On a warm late spring day, 16-year-old Mistie Murray told her mother she was going to band practice after school. The problem was, there was no band practice, and Mistie never came home. Did tunnel vision prevent police from closing a solvable case?

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https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/lfp-archives-the-enduring-mistie-murray-mystery

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https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/dad-once-accused-in-teen-daughter-mistie-murrays-vanishing-dies-at-68

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Diane Werendowicz was days away from her 24th birthday when children playing in the woods would find her body. It would take 17 years to find her killer - and his conviction would only be the first chapter in a legal drama that would make history in Canadian courts.

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https://linktr.ee/OminousOntario

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On September 1, 1994, Toronto firefighters would find the burned remians of an emaciated girl in a suitcase in an industrial area of Vaughan. It would take 17 years to learn her identity, and the horrors she endured in her short time in Canada.

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https://linktr.ee/OminousOntario

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On a cold winter night in 2007, a 911 call came in reporting an apparent suicide in a residential garage in Markham. As the caller entered the house, a murder scene was revealed inside. What happened at the family home that February night?

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Family Of Murder Victim Issues Statement After Funeral

Second woman in double murder laid to rest

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It started as an average summer day for the family of 6 in Kitchener, Ontario in the summer of 2000. What family would find the next morning would cause a grief that consumed a whole community and left more questions than answers.

Episode Note: I tried, and looked up many pronunciation websites, but I might very well have mispronounced certain names and medical conditions. I have found no other podcasts or YouTube videos about this story to compare, and I deeply apologize if I have made any mistakes, especially with names.

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Family Killing Shocks Neighborhood https://share.google/xVE9maEEEeHkONfZG

Deaths of Kitchener family ruled murder-suicide | CBC News https://share.google/YgvR021V9EqmalcJL

Luft inquest hears how murder-suicide likely unfolded - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/BebPFpl4VG2LCBI1G

Luft mass murder shocked Kitchener 15 years ago https://share.google/NwqqcZmzcpeNYPrEH

Just two of nine Luft inquest recommendations implemented https://share.google/KIM7O2x96wPpJfp6O

https://www.seacoastonline.com/story/news/2000/07/08/family-killing-shocks-neighborhood/51312051007/

luft.pdf https://share.google/KBe4Okq6APrwFTQUs

Danger signs preceded family slaying - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/5lcXDS83ctNWURUiP

Luft believed wife was involved in cult - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/BBpmYsgbAG0PT4dve

Luft inquest hears how murder-suicide likely unfolded - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/Yztt9SoANPXMfUAZs

'What's happened to society?' - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/fV7POoCaZ8iRvUIU1

Mother recounts horrific scene of family's murder-suicide - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/poodW5uTJgDFdEHi1

Private funeral slated for victims of murder-suicide - The Globe and Mail https://share.google/GHaKKWsuqJXZSrEcb

State-of-Mental-Health-profile-Ontario.pdf https://share.google/bONCTAb487wTGq7Wk

Vilem "Bill" Luft b. 1957 , Czechoslovakia d. 6 Jul 2000 Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: Waterloo Region Generations https://share.google/HL9Ty1Iq5CBFFFqlU

Don't blame mental illness for Luft murders, sister says https://share.google/QOAAQBtQU6A

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In October of 1984, the small village of Queensville was shaken when a 9-year-old girl was murdered. Police honed in on a suspect, and what would result is one of the greatest miscarriages of justice Ontario would ever see.

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Toronto police identify killer in cold case of 9-year-old Christine Jessop | CBC News https://share.google/iAQjTGJBTbLy1NkCo

https://youtu.be/6lbjB9nh0T0?si=A8NZlViwKL0H8rMP

Guy Paul Morin - CRWC https://share.google/nFNks7Bzz2T0hyHS6

Calvin Hoover's family 'devastated' to learn police believe he killed Christine Jessop | CBC News https://share.google/mrgoTvpP170ziimBZ

Inside the hunt for Christine Jessop's real killer - Toronto Life https://share.google/gRjJ5L3VwCN0A6TCk

MANDEL: Mother and slain daughter reunited at long last | Toronto Sun https://share.google/tfUO5C0DrvsePARJt

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For 9 years, a serial killer was operating completely unsuspected in Woodstock, Ontario. While she was preying on the most vulnerable people in society, she was also confessing to her crimes - but no one was listening.

EPISODE CORRECTION: At 28:33, I call Meadow Park by the wrong name. I use Meadow Wood instead, which is not correct.

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'If you ever do this again, we'll turn you in,' pastor told killer nurse https://share.google/cwJ0tFvim1f87tvWj

Seeing red https://share.google/J24N0WTfqybVWu18j

https://youtu.be/n3QxsNCg6uQ?si=fI-8kfVu-MILiVpv

'Systemic vulnerabilities' let killer nurse Elizabeth Wettlaufer keep on killing — report | CBC News https://share.google/tnllSjeSqbj5Bv9zP

Elizabeth Wettlaufer - Agreed Statement of Facts | PDF | Hypoglycemia | Blood Sugar https://share.google/Q85MttpgDIguhCjij

Nursing home didn't follow reporting rules, Wettlaufer inquiry hears | CBC News https://share.google/OIJF3tR1hfcHj3l2g

Nursing home worried about Wettlaufer for years, but kept her on as a cost-saver | CBC News

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Alleged nursing home murder victim remembered by son on birthday | CBC News

Saint Elizabeth HR didn’t contact references when hiring Elizabeth Wettlaufer, inquiry hears - London | Globalnews.ca https://share.google/Ol7uG7BLCFcOzuGVJ

Wettlaufer back at women's prison in Kitchener, Ont. https://share.google/YCx6EXjpRqHc5zB5L

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When Bill and Bridget Harrison bought their home in Mississauga, they knew it would be their forever home.

What they didn't know was that one by one, the whole family would die in it over a 4 year span.

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Improbable Cause: The Harrison Family Murders | The Star https://share.google/BnB3IirnGw4gPHB17

Melissa Merritt found not guilty of killing former mother-in-law, faces retrial in ex-husband's murder | CBC News https://share.google/kzBdsyLcDsA1C0l2A

Woman gets 15 years for role in ex-husband's death, but will spend 1 day in jail due to time served | CBC News https://share.google/hlQQG4T2eA96nnpgO

Ordeal continues in tragic Harrison family case: Retrial ordered for Melissa Merritt, previously found guilty in murder of ex-husband | The Pointer https://share.google/mPp1U4mhr9jnM7xlS

A family was systematically slaughtered in this house—by a very angry ex - Toronto Life https://share.google/yAlDsxPxNEm08GplB

MANDEL: Double killer looking for love online | Toronto Sun https://share.google/Nnvbvb4V12alLI8AY

Peel police — and no one else — probing their own missteps in Harrison family murders https://share.google/UMgEeMvtI336cPFUr

Crown seeks two-year jail term for drunk driver https://share.google/3yBNMob8bIV2uGqn9

2023 ONCA 3 (CanLII) | R. v. Merritt | CanLII

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Christie Blatchford: Why I can’t completely share the outrage over McClintic’s healing lodge transfer | National Post https://share.google/yPcOelmOgzKcWtUOq