cm) tall and weighed 115 pounds (52 kg). She had long dark brown hair, brown eyes. Lisa has a tattoo of a band of flowers with a heart in the middle that circles her upper right arm. She was wearing a black skirt, black top, black high boots and a silver hoop necklace.If you have any tips or information regarding Lisa Marie Young’s disappearance, please call RCMP Corporal Markus Muntener directly at 250-754-2345#BringLisaHomePromoDealing Justice - PodcastSources & Further ReadingDisappearance of Lisa Marie Young - WikipediaNative Women’s Association of Canada — Lisa’s StoryNative Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC)YouTube — Lisa Marie Young — Nanaimo Crime StoppersMcColl Magazine - Lisa Marie Young, Missing WomenLisa Marie Young Help Find Lisa Missed by family and loved ones from Nanaimo+ Since June 30, 2002Lisa’s Song by Allison Crowe — MP3Island Crime PodcastLisa Marie Young: Reward offered for location of missing Nanaimo woman | CTV NewsLisa Marie Young — Facebook GroupMain | Lil’ Red Dress ProjectFinal Report | MMIWGMMIWG2S Inquiry — Master List of Report RecommendationsMMIW — Calls for JusticeFamily seeks closure 10 years after daughter’s disappearance | Ha-Shilth-Sa NewspaperCase 26: Lisa Marie Young - Casefile: True Crime PodcastThe Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young — True Crime FilesThe Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young - Part I - Canada Day Weekend : UnresolvedMysteriesThe Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young - Part II - The Man in the Red Jaguar : UnresolvedMysteriesThe Disappearance of Lisa Marie Young - Part III - The City Without Pity - Conclusion : UnresolvedMysteriesCSO - Search Traffic/Criminal By Participant Name — Christopher William AdairSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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201
January 3, 2022
The Tragic Death of Robert Dziekanski
Episode 201: On October 14, 2007, after a gruelling 20-hour journey from Poland, Robert Dziekanski, arrived at the YVR airport’s international terminal in Richmond, B.C. Dziekanski, who spoke nor read any English, was unable to read the signs directing him to what he should do next or where he should go. The confused man spent ten hours in the airport wandering around the secure customs area. His mother was waiting for him with a friend only a few meters away in the public waiting area. Had the two been able to connect this story would have had a very different conclusion, but they did not. She left the airport, frustrated, hours before her son’s final moments.Sources:Commissioner’s Statement - Incident at Vancouver Airport - Canada.caReport Following a Public Interest Investigation into a Chair-Initiated Complaint Respecting the Death in RCMP Custody of Mr. Robert Dziekanski | Civilian Review and Complaints Commission for the RCMPBraidwood InquiryBraidwood Commission ReportVancouver Sun — YVR Robert Dziekanski 2007 Taser incident — YouTubeVancouver Airport Tragedy - Canada — YouTube (song)Rundel v. British Columbia – Braidwood Commission, 2009 BCSC 814 (CanLII), Taser International, Inc. v. British Columbia, 2010 BCSC 1120 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1125 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2013 BCSC 1364 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2014 BCSC 756 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 143 (CanLII), R. v. Bentley, 2015 BCCA 251 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 433 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 515 (CanLII), R. v. Rundel, 2015 BCSC 1090 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1380 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2015 BCSC 1426 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2015 BCSC 1535 (CanLII), R. v. Millington, 2016 BCCA 293 (CanLII), R. v. Robinson, 2017 BCCA 6 (CanLII), Criminal Law: Perjury | CanLII ConnectsFinal report from Braidwood Commission finds Taser use unjustifiedOsoyoos First Nation Mountie still trying to clear his name 12 years after the Robert Dziekanski died - APTN NewsMother of Robert Dziekanski dies during visit to Poland | Watch News Videos OnlineBlamed and Broken: The Mounties and the Death of Robert Dziekanski eBook : Petrovich, Curt: Amazon.ca: Kindle StoreCBA British Columbia - In Memoriam: Thomas BraidwoodCoroner’s ReportSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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197
November 29, 2021
Without Honour — The Crimes of Russell Williams — Part 2
Episode 197: In our last episode we learned a bit about the life and depraved, early crimes of David Russell Williams, a 46-year-old decorated colonel and commander of the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) in Trenton, Ontario - one of the largest and busiest air force bases in Canada. The Canadian military’s rising star also had some dark secrets. Williams had been involved in dozens of instances of break, enter and theft of women’s undergarments in the communities in which he lived. The homeowners and police were unaware that many of these crimes had taken place. Many of the women presumed that their underwear had simply gone missing. They had no clue that they had been taken by someone who’s fantasy life had taken a very dark turn. Williams felt powerful in the homes, taking photos as he pleasured himself with the most private possessions of women he didn’t know. Russell would take their underwear home where, sexually aroused once again, he would take photos of himself as he modelled the items recalling his time in the homes of the women. The continued use of the garments thrilled Russell Williams and gave him a feeling of complete control.In September 2009, Russell’s insatiable cravings for yet another sexual thrill demanded he take things a step further. Williams