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Who Killed Theresa

190 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★ - 146 ratings

This podcast was started in January of 2017, about the unsolved murder of my sister, Theresa Allore, who died on November 3, 1978. The project has grown to include unsolved murders of women in Quebec in the 1970s. Now the podcast is simply about justice issues and criminal investigative failures.

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"Qu'est-ce que tu entends par Splashs?" - Teresa Martin / WKT5 #5

April 25, 2021 13:54 - 1 hour - 105 MB

May 21, 1970 interrogation of two witnesses by Coroner Laurin Lapointe and Crown Attorney Roch Heroux into the murder of Theresa Martin: - Johanne H - Huguette D For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

La MUQ - Teresa Martin / WKT5 #4

April 10, 2021 19:16 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Why were the Quebec police investigating the motorcycle club, La MUQ in relation to the 1969 murder of Teresa Martin? For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2021/04/10/la-muq-teresa-martin-wkt5-4/

La MUQ - Teresa Martin #4 / WKT5

April 10, 2021 19:16 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

Why were the Quebec police investigating the motorcycle club, La MUQ in relation to the 1969 murder of Teresa Martin? For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2021/04/10/la-muq-teresa-martin-wkt5-4/

Le Sadique Meurtrier -Teresa Martin #3 / WKT5

March 27, 2021 19:47 - 1 hour - 112 MB

"Are there truly in the streets of Montreal and its region, one of these monster murderers, or one of these sexual maniacs we know and have seen in the pages of books and in movies who violate their victims, their prey of choice being young girls at the flower of their youth? " For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com/2021/03/27/le-sadique-meurtrier-teresa-martin-wkt5-3/

Le Sadique Meurtrier -Teresa Martin / WKT5 #3

March 27, 2021 19:47 - 1 hour - 112 MB

"Are there truly in the streets of Montreal and its region, one of these monster murderers, or one of these sexual maniacs we know and have seen in the pages of books and in movies who violate their victims, their prey of choice being young girls at the flower of their youth? " For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com/2021/03/27/le-sadique-meurtrier-teresa-martin-wkt5-3/

F.L. FRENCHY I LOVE YOU - Teresa Martin / WKT5 #2

March 13, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 121 MB

Teresa Martin was meant to be found like that - displayed against the wall of that tavern on a Saturday morning, for families to see the ambulance and the squad cars as they drove on their way to hockey practice or garden centres, so it would be the topic of conversation all that weekend, and into Monday morning for the local boys and girls going to school. That's certain. For more information visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

F.L. FRENCHY I LOVE YOU - Teresa Martin #2 / WKT5

March 13, 2021 16:26 - 1 hour - 121 MB

Teresa Martin was meant to be found like that - displayed against the wall of that tavern on a Saturday morning, for families to see the ambulance and the squad cars as they drove on their way to hockey practice or garden centres, so it would be the topic of conversation all that weekend, and into Monday morning for the local boys and girls going to school. That's certain. For more information visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

Pattern Recognition - Teresa Martin #1 / WKT5

February 27, 2021 16:57 - 54 minutes - 99.1 MB

This is the 1969 unsolved murder of Teresa Martin. "I am in no hurry to tell this story. I have a lot of information on this case, but I haven't quite figured out how to land the plane. I haven't completely worked out the staging. It has all the elements that you're accustomed to hearing on WTK - set in Quebec, unsolved murder, criminal investigative failures. Quebec lives in this echo chamber of delusion. If you think the fake-news era in the States is bad, Quebec has been living in a vers...

Pattern Recognition - Teresa Martin / WKT5 #1

February 27, 2021 16:57 - 54 minutes - 99.1 MB

This is the 1969 unsolved murder of Teresa Martin. "I am in no hurry to tell this story. I have a lot of information on this case, but I haven't quite figured out how to land the plane. I haven't completely worked out the staging. It has all the elements that you're accustomed to hearing on WTK - set in Quebec, unsolved murder, criminal investigative failures. Quebec lives in this echo chamber of delusion. If you think the fake-news era in the States is bad, Quebec has been living in a vers...

