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December 2021 / The Walrus True Crime

To Catch a Turtle Thief: Blowing the Lid Off an International Smuggling Operation

November 12, 2021January 2, 2022 - by Clare Fieseler

When a padded envelope at the Calgary airport started to move, officials jumped into action

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Health / July/August 2018 / The Walrus True Crime

Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse: Nine Women Tell Their Stories

April 25, 2018February 5, 2020 - by Matthew Remski

Disturbing accounts of misconduct against the founder of one of North America’s most popular forms of yoga

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Technology / The Walrus True Crime

The Fake News About Cambridge Analytica

April 3, 2018February 5, 2020 - by Justin Ling

The analytics firm likely didn’t swing any elections. But that doesn’t mean our personal information is safe

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Feature / January/February 2018 / The Walrus True Crime

How Canada’s Health Care System Helped Create a Killer

December 18, 2017February 5, 2020 - by Martin Patriquin

Johnathan Townsend’s family knew he was a danger. Nobody listened

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Justice / The Walrus True Crime

The Deadly Racism of Thunder Bay

December 11, 2017August 7, 2021 - by Robert Jago

A series of stalled police investigations reveals a city that’s indifferent to Indigenous lives

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Feature / November 2017 / The Walrus True Crime

Cottage Country Murder

September 15, 2017February 5, 2020 - by Zander Sherman

Police have dragged the lake. They’ve dug up property. They’ve brought in dogs. But after twenty years, they still can’t find the bodies of the four missing seniors in Muskoka

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Feature / September 2017 / The Walrus True Crime

How Police Cracked Canada’s Largest Child Pornography Ring

August 22, 2017July 11, 2021 - by Robert Kolker

Inside the year-long effort to take down a criminal organization hiding in plain sight

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Feature / June 2017 / The Walrus True Crime

The Rise and Fall of Toronto’s Classiest Con Man

May 29, 2017November 25, 2020 - by Michael Lista

James Regan swindled his way through the city’s monied classes. The problem was, he seemed to believe his own lies

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Feature / May 2017 / The Walrus True Crime

Forced Confessions

April 25, 2017April 6, 2020 - by Ben Travers

A Victoria homicide case puts the spotlight on police interrogations

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Cannabis / January/February 2017 / The Walrus True Crime

The First Lady of Reefer Madness

December 22, 2016April 7, 2020 - by Melvyn Green

How a renowned Canadian feminist popularized our racist war on drugs

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