112. Taken: The Murder of Tori Stafford

 On April 8, 2009, eight-year-old Tori Stafford disappeared while walking home from school in Woodstock Ontario.  CCTV captures her walking away from the school with her abductor.
News of her kidnapping spread across the nation and led to one of the largest searches in the Ontario Provincial Police history.
Although her brutal captors were arrested and charged 6 weeks after Tori was taken,
her broken body wouldn't be found for 103 days.

Join Cam and Jen as we discuss Taken: The Murder of Tori Stafford on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast.

Listener discretion by the mysterious Edward October from @octoberpodVHS Check him out on YouTube   https://www.youtube.com/c/OctoberpodHomeVideo

Editing and all music by producer Nico Vettese @wetalkofdreams  He's amazing!
https://wetalkofdreams.com/

Jen had a lot of help with research on this episode.  A huge thank you to Eileen McFarlane from Crimelaspe Podcast.  Please go check them out.  https://www.crimelapsepodcast.com/


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https://globalnews.ca/news/66386/police-release-video-of-car-in-tori-stafford-abduction-case/
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https://globalnews.ca/news/232908/blood-found-on-raffertys-car-is-almost-certainly-tori-staffords-court-hears-3/

111. Binding Love: Brittany Kilgore

 A 9-1-1 call comes in from a woman who is speaking in a muffled voice barely understandable. The operator is able to understand that someone is hurt at a hotel in the town of Fallbrook which is located in the northern part of San Diego county. After the operator calms the caller down, he is able to get an address, and police are dispatched to the location. When officers arrive and knock on the door, they can hear noises coming from inside the room but are unable to make out just what is making the noise. The manager uses his key to get officers inside. Inside they find a woman on the ground and blood everywhere. The woman barely has clothes on but there are obvious signs of injury. As officers look around the room, they notice a spiked collar near her body. In the bathroom, there is an array of knives and scalpels. They also notice a letter that informs them of yet another body. What officers are about to discover is a twisted, dark tale that seems like the plot of a bad mystery novel.

Join Jen and Cam on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast as we discuss ‘Binding Love: Brittany Kilgore.’

As always, our listener discretion is provided by the amazing Edward October from @octoberpodVHS.

Our music as well as our executive producer is the remarkable Nico from @wetalkofdreams.

Sources:
https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/grisly-details-in-search-warrants-in-marine-wifes-murder/509-95ba55fe-50cd-4769-bfe4-ec4fc6630b74
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2134576/Brittany-Killgore-murder-BDSM-sex-posts-Marine-Louis-Perez-clues-person-interest.html
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/marine-wife-brittany-killgore-haunting-text-article-1.1068813
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110. The Pig Farmer: Robert Pickton

 Before you listen to this particular episode, I wanted to mention that the perpetrator in the case targeted sex workers many of whom were indigenous women struggling with addiction and/or mental health issues. According to www.statista.com, in 2018, the rate of homicide victims among women in Canada was more than six times higher for the indigenous population. Often, victims of violent crimes, Indigenous people are twice as likely to suffer a physical assault, and three times as likely to become victims of robbery and sexual assault compared to their non-indigenous counterparts.  If you would like to find out more about Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, please visit.amnesty.ca or kairoscandada.org.
Robert William Pickton was a Canadian farmer who, along with his brother, would run the farming business after his parents passed away. The men had some success with the farming but Robert's greatest legacy had nothing to do with farming. This is a grotesque story about a man who would ultimately be responsible for a series of missing women and the horror they must have endured.

Join Jen and Cam as we discuss 'The Pig Farmer: Robert Pickton' on this episode of Our True Crime Podcast.
Giant Thank YOU to Ryan @JonesAndJonesy for this listener submission.
Listener discretion is always voiced by the incredible Edward October from @octoberpodVHS
The show's music and executive producer is the fabu Nico @wetalkof dreams