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Two best friends tell each other true crime stories they think the other hasn't heard yet. Each week, Amanda and Keith tell each other about some of the most egregious crimes - heard this one before?
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Elizabeth Wettlaufer pt. 2
Motive and Opportunity
06/10/24 • 58 min
On this episode of Motive and Opportunity, Amanda and Keith discuss fascinating historical facts, and pride as protest. Then, Keith finishes the story of Elizabeth Wettlaufer, one of Canada's most notorious serial killers of a different sort.
Sources:
https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/unsealed-court-documents-say-ex-nurse-suspended-over-medication-errors/article_1d8cea6e-51f3-561a-a945-e17568c6acb5.html
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/if-you-ever-do-this-again-we-ll-turn-you-in-pastor-told-killer-nurse/article_fb3dcedc-a2e4-57b1-bd7c-a03eee428744.html
https://globalnews.ca/news/3495384/elizabeth-wettlaufer-timeline/
http://longtermcareinquiry.ca/wp-content/uploads/Agreed-Statement-of-Facts-on-Guilty-Plea.pdf
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/long-term-care-inquiry-elizabeth-wettlaufer-what-could-have-stopped-you-1.4776403
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/canadian-public-inquiry-serial-killing-nurse-wouldnt-have-been-caught-if-she-hadnt-confessed/2019/07/31/0c8ba8e0-b309-11e9-acc8-1d847bacca73_story.html
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Wettlaufer
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-wettlaufer-case
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44377735
Episodes 48 and 49 of Canadian True Crime
Resources:
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If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For residents of Quebec, call 1-866-277-3553 (24/7) or visit suicide.ca Visit Talk Suicide Canada for the distress centres and crisis organizations nearest you, if you're experiencing gender-based violence, you can access a crisis line in your province or territory.
Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat. Services are available to all Indigenous peoples across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services experienced and culturally sensitive helpline counsellors can help if you want to talk in English and French and, on request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.
For Domestic Violence sheltersafe.ca is an online resource to help women and their children seeking safety from violence and abuse. The clickable map will serve as a fast resource to connect women with the nearest shelter that can offer safety, hope, and support.
Childhelp National Child Abuse 24/7 Hotline (multilingual service available): 1-800-422-4453
TransLife - 1-877-330-6366
Elizabeth Wettlaufer pt. 1
Motive and Opportunity
05/27/24 • 63 min
Amanda and Keith discuss a recent attack on feminism, and reveal the new posting schedule for Motive & Opportunity. Afterwards, Keith discusses an 'angel of death' killer who became one of the most infamous serial killers in Canadian history.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Wettlaufer
https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/sh/TBk79oWhpi/elizabeth-wettlaufer-nurse-senior-deaths/
https://globalnews.ca/news/3495384/elizabeth-wettlaufer-timeline/
http://longtermcareinquiry.ca/wp-content/uploads/Agreed-Statement-of-Facts-on-Guilty-Plea.pdf
https://criminalminds.fandom.com/wiki/Elizabeth_Wettlaufer
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/elizabeth-wettlaufer-case
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-44377735
Canadian True Crime - Episode 48
Resources:
Suicide Crisis Helpline: If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and available to anyone in Canada.
You can talk to a mental health professional, one on one:
Call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741 (Adults) or 686868 (Youth)
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For residents of Quebec, call 1-866-277-3553 (24/7) or visit suicide.ca Visit Talk Suicide Canada for the distress centres and crisis organizations nearest you, if you're experiencing gender-based violence, you can access a crisis line in your province or t
Sister Florine Brun and The Disappearance of the Jack Family
Motive and Opportunity
05/06/24 • 53 min
Amanda starts us off this week by telling you a story of a murdered nun and Keith tells the story of the mysterious disappearance of an entire indigenous family some 35 years ago that remains unsolved to this day.
Sources:
Amanda:
http://pgnewspapers.pgpl.ca/fedora/repository/pgc%3A1990-03-13-06/OCR/Full%20Text%20OCR
https://www.canlii.org/en/ca/scc/doc/1994/1994canlii95/1994canlii95.html
Various news paper articles
Keith:
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.4772972
https://www.canadaunsolved.com/cases/missing-jack-family-1989-bc?format=amp
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.5702888
Resources:
Suicide Crisis Helpline: If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and available to anyone in Canada.
You can talk to a mental health professional, one on one:
Call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741 (Adults) or 686868 (Youth)
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For residents of Quebec, call 1-866-277-3553 (24/7) or visit suicide.ca Visit Talk Suicide Canada for the distress centres and crisis organizations nearest you, if you're experiencing gender-based violence, you can access a crisis line in your province or territory.
Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat. Services are available to all Indigenous peoples across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services experienced and culturally sensitive helpline counsellors can help if you want to talk in English and French and, on request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.
