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Episode 144: On the evening of December 27, 2005, in my home province of Nova Scotia, Jason McCrae, husband of a beloved educator, artist, sister and mother named Paula Anne Gallant, reported her missing. Paula failed to return to her home in Timberlea after a shopping trip to nearby Halifax. The next day, Paula’s body was found locked in the trunk of her car in the parking lot of the school where she taught the third grade. The cause of Paula’s death was not immediately evident, nor was it apparent how she had come to be in the trunk of her vehicle. Sources: https://www.scribd.com/document/49878324/Statement-of-Facts-R-v-Jason-Wayne-MacRAE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula_Ann_Gallant https://web.archive.org/web/20160304180629/http://paulagallant.com/ http://silentwitnessnovascotia.ca/paula-anne-gallant/ https://www.victimsweek.gc.ca/stories-experience/r3.html https://caperfrasers.wordpress.com/2010/08/18/paula-gallant-murder-2/ https://canadianwomen.org/the-facts/gender-based-violence/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/macrae-strangled-wife-over-700-debt-1.1054417 https://haligonia.ca/regan-relieved-closure-coming-for-family-of-paula-gallant-34003/ https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2010/08/18/husband_charged_five_years_after_wifes_murder.html https://damianpenny.com/2011/03/03/justice-at-last-for-paula-gallant/ https://pictouadvocate.com/tag/paula-gallant/ https://globalnews.ca/news/70852/have-you-met-mr-big/ https://www.insurancebusinessmag.com/ca/special-reports/women-of-influence-2015/lana-kenny-48909.aspx https://www.metro.us/macrae-sentenced-life-in-prison-no-parole-for-15-years/ https://dubyadubya.wordpress.com/tag/leslie-conrad/ https://www.dignitymemorial.com/en-ca/obituaries/halifax-ns/paul-kenny-9135535 https://www.capebretonpost.com/news/local/paula-gallants-husband-says-he-killed-her-in-argument-over-700-gambling-debt-4474/ http://thans.ca/paula-gallant-memorial-modified-art-therapy-project/ http://musingsbygina.blogspot.com/2007/08/not-so-merry-after-all.html https://web.archive.org/web/20130701012300/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/ns/news-nouvelles/releases-communiques/Aug1810_133158-eng.htm Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

