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Dark Poutine – True Crime and Dark History

True crime, legends, folklore, dark history and other creepy topics from the perspective of real Canadians.

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The Death of Dorothy Stratten (BC) Jun 22, 2018

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Episode 032: On August 14 1980, 20-year-old Vancouver B.C. born Playboy Playmate of the year and former Dairy Queen employee, Dorothy Stratten, was found dead of a single shotgun blast to her head. The perpetrator, her estranged husband, Paul Leslie Snider, lay dead nearby of a self inflicted wound by way of the same firearm. Dorothy's star had only just begun to rise and was snuffed out far too soon.

CONTENT WARNING: Dark Poutine is not for the faint of heart or squeamish. Our content contains mature themes, coarse language and may include graphic descriptions of violent crimes. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Shout out: http://makingfaces.ca

Sources:
http://reprints.longform.org/death-of-a-playmate Pulitzer Prize winning article in 1981
http://hollywoodmurders.com/dorothy-stratten.php
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SahoSvAAbH4 1980 Tonight Show Interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mPGPdD2R8g "Playboy's Roller Disco & Pajama Party" (1979) - Part 1 - Richard Dawson, Dorothy Stratten
Hollywood Book of Death
http://www.dorothystratten.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Killing_of_the_Unicorn Killing of the Unicorn
https://www.amazon.ca/Killing-Unicorn-Dorothy-Stratten-1960-1980/dp/0553251643/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Stratten
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Snider
http://ew.com/article/1994/08/12/this-day-1980-3/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NodDIxLIUn0 Galaxina - trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4TJIBR9xTU Galaxina - full film
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_International_Pictures
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxina

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The Abduction of Abby Drover (BC) Jun 15, 2018

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Episode 031: On March 10, 1976, 12-year-old Abby Drover went missing from her neighbourhood in Port Moody, B.C. Abby's mother was sick with worry and despite the extraordinary efforts of searchers and police Abby had vanished into thin air. In a bizarre turn of events, six months later what happened to Abby was shockingly revealed.

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Sources:
https://quillandquire.com/review/resurrection-the-kidnapping-of-abby-drover/
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/06/04/donald-alexander-hay-underground-bunker_n_1569283.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-kidnap-sex-criminal-dies-in-hospital-1.1199808
https://www.therichest.com/world-entertainment/15-shocking-kidnapping-stories-thatll-scare-the-crap-out-of-you/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/kidnapper-who-held-girl-in-dungeon-refused-parole/article972809/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/face-to-face-with-her-captor-abuser/article4163656/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/the-abby-drover-story-1.433286
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wBIP9h8PFC0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0-7MaWvhVY
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canadian-case-sheds-light-on-abductor-mindset-1.1375276
http://www.pentictonherald.ca/news/article_84ca1360-14e0-11e7-a250-831ca02f7cb5.html

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The Wells Gray Murders (BC) Jun 09, 2018

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Episode 030: In August of 1982, Bob Johnson had not come back to work at the saw mill in Kelowna for over a week after his expected return. Bob had been camping in beautiful Wells Gray Park with his wife Jackie, daughters Janet and Karen and Jackie's mom and dad, Edith and George Benntley. It seemed both families, and their two vehicles had simply vanished without a trace until a month later when a mushroom picker in the park made a gruesome discovery. BONUS: The co-host of this show HATES being referred to as "the other guy". His name is Scott, remember it.

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Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Gray_Provincial_Park_Family_Murders
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/man-convicted-in-b-c-park-killings-granted-escorted-leave-1.712572
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Wells+Gray+murders+soon+forgotten+Mulgrew+with+video/7262564/story.html
http://canlii.ca/t/1l9nx
http://canlii.ca/t/5f7q
The Wells Gray Gunmanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unFwrrYLZH8
Mass Murderer still a monster (2013 parole hearing) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl-MbOr-BCc
http://dyingwords.net/david-shearing-the-monster-from-wells-gray-park/
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1344107641
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1983/04/28/An-RCMP-sergeant-probing-the-murders-of-six-family/7317420350400/

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The Disappearance of Nicole Morin (ON) Jun 02, 2018

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Episode 029: On July 30 of 1985, Nicole Morin, a vivacious 8-year-old girl vanished from her Etobicoke apartment building without a trace. This case is still unsolved. We talk about this unsolved case and a few others from the Toronto area around the same time that may or may not be connected. #FindNicole #NicoleMorin

If you have any information on Nicole Morin's whereabouts, please contact:

Toronto Metropolitan Police Department  416-808-2200  OR The Royal Canadian Mounted Police 877-318-3576.  

