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Episode 92 – Stupid Laws with Spine Chillers and Serial Killers

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On this episode Mike and JT are joined by the Lovely ladies of Spine Chillers and Serial Killers Podcast.  Tash and Emma made it thought the entire episode but Bex was having internet issues.  We covered stupid crimes from USA, Canada, France and England.  

There was no official pairing for this episode as Mike was drinking Rum and Coke, JT was drinking IPA’s and Tash was drinking Wine.  

Sources
https://www.narcity.com/edmonton/8-really-weird-alberta-laws-you-probably-didnt-know-about
https://www.narcity.com/toronto/7-ontario-laws-that-are-so-random-they-could-actually-get-you-in-trouble
https://www.narcity.com/vancouver/8-random-bc-laws-that-could-land-you-in-trouble-some-of-them-are-so-dumb
https://www.bcmag.ca/10-bizarre-british-columbia-laws/
https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/dumb-laws-bc
https://newlifevisa.com/top-10-weird-canadian-laws/
https://curiocity.com/oh-canada-here-are-20-weird-canadian-laws-that-you-never-knew/
https://www.casita.com/blog/weirdest-laws-and-regulations-in-canada
https://www.slice.ca/35-weird-canadian-laws-you-didnt-know-existed-2/
https://www.narcity.com/10-crazy-canadian-laws-that-you-didnt-know-existed
https://www.wattpad.com/52931957-oh-no-it%27s-another-one-of-those-useless-fact-books
https://www.freedomworks.org/19-ridiculous-federal-criminal-laws-and-regulations/ https://www.atlantacriminaldefenselawyerblog.com/quirky-federal-crimes-the-truly-stupid-ones-can-be-greatly-misused/
https://ecode360.com/7274445
https://www.bfmtv.com/politique/parlement/les-femmes-ont-enfin-le-droit-de-porter-un-pantalon_AN-201302040029.html
https://theculturetrip.com/europe/france/paris/articles/why-its-illegal-to-take-pictures-of-the-eiffel-tower-at-night/
https://hitek.fr/actualite/top-lois-francaises-absurdes_2980
https://jadorelyon.com/ridiculous-french-laws/
https://www.edp24.co.uk/lifestyle/weird-uk-laws-that-still-exist-6659662
https://emlaw.co.uk/weird-uk-laws/

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Episode 90 – Disaster on Mount Slesse – Disasters in the Air

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On this episode we start out new Series on Disasters in the Air.  Mike tells the story of the Disaster on Mount Slesse of Flight 810.  This was the worst Air Disaster in Western Canadian History.

Beer pairing for this episode is Flying Dutchman Mosaic IPA from Ravens Brewing.

Photos Taken by Mike

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Sources
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1962/7/14/the-strange-legacy-of-flight-810s-crash-on-mt-slesse

Armchair Film Critic: The Crash of Flight 810


https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/photos-mt-slesse-flight-810-crash-looks-ground-194957713.html
https://www.aviationpride.ca/mount_slesse

Lost and found: Marking 60 years since the location of Flight 810 Mount Slesse crash site


https://www.vancouvertrails.com/trails/slesse-memorial-trail/
https://www.baaa-acro.com/crash/crash-canadair-c-4m2-north-star-mt-slesse-62-killed
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans-Canada_Air_Lines_Flight_810-9

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cfl-55-yard-line/interview-paul-cowan-speaks-crash-part-engraved-nation-230530432.html
https://vancouversun.com/sports/lions%20-%20football/fatal-1956-cfl-air-crash-engraved-on-a-nation

Remembering Flight 810


https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1962/7/14/the-strange-legacy-of-flight-810s-crash-on-mt-slesse
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFL_All-Star_Game
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Cup
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BC_Lions
https://time.com/4946730/hurricane-categories/
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Clarke-15298

Click to access March-2017-Express-website-version.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadair_North_Star
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slesse_Mountain
https://www.alltrails.com/trail/canada/british-columbia/mt-slesse-memorial-site

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Episode 87 – Mark Twitchell (Dexter Killer) – Crimes Of Alberta

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On this episode JT tells the story of Mark Twitchell the Dexter Killer from Edmonton Alberta.