sexually assaulted two Tweed women, forcibly confining them, fondling them as he snapped multiple photos of the terrified women after removing their clothes. While those events had been exciting for Williams, they were dry runs for what he would do next. In November, 2009, Russell Williams committed his first murder, that of Marie-France Comeau. Month's later, he killed Jessica Lloyd, but his inattention to the little details, eventually got him caught.Sources:Book, ”Camouflaged Killer” by David A. GibbRead Beyond Suspicion: Russell Williams A Canadian Serial Killer Online by Alan R Warren | BooksA New Kind of Monster by Timothy ApplebyJim Van Allen | ISN IncRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRead Snakes in Suits Online by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare | BooksThe dark, depraved side of Russell Williams revealed in court - Macleans.caCPL Marie-France Comeau (1972-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial252 Raglan Street, Brighton, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepJessica Elizabeth Lloyd (1982-2010) - Find A Grave MemorialJessica Lloyd Obituary - Belleville, Ontario | John R. Bush Funeral HomeLloyd, Jessica – Canadian CrimeopediaBelleville honours Jessica Lloyd | CBC News62 Cosy Cove Lane, Tweed, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepRussell Williams’s wife knew he was a predator: victim - Macleans.caCol. Russell Williams timeline | CBC News“Russell Williams - Above Suspicion” episode from CBC program The Fifth EstateRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRussell Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersDavid Russell Williams: The Kinky Killer Colonel — Obsession — Crime Library[Russell Williams (criminal) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal))YouTube — The Russell Williams Arrest Press ConferenceRussell Williams - Full Murder ConfessionRussell Williams Confession Part 1Russell Williams Confession Part 2Russell Williams Confession Part 3Russell Williams interview transcriptDemi-victoire pour Laurie Massicotte contre Russell Williams | Radio-Canada.caLaurie Massicotte settles $7M lawsuit against convicted sex killer Russell Williams | CBC NewsMassicotte v. Williams, 2014 ONCA 792 (CanLII), M.E.H. v. Williams, 2012 ONCA 35 (CanLII), Family, friends of Jessica Lloyd mark decade since Russell Williams received life sentence | Globalnews.caMarie-France Comeau | News, Videos & ArticlesMarie-France Comeau news, opinion and analysis - Macleans.caSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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196
November 22, 2021
Without Honour — The Crimes of Russell Williams — Part 1
Episode 196 - In September of 2009, in Cosy Cove, a quiet, rural neighbourhood near Tweed, Ontario, an anonymous young woman sleeping in her home was brutally sexually assaulted by an unknown assailant who’d broken into her home. During the violent, two-hour sexual assault, as her 8 week old daughter slept in another room, the rapist snapped photos of the woman, before escaping into the night. Two weeks later, in the same small neighbourhood, the creeper struck again, sexually assaulting another woman, Laurie Massicotte. Her rapist also photographed her before fleeing. A neighbour Laurie’s, was suspected in the assault but he denied any involvement. He was later cleared when his DNA was not a match to that of the Laurie’s attacker. Police suspected the two sexual assaults were somehow connected as they were both so similar.Two months later, there was a murder. A year after that, another. When police discovered the identity of the perpetrator, the whole country was shocked.Sources:Book, ”Camouflaged Killer” by David A. GibbRead Beyond Suspicion: Russell Williams A Canadian Serial Killer Online by Alan R Warren | BooksA New Kind of Monster by Timothy ApplebyJim Van Allen | ISN IncRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRead Snakes in Suits Online by Dr. Paul Babiak and Dr. Robert D. Hare | BooksThe dark, depraved side of Russell Williams revealed in court - Macleans.caCPL Marie-France Comeau (1972-2009) - Find A Grave Memorial252 Raglan Street, Brighton, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepJessica Elizabeth Lloyd (1982-2010) - Find A Grave MemorialJessica Lloyd Obituary - Belleville, Ontario | John R. Bush Funeral HomeLloyd, Jessica – Canadian CrimeopediaBelleville honours Jessica Lloyd | CBC News62 Cosy Cove Lane, Tweed, Ontario, Canada | HousecreepRussell Williams’s wife knew he was a predator: victim - Macleans.caCol. Russell Williams timeline | CBC News“Russell Williams - Above Suspicion” episode from CBC program The Fifth EstateRussell Williams Case | The Canadian EncyclopediaRussell Williams | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersDavid Russell Williams: The Kinky Killer Colonel — Obsession — Crime Library[Russell Williams (criminal) - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Williams_(criminal))YouTube — The Russell Williams Arrest Press ConferenceRussell Williams - Full Murder ConfessionRussell Williams Confession Part 1Russell Williams Confession Part 2Russell Williams Confession Part 3Russell Williams interview transcriptDemi-victoire pour Laurie Massicotte contre Russell Williams | Radio-Canada.caLaurie Massicotte settles $7M lawsuit against convicted sex killer Russell Williams | CBC NewsMassicotte v. Williams, 2014 ONCA 792 (CanLII), M.E.H. v. Williams, 2012 ONCA 35 (CanLII), Family, friends of Jessica Lloyd mark decade since Russell Williams received life sentence | Globalnews.caMarie-France Comeau | News, Videos & ArticlesMarie-France Comeau news, opinion and analysis - Macleans.ca Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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193
November 1, 2021
MMIWG — What Happened to Hilary Bonnell?