All information may be submitted anonymously.
NCMEC #: RCMP8608792
NCIC Number:  M-974508409  

Please refer to this number when contacting any agency with information regarding this case.

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Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
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Promo:

Wining About Crime
Nordic True Crime

Sources:

https://globalnews.ca/video/2140896/nicole-morins-father-talks-daughters-disappearance Art Morin talking on the 30th anniversary of Nicole’s disappearance
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2547733276 CBC Police search near Barrie in 2014
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Alison_Parrott
https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/29ui8l/the_disappearance_of_nicole_morin/
http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1432545265 Murder of Sharin Morningstar Keenan
https://www.missingkids.ca/
http://missingchildren.wikia.com/wiki/Nicole_Louise_Morin
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/41dfon.html
http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/en/wanted/dennis-melvin-howe
https://www.websleuths.com/forums/threads/canada-sharin-morningstar-keenan-9-toronto-23-january-1983.14192/
https://globalnews.ca/news/3359324/sharin-morningstar-keenan-1983-murder/

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Happy Face Killer - Part 2 - 7 More Murders and Aftermath (BC) May 25, 2018

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Episode 028: In part 2 of 2 on the Happy Face Killer, Canadian born serial killer Keith Hunter Jesperson, we learn about 7 more murders of women across the United States, more Happy Face notes and about his Jesperson's eventual capture, trial and his psychopathic public antics in the press and online. NOTE: Scott hates this guy passionately.

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Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Promo:

All Crime No Cattle

Sources:
http://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jesperson.htm
http://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://www.amazon.ca/Shattered-Silence-Untold-Killers-Daughter/dp/1599552388
https://www.amazon.ca/Happy-Face-Murderer-Serial-Jesperson-ebook/dp/B019G6DR0S/
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/happy-face-killer-speaks-prison-talks-interview-murder-murderer-killings-take-lives-Jesperson-11441251
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29835159
https://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/keith-hunter-jesperson-the-happy-face-murderer-on-the-road.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibL_QbQuEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98UOydYWWjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInxdPCWSIo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063452/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/jesperson/bodies_3.html
http://snapjudgment.org/my-fathers-keeper
https://web.ar

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Happy Face Killer - Part 1 - History & Taunja Bennett’s Murder (BC) May 18, 2018

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Episode 027: Keith Hunter Jesperson is one of Canada's most notorious exports to the United States. Born in Chilliwack British Columbia, Jesperson and his family emigrated to the US when he was a pre-teen. Early on he showed signs that have become signposts of the budding psychopath, cruelty to animals and a love of setting fires. Keith's first kill was Taunja Bennett, 23, of Portland, Oregon. Another couple was convicted for the crime, but Jesperson's ego wouldn't let someone else take all the credit for his hard work, leading him to leave the first Happy Face note in a truck stop bathroom admitting to the crime. This episode covers his early life, first murder and another attempted murder very soon after.

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Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Promo:

Asian Madness Podcast

Sources:
http://murderpedia.org/male.J/j/jesperson.htm
http://criminalminds.wikia.com/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://www.amazon.ca/Happy-Face-Murderer-Serial-Jesperson-ebook/dp/B019G6DR0S/
http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/happy-face-killer-speaks-prison-talks-interview-murder-murderer-killings-take-lives-Jesperson-11441251
http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-29835159
https://www.truckdrivingjobs.com/faq/keith-hunter-jesperson-the-happy-face-murderer-on-the-road.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hibL_QbQuEY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98UOydYWWjc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInxdPCWSIo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Hunter_Jesperson
https://web.archive.org/web/20090831063452/http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/serial_killers/predators/jesperson/bodies_3.html
http://snapjudgment.org/my-fathers-keeper

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The Murder of Kimberly Proctor (BC) May 12, 2018

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Episode 026: Kimberly Proctor was an animal loving grade 12 student from Langford, BC, just outside the provincial capital of Victoria. She was looking forward to seeing her graduation photos and sewing her prom dress with her grandmother. Kimberly did not arrive at her babysitting job on March 18, of 2010. Her parents were worried and began searching for her right away. This was out of character for Kimberly. They knew something was wrong. Just a short drive away, on the evening of the next day, a badly burned body was found on a walking trail under a bridge. Kimberly's friends and family feared the worst, and rightly so. The body under the bridge turned out to be that of Kimberly Proctor. She had been brutally murdered.

