Episode 102 - On the morning of August 15, 1967, in what was one of the most heinous random crimes ever to have happened in Canada, 9 members of the Peterson family of Shell Lake Saskatchewan were found gunned down in their modest farmhouse. Jim and Evelyn Peterson and 7 of their 9 children lay dead with no rhyme or reason for the crime. A madman was on the loose on the prairies.

Sources & Further Reading:[Newspapers.com search - Canada / 1967-2019 / Shell Lake]Marking 50 years since the Shell Lake murders, Canada’s worst random mass killing[Victor Ernest Hoffman | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers][CBC Player | Shell Lake Mass Murder][Newsroom : Inquest in the death of Victor Hoffman announced][Madera Tribune 21 August 1967 — California Digital Newspaper Collection][Shell Lake murders | Revolvy][After their release, most mentally ill offenders left unchecked - The Globe and Mail][Shell Lake Massacre - Phyllis Peterson - ExtraOrdinary Lives - YouTube][Goodreads - Shell Lake Massacre by Peter Tadman][Village of Shell Lake » Oasis of the Parklands][Veterans’ Land Act | The Canadian Encyclopedia][What is ECT?][A Brief History of Electroconvulsive Therapy | Psychology Today Canada]Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutineLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices