Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History episodes:

• 04.22.2024

  The Life of the Grey Fox: Bill Miner, Train Robber

  Episode 314: Ezra Allen Miner, more commonly known as Bill Miner, was an infamous American stagecoach and train robber born in Michigan in 1846. Bill Miner's criminal career included an early arrest on April 3, 1866, for robbery, leading to a...

  
• 04.15.2024

  Murders in Meadowvale: Robert Grewal, Joseph Manchisi and Rene Charlebois

  Episode 313: Douglas Donald Moore, known in Meadowvale, Ontario,  as a drug supplier for young teens, gained notoriety in Mississauga for killing three young men before taking his own life in his jail cell while awaiting trial on 11 charges...

  
• 04.08.2024

  Moved by the Spirit: The Murder of Mercy Babcock Hall

  Episode 312: In a home in Shediac, New Brunswick, on February 13, 1805, Amos Babcock, driven by delusions of divine mission, subjected his family to a horrifying ordeal. He gathered his wife, children and sister, Mercy, instilling fear with his...

  
• 04.01.2024

  Road Trip: Reckless Rust — The Death of Halyna Hutchins (Part 2)

  Episode 311: On October 21, 2021, a tragic accident occurred on the set of the low-budget old-west movie Rust, filmed on a New Mexico ranch. Wife, mother and Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot, and writer/director Joel Souza, 48, was injured. It was the lead actor...

  
• 03.28.2024

  Introducing... Crime Beat | Out of the dark

  In the summer of 2006, a young Calgary woman was on top of the world. She had a supportive family, amazing friends and a great job. But life as she knew it came to an abrupt stop in the middle...

  
• 03.25.2024

  Road Trip: Reckless Rust — The Death of Halyna Hutchins (Part 1)

  Episode 310: On October 21, 2021, a tragic accident occurred on the set of the low-budget old-west movie Rust, filmed on a New Mexico ranch. Wife, mother and Cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, 42, was fatally shot, and writer/director Joel Souza, 48,...

  
• 03.18.2024

  Road Trip: More to the Puzzle — Somerton Man Updates

  Episode 309: In Mike's first book, Murder, Madness and Mayhem, he wrote about an unknown man whose body was found on Somerton Park beach near Adelaide, Australia, by two trainee jockeys who’d been out with their horses on the morning...

  
• 03.11.2024

  Apex Predator: The Murder of Kim Hallgarth

  Episode 308: Kimberly Lynn Hallgarth was the 33-year-old mother of one and involved with former CFL football player Joshua Joseph Boden when. she was found brutally murdered at her residence in Burnaby, British Columbia, in March 2009. Her death was covered extensively...

  
• 03.04.2024

  Three on the Tracks: Kenny Novak, David Burrows and Terry Burt

  Episode 307: On Friday, July 10th, 1970, around 7 a.m., near Ludlow, Maine, 45 kilometres from the border with Canada, the crew aboard a northbound Bangor & Aroostook Railway train noticed something lying on the tracks ahead. They thought at first it...

  
• 02.26.2024

  The Tragic Death of Mark Harshbarger

  Episode 306: This week, we discuss the shooting death of American Mark Harshbarger during a 2006 hunting trip to Newfoundland. The Meshoppen, Pennsylvania, man was shot by his wife, Mary Beth Harshbarger, who claims she thought he was a black...

  
• 02.19.2024

  The Crimes of Joseph LaPage, The French Monster

  Episode 305: Joseph LaPage, a French-Canadian rapist and necrophile known as the French Monster, was tried and hung in 1878 for the brutal, sexually motivated murder of Josie A. Langmaid, 17, in Pembroke, New Hampshire, in 1875. LaPage was also the sole suspect in...

  
• 02.12.2024

  The Bizarre Case of Blair Adams

  Episode 304: On the morning of July 11, 1996, police were called to the parking lot of a hotel under construction off Interstate 40 at 7471 Crosswood Boulevard in Knoxville, Tennesee. There, they found the body of a man, later...

