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Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

True crime, legends, folklore, dark history and other creepy topics from the perspective of real live Canadians.

  1. 6D AGO

    Shattered Innocence: The Murders Leanne McFarlane and Jeffrey Taylor

    Episode 362: On the morning of May 29, 2010, gunshots shattered the quiet of a rural property just outside Cranbrook, British Columbia. By the time police arrived at the scene, two lives had been tragically cut short in an apparent case of mistaken identity. The victims were Jeffrey Todd Taylor, 42, and Leanne Laura MacFarlane, 43, a couple who had been renting half of a duplex on a large piece of land for about three months. They had no connection to the criminal underworld and appeared to have been innocent victims caught in the crossfire of a drug gang dispute. Over the last 15 years, authorities and the couple’s family and friends have fought to bring their killers to justice. Source: Obituary of Leanne MacFarlane | McPherson Funeral Service - Cranbrook Remembering the life of Jeffrey Taylor. City of Cranbrook - Our City Cranbrook BC | The Canadian Encyclopedia The Ktunaxa First Nation 4 charged in alleged B.C. murder conspiracy | CBC News B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial in Cranbrook double homicide | CBC News Charges laid 8 years after innocent B.C. pair were killed in targeted shooting | CBC News Four charged in murder plot that saw innocent Cranbrook couple executed Masked man held gun to head of slain woman's sister-in-law, court hears Daughter of Cranbrook woman slain in mistaken identity murders shocked at not guilty verdict 2013 BCSC 828 (CanLII) | R. v. Adams | CanLII 2016 BCCA 330 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII 2020 BCSC 608 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII 2022 BCSC 647 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII 2024 BCCA 361 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII 2025 BCSC 372 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison | CBC News Man pleads guilty to Cranbrook mistaken identity murders Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison Life sentence for man who killed B.C. couple in 2010 mistaken-identity murders Second person charged in Brampton shooting that killed unintended target Kingston man killed in Ottawa in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity Shooting Of Sikh Family In Canada Case Of Mistaken Identity: Police Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 11m

  2. APR 14

    POWs in Canada and the Murders at Camp 132

    Episode 362: We explore chilling events that unfolded at POW Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, during World War II. This prisoner-of-war camp, one of many scattered across Canada, became the site of two brutal murders that shocked even hardened veterans and led to Canada's last mass execution. In the summer of 1943, August Plaszek, a former French Foreign Legion soldier forcibly integrated into the German army, met a gruesome end at the hands of Nazi hardliners within the camp. Just over a year later, in September 1944, Karl Lehmann, a university professor turned Luftwaffe interpreter, suffered a similar fate for daring to share news of Germany's failing war effort with his fellow prisoners. These murders, born from the complex dynamics of a “little piece of Germany” transplanted to the Canadian prairies, would set in motion a series of dramatic trials that tested the limits of Canadian justice and international law. Sources: Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees | Red Cross Prisoners of war: What you need to know | Red Cross The Geneva Conventions: 160 years of history | Genève internationale Geneva Conventions | International Humanitarian Law, Protections & History | Britannica Prisoners of War - Historical Sheet - Second World War - History - Veterans Affairs Canada Normandy Massacres | Nazi War Crimes, Allied Retaliation & Impact | Britannica Canadian Prisoners of War In Enemy Hands | CM Archive Abbaye d'Ardenne - Veterans Affairs Canada Three survivors on how they endured oppression, cruelty and abuse as prisoners in Japan during WW II Camp 132 – Medicine Hat Illegitimate trials. PoW hangings. A miniature Nazi state on the Prairie. | The Star When was it unjust to kill seven Nazi soldiers? When it happened in Canada | Globe & Mail Hanged in Medicine Hat - Sutherland House Publishing Gestapo PoWs | Legion Magazine Ideological Battles in Medicine Hat By Danial Duda Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp - And Canada's Last Mass Execution | History is Now POW Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta Camp 132 by Robin Warren Stotz POW and Internment Camps in Alberta: WWII | Alberta Historic Places World War II Prisoner of War Camp in Medicine Hat | Shaw TV Medicine Hat Prisoner of War Camps in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia POWs in Canada Internment Camps Thematic Guides - Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars - Library and Archives Canada Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 27 July 1929 Name, Rank, and Serial Number: The Legacy of the 1929 Geneva Convention | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 1m

