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Episode 139: On September 27, 2017, when Dianna Mah-Jones failed to show up for her shift without calling in sick, her co-workers were concerned. Neither Dianna nor her husband, Richard Jones, was answering the phone. One of Dianna’s colleagues went to the couple’s home in Vancouver’s Marpole neighbourhood and discovered what appeared to be a bloody crime scene. Dianna and Richard lay dead inside the house, brutally murdered.

After a complex and intense investigation police had their suspect. He was an odd man, with an odder name and an ever more odd explanation for what he had done.

Sources:
R. v Kam, 2020 BCSC 893 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/j897x> 
Complete Vancouver police interrogation of Rocky Rambo Wei Nam Kam | Vancouver Sun
2017 Health Care Hero Vancouver Coastal: Dianna Mah Jones – BC Health Care Awards Thrill Killing
UBC Memoriam
Global News – Marpole Murders
Crime Scene Evidence Photos

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Episode 138 – On the afternoon of May 10, 1973, a stranger entered the CIBC branch on Main St in the small town of Kenora, Ontario. The man, claiming he had a bomb, demanded all the money in the bank. (Photo credit: Don Dutton, Toronto Star)

Sources:
CJRL Covers the Kenora Bank Robbery 10 May 1973
Devil’s Gap by Joe Ralko
https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Paul_Higgins
https://www.services.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/missing-disparus/case-dossier.jsf?case=2016065871&id=10
https://www.thestar.com/photos/toronto_star_photo_blog/2017/05/remembering-don-dutton-through-his-photos.html
https://reuters.screenocean.com/record/1067788  (gore warning)
https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Canadian_Criminal_Sentencing/Cases/Robbery#Bank_robbery
https://www.fbi.gov/file-repository/bank-crime-statistics-2018.pdf/view
https://www.trentu.ca/indigenous/welcome/about-chanie-wenjack
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_Canadian_Imperial_Bank_of_Commerce_bank_robbery

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Episode 137 – At 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 19, 1914, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region of western Canada.

Episode written by Josina de Bree

Sources:
Anderson, Frank. “Hillcrest Mine Disaster” (Triumph and Tragedy in the Crowsnest Pass. Diana Wilson, Heritage House Publishing, Surrey, BC, 2005)
http://www.crowsnest.bc.ca
http://www.crowsnest-highway.ca
http://www.hillcrestminedisaster.com
Archival Holding PR0740. Provincial Archives of Alberta. https://hermis.alberta.ca/paa/Details.aspx?ObjectID=PR0740&dv=True&deptID=1
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/history/first-world-war/canada/Canada3
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_(Handel)
http://www.indsci.com/the-monitor-blog/carbon-monoxide-carbon-dioxide/
https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/health-topics/hw193731
https://alchetron.com/Hillcrest-mine-disaster
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2466176980

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Episode 136 – In July of 1998, Keith Scott Black went missing. He was a respected Taekwondo instructor who had three schools near Kelowna., B.C., where he taught with his wife, Rhonda Petra Black. Rhonda was saying Keith had abandoned her, but Keith’s sister Sandy and the cops knew there was more to the story. After five long years the story came to a conclusion as the true story emerged as did Keith’s remains.

Sources:
R. v. Black, 2007 BCSC 1105 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1s6zv> 
R. v. Steadman, 2008 BCSC 1613 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/21nmn>
http://www.worldtaekwondo.org/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fx5MLf3sdRQ 

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Episode 135 – In the wee hours of Saturday, October 11, 2008, after an altercation with his cousin and one of two roommates, 21-year-old, Dylan Koshman, left the Edmonton home he shared and out into the night wearing only sneakers, jeans and a t-shirt. Dylan has not been seen since and what was thought to be a missing person case was upgraded to homicide in 2017 by the Edmonton Police Service. Dylan’s mother, Melanie Alix, and his sister, Tara Koshman, were kind enough to share with us about Dylan’s disappearance and their years long search for him.