  
• 02.05.2024

  Terror on the School Bus: The Chowchilla Kidnapping

  Episode 303: The Chowchilla school bus hijacking and kidnapping, a notorious case that occurred in 1976, involved the abduction of a school bus carrying 26 children, nineteen girls and seven boys, ages 5 to 14, and their driver, Frank Edward...

  
• 01.29.2024

  The Murder of RCMP Constable Thomas Brian King

  Episode 302: On April 25, 1978, RCMP Constable Thomas (Brian) King, a 40-year-old father of three, pulled over a vehicle for a minor traffic offence at 12:35 AM on Highway 11, roughly a quarter mile (400 metres) north of the...

  
• 01.22.2024

  Update: Stanley Park’s Babes in the Woods Identified

  Episode 301: In episode thirteen of Dark Poutine, we covered the Babes in the Woods case, a tragic and long-unsolved mystery from Vancouver. In 1953, the skeletal remains of two children were discovered in Stanley Park, one of Vancouver's largest urban parks. What...

  
• 01.15.2024

  BONUS: Interview with Stacey Thur, Daniel’s mom — The Murder of Daniel Levesque — Part 2

  As this is bonus content related to episode 300, we don’t have the usual show open. There are no loons. There’s no music. There’s no Mathew here for this. This episode is dedicated entirely to Daniel Jordan Levesque's memory and features...

  
• 01.15.2024

  Lured by Lies — The Murder of Daniel Levesque — Part 1

  Episode 300: In June 2011, twenty-year-old musician Daniel Jordan Levesque moved from his family home in Revelstoke, B.C., to Victoria, full of dreams to start a new life and advance his burgeoning musical career. On June 15, seeking work, Daniel...

  
• 12.25.2023

  Holiday 2023: Winnipeg’s Yuletide Bandit

  Episode 299: In this episode, we explore a dark chapter of Winnipeg's criminal history, centred on the "Yuletide Bandit," notorious for his holiday-season robberies in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Michael David Syrnyk, known for targeting banks and armoured...

  
• 12.18.2023

  Chinese Exclusion from Canada. Part 2: Return of the Dragon

  Episode 298: Last week, we learned how Chinese immigrants have significantly contributed to Western Canada's development since 1788, playing critical roles in trade, gold rushes, and railway construction. Despite their contributions, they faced severe discrimination and exploitation, particularly during the...

  
• 12.11.2023

  Chinese Exclusion from Canada. Part 1: Enter the Dragon

  Episode 297: The history of Chinese immigration to Canada is a story marked by adversity. Chinese labourers played a pivotal role in building the Canadian railway under harsh conditions, yet faced institutional discrimination, including the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1923,...

  
• 12.04.2023

  Extreme Misogyny: The Montreal Massacre

  Episode 296: On December 6, 1989, a tragic and profound event shook Canada and had a lasting impact. That evening, a gunman entered the École Polytechnique in Montreal, an engineering school affiliated with the Université de Montréal. This act of...

  
• 11.27.2023

  The Black Friday Siege: The Murder of Detective Boyd Davidson

  Episode 295: On the afternoon of December 20, 1974, a storekeeper in Calgary, Alberta, alerted the police about a customer, Philippe Laurier Gagnon, 26, who became aggressive after being denied the sale of airplane glue. The individual fled, and police...

  
• 11.20.2023

  The Quakers and The Killers: The Murder of Peter Lazier

  Episode 294: On the evening of December 21, 1883, near Bloomfield, Ontario, visitor Peter Lazier was murdered by two intruders at the farmhouse of Quakers Gilbert and Margaret Jones. The community, deeply affected, quickly organized a search. They traced footprints...

  
• 11.13.2023

  Cold Case Turned Hot: The Murder of Cathy Pozzobon

  Episode 293: During the evening of Friday, October 13 and the early hours of October 14, 1978, a group of teens and young adults attended a gathering in a rural area of Maple Ridge, B.C. That night, 16-year-old Catherine Emma...

  
• 11.11.2023

  Introducing... Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry | The Lynyrd Skynyrd Plane Crash | 1

  The old days of air travel were quite risky…compared to today, the chances of your flight going down were far greater …every airport had kiosks and coin-operating vending machines where you could buy life insurance before you headed to the...