  3. APR 7

    Avro Arrow: The Rise and Fall of Canada’s Dream Fighter

    Episode 361: On October 4, 1957, as the world's eyes turned skyward to witness the launch of Sputnik 1, another technological marvel was about to be unveiled in a hangar in Malton, Ontario. The Avro Arrow, Canada's ambitious supersonic interceptor, was poised to revolutionize aviation. But within two years, it would vanish without a trace, leaving behind a legacy of controversy and conspiracy. Sources: Avro Arrow | The Canadian Encyclopedia Avro Arrow | canadahistory.com Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow | Wikipedia Avro CF-100 Canuck | The Canadian Encyclopedia Broken Arrow | Legion Magazine A legend in aviation still hard at work | Canadian Military History Janusz Zurakowski - Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame Avro Arrow - List of Firsts - Canadians At Arms CF-105, the Arrow Program Avro Arrow: Canada’s Lost Dream of Aviation Supremacy Canadian Aviation And The Avro Arrow Book By Fred Smye Avro Arrow Pictures | avro-arrow.org The Avro Arrow: Exploding The Myths And Misconceptions Royal Canadian Air Force The Avro Arrow New Edition: The Story Of The Great Canadian Cold War Interceptor Jet In Pictures And Documents Book By Lawrence Miller The Avro Arrow: For The Record Book By Palmiro Campagna Storms Of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed Book By Palmiro Campagna Who Killed The Avro Arrow? Book By Chris Gainor Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 10m

  4. MAR 31

    Madness on the Hill: The 1966 Parliamentary Bombing

    Episode 360: On May 18, 1966, Paul Joseph Chartier, among other things, a disillusioned and unemployed security guard and former truck driver, attempted a deadly act of terrorism on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Chartier planned to throw a homemade dynamite bomb into the House of Commons chamber, targeting politicians he blamed for societal injustices and his personal failures. However, the bomb detonated prematurely in a washroom, killing only Chartier himself. This tragic incident drew significant attention at the time, leading to investigations by the RCMP and led to a federal inquiry. Sources: Robert N. Wilkins: Remembering the man who tried blowing up Parliament, 50 years ago The Munsinger Affair Miner, Author, Singer, Lone-Actor Terrorist: The Lives and Death of Paul Joseph Chartier - University of Toronto Press The Mad Bomber of Parliament Hill by Fontana, James A The Parliament bombing of 1966 Citizen@175: 'I might as well give you a blast to wake you up' IMV_-_Terrorism-Research-Key-findings-eng Learn the lesson of the bad bomb Hewitt_2021_HistoryofLoneActorsinCanadaFinal Inquest Paul Joseph Chartier bombing of Parliament Miner, Author, Singer, Lone-Actor Terrorist: The Lives and Death of Paul Joseph Chartier - University of Toronto Press 201604_clat_final_report — Lone-Actor Terrorism “Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow”: Lone-Actor Terrorism, Masculinity, and the 1966 Bombing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa TSAS-Working-Paper-Hofmann-Lone-Actors-Final Paul Joseph Chartier Parliament will carry on Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 5m

  5. MAR 24

    Margate Horror: The Murder of Mary Pickering Tuplin

    Episode 359: On a warm summer evening in June 1887, 17-year-old Mary Pickering Tuplin vanished from her family's farm in Margate, PEI. A search and a grim discovery followed that would rock the quiet farming community to its core. Mary's body was found in the Southwest River, weighed down by a heavy stone, with two gunshot wounds to her head. The subsequent investigation would uncover a web of secrets, including the fact that Mary was six months pregnant. Circumstantial evidence led to 19-year-old William Millman's arrest, allegedly Mary’s lover. The shocking facts of the crime and its investigation led to a sensational trial that captivated the entire country. Millman was convicted and sent to the gallows in April 1888. Was justice indeed served, or, as some speculate, was an innocent man sent to the gallows? Sources: History Of The Blackhorse Corner Tavern Kensington Locomotive | PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation The history of Margate, Prince Edward Island Apr 11, 1888, page 2 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com Verbatim report of the Millman-Tuplin Murder Trial | Canadiana.ca Mary Tuplin - Search - Newspapers.com™ ’They hung the wrong boy’: New questions in 1887 murder of pregnant P.E.I. girl Ceremony reunites head with murdered owner 129 years later 'We finally got it right': 1887 murder victim's skull re-united with rest of remains | CBC News Mary Pickering Tuplin, 1887 murder victim, properly laid to rest Skull of murdered P.E.I. teen finally reunited with her body after 129 years English Folk Dance and Song Society: The National Organisation for the Development of the Folk Arts Mary Pickering Tuplin Millman and Tuplin Song, The 9780774817530 Murder of Mary Tuplin Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 2m

