Episode 166 - Persecution Complex - The Renfrew County Murders

A grim monument stands in Renfrew County by the banks of Ontario’s Petawawa River, where three steel sculptures bend gracefully towards a stone inscribed, with the names of over two dozen murdered women.

The Women’s Monument commemorates lives lost at the hands of men since 1969 and in 2016, it added three more.

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Research & Writing:

Matt Snell

Editing:

Aiden Wolf

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Sources:

CBC: 1 year after triple killing, grief weighs heavily on Wilno victims' friends, family

CBC: Basil Borutski's history of violence

CBC: Don't be afraid to help perpetrators, murder victim's daughter tells inquest

CBC: Dozens gather for memorial to honour women killed in Wilno area 1 year ago

CBC: Homicide victim annoyed at handyman, colleagues tell murder trial

CBC: Nathalie Warmerdam described as woman with 'courage, integrity'

CBC: Police didn't know killer stalked murder victim, triple homicide inquest hears

CBC: Renfrew County, site of major inquest, declares intimate partner violence an epidemic

CBC: Reports of domestic, intimate partner violence continue to rise during pandemic

CBC: The Basil Borutski trial in pictures

CBC: What the courts knew about Basil Borutski before he murdered 3 women

Chatelaine: The Renfrew County Murders Are Not An Anomaly

Chatelaine: What the Renfrew County murders tell us about rural violence

CTV News: 'That is a lie': Basil Borutski calls Judge a liar and says he’s 'not guilty' during courtroom rant

CTV News: Inquest into Ottawa Valley triple-murder hears from victims' family members

CTV News: Victim services worker tried to warn woman about Borutski on day of murder

End Violence Against Women Renfrew County: We Remember

Nathalie Warmerdam Obituary

Ottawa Citizen: Early intervention might have helped triple murderer Basil Borutski, victim's daughter tells inquest

Ottawa Citizen: Friends, family remember Anastasia Kuzyk, one of three women slain last month

Ottawa Citizen: Son fled Wilno-area house as mother tried to escape gunman

Ottawa Citizen: Third victim Carol Culleton had just retired

Pembroke Observer: Borutski went looking for a fourth victim on day of rampage

Pembroke Observer: Timeline: From 1982 to 2015, a history of Basil Borutski

The Wilno Tavern Website

Toronto Star: Accused killer Basil Borutski says in video women, police lied to get him sent to jail

VICE: Basil Borutski Found Guilty Of Murdering His Ex-Girlfriends

Wikipedia: Pembroke, Ontario

Wikipedia: Wilno, Ontario

YouTube: The Fifth Estate—Basil Borutski and the Wilno Murders: Circle of Fear

YouTube: Basil Borutski full police interview: triple murderer details deaths in interrogation tape

Release date

Lydbog: 5. juni 2023