Canada’s Top 10 Serial Killers
Some of Canada’s worst and most known serial killers. An article about the crimes they committed and where they are today.
Everything your about to read here in Canada’s 10 Most Brutal Serial Killers has all been fully researched and all you read here is the facts. No lies, stretching the truth or making up stories, all these events did take place and stand out to be some of Canada’s worst crimes ever committed against other human beings. Like any other country in the world, Canada has its own dark secrets and has produced its fair share of sick serial killers but how many of you have heard about them? Me, well I knew some of the up to date killers but others I found amazed me on how sick people could be and especially from this country. So with that said I would like to share with you 10 of the Most Brutal Serial Killers that have come from Canada. Enjoy.
Robert Pickton
Arrested in 2002 in Vancouver British Columbia, after RCMP served a search warrant at his pig farm for illegal firearms but the investigators found more than they bargained for when they stumbled across human remains in one of the slaughter houses on the farm. In early 2002 police laid their first murder charged on Pickton which eventually lead to the property being excavated and being known as one of Canada’s largest crime scene. Robert Pickton has been accused of killing over 50 prostitutes but he only claims he killed 49 because he got caught before he got the chance to do his fiftieth victim. He killed his victims, dismembered them, then gutted them and fed the remains to his pigs from 1983 to 2002 when police finally caught him. As of today Robert Pickton is now in court facing 6 more charges of first degree murder with at least 20 more murder cases pending. All charges are being laid as DNA from the crime scene comes in and gets matched with missing victims. Altogether Robert Pickton has been charged with 26 first degree murder charges. To date this is has also been the largest serial killer investigation in Canadian history.
Clifford Olson
This sick monster was an active serial killer in and all around British Columbia in the 1980’s to 1981 until being caught by police. Olson had killed 11 kids that the police knew about, that where all between the ages of 9 years old to as high as 18 years old. After being caught for the one murder Clifford Olson had made a deal with police to confess and show where 10 other children’s bodies were buried only if his wife received $100,000, basically $10,000 per body and confession. Clifford at the time of this deal said “The First One Is a Freebie”. The police made the deal so families could have closure about their missing loved ones. In Jan 1982 Olson pleaded guilty to 11 counts of first degree murders and got 11 concurrent life sentences. In 1997 Clifford Olson was eligible for parole but of course was denied.
Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
Paul and Karla were convicted of killing 3 people one of which was her sister. Their first victim was in 1990, 15 year old Tammy Homolka, which was Karla’s baby sister. After one night of drugging and raping and video tapping the young girl she eventually died of choking on her own vomit. Police suspected no foul play at that time. Their second victim was 14 year old Leslie Mahaffy who they kidnapped on her way home from school June 1991. This poor girl was raped and beaten by the pair for over 24 hours before Paul strangled her with an electric cord. After this he dismembered her body and sealed them in concrete which he dumped in a lake. Two days June 29th the concrete had broken and the body parts floated to the surface. Also, the couple were married the day the body parts where discovered. Final victim was 15 year old Kristen French. She was raped, videotaped and beaten also by the pair and finally strangled by Paul with the same electrical cord he used on his previous victim. After that he dumped her body in an illegal garbage dump. After being caught in late 1992 Paul Bernardo got sentenced to life in prison while his ex wife Karla Homolka got only 12 years and is now living in Montreal Ontario as far as I know.
Marc Lepine
On Dec 6, 1989 Marc Lepine walked into Ecole Polytechnique School in Montreal Ontario and headed for the engineering class room. Once there he pulled out a rifle and ordered all men out of the room and all the women to get in the corner. Once the women had gathered in the corner he opened fired shooting all of them. After that he moved about the school constantly shooting at women every time he would see one. He even went as far to stab some of the victims that were shot that were still alive at the time. After 20 minutes he finally sat down and claimed this was all done because he hated feminists groups and this was his own and finally political statement and pressed the gun against his head and fired. He died at the scene. After it was all said and done Marc Lepine had killed 14 women and wounded 13 other men and women.
