The Murder Of Richard Oland

Dennis Oland, a 47-year-old man who was charged with bludgeoning his millionaire father, Richard, to death in July 2011. The trial was one of the longest and most expensive in the history of Saint John, N.B., a port city of 140,000 people who usually share a remarkably rainproof good nature.

 CONTENT WARNING: this podcast contains coarse language, adult themes and content of a violent and disturbing nature.

 

 

Credits: 

WRITING ABOUT CRIME - TRUE CRIME CASES IN CANADA

Writer, researcher and host:  Bonnie Lee

Music credits in episodes

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The tracks below come from Royalty Free Music:

Bortex - Silence

And Then We Twinkle - DL Sounds

Main information sources in episode  :

Jack Katz - Seductions of Crime

Greg Marquis - Truth & Honour.  The Death Of Richard Oland And The Trial Of Dennis Oland.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-supreme-court-decision-appeal-murder-1.4176092

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Richard_Oland

https://beta.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/dennis-oland-to-face-murder-retrial-in-fathers-death/article35680031/?ref=http://www.theglobeandmail.com&

https://globalnews.ca/news/3769160/two-halifax-men-plead-guilty-to-assaulting-accused-killer-dennis-oland-in-n-b-prison/

https://globalnews.ca/news/3343283/defence-argues-5-reasons-why-the-supreme-court-should-acquit-dennis-oland/

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/dennis-oland-chokes-back-tears-as-he-tells-court-he-misses-the-father-hes-accused-of-killing

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada/answer-your-damn-phone-woman-who-had-affair-with-richard-oland-tells-murder-trial-of-final-calls-texts

http://nationalpost.com/opinion/christie-blatchford-could-dennis-oland-go-from-killer-to-happy-shopper-in-68-minutes

https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/one-among-many/201404/patricide

http://www.mdedge.com/currentpsychiatry/article/64088/schizophrenia-other-psychotic-disorders/parricide-characteristics

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/dennis-oland-begins-testimony-at-his-murder-trial/

http://www.macleans.ca/news/closing-arguments-begin-at-dennis-olands-murder-trial/

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/the-oland-murder-trial-that-took-new-brunswick-by-storm/

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/dennis-oland-found-guilty-of-second-degree-murder-in-fathers-death/

http://www.macleans.ca/news/canada/oland-lawyers-launch-attack-on-house-of-cards-murder-conviction/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick

http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/episodes/2015-2016/the-dick-oland-case-murder-in-the-family

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/dennis-oland-murder-retrial-date-conference-1.4382671

Video clip sources in episode:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N0ATlaXzdzA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dws6sG6PTA0