Beer pairing for this episode was Coastal Love Hazy IPA from Wicked Weed Brewing from Ashville North Carolina.

Sources
https://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/mark-twitchell-52658.php https://edmontonjournal.com/news/something-went-wrong-and-youre-involved-detective-to-twitchell
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/mark-twitchell-the-dexter-killer-evidence-photos/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/chilling-to-do-list-among-twitchell-evidence-1.1064051
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmonton

Letters offer a rare look inside the mind of “The Dexter Killer”


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Twitchell
https://murderpedia.org/male.T/t/twitchell-mark.htm
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mark-twitchell-the-dexter-killer-48-hours/ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2671533/
SK Confessions Document

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Episode 86- Robert Raymond Cook – Crimes of Alberta

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On This episode Mike tells the story of Robert Raymond Cook the last man to be hung in the Province of Alberta.

Beer Paring for this episode is Two Pals Brewing Co‘s Cuffing Season Winter Ale.

Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Raymond_Cook

Stettler man was executed for killing his seven relatives 60 years ago this week

60 years later Cook family massacre still haunts Stettler


https://murderpedia.org/male.C/c/cook-robert-ray.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stettler,_Alberta

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Episode 84 – If It’s Broke Don’t Fix It – Government Tomfoolery

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On This episode the boys have JT’s Dad on as a guest and we cover Government Tomfoolery. 

Story – JT
MK Ultra

Beer pairing for this case is New Realm Brewing Restricted Area Double IPA 

Sources
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/09/758989641/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chief
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/brainwashed-mkultra http://www.theblackvault.com/documentarchive/cia-mkultra-collection/
Joint Hearing Before the Select Committee On Intelligence and the Subcommittee on Health and Scientific Research of the Committee on Human Resources United States Senate Ninety-Fifth Congress First Session August 3, 1977
https://www.history.com/topics/us-government/history-of-mk-ultra
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MKUltra
https://www.newsweek.com/project-mkultra-documents-cia-brainwashing-techniques-black-vault-1073061
https://www.cs.mcgill.ca/~rwest/wikispeedia/wpcd/wp/p/Project_MKULTRA.htm https://www.history.com/mkultra-operation-midnight-climax-cia-lsd-experiments https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/the-untold-story-of-the-cias-mkultra-a-conversation-with-stephen-kinzer/
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-we-know-about-cias-midcentury-mind-control-project-180962836/

Story – Mike
RCMP Terrorism

Beer Pairing for this case is Indie Alehouse Instigator West Coast Style IPA

Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Crisis
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/timeline/the-flq-and-the-october-crisis
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/front-de-liberation-du-quebec
https://www.flickr.com/photos/57156785@N02/8124632388
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dirty-tricks-carried-out-for-csis-ex-agent/article4165509/
https://www.vice.com/en/article/eva8da/story-of-how-canadian-police-committed-arson-to-stop-a-black-panther-meeting
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_controversies_involving_the_Royal_Canadian_Mounted_Police#Theft_of_dynamite
https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/06/13/Sixteen-present-and-former-RCMP-officers-have-been-issued/8036361252800/
https://globalnews.ca/news/231986/oilpatch-bomber-wiebo-ludwig-warrior-to-some-terrorist-to-others-dead-at-70/
https://web.archive.org/web/20050301171422/
http://tv.cbc.ca/national/pgminfo/ludwig/
https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1999/02/16/did-mounties-go-too-far-to-get-their-man/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum_industry_in_Canada#Oil_sands——https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rcmp-bombed-oil-site-in-dirty-tricks-campaign-1.188599
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiebo_Ludwig
https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1999/2/8/disturbing-the-peace

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Episode 68 – Crimes in British Columbia

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This episode the crew covers crimes of British Columbia Mikes home Province.

Story – Mike
Thomas Gordon Kosberg

Thomas was a troubled kid in Vancouver and unfortunately his family would not survive.  This is a brutal case of Familicide.  

Beer pairing for this story is Big Heckin Chonker Imperial Porter by East Vancouvers Off the Rail Brewing.

