
About this episode
Before his death, Robert Pickton calls from prison.
The recording he leaves behind — never before heard — reveals a man who still believes he hasn’t been caught.
In this episode of Unmarked, we uncover the story of Canada’s most notorious figures through his own words, and through the detectives who tried to stop him.
Lead investigator Lorimer Shenher recounts the warnings that were ignored, the evidence that was missed, and the moment Pickton nearly confessed.
From Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside to the pig farm in Port Coquitlam, this is the story of how decades of indifference allowed a killer to hunt freely — and how a single phone call, years later, exposes the mind of a man who never believed he was guilty.
James Buddy Day is an award-winning true crime filmmaker known for directing and producing some of the most watched and most discussed crime documentaries today. His work covers infamous serial killers, cold cases, cults, missing persons, and some of the biggest true-crime stories of the last decade.
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