Dark Poutine

Episode 083 – The village of Minto, New Brunswick was rocked by the events occurring in April 2005 when a grisly murder scene was discovered at 358 Slope Road. Edlerly but active residents, Fred Fulton, known for his love of playing and listening to country music and his kind, wife Verna Decarie lay dead, butchered in their small rural home.

The village got it’s second blow when it became clear that one of their own, a 22-year-old neighbour of Fred and Verna’s, named Gregory Allen Despres was sought as a person of interest in the murders. He was on the run.

Bringing justice to this case would not prove an easy task in spite of a heap of evidence.

Sources:
R. v. Despres, 2008 NBQB 99 (CanLII) http://canlii.ca/t/1vz0x
R. v. Despres, 2007 NBQB 154 (CanLII) http://canlii.ca/t/1rb00
Wikipedia – Gregory Despres
SFGate Article
Global News articles about Shepody Healing Centre in NB

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Episode 082 – On the morning of December 6, 2009, Ottawa paramedics and police responded to what sounded like a frantic 911 call placed by a man at a residence in the Bayshore area. The man was screaming that his wife was not breathing. Upon arriving they found the owner of the home, 33-year-old Donna Jones, deceased on a makeshift mattress on the basement floor. Donna’s injuries and her time of death did not match the story that her husband Mark Peter Hutt was telling. Investigators would uncover a brutal history of abuse and torture ultimately leading to a heinous murder.

WARNING: This podcast includes graphic descriptions of violent domestic abuse and murder.

Sources:
R. v. Hutt, 2013 ONSC 2267 (CanLII)
CBC – Mark Peter Hutt police interview
Canada.com – Trial Coverage
Canada.com – More Trial Coverage
Psychology Today – How the brain works against abuse victims
Ottawa Citizen – Articles by Chloe Fedio and Andrew Seymour

Domestic Abuse Resources in Canada:
http://endingviolencecanada.org
Canada’s Department of Justice
Canada’s Treatment Programs for Men Who Abuse Their Partners

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Episode 081 – in the late 1920 and early 1930’s a group called the Aquarian Foundation, led by a self-professed spiritual guru who called himself Brother XII set up just south  of Nanaimo B.C. Brother XII drew wealthy followers to his cult with his promises of salvation through a coming apocalypse. As we’ve seen many times since the lust for power, sex and money corrupted the group, who, after scandals and cruel treatment turned on Brother XII.

He and a female follower, he claimed to be his wife, absconded with some of the treasure that the group had amassed. However, many believe there are still millions of dollars worth of Brother XII’s gold hidden somewhere in the area.

Photo from the collection of Melody Wilson-Claridge

Sources:
Wikipedia – Brother XII and De Courcy Island
The Brother XII Affair
Books by Brother XII on Amazon
BrotherXII.com  and the book Brother XII by John Oliphant
CBC – The Dream of Brother XII
Global – Brother XII’s Gold
Atlas Obscura entry about Brother XII
Theosophy.org – About Theosophy
Book – Canadian Mysteries of the Unexplained
Documentary – The Canadians: Brother Twelve

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Episode 080 – The tenth Prime Minister of Canada, William Lyon MacKenzie King, was instrumental in Canada’s growth from a mere British colony to an independent nation within the Commonwealth. He saw the country through World War 2 and helped to create some of the social policies that continue to make Canada one of the greatest countries in the world to live.

MacKenzie King had his dark side too as is evidenced in his extensive diaries. His government oversaw the internment of 22,000+ who were either Canadians with Japanese heritage or Japanese nationals. His thoughts and decisions based on racial ideals will be shocking to some.

King’s beliefs in the after life and spiritualist practices are probably the most bizarre. Driven by loneliness, Canada’s longest serving Prime Minister believed he was able to communicate with the spirits of dead relatives, in particular his mother. He also claimed to have interacted with the spirits of other dead politicians, Leonardo da Vinci and even his own deceased dog.

Photo Credit / Mention de source :
Paul Horsdal. Library and Archives Canada, C-055544

Sources:
Wikipedia – William Lyon MacKenzie King
Library and Archives Canada – Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King
Diary Entry – MacKenzie King meets Adolph Hitler
Harper Memorial (Sir Galahad)
Video – From the Diaries of William Lyon Mackenzie King (2017)
OpenTextBC article on Japanese Internment in Canada
Japanese Canadian Internment | Narrated by David Suzuki
Mental Floss – Was Canada’s Longest-Serving PM Also Its Strangest?
Book – King: William Lyon Mackenzie King: A Life Guided by the Hand of Destiny
Book – Unbuttoned: A History of Mackenzie King’s Secret Life

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Episode 079 – Jodi Henrickson, 17, was last seen in the company of her ex-boyfriend on the roadside near Miller’s Landing on Bowen Island, BC on the morning of June 20, 2009. Her ex-boyfriend said that he walked away from Jodi after an argument. She has not been seen since.

At the time of her disappearance, Jodi Henrickson was 17-year-old Caucasian female with long dark brown hair, a small build and stood approximately 5’3″. She was last seen wearing a black leather jacket, black long sleeve shirt, and blue jeans.

Jodi’s friends and family want to know what happened to her.

If you have any information the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team (IHIT) tip line number is 1-877-551-IHIT(4448). The team’s email is ihittipline@rcmp-grc.gc.ca.

