“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
Ray Bradbury
The Murder of Ernest Fouquette
Leask, SK – July 27, 1935 Cecille Fouquette was in a bit of a jam. She was stranded at the YWCA in Saskatoon, unable to pay her bill, with her boyfriend held by police on several charges of theft. Unsure of what else to do, she called her dad and he agreed to help her.…
The Petlock Murders
Content Warning: the following story includes the murder of children. If reading this will distress you or put your mental health at risk, please don’t continue. Fenwood, Saskatchewan On the morning of Tuesday, August 30, 1955, Nellie Petlock was worried. Her husband, John Petlock, was missing. He’d gone to his quarter section of land on…
The Beating of Andrew Kosowan
For the bulk of their marriage, Andrew and Mary Kosowan had got on well together. By 1934, the Ukrainian couple had lived in the Strong Pine district of Saskatchewan, about 35 miles northeast of Prince Albert, for eight years, but had been in Canada for much longer, over 30 years. They had ten children, six…
Melanie Cole 