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Chapter 9 The. 
Myth of accountability. 

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What happens when institutions 
fail and no one pays the price? 

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In this chilling installment of 
The Dark Mind Detective, we. 

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Confront one of the most. 
Infuriating anomalies in the 

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Robert Picton. 
Investigation the. 

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Complete lack of accountability 
from those in power. 

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No police chiefs fired. 
No government officials held 

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accountable despite years of 
ignored warnings, marginalized 

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whistleblowers and a trail of 
death disappearances that should

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have spark mass resignations. 
What we got instead is a 

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sanitized whitewash. 
We explore. 

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The dangerous illusion of 
accountability in Canada, a 

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system that protects itself with
redacted reports, bureaucratic 

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smokescreens and endless 
inquiries that name no names. 

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Like narcissists, these 
institutions don't seek justice.

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They fear shame. 
They double down the gaslight 

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from the Downtown Eastside to 
the. 

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Halls of. 
Parliament, we ask the question 

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few dare to Who really enabled 
this horror and why have they 

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been protected? 
This episode is a call to 

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vigilance, a demand for public 
courage and a reminder that 

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silence is complicity. 
If the monster was caught in 

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2002, why does a system, why 
does a system that let him 

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thrive still look the other way?
Welcome to Chapter 9. 

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The monster isn't just a man, it
is the system that protected 

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him. 
Thank you. 

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For listening #9 Thank you for 
listening to The Dark Blind 

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Detective. 
In this segment, we're going to 

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explore a very important 
question in our top 10 anomalies

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of the Robert Picton saga, why 
no senior officials were ever 

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held accountable despite 
catastrophic investigative 

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failures. 
No senior police or government 

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officials were disciplined or 
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Why is it bizarre? 
Most democracy such as systemic 

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failures would lead to such, 
would lead to resignations, 

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prosecutions. 
Here it led to a whitewash. 

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Why? 
Accountability is a Unicorn in 

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Canada. 
Canada doesn't have an 

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accountability problem. 
It has accountability, illusion 

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like narcissist institutions 
react to exposure, humility but 

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with denial. 
That didn't happen. 

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There's no serial killers. 
We don't have a fentanyl 

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problem. 
Deflection. 

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Oh it's a fault of 1 bad apple. 
That's what it's like living in 

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a big city. 
Bad stuff happens. 

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The Picton case warnings were 
ignored, Whistle blowers 

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marginalized, 0 senior officials
fired. 

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True systemic rot buried under 
thousands of pages of inquiry 

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and deflection. 
The simplification and 

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scapegoating. 
Public trauma needs villains so 

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we craft monsters. 
Picton acted alone. 

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Picton was a monster, but the. 
True. 

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Horror. 
The enablers. 

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The one in charge who knew and 
did nothing. 

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Information suppression. 
The old inquiries redacted. 

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No new information, right? 
Just recommendations. 

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No one's in trouble. 
Press briefing. 

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Sanitized victims just turned 
into statistics. 

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Lifestyle choices become 
euphemisms for disposable lives.

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Bureaucratic smokescreens. 
Canada leads the world in 

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procedural delays. 
Inquiries become Shields. 

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Responsibility is diluted to 
death across agencies and 

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reports, from Picton to 
fentanyl. 

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The crisis has mutated. 
Overdoses are now routine. 

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Gangs operate openly in the 
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Women still go missing, 
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And still not one top level 
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When there's no price for 
failure, failure becomes policy.

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Forensic narcissism. 
How institutions thinks like 

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narcissist. 
Canadian institutions fear shame

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more than justice. 
Instead of just admitting 

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failure, apologizing or 
reforming, they punish 

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whistleblowers. 
They blame victims, they 

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gaslight the public's with half 
truth and PR campaigns like 

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there was no serial killers. 
Oh fentanyl problems not so bad.

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Just 1% accountability is naming
names, criminal charges when 

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neglect leads to death, 
independence, unredacted 

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oversight, truth over optics. 
Real justice is an inquiry, its 

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consequences the cancer of 
doubling down. 

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Canada doesn't need another 
report. 

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We need public courage. 
We need to expose the rot. 

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Force institutional 
transparency. 

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Refuse to let narrative control 
become justice. 

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Accountability heals, denial 
destroys. 

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If you want to see real change, 
watch for the moment when the 

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leader stops blaming the system 
and starts naming themselves. 

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Until then, the Unicorn remains 
mythical. 

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This is your call to vigilance. 
If you're waiting for permission

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to speak the truth, you already 
have it. 

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If you're waiting for someone to
act, it's you. 

