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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 Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 126 - On the morning of June 18, 1906, on the trail on the west side of the Two-Mile House, a drinking establishment outside Hazelton, B.C., the body of local tough guy, Alex McIntosh, was found. He had been ambushed and shot through the back. A short time later on the trail to the east of the Two-Mile House, the body of a labourer, Max Leclair, was discovered. He'd died in exactly the same manner. As McIntosh and an indigenous business man named Simon Peter Gunanoot had had a brutal fight only hours prior, suspicion fell on Gunanoot. When the posse went to arrest him he had already taken off into the wilderness and would lead police on the most expensive manhunt in B.C. history. Gunanoot managed to evade capture for over a decade and was not brought in until he was ready to turn himself in. Sources: [Simon Gunanoot - Chasing Shadows by Monty Bassett] [Hazelton, British Columbia, Canada] [Kispiox Band Site] [Gitxsan Nation Site] [Emily Carr paintings near Kispiox - Contact Sheet] [Simon Gunanoot - Wikipedia] [Newspapers.com search - Simon Peter Gunanoot in Canada] [Echoes of British Columbia by Robert Budd - goodreads.com] [My Country by Pierre Berton - goodreads.com] [100 years since the surrender of Simon Gunanoot – BC Local News] [The man who stayed invisible for thirteen years | Maclean’s | JULY 5, 1958] [HistoricPlaces.ca - Simon Gun-an-noot’s Grave] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 124 - Women and girls, many indigenous have been going missing in the area of Northern British Columbia's Highway 16 since 1969. The route has become known as the Highway of Tears. Many have been found deceased and still others have just vanished. In this episode we cover the murders of Jill Stuchenko, Natasha Montgomery, Cynthia Maas and Loren Leslie. All four were killed over a span of 14 months by a violent and cold blooded monster with a baby face, a serial killer named Cody Alan Legebokoff of Prince George, B.C. Sources and Further Reading: [2013 BCSC 2178 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2014 BCSC 315 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2014 BCSC 1636 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2014 BCSC 1746 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [2016 BCCA 386 (CanLII) | R. v. Legebokoff | CanLII] [Legebokoff interview 2 by PGCitizen | Free Listening on SoundCloud] [goodreads.com - Highway of Tears by Jessica McDiarmid] [Global News - SEARCH: Legebokoff] [Legebokoff Trial | Prince George Citizen] [Legebokoff evidence | Prince George Citizen] [Who is Cody Alan Legebokoff?  | Globalnews.ca] [Families of Legebokoff victims give emotional statements at sentencing hearing] [HighwayofTears.org] [Home - Highway of Tears Film] [“Knocking on Heaven’s Door” (cover) by Natasha Montgomery - YouTube] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 116 - The last time Heather Thomas's dad Pat saw his ten year old daughter alive was on the afternoon of October 1, 2000 when she went outside to play around their Cloverdale, BC, townhouse complex. After one the largest searches in RCMP history to that point, it was a hitchhiker who found Heather's body floating facedown in Alouette Lake in Golden Ears Park. Heather had been murdered and the community was shocked when they found out it had been one of their own who had done the terrible deed. Sources and Further Reading: R. v. Ertmoed, 2006 BCCA 365 (CanLII), R. v. Ertmoed, 2002 BCSC 806 (CanLII), R. v. Ertmoed, 2002 BCSC 1848 (CanLII), [vLex - R. v. Ertmoed (S.R.), (2006) 229 B.C.A.C. 168 (CA)] [vLex]- R. v. Ertmoed (S.R.), [2002] B.C.T.C. 1847 (SC)]  [Ertmoed gets life for murdering little girl - The Globe and Mail] [The Cloverdale Market | Your Weekly Treasure Hunt] [Resources & Research: Abducted then Murdered Children – protectchildren.ca] https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/85-002-x1998009-eng.pdf https://www.protectchildren.ca/pdfs/C3P_AMC_PreliminaryFindings_en.pdf  “Heather” by Pete Cross from the Behind the Yellow Tape blog [5 Oct 2000, 20 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com] [6 Oct 2000, 3 - Surrey Leader at Newspapers.com] [23 Oct 2000, 1 - The Province at Newspapers.com] [30 Oct 2000, 21 - The Province at Newspapers.com] [4 Nov 2000, 1 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com] [5 Nov 2000, 12 - The Province at Newspapers.com] [7 Nov 2000, 1 - The Vancouver Sun at Newspapers.com] [7 Nov 2000, 19 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com] [8 Nov 2000, 3 - Surrey Leader at Newspapers.com] [17 Nov 2000, 5 - Surrey Leader at Newspapers.com] [30 Aug 2002, 6 - The Province at Newspapers.com]() [The Life of a Curious Girl: Heather Thomas] [Surrey child killer applies for early parole under faint-hope clause that has since been repealed – Surrey Now-Leader] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 113 - This week Mike and Scott present some lighter fare in the form of a mystery that has persisted for generations surrounding a mysterious creature said to inhabit the waters of Lake Okanagan. Sightings of the serpent like cryptid called Opopogo or in Salish, n'ha-a-itk, continue to this day without an accepted scientific explanation for the phenomenon. 