DOB/Age: 21 at the age of disappearance
EPS File #:08-136304

Dylan went missing on October 11, 2008 from the residence at 10404-33 Avenue.The circumstances of his disappearance are very suspicious and he has not been heard or seen since that date.

There is a reward of up to $40,000 for information leading to the arrest of the person(s) responsible for this homicide.

If you have any information on this or any other crime, please contact the Edmonton Police Service Complaint Line at 780-423-4567 or the Edmonton Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or submit your tip online. Please reference the EPS file number when possible.

Sources and Further Reading:
https://globalnews.ca/search/dylan%20koshman/
https://pleasebringmehome.com/dylan-koshman/
https://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2016-2017/the-disappearance-of-dylan-koshman
The Disappearance of Dylan Koshman – The Fifth Estate
EPS open hotline in Dylan Koshman case
https://www.facebook.com/helpfinddylankoshman/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/dylan-koshman-edmonton-missing-person-homicide-investigation-1.4037783
https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/CrimeFiles/Homicides/2000/DylanKOSHMAN
https://www.flickr.com/photos/dylankoshman/
https://discovermoosejaw.com/local/koshman-case-approaches-10-years-old
https://jerkshirehathaway.wordpress.com/2015/10/13/seven-years-ago-my-best-friend-disappeared/
https://www.metro.us/mom-holds-hope-for-son/
http://lostfacesofthemissing.blogspot.com/2008/11/monday4-missing-dylan-koshman.html

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Episode 134 – On the morning of October 22, 2014, an armed terrorist murdered Cpl. Nathan Cirillo, one of three honour guards at the National War Memorial in Ottawa, Ontario. Immediately after that, the man shot his way into the Parliament Buildings but was quickly neutralized by security service officers inside our nation’s capital.

Further Reading and Sources:

Nathan Cirillo
https://globalnews.ca/news/1630945/nathan-cirillo-soldier-and-dog-rescuer
https://truepatriotlove.com/
http://www.standonguardfund.com/
https://globalnews.ca/news/6067053/nathan-cirillo-five-year-anniversary/
https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/name/nathan-cirillo-obituary?pid=179271124
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/nathan-cirillo-tributes-pour-in-for-young-father-photographed-by-tourists-moments-before-fatal-9812599.html
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/cpl-nathan-cirillo-mourned-at-funeral-in-hamilton-1.2814727
https://youtu.be/fWtNKJ22a8A
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWC5XyjKCO0 GLOBAL: Ottawa Shooting: Who tried to save Nathan Cirillo’s life?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVFesFLnbm0 GLOBAL: Nathan Cirillo’s family delivers statement on his tragic death
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FfnZgVeaKI 
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-story-of-the-strangers-who-tried-to-save-cpl-nathan-cirillo/
https://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/remembering-cpl-nathan-cirillo/
https://www.thespec.com/opinion/contributors/2014/10/28/letter-to-the-son-of-corporal-nathan-cirillo.html
https://nationalpost.com/news/canada/the-man-who-comforted-cpl-nathan-cirillo-in-his-last-moments-is-haunted-by-the-parliament-hill-shooting
https://www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/4948067-cpl-nathan-cirillo-mourned-as-kid-at-heart-/
https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2014/10/22/soldier_fatally_shot_on_parliament_hill_identified_as_nathan_cirillo_of_hamilton.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/22/soldier_slain_at_war_memorial_remembered_as_compassionate.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/12/21/slain_soldiers_cirillo_vincent_named_newsmaker_of_the_year.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/11/15/facebook-shuts-down-fake-profile-with-cpl-nathan-cirillos-photos-to-contact-women.html
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/remembering-cpl-nathan-cirillo-five-years-after-he-was-killed-1.4649966

VIDEO and AUDIO 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjZG099WJm4 3 cameras
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XrGqoISd-do Gunfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cev1D4c1tqU EXCLUSIVE: Parliament Hill gunman shot 31 times
https://youtu.be/v4wfzWJ2Hwo How Kevin Vickers managed to subdue Ottawa gunman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu5XX-OTunc Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickers receives a standing ovation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OABF6RrNH6c RAW Ottawa shooting aftermath
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1H98uSBIfw Ottawa shooting: CCTV shows suspect arriving at parliament – BBC News

