Writing About Crime - True Crime Cases in Canada
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Writing About Crime - True Crime Cases in Canada
Join Canadian host Bonnie Lee as she investigates Canadian true crime cases, searching for the story behind the headlines. www.writingaboutcrime.com
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25 episodes
Karla Homolka - Part 2
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...
Karla Homolka - Part 1
Karla Homolka
Was she afraid to leave, or was she fulfilled by her involvement? Psychoanalysts have drawn the connection between Karla Homolka...
The Lori Douglas Story "The Naked Judge"
The Lori Douglas Story
“The Naked Judge”
Like any story, where three people all tell their version - the details don’t always align from e...
The Story Of Swift Runner
Swift Runner
“The Wendigo”
The story of Swift Runner, the Canadian hunter and trapper who was respected and considered an impressive young...
"There Is No Prestige." The Christine Jack Story PART 2
The Christine Jack Story
“There Is No Prestige Here”
Christine Jack has been missing since just before Christmas, and the trail is...
"It's All White Now." The Christine Jack Story PART 1
“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 su...
"Frosty" - The Mike Danton Story PART 2
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 adam...
"Let It Stay Here". The Mike Danton Story.
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...
"Mamere. Laugh Too Loud, Hug Too Hard." The Elizabeth Lafantaisie Story
After Five years waiting for justice, the family and friends of Elizabeth Lafantaisie hear about the torture and brutal treatment of their beloved “me...
The Humboldt Broncos Crash "A Moment of Inadvertence"
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 th...
"The Arc Of The Moral Universe Is Long, And It Bends Towards Justice". The Tina Fontaine Story PART 3
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 h...
"I'm Going To Get A Bike From My Friend Sebastian." The Tina Fontaine Story PART 2
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, a...
The Tina Fontaine Story PART 1 "Nothing Is Going My Way."
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 ye...
The Jian Ghomeshi story PART 3 "50 Shades Of Play"
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 cel...
The Jian Ghomeshi Story PART 2 " Falsus In Uno, Falsus In Omnibus".
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...
The Jian Ghomeshi Case "Sometimes when we touch."
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 c...
Noah and Connor Barthe Story
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 f...
The Murder of Barbara Stoppel PART 3 Terry Arnold
This quintessential drifter was the focus for police re-investigating the 1981 murder of doughnut shop waitress Barbara Stoppel, 16, a crime that led...
The Murder of Barbara Stoppel PART 2 Thomas Sophonow
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. w...
The Murder Of Barbara Stoppel PART 1
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. wh...
The Case Of Guido Amsel
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 201...
The Murder of Laura Babcock PART 2
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 tr...
The Murder of Laura Babcock PART 1
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 evi...
The Murder of Helen Betty Osborne
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,...
The Murder Of Richard Oland
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 long...