Episode 193: On September 5, 2009, Hilary Bonnell, 16, disappeared from Esgenoopetitj formerly known as, Burnt Church, in the Miramichi region of New Brunswick. Over the next several months her mother, stepfather, family and friends pulled out all the stops searching for the teen. Despite their tireless efforts, during which they utilized the media and a widespread poster campaign, they could not find Hilary. On Sunday, November 8, 2009, Curtis Wayne Bonnell, Hilary’s first cousin, was arrested by the R.C.M.P. on an unrelated sexual assault allegation. In custody, Curtis began talking. He admitted he had knowledge of what had happened to Hilary Bonnell.Sources:Esgenoopetitj First Nation “Burnt Church” - Home | FacebookR v Bonnell, 2011 NBQB 246 (CanLII), R v Bonnell, 2011 NBQB 349 (CanLII), R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 24 (CanLII), R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 289 (CanLII), R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 309 (CanLII), R v Bonnell, 2012 NBQB 321 (CanLII), Bonnell v. R., 2015 NBCA 6 (CanLII), Global News — Search: Hilary BonnellBonnell admits he killed cousin Hilary after sex | CBC NewsMother of Hilary Bonnell, allegedly killed by cousin, testifies at murder trial | Globalnews.caYouTube — Hilary Bonnell murder — family reactionCurtis Listens to family’s pain – sentenced to life in prison : Miramichi OnlineMother of slain teen girl vents grief during New Brunswick man’s sentencing | Globalnews.ca‘It doesn’t end when you bury your child’: Families of MMIWG speak of their pain in Moncton | Globalnews.caMMIWG Testimony — Moncton Public Vol 44(b) Fillier — Pamela and Fred Fillier (Hilary Bonnell)Final Report | MMIWGHilary Bonnell’s family continues to face adversity 11 years after her murder | CBC NewsFacebook Group — In Loving Memory of HILARY BONNELLSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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191
October 18, 2021
Horror on Bus 1170 — The Death of Tim McLean
Episode 191: On the evening of July 30, 2008, Tim McLean, a 22-year-old Canadian carnival barker was returning home to Winnipeg riding a Greyhound bus when he was viciously stabbed, beheaded, and cannibalized by another passenger about 18 km west of Portage la Prairie, Manitoba. After arriving on scene, RCMP watched for hours as the perpetrator, Vince Li, 40, desecrated Tim’s body inside the bus after the driver and remaining passengers had fled, powerless to stop the man’s frenzy. Less than a year later, Vince Li was found not criminally responsible (NCR) for Tim McLean’s slaying, but held in a Manitoba psychiatric institution from which he was released just 6 years later.Sources:Cold Facts of the Case – Tim’s LawYouTube — R.I.P Tim McLean - July 30, 2008 Greyhound Bus TragedyYouTube — TIMOTHY MCLEAN KILLING (CAROL DE DELLEY INTERVIEW) AFTERMATH OF MURDER: SURVIVOR STORIESJustice served with the absolute discharge of Vince Li – The ManitobanBOOK: Shrunk — Crime and Disorders of the Mind by LoreProceed with Extreme Caution: The Not Criminally Responsible Defence | CanLIIVincent Li found not criminally responsible for murder - Winnipeg Free PressDocumentCloud — Manitoba Criminal Code Review Board decisionTimeline of decisions in the case of Vince Li - Winnipeg | Globalnews.caVince Li Archives - Dying WordsYouTube — Vince Li — “Please, kill me.”YouTube — The Fifth Estate — Bus 1170 : Vince Li and the Greyhound Bus Murder (2011)Killing of Tim McLean - WikipediaVince Li | News, Videos & Articles | Globalnews.caLooking back at the Greyhound bus beheading a decade down the road | Globalnews.caNot Criminally Responsible Reform Act (backgrounder) — Canada News CentreNot Criminally Responsible Reform Acthttp://summit.sfu.ca/system/files/iritems1/16395/etd9553_TMiller.pdfTalk:Killing of Tim McLean - WikipediaHow to Be a Juggalo: 12 Steps (with Pictures) - wikiHow FunA Conversation With Vince Li - Steinbachonline.comVince Li, man who beheaded Greyhound bus passenger, seeks absolute discharge | CBC NewsR.I.P Tim McLean — Facebook GroupMCLEAN TIMOTHY - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press PassagesTimeline to the Greyhound bus killing | CBC NewsVince Weiguang Li | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderersSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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186
September 6, 2021
Canadians and the September 11, 2001 Attacks
