In 2016, The Ryan family triple murder in Scarborough, Ontario would shock the country. Even more horrifying was the weapon of choice, a crossbow. Making this case even more bizarre, and within hours of the crime, the bomb squad would be dispatched to a downtown Toronto condo, with both scenes linked to the same suspect, …
Eps. 19 The Case of Brett Ryan – The Crossbow Killer Read More »
In 2009, Guy Turcotte, a Quebec cardiologist, killed his two children as they slept in their Piedmont home. His first trial rendered a verdict of not criminally responsible due to apparent mental illness. The prosecution would successfully appeal and overturn the NCR verdict. In December, 2015 he would be found guilty of second degree murder …
In Part 2, we will examine the crime scene, police investigation and first degree murder trial of the Shafias. On July 23, 2009, police arrested Mohammad, Tooba Yahya, and Hamed Shafia for the killings of Rona Amir, Zainab, Sahar, & Geeti. They were eventually found guilty in a Kingston, Ontario courtroom in January 2012, and …
On June 30, 2009, the Shafia sisters along with their step-mother Rona, were found dead in a vehicle underwater in the Kingston Mills Locks, a part of the Rideau Canal The scene looked suspicious, not like an accident. There was immediate speculation the family was involved, a suspected honour killing. After a 3 week investigation, …
During the summer of 1986, Alison Parrott was lured from her home in Toronto, Ontario to meet a man posing as a photographer. Her remains were found two days later under a bridge in Kings Mill Park. Her case would become one of Canada’s most expensive murder investigations ever. The unsolved murder remained a cold …
Thomas Svekla is a suspected serial killer from Edmonton Alberta, his crimes often compared to Robert Pickton. In 2004 he was investigated by Project KARE, and is thought to be responsible for the murders of 12 women, most from the Edmonton area. However, he would only be convicted for the murder of Theresa Innes, whom …
The Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist is one of the most bizarre crimes and most expensive heist in Canadian history. Between 2011 & 2012, Avik Caron, barrel roller Richard Vallières and their band of thieves managed to steal $18.7 million Canadian worth of Quebec maple syrup from the The Canadian Strategic Maple Syrup Reserve warehouse …
The 2008 unsolved killing of real estate agent Lindsay Buziak is one of British Columbia’s most haunting cold cases. She received a strange phone call, looking to arrange a viewing at an expensive home for new clients. Lindsay never made it out of that house, and the circumstances of her murder has been an unsolved …
On August 24, 1992, Engineering Professor Valery Fabrikant went on a shooting spree at Concordia University, in Montreal Quebec, killing four colleagues and wounded one staff member. The warning signs were there from day one, but ignored by university administrators. What began as a campaign of harassment, ended in tragedy, with the deaths of Departmental …
The wrongful conviction of David Milgaard was one of the worst miscarriage of justice in Canadian history. In 1969, David was convicted of the murder of Gail Miller and spent 23 year in prison. The Supreme Court of Canada overturned his conviction in 1992 and DNA exonerated him completely in 1997 as well as proved …
Eps. 10 The Wrongful Conviction of David Milgaard Part 2 Read More »
