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Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History

Dark Poutine / Curiouscast

True crime, legends, folklore, dark history and other creepy topics from the perspective of real live Canadians.

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70:45

Away Game - The Tunguska Event

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/05/27

Episode 075 - In the summer of 1908 a huge explosion levelled over 2000 square kilometres in Siberia. The event happened near the remote Tunguska river. It created the loudest sound ever heard by human ears and was visible through Europe and Asia. Locals reported seeing a large fireball rumbling across the sky before the blast. To this day, almost 111 years later, the exact cause of Tunguska Event remains a mystery.Sources:Russian Site on the Event - photos, investigation and first hand accounts100

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70:03

The Julie Stanton Story (ON)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/05/20

Episode 074 - In April of 1990, 14-year-old Julie Ann Stanton disappeared near her Pickering, Ontario home. Right away investigators suspected, Peter John Stark, a neighbour and father of Julie's best, in Julie's disappearance. After 4 years, the police and Crown finally had enough to go arrest Stark, who turned out to be a serial predator with a very dark past. NOTE: This week's guest host, Johanna Hemenway, went to the same high school and was in the same grade as Julie Stanton. She and some of

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58:07

The Murder of Shirley Duguay (PE)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/05/13

Episode 073 - In rural Prince Edward Island, on October 7, 1994 a car was found abandoned, away from the main road and in a field. The licence plates were missing and there appeared to be blood spatter on the windshield and throughout the vehicle's interior. The car was found to belong to a 32-year-old mother of five named Shirley Anne Duguay. RCMP investigated and were told by Shirley's family that she had not been seen in days. She'd disappeared, but thanks to evidence found by searchers, police

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64:26

The Klaus Family Murders (AB)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/05/06

Episode 072 - On a freezing December morning the Castor Volunteer Fire Department braved the icy Alberta roads to attend a structure fire at a farm a few kilometers outside town. When the firefighters arrived there were red flags evident immediately. The family dog lay dead in the driveway from an apparent gunshot wound, two 9mm casings were nearby as was a partially full gas can which lay only meters away from the front door of the home, now almost burned to the ground. Three people, Sandra and

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55:08

The Story of Samantha Walsh (NL)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/04/29

Episode 071 - It's been a long time coming, but this is our first episode taking place entirely in Newfoundland. On the night of February 6, 2000 nearly the entire population of the tiny town of Fleur de Lys was out looking for 13-year-old Samantha Walsh. She'd gone missing on a three minute walk between her grandmother's house and her own home in weather that was -25 °C. As the weeks wore on with no verified signs of Samantha suspicions fell on a local 16-year-old boy dividing the small community

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71:09

The Murder of Taylor Van Diest (BC)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/04/22

Episode 070 - In the quiet city of Armstrong B.C. on Halloween night 2011, Taylor Van Diest, 18, left her house dressed as a zombie. She was excited to meet up with her pals to go trick or treating one last time before they were 'too old'. Taylor stopped responding to text messages just over ten minutes into her short walk to her friend's home. She was found badly beaten and clinging to life two hours later by friends and family frantically searching. The fun loving girl with no known enemies died

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61:07

Roch Theriault and the Ant Hill Kids (ON)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/04/15

Episode 069 - On August 14, 1989 an emaciated woman favouring the stump of a recently severed arm emerged from the woods near the tiny town of Burnt River, Ontario. She was known to police as a member of the Ant Hill Gang, a religious cult, run by the charismatic and enigmatic Roch Theriault, who'd changed his name to Moses. As the woman's story came out, so did other tales of violence, sexual abuse, torture and murder at the hands of Roch and others in the group who were doing his bidding. Note:

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66:58

The Murder of Reena Virk (BC)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/04/08

Episode 068 - Troubled 14-year-old Reena Virk had been missing for a week when her battered, semi-nude body was plucked from the water in the Gorge under the Craigflower bridge in Victoria, B.C., on November 22, 1997. Reena had initially been lured to a spot by friends, then swarmed and savagely beaten by a group of 8 youths, that consisted mostly of girls between 14 and 16. After staggering away Reena was followed by a male and female who further beat and then murdered her to 'keep her quiet". A

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61:06

The Falcon Lake UFO Incident (MB)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/04/01

Episode 067 - In May of 1967 an RCMP constable on patrol near Falcon Lake, Manitoba was flagged down by a wild eyed man with a fantastic story to tell. The man, Stefan Michalak, a 51-year-old amateur geologist had been prospecting deep in the brush when he claimed he had a close encounter with two UFOs. After this initial report the events near Falcon Lake became one of the most investigated UFO events in Canadian history.Sources:Library and Archive Canada - Canada’s UFOs: The Search for the

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77:15

The Great Amherst Mystery [with Morgan Knudsen] (NS)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/03/25

Episode 66 - This week we go back in time to 1878 in Amherst Nova Scotia. We learn about one of Canada’s most documented and as yet unexplained paranormal events. Esther Cox, an ordinary 18-year-old in the town was at the center of these horrific psychic attacks, some people believe to have been poltergeists. It began with the feeling of something under the bed, odd noises and Esther suffering a weird illness. The events went on for months, eventually led to items flying around the home and

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74:31

Colin Thatcher: The Murder of Joann Wilson (SK)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/03/18

