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The mysterious and strange case 
of Robert Picton This research 

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and story represents thousands 
of hours of deep investigation. 

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I first began exploring the 
Robert Picton case seriously in 

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2022. 
The case is dark, disturbing and

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tragic, leaving an overwhelming 
sense of dissatisfaction as if 

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the full story has never been 
told. 

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I have spoken to family members 
of victims, individuals who 

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still work for Dave Victim and 
off the record police officers 

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who were present at the crime 
scene when the case broke under 

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Project Even him. 
I've read every available book 

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on Victim and I combed through 
hundreds of court documents, 

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victim witness statements, 
inquiry parts, Verbose yet 

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lacking in new information. 
Despite the abundance of 

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material on Picton, none of it 
paints a full picture. 

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In early 2024, January of 2024, 
a film production company from 

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Toronto reached out to me 
seeking to create a series on 

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Robert Picton. 
I contributed some information, 

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engage in discussions, but 
ultimately I decided to conduct 

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my own deep dive investigation 
completely independent of 

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external influences. 
Over the course of the year, I 

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pursued an intensive and 
exhaustive examination of the 

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case with a singular goal to 
uncover and present the true 

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story of what I believe happened
on that farm. 

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The official narrative 
surrounding Picton was, in my 

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opinion, expertly crafted. 
The media, The government of BC,

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British Columbia, high-ranking 
officials within the RCMP and 

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the Vancouver Police Department 
seemingly invested more energy 

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in controlling the public 
perception of the case than 

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conducting a thorough 
investigation. 

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And this seems to be a 
frustration to many of the on 

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the ground investigating 
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Imagine if authorities had put 
as much effort to solving the 

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case and bringing those 
responsible to justice as they 

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did managing the case through 
inquiries, reports and press 

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releases. 
Was the Picton crime scene a 

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clean up operation or a true 
investigation? 

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If it was an investigation, why 
don't we know all the facts? 

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Why is there no available 
information on the male DNA 

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found at the scene? 
Despite advancements in forensic

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technology, we know that 40 
missing women's remains were 

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recovered on the property. 
Yet there's a disturbing lack of

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effort to identify the male DNA 
found on the body parts, such as

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the male DNA found on the teeth 
of a severed head in a bucket. 

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The resources and energy devoted
to this case were not aimed at 

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finding the full truth, but 
rather at controlling the damage

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and the public perception. 
The real story behind the 

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Pickton farm. 
Robert Pickton was an uneducated

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pig farmer who operated an 
illegal slaughterhouse. 

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He and his business partner 
butchered and processed 12 to 

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100 pigs per week in horrific, 
unsanitary conditions. 

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The animals were often diseased.
Purchase at the auction for the 

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lowest price. 
This meat was then sold to shops

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in Chinatown and distributed 
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It has been proven that human 
remains were mixed into this 

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meat. 
What remains unknown is where 

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other certain people knowingly 
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Speculation exists that this 
tainted meat was deliberately 

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sold for its human content, and 
some unsuspected recipients 

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unknowingly consumed it. 
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the case and its implications of
cannibalism, there was no 

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thorough forensic psychological 
evaluations of Picton's 

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motivation. 1 documented account
describes Picton serving human 

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meat at a dinner party, with one
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was not regular pork. 
Picton's property was not just a

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slaughterhouse, it was a dumping
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The soil from the industrial 
sites used for Expo 86 was 

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allegedly hauled onto the farm 
and later sold as topsoil 

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throughout Metro Vancouver. 
This soil, contaminated with 

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traces and laced with human 
remains, was distributed to 

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farms, schools, landscaping 
projects across the region. 

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Another overlooked aspect of the
Picton operation was its 

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involvement with law 
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Picked and ran a stolen car, 
Ring a shop chop. 

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Operating under a contract with 
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he salvage cars and worked at 
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He even claimed to have found a 
bloody hatchet inside a police 

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auction car. 
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explanation for why women's 
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were found on his property. 
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was accepted without further 
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Crime, corruption and a 
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Beyond the murders, Picton's 
Farm was a known hub for illegal

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activities. 
There were weekly underground 

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animal fights, pit bulls, 
Roosters battling to the death, 

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attended by criminals, drug 
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Bets replace contraband was sold
and sex workers were brought in.