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 and Further Reading: [Okanagan Nation Alliance – ałi kwu_swiwi-numtax, ałi kwu_suknaqinx, ałi axa/ L/tmxwula/xw.] [Is Ogopogo real?  Incredible sightings in Lake Okanagan, British Columbia, Canada!] [Extended interview with legend hunter about Ogopogo | Watch News Videos Online] [‘It was like a giant snake’: Did Kelowna man capture video of Ogopogo?  | Globalnews.ca] [RAW VIDEO: David Halbauer says he saw Ogopogo | Watch News Videos Online] 2011 [Possible Ogopogo sighting? - YouTube] 2018 [OGOPOGO SIGHTING July 10, 2018 cryptid - YouTube] [Ogopogo - Wikipedia] [Ogopogo: Canada’s Loch Ness Monster | Live Science] [Cryptomundo » Ogopogo Photo Reward] [Kelowna, BC, Canada - Ogopogo Lake Monster] [The legendary Ogopogo lake monster, caught on video | Fox News] [Lake Monsters: Ogopogo, Canadian Lake Monster] [Ogopogo - Mythical Cryptid Lake Monster | Mythology.net] [Stories of Ogopogo] [Ogopogo the Chameleon | Skeptical Inquirer] [Videos – Red Earth Uncovered] [Legend of Ogopogo in the Okanagan Valley | Tourism Kelowna] [Ogopogo – Okanagan Okanogan] [36 Times Ep.32 East Meets West | Podbean] [ogopogo | Mysterious Universe] [Buy Canada #1292 - Ogopogo  (1990) 39¢ | Arpin Philately] [Susan Louisa Moir Allison - Wikipedia] [A Pioneer Gentlewoman in British Columbia: The Recollections of Susan Allison by Margaret A. Ormsby] [People are Seeing Something: A Survey of Lake Monsters in the United States and Canada eBook: Denver Michaels: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store] [Syilx - Wikipedia] [“The Ogo-Pogo” Harry Fay (as George Berry) YouTube] [Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra [Ogo Pogo - YouTube] [Legendary giant sturgeon caught on British Columbia’s Fraser River | Watch News Videos Online] [Beyond Loch Ness aka “Loch Ness Terror”] [Beyond Loch Ness trailer - YouTube] [“Ogopogo” Now Has a Price in His Head] [Ogopogo protector passes on | News | kelownadailycourier.ca] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 111 - Near noon on November 6, 2017, reports of multiple shots fired in the parking lot of a busy Abbotsford, B.C. strip mall brought a swarm of Abby PD officers racing toward the scene. The first to arrive  was Cst. John Davidson, 53-years-old, a 24 year veteran of policing and well respected in the city for his kindness, passion for helping the community's youth and dedication to his work. On leaving his vehicle in response to the reported situation, the unsuspecting officer was gunned down; shot from behind in cold blood by Albertan, Oscar Ferdinand Arfmann. who'd been on a crime spree, stealing two cars over three days from local dealerships. John Davidson was a beloved husband and father to three adult children. 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 and further reading: R. v Arfmann, 2019 BCSC 1618 (CanLII), R. v Arfmann, 2020 BCSC 56 (CanLII), R. v Arfmann, 2020 BCSC 110 (CanLII), [Abbotsford Police Department - Home | Facebook] [Abbotsford Police Department] [Cst. John Davidson Was Such An Exemplary Police Officer That Even The People Who Had Been Pulled Over By Him Are Grieving - The Lynda Steele Show - Omny.fm] [Tourism Abbotsford – Handmade & Homegrown] [Operation X “The Straight Goods on “E.” - YouTube] [Remembering Const. John Davidson - YouTube] - CBC coverage of Cst. John Davidson’s Celebration of Life on November 19, 2017 [“We just want to say a few things about our dad”: John Davidson | Global News] [Cellphone video captures Abbotsford police incident | Watch News Videos Online] [Man who killed Abbotsford police constable hears victim impact statements | Global News] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

In our 100th episode we take a look back before talking about the disappearance of Madison Scott from Vanderhoof BC in May of 2011.

As a result of the crash of a USAF bomber in 1950, the core of a nuclear weapon was lost over British Columbia.

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.