John Martin Crawford
Crawford committed his first murder in 1981 two days before Christmas after meeting a woman at the bar. He was convicted of that murder and was sentenced to jail until 1989 after being paroled. Only 3 years after being released John Crawford went on to kill 3 more Aboriginal women in Saskatchewan. He was finally caught and convicted in 1996 of the 3 murders and got 3 concurrent life sentences and is serving his time in Saskatchewan Penitentiary. His trial was at the same time as the “Bernardo” trial. John Crawford is also suspected of 3 other murders that happened in Saskatoon.
Michal Wayne McGray
Convicted after being arrested on April 26, 2000 for four counts of first degree murder Michael McGray claims he’s personally responsible for at least 16 other murders he committed. McGray will only admit and prove he did these killings if his demands are met. His demands are not to get any additional time for those crimes, and to get mental help for the voices. Authorities denied all his demands. Michael claims to be responsible for murders in Halifax, Saint Johns, New Brunswick, Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Calgary, and Vancouver and even in Seattle.
William Patrick Fyfe
Arrested December 22, 1999 at a Husky Truck Stop for 5 counts of first degree murder against 5 women in or around Montreal and Quebec which all occurred between the times of 1981-1999. Claims he first killed when he was 24 in 1979. Also claims he kills four other women he’s never been charged for. All William Fyfe’s victims were age 46, 50, 52, 55 and 59. He is now serving his life sentence in a psychiatric hospital in Saskatchewan.
Alan Legere
Was already serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of a shop keeper when he escaped from a New Brunswick prison in 1989. While he was on the run for 7 months the small community of Miramichi lived in constant fear even sleeping with loaded guns. While being on the run Alan Legere had committed multiple rapes and arsons and also 4 murders. New Brunswick had launched their biggest manhunt in history to find this convict before he could kill again. Alan Legere is now in a Quebec prison for multiple life sentences for murders. He is currently 1 of only 90 prisoners to be held in Canada’s Maximum Security Special Handling Unit. It’s largely suspected there’s a fifth victim that he killed on the run but to date Alan hasn’t been charged with any other murders.
Dr. Thomas Neil Cream
Thomas Neill Cream was born outside of Quebec City and became a back alley abortion doctor in the late 1800’s. His first kill was attributed to one of his abortions that went wrong while trying to give it to a chambermaid. Shortly after this he did the same thing only killing a woman in Chicago. Time went on and he eventually killed an epileptic man because the “Doctor” liked the man’s wife. Thomas Cream did ten years in prison for this crime but shortly after being released and moving to England in 1891 where he was murdering again only this time he was poisoning prostitutes. He killed 4 with this method that the authorities know about. After being arrested on July 13, 1892 he was charged with murder again and was sentenced to death by hanging. Four months later on November 16, 1892 Dr. Thomas Neill Cream was hanged.
Nelson Earle Leonard
Nelson’s criminal career started at a young age. On May 21, 1918 Nelson dragged a girl into a basement of a building and tried to rape her but she got away and he got charged and was sentenced to two years. After being released from prison authorities lose contact with Nelson. He was known to have left Canada for awhile but returned supposedly when American authorities were starting to catch up with him for murders in the states he committed. Shortly after returning to Canada Nelson killed house wife Emily Patterson by bludgeoning her to death and raping her. After that he stuffed her body under the bed and stole some clothes to sell at a second hand shop. After selling the clothes he decided to get a haircut and that’s where the barber noticed dry blood in his hair and contacted authorities. He eventually got caught for the murder of Emily Patterson and his trial began in Winnipeg on November 1, 1927. He was sentenced to die by hanging on January 13, 1928. Before dying Nelson claimed he was responsible for more than 22 killings and rapes in February 1926 to June 1927.
These are just a few of the most brutal killers that Canada has produced in its history. Now go and research where you live and your country you might be surprised what kind of crimes or just history period that has happened in your area.
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b.radley
On December 10, 2007 at 5:20 pm
the pikton case reminds me of something you would see on the tv show “criminal minds”. It’s hard to believe it is actually a true story and has occurred in my country. Such a sin.
Melinda
On March 7, 2008 at 3:19 pm
Pikton should rot in hell for what he has done.
RedBeard
On June 29, 2008 at 4:30 am
Ref Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka
She’s living in Montreal Quebec, not Ontario.