  6. MAR 17

    Made in Canada: The Unsolved Murder of Reet Jurvetson

    Episode 358: In Los Angeles, California, in the autumn of 1969, along winding Mulholland Drive, a young woman's body was discovered, brutally stabbed more than 150 times, her identity shrouded in mystery for nearly half a century. This Jane Doe, known only as case number 59, would lie nameless for the next 46 years, her story untold and her family unaware of her tragic fate. In a chilling twist, the proximity of her death to the infamous Tate-LaBianca murder scenes led investigators down a twisted path of speculation. The brutal nature of the crime sparked whispers of a possible connection to one of America's most notorious cults — the Manson Family. It wasn't until 2016 that modern forensic techniques finally gave her a name: Reet Silvia Jurvetson, a 19-year-old from Montreal who had ventured to L.A. with dreams as big as the Hollywood sign. Despite her identity now being known, Reet Jurvetson’s murder remains unsolved. Her family is still hoping for answers more than 55 years later. Sources: The Murder of Marina Habe Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders About Reet Jurvetson | Reet Jurvetson's Family Memorial Man Who Found Possible Manson Victim as Teen Speaks Out Forensic DNA analysis: technology and application (BP-443E) 'Jane Doe #59' was a 19-year-old from Montreal -- was she also a Manson victim? Woman found near Manson murders ID'd after 47 years ID of woman found near Manson murders site stirs mystery Who Killed Jane Doe #59 | CBC News Jane Doe found in L.A. in 1969 ID'd as Montreal teen | CBC News 'Who is he?': Sketch shows 'person of interest' at heart of probe into Canadian woman's brutal 1969 killing | CBC News Could Canadian's brutal 1969 stabbing death be connected to another L.A. cold case? | CBC News 'In a hurry': Did Canadian woman's killer drop his glasses as he got rid of body in L.A. in 1969? | CBC News Who Killed Jane Doe #59 : The Case of Reet Jurvetson - The Fifth Estate LAPD Seeks to Identify Two Men in Connection with Murder of Reet Jurvetson Reet Jurvetson: Was Jane Doe No. 59 a Victim of the Manson Family? Did Charles Manson Have 4 More Victims? 'There's an Answer There Somewhere,' Says LAPD Detective Murder of Reet Jurvetson | Wikipedia Reet Silvia Jurvetson (1950-1969) From the UnresolvedMysteries community on Reddit: Who are the two men named 'Jean' who Reet Jurvetson visited with before she was found murdered on November 16, 1969? https://www.reddit.com/r/UnresolvedMysteries/comments/gcypxe/who_are_the_two_men_named_jean_who_reet_jurvetson/ LAPD releases sketches of two men linked to 1969 killing of Canadian Reet Jurvetson Who Killed Jane Doe #59 : The Case of Reet Jurvetson - the fifth estate Reet Silvia Jürvetson (1950-1969) Facebook LAPD Seeks to Identify Two Men in Connection with Murder of Reet Jurvetson ID of woman found near Manson murders site stirs mystery Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 6m

