Who Killed Theresa
by John Allore
This podcast was started in January of 2017, about the unsolved murder of my sister, Theresa Allore, who died on November 3, 1978. The project has grown to include unsolved murders of women in Quebec in the 1970s. Now the podcast is simply about justice issues and criminal investigative failures. www.theresaallore.com @justusguy
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Episodes
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Solving for X - Francine Da Sylva / WKT7 #9
One of the most interesting things about Francine Da Sylva's murder on October 18, 1985, is that three days earlier, Frank Shoofey was gunned down, on October 15, 1985. And not only that, Shoofey's law office on the 5th floor of that apartment building on Rue Cherrrier is two blocks from the…
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Solving for X - Diane Thibeault / WKT7 #8
I have some follow-up thoughts on the 1985 murder of Francine Da Sylva, but in order to get there, I need to revisit two other unsolved murders we've covered: the 1979 death of Nicole Gaudreault and the 1975 strangulation and incineration of Diane Thibeault. Solving for x involves bringing an...
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Luc Gregoire follow-up / WKT #33
Originally published August 20, 2017 A follow-up episode revisiting the case of offender Luc Gregoire. Discussions include updates on the Lise Choquette case, Louise Camirand's addition to the Surete du Quebec's cold case website, parole decisions in the matters of Isabelle Bolduc and Julie...
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Tales from Hollyweird - WKT #32
Originally published August 13, 2017 Three LA Noire stories from my one-time life in Hollywood. Part I - Please sign my book. James Ellroy Part II - True Crime Chauffeur Part II - Studio City Coda For more information on the podcast please visit the website:...
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Victimology - A Canadian Perspective WKT #31
Originally published August 5, 2017. A discussion with Jo-Anne Wemmers, Professor at the School of Criminology of the Université de Montréal about her latest book, Victimology - A Canadian Perspective. Jo-Anne has published widely in the areas of victimology, international criminal law and...
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Literature & Criminology - The Second Michael Arntfield Interview - WKT #30
Originally published July 22, 2017. Michael Arntfield joins us to talk about his latest book, Murder In Plain English. We discuss where artifice and crime intersect, informing and influencing each other. Topics covered: Jack The Ripper, HH Holmes, Sherlock Holmes, Shakespeare, Jacobean theatre,...
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The Crime Lady - WKT7 #7
There’s an interesting article in the New York Review of Books on the true crime writer, Sarah Weinman. If you don’t know Weinman, she’s had a newsletter for years called The Crime Lady. In 2018 she published her first book, The Real Lolita: The Kidnapping of Sally Horner and the Novel That...
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The avoidable lessons of Cédrika Provencher / WKT #29
Originally published July 3, 2017. The podcast covers the case of nine-year-old Cédrika Provencher who disappeared from Trois Rivieres in July 2007. We also discuss the 1977 unsolved murder of Claudette Poirier. For more information, please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com
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Dead Man's Hand - WKT7 #6
Quebec police are playing poker in the game of genetic genealogy but not holding any cards. https://johnallore.substack.com Photo = Study for Ok by Vincent Desiderio
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Malcolm Gladwell - His Way: WKT #28
Originally published June 23, 2017. I attended Trinity College with Malcolm Gladwell at the University of Toronto. In the course of the last thirty years we have attended two weddings together; one infamous and bombastic, the other sweet and unforgettable.
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Theresa Allore: You Think You Know This Case? WKT #27
Originally published June 22, 2017. A response to The Minds Of Madness podcast. We backtrack. Revisit Luc Gregoire. www.theresaallore.com
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COMPOSITE: Luc Gregoire - WKT7 #5
Is it Luc Gregoire? The eyes see what they want to see. If Gregoire was criminally active on the island of Montreal as early as 1977, it casts a whole new perspective on a catalog of the city's unsolved murders. Problems, puzzles and sometimes murder. https://johnallore.substack.com/
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Puzzle 15 and the disappearance of Marilyn Bergeron WKT7 #4
Have you heard of Puzzle 15? I bet you have, you just don't know it. You know those 4 x 4 tile scrambles where you have to rearrange the sliding pieces into an image? Popeye? The Flinstones? That's the 15 puzzle, sometimes called Gem, Boss, or Mystic Square. Here's a puzzle. What happened to...