  
• 11.06.2023

  Remembrance Day 2023: The One-Eyed Ghost — Leo Major

  Episode 292: In the annals of military history, few figures stand as singularly remarkable as Léo Major, a French-Canadian soldier whose audacious feats in World War II and the Korean War etched his name in the pantheon of military legends....

  
• 11.04.2023

  Introducing... Black and Blue: Behind the Badge | Catching Hell

  It’s 1986 and Michael Morrison is offered the opportunity of a lifetime. A chance to leave his life of poverty in Newark and start afresh. It’s a job offer he can’t afford to refuse. Michael has no idea what this...

  
• 10.30.2023

  Spooktober 5: The Story of Jack Fiddler, Wendigo Killer

  Episode 291: Jack Fiddler was a chief and shaman among the Anishinaabe in northwestern Ontario. Born around 1839, he became renowned for his abilities in white magic, particularly his claimed power to defeat the Wendigo, a cannibalistic spirit. Fiddler asserted...

  
• 10.23.2023

  Spooktober 4: Fact or Fiction? Jacko the Ape-Boy from Yale, BC

  On July 3, 1884, the Daily Colonist newspaper in Canada reported the capture of "Jacko," described as a human-like creature resembling a gorilla near Yale, British Columbia. Some Bigfoot enthusiasts later cited this story as evidence for Sasquatch's existence. The...

  
• 10.16.2023

  Spooktober 3: More on Canadian UFOs and The Charlie Red Star Sightings

  First, we look at a little more about the history of UFO sightings in Canada and elsewhere. These are not a new phenomena. In the show’s second half, we learn about a series of UFO sightings that occurred in the 1970s...

  
• 10.09.2023

  Spooktober 2: More Canadian Ghost Stories

  Episode 288: In this, the second episode of our five-part Spooktober series, we dive into three ghostly tales from coast to coast or, to coin a phrase, ghost to ghost. First, we’re off to northern New Brunswick to learn about...

  
• 10.02.2023

  Spooktober 1: More Legendary Canadian Creatures

  Episode 287: Canada, the second-largest country in the world, is a vast land of dense forests, expansive tundras, and rugged coastlines. Our diverse landscapes are home to folklore, legends, and tales of mysterious creatures. These elusive beings have captured the...

  
• 09.25.2023

  The Mind Reader and the Murderer: The Booher Farm Massacre

  Episode 286: On July 9, 1928, the Alberta Provincial Police were alerted to a mass murder at the Booher farm in Mannville, Alberta. Upon arrival, they discovered the bodies of Rose Booher, her oldest son Fred, and two hired hands,...

  
• 09.18.2023

  Road Trip: The Trial of the Pendle Witches

  Episode: 285: The 1612 Lancashire trials of the accused Pendle witches, one of the most notorious witchcraft trials in English history, took place during the reign of King James I. Twelve individuals from the area around Pendle Hill in Lancashire were accused of practicing...

  
• 09.11.2023

  The Murder of Gladys Wakabayashi

  Episode 284: On the evening of June 24, 1992, after she failed to pick her daughter up from school, 41-year-old Gladys Wakabayshi’s estranged husband, Shinji and her daughter, Elisa, discovered her body in the hallway of their home in Shaughnessy,...

  
• 09.04.2023

  Private Acts and Public Health: HIV Non-Disclosure in Canada

  Episode 283: In this episode, we venture into a controversial and tragic chapter of Canada's legal history. It intertwines public health, personal relationships, and the weight of the law. We're talking about the history of HIV non-disclosure cases in Canada. Part...

  
• 08.28.2023

  The Child Martyr: Aurore Gagnon

  Episode 282: Aurore Gagnon is probably one of the most tragic figures in twentieth-century Canadian history. She was only ten years old when she died of exhaustion and blood poisoning in her hometown of Sainte-Philomène-de-Fortierville, Quebec, on February 12, 1920....

