Mental Illness Theatre

This week we're back with Gina in the co-host seat, and we're off to Australia... Because Australia goes hard. In this case, Douglas Crabbe certainly went hard, in the sense he drive a very large Mack truck, at speed, into the side of a very small bar. And all this happened in the middle of the Australian outback, which just makes it so much worse. Along the way, we also talk about what exactly qu...

This week we have Gina back for an episode, and wow, did we ever pick a fun one. This episode is all about fetal abduction, and if you're not sure exactly what that is, you are very lucky. Because we are going to talk about what it is, how much it happens, and how it's done. And along the way, we'll also talk about the band Ghost, the (theoretical) most depressed pregnant woman in history, and sta...

This week, we're back to cover a war story, but it's my kind of war story. The kind where nothing goes right, there's no heroism, and hundreds end up dead. This is the story of Operation Tiger, a practice run of the D-Day landings during WW2, and this disaster damn near blew the whole plan a month before the big show. We also have a guest host covering for Gina for this episode, so please welcome...

This week, we finally wrap up the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacres series, and we drop right into the story of Dany Kane, a Hell's Angels member/ hitman as well as an RCMP informant. From there, we move on to listing off all the failures of the RCMP during the massacres as well as afterwards. Finally, we finish off by giving our two cents on what happened and why people should still be pissed off. Menta...

We're back for part 7 of the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacre, because this story never ends (this was supposed to be the final episode, but we got rant-y and it became a two parter). In this episode, we cover the official investigations into the RCMP's response to the massacre and their total lack of effectiveness. From there, we spin off into some speculation about what the hell actually happened, befo...

This week, we're back for part six of the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacres, because this is the story that never ends. In this episode, we talk about the transcripts of 911 calls made from Portipique during the night of the massacres, as well as finally getting to the story told by Gabriel Wortman's spouse Lisa Banfield, or at least, the story we can piece together from the snippets of her statements th...

This week, we're back for part five of the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacres, and in this episode, we really get into the sketchy side of Gabriel Wortman's life. This includes his ties to some shady characters, his life long side quest as a smuggler, his love of guns (most of which were illegal in Canada), and his propensity to brag to anyone and everyone about his criminal activities. We also talk about...

We're back for part four of the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacre, and in this episode, we focus on some of the accounts of survivors of the attacks, and the connections between the victims and the gunman (as well as more ranting about the RCMP). Along the way, we talk about Ol Dirty Bastard, the delicate nature of going on vacation as a side guy, and how not to stand guard in an armoured car.  Mentalilln...

This week, we're back for part four of the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacres, and this is where the gunman Gabriel Wortman is finally stopped by the RCMP. And the way he's stopped raises some questions (which we will talk about), as does how the RCMP reacted in the hours and days after the massacres. Along the way, we talk about concussions, helicopters, trauma informed investigations, and why if you're...

This week, we're back for part 2 of the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacres, and this episode focuses on the second part of the massacres on the morning of April 19, 2020. During this series of massacres, massacre-ist Gabe Wortman travelled over a disturbing amount of the Canadian province of Nova Scotia and killed nine more people to bring his total to 22.  We'll also cover how the RCMP spent the morning...

This week, we're starting a series that we have been talking about for a long time, since we started this podcast, in fact. This is the first episode of what will be our longest series yet, because we're finally tackling the 2020 Nova Scotia Massacres, which was the worst spree killing in Canadian history. Buckle up, because this is going to be a very long one. In this episode, we get into an over...

This week, we're off to the UK to cover a truly despicable piece of human garbage who was responsible for three murders and literally dozens of sexual assaults. And this is the type of story that makes our blood boil, as the police had multiple chances to solve the crimes, and they simply blew each and everyone. This is the story of Robert Napper, a man who terrorized southern London in the late 8...

This week, we're back with one of our favorite types of stories; an obscure American serial killer who killed fewer than a half dozen people, but with a story that involves jail breaks, high speed chases and vehicular homicide. Along the way, we also talk about why Gina and I are glad camera phones didn't exist while we were teens, keeping coke close to your heart, bike crashes and rolling in the...