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Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Promos:

https://mensreapod.com/

https://killaforniadreaming.com/

Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbxOBJKsySs (killer plan over text)
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/woman-s-charred-remains-found-on-vancouver-island-1.494298
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYOMKFIqjZY (colloid homicide inv continues)
http://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/intervention-may-have-altered-fate-of-teen-killers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMoHp4sJKn4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tdjt3IjTRcI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvrV7f6fAqg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_5DX8xpg5I
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEHGgodCx5M
http://kimberlyslaw.com/

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Swift Runner and the Wendigo (AB) May 04, 2018

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Episode 025: Swift Runner was a well respected Cree hunter and trapper outside Edmonton in the 1800's. In the 1870's his family, as were many others, began to go hungry. Swift Runner turned to alcohol to drown his frustrations and his personality quickly changed. He also began speaking of encountering Wendigo, an evil cannibalistic spirit, taunting him. Swift Runner's eventual crimes were shocking to all. BONUS: Rick Gibson eats a tesitcle or two.

CONTENT WARNING: Dark Poutine is not for the faint of heart or squeamish. Our content contains mature themes, coarse language and may include graphic descriptions of violent crimes. Listener discretion is strongly advised.

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Writer / Creator, Researcher, Editor & Host: Mike Browne (@mikebrowne)
Original Music & Cohost: Scott Hemenway (@sdhpics)

Sources:

https://www.glenbow.org/index.cfm
http://www.murderpedia.org/male.R/r/runner-swift.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendigo
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Fiddler
http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio.php?BioId=41285
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North-West_Mounted_Police
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Saskatchewan
http://www.sicc.sk.ca/archive/heritage/ethnography/cree/origin/oral.html
http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cree/
http://www.prairieghosts.com/wendigo.html
https://www.legendsofamerica.com/mn-wendigo/
https://www.amazon.ca/Swift-Runner-Colin-Argyle-Thomson/dp/0920490409
https://www.amazon.ca/Canadian-Mysteries-Unexplained-Investigations-disturbing-ebook/dp/B005E07FNG/
https://www.amazon.ca/Wetiko-Legal-Principles-Anishinabek-Victimization-ebook/dp/B07B685Y4W/

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Rene Castellani - The Milkshake Murderer (BC) Apr 28, 2018

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Episode 024: In 1965 Rene Castellani was the promotional manager for Vancouver's premiere radio station CKNW. Castellani, a local celebrity, was well known for his on air pranks and stunts, earning him the nickname, "the dizzy dialer". Castellani was also having an affair with a receptionist from the radio station. When his wife Esther challenged him Castellani denied the affair. Shortly after that Esther became very sick and doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong with her. In July of 1965, Esther was dead.

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Sources:

https://www.amazon.ca/Dead-Ends-B-C-Crime-Stories/dp/0889773483/ Paul Willcocks Dead Ends : BC Crime Stories

https://www.amazon.ca/Irrefutable-Evidence-History-Forensic-Science-ebook/dp/B009D173F2/ Irrefutable Evidence, A History of Forensic Science – Michael Kurland

http://evelazarus.com/the-sensational-murder-of-esther-castellani/

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/radio-star-kills-wife-aresenic-laced-milkshakes-article-1.2249428

http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cknw-am

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CKNW

http://www.pressreader.com/canada/vancouver-sun/20141004/281505044452227

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsenic

https://scc-csc.lexum.com/scc-csc/scc-csc/en/item/4976/index.do

http://canlii.ca/t/1xd5m

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BowMac_sign

https://www.straight.com/life/1051491/homeless-vancouver-bowmac-sign-faces-demolition-when-west-broadway-toys-r-us-shuts-down

https://www.whitespot.ca/

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Elizabeth Wettlaufer’s Insulin Murders (ON) Apr 21, 2018

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Episode 023: Between 2007 and 2016 RN Elizabeth Wettlaufer coldly murdered 8 elderly patients in her care at a number of long term care facilities in Ontario. She injected each of them with massive overdoses of insulin to commit the crimes, saying she believed God was telling her it was their time to die. Wettlaufer got away with the murders until her conscience got the better of her and she confessed to police in 2016.

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Sources:

https://www.hrc.org/resources/the-lies-and-dangers-of-reparative-therapy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Wettlaufer

http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/sh/TBk79oWhpi/elizabeth-wettlaufer-nurse-senior-deaths/

https://www.equaldex.com/region/canada

https://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/an-in-depth-look-at-the-alleged-victims-of-an-ontario-nurse-1.3130605

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3QxsNCg6uQ (Confession)

http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-wettlaufer-case/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6tRNs5hHFs (News with Family Reaction)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RtpcDkvHneE (Fifth Estate Documentary)

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