8 | Marc Lepine Canadian Mass Murderer

05/11/20 • 47 min

In 1989, students at the Ecole Polytechique in Montreal were looking forward to their Christmas break. But the hopes and dreams of 14 ambitious young women were shattered that day by a gunman on an ideologically driven rampage. We’ll pay tribute to the dead and we’ll also look at why he did it. Marc Lépine wanted to be a martyr, but he made himself into a monster. As we’ll learn, things are rarely black and white.
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Credits:
Research, writing, narration and audio arrangement by Prash
Disclaimer read by Jessica
Character Voices: Jessica and Eric
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True Crime Island https://www.truecrimeisland.com/
Music:
https://www.dl-sounds.com/
Night Break by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4125-night-break
Dark Times by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3611-dark-times
Stay The Course by Kevin MacLeod
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Screen Saver by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5715-screen-saver
A Very Brady Special by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/5760-a-very-brady-special
All music by Kevin Macleod as per License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada website https://bigbrothersbigsisters.ca/about-us/
Chauvin, Pierre, “Let hate go, says mother of Montreal Massacre shooter Marc Lépine”, 2015, The Globe and Mail Newspaper
Deseret News, “Canadian Gunman’s Father beat wife, kids, divorce papers show,”, 1989, https://www.deseret.com/1989/12/10/18836121/canadian-gunman-s-father-beat-wife-kids-divorce-papers-show
Dowson, Anne Lagacé, “Ecole Polytechnique: Legacy of a Hate Crime”, 2014, Ricochet, https://ricochet.media/en/245/legacy-of-a-hate-crime
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LeBlanc, Daniel & White, Patrick, 2020, “Canada set to ban assault style weapons, including AR-15 and the gun used in Polytechnique massacre,” The Globe and Mail, https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-ottawas-gun-ban-to-target-ar-15-and-the-weapon-used-during/
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The Fifth Estate Montreal Massacre Legacy Of Pain

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7 | The Frankston Serial Killer

He said he hated women...but then he became one. In this episode, we delve deep into psychology, profiling and gender dysphoria in the case of the Frankston Killer, who terrorised a quiet suburb of Australia in the early 90s but could be released in 2023. We’ll look at nature versus nurture and what could have turned Paul Denyer into a serial murderer.
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
Email: [email protected]
Visit www.prashganendran.com
Credits:
Research, writing, narration and audio arrangement by Prash
Character Voices: Simon, Jack Timothy, Tanya O’Sullivan
Music:
https://www.dl-sounds.com/
Sources:
Booker, Chloe, 2015, “Someone must know: cold case murder probe into disappearance of Sarah MacDiarmid”, The Age, https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/someone-must-know-cold-case-murder-probe-into-disappearance-of-sarah-macdiarmid-20150711-gia1rg.html
Catter, 2008, “Paul Denyer Police Interviews”, Crimblog
http://wwwcrimblog.blogspot.com/2008/08/paul-denyer-police-interviews.html
Deery, Shannon, 2011, “Family of Paul Denyer tell of killer’s death threat”, Daily Telegraph
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/national/killers-family-dont-let-him-out/news-story/59e38892e8170309ccd633d1da3ffca4
Denyer, Julie, “True Story of Serial Killer Paul Denyer”, Facebook
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Denyer, Paul, 2003 – 2004, letters from prison
http://media.heraldsun.com.au/multimedia/2013/april/denyerletters/index03.html
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFGqBApTjWk
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https://www.therecoveryvillage.com/mental-health/gender-dysphoria/related/gender-dysphoria-statistics/#gref [medically reviewed by Paula Cookson LCSW]
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https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/news/5015765.carshalton-couple-haunted-by-their-serial-killer-relative/
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https://www.healthline.com/health/parenting/disorganized-attachment [medically reviewed by Karen Richardson Gill, MD, FAAP]

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9 | The Monster of Alton who butchered Fanny Adams

Murder mystery novels would have you believe that crimes only happen in dark, dreary places in the dead of night, but today we’re examining the tragic killing of a young girl in broad daylight on a sunny August afternoon in 1867. How did this happen in such a small, quiet town?
Thanks for listening! Here’s how you can get in touch with comments and suggestions:
Twitter: @PrashsMurderMap
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Sources:
Bondeson, Jan; “Victorian Murders”, 2017, Amberley Publishing
Hoskins, John; Southern Daily Echo, “Brutal Slaying of Sweet Fanny Adams”, 7th February 2008
Journal of the Hampshire Genealogical Society, Volume XII, No. 4, February 1986
Mukerji, Jenny: “Who was Sweet Fanny Adams?” Hampshire Genealogical Society website
https://www.hgs-familyhistory.com