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Episode 151 - On January at 10:30 p.m., a 911 operator took a call from a seemingly distraught sixteen-year-old girl. When Peel Police arrived at the Mississauga, Ontario home two teenage girls, Sandra, 16, and Beth, 15, led them upstairs to the bathroom where their mother, Linda Andersen, 43, lie face down, deceased in the tub. For almost a year the police believed Linda's death was a tragic accident, but they learned differently from a young man who could not keep a secret any longer. NOTE: Aliases used to protect the identities of young offenders. co-host: Carol Browne promo:Minds of Madness Sources: R. v. K.(C.)1 and K. (C.)2, 2005 ONCJ 462 (CanLII), R. v. K.(Cr.) and K.(Ct.), 2006 ONCJ 283 (CanLII), R. v. J.F., 2011 ONCA 220 (CanLII), R. v. J.F., 2013 SCC 12 (CanLII), [2013] 1 SCR 565, https://web.archive.org/web/20150120034422/http://nicholasguindon.com/f/C_K_Ruling.PDF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Linda_Andersen https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3123956-man-who-aided-bathtub-girls-asks-for-more-time/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bathtub-girl-killer-gets-early-release-for-university-studies-1.854264 https://www.citynews1130.com/2014/04/09/from-murder-to-law-school-story-of-ontario-sisters-who-drowned-mom-now-a-movie/ https://www.thestar.com/search.html?q=bathtub%20girls&pagenum=2 https://www.newspapers.com/search/legacy/#query=bathtub+girls+mississauga&dr_year=2004-2020&offset=12&p_place=Canada https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/bathtub-girls-younger-of-two-sisters-who-killed-mom-in-2003-now-an-articling-student-for-toronto-criminal-lawyer Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 149:William Avery (Billy) Bishop was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, on February 8, 1894. When the First World War broke out, as with many young men of his day, Billy was off to Europe to do his part. By the end of the war, Bishop claimed he had survived more than 170 air battles and said he had shot down seventy-two German aircraft. This number left Bishop only three behind René Fonck of France and eight behind The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, who had 80 kills. These numbers made Bishop the top Canadian and British Empire flying ace of the war and Canada’s most storied veterans. But Billy’s story does come with some controversy. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bishop https://www.scribd.com/book/230095060/The-Courage-of-the-Early-Morning-A-Biography-of-the-Great-Ace-of-World-War-I https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/billy-bishop https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/100-stories/Pages/bishop.aspx https://www.constable.ca/caah/bbishop.htm https://www.owensound.ca/en/billy-bishop-museum.aspx https://valourcanada.ca/military-history-library/billy-bishop-vc/ https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-avery-bishop https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/billy-bishop https://www.nfb.ca/film/the-kid-who-couldnt-miss/ https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/educational-magazines/william-billy-avery-bishop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc2LjoXbX-c Classic WW1 Fighters Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 143: On the island paradise Bermuda in the early morning hours of July 3, 1996, a group of friends were riding in a car headed toward Ferry Reach Park, on the northeastern edge of the island. The vehicle’s occupants were startled when the car’s headlights illuminated a form lying in the middle of the dark and isolated road. They pulled the car over and got out to investigate. The group presumed at first it was an injured dog, but as they approached, they realized that this was a nearly naked and bloodied teenage girl. She was seventeen-year-old, Rebecca Middleton from Belleville, Ontario. Although alive when the strangers found her, Rebecca died from her injuries before authorities could get to her. Rebecca's story and aftermath have become the basis for one of the darkest moments in Bermuda's history. Sources: https://www.amazon.ca/Kill-Me-Once-Twice-Playground-ebook/dp/B07933SB3S/ https://web.archive.org/web/20060714193555/ http://rebeccamiddleton.org/index.html https://www.guelphmercury.com/news-story/7662753-middleton-murder-accused-deported-from-bermuda/ https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2016/06/29/rebecca-middleton-remembered-20-years-after-her-murder-in-bermuda.html http://michellesaysso.blogspot.com/2007/05/forget-your-trip-to-bermuda.html