Radicalization Information
https://www.ltai.info/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130703015057/https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/nsci-ecsn/rad/youth-jeune-eng.pdf
https://www.scribd.com/book/323301024/What-You-Need-to-Know-About-ISIS-Terror-Religion-War-the-Caliphate-TERRORISM
https://theglobalcoalition.org/en/

The Shooter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f5m-wjA6kA Video made by Parliament Hill shooter
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/michael-zehaf-bibeau-addict-drifter-walking-contradiction/
http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/michael-zehaf-bibeau-buried-in-libya
http://ottawacitizen.com/news/national/photos-emerge-nathan-cirillo-shooting-zehaf-bibeau-war-memorial
http://canlii.ca/t/gf5kg
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/6-things-we-learned-about-michael-zehaf-bibeau-and-parliament-hill-shooting-1.2984759
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/11/10/rcmp-hits-wall-in-search-for-origin-of-michael-zehaf-bibeaus-gun.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/24/parliament_gunman_bought_car_used_in_attack_for_650.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/10/24/what_propelled_michael_zehafbibeau_on_path_to_radicalization.html

More Related Information
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_shootings_at_Parliament_Hill,_Ottawahttps://youtu.be/iqOrmnBp_nA Rushing to Cpl. Cirillo’s aid
http://www.canada.com/health/loved+ottawa+lawyer+describes+trying+save+nathan+cirillo+with+video/10318953/story.html
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/pblc-rprt-trrrsm-thrt-cnd-2018/index-en.aspx
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_Canada
https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/pblc-rprt-trrrsm-thrt-cnd-2018/index-en.aspx
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/odds-dying-terrorist-attack-zeeshan-ul-hassan-usmani
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2015/01/08/ottawa_shooting_hero_kevin_vickers_to_be_named_ambassador_to_ireland.html

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Episode 133 – Throughout the 1970s and ’80s serial pedophile Westley Allan Dodd molested dozens of children in the Pacific Northwest. Although caught for his crimes more than once Dodd never did any real prison time. Feeling invincible, Westley’s fantasies became more violent and depraved until the fall of 1989 when he crossed the line between child predator to multiple murder. On Labour Day weekend in Vancouver, WA. park Westley murdered two brothers, 11- and 10-year-old Cole and William Neer and nonchalantly walked out of the park undetected. Not satisfied with a single victim, Westley craved another kill and on October 29, 1989, he murdered 4-year-old Lee Iseli after kidnapping him from a Portland OR. playground. The Vancouver Child Killer’s ultimate undoing was his still unchecked desire for yet another victim.

Sources and Further Reading:
Dodd’s Uncensored Diary
Driven to Kill by Gary C. King 
Allan Dodd – Last Interview before Execution
Most Evil – Westley Allan Dodd
Real Detectives – Season 1, Episode 2 “Malice” 
Serial Murder and Media Circuses by Dirk C. Gibson
Serial Murderers and their Victims
TIME: Lessons of the Gruesome Case Behind One of America’s Last Legal Executions by Hanging 
When You Meet a Stranger by Westley Allan Dodd
Dodd, Westley Allan – Dr. Mike Aamodt – Radford University

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Episode 132: In this episode we take a look at a topic not spoken of often, slavery in colonial Canada and its aftermath. As well, we learn a little about the Black Loyalists in Nova Scotia and the shameful destruction of the community of Africville near Halifax, beginning in 1966.

