CrimeopediaExplicit
by Allison Pert
A true crime podcast centred around telling the stories of both solved and unsolved crimes from different regions across the globe.
Podcast episodes
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2S+ People of Canada: the Serial Murders of Gilbert Jordan
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2S+ People of Canada: the Serial Murders of Gilbert Jordan
Overlapping with the onset of Robert Pickton's serial murders was the death of Gilbert Jordan, the first serial killer in Canada to use alcohol as his weapon of choice. A shining star example of legal apathy with respect to predation upon missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, the story of Gilbert Jordan demonstrates to us how leniency in the Canadian criminal justice system is often a matter of life or death. Due to character limitations, all source material will be available on the website www.crimeopediapod.ca
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2S+ People of Canada: Sharon Frances Merasty
In December of 1993, Sharon Frances Merasty was found deceased nearby a water body without proper winter clothing and no indication of an intention to be outside for very long. Yet, local police ruled out foul play; her family think otherwise. Although the circumstances of her death remain inconclusive, her case reminds me a lot of a practice in the province of Saskatchewan called the Starlight Tours.
Suspicious Disappearance: the Sodder Children
In 1945, a day before Christmas, George and Jennie Sodder lost five of their ten children to a destructive house fire in Fayetteville, West Virginia. The circumstances around the fire and the resultant total lack of physical evidence of the children stumped the family and national media outlets for decades. Given the circumstantial oddities of the case, you can come to your own conclusions entirely dependent on which sources you read. Due to character limitations, all source material is available at www.crimeopediapod.ca
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2S+ People of Canada: Inusiq Akavak
Intimate partner violence is an epidemic, but the intersection of Indigenous identities puts women, girls, and 2S individuals increases the risk substantially. If it weren't for our knowledge about how Canadian systems seek to oppress and refuse to support Indigenous Peoples, I'm sure we'd all still be wondering how this could be. Due to character limitations, all source material will be available at www.crimeopediapod.ca
Serial Killer: Robert Hansen
In the 1970s and '80s, serial killer Robert Hansen found himself in a routine of abducting women from Anchorage and Seward Alaska before releasing them into the Alaskan wilderness to be hunted like the game he was prized for. Due to character limitations, all source material will be available on the website crimeopediapod.ca