Veil of Echoes

Ep. 16 - The Butcher of British Columbia: The Willie Pickton Case

Bria Almany, Lyndsay McKee, Zach Endress Season 1 Episode 16

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“It sits at the end of a gravel road outside Port Coquitlam… a stretch of farmland that looked ordinary from the highway — until the truth clawed its way to the surface.”

In this haunting deep dive, Bria, Zach, and Lyndsay pull back the curtain on one of Canada’s darkest chapters — the case of Robert “Willie” Pickton, the pig farmer who preyed upon Vancouver’s most vulnerable.
 From a childhood steeped in cruelty to the horrifying discoveries unearthed on his family farm, this episode explores how silence, neglect, and systemic failure allowed a monster to thrive in plain sight.

The trio also remembers the women whose names deserve to be spoken louder than his ever will — Sarah, Brenda, Mona, Andrea, Georgina, and so many more. Their stories matter.

🎧 Listen now — and step carefully. The veil remembers.

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💬 If You Need Help or Someone to Talk To

If you or someone you know is in danger or struggling, please reach out — you are not alone.

  • Canada: Talk 4 Healing (Indigenous Women’s Helpline) — 1-855-554-HEAL
  • Canada: 988 Suicide Crisis Helpline — dial 988 (24/7)
  • U.S.: National Domestic Violence Hotline — 1-800-799-SAFE (7233)
  • U.S.: 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — dial 988 (24/7)
  • Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls (MMIWG) Support Line — 1-844-413-6649

Every voice deserves to be heard. Every life deserves to be remembered.

📚 Sources & References

  • On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women – Stevie Cameron (2010)
  • The Pig Farm – CBC Documentary (2010)
  • Pickton’s Mother Was a Key InfluenceToronto Star, Jan 26, 2007
  • Pickton Case Trial Records – Supreme Court of British Columbia (2007)
  • CBC News, The Guardian, and Vancouver Sun archives (2002–2024)
  • Missing Sarah: A Memoir of Loss – Maggie de Vries (2003)
  • RCMP Missing Women Task Force Summaries (2002–2007)

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