True North Crime

The Martensville Nightmare

Satanic panic swept through small-town Saskatchewan in the early 1990s, leaving behind bevy of falsely accused caregivers and cops.

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Project Hitchhiker

When Det. Herb Curwain arrived at Durham homicide in 1991, he was handed a cold case about a missing teen. Three years later, his dedication to finding justice for Julie Stanton would result in a couple of firsts: the first homicide inter-agency task force and the first murder conviction in a no-body trial.

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Third Time's the Charm

When paramedics arrived at the house on Pitch Pine Crescent, one of them exclaimed, "I've been here before." So beings the tragic story of the Harrison family and how they were utterly failed by police.

 

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LA Syndrome

When Blake Leibel moved from Toronto to LA, he did so without much of a plan. He wanted to "make it big," just like everyone else. He did become temporarily famous, but likely not in the way he imagined. At his trial, prosecutors argued a graphic novel he created back in 2010 inspired him to commit meyham and murder. Is Iana Kasian's murder really a case of life imitating art, or is it the tragic outcome of an undiagnosed mental illness?

Away Message

It's way too hot to discuss true crime, so Shelley and Rachel are taking a break. They'll be back in the fall with more Canadian true crime to blow your mind.

The Necessaries of Life

Only two provinces have laws regarding kids and vaccination, but parents can opt-out for any reason. Anti-vaxxers also tend to be big into naturopathy and can display a baffling amount of willful ignorance when it comes to their children's health. Such was the case for the Stephans, whose little boy, Ezekiel, suffered needlessly, and for Tamara Lovett whose son, Ryan, died painfully.

TTCFF Panel: Why Do Women Love True Crime?

The first Toronto True Crime Film Festival was held on June 8 and 9, 2018, at the Royal Theatre. On the morning of June 9, a series of panel discussions took place at the Monarch Tavern, just a couple of short blocks south of the Royal. We are delighted to share with you an edited and truncated version of that talk. The panelists are Keila Woodward, Catherine Legge, Karen Herland, and Remy Bennet. The panel is moderated by Anne T. Donahue.

How Could You Mrs Dick?

The torso murder has fascinated Canadians in general and Hamiltonians in particular for over seventy years. It all began when a group of kids found a "headless pig" out in the woods. That discovery would eventually lead police to a bloody car, a basement full of cash, and a beautiful woman who couldn't keep her stories straight. Although the murder of John Dick has technically never been solved, and the file on the alleged killer has been sealed forever, her legacy lives on in books, music, and film.

One at a Time, Please

Polygamy is illegal in Canada, but everyone's always looked the other way when it came to the polygamist community of Bountiful, British Columbia. Only within the past few years as the BC government made any attempt to charge Winston Blackmore with breaking the law. Join Shelley and Rachel as they discuss past difficulties bringing polygamists to justice and why it's illegal in the first place.

La Guerre des motards

Starting in the mid-1980s and lasting into the early 2000s, the province of Quebec was held hostage to two rival biker gangs, the Hells Angels and the Rock Machine. Join Shelley and Rachel as they attempt to delve into this violent conflict and make sense of the laws enacted as a result of the Quebec biker war.