Can't Make This Sh*t Up: A True Crime Podcast

This week's case is a wild one! When 36-year-old Irish woman, Elaine O'Hara goes missing, her family initially fears that she may have completed suicide. However, when several of Elaine's items show up in a local lake, the police begin to suspect foul play. Was it suicide? Was it a sex game gone wrong? Or was it cold blooded murder?

Source Materials:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Elaine_O%27Hara
• http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/graham-dwyer-trial/profile-of-elaine-ohara-elaine-just-wanted-to-be-loved-she-just-wanted-some-attention-31100018.html
• https://www.rte.ie/news/2015/0327/690094-graham-dwyer-court/

Join Cassie and Marc in their final installment of The Highway of Tears. In this episode, the pair wrap up their coverage of this prolific case, which encompasses over eighty cases occurring between 1970 to 2021. In this episode, the father-daughter duo discusses all of the cases which occurred from 2010 to 2021.

Source Materials:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears

“Gun Owner Blames Himself for Vanderhoof Woman’s Death, Court Hears,” by Mark Nielson. (Prince George Citizen 03.01.2017).

“Family Expresses Pain From Loss of Murder Victim,” by Mark Nielson. (Prince George Citizen 04.19.18)

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/destiny-rae-tom

“The Disappearance of Roberta Marie Sims,” by Christine. (The True Crime Files: A Blog About True Crime 09.04.17)

“The Disappearance Files – Frances Brown,” by Jessica Riffle. (Criminal 2019)

“2 Years After a Young Mother Died Near the Highway of Tears, Her Family Vows to Find Answers,” by Yvette Brend. (CBC News 09.07.20)

Join Marc and Cassie as they discuss the Highway of Tears, a 450 mile stretch of road upon which 80+ women and girls have been murdered or disappeared, with a large portion of them being indigenous. In this episode, Cassie and Marc discuss all of the cases which occurred throughout the early 2000s. Sit back, take a drink, and prepare to get mad, as most of these cases remain unsolved.

Source Materials:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears#cite_note-:42-69

“Husband Charged with Murder” (CBC News 07.06.00)

“A terrible, Troubling Death: The Story of Savannah Hall,” by Lori Culbert (The Vancouver Sun 10.15.05)

“Unresolved: Ada Elaine Brown,” by Martha Troian (CBC News, 10.07.16)

“He Killed Ex-Spouse to Avoid Child Abuse Charge,” by Joey Thompson (The Province 06.22.07)

“Elderly Woman Missing in Northern B.C.” (10.05.04)

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/tamara-lynn-chipman

“Highway of Tears the Murder of Aielah Saric-Auger.” (Hue and Cry)

Join Marc and Cassie as they discuss the Highway of Tears, a 450 mile stretch of road upon which 80+ women and girls have been murdered or disappeared, with a large portion of them being indigenous. In this episode, Cassie and Marc discuss all of the cases which occurred throughout the 1990s. Sit back, take a drink, and prepare to get mad, as most of these cases remain unsolved.

Source Materials:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highway_of_Tears#Victims

“Rochon Family Cold Case Reopened 25 Years After Fire Killed Three Generations.” (CBC News 02.05.15)

“Prince Rupert Man Haunted By Deadly 1990 Arson,” by Ian Austin. (Global News 02.07.15)

https://unidentified.wikia.org/wiki/Delphine_Nikal

“Dangerous Offender.” (Prince George Free Press 05.10.07)

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/ramona-lisa-wilson

https://thehueandcry.com/roxanne-thiara

http://www.justicefornativewomen.com/2016/08/alishia-germaine-victim-of-highway-of.html

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/lana-patricia-derrick

https://www.gg.ca/en/honours/recipients/121-56619

“Daughter Kept Mother’s Disappearance on RCMP’s Radar,” by Mark Nielsen (Prince George Citizen 12.10.10)

“Family of B.C. Murder Victim Fights to Keep Offender Behind Bars,” by Matt Robinson. (Vancouver Sun 8.27.19)

https://www.cbc.ca/missingandmurdered/mmiw/profiles/amanda-jean-simpson

In the late 80s and early 90s, Dr. Jack Kevorkian shocked the medical community and the world by creating and utilizing a death machine to help Americans commit suicide. By the time Kevorkian's career ended abruptly, it is estimated that he had assisted in upwards of 110 suicides. Although Kevorkian claimed all of his "patients" were terminally ill, it is debated whether this was actually the case. Did he really wish to help end people's suffering, or was something more sinister at play?

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Source Material:

Jack Kevorkian

Dr. Jack Kevorkian Dies at 83

Chronology of Dr. Jack Kevorkian's Life and Assisted Suicide Campaign

Kevorkian's Known Victims

Kevorkian and Assisted Death in the United States

Doctor Tells of First Death Using His Suicide Device

Washington Woman Who Witnessed Jack Kevorkian's First Assisted Suicide Recalls Her Friend, Janet Adkins

The Kevorkian Verdict