Join Canadian host Bonnie Lee as she investigates Canadian true crime cases, searching for the story behind the headlines. www.writingaboutcrime.com
Episodes
Friday Aug 03, 2018
Friday Aug 03, 2018
Jian Ghomeshi is a Canadian musician, writer, and former CBC radio broadcaster. Part of the horizon of the arts in Canada for over thirty years. A celebrated Juno nominee, and a Gemini winner for his radio broadcast "Q - Wtih Jian Ghomeshi." Anyone who is anyone sat across from Jian to be interviewed and many, even performed live in his studio. Jian is embroiled in the biggest sexual assault trail in the history of Canadian broadcasting. In front of the mic he is kind, charismatic and very charming, behind closed doors he is a man struggling with demons of never belonging, and never being good enough. A private mans very personal and sexual identity is waved through the media by multiple women who have remained silent for so long. The real question is twofold , how did so many people know and not act on the insights they had? How did Canada's public broadcaster not respond to issues that were brought to them by women who claimed it was "hell" working in the "Q" offices?
***PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS EPISODE HAS CONTENT THAT MAY DISTURB SOME LISTENERS***
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA
Research and writing: Bonnie Lee
The Unmaking of Jian Ghomeshi - the fifth estate
The Trial of Jian Ghomeshi - the fifth estate
Jian Ghomeshi's lawyer, Marie Henein, speaks to Peter Mansbridge
Jian Ghomeshi | Timeline of Events
The Ghomeshi Verdict - TFF Episode 35
Secret Life: The Jian Ghomeshi Investigation by Kevin Donovan
1982 by Jian Ghomeshi
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Tuesday Jun 19, 2018
Here is a case out of the Canadian Maritime Province of New Brunswick. Two brothers, Connor and Noah spent the day with a close family friend at his father's farm. That evening they slept overnight with his son at an apartment just in front of their family home. For their mother, step father, and even the family friend there was no reason to worry for their safety....or, was there? This case has a special focus on how our decisions can determine our fate, and when many people make poor decisions together - it can be a fatal disaster.
***PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT THIS EPISODE HAS A MOMENT OF INTENSITY THAT MAY DISTURB SOME LISTENERS***
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA
Research and writing: Bonnie Lee
RESOURCES
Tuesday May 22, 2018
Tuesday May 22, 2018
This quintessential drifter was the focus for police re-investigating the 1981 murder of doughnut shop waitress Barbara Stoppel, 16, a crime that led to the wrongful conviction of Thomas Sophonow.This quintessential drifter was the focus for police re-investigating the 1981 murder of doughnut shop waitress Barbara Stoppel, 16, a crime that led to the wrongful conviction of Thomas Sophonow.
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA
Written and hosted by: Bonnie Lee
Main information sources:
Stoppel - The Book By Andrew Mikolajewski
Additional information sources:
The Science of Preventing Dangerous Psychopathy
Botched case dies with Terry Arnold By TOM BRODBECK
Friday May 04, 2018
Friday May 04, 2018
On December 23, 1981 16-year-old Barbara Gayle Stoppel was found unconscious on the floor of the woman's washroom at a Donut Shop in Winnipeg, Man. where she worked as a waitress. She’d been strangled and died a few days later. Numerous witnesses observed a suspicious male in the store moments before her body was discovered..
CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
Recommended additional resources:
Stoppel The Book by Andrew Mikolajewski
Information sources:
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA
Research and writing: Bonnie Lee
Music credits:
Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
Wednesday Mar 21, 2018
On December 23 1981 16-year-old Barbara Gayle Stoppel was found unconscious on the floor of the woman's washroom at a Donut Shop in Winnipeg, Man. where she worked as a waitress. She’d been strangled and died a few days later. Numerous witnesses observed a suspicious male in the store moments before her body was discovered..
CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA
Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee
Music below is used under an Attribution License
Crossing the Divide - Kevin MacLeod
Hymn - Scott Buckley
Main information sources in episode :
Book: Stoppel by Andrew Mikolajewski
Lecture: The Problem with Eyewitness Testimony
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Tuesday Jan 23, 2018
Guido Amsel, 51, is on trial for attempted murder and explosives-related charges after three bombs were mailed within the city of Winnipeg in July 2015, following an explosion at his ex-wife’s home in 2013 after a lengthy and brutal divorce.
He pleaded not guilty to all of the charges, and provincial court Judge Tracey Lord is hearing the Crown’s case against him, which was scheduled to include testimony from two lawyers who stopped working for Amsel in 2014.
CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - CANADIAN TRUE CRIME CASES
Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee
Music credits in episodes
Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The tracks below come from Royalty Free Music:
Gymnopedie No 3
Reminiscing - Incompetech- Kevin MacLeod
Water Lily- incompetech - Kevin macLeod
Dreams Become Real Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
The tracks below come from the Free Music Archive:
Pictures of the Floating World-05 - Break Through
Scott_Holmes 07 Postcards Opening
Reminiscing - Incompetech- Kevin MacLeod
Water Lily- incompetech - Kevin macLeod
Kai_Engel_-_09_-_Plague
Main information sources in episode :
https://winnipeg.ctvnews.ca/guido-amsel-takes-the-stand-in-his-own-attempted-murder-trial-1.3720075
https://globalnews.ca/news/2093529/49-year-old-charged-with-attempted-murder-in-winnipeg-explosion/
https://globalnews.ca/news/2093970/live-stream-winnipeg-police-brief-media-about-bombings/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/iris-amsel-testifies-alleged-mail-bombing-1.4411509
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/maria-mitousis-mail-bomb-anniversary-1.3656778
https://globalnews.ca/news/3821256/trial-for-accused-letter-bomber-set-to-start-tuesday/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/iris-amsel-guido-amsel-trial-1.4412970
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/tatp-residue-winnipeg-mail-bomb-1.4432615
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/guido-amsel-handwriting-sample-inconclusive-fbi-1.4435955
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-lawyer-barry-gorlick-disbarred-1.3136844
Saturday Dec 30, 2017
Saturday Dec 30, 2017
The murder case of a young woman whose body has not been found hinges upon a "large and complex" body of circumstantial evidence. Laura Babcock, a troubled 23-year-old Toronto woman, vanished five years ago.
Two men — Dellen Millard and Mark Smich — are accused of killing Babcock in July 2012 and burning her body in an animal incinerator.
CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA
Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee
Music credits in episodes
Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Blue Dot Sessions:Down by the Bank - Free Music Archive
Ether - Silent Partner YouTube Audio Library
Reminiscing - Incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod
Peppers Theme - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod
There Will Be Romance - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod
Main information sources in episode :
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-eight-1.4380703
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-week-2-trial-smich-millard-1.4376318
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-nine-1.4383035
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-14-1.4396243
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-four-1.4371985
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-ten-1.4385421
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-1.4415122
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-murder-trial-1.4387396 https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2017/12/16/dellen-millard-mark-smich-found-guilty-of-murder-in-laura-babcocks-death.html
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/bosma-noudga-testimony-laughter-1.3565679
http://www.annrbrocklehurst.com/tag/christina-noudga
https://globalnews.ca/news/585372/who-is-mark-smich/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-witnesses-millard-self-represent-1.4442636
Video clip sources in episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EL6jRCAFk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n324nhK5xiY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh_cPKWAH1M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwLgv3YhsTM
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Tuesday Dec 26, 2017
Laura Babcock PART 1
The murder case of a young woman whose body has not been found hinges upon a "large and complex" body of circumstantial evidence. Laura Babcock, a troubled 23-year-old Toronto woman, vanished five years ago.
Two men — Dellen Millard and Mark Smich — are accused of killing Babcock in July 2012 and burning her body in an animal incinerator.
CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee
Music credits in episodes
Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Blue Dot Sessions:Down by the Bank - Free Music Archive
Ether - Silent Partner YouTube Audio Library
Reminiscing - Incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod
Peppers Theme - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod
There Will Be Romance - incompetech.com Kevin MacLeod
Main information sources in episode :
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-eight-1.4380703
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-week-2-trial-smich-millard-1.4376318
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-wednesday-1.4391641
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-day-7-1.4379268
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-nine-1.4383035
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-14-1.4396243
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-trial-day-four-1.4371985
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-murder-trial-day-ten-1.4385421
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/laura-babcock-trial-1.4415122
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-murder-trial-1.4387396
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/news/bosma-noudga-testimony-laughter-1.3565679
http://www.annrbrocklehurst.com/tag/christina-noudga
https://globalnews.ca/news/585372/who-is-mark-smich/
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/babcock-witnesses-millard-self-represent-1.4442636
Video clip sources in episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5EL6jRCAFk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n324nhK5xiY
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Monday Dec 04, 2017
Helen Betty Osborne was a Cree Aboriginal woman from Norway House reserve. She was kidnapped and murdered while walking down Third Street in The Pas, Manitoba.
CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The Following Music Is From Incompetech Music:
The North
Past The Edge
Lost Time
http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/collections.php
Main information sources in episode :
The Death of Helen Betty Osborne -
The Aboriginal Justice Implementation Commission
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Betty_Osborne
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/osborne-killer-gets-life-sentence-1.939552
Video clip sources in episode:
Master Filmmaker - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2L2Cw0KOoL4&t=100s
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Friday Nov 10, 2017
Dennis Oland, a 47-year-old man who was charged with bludgeoning his millionaire father, Richard, to death in July 2011. The trial was one of the longest and most expensive in the history of Saint John, N.B., a port city of 140,000 people who usually share a remarkably rainproof good nature.
CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.
Credits:
WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA
Writer, researcher and host: Bonnie Lee
Music credits in episodes
Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
The tracks below come from Royalty Free Music:
Bortex - Silence
And Then We Twinkle - DL Sounds
Main information sources in episode :
Jack Katz - Seductions of Crime
Greg Marquis - Truth & Honour. The Death Of Richard Oland And The Trial Of Dennis Oland.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Richard_Oland
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201404/patricide
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/dennis-oland-begins-testimony-at-his-murder-trial/
http://www.macleans.ca/news/closing-arguments-begin-at-dennis-olands-murder-trial/
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-oland-murder-trial-that-took-new-brunswick-by-storm/
http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/oland-lawyers-launch-attack-on-house-of-cards-murder-conviction/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick
http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2015-2016/the-dick-oland-case-murder-in-the-family
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-murder-retrial-date-conference-1.4382671
Video clip sources in episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ATlaXzdzA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dws6sG6PTA0