Introducing - Robert Pickton: The Final Chapter, Part 1

Introducing - Robert Pickton: The Final Chapter, Part 1

From The Burden by Orbit Media

March 3, 2026 · 1h 16m

About this episode

The episode introduces a miniseries on Robert Pickton, exploring his crimes and the systemic failures surrounding the victims.

Today we bring you the first episode of the new miniseries - Robert Pickton: The Final Chapter, from Canadian True Crime. Everyone knows about the Canadian pig farmer who confessed to murdering 49 women on his farm near Vancouver – many of them sex workers and Indigenous women.  What you might not know is that Robert Pickton was recently murdered in prison in an act of vigilante justice. His final chapter may now be closed, but the story is far from over. The evidence suggests he did not act alone.  In this special miniseries from Canadian True Crime, Aussie-Canadian host Kristi Lee traces a disturbing childhood on the Pickton family farm where cruelty was normalized, and morality optional. Moving past the caricature of a lone monster in buddy boots, this series restores the humanity of the women targeted and examines the systems that failed them for so long — leaving their loved ones with many unanswered questions. This miniseries draws primarily from court records, historical news archives, investigative journalism, personal interviews and the Missing Women Inquiry final report. This mini-series comes from Canada’s leading independent podcast…

People in this episode

Host: Kristi Lee

Topics covered

  • true crime
  • Robert Pickton
  • vigilante justice
  • Indigenous women
  • murder
  • investigative journalism

Keywords

  • Robert Pickton
  • true crime
  • Canadian True Crime
  • murder
  • Indigenous women
  • vigilante justice
  • investigative journalism

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Canadian True Crime

Places: Canada, Vancouver

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