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Mar 2023
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Episode 153 - Nowhere For The Devil To H...

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About this episode
Join us as we examine one of Canada’s most twisted and notorious criminals. Some called him the House Hermit. Others called him the Cottage Killer.

You’ll hear the story of a sadistic murderer and serial rapist who terrorized Ontario’s cottage country and led police on a trail of horror all the way to the Pacific Coast.

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Research & Writing:
Jeana Anderson

Sources:
Murder, She Solved
A Sister’s Lament 
Murderpedia
Just A Few Seconds, Behind the Yellow Tape
Cold North Killers
R. v. Snow, 2004 CanLII 34547 (ON CA) 

Orangeville murderer David Snow coming to terms with unhealthy sexual fantasies, pornography in prison, parole documents show

BEHIND THE CRIMES: How an octagonal barn played role in grisly murder of couple: Sadistic killer "House Hermit" denied parole, lacks insight into crimes

A Twisted Case
Ontario Briefs: Snow Charged
Man Who Attacked B.C. Women, a time bomb, brother tells court
Huge B.C. Manhunt nets Kidnap suspect
To Catch a Killer: The Memoirs of an OPP Criminal Profiler
The Cottage Killer: David Snow
https://torontosun.com/news/provincial/killer-david-snow-just-beginning-to-understand-sick-crimes
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