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 alley where Da Sylva was stabbed to death. Standing at th…

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 unknown variable to one side, then seeing how other elem…

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 Boisvenu, the Murder Accountability Project.For more infor…

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: http://theresaallore.com/2017/08/tales-from-hollyweird-wkt-32/…

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 restorative justice. Her research interests focus on victim…

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, Sophocles, Aristotle, BTK, John Fowles, jeffrey dahmer…

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 Scandalized the World. In his review, Peddling Darkness, J…

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.comBy John Allore

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 DesiderioBy John Allore

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.By John Allore

Originally published June 22, 2017. A response to The Minds Of Madness podcast. We backtrack. Revisit Luc Gregoire. www.theresaallore.comBy John Allore

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/By John Allore

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 Marilyn Bergeron? This week marks the 15th anniversary of…

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 of William Patrick Fyfe. We examine why the serial k…

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.comBy John Allore

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 mentioned as an obvious candidate has been geographica…

Problems, puzzles, and sometimes murder. And sometimes Jack The Ripper. https://johnallore.substack.comBy John Allore

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.comBy John Allore

Originally published May 20, 2017 Discussion of the Montreal police, victim advocacy, and the 1982 murder of Suzanne Blanchard. www.theresaallore.comBy John Allore

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.comBy John Allore

Originally published on May 1, 2017: https://theresaallore.com/2017/04/30/was-luc-gregoire-the-calgary-prostitute-murderer/By John Allore

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 SubstackBy John Allore

Originally published on April 27, 2017 A continuation on the discussion of Quebec offenders. www.theresaallore.comBy John Allore

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.comBy John Allore

Originally published in April 27, 2017 We consider the suspects Guy Croteau, Gilles Pimpare, and Claude Larouche. www.theresaallore.comBy John Allore