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Despite the illegal nature of 
these activities, they were 

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never rated or shut down. 
Piggy's Palace, the infamous 

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event venue on the farm, was 
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A massive state-of-the-art sound
stage capable of hosting 2000 

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people, it became a hot spot for
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Cops, bikers, politicians, 
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sex workers were readily 
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Authorities labeled the Picton's
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Human body parts in various 
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found in buckets, shroon among 
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Hands, feet, and several heads 
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along with packaged meat that 
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Yet we are expected to believe 
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One of the most perplexing 
aspects of the case is Pat 

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Casanova, who was charged with 
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murder, worked side by side with
Picton for 20 years, 

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slaughtering pigs, allegedly 
sharing sex workers, some whom 

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ended up as dismembered remains 
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Despite this deep involvement, 
he slipped through the cracks 

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with minimal scrutiny. 
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This is complacency and possibly
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One of the most revealing 
aspects of this case is Picton's

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police interrogation, which I 
will analyze in detail line by 

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line. 
It is the only incident where he

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speaks freely. 
While he remains guarded, he 

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reveals more than one might 
expect between the lines. 

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I firmly believed that Picton 
murdered sex workers and that he

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derived pleasure from their 
suffering. 

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He played a sick game of cat and
mouse, reveling in the power and

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control it gave him. 
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engaged in cannibalism as an 
ultimate assertion of dominance.

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However, Picton was no criminal 
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He was socially awkward outcast 
who carved out a grim existence 

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on his family's land. 
The idea that he singly handedly

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became one of the most prolific 
serial killers in modern 

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history, operating undetected in
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advanced forensic and law 
enforcement, stretches the 

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bounds of credibility. 
The deeper story remains 

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obscured. 
So as I mentioned before, I will

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be writing a book. 
It's called Welcome to Picton 

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Land and in the book I have 
changed the names of the people 

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involved, including the victims,
out of respect for the families.

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I believe they have suffered 
enough and should not be forced 

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to rely relive the trauma each 
time their loved ones are named 

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and mentioned. 
This podcast and commentary is 

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where I will be mentioning names
because it's I feel that it's 

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important to go through my 
source material just because, 

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you know, running my platform 
for now for six years, the most 

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energy that I expend and I put 
thousands, if not 10s of 

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thousands of hours into the dark
mind detective platform, 

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formerly of Vancouver true 
crime. 

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I would say about 50% of my 
energy is arguing with people 

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for each and tiny little nidbit 
of source and where I came up 

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with stuff. 
And, you know, there's a lot of 

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keyboard warriors out there that
will, you know, they'll let you 

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know, you miss a comma, you make
a typo. 

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And, you know, they don't do any
research themselves, but they 

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expect, you know, your work to 
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impeccable, You know, So this 
series picked in land. 

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I am going to be going through 
all the source material, the 

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names, dates and times and 
events in my book. 

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Names will be changed because in
the book, I really want you to 

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be able to get the full view of 
the events on the farm, to spend

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your disability belief a little 
bit, even though it's based on 

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source material. 
And I want you to have the full 

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story arc in a chronological of 
events from the history of 

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Robert Pickton, his childhood, 
the informant that went to the 

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police because he needed rent 
money. 

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Basically the search on his 
farm, his arrest, his 

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incarceration, his release, then
his rearrest, his main 

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interrogation, and then the rest
of the search of the farm, the 

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history, the people involved, 
Piggy Palace, the Co 

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conspirators, his enablers, 
trial, and ultimately his death.

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So my goal for the many of those
seeking specific names, dates, 

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official records, I have 
provided extensive material on 

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my website. 
I was going to start a sub stack

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because I was highly 
recommended. 

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Oh, we got to start a sub stack.
Well I did my introduction page 

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and now I'm accused of spamming 
and I just. 

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I can't be bothered. 
So guess I'm sticking with my 

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WordPress site. 
So please go to my Dark Mind 

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Detective website where I 
provide very in depth articles 

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that are heavily fact checked 
and you know, there's a lot of 

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information there and I maybe 
put about 10% of my information.

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I will continue to keep updating
it as time goes on. 

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And again, my goal is not to 
tell you what to think. 

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My goal is to provide you with 
the information needed to draw 

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your own conclusions. 
What the Picton case ultimately 

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proves is that the justice 
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fundamentally broken. 
It's a stain on Canadian 

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history. 
It's a cautionary tale of 

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corruption, negligence and 
unanswered question. 

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Until the full truth is 
uncovered, this will remain one 

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of the most disturbing unsolved 
cases in the world of true 

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crime. 
Robert Pickton died on May 31st,

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2024 at the age of 74. 
He was serving a life sentence 

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at the Port Cartier Institution 
in Quebec. 

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Pickton died in hospital 
following injuries sustained 

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from an assault by a fellow 
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He'd been in a coma since the 
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So I had a follower reach out to
me who told me, and this is, you

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know, this is not confirmed or 
this is not official. 