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The Ballad of William Fyfe / WKT #26
Originally published June 2 2017 On October 29, 1999 Monique Gaudreau, a 45-year-old nurse at a hospital in the Laurentians was found dead at her home in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec. Gaudreau was found in her bedroom. She was beaten, sexually assaulted, and stabbed 55 times. This is the story...
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The 1971 Unsolved Murder of Alice Pare / WKT #25
Originally published on May 28, 2017. The murders and criminal investigative failures of Alice Pare and Ursula Schulze. The Quebec Victims Advocate, Pierre Hugues Boisvenu. www.theresaallore.com
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Bagatelle – The 1990 murder of Lise Brisebois / WKT7 #3
Do you know bagatelle? You know bagatelle probably from the handheld pinball incantation from your childhood. The word "bagatelle" means a "trifle" or simply "child's play." I have a case that is child's play; the 1990 murder of 23-year-old Lise Brisebois. It's a wonder a suspect has never been...
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Ripper also-rans - Undiluted Hocus Pocus #2 (WKT7 #2)
Problems, puzzles, and sometimes murder. And sometimes Jack The Ripper. https://johnallore.substack.com
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It's No Game - WKT #24
Who Killed Theresa gets on a top ten true crime list, we talk about that. The victim should be represented more in true crime. A discussion of corruption and public inquiries in Quebec. www.theresaallore.com
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Suzanne Blanchard - August 9, 1982 / WKT #23
Originally published May 20, 2017 Discussion of the Montreal police, victim advocacy, and the 1982 murder of Suzanne Blanchard. www.theresaallore.com
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Norma O'Brien, Debbie Fisher, and The Chateauguay Killer - WKT #22
Originally published May 6, 2017. A discussion of the 1974-75 cases of Norma O'Brien and Debbie Fisher and the anonymous young man eventually charged with their murders, The Full-Moon / Chateauguay Killer. The cases of Sharron Prior and Tammy Leaky are also discussed. www.theresaallore.com
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Was Luc Gregoire the Calgary Prostitute Murderer? - Who Killed Theresa #21
Originally published on May 1, 2017: https://theresaallore.com/2017/04/30/was-luc-gregoire-the-calgary-prostitute-murderer/
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Undiluted Hocus Pocus / episode 1 (WKT7 #1)
A preview of my new podcast Undiluted Hocus Pocus - the wonder of problems, puzzles, and sometimes murder. Follow us on Spreaker: Undiluted Hocus Pocus And also Substack
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Who Killed Theresa #20 - Suspects continued (Guy Croteau)
Originally published on April 27, 2017 A continuation on the discussion of Quebec offenders. www.theresaallore.com
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Happy Birthday Who Killed Theresa - #1 WKT7
We're having a birthday. I launched Who Killed Theresa in early January, 2003. Twenty years is a long time to catalogue unsolved crime. For more information please visit the website: www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #19 - Suspect 2
Originally published in April 27, 2017 We consider the suspects Guy Croteau, Gilles Pimpare, and Claude Larouche. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #18 - Pig in a Poke
Originally published on April 22, 2017 We add the final cases of Lise Choquette and Nicole Gaudreaux and summarize all 16 cases. www.theresaallore.com
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The Curious Case of Tammy Leakey - Who Killed Theresa #17
Originally published on April 14, 2017 Discussion of the 1981 murder of Tammy Leakey. Relation to the Sharron Prior case is reviewed. Both victims were from Point St. Charles, Montreal, Quebec. We reveal the names of two unknown victims; Maria Dolores Bravo, and (possibly) Johanne Lemieux....
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Who Killed Theresa #15 - Jocelyne Houle / Crime Scene Analysis
Originally published on March 17, 2017 We introduce the 1977 case of Jocelyne Houle. www.theresaallore.com
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America's Missing Murders - #30 WKT6
Discussion of the under reporting of crime stats, and the new U.S. Homicide Victims’ Families’ Rights Act. Also, the recent arrest of Joseph George Sutherland for the 1983 Toronto murders of Susan Tice and Erin Gilmour. Plus, the long awaited return of the Sherbrooke mannequin case. For more...