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

Episode 122 - This is for or the deceased victims, the injured, the families, the friends and Bluenosers everywhere who are hurting after the shooting rampage that shook the little province of Nova Scotia to its core on April 18 and 19, 2020.  This is not who Nova Scotians are. This will not define us.  #NovaScotiaStrong The deceased are: Lisa McCully Greg Blair & Jamie Blair Peter Bond & Joy Bond John Zahl & Elizabeth Joanne Thomas Dawn Madsen & Frank Gulenchyn Jolene Oliver, Aaron Tuck & Emily Tuck Corrie Ellison Sean McLeod & Alanna Jenkins Tom Bagley Lillian Hyslop Heather O’Brien Kristen Beaton & baby Beaton RCMP Cst. Heidi Stevenson Joey Webber Gina Goulet Call the Nova Scotia RCMP tip line at 902-720-5959 with any information you have that can assist. Leave a detailed voicemail and an investigator will return your call. [Share your condolences  - Government of Nova Scotia, Canada] [Stronger Together NS Public Group | Facebook] [RCMP, Nova Scotia (@RCMPNS) | Twitter] [GLOBAL NEWS - Nova Scotia shooting | News, Videos & Articles] [RCMP release detailed timeline of 13-hour shooting rampage - YouTube] [Nova Scotia Remembers - YouTube] Official list of sites to donate to help the families of the fallen: [Heart Colchester – Heart Colchester] Other Links: [Familiar Stranger - YouTube] [Caribbean Baseball Goodwill Tours] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 114 - On the morning of September 11, 2015, off-duty Truro, Nova Scotia police constable, Catherine Campbell, went to a Halifax bar to wind down after a tough work week. She was looking forward to a visit with an old friend that weekend but never got to see her. Catherine was murdered that night and left underneath a Halifax bridge by her killer. Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. For 10% off your purchase please use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. R. v. Garnier, 2016 NSPC 86 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 102 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 238 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 239 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 259 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 338 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 339 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2017 NSSC 341 (CanLII), R. v Garnier, 2018 NSSC 196 (CanLII), TIMELINE [A complete look at the Crown’s case against Christopher Garnier  | Globalnews.ca] [Catherine Campbell: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam] [Catherine Campbell death a homicide | Local | News | SaltWire] [Truro Police Service - Home | Facebook] [Stellarton Fire Department - Our Crew] [Home - Stellarton] [Goodreads - Roll Up the Rim by Leo McKay Jr.] [Stellarton - Wikipedia] [HRP News | Halifax.ca] [Holland College | Atlantic Police Academy] [Christopher Garnier Court Exhibit 2 | Watch News Videos Online] [Christopher Garnier Court Exhibit 1 | Watch News Videos Online] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 99 - Only days after the D-Day invasion 18 Canadians were taken as prisoners of war by the fanatical nazis in the 12 SS Panzer Division. The were led back to Abbaye d'Aredene in Saint-Germain-la-Blanche-Herbe, France, a complex of structures that have stood since 1766. Over two days, June 7 and 8, 1944, 18 Canadian POW's, belonging to the North Nova Scotia Highlanders and the Sherbrooke Fusiliers  were murdered by men reporting to Waffen-SS Brigadeführer Kurt "Panzer" Meyer, who was later charged and convicted of war crimes for his hand in these and other murders of Canadian POWs at the hands of his troops. Sources: [Ardenne Abbey massacre - Wikipedia] [Abbaye d’Ardenne - Veterans Affairs Canada] [12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend - Wikipedia] [(PDF) Kurt Meyer on Trial: A Documentary Record] [D-Day veteran’s harrowing tale of advancing deep behind Nazi lines - YouTube] [WarHistoryOnline  - The Ardenne Abbey Massacre] [The 1942 Dieppe Raid - Veterans Affairs Canada] [WarMuseum.ca  - A Chronology of Canadian Military History - Canada at D-Day, 1944] [Grenadiers: The Story of Waffen SS General Kurt “Panzer” Meyer] [The 12th SS by Hubert Meyer] [World War II: 12th SS Hitlerjugend Panzer Division Fought in Normandy] [Guerres et violences à l’abbaye d’Ardenne] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

In 1995 Jeffrey Arenburg shot and killed sportscaster and former hockey player Brian Smith in Ottawa. Arenburg was ultimately found NCR for the murder. This is their story.

A look at one of Canada's most famous cases of wrongful conviction.

Sometimes the obvious suspect is not the offender.

Episode 66 - This week we go back in time to 1878 in Amherst Nova Scotia. We learn about one of Canada’s most documented and as yet unexplained paranormal events. Esther Cox, an ordinary 18-year-old in the town was at the center of these horrific psychic attacks, some people believe to have been poltergeists. It began with the feeling of something under the bed, odd noises and Esther suffering a weird illness. The events went on for months, eventually led to items flying around the home and mysterious fires being set seemingly out of nowhere. In the second half of the show we speak to paranormal investigator, author, teacher and media personality, Morgan Knudsen of entityseeker.ca. She gives us some insight into the case of Esther Cox as well as some others including those included in Blue Ant Media’s Paranormal 911 which can be seen here in Canada on Sunday nights at 8:00 pm Eastern. Sources: The Great Amherst Mystery - Wikipedia A Critical Study of "The Great Amherst Mystery Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research Walter Hubbell's - The Great Amherst Mystery aka The Haunted House Personal Experiences in Spiritualism Promos: For 10% off your CrimeCon tickets, please use the code POUTINE19 at checkout Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

In epsiode 061 we meet Michael Wayne McGray, a serial killer not as well known as some others, but perhaps more dangerous.