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Episode 362: On the morning of May 29, 2010, gunshots shattered the quiet of a rural property just outside Cranbrook, British Columbia. By the time police arrived at the scene, two lives had been tragically cut short in an apparent case of mistaken identity. The victims were Jeffrey Todd Taylor, 42, and Leanne Laura MacFarlane, 43, a couple who had been renting half of a duplex on a large piece of land for about three months. They had no connection to the criminal underworld and appeared to have been innocent victims caught in the crossfire of a drug gang dispute. Over the last 15 years, authorities and the couple’s family and friends have fought to bring their killers to justice. Source: Obituary of Leanne MacFarlane | McPherson Funeral Service - Cranbrook [https://mcphersonfh.com/tribute/details/33/Leanne-MacFarlane/obituary.html] Remembering the life of Jeffrey Taylor. [https://lfpress.remembering.ca/obituary/jeffrey-taylor-1073532640] City of Cranbrook - Our City [https://cranbrook.ca/our-city/] Cranbrook BC | The Canadian Encyclopedia [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/cranbrook] The Ktunaxa First Nation [https://elkvalleyculture.com/stories/the-ktunaxa-first-nations] 4 charged in alleged B.C. murder conspiracy | CBC News [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/4-charged-in-alleged-b-c-murder-conspiracy-1.919069] B.C. Court of Appeal orders new trial in Cranbrook double homicide | CBC News [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/new-trial-in-double-homicide-1.7363711] Charges laid 8 years after innocent B.C. pair were killed in targeted shooting | CBC News [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/leanne-macfarlane-jeffrey-taylor-cranbrook-charges-1.4701892] Four charged in murder plot that saw innocent Cranbrook couple executed [https://globalnews.ca/news/101102/four-charged-in-murder-plot-that-saw-innocent-cranbrook-couple-executed/] Masked man held gun to head of slain woman's sister-in-law, court hears [https://www.coastreporter.net/bc-news/masked-man-held-gun-to-head-of-slain-womans-sister-in-law-court-hears-4824171] Daughter of Cranbrook woman slain in mistaken identity murders shocked at not guilty verdict [https://www.thefreepress.ca/news/daughter-of-cranbrook-woman-slain-in-mistaken-identity-murders-shocked-at-not-guilty-verdict-5142957] 2013 BCSC 828 (CanLII) | R. v. Adams | CanLII [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2013/2013bcsc828/2013bcsc828.html] 2016 BCCA 330 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcca/doc/2016/2016bcca330/2016bcca330.html] 2020 BCSC 608 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2020/2020bcsc608/2020bcsc608.html] 2022 BCSC 647 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2022/2022bcsc647/2022bcsc647.html] 2024 BCCA 361 (CanLII) | R. v. Correia | CanLII [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcca/doc/2024/2024bcca361/2024bcca361.html] 2025 BCSC 372 (CanLII) | R. v Correia | CanLII [https://www.canlii.org/en/bc/bcsc/doc/2025/2025bcsc372/2025bcsc372.html] Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison | CBC News [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/double-homicide-sentencing-1.7453811] Man pleads guilty to Cranbrook mistaken identity murders [https://www.wltribune.com/news/man-pleads-guilty-to-cranbrook-mistaken-identity-murders-7806332] Man who killed 2 in case of mistaken identity sentenced to life in prison [https://www.cbc.ca/lite/story/1.7453811] Life sentence for man who killed B.C. couple in 2010 mistaken-identity murders [https://vancouversun.com/news/life-sentence-for-man-who-killed-cranbrook-couple-in-2010-mistaken-identity-murders] Second person charged in Brampton shooting that killed unintended target [https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/second-person-charged-in-deadly-2024-brampton-shooting] Kingston man killed in Ottawa in what his family believes was a case of mistaken identity [https://www.thewhig.com/news/kingston-man-killed-in-ottawa-in-what-his-family-believes-was-a-case-of-mistaken-identity] Shooting Of Sikh Family In Canada Case Of Mistaken Identity: Police [https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/shooting-of-sikh-family-in-canada-a-possible-case-of-mistaken-identity-police-4653546] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Episode 362: We explore chilling events that unfolded at POW Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta, during World War II. This prisoner-of-war camp, one of many scattered across Canada, became the site of two brutal murders that