16 episodes
Very Scary People ID
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- True Crime
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4.6 • 266 Ratings
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In the late-80s and early 90s, the quaint suburbs of Toronto, Canada were blind-sided by an unprecedented flurry of violent crimes: a serial rapist on the loose and young girls vanishing… only to later discover their dead bodies, dismembered. As separate investigations developed, police across the region followed leads pointing to a young, blond-haired blue-eyed duo.
Over seven episodes, host Donnie Wahlberg traces the twisted path of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka – a couple from Toronto that appeared loving and wholesome but had everybody fooled. We’ll explore how the boy and the girl next-door captivated Canada and became the killers known as “Ken and Barbie.”
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S2 Ep.1: Blond Hair Blue Eyes
A beautiful young couple, Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo, are getting married on the shores of Lake Ontario in the suburbs of Toronto, Canada. Meanwhile, in the neighboring town of Scarborough, locals are gripped with fear and the police are at a loss: a serial rapist is at large, showing no signs of stopping. Host Donnie Wahlberg traces the perpetrator's steps, only to find them leading back to the blond-haired blue-eyed groom.
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S2 Ep.2: Call 911
Paul Bernardo is questioned by police after receiving multiple anonymous tips in response to a composite sketch of the Scarborough Rapist published in the local newspaper. At the same time, he’s falling in love with Karla Homolka and spending time with her family in the quiet town of St. Catharines. During their first holiday together, tragedy strikes close to home, her sister is found dead.
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S2 Ep.3: Kristen French
The Saint Catharine’s community is rattled by a tragedy of their own. Sixteen-year-old, Kristen French, goes missing while walking home from school. The case quickly draws national attention and sparks a massive search effort. Eerie similarities are found between Kristen’s case and another teenage girl, Leslie Mahaffy, who was murdered just a year earlier.
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S2 Ep.4: The DNA Sample
A long-shelved DNA sample in the case of the Scarborough Rapist is finally tested. The sample matches Paul Bernardo. And after a physically violent dispute between Karla and Paul that sends Karla to the hospital, the police get more details about just how monstrous Paul can be. The police start to zero in on Paul for the murders of Leslie and Kristen.
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S2 Ep.5: The Videotapes
Law enforcement gain a very helpful tip. They tirelessly search Karla and Paul’s little pink house for video tape evidence that would prove all of their suspicions and be enough to convict Paul of murder. As the investigation develops, it turns out that Karla isn’t as innocent as she’s let on.
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S2 Ep.6: Tammy Homolka
Now that long sought-after video tapes are finally in the hands of the police. Karla has one final, shocking confession that leads investigators to revisit the night of her little sister Tammy’s untimely death. It turns out, Tammy’s death wasn’t an accident.
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Customer Reviews
Well done
Great information about two monsters who terrorized many. Donny has the perfect voice for this, and takes the listener through the story with a grave solemnity. I’ve heard some podcasts where the hosts are giggly and irreverent, and that just doesn’t sit well with me.
Please check your geography
St Catherine’s is as much of a suburb to Toronto as Buffalo is to NYC.
Niagara Falls is not close to the Atlantic Ocean.
Poor research
I was looking forward to this podcast as a Canadian with an understanding of these horrible crimes. As a Canadian, I couldn’t get through the second episode. It became obvious that this was really just a sensationalistic regurgitation of the Bernardo crimes without a shallow dive into the details of the case. There was no interest of the episodes’s writer(s) to get a sense of geography and highlighted the American ignorance to Canadian facts. For example, Scarborough was described as a “neighbouring community” to St. Catherine’s, when it an hour and a half’s drive away. The more laughable fluffier writing described how the water at Niagara Falls emptied into the Atlantic. One only has to glance at a map to know this is not the case. These glaring oversights in the writing made me press pause midway through the episode and hit delete. A disappointment that Donnie Wahlberg lent his voice to this project without doing his own due diligence.
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