Sources and further information:
[Africville Museum]
[Africville]
[The story of Africville | CMHR]
[Remember Africville by  – NFB]
[Transmopolis  » Wild Reports   » Eddie Carvery and Africville]
[2020 Honouree: the community of Africville | NS Heritage Day]
[Nova Scotia Archives – Gone but Never Forgotten]
[Black History in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia]
[Black History in Canada Education Guide | Canadian Encyclopedia]
[CDC: Black Loyalists]
[Code Noir – Wikipedia]
[Africville: A Community Destroyed | CBC Radio]
[Stolen From Africville – Broken Homes, Broken Hearts – Documentary]
[Remembering Black Loyalists – Who were Black Loyalists?]
[The story of slavery in Canadian history | CMHR]
[The Atlantic slave trade: What too few textbooks told you – | TED-Ed]
[Slave Voyages]
[The transatlantic slave trade: introduction]
[Heritage Minutes: Underground Railroad — YouTube]
[Africville — Children’s Book Reading — YouTube]
[Africville | GlobalNews.ca]
[Africville sources | Source Guide | Halifax]
[HRM: Africville – Apology]
[Fundraiser: Eddie Carvery – 50 Years of Africville Activism]

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Episode 131 – For centuries, the indigenous peoples of the western Canada and in the forest along the west coast of the United States told tales of a an elusive massive, hair covered bipedal creature leaving giant footprints behind. Called Sasquatch by some, and Bigfoot by others, this giant man of the forest has been described as gentle but potentially dangerous. In this our inaugural episode on a massive topic Mike and Scott give listeners an overview of the legend, some examples of encounters and some of the theories. Special Guest Dave Scott of Spaced Out Radio tells of his own run ins with the creature. Happy Canada Day!!

Sources & Further Reading:
https://www.cryptozoology.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptozoology
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sasquatch
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-019-1728-8
https://www.outsideonline.com/2095096/man-who-created-bigfoot
https://web.archive.org/web/20150819101546/http://www.sasquatchdatabase.com/
https://www.sasquatchcanada.com/https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1oUzrtOcvHs6Px-EfTRTdLt0cfDA&ll=50.639428965645266%2C-124.09120342344102&z=6&fbclid=IwAR1rnPwm8tRVUhqkHeT02B0geq-mV1O-Gz0eiXwLzzHp1qO87380nzTdPVc more than 900 sightings at CanadianSasquatch.com
http://anyflip.com/pzdt/mwly Bigfoot Sightings
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Willison_Green
http://www.cryptozoonews.com/johngreen-obit/
https://kilby.ca/learn/museum-exhibits/
https://vault.fbi.gov/bigfoot/bigfoot-part-01-of-01/view
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C2fsMsPz1DQ MONSTER of the WOODS the John Green interview 1999
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKwc331mnxc John Green – Sasquatch Summit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeJ-KORUt5E Bigfoot Man or Beast 1972 Patterson-Gimlin 16mm film Robert Morgan documentary full movie Sasquatch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7SpzTeodx0 Discovering Bigfoot – movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOxuRIfFs0w&feature=emb_title Patterson Gimlin film
https://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/permanent/northwest-coast/haida
https://www.sesqui.ca/en/news/kristi-lane-sinclair-on-the-legend-of-the-sasquatch/
http://www.native-languages.org/legends-bigfoot.htm
http://www.sesqui.ca/en/news/legendary-creatures-from-around-the-world/
https://www.mymondotrading.com/native-meanings-symbology-myths-legends
https://scenicsasquatch.com/2018/04/18/sasquatch-in-the-traditions-of-the-coast-salish-tribes/

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Episode 130 – On March 29, 1975, pretty and popular, 16-year-old Sharron Prior left her home in the Montreal, QC, neighbourhood where she lived with her mom and siblings. She was off to a pizza joint only 5 short blocks away. Sharron was found days later, raped and murdered in another neighbourhood across the river. Her murder has never been solved. Her mom, Yvonne, still holds hope that one day she will see Sharron’s killer brought to justice.

Sources & Further Reading
http://www.sharronprior.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/4790700762/
http://www.truecrimediary.com/index.cfm?page=cases&id=49
https://defrostingcoldcases.com/the-point-st-charles-nightmare-the-1975-murder-of-sharron-prior/
http://sharronprior.blogspot.com/
https://www.crave.ca/en/tv-shows/sur-les-traces-dun-tueur-en-serie

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