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The Case of Allan Woodhouse and Brian Anderson
📻 Episode #515
🎙️ Hosted by Jason Flom
📅 Mar 06, 2025
About This Episode
On July 17, 1973, 40 year old father of two and local chef Ting Fong Chan was beaten and stabbed to death on his way home from his night shift in Manitoba, Winnipeg, CA. A witness saw silhouettes of 4 or 5 men with long hair. Under the assumption that the men were Native American,…
The Case
On July 17, 1973, 40 year old father of two and local chef Ting Fong Chan was beaten and stabbed to death on his way home from his night shift in Manitoba, Winnipeg, CA. A witness saw silhouettes of 4 or 5 men with long hair. Under the assumption that the men were Native American, police began to canvas the local indigenous population. A man named Adam Woodhouse told investigators about a recent gathering at his home with a few other indigenous men. Even though this gathering did not take place on the night of the crime and nothing suspicious was described, police rounded up Clarence, Russell, and Allan Woodhouse, as well as Brian Anderson. Four false statements were extracted and written in a language that neither of the accused fully understood. Not surprisingly, none of the physical evidence matched the four young men. Despite this, their alibi witnesses, and accusations of police brutality, the jury chose to believe the false confessions.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:04:58“Speaker 1: out just like anybody else. And Alan, what about for you? Speaker 1: You lived on the Fairport Indian Reserve as well, with Speaker 1: English as a second language. You had a ninth grade Speaker 1: education there. You were seventeen years old, but also with Speaker 1: no criminal record, and moved to Winnipeg two months before”
00:20:27“Speaker 2: She said I was at home when she got home, Speaker 2: but then she said she was drunk. There's the bars Speaker 2: closed about twelve o'clock. Then she walked from the main Speaker 2: street to Isabel Street. The that's about fifteen minute to Speaker 2: twenty minute walk, so that would be about two o'clock”
00:35:00“Speaker 1: is maddeningly slow. In fact, the presence of Bob and Speaker 1: with us today starts a while back with a legend Speaker 1: in the innocence community who has since then passed. Speaker 5: Hurricane Carter's name came up. I was told to contact Speaker 5: Hurricane Carter. They were called Aidwick. Now they're called Innocence Canada.”
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