  
• 08.21.2023

  Beaver Lake Tragedy: The McKenzie Murders

  Episode 281: On the night of Saturday, October 25th, 1857, in Beaver Lake, a part of Simond’s Parish in St John County, a heinous crime was committed unlike anything ever seen in New Brunswick up to that point. Sure, there...

  
• 08.14.2023

  They Walked Away — The Murder of Martin Payne

  Episode 280: In the early morning hours of July 8, 2019, Vancouver Island RCMP launched a manhunt for two inmates who had escaped from William Head, a minimum security federal institution in Metchosin, south of Victoria. The two men, James...

  
• 08.07.2023

  Repeat Offender: The Murders of Chantale Deschesnes and Marylène Levesque

  Episode 279: In Quebec City, on October 21, 2004, Dario Gallese got an alarming phone call from his younger brother, Eustachio Gallese. In the call, Eustachio admitted to killing his girlfriend, Chantale Deschesnes, 32, and, following his brother's advice, contacted...

  
• 07.31.2023

  Murder in Richmond Hill: The Crimes of Grace Marks and James McDermott

  Episode 278: In this episode, we plunge into the perplexing saga of Grace Marks and James McDermott. Their story, a blend of mystery and controversy, revolves around the savage murders of wealthy Richmond Hill farmer Thomas Kinnear and his housekeeper,...

  
• 07.24.2023

  The Alexander Family Tragedy

  Episode 277: On January 26, 2012, Jo Anne Alexander called 911 from her residence in Richmond, B.C., pleading for help and mentioning that she had ingested sleeping pills. Upon arrival, police found Jo Anne and her husband, John Alexander, in...

  
• 07.17.2023

  The Shooting of Jacob Sansom and Morris Cardinal

  Episode 276: On March 27, 2020, Jacob Sansom, 39, and his uncle, Maurice Cardinal, 57, both Métis, went hunting in Glendon, Alberta. They later began driving along Range Road 484, where they were mistakenly suspected of planning a burglary by...

  
• 07.14.2023

  Introducing... Deadman's Curse: Slumach's Gold

  This historical, true crime podcast hosted by Kru Williams from History Television's hit original series Deadman’s Curse: The Legend of the Lost Gold investigates the curse and legend surrounding the lost gold mine of Pitt Lake. On their quest they're joined...

  
• 07.10.2023

  The 1984 Quebec National Assembly Shooting

  Episode 275: On May 8, 1984, a man with a beard, dressed in Canadian Forces camouflage attire and wearing a beret, entered the studios of CJRP, a radio station in Quebec City. Employees at the station noticed the man had...

  
• 07.03.2023

  The Unsolved Murder of Trina Hunt

  Episode 274: Trina Hunt, a 48-year-old woman from Port Moody, B.C., was reported missing on the evening of January 18, 2021. Her husband, Iain Hunt, claimed to have seen her at her home that morning. Her whereabouts remained unknown for...

  
• 06.26.2023

  Bitter Reality: The Murder of Jasmine Fiore

  Episode 273: On August 15, 2009, the mutilated body of Jasmine Fiore, a 28-year-old Playboy model and aspiring actress, was found stuffed into a suitcase and discarded in a dumpster in Buena Park, California. The investigation quickly led to her...

  
• 06.19.2023

  Kettle Valley Train Explosion: The Death of Peter Verigin

  Episode 272: Peter Vasilievich Verigin, also known as “Lordly,” was a highly respected and influential leader among the Doukhobors. These Doukhobors had migrated to Canada in 1899, seeking a new life and religious freedom. Verigin was pivotal in guiding and...

  
• 06.12.2023

  Case Updates: Sharron Prior and The Babes in the Woods

  Episode 271: In this episode, we’re providing updates on two historical shows that are now recently solved by way of updates to DNA technology and genetic genealogy. In the first half of this episode, we have recent updates to show...

  
• 06.05.2023

  The Empress of Ireland Disaster

  Episode 270: Having just set out from Quebec City the previous day, in the early hours of May 29, 1914, the passenger ship Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River near Rimouski, Quebec. She was on a return...