Episode Details

In this episode of pplpod, we examine the horrific 2012 murder of Jun Lin, a 33-year-old engineering student at Concordia University in Montreal. We discuss the crimes of Luka Rocco Magnotta, a failed model and porn actor who sought internet notoriety by filming the killing and dismemberment of Lin and posting the video online under the title 1 Lunatic, 1 Ice Pick.

We detail the grisly discovery of Lin’s body parts, which Magnotta mailed to Canadian political party offices and elementary schools, sparking an international manhunt that led authorities from Montreal to Paris and finally to Berlin. The episode also covers Magnotta’s 2014 trial, where the defense argued diminished responsibility due to schizophrenia, while the Crown depicted Magnotta as an organized narcissist inspired by the film Basic Instinct. Magnotta was ultimately convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.