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But some of the details of this 
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disclosed to me that he was in 
a, a general population area and

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someone came up to him and asked
him something, asked him a 

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question. 
And Robert Picton apparently was

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pretty rude with the guy, kind 
of arrogant and and dismissive. 

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And the fellow inmate wasn't 
having it. 

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He apparently grabbed a 
broomstick, cracked it and split

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it until it was like a sharp 
steak and shoved him up 

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apparently and really did a 
number on him. 

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Apparently this is. 
I don't know the name of the 

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inmate but it was disclosed to 
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He was in his 50s and serving 
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So did humanity a service. 
So my earlier podcast I talked 

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with the two amazing women, Sue 
Brown, the lawyer for Justice 

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for Girls and Doctor Sasha Reed 
for the From the Midnight Order.

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You can watch her show she did 
on Picton that's currently 

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streaming on Hulu. 
It was a great pleasure talking 

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to them. 
Conversation really crystallized

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my research and I'm grateful for
having that opportunity to talk 

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to them. 
So the thing that they were 

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advocating on the most with 
their efforts is the preserving 

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the evidence. 
The fight to preserve evidence 

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from the Robert Picton farm has 
been a significant point of 

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contention for victims 
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Their aim was to ensure that 
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or future legal avenues remained
open, especially considering the

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vast amounts of evidence 
collected in recent 

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developments. 
A legal ruling has gone against 

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these efforts. 
The general outcome is that the 

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court has sided with the 
disposal of the remaining 

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evidence. 
Of course it did, right? 

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Are you even fucking surprised? 
It's fucking Canada. 

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The decision has been met with 
deep disappointment and anger 

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from the families and their 
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Piggy Palace. 
The thriving nightclub allegedly

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generated substantial illicit 
income, estimated to be around 

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50,000 per night. 
The property was reported a 

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significant location for 
trafficking of illegal 

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substances. 
Evidence and testimony suggested

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that the farm was used in the 
exploitation of vulnerable 

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women. 
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research, which we will get 
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there against their will. 
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true crime and we are just on 
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stage. 
My dear listeners, disturbing 

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rumors and blood sports Perhaps 
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the Picton case involves 
persistent rumors dating back to

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the 1980s of snuff film 
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While concrete, irrefutable 
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production remains elusive, 
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mention the occurrence of blood 
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These alleged events involved 
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perversed entertainment of 
paying spectators painting a 

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picture of unimaginable cruelty.
This is a a testimony of Mona 

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Wilson's partner Steve Ricks. 
This was published in the Globe 

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and Mail, February 26th, 2002. 
Mona Wilson was Robert Picton's 

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last victim, was staggering a 
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a row when two men in a car 
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Vancouver's Downtown East side 
of Hastings St. waving money and

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drinks. 
They said they wanted to party, 

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she said. 
Steve, go home. 

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I'll be home in an hour. 
Steve Rex, who said he lived 

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with Miss Wilson. 
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I told her not to get in, but 
one of the men came at me with a

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large cane. 
They didn't want me there, they 

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just wanted her. 
They just wanted a cheap female.

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He said the men were dangling 
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bill at Mona Wilson. 
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was up, but she was still 
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Mr. Ricks watched her climb into
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I had a gut feeling something 
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intoxicated. 
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the car, and she didn't come 
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ever again. 
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months later, but her name was 
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vanished from the Downtown East 
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So the phone call, my 
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background was screaming was 
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I recalled Picton and said I did
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couldn't stop it. 
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call, a male and female 
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Picton pleading don't do it 
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A final possible dying gas 
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with screaming in the background
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the background is one of the 
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The conversation suggests a 
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Picton was on the phone, and yet
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determine who the victims were 
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details from available 
interrogation transcripts. 

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Ictin was never aggressively 
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or forced to account for what 
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From testimonies and 
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following about the contents of 
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A man and a woman were screaming
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Picton was heard saying don't do
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A final possible dying grasp was
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Oh, I did everything I could. 
I couldn't stop it. 

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The woman screaming was believed
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Picton was aware of what was 
happening but did not intervene.

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He admitted that he tried to 
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present when the murder was 
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No one forced him to identify 
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murder. 
This audio was never properly 

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leveraged in the interrogation 
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Who was picked in talking to? 
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who Ickton was on the the phone 
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Gina Houston was a known close 
associate. 

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Deena Taylor was another 
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frequently asked to speak with 
her before revealing any 

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information in the 
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Which I'm going to go. 
He said he wanted to tell who 

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else was involved, but he needed
to talk to his girlfriend first.