When She Was Bad - The Patricia Pearson Interview / WKT4 #19

January 29, 2021 16:59 - 50 minutes - 93.2 MB

An interview with author Patricia Pearson, her first book, When She Was Bad - How And Why Women Get Away With Murder was just re-released from Penguin Random House. We discuss the the book, true crime, Karla Homolka, Bill James' The Man From The Train, and the "Angel of Death", nursing home caregiver and serial killer, Elizabeth Wettlaufer. For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

Who Were These Men / The Yorkshire Ripper - WKT4 #18

December 30, 2020 11:47 - 55 minutes - 101 MB

A crossover episode with Chantelle, host of the Lady Justice podcast. We discuss the Netflix documentary 'The Ripper' - which features the investigation of the murders committed by The Yorkshire Ripper - Peter Sutcliffe. To find Chantelle's podcast - Lady Justice: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/lady-justice-true-crime-936814 For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

Sign In Stranger - WKT4 #17

December 20, 2020 00:23 - 1 hour - 150 MB

Do you have a dark spot on your past? For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

The Tale of Mr. Morton - WKT4 #16

November 25, 2020 14:55 - 1 hour - 134 MB

The People of the Eastern Townships should have dealt with Bill Morton from the first moment he threatened violence. For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

Theresa Allore - Case Closed Cold / WKT4 #15

November 10, 2020 10:00 - 1 hour - 123 MB

Three weeks after she went missing, Lennoxville Police Chief Leo Hamel managed to connect the disappearance of Theresa Allore with the prior-year murder of Louise Camirand. Then came the Journal de Montréal article that quickly put an end to the investigation. For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com/2020/11/10/theresa-allore-case-closed-cold/

Missing from the Village - The Justin Ling Interview - WKT4 #14

November 06, 2020 10:26 - 1 hour - 120 MB

In 2013, the Toronto Police Service announced that the disappearances of three men--Skandaraj Navaratnam, Abdulbasir Faizi, and Majeed Kayhan--from Toronto's gay village were, perhaps, linked. When the leads ran dry, the investigation was shut down, on paper classified as "open but suspended." By 2015, investigative journalist Justin Ling had begun to retrace investigators' steps, convinced there was evidence of a serial killer. Meanwhile, more men would go missing, and police would continue ...

Grab Bag - The Halloween Episode / WKT4 #13

October 20, 2020 09:00 - 1 hour - 135 MB

- Half a haunted house ( What's the scariest thing?) - The Montreal Jack The Ripper - Tales from the Crypt of Journalism ($150 beat job) - Mohanbir's Radio (Everybody's Restless) - The London Rippers (formerly the London Werewolves) For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

Christine Lepage - Cherchez la femme / WKT4 #12

October 03, 2020 22:11 - 57 minutes - 106 MB

A Woman contract killer fulfills a hit on a middle-aged funeral home director. For more information please visit the website: https://theresaallore.com/2020/10/03/christine-lepage-cherchez-la-femme-wkt4-12/

Hyperthymesia - WKT4 / #11

September 07, 2020 15:22 - 1 hour - 148 MB

Hyperthymesia = Excessive remembering. Hypermnesia = an improvement in memory from attempts to retrieve previously encoded memories. For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

Ring-Ring-Ring - The Murder of Michelle Perron / WKT4 #10

August 03, 2020 14:20 - 57 minutes - 105 MB

In 1988 Radio Canada producer and playboy Gilles Perron was charged with the murder of his wife. Michelle Perron was found slumped in the driver's seat of her Mercury Lynx in the parking lot of a Laval depanneur. She had received eight deep knife wounds to her head that almost completely obliterated her face. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2020/08/03/ring-ring-ring-the-murder-of-michelle-perron/

Pillar 111 - The 1979 murders of Maurice Marcil and Chantal Dupont / WKT4 #9

July 01, 2020 13:31 - 1 hour - 116 MB

The 1979 murders of Maurice Marcil and Chantal Dupont. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2020/07/01/pillar-111-the-1979-murders-of-maurice-marcil-and-chantal-dupont/

Plumber Rapist - William Fyfe and Theresa Pearson / WKT4 #8

June 07, 2020 13:52 - 52 minutes - 47.8 MB

Serial killer William Fyfe was most likely the plumber rapist terrorizing Montreal in the 1980s. He was also possibly responsible for the 1983 murder of Theresa Pearson. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2020/06/07/plumber-rapist-william-fyfe-and-theresa-pearson-wkt4-8/

