Welcome, dear listeners, to another tale of murder, scandal and crime from Mississauga’s darker side.

In today’s case, we meet a family new to Mississauga. The Lammerse family moved to Canada from Holland, by way of Detroit, in search of a better life. But what they really found was a land struck by the growing pains of its youth. Big city crime was creeping out to the once pastoral landscapes beyond Toronto’s densely built borders. The everyday turmoil of the depression pushed people to their limits, and left another hopeful immigrant family in the crossfire. Even in the quiet village of Britannia, at the heart of Toronto Township, there is no reprieve from the cruelties of crime.

So, what happens when a masked gunman brutally tears apart a family? Tragedy and question marks.

From the case files of Heritage Mississauga, this is Mississauga Confidential. 

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Audio clip from the “Gang Busters” radio drama from archive.org. While Gerritt and Tuena Lammerse were listening to “Gang Busters” on the night of the crime described in this video, the episode that aired on April 6, 1938, is currently not available. A clip from a different episode was substituted and can be heard in this episode.

Music Credits:

“Bass Walker” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)