  7. MAR 10

    Murder and Mayhem in Norfolk County

    Episode 357: On a sunny Wednesday afternoon, 21 June 1950, the tranquil tobacco farming community of Langton, of Langton, Ontario, was shattered by a violent crime that would leave an indelible mark on Canadian history. Joseph Herbert McAuliffe, a World War II veteran turned counterfeiter, walked into the Imperial Bank of Canada with robbery on his mind. In less than half an hour, two innocent men lay dead at the robber’s hands, Arthur Lierman and William Goddyn, their bodies riddled with bullets, and a community was gripped by fear. For three harrowing days, Norfolk County held its breath as McAuliffe, armed and desperate, evaded capture in the surrounding woods. The manhunt that ensued would reveal a tale of tragic childhood, wartime heroism, and a descent into criminality that culminated in a botched robbery and senseless killings. As the story unfolded, it exposed the raw nerves of a nation grappling with questions of justice, redemption, and the ultimate price of crime. Sources: Langton, Ontario John Langton 1808-1894 The History of Norfolk County The Archives of Ontario Celebrates Our Agricultural Past: Settling the Land Phone History: All About Party Lines Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950 — YouTube Murder Remembered - Norfolk County 1950 — NFB De Boer’s treasures: Herbert McAuliffe hanging SSGT Joseph Herbert McAuliffe (1918-1950) - Find... Wrong Side of the Law: True Stories of Crime by Ed Butts Book revisits bloody Langton bank robbery Herbert McAuliffe | Saint John Coin Club https://www.capitalpunishmentuk.org/canada.html Jun 22, 1950, page 7 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 8 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 1 - The Sun Times at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 1 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 2 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 3 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jun 22, 1950, page 1 - The Ottawa Journal at Newspapers.com Jul 08, 1950, page 5 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Jul 17, 1950, page 1 - The Sault Star at Newspapers.com Jul 18, 1950, page 8 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Jul 18, 1950, page 17 - The Montreal Star at Newspapers.com Sept 06, 1950, page 1 - Niagara Falls Review at Newspapers.com Sept 06, 1950, page 1 - Daily Standard-Freeholder at Newspapers.com Sept 07, 1950, page 9 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com Sept 07, 1950, page 31 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com Sept 08, 1950, page 6 - The Sun Times at Newspapers.com Sept 12, 1950, page 7 - Niagara Falls Review at Newspapers.com Sept 14, 1950, page 1 - North Bay Nugget at Newspapers.com Sept 14, 1950, page 1 - The Expositor at Newspapers.com Nov 21, 1950, page 2 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com Nov 28, 1950, page 24 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Dec 18, 1950, page 2 - The Sault Star at Newspapers.com Dec 19, 1950, page 4 - The Gazette at Newspapers.com Dec 19, 1950, page 7 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Dec 19, 1950, page 8 - The Hamilton Spectator at Newspapers.com Dec 20, 1950, page 13 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com Aug 05, 1952, page 3 - The Windsor Star at Newspapers.com The Ballad of HERB McAULIFFE (2023) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 2m

  8. MAR 3

    Canadian Legends: The Lost Lemon Mine and The Vanishing Village at Angikuni Lake

    Episode 356: In this episode, we explore two enduring Canadian legends that have captivated imaginations for generations. Our journey begins with the Lost Lemon Mine, a tale from the Canadian Rockies dating back to 1870. Two prospectors, Frank Lemon and "Blackjack," allegedly discovered gold, but their expedition descended into a dark saga of murder, madness, and an alleged curse that has kept the mine's location hidden for over 150 years. We then venture to the frigid wilderness of Nunavut, where the mystery of the vanishing village at Angikuni Lake unfolds. In November 1930, fur trapper Joe Labelle reportedly discovered an abandoned Inuit settlement, sparking an investigation and endless speculation about the disappearance of an entire Inuit village. Join us as we delve into these fascinating Canadian mysteries, examining the evidence, historical context, and their lasting impact on the nation's folklore. Sources: The Last Great Unsolved Mystery Reader's Digest Article about Oak Island 47: The Legend of Slumach and his Lost Gold Mine (BC) The Legend of the Lost Lemon Mine The Lost Lemon Mine | Canadian Encyclopedia Blackjack’s ghostly legacy | LostLemon.com The Lost Lemon Mine: An Unsolved Mystery of the Old West by Ron Stewart | goodreads.com The Lost Lemon Mine: The Greatest Mystery of the Canadian Rockies by Dan Riley Nov 27, 1930, page 7 - The Bee at Newspapers.com The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake The Vanishing Village of Angikuni Lake — Canada's Great Disappearance Angikuni Lake | Wikipedia The Vanishing Of The Angikuni Lake Village Mysteries in Canadian History | Canadian Encyclopedia Unravelling the Franklin Mystery, Second Edition | McGill-Queen’s University Press The legend of Lake Angikuni - WordPress.comhttps://xylemmag.files.wordpress.com/2020/04/the-legend-of-lake-angikuni.pdf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

    1h 6m
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