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Each episode, whether a standalone mystery or part of an ongoing series, offers a richly woven narrative that brings Canada’s most enigmatic cases to life.
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26 year old Emma Fillipoff was last seen standing barefoot on a busy intersection in downtown Victoria BC on November 28th, 2012 by the police officers who encountered Emma after responded to a call of a women in distress.
In this ongoing series, Nighttime will explore the story of Emma Fillipoff by speaking to those closest to her.
In part 5 of The Night Time Podcast's series covering the disappearance of Emma Fillipoff, our focus will remain on those close to Emma leading up to her Nov 28, 2012 disappearance.
This episode features a conversation with Emma's life long friend Mikaela, with whom Emma shared an apartment upon her arrival in Victoria.
During our conversation, it becomes apparent that the warning signs of mental illness Ellen described in the prior episode had advanced to the point of becoming a cause for concern a year prior to her disappearance.
This episode was originally released in March of 2017
Credits:
Musical Theme: Swans by Vox Somnia https://soundcloud.com/voxsomnia
Ambient Theme: Fall Asleep by Paragon Cause https://www.paragoncause.com/
Links:
CBC Update article concerning Shelley’s criminal charges being withdrawn
Watch the CBC documentary "Finding Emma" here
Find Emma FIllipoff Reddit Discussion Page
The Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff on Wikipedia
Vice.com article outlining Emma’s Case
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26 year old Emma Fillipoff was last seen standing barefoot on a busy intersection in downtown Victoria BC on November 28th, 2012 by the police officers who encountered Emma after responded to a call of a women in distress.
In this ongoing series, Nighttime will explore the story of Emma Fillipoff by speaking to those closest to her.
In part four, Our focus will shift from the events immediately surrounding Emma's disappearance to her life leading up to the events of Nov 28, 2012 via a conversation with Emma's life long close friend Ellen.
In addition, This episode begins with a positive update to Shelley’s legal situation, which was discussed in part 2.
This episode was originally released in January of 2017
Credits:
Musical Theme: Swans by Vox Somnia https://soundcloud.com/voxsomnia
Ambient Theme: Fall Asleep by Paragon Cause https://www.paragoncause.com/
Links:
CBC Update article concerning Shelley’s criminal charges being withdrawn
OttawaCitizen article concerning Shelley’s criminal charges being withdrawn
Watch the CBC documentary "Finding Emma" here
Find Emma FIllipoff Reddit Discussion Page
The Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff on Wikipedia
Vice.com article outlining Emma’s Case
Contact:
Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod
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26 year old Emma Fillipoff was last seen standing barefoot on a busy intersection in downtown Victoria BC on November 28th, 2012 by the police officers who encountered Emma after responded to a call of a women in distress.
In this ongoing series, Nighttime will explore the story of Emma Fillipoff by speaking to those closest to her.
In part three, we are joined by the often discussed Julien Huard who will share a timeline of his activities both before and after Emma’s mysterious disappearance.
this episode was originally released in August of 2016
Credits:
Musical Theme: Swans by Vox Somnia https://soundcloud.com/voxsomnia
Ambient Theme: Fall Asleep by Paragon Cause https://www.paragoncause.com/
Links:
Watch the CBC documentary "Finding Emma" here
Find Emma FIllipoff Reddit Discussion Page
The Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff on Wikipedia
Vice.com article outlining Emma’s Case
Contact:
Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod
Email: NightTimePodcast@gmail.com
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26 year old Emma Fillipoff was last seen standing barefoot on a busy intersection in downtown Victoria BC on November 28th, 2012 by the police officers who encountered Emma after responded to a call of a women in distress.
In this ongoing series, Nighttime will explore the story of Emma Fillipoff by speaking to those closest to her.
In part two, we are joined by Tim and Lance of The Missing Maura Murray Podcast for a discussion surrounding Emma’s case.
This episode also includes a short followup interview with Emma's mother Shelley Fillipoff who will both discuss the current state of the search, and publicly address the criminal charges she is facing unrelated to Emma's disappearance.
This episode was originally released in August of 2016
Credits:
Musical Theme: Swans by Vox Somnia https://soundcloud.com/voxsomnia
Ambient Theme: Fall Asleep by Paragon Cause https://www.paragoncause.com/
Links:
Watch the CBC documentary "Finding Emma" here
CBC article concerning Shelley’s criminal charges (1) (2)
Find Emma FIllipoff Reddit Discussion Page
The Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff on Wikipedia
Vice.com article outlining Emma’s Case
Contact:
Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod
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26 year old Emma Fillipoff was last seen standing barefoot on a busy intersection in downtown Victoria BC on November 28th, 2012 by the police officers who encountered Emma after responded to a call of a women in distress.
In this ongoing series, Nighttime will explore the story of Emma Fillipoff by speaking to those closest to her.
In part one, we will begin the Emma Fillipoff is Missing series by speaking with the driving force behind the search for Emma Fillipoff, her mother Shelley.