https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/blair-s-wife-asks-bermudian-court-to-reopen-case-of-slain-canadian-1.668711 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Rebecca_Middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20180702/in-memory-of-rebecca http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160704/bermuda-remembers-rebecca-middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20171019/embarrassing-that-mundy-gets-executive-treatment http://www.royalgazette.com/crime/article/20171013/mundy-returns-to-jamaica http://www.royalgazette.com/letters-to-the-editor/article/20160704/spare-thought-rebecca-middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/news/article/20160704/bermuda-remembers-rebecca-middleton http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140409/COMMENT03/140409756 http://www.royalgazette.com/article/20140915/NEWS/140919824 https://youtu.be/lVYhEdSaTEU  ID Documentary Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 140: On July 22, 2018, at around 10:00 pm, calls flooded Toronto's 911 call centre. There was a man on Danforth shooting at people in the streets and in the restaurants and cafes in Greektown. After the 16-minute rampage, 13 people were wounded, 10-year-old Julianna Kozis and 18-year-old Reese Fallon had been killed and the gunman had completed suicide. Even after two intensive investigations, one question remains - Why? Sources: https://globalnews.ca/news/4347334/toronto-danforth-shooting-timeline-map/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_Toronto_shooting https://www.torontopolice.on.ca/publications/files/20190621-danforth_shootings_findings_of_investigation.pdf https://www.siu.on.ca/en/directors_report_details.php?drid=165 https://globalnews.ca/news/5416470/toronto-police-danforth-shooting-investigation/ |https://globalnews.ca/news/4346833/danforth-shooting-what-we-know-about-suspect/ https://globalnews.ca/?s=danforth+shooting https://globalnews.ca/tag/julianna-kozis/ https://globalnews.ca/?s=reese+fallonhttps://globalnews.ca/?s=faisal+hussain https://canadiantruecrime.ca/news/2018/4/24/canadian-crime-podcast-event https://www.arbormemorial.ca/highland-scarborough/obituaries/reese-fallon/21923 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incel https://youtu.be/xmiM91Elbn8  https://youtu.be/4mMgJML1pbY  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1igcEIdikZw https://twitter.com/stilez/status/1021242759401779201?lang=en Trigger Warning: Shooting Video Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

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

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

Episode 127 - On the morning of October 20, 2003, in North York, a quiet neighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Raymond Zhang and Sherry Xu awakened to find their only child, 9-year-old, Cecilia was missing. She had clearly been abducted. There were no ransom demands or clear motives for her kidnapping. All efforts to find the girl were fruitless, until a Scarborough man stumbled across a body in a ravine late in March 2004. Sources and further reading: Agreed Statement of Facts (PDF) Raymond Zhang - Victim Impact Statement (PDF) Sherry Xu - Victim Impact Statement (PDF) CBC Zhang Case Background CBC Zhang Case Background (more) Cecilia Zhang search at Newspapers.com https://missingkids.ca/ https://protectchildren.ca/ https://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/gazette/child-abduction https://www.canadasmissing.ca/pubs/2019/index-eng.htm web.archive.org - ceciliazhang.org Globe and Mail - RIP Cecilia, Happy Birthday Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 120 - For ages people have been drawn to Niagara Falls, the most famous group of waterfalls in North America, and maybe the world. As many as 20 million people per year visit to view the awesome power of nature as tens of millions of liters of water spectacularly pour over the falls every minute. There have been many accidental deaths, but there have been many drawn to the torrents for other darker reasons. Some come to end their own lives and others, the daredevils, to try to prove their ingenuity and courage can beat the falls. Some have failed in the attempt. NOTE: There will be talk of suicide in this episode. Sources and more information: [Niagara: A History of the Falls by Pierre Berton] [The River of Lost Souls: What We Might Learn From Niagara Falls Suicides by Michael Clarkson] [Welcome to Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada | City of Niagara Falls, Canada] [Niagara Falls,  Ontario,   Canada - World Waterfall Database] [Niagara Falls - Niagara Falls Tourism Information] [Facts About