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Who Killed Theresa #14 - Joanne Dorion / Chantal Tremblay
Originally published on March 16, 2017 We introduce the cases of Johanne Dorion and Chantal Tremblay. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #13 - The Michael Arntfield Interview
Originally published on March 4, 2017 Today we have an interview with Canadian criminologist Michael Arntfield, author of the book Murder City, The Untold Story of Canada's Serial Killer Capital, 1959-1984. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #12 Kim Rossmo Interview
Originally published on February 28, 2017 An Interview with criminologist Dr. Kim Rossmo, whose pioneer work lead to the creation of the field of geographic profiling. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #16 - A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu - The 100th anniversary of Vimy Ridge
Originally published on April 9, 2017. On the 100th anniversary of the commencement of the Battle of Vimy Ridge we remember my grandfather's brother, Thomas Edward Allard who died the morning of April 9th, 1917. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #11 (this one goes to eleven)
Originally published on February 22, 2017 SPVM Screw-up: the Tragedy of Katherine Hawkes www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #10a
Originally published on February 18, 2017 Serial Killers Should Fear This Algorithm / Route 112 www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #10
Originally published on January 29, 2017 The Murder of Sharron Prior / Route 112 - www.theresaallore.com
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The Model - The Murder of Marie-Josée Saint-Antoine Part II - #30 WKT6
If Alain Montpetit truly wanted to be a great stage actor, or music artist, or a writer (I doubt it) he was afforded every opportunity to pursue these ambitions, which for most of us, are impossibilities. Most of us don't have the mechanism in place. Montpetit came from money, he had access to…
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The Model - The Murder of Marie-Josée Saint-Antoine Part I - #29 WKT6
Today's story has elements of what I'm currently writing about: the puzzle of celebrity, excess and indulgence, the lure of centers of power like Montreal and New York City. It has a Life in the Fast Lane quality to it, with shades of Looking for Mr. Goodbar and The Eyes of Laura Mars. This is…
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Who Killed Theresa #9
Originally published January 28, 2017 Bad Dream House - The Disappearance of Deborah Key www.theresaallore.com
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The Lauren Barnett London Horror Interview - #28 WKT6
Lauren Barnett is a writer and occasional horror cinema walking guide, her upcoming book of horror walks, Death Lines: Walking London Through Horror Cinema, is available for preorder with Strange Attractor Press. She also hosts the podcast, the London Horror Movie Club. Today we talk about some...
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Who Killed Theresa #8
Originally published on January 22, 2017. The Allore-Camirand-Bazinet-Blais theory is supported by Claude Poirier. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #7
Originally published on January 19, 2017 In this podcast we discuss the murder of Helen Monast, confirmation bias, and the Least-Effort-Principle. www.theresaallore.com
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That Case Is Not Here III - #27 WKT6
Travels to New England and the Tri-state area. Preview of shows to come. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #6
Originally published on January 14, 2017: We have a treat for you. Coming up this weekend on the Who Killed Theresa? podcast we'll have our first interview: Kristian Gravenor from the Montreal website Coolopolis has agreed to join us. Kris was one of my earliest influences. We're gonna talk about...
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Who Killed Theresa #5
Originally published January 9, 2017 We talk about the unsolved murders of Lison Blais and Denise Bazinet: www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa #4
Originally published January 6. 2017 A show about the criminal investigative failure of the death of Theresa Allore from the Eastern Townships of Quebec. In this episode we focus on the murders of Manon Dube and Louise Camirand: www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa - #2
Originally published January 6, 2017. This is episode 2. We talk about the events that lead up to Theresa's death. Referenced here are Kristian Gravenor's Coolopolis, Patricia Pearson, and the folks at the Maura Murray podcast, and Jordan Boneparte of The Night Time podcasts. www.theresaallore.com
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Who Killed Theresa - the first episode / WKT #1
The first podcast episode of Who Killed Theresa. Originally published January 5, 2017. www.theresaallore.com
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That Case Is Not Here II - #26 WKT6
Some updates on some cases: David Cross, Helene Hurtubise, Margaret Coleman. The slog of dealing with police investigative forces.
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That Case Is Not Here - #25 WKT6
I don’t want to write a piece of advocacy, or some bullshit fantasy of triumph over adversity, or something where the endgame is some shitty television program. I just want to tell a really good story.
About this show
This podcast was started in January of 2017, about the unsolved murder of my sister, Theresa Allore, who died on November 3, 1978. The project has grown to include unsolved murders of women in Quebec in the 1970s. Now the podcast is simply about justice issues and criminal investigative failures.
www.theresaallore.com @justusguy
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