Episode 156 - In 2006, Thomas George Svekla, 38, a man who’d been in and out of trouble since 16, became the focus of a murder investigation lead by the Project KARE task force. Svekla was a suspect in as many as twelve murders. He was only ever charged with two slayings, that of Theresa Innes and Rachel Quinney, but was designated a dangerous offender for his long history of violent offences.

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
R. v. Svekla, 2007 ABQB 557 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1sxk0>
R. v. Svekla, 2009 ABQB 181 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/22w61>
R. v. Svekla, 2009 ABQB 187 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/22xkx>
R. v. Svekla, 2009 ABQB 193 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/22zrg>
R. v. Svekla, 2010 ABQB 370 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/2b5xx>
R. v. Svekla, 2010 ABCA 390 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/2dz2f>
R. v. Svekla, 2011 ABCA 154 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/flk2b>
Edmonton Journal - June 8, 2008 - Tom Svekla's Secret Life
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/edmonton-killer-gets-life-no-parole-for-17-years/article18452563/

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Episode 155: The holidays can be a notoriously hard time for people who either miss loved ones or have a hard time being around them so much. For those reasons, we take a break from all the murder and mayhem and try to bring you a little holiday cheer with a bit of a dark edge. This year, for our fourth Christmas, themed episode, we learn about the global depictions of Santa Claus, some dark Christmas traditions from around the world, and Krampus, the Christmas Demon.

See you in the new year!

Co-host: Carol Browne

Sources:
https://www.stnicholascenter.org/who-is-st-nicholas
https://www.whychristmas.com/customs/fatherchristmas.shtml
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus
http://www.krampus.com/krampus-on-the-web.php
https://www.thethings.com/15-terrifying-christmas-stories-that-will-put-you-in-true-holiday-spirit-this-year/
https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/ https://www.scaryforkids.com/christmas-stories/
https://litreactor.com/columns/20-ghost-and-horror-stories-for-christmas
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/why-do-ghost-stories-go-christmas-180961547/
https://carterhaughschool.com/10-spooky-ghost-stories-for-christmastime/ https://www.icelandairhotels.com/magazine/blog/icelands-13-yule-lads-mag
https://www.ranker.com/list/story-of-icelandic-yule-brothers/erin-wisti
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71999/9-facts-about-krampus-st-nicks-demonic-companion
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Enkidu
https://thecompanion.in/christmas-eclipse-festival-saturnalia/

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Episode 154 - Twenty-three year old Gordon Adrian Kralt had been the caretaker for a Bible camp on Vancouver Island when he went missing on Halloween in 1970. Gordon was found two weeks later, he had been brutally slain. Tracking down Gordie’s killer uncovered a career psychopath who was believed to have killed before.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Written by: Josina De Bree

Sources:
Regina v. Stewart, 1972 CanLII 1445 (BC CA), <http://canlii.ca/t/hv006>

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Episode 153 - Between 2002 and 2005, Charles Eli Kembo, a refugee from Malawi, murdered four people, his business partner, Arden Samuel, his stepdaughter, Rita Yeung, his girlfriend, Sui Yin Ma, and his wife, Margaret Kembo, whose body has never been found. He set up elaborate schemes to steal their identities, set up false bank accounts, insurance claims, and run up credit in his victims’ names. 

Sources:
R. v. Kembo, 2010 BCSC 914 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/2bbxq>
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kembo-guilty-of-4-murders-b-c-jury-1.911825
https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/xmlui/bitstream/handle/10315/33466/DiSanto_Julianne_M_2016_PhD.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=2
https://www.refworld.org/docid/467bb4921e.html
https://www.canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/campaigns/immigration-matters/system.html#screening
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20100306/289579580900497
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/entry/serial-killer-charles-kembo-book_n_1070290
https://vancouversun.com/news/staff-blogs/serial-killer-charles-kembo-loses-appeal
https://jezebel.com/meet-the-kids-author-who-is-also-a-serial-killer-5856417
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/murder-suspect-has-lengthy-list-of-offences/article4313841/
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/predator-kembo-guilty-sentenced-to-life/article4388720/
https://www.straight.com/news/jury-finds-charles-kembo-guilty-four-counts-first-degree-murder
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/kembo-guilty-of-4-murders-b-c-jury-1.911825
http://www.primetimecrime.com/Recent/Murder/Charles%20Kembo.htm
https://www.surreynowleader.com/news/four-time-surrey-murderer-loses-conviction-appeal/
https://bc.ctvnews.ca/crown-says-kembo-killed-4-to-steal-identities-1.443147
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/serial-killer-charles-kembo-s-lawyer-calls-trial-bewildering-1.2625206

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Episode 152: In November of 1992, a twenty-four-year-old woman came forward to Kipling, Saskatchewan RCMP, accusing a respected local doctor, John Schneeberger, of sexual assault. After years of ridicule from other Kipling residents who refused to believe her claims, the young woman finally found some justice. When the truth saw the light, it uncovered one of the strangest and most devious criminals in Canadian history. 