Redbeard
On June 29, 2008 at 4:32 am
ref Marc Lepine
Same thing again Montreal Quebec not Ontario.
goodie
On September 3, 2008 at 10:54 am
good work guys
amanda
On September 6, 2008 at 12:49 pm
I dont understand how Clifford Olson was given 11 concurrent life sentences but then eligible for parole in 1997. I know he didn’t get parole but how could he have possibly ever even been eligible?!?!
misti
On October 27, 2008 at 2:04 pm
there all horrable people and they should all spend the rest of there lives in jail rotting , suffering and feeling remorce for these peoples family and the victims.they were children ,women and family to someone ,they should never see the daylight again just like how these poor victims cant eaither.
Quinichewa
On November 12, 2008 at 12:58 pm
i agree completely xD
Quinichewa
On November 12, 2008 at 1:20 pm
Yea =)
you go more than a green little in the middle of an intersextion
xD
Quinichewa
On November 12, 2008 at 1:24 pm
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george.wang
On November 12, 2008 at 4:49 pm
Quinichewa:) , hello:) haha , your a loserr:) , serial killers scare me
Quinichewa
On November 12, 2008 at 4:52 pm
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george.wang
On November 12, 2008 at 4:53 pm
hmm, well yes i do:), wanna touch it:)?
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Quinichewa
On November 12, 2008 at 4:55 pm
ummm… no thanx
i dont know you .. r u a girl or a guy.?
george.wang
On November 12, 2008 at 4:56 pm
LMFAO,
im a man age: 38
Quinichewa
On November 12, 2008 at 5:19 pm
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InSchool*
On December 12, 2008 at 8:36 am
they are talking about murderers and yuur a 38 year old man asking some random person to touch yuur wang …thats disturbing
wow wtf.
the rate yuru going yuur going to be in one of these things on the internet cause yuur a diirty creeper
numismatic
On January 30, 2009 at 2:49 am
Crimes every state is different but countries have there own laws that apply sometimes you never know what can happen so you gotta keep you A$$ out of trouble..
And keep the posting clean dudes, there are web sites for that kinky stuff this is for the civilized people not that sex scandal, lets keep it clean!
Serial killers are people who have got to there end of the rope, I can relate to getting stressed because. I am facing some hard times but I am not going to hurt anyone I just got to tough things out til it gets better.
So enough about me but nice article dude
tnmcetnmce
On January 30, 2009 at 9:12 am
great work here!
Kairos
On February 16, 2009 at 6:03 pm
oh God, I thought Canada is a safe place. My uncle’s family live in Ontario.
noname
On March 3, 2009 at 12:41 pm
this is creepy and sick who would wanna do something so sick:(
Michael
On March 3, 2009 at 10:29 pm
Paul Bernardo has got to be one of the sickest people who has lived in our time he has brought sorrow to many families not only the families of the three girls that he is known to have abducted,raped and murdered but to an unknown number of people who knew these young ladies.As for his partner in crime Karla Holmolka she and Mr Barnardo both should have got the death sentance,It would appear that the justice system we hold so dear has once again let us all down.
magpag
On March 8, 2009 at 5:53 pm
i think karla holmolka should have got life in person for her roll in the murders that would have been better and right
chaoticlife
On April 9, 2009 at 8:36 pm
I personally lived through the Paul and Karla crap all the way back to the scarborough rapists stuff. I was one of 5000 ppl in Ontario that matched the description of the drawings given out to police sketch artists. the police came to my home and asked for hair and saliva samples , though I never heard back from them. once the murders started I followed the events of them all the way into the apprehention of both Paul and Karla , never once connecting Paul to the scarborough rapist until they showed him on TV the first time . then you could see the police artist was dead on with the sketch. after the sentencing I even went as far as to read the book on the whole case to try and get some insight into what would cause ahuman to do such things , yet to this day I still can not grasp what makes a person want to kill once never mind multiple times. I am currently reading a book called Butcher about Robert Pickton , yet another Canadian serial killer but I am finding it hard to follow as the writer is an american and is very repeditive , so if anyone knows of a Canadian author that has written about the Pickton murders I would appreciate some input . ( all hail the greatest true crime writer Max Haines )
Cancrime
On April 16, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Clifford Olson was NOT eligible for parole in 1997, as the entry states. He was permitted in 1997 to seek to have his parole ineligibility reduced from 25 years under a Faint Hope hearing, a section of the Canadian Criminal Code. He failed and the government changed the law so that multiple murderers are no longer eligible for Faint Hope hearings.
