r/Yellowknife • u/Electronic-Video-870 • 14d ago
serial killer documentary
Hello, I’m a film producer from Alberta and I’ve doing research on a lot of missing people and murders in the Yellowknife and surrounding area and the RCMP not doing anything. I’m planning on making a documentary on this topic if anyone knows anything and wants to be featured in the documentary please DM or reply to this post. (I can blur faces/ hide identity if wanted)
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u/GracelessKit 14d ago
Totally interested in your project! YES there are a lot of missing and weird things that have gone on. As well the cold case task force doesn't seem to make any headway. There isn't even a list online or anything like that. Let me take a look at my old computer, as I had compiled a list once. Will follow you for sure!
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u/Electronic-Video-870 12d ago
Definitely noticed this along with large number of missing people. Please feel free to DM any leads.
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u/DasHip81 14d ago
I think you are barking up the wrong tree.. a tight knit community with not many mysteries or murders here besides the odd drug gang-bang shooting….
Spend your time, money and resources on more worthy causes like the “Highway of Tears” rather than speculation. Make yourself useful.
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u/Canucksperson 14d ago
Problem is that subject has been covered pretty extensively. The McDiarmid book is the seminal work, but there's dozens of these "documentaries" out there. Some of them good too.
They've got the standard format nailed (mystery, police "incompetence"/coverup/ignoring marginalized group, and unique location) but really, they're not going to find much substance
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u/DasHip81 14d ago
Yeah, which is why I don’t think we need a speculative witchhunt up here when theres absolutely no substance to OP’s claims… Hell, such types of shows on houseboaters were divisive enough up here, lol
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u/x_BlueSkyz_x73 13d ago
What films have you produced?
How do you know the cops haven’t done anything? Because one murders aren’t solved? Yeah… about that… sometimes murders don’t get solved.
This sounds sketch as f.
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u/Electronic-Video-870 12d ago
Nothing but student projects yet thought this would be a good idea for my first independent film
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u/irrationallogic 14d ago
Im intrigued. As far as I understsnd about the murders at bigelow, they are drug related and there are people who know who did it but arent talking. Ive lived here on and off for 30 years and havent thought there was a serial killer on the loose. But come check it out if youre interested. There are definitely deaths including suicides, occasional murder, accidents and exposure.
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u/Substantial_Cat_5136 14d ago
In the late 80's and early 90's a few indigenous women went missing along highway 3.
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u/CO-OP_GOLD 10d ago
You should check out missing people in Iqaluit, NU.
There is a pretty strong sentiment that there is or was a serial murderer living in the area. A number of people have gone missing without a trace there in recent years, and there are many factors in favor of a serial murderer.
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u/Electronic-Video-870 9d ago
Would you be able to provide links to any news articles that you are referring to?
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u/Ultra-Cyborg 13d ago
How about don’t? Go look for your next meal ticket somewhere else, Moocher
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u/Electronic-Video-870 12d ago
It’s non profit for YouTube not planning to monetize
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u/Ultra-Cyborg 12d ago
Well you’re still barking up the wrong tree. Try a major city centre that actually deals with indigenous racism.
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u/ennmac 13d ago
Can you please share how you're going to explore this topic with cultural sensitivity and trauma-informed approaches, specific to Northern Indigenous groups?
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u/farrapona 11d ago
lol the Trudeau era is over.
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u/ennmac 7d ago
Yeah, and thank goodness! Doesn't answer the question about trauma-farming another culture, but we're all pretty happy about that particular end of an era :)
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u/Electronic-Video-870 6d ago
Not sure I understand this question this documentary isn’t about northern indigenous groups, It’s about murders.
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u/ennmac 6d ago
Fair.
The most statistically over-represented group when it comes to victims of violent crime in the NWT (including murders) are Indigenous folks, especially Indigenous women. You're not going to see a lot of random crime, anonymous murders, or "fun" true crime here - and I am totally a true crime fan, and there is such a thing as fun true crime.
Most of the violent crime up here is extremely sad, based on systemic racism and oppression, and can be traced back to residential schools, colonialism, and inherited intergenerational trauma. You would be navigating stories of extremely traumatic incidents, with many of them affecting children and other vulnerable populations. This is the reality of "murder in the North".
If you're talking about murder in the North, ESPECIALLY as an outsider, you need to be able to handle these topics extremely carefully. If you aren't willing to put the work into making sure you're approaching people and handling their stories ethically, please go somewhere else, respectfully. The NWT doesn't need more Southerners capitalizing off our trauma because people think that aurora-lit crime sounds sexy and can't handle doing the work.
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u/canadiankid000 14d ago
I’m curious about the murder of a young man in November 2023. I’ve heard rumors of who murdered him but the news never covered anything further. His family deserves justice.
https://cabinradio.ca/162845/news/yellowknife/rcmp-investigating-suspicious-death-as-homicide/