paulbernardo

Guest: Tony Doob, professor emeritus, University of Toronto Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies

News that Paul Bernardo, one of Canada’s most notorious killers, has been moved from a maximum security penitentiary to a medium-security institution touched a raw nerve that hasn’t healed three decades after his crimes. How could one believed to be so evil have his experience in incarceration softened? Why was the reason shrouded in secrecy? Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) is undergoing a review of their decision but, as a criminologist tells us, Canadian law does not say we should hold our worst offenders indefinitely in maximum security because they are notorious to us.

This episode was produced by Paulo Marques and Brian Bradley.

Audio Sources: CHCH News, CPAC

Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, raped and murdered several women. They videotaped some of their horrific crimes. The press dubbed them the 'Ken and Barbie Killers' because of their perceived physical attractiveness. Were both of them responsible for these heinous acts, or was one of them another victim?

In early 1992, young married couple Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka seemed to have a lot going for them. They'd just gotten married, Paul was making good money, and they were living in a nice house in scenic Port  Dalhousie, Ontario. But they were harboring some real, real dark secrets. Paul was the Scarborough rapist - authorities had been looking for the man that raped over a dozen women going back at least five years. And together, the pair had now raped and killed at least two women. And their first truly horrific crime together involved Karla's fifteen-year-old sister Tammy. How did they get to such a disturbing place? Find out on this week's true crime episode of Timesuck!  

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