Episode 65: On a cold night in January in 1983, after hearing strange noises coming from the property nearby a neighbour found a woman's brutally bludgeoned body on the bloody floor of her open garage. She had also been shot once behind the ear. The body was that of Joann Wilson, ex-wife of Colin Thatcher, Saskatchewan M.L.A. and former Energy Minister and son of the Province's 9th premiere. The two had divorced bitterly only years before and suspicion fell on Colin right away. The ensuing

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69:37

The Cottage Killer - David Snow (ON & BC)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/03/11

Episode 064 - In April of 1992 Ian and Nancy Blackburn did not show for a family get together near their recreational property in Caledon, Ontario. The couple were found murdered and stuffed into the trunk of Nancy's car outside their home in Toronto. The number one suspect, had allegedly been breaking into properties in the Caledon area throughout the winter and his aberrant behaviour had been escalating toward the dangerous and bizarre. Although identified as, David Alexander Snow, 37, an

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65:04

Mass Murderer: Dale Merle Nelson (BC)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/03/04

Episode 063 - In the wee hours of September 5, 1970, after a binge of alcohol and possibly LSD, Dale Merle Nelson, 33, a logger and father of three snapped. In just over an hour he'd murdered 7 residents, including 4 children, of tiny Creston B.C. He had then absconded with another child into the local wilderness. That child, 8-year-old Cathy St. Amand, would also be found butchered where Nelson stated he'd left her, prior to his capture just a day after the massacre; one of the worst in Canadian

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61:42

Away Game - The North Hollywood Shootout

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/02/25

Episode 062 - On the morning of February 28, 1997, two heavily armed men entered the Bank of America Branch on Laurel Canyon Blvd in the North Hollywood area of Los Angeles. Over 44 minutes in a futile attempt at escape, the two men held off police and terrified a neighbourhood with automatic gunfire, all caught live on TV. Sources:northhollywoodshootout.com ArchivedNorth Hollywood Shootout Wikipedia entryCriminal Minds WikiScanner Audio Part 1 YouTubeScanner Audio Part 2 YouTubeScanner Audio Part

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65:28

Serial Killer: Michael Wayne McGray (NS, BC, QC, NB)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/02/18

Episode 061 - In the spring of 1985, 17-year-old Elizabeth Gail Tucker went missing when hitchhiking from Dartmouth to Southwestern, Nova Scotia. Tucker was the first of many murder victims, from a very diverse pool, of one of Canada's coldest and most outspoken serial killers, Michael Wayne McGray. McGray was convicted of 7 murders, one of which happened after years in custody. McGray remorselessly admits to as many as 10 more murders and claims, given the chance, he would do it again and

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65:56

Spaceman: The Disappearance of Granger Taylor (BC)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/02/11

Episode 060 - On a stormy evening in November of 1980, Granger Taylor disappeared without a trace. Granger was a shy, gentle giant and eccentric mechanic who had become obsessed with outer space and UFO's. Leaving all his possessions behind a note was found stating he was off to walk aboard an alien spacecraft for a 42 month long journey. Although, what was assumed to be some of Granger's remains were found 6 years later, more questions still haunt his friends and family. What happened to

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77:54

Show Primer, Canadian Myths and Listener Q & A

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/02/04

Episode 059 - In a bit of a palate cleansing episode after two of our most brutal, Mike and Scott bring listeners up to speed with a show primer, answering burning questions like, "What is a toque?" and "What's in a Nanaimo bar?". We spend some time debunking myths about Canada and then take on listener questions via write in and phone. Sources:Favourite Canadian Horror Movies: The Fly and The ChangelingFavourite Non-True Crime Podcasts we like: Gilbert Gottfried, Joe Rogan, Varmints,

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76:46

The Beast of BC - Part 2: Four More Murders &...

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/01/28

Episode 058 - The murders of 7 children had taken place between November 1980 and mid July of 1981. Although evidence had yet to be uncovered, police began to look at one suspect intensely. His name was Clifford Robert Olson Jr. Although surveillance was supposed to be in place, Olson managed to murder 4 more children in the Lower Mainland over the span of just 7 days. After captured Olson made a 'cash for bodies' deal with police, which became one of the most discussed deals with a criminal in

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61:30

The Beast of BC - Part 1: Murder x7 (BC)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/01/21

Episode 057 - Starting in November of 1980 children between the ages of 9 and 18 years old began to go missing in Surrey, Burnaby and Coquitlam. A few were found sexually assaulted and brutally murdered, others were written off as runaways, some think due to systemic classism within local police departments. No real connections were made in cases until 7 kids were gone by late July of 1981, almost 9 months later. Police began to look at one suspect intensely, a man named Clifford Robert Olson Jr

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61:09

The Crimes of Peter Demeter (ON)

Dark Poutine - True Crime and Dark History ·

2019/01/14

Episode 056 - In the summer of 1973, 32-year-old, Austrian born model turned wife and mother, Christine Demeter, was found deceased in the garage on the family home in Mississauga, ON. Early on, suspicion fell on Peter Demeter, Christine’s husband and Hungarian born multi-millionaire, jet-setting Toronto real estate developer. The truth uncovered a calculated plan concocted by psychopathic mind, that was just getting started. Sources: Regina v. Demeter, 1975 CanLII 685 (ON CA), R. v. Demeter,

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