Sources
REW
Central City Foundation
OJP
AMOK
Newspapers
News papers archive
spring field funeral home
eve lazarus
atlas obscura
wikipedia

Story – JT
Clifford Olson

Clifford Olson was one of the biggest monsters in British Columbia history until a local pig farmer was arrested in 2002.

Beer pairing for this story is Vengeful Spirit IPA from Stone Brewing.

Sources
Wikipedia
Murderpedia
Ny Times
I Politics
maamodt
-Associated Press. (1981, September 1). Canadian is accused of killing 9 children. The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2006, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com.lib-proxy.radford.edu/universe
-Canadian Press. (1986, February 23). Decision reserved over Olson payments. The Toronto Star. Retrieved October 25, 2006, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com.lib-proxy.radford.edu/universe
-Giniger, H. (1982, January 16). Canadian killer leads police to graves, for a price. The New York Times. Retrieved October 25, 2006, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com.lib-proxy.radford.edu/universe
-Worthington, P. (2006, June 27). In jail almost 25 years, Canada’s most infamous serial killer is still finding ways to outrage the justice system. The Toronto Sun. Retrieved October 25, 2006, from http://web.lexis-nexis.com.lib-proxy.radford.edu/universe

 

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Episode 64 – Unsolved Group Murders

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On this episode I was honored with having guests Emily G Thompson of Morbidology and Emma of True Crime Witch Podcast on as guests of the show.  We covered the theme of Unsolved Group Murders.

Beer pairing for this episode was Are We There Yet? by Mariner Brewing.

Story – Mike
Murder of Bernard and Honey Sherman

Being Billionaires and some of the richest Canadians didn’t stop this couple from being murdered.  Sadly we are not closer to knowing who killed them.

 

Sources
Wikipedia
Financial Post
Forbes
CBC
CBC
Global News
Google
Toronto

Story – Emily
Keddie Murders

 

In 1981 Glenna and John Sharp were murdered as well as Dana Wingate.  Tina Sharp went missing until her remains were found in 1984.  What happened as this nice California resort?

 


Sources

Plumas County News, 13 April, 2018 – “Keddie Murders Revisited Part 1: New Evidence Discovered Links Living Suspect to Grisly Scene” 

Lassen County Times, 15 April, 1981 – “Triple Slaying in Keddie”  

Feather River Bulletin, 10 June, 1981 – “Murder Case Labelled ‘Frustrating’” 

The Sacramento Bee, 21 June, 1984 – “Bones Found Are Those of Girl Linked to Triple Slaying in Pluman County” 

Plumas County News, 27 April, 2018 – “Keddie Murders Revisited Part 2: Following The Clues” 

Feather River Bulletin, 11 April, 2001 – “The Keddie Murders: 20 Years Later, Investigation Goes On”

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Episode 45 – Canada Day

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On this episode we decided to Celebrate Canada Day with some cases of Canadian or Canadian adjacent crimes.

Canada’s Midas Touch Thaws a New Jersey Cold Case

Richard W Rogers might have gotten away with multiple murders if it was not for a technique that came from Canada.

Beer pairing for this story is the Profondo Rosso Sour Red with Dates and Figs from Parallel 49 Brewing.

Sources
Courant
HRC
LGBTQPN
Silive
Murderpedia
TheTrevorproject
FORENSIC FILES COLLECTION 9 EPISODE 48 – Touch of Evil (last episode on Netflix)

Royal Canadian Mint Heist

Leston Lawrence found a way to make away with a large sum of gold.

Sources
CBC
Ottawacitizen
Ottawacitizen
CBC
CBC
time
mint

Richardson Family Murders

J.R. a 12 year old girl and her 23 year old boyfriend Jeremy Steinke were mad her family was not ok with them dating.

Sources
wikipedia
cbc
boredomtherapy

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Episode 42 – Cartel Crimes

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On this episode of Brew  Crime we are going to cover Cartel’s but that does not have to just mean Drug Cartels!  We hope you enjoy.

Griselda Blanco

Colombian-born Griselda Blanco  was a high-level operative in the infamous Medellin cartel and a scary bad ass.

Sources
Wikiepdia
Biography

The Quintessential Canadian Cartel

The most lucrative heist in Canadian history is a very sticky situation involving a secret cartel.  This is the story of the Great Canadian Maple Syrup Heist and the Maple Syrup Cartel.