Niagara Falls | Live Science] [Niagara Falls Facts & Information] [On the Meaning  of Niagara - Brocku.ca] [Daredevil Exhibit - Things to do | Niagara Falls Canada] [Daredevils of Niagara Falls] [List of objects that have gone over Niagara Falls - Wikipedia] [Niagara Falls without water, 1969] [Sounds of Niagara Falls • Niagara Whirlpool • Horseshoe Falls • American Falls • Bridal Veil Fall - YouTube] [WNED PBS Documentaries | Daredevils of Niagara Falls | PBS] [Daredevils of Niagara Falls] [Niagara River - Life & Death on the river: Accidents & Rescues] [Ed Delahanty Obituary] [Stunters & Daredevils] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 115 - On the morning of May 24, 1987, 23-year-old Kenneth Parks walked into a police department covered in blood that was not just his own. Kenneth was disoriented and bleeding profusely from wounds to both his hands which were badly cut. Kenneth said “Oh my God, I just killed someone”; “I've just killed two people”. Kenneth was referring to his in-laws Barbara and Denis Woods of Scarborough. Police found Barbara deceased at the scene and Denis was severely injured, but survived. There was no question Kenneth had done it, but was he responsible? In a precedent setting case his defence team would claim that as Kenneth was sleepwalking when he committed the crime, he should not be held accountable. 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 & Further Reading [Why We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams by Matthew Walker] [Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman] R. v. Parks (C.A.), 1990 CanLII 6954 (ON CA) R. v. Parks, 1992 CanLII 78 (SCC), [1992] 2 SCR 871 [CanLII Connects - R v Parks Case Brief] [Sleep Driving and Sleep Killing | Psychology Today] [Sleepwalking Killers—And What They Tell Us About Sleep | Psychology Today] [The Curious Case of Kenneth Parks - YouTube] [(PDF) Homicidal Somnambulism: A Case Report] [(PDF) Pushing the Margins of Responsibility: Lessons from Parks’ Somnambulistic Killing] [Home - Canadian Sleep Society (CSS)] [Sleepwalking Disorder Causes & Solutions - National Sleep Foundation] [While You Were Sleepwalking] [Automatism legal definition of automatism] [Sleepwalking - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic] [The Sleepwalker Killing (TV Movie 1997) - IMDb] [MACBETH, Act 5, Scene 1] [2 Jul 1988, 90 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [25 Apr 1997, 48 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com] [6 Sep 1992, Page 11 - The Sydney Morning Herald at Newspapers.com] [5 Jan 1991, 77 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com] [22 Jun 2006, 17 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com] [4 Jul 1988, 21 - Edmonton Journal at Newspapers.com] [31 May 1988, 44 - Star-Phoenix at Newspapers.com] [31 May 1988, 5 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [26 May 1988, 3 - The Ottawa Citizen at Newspapers.com] [24 Nov 1990, 22 - The Leader-Post at Newspapers.com] [Homicidal sleepwalking - Wikipedia] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 106 - This week we take on the case of a morphine addicted, syphilitic, Scottish Canadian physician with a lust for murder and a blackmail. Dr. Thomas Neill Cream used his intelligence, medical training, relative good looks and higher station to leave a trail of death in Canada, the United States and Victorian London. Only years after Jack the Ripper's reign of terror mysteriously ended, Dr. Cream picked up Jack's mantle poisoning at least four more sex workers in the poorest area of London. The Lambeth Poisoner may have gotten away with the crimes were it not for his own big mouth. Come see us at CrimeCon in Orlando from May 1-3, 2020. Use POUTINE2020 when buying your tickets. Sources and Further Reading: [Dr Thomas Neil Cream - Crime Library on truTV.com] [Casebook: Jack the Ripper - Dr. Thomas Neill Cream] [Murder by Gaslight: The Lambeth Poisoner] [Canada’s History - The Evil Deeds of Dr. Cream] [Dr. Thomas Neill Cream | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers] [The CRIMES OF DR. CREAM | Maclean’s | September 15, 1931] [The Lambeth Poisoner | Crime Magazine] [The Lambeth Poisoner: London’s Deadly Doctor] [Metropolitan Police letter and photographs of Dr Neill Cream, England, 1890-1907 | Science Museum Group Collection] [Doctor death - New York Daily News] [The man who would be Jack the Ripper - The Scotsman] [The gentleman from Chicago - Cashman, John - Internet Archive] [History of tuberculosis - Wikipedia] [A Prescription for Murder: The Victorian Serial Killings of Dr. Thomas Neill Cream] [Monsters of Medicine] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine