The episode also includes an update on the 1975 Diane Dery / Mario Corbeil case. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/11/tales-from-the-philippe-pinel-institute-for-the-criminally-insane-wkt3-20/
There were witches living up the street from the house where we grew up. Or so we thought... Double, double toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble. We also visit a series of hotel murders from Montreal in the 1950s. Villaeeuve Halloween For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/10/the-montreal-hotel-murders-wkt3-19/
For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/09/the-strange-case-of-theresa-pearson-and-debbie-robinson-wkt3-18/
In October 2015 the french Radio-Canada investigative television program, Enquête, uncovered stories of sexual violence toward aboriginal women in the Quebec mining town of Val d’Or, about 500 kilometres northwest of Montreal. The alleged victims spoke of a pattern involving the Quebec provincial police, the Surete du Quebec over a period of at least two decades. The woman told of how officers routinely picked up women who appeared to be intoxicated, drove them out of town and left them to walk ...
"The Surete du Quebec is seeking the public's help in finding an 18-year-old Ste. Catherine woman who has been missing for five days. Hélène Hurtubise was last seen early Sunday morning by a friend, an RCMP constable. She was driving a black 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix..." For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/08/lache-les-policiers-the-strange-death-of-helene-hurtubise-wkt3-16/...
In 1997 Lawrence Poitras, was asked by the Quebec provincial government to look into the investigative practices of its police force, the Surete du Quebec. Specifically there were allegations of evidence tampering during a drug investigation, and indications that the SQ's high command attempted to derail an internal investigation into the matter that has simply become known as The Matticks Affair. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/08/downward-spiral-laf...
On November 10th, 1969 Detective-Sergeant Louis-Georges Dupont of the Trois Rivieres police force was found dead in a field on the outskirts of town slumped across the front seat of his unmarked police vehicle. Dupont had been missing for five days, it was rumored he was suffering from depression. He had been shot twice through the chest and his death was hastily ruled a suicide. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/07/laffaire-dupont-wkt3-14/...
This is the second part on the 25th anniversary of the disappearance and murder of Melanie Cabay. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/07/the-25th-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-melanie-cabay-part-ii-wkt3-13/
The 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Melanie Cabay. Her murder remains unsolved. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/06/the-25th-anniversary-of-the-disappearance-of-melanie-cabay-part-i-wkt3-12/
In 1993 Serge Archambault was given a 25 year life sentence for the murders of Chantale Briere, Rolande Asselin-Beaucage, and Anna-Maria Codina-Leva. Agostino Ferreira was labelled a dangerous offender for the murders of Danielle Laplante and Claire Samson. The murder of Linda Flood remains unsolved. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/06/sloppy-reckless-and-dumb-quebec-serial-killers-serge-archambault-agostino-ferreira-and-william-fyfe-wkt3-11/...
Confines of Memory III: The 1976 disappearance and murders of Jocelyne Beaudoin and Renée Lessard - WKT3 / #10 For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/05/confines-of-memory-iii-the-disappearance-and-murders-of-jocelyne-beaudoin-and-renee-lessard-wkt3-10/
The 1976 abduction and murder of Barbara Myers. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/05/confines-of-memory-ii-the-abduction-and-murder-of-barbara-myers-wkt3-9/
California students Margaret Peggy Coleman and Margaret Jones either jumped or were pushed from a moving vehicle outside Montreal, Quebec while on vacation in the summer of 1970. Jones survived. Margaret Coleman sustained severe skull fractures and died from her injuries. The crimes were thoroughly preventable. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/05/04/confines-of-memory-i-the-murder-of-margaret-peggy-coleman-wkt3-8/...
Heidi Illingworth was the full-time Executive Director of the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime and was employed at the Centre since 1999. Heidi holds a B.A. Honours in Law with a concentration in Criminal Justice from Carleton University. She has assisted many victims and survivors at various stages of the criminal justice system, met with Federal Ministers on issues of importance to crime victims and made presentations before numerous Parliamentary committees. She was involved with...
The 1985 murder of Francine Da Sylva For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/04/francine-da-sylva-glass-of-fashion-wkt3-6/
For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/03/sylvie-michaud-the-lennoxville-massacre-wkt3-5/
The 1977 suspicious deaths of gogo dancers Francine Loiselle and Suzanne Delorme Morrow. A revisit of the Jocelyne Houle case also from 1977. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/02/jocelyne-houle-revisited-flashing-fire-will-follow-part-3-wkt3-4/
The 1987 case of "street girl" Chantal Sauriol. The 1973-74 "suicide" of gogo dancer Suzanne Charbonneau. My gogo club friend, Serge. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/02/suzanne-charbonneau-flashing-fire-will-follow-part-2-wkt3-3/
For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/01/the-montreal-police-finally-created-a-cold-case-squad/
The 1971 murder of Lucie Beaudoin. 47 years later, the Surete du Quebec commits a painful blunder. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/01/lucie-beaudoin-flashing-fire-will-follow-part-1-wkt3-1/
For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/01/a-poor-sort-of-memory-wkt2-29/
I am honoured to receive the Senate Sesquicentennial Medal "in recognition of my valuable service to the nation." But fortune is a wheel... Music / Let Them Be Hunted Soundly - WKT2 #28 I was originally also going to use Depeche Mode and Queen's Get Down Make Love. I cut way back. The music is De Natura Sonoris from The Shining, because it references so much we've used / talked about: Beatles Day In A Life, Pedro The Lion Winners, Pat Metheny, ELO, Genesis' Revine (which references Ken Burns' Vi...
Voltigeurs Park campground, August 9, 1983. A mother is absent a few minutes. Upon her return, her daughter, Mélanie Decamps, is missing. Twelve days later, the girl will be found dead, gagged and tied to a tree trunk. We also re-examine the case of Claudette Poirier. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2018/11/the-sire-of-sorrow-melanie-decamps-august-9-1983-wkt2-26/...
By the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2018/10/mary-gallagher-the-ghost-of-griffintown-wkt2-26/
A full account of the 1972 kidnapping and murder of Ursula Schulze. 19-year-old Ursula Schulze was abducted at a bus stop in broad daylight the morning of July 13, 1972 in Brossard, Quebec. For more information please visit the website: theresaallore.com/2018/10/o-untime…schulze-wkt2-25/
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A summary of the April 2000 unsolved murder of Guylaine Potvin in Jonquière, Quebec. We also hear from the second victim in the case, the attacked student from Sainte-Foy in July 2000. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2018/09/all-the-devils-are-here-guylaine-potvin-wkt2-23/
Sherbrooke Record, Friday November 3rd, 1978: "The killer of a seven year old was sentenced to 25 years in prison without parole Thursday by a judge who described his crime as one of the most repugnant and savage in the memory of man. Superior Court Justice Jean Bienvenue warned 44-year-old Guy Field, found guilty in the Dec 28. 1977 slaying of Brigitte Roberge in nearby Levis, he may never be granted freedom." For more information please visit the website:http://theresaallore.com/2018/07/the-mo...
The final part of Canadian Timber Trilogy, focusing on the death of The Allore Lumber Company, which rose out of the ashes of The Gilmour Lumber Company. Includes an interview with my cousin, Paul Allore, who witnessed the downfall of the business. For more information (and there are lots of visuals for this episode) please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2018/07/who-killed-allore-lumber-canadian-timber-trilogy-part-iii/...
Tom Thomson was a Canadian artist of the early 20th century. Thomson died in 1917. Despite a short career his work has been very influential in Canadian art. The tragic circumstances of his death at Canoe Lake in Algonquin Park, Ontario have lead many to speculate that Thomson was murdered. The Myth and mystery of Tom Thomson continues to this day.