For Domestic Violence sheltersafe.ca is an online resource to help women and their children seeking safety from violence and abuse. The clickable map will serve as a fast resource to connect women with the nearest shelter that can offer safety, hope, and support.
Childhelp National Child Abuse 24/7 Hotline (multilingual service ava
The Bandidos Massacre and Phu Lam
Motive and Opportunity
04/29/24 • 43 min
On this week's episode of Motive and Opportunity, Keith tells us the story of a gang-related killing of 8 men, whose bodies were found in a field, and Amanda tells the story of an awful mass shooter in Edmonton, Alberta.
Sources:
Keith:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/timeline-of-the-bandidos-massacre-1.777910
Amanda:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre
https://edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/broken-pieces-a-year-after-edmontons-worst-mass-murder
https://edmontonsun.com/2015/01/06/funeral-held-in-edmonton-for-six-victims-of-mass-killing
Resources:
Suicide Crisis Helpline: If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and available to anyone in Canada.
You can talk to a mental health professional, one on one:
Call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741 (Adults) or 686868 (Youth)
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For residents of Quebec, call 1-866-277-3553 (24/7) or visit suicide.ca Visit Talk Suicide Canada for the distress centres and crisis organizations nearest you, if you're experiencing gender-based violence, you can access a crisis line in your province or territory.
Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat. Services are available to all Indigenous peoples across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services experienced and culturally sen
Ryan Grantham and Cody Barnoski
Motive and Opportunity
04/22/24 • 63 min
This week, Amanda starts us off with a story of a Canadian child actor turned murderer, and then Keith tells us the story Cody Barnoski who commited the atrocious act of matricide.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2566096/
https://www.the-sun.com/news/6287852/riverdale-actor-ryan-grantham-killed-mom-details/
https://memorials.squamishfuneralchapel.com/Waite-Barbara/4175317/
https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/ottawa/2020/9/27/1_5122193.html
https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ontario-man-who-killed-mother-granted-full-parole-after-12-years-1.6089593
Brian Cohee Jr. and Cary Stayner
Motive and Opportunity
04/17/24 • 27 min
Keith starts this week's episode with the story of Brian Cohee Jr., while Amanda tells us the follow up to her story last week and fills us in on the crimes of Steven Stayner's brother, Cary Stayner.
Sources:
Keith:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-13248535/Brian-Cohee-homeless-murder-head-Warren-Barnes.html
https://www.mesacounty.us/news/district-attorney/cohee-found-guilty
https://www.westernslopenow.com/news/the-people-v-brian-cohee-sentencing-hearing/
https://www.unilad.com/news/crime/brain-cohee-documentary-people-unable-to-sleep-690789-20240326
https://www.kkco11news.com/2023/01/30/brian-cohee-events-leading-murder/
https://coloradosun.com/2023/02/07/warren-barnes-reading-man-killer-sentenced/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvrp87VXtD4
https://www.crimelibrary.org/serial_killers/predators/stayner/index_1.html
https://www.recordnet.com/story/news/1999/07/27/case-suspect-s-uncle-is/50809474007/
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/stunning-details-in-stayner-s-confession-in-2908761.php
https://www.myyosemitepark.com/park/history/yosemite-serial-killer/
https://abcnews.go.com/US/nudist-colony-helped-fbi-agents-find-yosemite-serial/story?id=60525273
https://people.com/crime/where-is-cary-stayner-now/
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (2022)
Resources:
Suicide Crisis Helpline: If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and available to anyone in Canada.
You can talk to a mental health professional, one on one:
Call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741 (Adults)
Steven Stayner and Denise Morelle
Motive and Opportunity
04/08/24 • 46 min
Amanda begins this weeks episode with a story of Steven Stayner, who was kidnapped at 7 and escaped to save another boy, while Keith wraps up the episode with the story of an actress found dead inside of an empty apartment.
Sources:
Amanda:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/steven-stayner-documentary-captive-audience-b2067686.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Stayner
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2245&dat=19891003&id=McIzAAAAIBAJ&pg=4985,5312370
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/article/going-home-the-story-of-steven-stayner
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-09-22-vw-766-story.html
https://www.mercedsunstar.com/news/article3206657.html
Captive Audience: A Real American Horror Story (2022)
Keith:
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidule_de_Tarmacadam
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnons_de_Saint-Laurent
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/denise-morelle
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2014/06/29/il-y-a-30-ans-deja
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-quebec-cold-case-1.676084
Resources:
Suicide Crisis Helpline: If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and available to anyone in Canada.
You can talk to a mental health professional, one on one:
Call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741 (Adults) or 686868 (Youth)
If
Rehtaeh Parsons and Johnathan Townsend
Motive and Opportunity
04/01/24 • 46 min
Keith starts this weeks episode with a story of bullying that has a tragic end, and Amanda tells us the story of a young murderer named Johnathan Townsend.
