Writing About Crime - True Crime Cases in Canada

Episodes

1. Karla Homolka - Part 2

   24 Sep 2020 · 1 h 26 min · Episode 41 · Explicit

   Karla Homolka In this second episode of a two part series on KARLA HOMOLKA some of the big questions are asked. Was she afraid to leave, or was she fulfilled by her involvement? Psychoanalysts have drawn the…

2. Karla Homolka - Part 1

   22 Sep 2020 · 1 h 28 min · Episode 40 · Explicit

   Karla Homolka Was she afraid to leave, or was she fulfilled by her involvement? Psychoanalysts have drawn the connection between Karla Homolka and a syndrome known as "Bonnie and Clyde" syndrome or hybristophilia - as…

3. The Lori Douglas Story "The Naked Judge"

   13 Jun 2020 · 58 min · Episode 39 · Explicit

   The Lori Douglas Story “The Naked Judge” Like any story, where three people all tell their version - the details don’t always align from each person's account…. However, there is no doubt that Jack King sent his…

4. The Story Of Swift Runner

   4 Jun 2020 · 26 min · Episode 38 · Explicit

   Swift Runner “The Wendigo” The story of Swift Runner, the Canadian hunter and trapper who was respected and considered an impressive young man. A competent hunter and handy craftsman, he married and lived well with…

5. "There Is No Prestige." The Christine Jack Story PART 2

   21 May 2020 · 1 h 08 min · Episode 37 · Explicit

   The Christine Jack Story “There Is No Prestige Here” Christine Jack has been missing since just before Christmas, and the trail is leading to a small town east of the city of Winnipeg. Follow the courts longest trial…

6. "It's All White Now." The Christine Jack Story PART 1

   8 May 2020 · 45 min · Episode 36 · Explicit

   “It’s All White Now” The Christine Jack Story Part 1 Clutching the steering wheel of a Yellow Chevy Blazer, he is driving through the suburbs with cargo in the back, that he doesn’t want anyone to know about. It’s…

7. "Frosty" - The Mike Danton Story PART 2

   1 Dec 2019 · 1 h 24 min · S1 E34 · Explicit

   Mike Danton puts his life back together after being released from prison. Yet, he still claims that David Frost was not his intended target. He adamantly insists that he had hired a hit man with his girlfriend Katie to…

8. "Let It Stay Here". The Mike Danton Story.

   19 Nov 2019 · 43 min · S1 E33 · Explicit

   Dreaming of playing NHL hockey since he was a child, Mike Danton is raised under the wing of his hockey loving father and a new coach and mentor named David Frost that promises to make his dreams come true. No matter…

9. "Mamere. Laugh Too Loud, Hug Too Hard." The Elizabeth Lafantaisie Story

   28 Oct 2019 · 46 min · S1 E32 · Explicit

   After Five years waiting for justice, the family and friends of Elizabeth Lafantaisie hear about the torture and brutal treatment of their beloved “memere” before her death - and it’s intolerable pain all over again.…

10. The Humboldt Broncos Crash "A Moment of Inadvertence"

    17 Jun 2019 · 1 h 09 min · S1 E31 · Explicit

    Myles Shumlanski received a frantic call from his son Nick claiming “The bus was in an accident”. He gathered his wife and raced in his vehicle to the crash site, less than a quarter mile from his home. They were the…

11. "The Arc Of The Moral Universe Is Long, And It Bends Towards Justice". The Tina Fontaine Story PART 3

    4 Feb 2019 · 35 min · S1 E30 · Explicit

    A jury found Raymond Cormier “not guilty” in the murder of fifteen year old Tina Fontaine on February 22, 2018. She weighed 72 pounds at the time of her murder - so tiny. It made the brutal death seem even more…

12. "I'm Going To Get A Bike From My Friend Sebastian." The Tina Fontaine Story PART 2

    22 Jan 2019 · 53 min · S1 E29 · Explicit

    Tina Fontaine did call in to tell police that “Sebastian” or Raymond Cormier, did in fact steal a truck. It set in stone the fact of where she was, and what time and date she was there. Her displeasure with Raymond was…

13. The Tina Fontaine Story PART 1 "Nothing Is Going My Way."

    1 Jan 2019 · 40 min · S1 E28 · Explicit

    Tina Michelle Fontaine, was born on the first of January in 1999. Raised by her great aunt Thelma Favel, and uncle Joseph Favel for over ten years ……… Tina’s early life started out tough. She lived on the Sagkeeng…

14. The Jian Ghomeshi story PART 3 "50 Shades Of Play"

    2 Sep 2018 · 46 min · S1 E23 · Explicit

    Jian Ghomeshi is a Canadian musician, writer, and former CBC radio broadcaster. Part of the horizon of the arts in Canada for over thirty years. A celebrated Juno nominee, and a Gemini winner for his radio broadcast "Q…

15. The Jian Ghomeshi Story PART 2 " Falsus In Uno, Falsus In Omnibus".

    19 Aug 2018 · 50 min · S1 E22 · Explicit

    The trial that would create change in Canada. Jian Ghomeshi, the media celebrity. He is a musician, a journalist, author and broadcaster that’s been in the business for thirty years. Then he is accused of sexual…

16. The Jian Ghomeshi Case "Sometimes when we touch."

    4 Aug 2018 · 44 min · S1 E21 · Explicit

    Jian Ghomeshi is a Canadian musician, writer, and former CBC radio broadcaster. Part of the horizon of the arts in Canada for over thirty years. A celebrated Juno nominee, and a Gemini winner for his radio broadcast "Q…

17. Noah and Connor Barthe Story

    19 Jun 2018 · 52 min · S1 E20 · Explicit

    Here is a case out of the Canadian Maritime Province of New Brunswick. Two brothers, Connor and Noah spent the day with a close family friend at his father's farm. That evening they slept overnight with his son at an…

18. The Murder of Barbara Stoppel PART 3 Terry Arnold

    23 May 2018 · 1 h 31 min · S1 E19 · Explicit

    This quintessential drifter was the focus for police re-investigating the 1981 murder of doughnut shop waitress Barbara Stoppel, 16, a crime that led to the wrongful conviction of Thomas Sophonow.This quintessential…

19. The Murder of Barbara Stoppel PART 2 Thomas Sophonow

    4 May 2018 · 1 h 23 min · S1 E18 · Explicit

    On December 23, 1981 16-year-old Barbara Gayle Stoppel was found unconscious on the floor of the woman's washroom at a Donut Shop in Winnipeg, Man. where she worked as a waitress. She’d been strangled and died a few…

20. The Murder Of Barbara Stoppel PART 1

    22 Mar 2018 · 42 min · S1 E17 · Explicit

    On December 23 1981 16-year-old Barbara Gayle Stoppel was found unconscious on the floor of the woman's washroom at a Donut Shop in Winnipeg, Man. where she worked as a waitress. She’d been strangled and died a few…

21. The Case Of Guido Amsel

    23 Jan 2018 · 1 h 04 min · S1 E16 · Explicit

    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…

22. The Murder of Laura Babcock PART 2

    31 Dec 2017 · 40 min · S1 E15 · Explicit

    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 —…

23. The Murder of Laura Babcock PART 1

    26 Dec 2017 · 55 min · S1 E14 · Explicit

    Laura Babcock PART 1 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…

24. The Murder of Helen Betty Osborne

    4 Dec 2017 · 1 h 53 min · S1 E12 · Explicit

    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,…

25. The Murder Of Richard Oland

    10 Nov 2017 · 1 h 23 min · S1 E11 · Explicit

    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…