A brand new four-part series.  

In 2024, Canada’s most prolific serial killer was murdered in prison in an act of vigilante justice. The final chapter of Robert Pickton may now be closed, but the story is far from over.  

Pickton confessed to murdering 49 women on his pig farm near Vancouver, many of them sex workers and Indigenous women.

The evidence suggests he did not act alone.  

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Part 1 begins by tracing a disturbing childhood on the Pickton farm where cruelty was normalized, morality was optional and vulnerable people were exploited and intimidated. It also tracks how that culture escalated after Robert and his brother took over the farm, and the many police failures that followed.

This series revisits the entire case to date, moving past the grotesque caricature of a lone monster in buddy boots, and restores the humanity of the women targeted through personal stories of those who loved them. It examines the culture and systems that failed them for so long, leaving their loved ones with many unanswered questions — and a prevailing sense of injustice.

This miniseries draws primarily from court records, historical news archives, investigative journalism, personal interviews and the Missing Women Inquiry final report.

CONTENT WARNING: this series includes graphic details that will be distressing for many listeners to hear, including mention of sexual assault, residential schools, Indigenous issues, child abuse and suicide. 

Crisis referral services:

Free National Indian Residential School Crisis Line: call 1-866-925-4419 toll free

Hope for Wellness free chatline - 1-800-721-0066 or using the chat box on the website

Government of Canada Crisis and Mental Health support  

Resources for Sexual assault survivors

Canadian True Crime donates monthly to those facing injustice.

Proceeds from this series are being donated to the WISH Drop-in Centre Society, supporting street-based sex workers on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside since 1984.

Full list of resources, information sources, and more:

www.canadiantruecrime.ca/episodes

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