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On a warm summer evening in June 1887, 17-year-old Mary Pickering Tuplin vanished from her family's farm in Margate, PEI. A search and a grim discovery followed that would rock the quiet farming community to its core. Mary's body was found in the Southwest River, weighed down by a heavy stone, with two gunshot wounds to her head. The subsequent investigation would uncover a web of secrets, including the fact that Mary was six months pregnant. Circumstantial evidence led to 19-year-old William Millman's arrest, allegedly Mary’s lover. The shocking facts of the crime and its investigation led to a sensational trial that captivated the entire country. Millman was convicted and sent to the gallows in April 1888. Was justice indeed served, or, as some speculate, was an innocent man sent to the gallows?

Episode 222: On Sunday, November 12,1988 beloved 36-year-old high school teacher named Byron Carr was found by his family dead in the bedroom of his home in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. He’d been strangled to death and stabbed. Byron’s wallet had been stolen, and ominously on his wall, written in pen, were the words “I will kill again.” Investigators revealed that Byron was a closeted gay man, and had been involved in a consensual sexual encounter with an as yet unidentified man prior to his death. It is presumed that it was this man who killed Byron. No one has ever been brought to justice in Byron’s death.Anyone with any information regarding this crime, no matter how insignificant it may seem, is asked to call the  Bell Aliant sponsored Byron Carr Hot Line 1-877-566-3952 or PEI Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS.Promo:Crimes from the EastSources:Homicides | Charlottetown Police ServicesPEI Crime Stoppers - HomicidesCharlottetown police reopen 1980s murder case | CBC NewsSkimpy underwear connected to 1988 murder | CBC NewsCharlottetown police release sketch of possible Byron Carr killer | SaltWireByron Carr murder accomplice identified by police | CBC News2013, John Carr interview | CBC.ca‘Give this family closure’: Police still working to solve 30-year-old Byron Carr murder | CBC NewsUnsolved Case Files Canada: Murder of Byron Carr After Sexual Encounter With Another MaleCold case, warm memories: Byron Carr’s friends, family want his 1988 P.E.I. murder solved | SaltWireOn the hunt | SaltWireBrad MacConnell Named New Chief of Police | Charlottetown Police Servicesr/PEI: Byron Carr r/UnresolvedMysteries: Byron CarrCANADA — Canada — Byron Carr, 36, Schoolteacher — Nov’ 88 | WebsleuthsReader’s Digest: Canada’s Most Notorious Cold CasesPublic Attitudes toward Homosexuality — Tom W. SmithTIMELINE | Same-sex rights in Canada | CBC NewsLesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Rights in Canada | The Canadian EncyclopediaLGBT+ Pride 2021 Global Survey points to increasingly positive attitudes in Canada toward LGBT+ individuals | IpsosR. v. MacDonald, 2004 CanLII 9284 (ON CA), Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 165: On the afternoon of July 24, 2015, the RCMP were called by the residents of 192 Pleasant Grove Road, outside of Charlottetown in Prince Edward Island. They said that the night before there had been a fight between a man, Joel Lawrence Clow, 46, and a woman, Clow’s 40-year-old on an off-again girlfriend and mother of one, Traci Lynn Lynch. Responding officers knew they would be investigating a domestic dispute, they’d dealt with Traci and Joel before. Things became more serious when cops discovered Traci, deceased on Clow’s property. Sources: R v. Clow, 2017 PESC 9 (CanLII), R v. Clow, 2017 PESC 10 (CanLII), R v. Clow, 2017 PESC 12 (CanLII), R v Clow, 2019 PECA 5 (CanLII), Trial - Day 1 Trial - Day 2 Trial - Day 3 Trial - Delay Trial - Day 4 Trial - Day 5 Trial - Day 6 Trial - Day 7 Trial - Day 7b Trial - Day 8 How This P.E.I. Program Helps Women Take Back Control After Leaving Abusive Relationships | CBC News | Ethical Editor Belvedere Funeral Home - Traci Lynch Obituary Clow / Lynch Timeline - CBC Why People Stay - The Hotline Ending Violence Association of Canada Domestic Violence and Abuse - HelpGuide.org Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

Episode 112 - On a dark rural PEI road on November 19, 1970, the Vuozzo family, of nearby Montague had their lives changed forever. A drunk driver, named Herb McGuigan, ran a stop sign and hit the Vuozzo's fan, killing 9-year-old Kathy Vuozzo. Kathy's parents and Little Alfred Guy Vuozzo Jr, who was only two years old at the time of the crash, survived with minor injuries as did the drunk driver. Alfred Jr. grew up hating the McGuigans, exacting revenge for his sister's death almost 44 years later. With drunk driver long since deceased, he murdered the man's son, Brent McGuigan, 68, and Brent's son, Brendon McGuigan, 39; two people completely innocent of the crime. 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. Vuozzo, 2015 PESC 14 (CanLII), [Brent McGuigan: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam] [Brendon McGuigan: obituary and death notice on InMemoriam] [Alfred Guy Vuozzo Sr's Obituary] [The night Kathy Vuozzo died - YouTube] [PEI Double Homicide Act of Family Revenge – NJN Network] [Father-Son Killer Alfred Vuozzo Shows No Remorse | HuffPost Canada] [Murder location - Google My Maps] [Alfred Vuozzo made ‘inculpatory statement’ in double murder | CBC News] [McGuigan father and son, shooting victims, laid to rest  | CBC News] [Alfred Vuozzo, homicide victims had family links to fatal crash | CBC News] [Montague in shock after double homicide of father and son | CBC News]( [MapFight - Nova Scotia vs Prince Edward Island size comparison] [After dad and husband killed in double murder, Canadian family lives out his Islanders dream in New York - New York Daily News] [One year later: hearts ache Innocent men pay price for misplaced revenge | The Eastern Graphic | peicanada.com] Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine

The Ballarat Bandit, the man who led police on a year long manhunt in the Southwestern US turned out to be a Canadian father of 4.

In this episode we go to PEI, Canada's tiniest province for the precedent setting trial of Douglas Beamish for murder on his ex and mother of five, Shirley Duguay.