Bruce McArthur’s name made headlines across the world, but what about Moka Dawkins? In OUTtv’s Killer in the Village, The Cobra Killers and Surviving the Block, the news media played an important and different role in all three true crime documentaries. In episode three, Justice Harvey Brownstone conducts an Examination in Chief to find out how the news portrays different LGBTQ+ victims of crime, or if they are reported on at all.

Justice Brownstone is joined by the Toronto Star’s award-winning crime reporter, Wendy Gillis, Ryerson instructor, activist and journalist, Andrea Houston and Queer Crime associate producer, Jordan Steinhauer.

*Editor’s Note: The podcast mentions the documentary “Cobra Killer,” however the correct name of the film is The Cobra Killers.

This podcast was made in association with the Canada Media Fund.

OUTtv Producers: Bianca Sutton and Philip Webb

Yap Films Executive Producers: Elliott Halpern and Elizabeth Trojian

Host: Justice Harvey Brownstone

Producer and Writer: Jordan Steinhauer

Engineer: Aaron Lockman

Line Producer: Anja Sobkowska

Production Manager: Laura Baron Katsner

Technical Supervisor: Harrison Freedman

Intern: Juan Conde-Garcia

Special Thanks:
Sue Beres
Graeme Blyth
Jordan Jackson

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In OUTtv’s true crime documentaries, Killer in the Village, The Cobra Killers and Surviving the Block, the Internet plays an integral role. From using sex app’s to hunt for victims, to advertising sex work online, Justice Harvey Brownstone conducts and Examination and Chief to find out whether the Internet makes the LGBTQ2s+ community more vulnerable to violence.

Justice Brownstone is joined by social media specialist, Ian Royer, award-winning transgender porn star and activist, Jelena Vermillion, and Killer in the Village director, Andrew Fedosov.

*Editor’s Note: The podcast mentions the documentary “Cobra Killer,” however the correct name of the film is The Cobra Killers.

This podcast was made in association with the Canada Media Fund.

OUTtv Producers: Bianca Sutton and Philip Webb

Yap Films Executive Producers: Elliott Halpern and Elizabeth Trojian

Host: Justice Harvey Brownstone

Producer and Writer: Jordan Steinhauer

Engineer: Aaron Lockman

Line Producer: Anja Sobkowska

Production Manager: Laura Baron Katsner

Technical Supervisor: Harrison Freedman

Intern: Juan Conde-Garcia

Special Thanks:
Sue Beres
Graeme Blyth
Jordan Jackson

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In OUTtv’s true crime documentaries, Killer in the Village, The Cobra Killers, and Surviving the Block, some of the LGBTQ2S+ community’s most vulnerable people were preyed upon, becoming victims – and survivors – of terrible crimes. In episode two, Justice Harvey Brownstone conducts an Examination in Chief to find out how being a minority – from sexual and gender identity to race and religion – can make a person more vulnerable.

Justice Brownstone is joined by the Executive Director of the Alliance for South Asian Aids Prevention, Haran Vijayanathan, the LGBTQ Liaison for the Toronto Police Service, Danielle Bottineau, and The Cobra Killers director, Buffy Childerhose.

*Editor’s Note: The podcast mentions the documentary “Cobra Killer,” however the correct name of the film is The Cobra Killers.

This podcast was made in association with the Canada Media Fund.

OUTtv Producers: Bianca Sutton and Philip Webb

Yap Films Executive Producers: Elliott Halpern and Elizabeth Trojian

Host: Justice Harvey Brownstone

Producer and Writer: Jordan Steinhauer

Engineer: Aaron Lockman

Line Producer: Anja Sobkowska

Production Manager: Laura Baron Katsner

Technical Supervisor: Harrison Freedman

Intern: Juan Conde-Garcia

Special Thanks:
Sue Beres
Graeme Blyth
Jordan Jackson

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Harvey Interviews Lee Tannen, the author of  "I Loved Lucy: My Friendship with Lucille Ball", a close friend and confidante of Lucille Ball's in her final years.  Another probing in-depth interview about the legendary icon of comedy and everyone's favourite redhead, Lucille Ball. 

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Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth interview with Ella Burakowski, the author of "Hidden Gold: A True Story of the Holocaust".  Ella explains how her family survived the Holocaust.

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