Episodes

  • 9 - A Man is Simply a Man, Not a God

    9 - A Man is Simply a Man, Not a God
    Nov 8 2024
    In 2005, there were doubts swirling around the Chief Coroner’s Office in Ontario. Cases were coming to light about suspicious child deaths and the potential of wrongful convictions. Go into depth about forensic pathology, the systems that makeup death investigations in Canada, and the man behind many wrongful convictions.Content warnings: death, dissection, murder, sexual assault, discussed child abusehttps://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access References:https://www.ctvnews.ca/disgraced-pathologist-stripped-of-medical-licence-1.602739https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2009/08/wrongful-convictions-in-canada-who-will.htmlhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/dr-charles-smith-the-man-behind-the-public-inquiry-1.864004https://www.thestar.com/news/woman-fights-to-sue-pathologist/article_41e7b5a0-53ae-58cc-ab9f-035c15e13b01.htmlhttps://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/inquiry-blasts-pathologist-smith-and-his-overseers-1.716732https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/goudge-inquiry-expected-to-urge-sweeping-reforms-for-child-autopsies-1.744162https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/discredited-pathologist-admits-he-was-profoundly-ignorant-1.719546https://synapse.koreamed.org/upload/synapsedata/pdfdata/0018kjlm/kjlm-36-15.pdf Death in the Family by John Chipman - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/228817/death-in-the-family-by-john-chipman/9780385680844 https://toronto.citynews.ca/2009/03/12/the-suspicious-cases-of-dr-charles-smith/ https://www.tbnewswatch.com/local-news/wrongfully-convicted-398839https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/william-mullins-johnson/https://globalnews.ca/news/2548081/dr-charles-smith-5-cases-of-the-wrongfully-accused/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/14-cases-tainted-by-charles-smiths-evidence/article562711/ https://www.ctvnews.ca/criminal-cases-in-which-smith-played-a-key-role-1.263796?cache=%2F7.325777 https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/the-current-for-january-12-2017-1.3932086/january-12-2017-full-episode-transcript-1.3933194#segment2https://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/o-neil-blacketthttps://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/oneil-blackett/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/bernard-doyle-tyler-cunningham-death-pathologist-charles-smith-acquittal-1.6874491 https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/richard-brant/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Smith_(pathologist)https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/despite-dropping-charges-police-think-mom-had-role-in-girl-s-death-inquiry-hears-1.723112 https://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/sherry-sherret-robinsonhttps://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/brenda-waudby https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/drs-young-cairns-played-pivotal-role-in-coroner-system/article_66e8be0c-204d-5034-84f5-7e087022a791.htmlhttps://www.thestar.com/news/investigations/an-expert-opinion-sent-two-parents-to-jail-for-their-daughter-s-death-now-the/article_c1487788-7490-57ee-86a6-511a0a00dfd7.html https://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-bullying-ontario-chief-forensic-pathologist-accused-of-interfering-with-cases
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    47 mins
  • 8 - Dinesh Kumar

    8 - Dinesh Kumar
    Nov 1 2024
    In an affidavit in front of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Dinesh Kumar made a powerful statement to the preceding judges: “I do not want my guilty plea to ever be interpreted to mean that I did anything to harm Gaurov. I did not.”. Dinesh had only recently moved to Canada when he became the suspect in his month-old baby’s death. Kylie and Rory tell you his story from his own words this week.

    Content warnings: discussed child abuse
    https://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access

    References:
    https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/dinesh-kumar/
    https://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/dinesh-kumar
    https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2008/05/part-five-dinesh-kumars-affidavit-heart.html - Dinesh’s affidavit
    https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/a-father-s-20-year-battle-for-exoneration/article_69cb1ee4-6dbd-5fe0-8917-cdbc5ebe5f15.html
    https://newjerseymonitor.com/2023/09/13/appeals-court-agrees-shaken-baby-syndrome-is-junk-science-in-some-cases/#:~:text=While%20shaken%20baby%20syndrome%20is,being%20assaulted%2C%20Gooden%20Brown%20wrote.
    https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-debate-over-shaken-baby-syndrome-11655387830
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    22 mins
  • 7 - Tammy Wynne (Marquardt) pt 2

    7 - Tammy Wynne (Marquardt) pt 2
    Oct 25 2024
    Wrapping up from last week, Kylie and Rory finish Tammy Wynne’s (Marquardt) story. Tammy hadn’t had the easiest life leading up to her and her 2-year-old Kenneth being home on October 9, 1993. After Kenneth’s tragic and sudden death, things don’t get easier. In part 2, we wrap up Tammy’s story, outlining her conviction and the 13 year prison ordeal before her exoneration.Content warnings: drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, discussed child abuse, theft, murderhttps://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access References:Death in The Family by John Chipman - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/228817/death-in-the-family-by-john-chipman/9780385680844 https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/tammy-marquardt/ https://www.npr.org/2011/06/30/137507575/the-child-cases-lessons-from-canadahttps://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2010/03/tammy-wynne-marquardt-powerful-ctv-w5.htmlhttps://smithforensic.blogspot.com/search?q=tammy+marquardthttps://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2011/2011onca281/2011onca281.htmlhttps://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/forensic/article/download/37186/28212/97007 https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-mothers-quest-for-justice/article1153493/https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/falsely-convicted-in-maximum-security-and-pregnant/article_adc8a7db-7729-5d49-b8c5-eb97e63b0bcd.html https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/woman-in-case-of-disgraced-pathologist-freed-on-bail/article_285f198a-734e-5dae-b1f0-a55d1330e16a.html https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/she-got-life-in-prison-for-killing-her-two-year-old-son-kenneth-there-was/article_dd4e3c3e-8176-5b67-ac45-6128fbb4e24b.html https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gj8vb/why-indigenous-women-are-canadas-fastest-growing-prison-population https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bernarndo-messages-stopped-by-prison-officials-1.7007197
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    53 mins
  • 6 - Tammy Wynne (Marquardt) pt 1

    6 - Tammy Wynne (Marquardt) pt 1
    Oct 18 2024
    This week, Kylie and Rory begin Tammy Wynne’s (Marquardt) story. Tammy hadn’t had the easiest life leading up to her and her 2-year-old Kenneth being home on October 9, 1993. After Kenneth’s tragic and sudden death, things don’t get easier. In part 1, we’ll go over the lead up to Kenneth’s death and the beginnings of the police investigation.

    Content warnings: drug and alcohol abuse, domestic violence, discussed child abuse, theft, murder
    https://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access

    References:
    Death in The Family by John Chipman - https://www.penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/228817/death-in-the-family-by-john-chipman/9780385680844
    https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/tammy-marquardt/
    https://www.npr.org/2011/06/30/137507575/the-child-cases-lessons-from-canada
    https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2010/03/tammy-wynne-marquardt-powerful-ctv-w5.html
    https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/search?q=tammy+marquardt
    https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onca/doc/2011/2011onca281/2011onca281.html
    https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/forensic/article/download/37186/28212/97007
    https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/a-mothers-quest-for-justice/article1153493/
    https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/falsely-convicted-in-maximum-security-and-pregnant/article_adc8a7db-7729-5d49-b8c5-eb97e63b0bcd.html
    https://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/woman-in-case-of-disgraced-pathologist-freed-on-bail/article_285f198a-734e-5dae-b1f0-a55d1330e16a.html
    https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/she-got-life-in-prison-for-killing-her-two-year-old-son-kenneth-there-was/article_dd4e3c3e-8176-5b67-ac45-6128fbb4e24b.html
    https://www.vice.com/en/article/5gj8vb/why-indigenous-women-are-canadas-fastest-growing-prison-population
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/bernarndo-messages-stopped-by-prison-officials-1.7007197
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    50 mins
  • 5 - Maria Shepherd

    5 - Maria Shepherd
    Oct 11 2024
    Being convicted for a crime you didn’t commit is life shattering, but being convicted for a crime that didn’t even happen is a whole other league. Maria Shepherd would find herself facing charges for the death of her daughter, a death that was very much not Maria’s fault. Hear her story told in her words, thanks to the affidavit Kylie found.

    Content warnings: implied child abuse, child death
    https://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access

    References:
    https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2009/05/13/woman_battles_to_clear_name.html
    https://globalnews.ca/news/2546618/ontario-court-to-be-asked-to-quash-manslaughter-conviction/
    https://www.wrongfulconvictions.ca/cases/maria-shepherd
    https://ciaj-icaj.ca/en/podcasts/life-after-wrongful-conviction-maria-shepherds-story/
    https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/woman-implicated-by-charles-smith-s-flawed-evidence-hopes-for-closure-and-peace/article_6d9b87b1-33db-56ee-9bb7-d83d7aeb5595.html
    https://www.thestar.com/news/crime/i-m-free-says-woman-finally-acquitted-in-stepdaughter-s-1991-death/article_a710b649-7697-5c60-b0b6-a3169f979d4c.html
    https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2009/06/broken-silence-moving-song-by-maria.html
    https://smithforensic.blogspot.com/2009/05/maria-shepherd-case-part-4-court-of.html - Maria’s affidavit
    https://www.innocencecanada.com/exonerations/maria-shepherd/
    https://www.innocencecanada.com/the-latest/newspress/maria-shepherd-innocence-canadas-new-director/
    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/maria-shepherd-conviction-1.3468706
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    34 mins
  • 4 - A Junk Science

    4 - A Junk Science
    Oct 4 2024
    Forensically speaking, blood spatter analysis isn’t the most reliable. Delve further into the details with Kylie and Rory this week as they discuss the forensic bind between the legal cases of Warren, Tim, and David. Also hear about one of the (in Kylie’s opinion) worst so-called experts we’ve encountered in our journey so far.

