Podcast Episodes

Update: Stanley Park’s Babes in the Woods Identified

Episode 301

Episode 301: In episode thirteen of Dark Poutine, we covered the Babes in the Woods case, a tragic and long-unsolved mystery from Vancouver. In 1953, the skeletal remains of two children were discove…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

BONUS: Interview with Stacey Thur, Daniel’s mom — The Murder of Daniel Levesque — Part 2

As this is bonus content related to episode 300, we don’t have the usual show open. There are no loons. There’s no music. There’s no Mathew here for this. This episode is dedicated entirely to Daniel…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Lured by Lies — The Murder of Daniel Levesque — Part 1

Episode 300

Episode 300: In June 2011, twenty-year-old musician Daniel Jordan Levesque moved from his family home in Revelstoke, B.C., to Victoria, full of dreams to start a new life and advance his burgeoning m…

Published on 1 year, 11 months ago

Holiday 2023: Winnipeg’s Yuletide Bandit

Episode 299

Episode 299: In this episode, we explore a dark chapter of Winnipeg's criminal history, centred on the "Yuletide Bandit," notorious for his holiday-season robberies in the late 1990s and early 2000s.…

Published on 2 years ago

Chinese Exclusion from Canada. Part 2: Return of the Dragon

Episode 298

Episode 298: Last week, we learned how Chinese immigrants have significantly contributed to Western Canada's development since 1788, playing critical roles in trade, gold rushes, and railway construc…

Published on 2 years ago

Chinese Exclusion from Canada. Part 1: Enter the Dragon

Episode 297

Episode 297: The history of Chinese immigration to Canada is a story marked by adversity. Chinese labourers played a pivotal role in building the Canadian railway under harsh conditions, yet faced in…

Published on 2 years ago

Extreme Misogyny: The Montreal Massacre

Episode 296

Episode 296: On December 6, 1989, a tragic and profound event shook Canada and had a lasting impact. That evening, a gunman entered the École Polytechnique in Montreal, an engineering school affiliat…

Published on 2 years ago

The Black Friday Siege: The Murder of Detective Boyd Davidson

Episode 295

Episode 295: On the afternoon of December 20, 1974, a storekeeper in Calgary, Alberta, alerted the police about a customer, Philippe Laurier Gagnon, 26, who became aggressive after being denied the s…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

The Quakers and The Killers: The Murder of Peter Lazier

Episode 294

Episode 294: On the evening of December 21, 1883, near Bloomfield, Ontario, visitor Peter Lazier was murdered by two intruders at the farmhouse of Quakers Gilbert and Margaret Jones. The community, d…

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago

Cold Case Turned Hot: The Murder of Cathy Pozzobon

Episode 293

Episode 293: During the evening of Friday, October 13 and the early hours of October 14, 1978, a group of teens and young adults attended a gathering in a rural area of Maple Ridge, B.C. That night, …

Published on 2 years, 1 month ago