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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

Episode 163: In New Brunswick, in the fall of 1922 a convicted double murderer named Bennie Swim was hanged for the murder of the woman he loved, his first cousin Olive and her husband, Harvey Trenholm. Bennie didn’t die the first time, so the authorities hanged him again. Co-host: Carol Browne Promo:Murderish Sources: The Ballad of Benny Swim (original) - Mike Q - YouTube Hanged Twice_Benny Swim Bennie Swim | Cases | Crime and Punishment | Projects | Faculty of Arts | UNB ExecutedToday.com » 1922: Benny Swim, “dead as a door-nail” (or not) The Carleton County Man Who Was Hung Twice ”Benny Swim” Benny “Bennie” Swim (1899-1922) - Find A Grave Memorial The Life of a Screw - Douglas E. Arch Drop Dead: A Horrible History of Hanging in Canada: Poplak, Lorna HistoricPlaces.ca - HistoricPlaces.ca Harvey Dixon Trenholm (1883-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree Olive M (Swim) Trenholm (1905-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree Benny Swim (1899-1922) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree William Guy Carr - Wikipedia This Week in New Brunswick History http://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/canada.html Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 125 - On cold December night just before Christmas in 1974, the 14-year-old son of Moncton, NB restauranteur, Cy Stein was kidnapped from the family home by two masked gunman. By just before 5:00am the kidnapping came to and end, but two city of Moncton police officers had then gone missing. Their fate would not be known for two more days, and the outcome was not positive. Sources: Regina v. Hutchison, 1975 CanLII 1280 (NB CA) Ambrose v. The Queen, 1976 CanLII 201 (SCC), [1977] 2 SCR 717 More sources and further reading at darkpoutine.com Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Fred Fulton and Verna Decarie were found burally murdered in the Minto NB home. Their 22 year old neighbour and only suspect in the case had disappeared.

Episode 019: In our last episode career criminal Allan Legere had just been convicted of the murder of respected Chatham shopkeeper John Glendenning and the ...

Episode 018: We return to Atlantic Canada for the first of a two part series on Allan Joseph Legere aka The Monster of Mirimachi. In ...

Episode 012: The crimes we're looking at in this episode took place in Moncton, New Brunswick on June 4. 2014. In just over twenty minutes, ...