This week, we're covering a case that really ticked all the boxes for us here at MIT. We have an ex-cop who went bad and became one of the godfathers of crack, and during thjs, he became a violent, unhinged psycho. This is Anthony Sully, and along the way we'll talk about how not to threaten your partner, the literal meaning of concrete evidence, sad Johns, as well as answering the eternal questio...

This week, we're back with part three of the Randall Woodfield story. In this episode, we have more crime spree, some decent police work (followed by police infighting), how Woodfield was simultaneously complicated and so very basic, 80's camcorders, and angry mohels. Mentalillnesstheatre@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/groups/952876465260434/?ref=share https://www.patreon.com/Mentalillnessthea...

We're back for part two of the Randall Woodfield story, and this is where his crime spree really begins. After flamming out as a football player, Woodfield then had his photos rejected by Play Girl, and that seemed to push him over the edge. And over that edge was murder, robbery and sexual assault. A lot of it. And along the way we talk about old school dick pics (again), how to make a woman happ...

This week, we're starting a three part series on one of America's better known highway based killers of the 1970's and 1980's, Randall Woodfield. Woodfield was the classic all American boy growing up, as he was popular, smart and a star athlete. In fact, he was a good enough football player to be drafted into the NFL. The problem was, Woodfield had an issue with pulling out his penis in public, an...

This week, we're covering a guy that is just a huge trigger on every level possible. He's a child predator and killer, he used his religion for a veneer of social acceptability, he blames porn for what he became, and overall, he's completely insufferable. This is the story of Arthur Bishop, a true asshole in so many ways, and along the way we talk about mangled fingernails, the weight oof old scho...

This week, we're back for one of our rare one part episodes, and this one all relies on the final double murder. You see, Anderson is an American serial killer responsible for the deaths of five people, and the first three murders make sense (as in you can see the logic). But the final double murder is where things got really weird, and weird in a way that I don;t think anyone could see coming. So...

This week, we're back for the second part of the Halifax Explosion, and this is the rough part. We start directly in the aftermath of the worst accidental man made explosion in history, and we jump right in with eye witness accounts of the carnage. Along the way, we talk about horrible suspensions, snowstorms, over-worked doctors with dull surgical instruments, systematic racism (1917 style), and...

This week, we're back with a story from our home area, and this one is nasty. In December 1917, two ships barely ran into each other in the Halifax Harbour (which is next to the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada), and within 30 minutes of the collision, half of Halifax was no more. In this episode, we cover the how this even happened (it was war time), what exactly happened (amm...

This week, we're doing a bit of a lighter one, in the sense that there are fewer brutal murders and absolutely no sexual assaults in this story. And after four parts of Dahmer, that is a super yay! John Leonard Orr is a convicted arsonist and murderer who is the epitome of the expert everyone should have been suspicious of. And that's because Orr worked as a fire investigator and eventually, he be...

We're back for the final installment of the Jeffrey Dahmer story, and what a way to bring in 2024. In this episode, we have more sex zombies, murders and dismemberments. We also get to hear about some truly awful police work that pretty much served Dahmer one of his victims, But thankfully, this is when Dahmer is arrested, and the police get a really good look at his apartment. And to finish, Gina...

It's part three of the Jeffrey Dahmer story, and this is where it gets incredibly grim. Everything we know Dahmer for shows up in this episode, with cannibalism, trophy collecting, sex with corpses, and his first attempts at making a sex zombie. Like we mentioned... grim. Along the way, we talk about how Dahmer got his groove back, black bone slush, how to properly preserve a severed penis, and ho...

And we're back for part two of the Jeffrey Dahmer story, and this is where it starts to amp up. In this episode, Dahmer starts to become the character we know him as today, as we'll see a lot of his signitures become very noticeable during this time. We have the knocking out of victims to make the killing easier, the 'playing' with the bodies, the dismemberment, and the trophy taking. In between,...