Co-host: Carol Browne
Promo: True Crime Island

Sources:
Canada v. Schneeberger, 2003 FC 970 (CanLII), [2004] 1 FCR 280, <http://canlii.ca/t/1fx21>
Midazolam aka Versed
Town of Kipling, SK
Wikipedia - John Schneeberger
HBO's Autopsy 7: Dead Men Talking
Forensic Files - Bad Blood - Season 6 Episode 13
ForensicFilesNow - What Happened to Dr. John Schneeberger?
Justice Denied: Extraordinary miscarriages of justice
Time Magazine - A Brief History of DNA Testing
The endless nightmare of Lisa Dillman
5 Ways to Recover From Being Cheated, Lied to or Manipulated
SexAssault.ca
WAVAW.ca
BC Victim Services & Violence Against Women Program Directory

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Episode 151 - On January at 10:30 p.m., a 911 operator took a call from a seemingly distraught sixteen-year-old girl. When Peel Police arrived at the Mississauga, Ontario home two teenage girls, Sandra, 16, and Beth, 15, led them upstairs to the bathroom where their mother, Linda Andersen, 43, lie face down, deceased in the tub. For almost a year the police believed Linda's death was a tragic accident, but they learned differently from a young man who could not keep a secret any longer.
NOTE: Aliases used to protect the identities of young offenders.

co-host: Carol Browne
promo: Minds of Madness

Sources:
R. v. K.(C.)1 and K. (C.)2, 2005 ONCJ 462 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1m0c0>
R. v. K.(Cr.) and K.(Ct.), 2006 ONCJ 283 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/1p2zx>
R. v. J.F., 2011 ONCA 220 (CanLII), <http://canlii.ca/t/fkxmb>
R. v. J.F., 2013 SCC 12 (CanLII), [2013] 1 SCR 565, <http://canlii.ca/t/fwb36>
https://web.archive.org/web/20150120034422/http://nicholasguindon.com/f/C_K_Ruling.PDF
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Linda_Andersen
https://www.mississauga.com/news-story/3123956-man-who-aided-bathtub-girls-asks-for-more-time/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bathtub-girl-killer-gets-early-release-for-university-studies-1.854264
https://www.citynews1130.com/2014/04/09/from-murder-to-law-school-story-of-ontario-sisters-who-drowned-mom-now-a-movie/ https://www.thestar.com/search.html?q=bathtub%20girls&pagenum=2
https://www.newspapers.com/search/legacy/#query=bathtub+girls+mississauga&dr_year=2004-2020&offset=12&p_place=Canada
https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/bathtub-girls-younger-of-two-sisters-who-killed-mom-in-2003-now-an-articling-student-for-toronto-criminal-lawyer

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Episode 150: Beginning at 7:19 pm Atlantic Daylight Time, on the evening of October 4, 1967, an airline pilot reported seeing an unidentified flying object heading east over Southern Quebec. About 30 minutes later, calls began coming into local authorities reporting strange lights in the sky over the Atlantic Ocean along Nova Scotia’s South Shore. The multiple sightings continued until 11:20 pm that evening when something large crashed into the water just off Shag Harbour, Nova Scotia. The mysterious and odd events of that evening are one of Canada’s most enduring and well-documented UFO sightings.

Sources:
https://shagharbourincident.com/
https://shagharbourufoexpo.com/
http://www.roswellproof.com/Shag_Harbour/Shag_Harbour1_summary.html   http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread485206/pg1
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour,_Nova_Scotia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shag_Harbour_UFO_incident
http://www.ufoevidence.org/Cases/CaseSubarticle.asp?ID=179
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/unusual/ufo/Pages/default.aspx https://globalnews.ca/news/3761270/canadas-best-documented-ufo-sighting-still-intrigues-50-years-on/
https://globalnews.ca/news/4319302/cousteau-family-members-shag-harbour/ https://www.ufocasebook.com/Shagharbor.html
https://ns1763.ca/war-monuments/roycan63anchor/

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Episode 149: William Avery (Billy) Bishop was born in Owen Sound, Ontario, on February 8, 1894. When the First World War broke out, as with many young men of his day, Billy was off to Europe to do his part. By the end of the war, Bishop claimed he had survived more than 170 air battles and said he had shot down seventy-two German aircraft. This number left Bishop only three behind René Fonck of France and eight behind The Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, who had 80 kills. These numbers made Bishop the top Canadian and British Empire flying ace of the war and Canada’s most storied veterans. But Billy’s story does come with some controversy.

Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bishop
https://www.scribd.com/book/230095060/The-Courage-of-the-Early-Morning-A-Biography-of-the-Great-Ace-of-World-War-I
https://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembrance/people-and-stories/billy-bishop
https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/military-heritage/first-world-war/100-stories/Pages/bishop.aspx
https://www.constable.ca/caah/bbishop.htm
https://www.owensound.ca/en/billy-bishop-museum.aspx
https://valourcanada.ca/military-history-library/billy-bishop-vc/
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/william-avery-bishop
https://www.theworldwar.org/explore/exhibitions/past-exhibitions/billy-bishop
https://www.nfb.ca/film/the-kid-who-couldnt-miss/
https://www.encyclopedia.com/history/educational-magazines/william-billy-avery-bishop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vc2LjoXbX-c Classic WW1 Fighters

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Episode 147: Canada has a long history of folks who have attempted to communicate with the dead - a practice is known as Spiritualism. Some of these have claimed that they can connect directly with those on the other side. Here we will give a bit of history, tell some of their stories and give a how-to primer for entertainment purposes only.

We do not recommend, dear listeners, that you make attempts to commune with the beyond using the methods we will speak about later. If you do so and incur negative consequences, we bear no responsibility for your decision to proceed.

Co-host: Carol Browne
Interview with: Morgan Knudsen

Sources:
The Fox Sisters
The Canadian Spiritualist Movement and Sources for its Study
Wikipedia - The Fox Sisters
Talking Nonsense (thesis)
GlobalNews - MacKenzie King
Spiritualist Alliance
Buckland’s Book of Spirit Communications
Mary Melville, The Psychic by Flora MacDonald
LearnReligions - How To Hold a Séance
activehistory.ca

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