Episode 07 - The Murder of Lynne Harper and the Wrongful Conviction of Steven Truscott

Strange and Undecided

June 9th, 1959. A day like any other. Kids playing outside and enjoying the weather. Lynne Harper was one of these kids however, that day would be the last day she was seen alive by anyone. She disappeared and two days later she was found dead in a woodlot of a nearby farm. There was no question about it, she had very clearly been murdered. But who killed Lynne Harper?

SHOW NOTES

Case not closed: The enduring tragedy of the Harper – Truscott murder case – Canadian Military History (militarybruce.com)

Intermission | Telling the Story of the Murder Trial that Changed the Country (intermissionmagazine.ca)

Who killed Lynne Harper? Retired OPP sergeant says travelling salesman a suspect in string of unsolved murders | National Post

50 years later, insect evidence overturns Canada's most notorious case - Regina v. Steven Truscott - PubMed (nih.gov)

Steven Truscott - Innocence Canada

The search for Lynne Harper | Goderich Signal Star

'Viable suspect' explored in murder that saw Steven Truscott wrongfully convicted (therecord.com)

LFP Archives: The day Steven Truscott was wrongly convicted of murder | London Free Press (lfpress.com)

Steven Truscott Case | The Canadian Encyclopedia

Lynne Harper Murder Likely Never To Be Solved (citynews.ca)

Other leads on possible suspects ignored (thestar.com)

Autopsy secrets a `powerful' jury factor (thestar.com)

Steven Truscott to get $6.5M for wrongful conviction | CBC News

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