A previous version of this episode was originally released in November of 2015
Credits:
Musical Theme: Swans by Vox Somnia https://soundcloud.com/voxsomnia
Ambient Theme: Fall Asleep by Paragon Cause https://www.paragoncause.com/
Links:
Watch the CBC documentary "Finding Emma" here
Find Emma FIllipoff Reddit Discussion Page
The Disappearance of Emma Fillipoff on Wikipedia
Vice.com article outlining Emma’s Case
Contact:
Website: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NightTimePod
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NightTimePod
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nighttimepod
Email: NightTimePodcast@gmail.com
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Would you believe me if I told you that a Canadian mental health hospital was conducting cruel experiments on patients, using LSD, rape, embarrassment and torture as recently as the 1980s?
If you don't believe me, buckle up for this one as we are about to receive a guided tour through Ontario's controversial Oak Ridge Medical Asylum and the many unimaginable things that took place within it.
One of the many lives altered by Oak Ridge's cruelty is Steve Smith, in fact, many of the secrets that have been revealed since the experiements ceased, are a result of his determination to expose the truth of what happened in those walls.
Tonight, in this episode of Nighttime, we will be joined by Oak Ridge Survivor Steve Smith.
Episode Links:
Steve Smith on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CaptainAnatine
Steve Smith’s ‘the Psychopath Machine’: https://www.amazon.ca/Psychopath-Machine-Story-Resistance-Survival/dp/1460287843/
CBC’s ‘Bad Trip’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-FbXDuiINY
CBC’s ‘the Secret’s of Oak Ridge’: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2684717122
CBC’s ‘treatment or torture’: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1868783683546
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Noir Toyko by Monty Datta
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Dale Rancourt is a former children’s entertainer and registered sex offender who is known widely as the disgraced ‘Klutzy the Clown’,
In this episode his victim , who we will refer to as Jane Doe, will tell their story publicly for the first time. A different and much darker story than the one he admitted to in his guilty plea.
Links
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-1
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 2: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-2
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 3: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-3
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - aftershow: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58727979
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Musical Theme - Noir Toyko by Monty Datta
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Dale Rancourt is a former children’s entertainer and registered sex offender who is known widely as the disgraced ‘Klutzy the Clown’,
As you heard in my prior episode while researching Rancourt's life and crime I referenced a documentary film (Big Shoes) about him, produced several years before his arrest.
As you may have expected, the film really didn't age well and not because of any creative of technical decisions Michael or Adrienne made but because it leaves out the topic that dominates any discussion about Dale Klutzy the Clown Rancourt.. the sexual offences against a child that occurred in the years after the films release.
After watching the film I was interested to hear how the filmmakers have dealt with such a spoiled creation and that’s exactly what we will get into in this episode.
In this episode of Nighttime we will be joined by Michael Fraiman and Adrian Lee and our topic is the disturbing story of Dale ' Klutzy ' Rancourt... and their documentary that really didn't age well.
Links
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-1
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 2: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-2
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 3: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-3
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - aftershow: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58727979
Big Shoes documentary: https://vimeo.com/99190869
Michael Fraiman: https://twitter.com/MFraiman
Adrian Lee: https://twitter.com/adrianklee
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Musical Theme - Noir Toyko by Monty Datta
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For a period spanning a little more than a decade you would have been hard pressed to find a Cape Bretoner unfamiliar with Dale Rancourt and his character Klutzy the Clown.
He was both a children and adult entertainer bouncing his way between birthday party's, old folks homes, and public events being a not an especially good performer.
He certainly wasn't universally respected, but somehow he managed to find a place for Klutzy the clown in Cape Breton's entertainment economy, but it's all gone now.
Dale 'Klutzy the clown' Rancourt broke a few of the most rules society places on those we allow near our children.
Over the course of a multi part series, I'll be unpacking the disturbing story of the disgraced Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt.
Links:
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 1: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-1
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 2: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-2
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - Part 3: https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/dale-klutzy-rancount-3
Dale ‘Klutzy the Clown’ Rancourt - aftershow: https://www.patreon.com/posts/58727979
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Musical Theme - Noir Toyko by Monty Datta
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Andrew's story, and his sister Nicole's advocacy for him have been pulled into the headlines several times since her last appearance on Nighttime.
Her families battle for accountability took a big step forward, as a lawsuit against the provincial government has been announced but also, the battle got ugly.
An encounter at a dog park between Nicole, and Ian Rankin, the ex premier of Nova Scotia, became of interest to both the local news outlets and the RCMP.
In this episode of nighttime, we will again be joined by Nicole Gnazdowsky to discuss the quest for accountability related to the death of her brother Andrew.
Links:
the Death of Andrew Gnazdowsky part 1 - https://www.nighttimepodcast.com/episodes/andrew-gnazdowsky
Credits:
Musical Theme - Noir Tokyo by Monty Datta
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