Olson had a parole hearing for the first time in 2006 and was denied release.
You can read the full text of the parole decision and his current status here:
http://bit.ly/xZId
Anna
On April 19, 2009 at 2:06 pm
well yeah i live in Canada(:
its not scary or anything ive had a class trip to the penatentury….you guys who are scared r just pussys….gawd lmao
Anna
On April 19, 2009 at 2:08 pm
the Kinston Penatentury….n yeah i was there and Clifford Olson was theree so hows that for scary when you people get scared by the stories…wow…
Vincent
On April 25, 2009 at 11:56 pm
Technically, Marc Lépine was not a serial killer, he was a mass murderer.
I’m not saying this to exonorate him; he just belongs on a different list with the likes of Eric Harris and Seng Hui Cho.
AJP
On May 2, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Anna, don’t you mean you visited the Kingston Penitentiary, not the Kinston Penatentury. Hope you didn’t have to write a report on the visit. you would fail on spelling errors alone.
just wondering
On May 4, 2009 at 2:08 am
I say skip the trials and the jails and tax payer dollars and find the nearest tree.
rna
On May 4, 2009 at 11:32 am
Pickton lived 5 minutes away from me, i always thought he was creepy, I’m just happy that i dont eat pork, especially pigs from his farm…what a fuggin creep, He deserves to be killed.. hopefully someone will do that in prison for us
nonono
On May 5, 2009 at 7:57 pm
Marc Lepine does not belong on this list, he is NOT a serial killer, he is a mass murderer, they are two very different things. I find it odd that you put him on here and that he is the only mistake you made, the rest is all correct, but Lepine is no serial killer. Think about the word “serial”, there needs to be a series, his killings were all in a single incident.
nonono
On May 5, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Looks like I should have read the reples, someone beat me to it.
I’m not sure how so many people who make lists like this can do all that fact finding and still make the mistake of putting mass murderers or spree killers on lists with serial killers.
Canada seems to have a lot less serial killers than other countries, despite a population of 30 million. We are neighbours with the serial killing capital of the world, the United States and yet we have far fewer killers, granted our population is much smaller, but per capita they have a higher rate I believe.
Interesting fact, per capita Australia has had the most serial killers on record.
noone
On May 27, 2009 at 6:44 am
an eye for an eye you know im sure most if not all of those psychotics do not deserve to live after all theyve done its cases like those that i wish we had the death penalty.In the states you just kill one police oficer and you get the death penalty you have a creep who rapes and murders young children and live….where,s the justice in that.None of them im sure have any remorse.
anon
On June 16, 2009 at 9:00 pm
a- Marc Lepine is a multiple murderer, not a serial killer. If you don’t know the difference, you probably aren’t the right person to be giving out information on a website. Research the definition of the term serial killer before you make your little psuedo-intellectual lists.
b- to #34, “psychotic” is a mental health term which refers to a delusional break with reality. The proper term for what you’re referring to is “psychopath”, sometimes interchanged with “sociopath”, and that’s an important difference. Psychotics aren’t always dangerous. Actually, one could be a sub-clinical sociopath and also not be dangerous. Many successful lawyers and doctors are sub-clinical sociopaths. Read: “The Sociopath Next Door” … interesting book.
Cereal Killer
On June 29, 2009 at 8:21 pm
I always kill cereal. For breakfast lunch and tea! MMMMMM corn flakes
Raven McKay
On July 21, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Serial Killers is the actual term used in Psycology for these Criminals. It is an actual psycological disease, and it can not be cured. However, there hasn’t been a serial killer on the face of the planet that hasn’t prayed to be caught. It is like haveing double personality. The good vs. the bad. Good can only hold so long. Also, it is a proven fact that serial killers are created by post traumatic stress, from child hood. Maybe instead of mankind consintrating so much on Serial Killers, they actually get down to the cause. This cause, child abuse, happens far more often than anyone wants to admit.
Jane Marple
On August 30, 2009 at 10:23 pm
You are so stupid. Montreal is not in Ontario! You are not Canadian!
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