shocked even hardened veterans and led to Canada's last mass execution. In the summer of 1943, August Plaszek, a former French Foreign Legion soldier forcibly integrated into the German army, met a gruesome end at the hands of Nazi hardliners within the camp. Just over a year later, in September 1944, Karl Lehmann, a university professor turned Luftwaffe interpreter, suffered a similar fate for daring to share news of Germany's failing war effort with his fellow prisoners. These murders, born from the complex dynamics of a “little piece of Germany” transplanted to the Canadian prairies, would set in motion a series of dramatic trials that tested the limits of Canadian justice and international law. Sources: Protected persons: Prisoners of war and detainees | Red Cross [https://www.icrc.org/en/law-and-policy/protected-persons-prisoners-war-and-detainees] Prisoners of war: What you need to know | Red Cross [https://www.icrc.org/en/document/prisoners-war-what-you-need-know] The Geneva Conventions: 160 years of history | Genève internationale [https://www.geneve-int.ch/geneva-conventions-160-years-history] Geneva Conventions | International Humanitarian Law, Protections & History | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/event/Geneva-Conventions] Prisoners of War - Historical Sheet - Second World War - History - Veterans Affairs Canada [https://www.veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/classroom/fact-sheets/pow] Normandy Massacres | Nazi War Crimes, Allied Retaliation & Impact | Britannica [https://www.britannica.com/event/Normandy-Massacres] Canadian Prisoners of War [https://legionmagazine.com/features/POW/part-ii.html] In Enemy Hands | CM Archive [https://www.cmreviews.ca/cm/cmarchive/vol12no2/inenemyhands.html] Abbaye d'Ardenne - Veterans Affairs Canada [https://veterans.gc.ca/en/remembrance/memorials/abbaye-ardenne] Three survivors on how they endured oppression, cruelty and abuse as prisoners in Japan during WW II [https://www.cbc.ca/documentarychannel/features/three-survivors-on-how-they-endured-oppression-cruelty-and-abuse-as-prisone] Camp 132 – Medicine Hat [https://powsincanada.ca/pows-in-canada/internment-camps/camp-132-medicine-hat/] Illegitimate trials. PoW hangings. A miniature Nazi state on the Prairie. | The Star [https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/illegitimate-trials-pow-hangings-a-miniature-nazi-state-on-the-prairie-these-are-the-eye/article_5b9db03f-aced-5f3d-9589-3e5396a826f1.html] When was it unjust to kill seven Nazi soldiers? When it happened in Canada | Globe & Mail [https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-when-was-it-unjust-to-kill-seven-nazi-soldiers-when-it-happened-in/] Hanged in Medicine Hat - Sutherland House Publishing [https://sutherlandhousebooks.com/product/hanged-in-medicine-hat/] Gestapo PoWs | Legion Magazine [https://legionmagazine.com/gestapo-pows/] Ideological Battles in Medicine Hat By Danial Duda [https://wayback.archive-it.org/2217/20101208161447/http://www.albertasource.ca/homefront/feature_articles/ideological.html] Murders in a Nazi Prisoner-of-War Camp - And Canada's Last Mass Execution | History is Now [https://www.historyisnowmagazine.com/blog/2022/10/19/murders-in-a-nazi-prisoner-of-war-camp-and-canadas-last-mass-execution] POW Camp 132 in Medicine Hat, Alberta [https://www.editingluke.net/2012/11/pow-camp-132-in-medicine-hat-alberta.html] Camp 132 by Robin Warren Stotz [https://harvest.usask.ca/items/db9686d5-6214-4f3a-a913-6644c2b40beb] POW and Internment Camps in Alberta: WWII | Alberta Historic Places [https://albertashistoricplaces.com/2017/11/01/pow-and-internment-camps-in-alberta-wwii/] World War II Prisoner of War Camp in Medicine Hat | Shaw TV Medicine Hat [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuYIH6bO3A8] Prisoner of War Camps in Canada | The Canadian Encyclopedia [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/prisoner-of-war-camps-in-canada] POWs in Canada [https://powsincanada.ca/] Internment Camps [https://powsincanada.ca/pows-in-canada/internment-camps/] Thematic Guides - Internment Camps in Canada during the First and Second World Wars - Library and Archives Canada [https://web.archive.org/web/20171221024733/http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/politics-government/Pages/thematic-guides-internment-camps.aspx#c1] Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War. Geneva, 27 July 1929 [https://ihl-databases.icrc.org/en/ihl-treaties/gc-pow-1929] Name, Rank, and Serial Number: The Legacy of the 1929 Geneva Convention | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans [https://www.nationalww2museum.org/war/articles/1929-geneva-convention] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Episode 361: On October 4, 1957, as the world's eyes turned skyward to witness the launch of Sputnik 1, another technological marvel was about to be unveiled in a hangar in Malton, Ontario. The Avro Arrow, Canada's ambitious supersonic interceptor, was poised to revolutionize aviation. But within two years, it would vanish without a trace, leaving behind a legacy of controversy and conspiracy. Sources: Avro Arrow | The Canadian Encyclopedia [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/avro-arrow] Avro Arrow | canadahistory.com [https://canadahistory.com/sections/periods/Later_Canada/Cold_War/Avro_Arrow.html] Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow | Wikipedia [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro_Canada_CF-105_Arrow] Avro CF-100 Canuck | The Canadian Encyclopedia [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/avro-cf-100-canuck] Broken Arrow | Legion Magazine [https://legionmagazine.com/broken-arrow/] A legend in aviation still hard at work | Canadian Military History [https://militarybruce.com/a-legend-in-aviation-still-hard-at-work/] Janusz Zurakowski - Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame [https://cahf.ca/janusz-zurakowski/] Avro Arrow - List of Firsts - Canadians At Arms [https://canadiansatarms.ca/avro-arrow-list-of-firsts/] CF-105, the Arrow Program [https://novaonline.nvcc.edu/eli/evans/his135/events/arrow59/arrow59.html] Avro Arrow: Canada’s Lost Dream of Aviation Supremacy [https://theasialive.com/avro-arrow-canadas-lost-dream-of-aviation-supremacy/2025/02/24/] Canadian Aviation And The Avro Arrow Book By Fred Smye [https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/canadian-aviation-and-the-avro-arrow/9781500545994.html] Avro Arrow Pictures | avro-arrow.org [http://www.avro-arrow.org/Arrow/picts.html] The Avro Arrow: Exploding The Myths And Misconceptions [https://dominionreview.ca/the-avro-arrow-exploding-the-myths-and-misconceptions/] Royal Canadian Air Force [https://www.canada.ca/en/air-force.html] The Avro Arrow New Edition: The Story Of The Great Canadian Cold War Interceptor Jet In Pictures And Documents Book By Lawrence Miller [https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-avro-arrow-new-edition-the-story-of-the-great-canadian-cold-war-interceptor-jet-in-pictures-and-documents/9781459419520.html] The Avro Arrow: For The Record Book By Palmiro Campagna [https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/the-avro-arrow-for-the-record/9781459753167.html] Storms Of Controversy: The Secret Avro Arrow Files Revealed Book By Palmiro Campagna [https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/storms-of-controversy-the-secret-avro-arrow-files-revealed/5d163538-6832-4741-8d96-fecf752826af.html] Who Killed The Avro Arrow? Book By Chris Gainor [https://www.indigo.ca/en-ca/who-killed-the-avro-arrow/9781894864688.html] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Episode 360: On May 18, 1966, Paul Joseph Chartier, among other things, a disillusioned and unemployed security guard and former truck driver, attempted a deadly act of terrorism on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Chartier planned to throw a homemade dynamite bomb into the House of Commons chamber, targeting politicians he blamed for societal injustices and his personal failures. However, the bomb detonated prematurely in a washroom, killing only Chartier himself. This tragic incident drew significant attention at the time, leading to investigations by the RCMP and led to a federal inquiry. Sources: Robert N. Wilkins: Remembering the man who tried blowing up Parliament, 50 years ago [https://nationalpost.com/opinion/robert-n-wilkins-remembering-the-man-who-tried-blowing-up-parliament-50-years-ago] The Munsinger Affair [https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/munsinger-affair] Miner, Author, Singer, Lone-Actor Terrorist: The Lives and Death of Paul Joseph Chartier - University of Toronto Press [https://utorontopress.com/blog/2019/06/10/miner-author-singer-lone-actor-terrorist-the-lives-and-death-of-paul-joseph-chartier/] The Mad Bomber of Parliament Hill by Fontana, James A [https://archive.org/details/madbomberofparli0000font] The Parliament bombing of 1966 [https://legionmagazine.com/the-parliament-bombing-of-1966/] Citizen@175: 'I might as well give you a blast to wake you up' [https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/citizen175-i-might-as-well-give-you-a-blast-to-wake-you-up] IMV_-_Terrorism-Research-Key-findings-eng [https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/csis-scrs/documents/publications/IMV_-_Terrorism-Research-Key-findings-eng.pdf] Learn the lesson of the bad bomb [https://www.richmond-news.com/opinion/learn-the-lesson-of-the-bad-bomb-2950481] Hewitt_2021_HistoryofLoneActorsinCanadaFinal [https://www.tsas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Hewitt_2021_HistoryofLoneActorsinCanadaFinal.pdf] Inquest Paul Joseph Chartier bombing of Parliament [https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-ottawa-journal-inquest-paul-joseph-c/1355891/] Miner, Author, Singer, Lone-Actor Terrorist: The Lives and Death of Paul Joseph Chartier - University of Toronto Press [https://utorontopress.com/blog/2019/06/10/miner-author-singer-lone-actor-terrorist-the-lives-and-death-of-paul-joseph-chartier/] 201604_clat_final_report — Lone-Actor Terrorism [https://static.rusi.org/201604_clat_final_report.pdf] “Happy-Go-Lucky Fellow”: Lone-Actor Terrorism, Masculinity, and the 1966 Bombing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa [https://www.linct-aa.org/app/download/30031910/Lone+Actor+Terrorism.pdf] TSAS-Working-Paper-Hofmann-Lone-Actors-Final [https://www.tsas.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TSAS-Working-Paper-Hofmann-Lone-Actors-Final.pdf] Paul Joseph Chartier [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Joseph_Chartier] Parliament will carry on [https://macleans.ca/politics/parliament-will-carry-on/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Episode 359: On a warm summer evening in June 1887, 17-year-old Mary Pickering Tuplin vanished from her family's farm in Margate, PEI. A search and a grim discovery followed that would rock the quiet farming community to its core. Mary's body was found in the Southwest River, weighed down by a heavy stone, with two gunshot wounds to her head. The subsequent investigation would uncover a web of secrets, including the fact that Mary was six months pregnant. Circumstantial evidence led to 19-year-old William Millman's arrest, allegedly Mary’s lover. The shocking facts of the crime and its investigation led to a sensational trial that captivated the entire country. Millman was convicted and sent to the gallows in April 1888. Was justice indeed served, or, as some speculate, was an innocent man sent to the gallows? Sources: History Of The Blackhorse Corner Tavern [https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/53ce4a1cd49f456a80abc1c0b2619f8d] Kensington Locomotive | PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation [https://www.peimuseum.ca/visit/kensington-locomotive] The history of Margate, Prince Edward Island [https://islandlives.ca/islandora/object/44593] Apr 11, 1888, page 2 - Telegraph-Journal at Newspapers.com [https://www.newspapers.com/image/1108963961/?match=1&terms=Mary%20Tuplin] Verbatim report of the Millman-Tuplin Murder Trial | Canadiana.ca [https://www.canadiana.ca/view/oocihm.10857/1] Mary Tuplin - Search - Newspapers.com™ [https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?country=ca&keyword=Mary+Tuplin] ’They hung the wrong boy’: New questions in 1887 murder of pregnant P.E.I. girl [https://torontosun.com/2016/09/15/they-hung-the-wrong-boy-new-questions-in-1887-murder-of-pregnant-pei-girl] Ceremony reunites head with murdered owner 129 years later [https://www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/ceremony-reunites-head-with-murdered-owner-129-years-later-43828] 'We finally got it right': 1887 murder victim's skull re-united with rest of remains | CBC News [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/mary-pickering-tuplin-pei-skull-murder-burial-1.3759518] Mary Pickering Tuplin, 1887 murder victim, properly laid to rest [https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/mary-pickering-tuplin-pei-skull-murder-burial-1.3759518] Skull of murdered P.E.I. teen finally reunited with her body after 129 years [https://nationalpost.com/news/skull-of-murdered-p-e-i-teen-finally-reunited-with-her-body-after-129-years] English Folk Dance and Song Society: The National Organisation for the Development of the Folk Arts [https://web.archive.org/web/20190420063042/https://www.vwml.org/roudnumber/12463] Mary Pickering Tuplin [https://www.ancestry.ca/genealogy/records/mary-pickering-tuplin-24-5kgkg2] Millman and Tuplin Song, The [https://web.archive.org/web/20180415190537/https://www.fresnostate.edu/folklore/ballads/IvDC046.html] 9780774817530 [https://www.ubcpress.ca/asset/9552/1/9780774817530.pdf] Murder of Mary Tuplin [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Mary_Tuplin] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]