Anonymous tips can be left with Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 or tips can be shared through SolveCrime.ca. A cash reward of up to $2000.00 will be paid for any information which leads to an arrest and charge.

Sources:
Facebook Group: Let’s Find Jodi Henrickson!
Global News: Crime Stoppers video about Jodi Henrickson
Global News: IHIT takes over case
Global News: Ex-boyfreind charged with unrelated sex offenses
CTV News –  New Charges Bring Hope
Vancouver Magazine article by Neil Boyd: Where’s Jodi Henrickson?
CBC: Court ordered ex-boyfriend to stay away from Jodi
CBC: Father Denies Son’s Involvement in Disappearance
The Province: Gavin’s mother speaks out
PiqueNews Article
Squamish Reporter: What Happened to Jodi?
Squamish Reporter: Ten years of searching
Unsolved Canada – Jodi Henrickson
Reddit Article – Contains links to court documents obtained by CBC

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Episode 078 – In May of 2013 police in New Jersey found respected, 73-year-old Lawyer, Joseph Galfy Jr. dead in the bedroom his home wearing only socks and underwear. Investigators were quickly onto a suspect who turned out to be a well known drifter.

Three months before, the suspect, 24-year-old, Canadian born Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, had become a internet celebrity, known as Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker. He was interviewed by Jessob Reisbeck for Fox News in Fresno California. In the interview Caleb, using another name, described coming to the aid of people who were being attacked by a large man who he’d been riding with only moments before. Using a hatchet from his backpack, Caleb had cleaved the man’s skull allowing bystanders and later police to subdue him.

McGillvary was apprehended days later, but only tried for the murder in May of 2019, 6 years later. Although convicted, he maintains his innocence claiming he killed Galfy in self-defence.

Photo Credit: Jessob Reisbeck/YouTube/GlobalNews.ca screen grab

Sources:
Wikipedia – Kai the Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker
Court Documents – People v Mcbride
Full Interview – Kai, Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker, Amazing Interview w/ Jessob Reisbeck
Kai’s Legal Support Fundrazr Page
Kai’s Legal Support Facebook Page
Kai’s Jimmy Kimmel Appearance
Songify This! – Smash, Smash SMASH

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Episode 077 – In 2004, after a year long chase across multiple U.S. States an unknown burglar, who’d proven quite a match fro even the best trackers, was cornered in Death Valley, near the ghost town of Ballarat, California. The chase first started there giving the perpetrator, and thorn in law enforcement’s side, his name: The Ballarat Bandit. Rather than face prison, when capture was imminent, the man took his own life. After nearly another two years the man was finally identified as 50-year-old George Robert Johnston, a Canadian, from Prince Edward Island. He was a beloved husband and father of four beautiful daughters. His true motives for the chase through the desert died with him. (Photo is Public Domain)

Sources:
Wikipedia – The Ballarat Bandit
CBC: Fugitive ID’d as PEI Man
Pahrump Valley Times Article
Jason Kersten’s – The Ballarat Bandit (PDF)
TV Episode: The Investigators – Lone Fugitive

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Episode 076 – The beautiful city of Vancouver has a surprisingly dark history of rioting over the years. Some have been politically and racially motivated, others have been music or sport related. The two we tackle in this episode are a couple of the most recent and most memorable. The NHL’s Vancouver Canucks made the Stanley Cup finals twice in a span of 17 years. After both series, coming on the heels of game 7 losses, bad apples tore up our fair city.

Sources:
Wikipedia 1994 Riot
STANLEY CUP RIOT, the real story 94 VideoPedia
Global: Time Line of 1994 Riot
Berntt v. The City of Vancouver et al
Wikipedia 2011 Riot
Global: Full Executive Summary on 2011 Riot
Archives: Global’s breaking news coverage of the 2011 Stanley Cup Riot
100 Things Canucks Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die

NOTE: Photo used for cover art is © Mike Browne from 2011’s game 4 in a fan zone in downtown Vancouver. It shows disappointed Canucks fans and does not show people involved in the riots after game 7.

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Episode 075 – In the summer of 1908 a huge explosion levelled over 2000 square kilometres in Siberia. The event happened near the remote Tunguska river. It created the loudest sound ever heard by human ears and was visible through Europe and Asia. Locals reported seeing a large fireball rumbling across the sky before the blast. To this day, almost 111 years later, the exact cause of Tunguska Event remains a mystery.

Sources:
Russian Site on the Event – photos, investigation and first hand accounts
100 Wonders: The Tunguska Event – Atlas Obscura – Video
NASA article on Tunguska
The Tunguska Event at Wikipedia
Nuclear Secrecy – Nukemap
Leonid Kulik
Noctilucent Clouds
Cornell article on Mirror Matter

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Episode 074 – In April of 1990, 14-year-old Julie Ann Stanton disappeared near her Pickering, Ontario home. Right away investigators suspected, Peter John Stark, a neighbour and father of Julie’s best, in Julie’s disappearance. After 4 years, the police and Crown finally had enough to go arrest Stark, who turned out to be a serial predator with a very dark past.

NOTE: This week’s guest host, Johanna Hemenway, went to the same high school and was in the same grade as Julie Stanton. She and some of her friends provided more insight around their experience with the crime and memories of the victim for the episode.

Sources:
R. v. Stark, 2000 CanLII 3503 (ON CA)
CBC The Detectives – Project Hitchhiker
York Police Cold Cases – Marie Woods
CP24 – Killer dies in prison

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