Sources:
Keith:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Rehtaeh_Parsons
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/longform/five-years-gone/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anonymous_(hacker_group)
No Place to Hide (2015)
Amanda:
https://thewalrus.ca/how-canadas-health-care-system-helped-create-a-killer/
https://torontosun.com/2013/09/25/us-girl-12-charged-in-connection-to-sault-murder
https://www.sootoday.com/local-news/im-proud-of-myself-i-finally-did-it-i-took-someones-life-583907
https://www.thesudburystar.com/2017/04/27/family-of-murder-victim-to-speak-in-sault
Resources:
Phillip Boudreau and Jahvante Smart a.k.a. Smoke Dawg
Motive and Opportunity
03/25/24 • 50 min
This week our duo is back and refreshed from their break and Amanda kicks off the episode with the story of the murder of Phillip Boudreau in a small fishing community in Nova Scotia. Then Keith tells the story of Canadian Rapper and rising star, Smoke Dawg, and his murder in broad daylight on a busy Toronto street.
Sources:
Amanda:
https://www.cbc.ca/cbcdocspov/episodes/the-killing-of-phillip-boudreau
https://quillandquire.com/review/blood-in-the-water-a-true-story-of-revenge-in-the-maritimes/
https://fisherynation.com/archives/tag/phillip-boudreau
https://povmagazine.com/true-crime-lobsters-and-the-killing-of-phillip-boudreau/
CBC Docs POV Season 4 “The Killing of Phillip Boudreau”
Keith:
https://globalnews.ca/news/8644774/murder-conviction-smoke-dawg-shooting/amp/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/smoke-dawg-koba-prime-arrest-burnaby-1.5257231
Israel Keyes Pt. 1
Motive and Opportunity
07/01/24 • 45 min
A week late, because Keith can't operate a calendar... Amanda discusses how she ended up covered in glitter, and Keith tells us about Sharkasso. Amanda presents the first instalment of a multi-part episode about one of the most prolific and enigmatic serial killers, Israel Keyes.
Sources:
https://allthatsinteresting.com/samantha-koenig
https://www.legacyalaska.com/obituaries/Samantha-Koenig?obId=19079866
http://www.davidkushner.com/article/american-monster-the-hunt-for-serial-killer-israel-keyes/
https://www.oxygen.com/crime-news/israel-keyes-who-was-he-how-caught-evidence
https://nypost.com/2019/06/29/a-chilling-inside-look-at-one-of-americas-most-infamous-serial-killer-cases/
https://www.splcenter.org/fighting-hate/intelligence-report/2013/alaska-serial-killer-attended-racist-church-knew-terrorists
https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounder/christian-identity
https://www.usamm.com/products/army-achievement-medal#:~:text=The%20Army%20Achievement%20Medal%20(AAM,the%20grade%20of%20E%2D7.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29631500/#:~:text=The%20MacDonald%20triad%20posits%20that,and%20violent%20behavior%20in%20adults.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/israel-keyes-fbi-evidence-serial-killer-unknown-victims-48-hours/
https://www.biography.com/crime-figure/israel-keyes
True Crime Bullshit podcast and Israel Keyes interrogation videos
Resources:
Suicide Crisis Helpline: If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call or text 9-8-8. Help is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Suicide Crisis Helpline offers support that is bilingual, trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and available to anyone in Canada.
You can talk to a mental health professional, one on one:
Call 1-866-585-0445 or text WELLNESS to 741741 (Adults) or 686868 (Youth)
If you or someone you know is thinking about suicide, call Talk Suicide Canada at 1-833-456-4566. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For residents of Quebec, call 1-866-277-3553 (24/7) or visit suicide.ca Visit Talk Suicide Canada for the distress centres and crisis organizations nearest you, if you're experiencing gender-based violence, you can access a crisis line in your province or territory.
Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310 (toll-free) or connect to the online Hope for Wellness chat. Services are available to all Indigenous peoples across Canada who need immediate emotional support, crisis intervention or referrals to community-based services experienced and culturally sensitive helpline counsellors can help if you want to talk in English and French and, on request, in Cree, Ojibway, and Inuktitut.
For Domestic Violence sheltersafe.ca is an online resource to help women and their children seeking safety from violence and abuse. The clickable map will serve as a fast resource to connect women with the nearest shelter that can offer safety, hope, and support.
Childhelp National Child Abuse 24/7 Hotline (multilingual service available): 1-800-422-4453
TransLife - 1-877-330-6366
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How many episodes does Motive and Opportunity have?
Motive and Opportunity currently has 70 episodes available.
What topics does Motive and Opportunity cover?
The podcast is about True Crime Comedy, Society & Culture, True Crime, Canada, Murder and Podcasts.
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The episode title 'Elizabeth Wettlaufer pt. 2' is the most popular.
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The average episode length on Motive and Opportunity is 51 minutes.
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The first episode of Motive and Opportunity was released on Dec 28, 2022.
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