    Content warnings - lots of blood talk, murder
    https://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access

    References:
    http://www.wcojp.org/bevel-credibility.html
    https://www.bevelgardner.com/expertshttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/05/31/magazine/bloodstain-pattern-analysis-timeline.html
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodstain_pattern_analysis
    https://www.propublica.org/article/joe-bryans-attorneys-ask-for-new-trial-say-murder-conviction-built-on-faulty-forensics
    https://features.propublica.org/blood-spatter/joe-bryan-conviction-blood-spatter-forensic-evidence/
    https://signalscv.com/2021/07/blood-spatter-familial-matters-in-cierzan-murder-trial/
    https://www.forensicsciencesimplified.org/blood/
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/expert_witnesshttps://investigatinginnocenceblog.com/tag/rod-englert/
    https://darliefacts.com/blood-evidence/
    https://seoklaw.com/legal-news/the-innocent-man-the-story-of-ronald-williamson/
    https://innocenceproject.org/cases/dennis-fritz/
    And Justice For None, The life and death of an innocent man. By Mary Ann West.
    https://abcnews4.com/news/local/murdaugh-wants-forensic-analyst-barred-from-testifying-about-blood-spatter-in-murder-trial
    https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/25/us/alex-murdaugh-trial-names/index.html
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    17 mins
  • 3 - David Camm

    3 - David Camm
    Sep 27 2024
    If 11 people said they’d seen a suspect for three hours during the time the murders were committed, would you believe them? Sounds like a rock solid alibi to Rory and Kylie. Yet, somehow for David Camm, it wasn’t strong enough of an alibi. Even when the real perpetrator came out of the woodwork, the eyes were still on David Camm.

    Content Warning - sexual assault, violence against children, cheating, heavy blood discussion
    https://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access

    References:
    https://www.wdrb.com/news/david-camm-blog-spatter-or-transfer/article_e6a1a0bc-16f1-5fec-aada-004c3c61f992.html
    https://www.wlky.com/article/testimony-concludes-in-david-camm-trial/3745738#
    https://stopwrongfulconvictions.wordpress.com/2012/02/15/the-wrongful-conviction-of-david-camm/
    https://stopwrongfulconvictions.wordpress.com/2013/10/
    https://investigatinginnocence.org/david-camm
    https://www.oxygen.com/framed-by-the-killer/crime-news/david-camm-exonerated-in-familys-triple-homicide-after-3-trials
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-camm-walking-free/
    https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/crime/2022/04/27/ex-indiana-state-trooper-david-camm-reaps-millions-murder-case-settlement/9558355002/
    Dateline NBC “Mystery on Lockhart Road”.
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-camm/
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Camm
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/murder-on-lockhart-road/ - goes into more detail about Charles Boney!
    http://netk.net.au/USA/Camm.asp
    https://investigatinginnocenceblog.com/tag/rod-englert/
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    41 mins
  • 2 - Tim Masters

    2 - Tim Masters
    Sep 20 2024
    Tim Masters was only a fourteen-year-old boy when he walked by a dead body in a field. Thinking it was a prank, he thought nothing of it. Join Kylie as she recounts to you and Rory the story she spent months lost in. There was no way Tim Masters should’ve even been remotely a suspect but the police were stubborn in their convictions.

    Content Warning - mutilation, mentions of movie violence, descriptions of violent drawings
    https://www.transformationsnetwork.com/post/8-online-mental-health-resources-anyone-can-access

    References:
    https://www.denverpost.com/2007/07/13/sketchy-evidence-raises-doubt/#ixzz1k9sCTLYO
    https://www.law.umich.edu/special/exoneration/Pages/casedetail.aspx?caseid=3412
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peggy_Hettrick_murder_case
    https://www.9news.com/article/news/local/next/two-colorado-residents-opposite-sides-high-profile-murder-case-most-unlikely-friendships/73-c1227b10-c782-4c8d-8daf-5070e066d962
    https://www.westword.com/news/peggy-hettrick-new-dna-evidence-in-murder-that-led-to-improper-tim-masters-conviction-5850454
    https://www.westword.com/news/tim-masterss-settlement-from-fort-collins-over-improper-murder-conviction-59-million-5878718
    https://spikytv.com/peggy-hettrick-murder/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/48-hours-drawn-to-murder/
    https://casetext.com/case/people-v-masters-22
    Perri, F. S., & Lichtenwald, T. G. (2009). When worlds collide: criminal investigative analysis, forensic psychology, and the Timothy Masters case. Forensic Examiner, 18(2), 52.
    https://www.denverpost.com/2011/06/30/years-after-being-freed-and-days-after-an-exoneration-tim-masters-moves-on/
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    48 mins