8 | Marc Lepine Canadian Mass Murderer

In 1989, students at the Ecole Polytechique in Montreal were looking forward to their Christmas break. But the hopes and dreams of 14 ambitious young women were shattered that day by a gunman on an ideologically driven rampage. We’ll pay tribute to the dead and we’ll also look at why he did it. Marc Lépine wanted to be a martyr, but he made himself into a monster. As we’ll learn, things are rarely black and white.

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Credits:

Research, writing, narration and audio arrangement by Prash

Disclaimer read by Jessica

Character Voices: Jessica and Eric

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