Noir et Blanc / The Déry - Corbeil Murders Reconsidered WKT4 #7

May 09, 2020 17:05 - 1 hour - 77.4 MB

Is the 1976 Longueuil shooting of Ralph Edwards the key to solving the 1975 murders of Diane Déry and Mario Corbeil? For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2020/05/09/noir-et-blanc-the-dery-corbeil-murders-reconsidered-wkt4-7/

The Future of Nostalgia - The Murder of Anita Robert / WKT4 #6

April 19, 2020 14:38 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MB

The 1949 murder of Anita Robert at the hands of Montreal Canadians hockey player Tony Demers. "There was nothing heroic or tragic about Tony Demers. He didn't have a character flaw. He consistently abused his privilege. Over a period of years Tony Demers verbally and physically abused Anita Robert, and then he killed her. When you begin to chisel at what's past-preserved its bound to make some people uncomfortable." The past has become much more unpredictable than the future. For more info...

The Future of Nostalgia - The Murder of Anita Robert = WKT4 #6

April 19, 2020 14:38 - 53 minutes - 45.5 MB

The 1949 murder of Anita Robert at the hands of Montreal Canadians hockey player Tony Demers. "There was nothing heroic or tragic about Tony Demers. He didn't have a character flaw. He consistently abused his privilege. Over a period of years Tony Demers verbally and physically abused Anita Robert, and then he killed her. When you begin to chisel at what's past-preserved its bound to make some people uncomfortable." The past has become much more unpredictable than the future. For more info...

Sommeil Sans Reves - Vivian Villeneuve / WKT4 #5

March 29, 2020 17:15 - 1 hour - 62.9 MB

It is alleged that Vivian Villeneuve was bound and thrown from the 11th story of a Montreal apartment building. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2020/03/29/sommeil-sans-reves-vivian-villeneuve-wkt4-5/

Highway of Tears - An Interview with Gladys Radek and Jessica McDiarmid - WKT4 / #4

March 01, 2020 23:55 - 1 hour - 70.6 MB

A conversation with Gladys Radik and Jessica McDiarmid. Gladys is the aunt of Tamara Chipman, the 22-year old went missing from Prince Rupert, British Colombia in September 2005. Jessica is the author of Highway of Tears, A True Story of Racism, Indifference, and the Pursuit of Justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2020/03/01/highway-of-tears-wkt4-4/

Olympic Aftermath - October Crisis Part 3 / WKT4 #3

February 22, 2020 21:14 - 1 hour - 58.6 MB

What do I remember about the FLQ Crisis? Everything. Everything a six year old child would remember. Road blocks. Military check points. The names; Laporte, Cross, Bourassa, Choquette, Rose... We're going to take the long way home today, I'm going a ways out of the way until we eventually come back towards the end and finally talk about murder. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2020/02/22/olympic-aftermath-october-crisis-part-3-wkt4-3/

"Laporte est mort": October Crisis Part 2 / WKT4 #2

February 15, 2020 15:41 - 1 hour - 66.7 MB

There were two kidnapping, and one was fatal. In October 1970 the Quebec FLQ terrorist group - the Front de Libération du Québec - first abducted British trade commissioner James Cross. They then went after Quebec Minister of Labour and Deputy Premiere, Pierre Laporte. Under captivity, Laporte was murdered and his body later found in the trunk of an abandoned car at the Saint Hubert airport. For more information visit the http://theresaallore.com/2020/02/15/laporte-est-mort-october-crisis-...

Ça Recommence: The October Crisis Part 1 / WKT4 #1

February 01, 2020 17:39 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MB

Our destination is Quebec's October Crisis. Getting there, we will need to navigate across all these milestones, through the lens of Mayor Jean Drapeau. This is Who Killed Theresa? For more information visit the website:http://theresaallore.com/2020/01/29/ca-recommence-the-october-crisis-1/

The Santa Claus murders / WKT3 #24 Part 2

December 23, 2019 15:36 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MB

Step by step through the biggest police search in Canada’s history: how Montreal detectives ran the hunt for the vicious Santa Claus bandits. For more information, please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

The Santa Claus murders / WKT3 #23 Part 1

December 22, 2019 22:21 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

Step by step through the biggest police search in Canada’s history: how Montreal detectives ran the hunt for the vicious Santa Claus bandits. For more information, please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com

