Revisiting the Shell Lake Massacre

<p>Today in this special episode, we take a look back at one of the early Canadian True Crime episodes - the story of Saskatchewan’s worst mass murder. You'll hear a never-before-told story about why this episode was very different from the rest.</p><br><p>Early one morning in 1967, 21-year-old Victor Hoffman was in the midst of a serious mental health crisis, a crisis that would have tragic consequences for an unsuspecting local family.</p><br><p><strong>Credits:&nbsp;</strong></p><p>Writer, researcher and narrator: Kristi Lee</p><p>Audio production and original scoring: Erik Krosby</p><p>Additional editing, mixing: Mike Migas</p><br><p><strong>Main resources and further reading:</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://orthomolecular.org/library/jom/1973/pdf/1973-v02n03-p127.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">‘Schizophrenia, Mass Murder, and The Law’ by F.H. Kahan, Orthomolecular Psychiatry, Volume 2, Number 3, 1973, Pp. 127-146</a></li><li><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/marking-50-years-since-the-shell-lake-murders-canada-s-worst-random-mass-killing-1.4244265" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Marking 50 years since the Shell Lake murders, Canada's worst random mass killing</a> by Bonnie Allan, CBC News</li><li><a href="https://www.amazon.ca/Rampage-Canadian-Murder-Spree-Killing/dp/1459707214" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rampage: Canadian Mass Murder and Spree Killing by Lee Mellor</a></li><li><a href="https://casefilepodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Casefile: True Crime Podcast</a> </li><li><a href="https://theywalkamonguspodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">They Walk Among Us: UK True Crime</a> </li><li><a href="https://play.acast.com/s/they-walk-among-america" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">They Walk Among America</a> </li><li><a href="https://audioboom.com/channel/felontruecrime" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Felon True Crime</a> podcast</li></ul><p><br></p><p><br></p><br /><hr><p style='colo