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Deena Taylor and you know, the 
RCMP said, hey, do you need a 

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bathroom break? 
So let's possible examinations 

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for this call. 
Gina Houston. 

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She may have known about the 
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Dina Taylor. 
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may explain why picked and 
insisted on speaking to her 

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first before talking to the 
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A third party, an unknown 
accomplish suggest yet another 

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Co conspirator was actively 
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No investigator ever forced 
Picton to name the people 

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screaming in the background. 
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talking to during this call. 
This was a big chance to link 

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other people involved in the act
of murder, yet for some reason 

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it was ignored. 
The forensic evidence of Mona 

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Wilson found on Robert Pickton's
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disturbing. 
Key findings include human 

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remains. 
Mona Wilson remains were 

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discovered in a green garbage 
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Her left hand was found in a 
bucket and her skull, hands, and

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feet were located in a plastic 
garbage pail. 

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DNA evidence matching Mona 
Wilson was found on a sex toy 

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affixed to a barrel of a 22 
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Picton's trailer. 
Additionally, an orange plastic 

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bag in the slaughterhouse 
contained evidence linked to 

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Wilson on the mattress in a 
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Picton likely operated within a 
hierarchy of enablers, 

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facilitators, criminal 
underworld associates who 

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trafficked vulnerable women. 
I believe women were being held 

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captive. 
Diana Rock's harrowing 

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experience at Robert Picton's 
farm is a tragic example of 

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brutal violence and 
exploitations that many women, 

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particularly those from 
marginalized communities And 

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with the Pictons case, Rock was 
reportedly held captive in a 

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blacked out room on the farm 
where she was subjected to 

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repeated rapes and physical 
abuse by multiple men for 

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several days. 
This horrific ordeal highlights 

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the systemic failures that 
allowed Picton and his 

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associates to operate with 
impunity for years, targeting 

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vulnerable women and many of 
whom were indigenous or involved

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in the sex trade. 
Clients, possibly high paying 

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individuals seeking experiences,
violent sex acts, film, 

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pornography or thrill killings. 
The Dark Mind Detective 

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continues to investigate. 
It becomes increasingly clear 

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that the Picton tragedy 
represents a far more than the 

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actions of a single deprived 
individual. 

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I'm going to close with this and
like I said, this case is so 

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intense and I just don't want to
fire Hosey with gore. 

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I want you to be able to connect
the dots and over time, you're 

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going to see a pretty dark and 
disturbing picture. 

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This case does weigh heavy on my
mind and my heart goes out to 

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all the victims, families and 
all the people who each and 

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every day is affected by this 
horrific case. 

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And us as a society, we have to 
protect our most vulnerable. 

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So I'm going to end with 
something I'm writing Embracing 

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the Devil in Pictonland. 
People have asked me before, do 

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you believe in the devil? 
I used to think the devil was 

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just a story, a name we gave to 
the dark corners of the human 

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mind, a convenient excuse for 
things we don't want to admit 

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men are capable of on their own.
But after what I've seen, after 

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what I known, I don't wonder 
anymore. 

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The devil's alive and well. 
He doesn't come with horns and 

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hooves, He doesn't whisper in 
the ears of the desperate. 

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No, the devil is what men do 
when they think no one is 

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watching. 
The devil is a thing they do 

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when they know no one will stop 
them. 

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The devil was what happens in 
privacy, of locked doors and 

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forgotten places, when men no 
longer pretend to be good. 

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And in Pictonland, everyone gets
to meet their inner devil 

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somewhere. 
They're deprivedly open, grimly 

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grinning wolves, their teeth 
already wet with hunger. 

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Others walk in quiet, blending 
in, masking their sickness under

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plate smiles. 
But once inside this world, once

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deep enough into this place 
where no law exists, they all 

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become the same thing. 
They revel in their violence, 

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they savor it. 
They make a sport of suffering, 

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feeding on it like starving men 
at a feast. 

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The weak, the forgotten, 
discarded. 

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These are their playground, and 
in Picton land, nothing is off. 

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Limit some drink to drown the 
last shred of their 

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consciousness before they step 
into those rusted shed where 

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there, where life and death are 
no longer separate things. 

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Others don't need the alcohol. 
Their blood runs cold enough on 

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its own. 
And here, among them, like them,

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they do not fear shame, do not 
fear justice. 

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They feel safe, because who will
stop them? 

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This is picked inland, the place
where the devil doesn't exist, 

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he thrives. 
Music.