The Santa Claus murders / WKT #97 Part 1

December 22, 2019 22:21 - 32 minutes - 29 MB

Step by step through the biggest police search in Canada’s history: how Montreal detectives ran the hunt for last winter’s vicious Santa Claus bandits: www.theresaallore.com

Back River Jane Doe / Armand Duhamel - WKT3 #22

December 14, 2019 21:06 - 53 minutes - 49 MB

Remember the Back River Jane Doe? The body's found by two Hydro employees in the Fall of 1953. Gagged, and strangled with her own skirt. A 20-pound block of cement tied with rope around her neck. Body badly decomposed, having been in the water for five to nine months. Were going to take up this story once again. It has more twists and turns than The Wild Mouse at Belmont Park. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/12/back-river-jane-doe-armand-d...

Un peu plus haut - L'Affaire Patenaude / the role of the Quebec Coroner - WKT3 #21

November 30, 2019 18:44 - 43 minutes - 40.1 MB

"Not long after midnight on Saturday, November 25th, 1978 Marc Patenaude and his friend, Norman Desilets beat up a man in a restaurant in Montreal's East-End. Unknown to Patenaude and Desilets was that the man they left on the floor of Chez Larry was Detective-Sargent Normand Ostiguy of the Montreal police's anti-gang squad. Arrest warrants were drawn-up. Desilets was brought in without incident. The arrest of Marc Patenaude went horribly wrong (or did it?). When police stormed his basement...

Un peu plus haut - L'Affaire Patenaude / WKT3 #21

November 30, 2019 18:44 - 43 minutes - 38.1 MB

Not long after midnight on Saturday, November 25th, 1978 Marc Patenaude and his friend, Norman Desilets beat up a man in a restaurant in Montreal's East-End. Unknown to Patenaude and Desilets was that the man they left on the floor of Chez Larry was Detective-Sargent Normand Ostiguy of the Montreal police's anti-gang squad. Arrest warrants were drawn-up. Desilets was brought in without incident. The arrest of Marc Patenaude went horribly wrong (or did it?). When police stormed his basement ...

Tales from the Philippe Pinel Institute for the Criminally Insane / WKT3 #20

November 02, 2019 16:13 - 50 minutes - 46.3 MB

The episode also includes an update on the 1975 Diane Dery / Mario Corbeil case. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/11/tales-from-the-philippe-pinel-institute-for-the-criminally-insane-wkt3-20/

The Montreal Hotel Murders / WKT3 #19

October 13, 2019 17:13 - 48 minutes - 44 MB

There were witches living up the street from the house where we grew up. Or so we thought... Double, double toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble. We also visit a series of hotel murders from Montreal in the 1950s. Villaeeuve Halloween For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/10/the-montreal-hotel-murders-wkt3-19/

The Strange Case of Theresa Pearson and Debbie Robinson / WKT3 #18

September 02, 2019 18:08 - 35 minutes - 32.7 MB

For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/09/the-strange-case-of-theresa-pearson-and-debbie-robinson-wkt3-18/

Val d'Or / WKT3 #17

September 01, 2019 13:56 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MB

In October 2015 the french Radio-Canada investigative television program, Enquête, uncovered stories of sexual violence toward aboriginal women in the Quebec mining town of Val d’Or, about 500 kilometres northwest of Montreal. The alleged victims spoke of a pattern involving the Quebec provincial police, the Surete du Quebec over a period of at least two decades. The woman told of how officers routinely picked up women who appeared to be intoxicated, drove them out of town and left them to ...

"Lâche les policiers" - L'Affaire Hélène Hurtubise / WKT3 #16

August 24, 2019 15:43 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MB

"The Surete du Quebec is seeking the public's help in finding an 18-year-old Ste. Catherine woman who has been missing for five days. Hélène Hurtubise was last seen early Sunday morning by a friend, an RCMP constable. She was driving a black 1992 Pontiac Grand Prix..." For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/08/lache-les-policiers-the-strange-death-of-helene-hurtubise-wkt3-16/

Downward Spiral - L'Affaire Matticks and the Poitras Commission / WKT3 #15

August 03, 2019 17:19 - 52 minutes - 47.9 MB

In 1997 Lawrence Poitras, was asked by the Quebec provincial government to look into the investigative practices of its police force, the Surete du Quebec. Specifically there were allegations of evidence tampering during a drug investigation, and indications that the SQ's high command attempted to derail an internal investigation into the matter that has simply become known as The Matticks Affair. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/08/downward-spi...

