Writing About Crime - True Crime Cases in Canada

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The Case Of Guido Amsel Jan 23, 2018

Show notes

Guido Amsel, 51, is on trial for attempted murder and explosives-related charges after three bombs were mailed within the city of Winnipeg in July 2015, following an explosion at his ex-wife’s home in 2013 after a lengthy and brutal divorce.
He pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, and provincial court Judge Tracey Lord is hearing the Crown’s case against him, which was scheduled to include testimony from two lawyers who stopped working for Amsel in 2014.

CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

WRITING ABOUT CRIME - CANADIAN TRUE CRIME CASES

Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee

Music credits in episodes

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The tracks below come from Royalty Free Music:

Gymnopedie No 3

Reminiscing - Incompetech- Kevin MacLeod

Water Lily- incompetech - Kevin macLeod

Dreams Become Real Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

The tracks below come from the Free Music Archive:

Pictures of the Floating World-05 - Break Through

Scott_Holmes 07 Postcards Opening

Reminiscing - Incompetech- Kevin MacLeod

Water Lily- incompetech - Kevin macLeod

Kai_Engel_-_09_-_Plague

Main information sources in episode :

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/guido-amsel-takes-the-stand-in-his-own-attempted-murder-trial-1.3720075

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/winnipeg-police-warn-there-may-be-more-bombs-after-charging-man-with-attempted-murder-in-law-firm-explosion

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/bomb-explodes-at-winnipeg-law-office-leaving-woman-with-severe-injures-police-say

https://globalnews.ca/news/2093529/49-year-old-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-winnipeg-explosion/

https://globalnews.ca/news/2093970/live-stream-winnipeg-police-brief-media-about-bombings/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/accused-bomber-guido-amsel-had-previous-contact-with-police-1.3141470

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/guido-amsel-charged-in-connection-to-winnipeg-law-firm-bombing-1.3139172

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-lawyer-maria-mitousis-38-injured-by-bomb-in-law-office-1.3137214

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/did-you-bomb-iris-s-house-witness-in-guido-amsel-trial-testifies-about-conversation-with-accused-1.3672854

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2017/11/08/winnipeg-lawyer-injured-in-letter-bombing-covered-in-blood-after-attack-court-hears.html

https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/maria-mitousis-s-coworkers-called-by-crown-in-letter-bomb-trial-1.3669003

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/iris-amsel-testifies-alleged-mail-bombing-1.4411509

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maria-mitousis-mail-bomb-anniversary-1.3656778

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maria-mitousis-winnipeg-lawyer-injured-in-bomb-blast-thankhttp://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/alleged-bomber-can-t-find-legal-help-after-explosion-injures-winnipeg-lawyer-1.3145543s-police-paramedics-1.3250405

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maria-mitousis-winnipeg-lawyer-injured-in-bomb-blast-thanks-police-paramedics-1.3250405

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/accused-bomber-guido-amsel-appeared-to-make-peace-with-ex-wife-in-recent-months-1.3141961

https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/judge-must-decide-if-guido-amsels-former-lawyer-is-allowed-to-take-the-stand-457812243.html

https://globalnews.ca/news/3873639/defence-accuse-amsels-ex-wife-of-being-the-real-winnipeg-letter-bomber/

https://globalnews.ca/news/3753627/evidence-debated-in-case-of-accused-winnipeg-letter-bomber-guido-amsel/

https://globalnews.ca/news/3821256/trial-for-accused-letter-bomber-set-to-start-tuesday/

https://globalnews.ca/news/3763213/manitoba-judge-rejects-accused-letter-bombers-attempt-to-toss-dna-evidence/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/iris-amsel-guido-amsel-trial-1.4412970

https://globalnews.ca/news/3864861/guido-amsel-filed-complaint-with-rcmp-about-money-missing-from-his-business-court/

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tatp-residue-winnipeg-mail-bomb-1.4432615

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/guido-amsel-handwriting-sample-inconclusive-fbi-1.4435955

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-lawyer-barry-gorlick-disbarred-1.3136844

https://globalnews.ca/news/3883164/ex-lawyer-of-guido-amsel-testifies-that-she-feared-for-her-safety/

The Murder of Laura Babcock PART 2 Dec 30, 2017

Show notes

The murder case of a young woman whose body has not been found hinges upon a "large and complex" body of circumstantial evidence. Laura Babcock, a troubled 23-year-old Toronto woman, vanished five years ago.
Two men — Dellen Millard and Mark Smich — are accused of killing Babcock in July 2012 and burning her body in an animal incinerator.

CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA

Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee

Music credits in episodes

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Dot Sessions:Down by the Bank - Free Music Archive

Ether - Silent Partner YouTube Audio Library

Reminiscing - Incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod

Peppers Theme - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod

There Will Be Romance - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod

Main information sources in episode :

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-a-timeline-of-the-crown-s-case-1.4418858

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-eight-1.4380703

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-week-2-trial-smich-millard-1.4376318

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/accused-killer-dellen-millard-asked-friend-to-keep-tabs-on-laura-babcock-jury-hears-1.4410532

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/co-accused-dellen-millard-calls-for-mistrial-at-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4448271

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-nine-1.4383035

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-14-1.4396243

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-four-1.4371985

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-ten-1.4385421

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-1.4415122

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-murder-trial-1.4387396 https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/12/16/dellen-millard-mark-smich-found-guilty-of-murder-in-laura-babcocks-death.html

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2017/12/14/his-letters-to-a-girlfriend-were-the-undoing-of-dellen-millard.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/bosma-noudga-testimony-laughter-1.3565679

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/what-the-jury-didn-t-hear-at-the-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4436776

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ten-things-jurors-at-the-laura-babcock-trial-did-not-hear/article37305652/

http://www.annrbrocklehurst.com/tag/christina-noudga

https://globalnews.ca/news/585372/who-is-mark-smich/

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/12/17/convicted-killer-dellen-millard-sent-chilling-letters-to-an-ex-girlfriend-he-was-ordered-not-to-talk-to-how-did-they-get-to-her.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/judge-refuses-dellen-millard-s-request-for-mistrial-at-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4448271

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-witnesses-millard-self-represent-1.4442636

Video clip sources in episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EL6jRCAFk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n324nhK5xiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_cPKWAH1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLgv3YhsTM

The Murder of Laura Babcock PART 1 Dec 26, 2017

Show notes

Laura Babcock PART 1

CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee

Music credits in episodes

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Blue Dot Sessions:Down by the Bank - Free Music Archive

Ether - Silent Partner YouTube Audio Library

Reminiscing - Incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod

Peppers Theme - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod

There Will Be Romance - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod

Main information sources in episode :

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-a-timeline-of-the-crown-s-case-1.4418858

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-eight-1.4380703

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-week-2-trial-smich-millard-1.4376318

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/accused-killer-dellen-millard-asked-friend-to-keep-tabs-on-laura-babcock-jury-hears-1.4410532

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/co-accused-dellen-millard-calls-for-mistrial-at-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4448271

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-nine-1.4383035

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-14-1.4396243

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-four-1.4371985

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-ten-1.4385421

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-1.4415122

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-murder-trial-1.4387396

https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/12/16/dellen-millard-mark-smich-found-guilty-of-murder-in-laura-babcocks-death.html

https://www.thestar.com/opinion/star-columnists/2017/12/14/his-letters-to-a-girlfriend-were-the-undoing-of-dellen-millard.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/bosma-noudga-testimony-laughter-1.3565679

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/what-the-jury-didn-t-hear-at-the-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4436776

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ten-things-jurors-at-the-laura-babcock-trial-did-not-hear/article37305652/

http://www.annrbrocklehurst.com/tag/christina-noudga

https://globalnews.ca/news/585372/who-is-mark-smich/

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/12/17/convicted-killer-dellen-millard-sent-chilling-letters-to-an-ex-girlfriend-he-was-ordered-not-to-talk-to-how-did-they-get-to-her.html

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/judge-refuses-dellen-millard-s-request-for-mistrial-at-laura-babcock-murder-trial-1.4448271

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-witnesses-millard-self-represent-1.4442636

Video clip sources in episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EL6jRCAFk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n324nhK5xiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_cPKWAH1M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLgv3YhsTM

The Murder of Helen Betty Osborne Dec 04, 2017

Show notes

Helen Betty Osborne was a Cree Aboriginal woman from Norway House reserve. She was kidnapped and murdered while walking down Third Street in The Pas, Manitoba.

CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Following Music Is From Incompetech Music:

The North

Past The Edge

Lost Time

http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.php

Main information sources in episode :

The Death of Helen Betty Osborne -
The Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission

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

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/osborne-killer-gets-life-sentence-1.939552

Video clip sources in episode:

Master Filmmaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L2Cw0KOoL4&t=100s

The Murder Of Richard Oland Nov 10, 2017

Show notes

Dennis Oland, a 47-year-old man who was charged with bludgeoning his millionaire father, Richard, to death in July 2011. The trial was one of the longest and most expensive in the history of Saint John, N.B., a port city of 140,000 people who usually share a remarkably rainproof good nature.

CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

Credits:

WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA

Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee

Music credits in episodes

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The tracks below come from Royalty Free Music:

Bortex - Silence

And Then We Twinkle - DL Sounds

Main information sources in episode :

Jack Katz - Seductions of Crime

Greg Marquis - Truth & Honour. The Death Of Richard Oland And The Trial Of Dennis Oland.