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If you think the monster was 
caught in 2002, look again. 

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The monster isn't just a man in 
a pig farm. 

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The monster is. 
Silence, the institutional 

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cowardice and the stories they 
don't want you to tell. 

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And accountability heals. 
It restores trust. 

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Citizens must believe that those
in power will do right by them. 

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When leaders acknowledge their 
failures and offer genuine 

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apologies and take meaningful 
corrective action, it sends a 

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clear and powerful message. 
We're here to serve the public, 

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not protect ourselves. 
Example When a police chief 

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resigns following a botched 
investigation, it signals that 

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accountability matters. 
Even when systemic reform is 

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slow, it shows the public that 
wrongdoing has consequences, 

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encourages learning and growth. 
Accountability fosters a culture

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where mistakes become catalysts 
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Without it, the same failures 
are repeated and dysfunction 

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becomes institutionalized. 
Example. 

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The ongoing tragedy in the 
Downtown Eastside demonstrates 

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what happens when lessons go 
unlearn. 

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The repetition of neglect has 
compounded the suffering, not 

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reduced. 
It empowers victims and 

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communities. 
When institutions admit fault, 

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they validate the pain and the 
experiences of the victims, 

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particularly those from 
marginalized communities who are

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often who are too often silenced
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Example Indigenous communities 
have long demanded 

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acknowledgement of a systemic 
racism and policy. 

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Genuine accountability would be 
a foundational step towards 

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restoring justice and dignity. 
And why doubling down destroys 

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it roads public trust. 
Every scandal that passes 

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without consequences chip away 
in faith in the leadership, and 

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over time people stop believing 
change is even possible. 

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Example the opioid crisis that 
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Disappearances of women in the 
Downtown Eastside have left many

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Canadians, especially from the 
most vulnerable, feeling 

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abandoned by those in power. 
It perpetrates harm. 

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When there's no repercussions 
for failures, Harmful policies 

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continue. 
Unchecked corruption, neglect, 

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and incompetence becomes the 
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Example, ongoing police turf 
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It continued to allow vulnerable
people to slip through the 

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cracks and vanish without 
answers. 

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It feeds cynicism and 
disengagement. 

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When the public sees that no one
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breeds apathy. 
Civic engagement falters. 

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Voter turnouts plummet. 
Extremism on both sides takes 

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root in the void. 
Example. 

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A growing number of young 
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traditional institutions, no 
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purpose beyond self. 
The cost to Canada social fabric

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erosion of accountability tears 
at the very bonds that hold our 

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communities together. 
National reputation, Canada's 

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global images as a fairer and a 
just societies collapsing under 

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the weight of its acknowledged 
failures. 

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Human cost, Real people, 
mothers, sisters, sons continue 

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to suffer, disappear and die in 
silence. 

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The vulnerable pay a price when 
power is never questioned. 

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What must be done? 
Demand transparency. 

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Support independent journalism. 
Amplify whistle blowers. 

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File Freedom of Information 
request. 

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Refuse to settle for the 
official mainstream bullshit 

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story. 
Hold leaders accountable. 

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Vote, protest. 
Speak out. 

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Name names. 
When institutions fail, make 

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those responsible identified, 
not abstract into systemic 

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failures. 
Push for systematic reforms. 

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Change the laws, the policy, the
culture. 

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Make countability not a courtesy
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Celebrate real accountability. 
When a leader does the right 

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thing and resigns amidst 
failures and nax real change, 

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recognize it, applaud it. 
This sets a new standard. 

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Accountability is not about 
punishment. 

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It's about healing, trust and 
hope. 

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Until Canadian leaders are 
willing to embrace that truth, 

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the country will remain wounded 
by its unchecked power, and 

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those wounds, unseen, unspoken 
and unhealed, will continue to 

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fester. 
But there is another path. 

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A path towards honesty, towards 
justice, towards light. 

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Your voice matters, your demand 
for truth matters because 

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silence is complicity and we are
done being silent. 

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Thank you for listening to the 
Dark Mind Detective. 

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So finally we're at #10 the 
final part of the segment and 

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then the, the, the funny part 
about this, this was supposed to

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be a one, This whole 10 part 
series was supposed to be a web 

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podcast. 
Just to provide some food for 

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thought for the 20 part episode.
We have barely have scratched 

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the surface in this monster case
of Robert Picton. 

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And I mean monster in size and 
scale. 

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So #10 not doing a follow up 
interview with Picton after his 

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jail cell boast of killing 49 
women. 

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Thank you for listening the Dark
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