L'Affaire Dupont / WKT3 #14

July 20, 2019 16:56 - 51 minutes - 47.3 MB

On November 10th, 1969 Detective-Sergeant Louis-Georges Dupont of the Trois Rivieres police force was found dead in a field on the outskirts of town slumped across the front seat of his unmarked police vehicle. Dupont had been missing for five days, it was rumored he was suffering from depression. He had been shot twice through the chest and his death was hastily ruled a suicide. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/07/laffaire-dupont-wkt3-14/

The 25th anniversary of the murder of Melanie Cabay Part II / WKT3 #13

July 04, 2019 16:34 - 59 minutes - 54.6 MB

This is the second part on the 25th anniversary of the disappearance and murder of Melanie Cabay. For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/07/the-25th-anniversary-of-the-murder-of-melanie-cabay-part-ii-wkt3-13/

The 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Melanie Cabay Part I / WKT3 #12

June 22, 2019 13:52 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MB

The 25th anniversary of the disappearance of Melanie Cabay. Her murder remains unsolved. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/06/the-25th-anniversary-of-the-disappearance-of-melanie-cabay-part-i-wkt3-12/

Quebec Serial Killers Serge Archambault, Agostino Ferreira, and William Fyfe - WKT3 #11

June 01, 2019 14:03 - 1 hour - 78.5 MB

In 1993 Serge Archambault was given a 25 year life sentence for the murders of Chantale Briere, Rolande Asselin-Beaucage, and Anna-Maria Codina-Leva. Agostino Ferreira was labelled a dangerous offender for the murders of Danielle Laplante and Claire Samson. The murder of Linda Flood remains unsolved. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/06/sloppy-reckless-and-dumb-quebec-serial-killers-serge-archambault-agostino-ferreira-and-william-fyfe-wkt3-11/

Confines of Memory III: The murders of Jocelyne Beaudoin and Renée Lessard - WKT3 / #10

May 18, 2019 14:47 - 1 hour - 78.6 MB

Confines of Memory III: The 1976 disappearance and murders of Jocelyne Beaudoin and Renée Lessard - WKT3 / #10 For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/05/confines-of-memory-iii-the-disappearance-and-murders-of-jocelyne-beaudoin-and-renee-lessard-wkt3-10/

Confines of Memory II / The abduction and murder of Barbara Myers - WKT3 #9

May 11, 2019 15:01 - 59 minutes - 54 MB

The 1976 abduction and murder of Barbara Myers. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/05/confines-of-memory-ii-the-abduction-and-murder-of-barbara-myers-wkt3-9/

Confines of Memory I / The murder of Margaret Peggy Coleman - WKT3 #8

May 04, 2019 14:50 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MB

California students Margaret Peggy Coleman and Margaret Jones either jumped or were pushed from a moving vehicle outside Montreal, Quebec while on vacation in the summer of 1970. Jones survived. Margaret Coleman sustained severe skull fractures and died from her injuries. The crimes were thoroughly preventable. For more information visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/05/04/confines-of-memory-i-the-murder-of-margaret-peggy-coleman-wkt3-8/

The Heidi Illingworth Interview - The Canadian Federal Ombudsman for Victims of Crime - WKT3 #7

April 27, 2019 16:59 - 1 hour - 65.7 MB

Heidi Illingworth was the full-time Executive Director of the Canadian Resource Centre for Victims of Crime and was employed at the Centre since 1999. Heidi holds a B.A. Honours in Law with a concentration in Criminal Justice from Carleton University. She has assisted many victims and survivors at various stages of the criminal justice system, met with Federal Ministers on issues of importance to crime victims and made presentations before numerous Parliamentary committees. She was involved w...

Francine Da Sylva - Glass of Fashion / WKT3 #6

April 06, 2019 17:08 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MB

The 1985 murder of Francine Da Sylva For more information please visit the website: http://theresaallore.com/2019/04/francine-da-sylva-glass-of-fashion-wkt3-6/

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