Sources
Wikipedia
Wikipedia
Vanbhityfair
America Aljazeera

Audio Clip
Youtube

Move over blood diamonds Avocado toast needs to be made

When drugs lost their value there was a new product to extort in Mexico.

Sources
Business Insider
NY Times
The Guardian
USA Today
Aljaszeera
LA Times
Wbur
Wikipedia
Wikipedia

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Episode 10 – Conspiracy Theories

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On Episode 10 we welcome our new full time host Nina into the mix.  We also delve deep into conspiracy theories.  From the far fetched to the ones you would wish were far fetched.

True East

When his parents are murdered this former Vancouver resident now living in Washington States life changes forever.

This story was paired with What the Huck a Huckleberry Wheat Ale from Fernie Brewing.

Sources
Rafayburnsappeal.com
Seattleweekly.com
CBC.ca

Is it cold in here or is that just your blood?: The Icebox Murders

Could a son’s disappearance and 2 gruesome murders be connected to an infamous assassination that occurred years earlier?
This story was paired with Single Barrel Death Blow Barley Wine from Twin Sails Brewing.
Sources

Body Snatching, radioactive testing and Project Sunshine

Sometimes things sound to crazy to be true.  Some times those things turn out to be true!  Governments would never hid things from their citizens would they?

This story was paired with Situational Ethics Chocolate Coffee Imperial Stout aged on Port Barrels from Monday Night Garage out of Atlanta Georgia.

Sources
rd.com 
rand.org
wikipedia
abc news
washington post
the globe and mail
mysterious universe
readersdigest
wikipedia 
Wikipedia
wikipedia
the guardian

Episode 7 – Crimes Involving Celebrities

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Some times Celebrities snap and sometimes they are victims.  This episode we cover just that.

SON OF A… Godfather. The Life of Christian Brando.

The life and times of Marlon Brando’s son.  Well one of them that is.

This story paired with Langley BC’s Dead Frog Brewery Nutty Uncle Peanut Butter Stout.

Sources
Wikipedia
Biography.com
TheGuardian.com

Audio Clip used under Canadian Copyright Law for Fair Use
Britney Spears Womanizer (30 second clip)

The Best Was Yet to Come

This is the sad story of Dorothy Stratten a young women from Coquitlam British Columbia who’s rise to fame seemed to be unstoppable.  Sadly it was not.

This story paired with Halifax Nova Scotia’s  2 Crows Brewing Dare To Dream.

Sources
Reelrundown.com
notrightpodcast.net
reelreviews.com
washingtonpost.com
wikipedia
harpersbazaar.com
allthatsinteresting.com
findagrave.com

More Reading
reprints.longform.org

Audio Clip used under Canadian Copyright Law for Fair Use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_j0xZr8RA0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SahoSvAAbH4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kGn9ieQQns

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Episode 4 – Spooky Crimes for Halloween

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For Halloween we decided to do an episode on spooky crimes.  There will be something odd or unsettling in these stories.

Ghost, Guilt or The Green Eyed Monster? Murder in the Red Barn

It’s been months since their daughter eloped and they still haven’t heard from her. That is until the stepmother is haunted by a ghostly figure.

This story paired with Redrum Spiced Red Ale from Dead Frog Brewery

Skeptoid.com
Headstuff.org
MURDERPEDIA.COM
Wikipedia.org

Moyse’s Hall Museum 

Audio Clip used under Canadian Copyright Law for Fair Use
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRSBmalHDV0&feature=youtu.be&t=36

Tom Waits – Murder in the Red Barn

The Murder of Janet Smith

Janet Smith was a Nursemaid or nanny from Scotland that ended up in Vancouver Canada in 1923.  Unfortunately she was murdered in 1924 and to this day we do not know who killed here.  Follow along with this story of murder, high society, racism, drug parties, torture and a haunting.

This story paired with Lost Souls Chocolate Pumpkin Porter by Parallel 49 Brewing out of Vancouver.

Sources
Wikipedia
Daily Hive
Forbidden Vancouver
Biographi
Vancouver Is Awesome