Episode 186: Twenty years ago, on the morning of September 11, 2001, as the world watched in horror, 19 radical Islamist al-Qaeda terrorists launched a group of coordinated attacks using four commuter planes as weapons, hitting several preplanned targets in the eastern United States. Two of the airliners were flown deliberately into each of the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York City, a third plane smashed into the U.S. Pentagon. A fourth plane believed to have been bound for the U.S. Capitol building crashed into a field in Pennsylvania after passengers aboard the flight fought back against the terrorists who’d taken over the flight.Among the 2977 people who died as a direct result of the attacks, 24 of those were Canadian. As with many other countries, Canada stepped up to help in the immediate aftermath. What follows are details of the initial attacks and then some of the stories from that day and its aftermath.Sources and Further Reading:National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United StatesNot a drill – Canada’s air force on 9/11 | Globalnews.caOperation Support - WikipediaOperation Yellow Ribbon - WikipediaCasualties of the September 11 attacks - WikipediaPublic Safety Canada — Remembering September 11thThe Government of Canada’s response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11CANADA AND 9/11: BORDER SECURITY IN A NEW ERATHE VIEWS OF CANADIAN SCHOLARS ON THE IMPACT OF THE ANTI-TERRORISM ACTThe Cost of 9/11The Day Canadians Opened Their Homes To AmericansThe Anti-Terrorism Act and Security Measures in Canada: Public Views, Impacts and Travel ExperiencesHalifax airport employee remembers ‘grateful’ passengers and crew stranded on 9/11 | Globalnews.caNew York thanks Gander, NL for help on 9/11 with piece of World Trade Center | Globalnews.ca9/11 Canadian victims | Globalnews.caBrian Williams Memory September 11: Why Our Memory May Change | TimeRCMP officer kept stranded air passengers safe on 9/11 | Royal Canadian Mounted PoliceFront row for history: Doc reveals fates of the ‘9/11 Kids’ at school with George W. Bush | Globalnews.ca9/11 and Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia‘Global National’ celebrates 20 years in TV special: ‘Disruption: 20 Years of Global National’ - National | Globalnews.caCan Watching Media Cause Symptoms of Trauma or PTSD? — Counselling & Therapy Services - The Juniper CenterSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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166
April 19, 2021
Hate Crime: The Murder of Aaron Webster
In the early morning hours of November 17, 2001, officers from the Vancouver Police were dispatched to the Second Beach area of Stanley Park. Several callers to 911 indicated that there had been some kind of  altercation and a group of man had badly beaten another man. Two VPD constables arrived at the Second Beach parking lot within minutes of being called to find a distraught man frantically providing CPR to a bloodied man on the ground. The man on the ground was naked except for socks and shoes. Police assessed the man’s condition and immediately called for an ambulance. The paramedics from the BC Ambulance Service arrived quickly, but determined that it was too late. Aaron Zane Donald Webster, 42-year-old and a  member of Vancouver’s gay community, was dead. He had been brutally beaten with a blunt instrument and his killers had skittered off into the night leaving Aaron to die. Aaron’s death would be come to be recognized as Canada’s most well-known and notorious cases of ‘gay bashing’. Guest Host: Mathew Stockton (Steve the dog's dad) Sources: R. v. J.S., 2003 BCPC 442 (CanLII), R. v. A.C., 2003 BCPC 508 (CanLII), R. v. Cran and Rao, 2004 BCSC 1635 (CanLII), R. v. Cran, 2005 BCSC 171 (CanLII), R. v. J.S., 2005 BCPC 556 (CanLII), R. v. Cran, 2006 BCCA 464 (CanLII), [Wright, N. (2011). Murder in the park : civic identity-making and space in Vancouver. University of British Columbia.] [Aaron Webster | Xtra Magazine] [The murder that changed us | Xtra Magazine] [Ten Years After Aaron Webster’s Death, What’s Changed? | The Tyee] [Stanley Park Rawlings Trail, Gay Vancouver Cruising Areas] [Stanley Park | City of Vancouver] [Search - Aaron Webster - 2001 - Newspapers.com] [Aaron Webster - CHF BC] [Aaron Webster Housing Co-operative – Original Site – Community Land Trust] [QMUNITY — BC’s Queer, Trans, and Two-Spirit Resource Centre] [Pflag Canada] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine
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