Christmas Murder: A Renowned Archaeologist’s Tragic Death | 72 Hours | Real Crime
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- Опубликовано: 11 дек 2023
- "72 Hours: True Crime" quadruple episode.
Explore the chilling true crime story that shook McMaster University during a Christmas celebration. Join Detective Sergeant John Reed as he unravels the mystery surrounding the brutal murder of renowned archaeologist Dora Ferguson. The crime scene paints a grim picture, with handcuffs, tape, and a bizarre disguise, leading to a race against time for justice. Discover the twists and turns in the investigation, from the discovery of chloroform traces to the arrest of the unexpected culprit, Michael Crowley.
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What aspect of the Christmas homicide at McMaster University struck an emotional chord with you?
@RealCrime, tell us what aspect it struck with you?
All of it
Yes. Hallo from Sweden. Good program 👍
Hi from Hamilton. Police approached us at HUGS (Hamilton United Gay Societies) at the time. One of our services was Gayline phone counselling for people in the closet. They wanted our membership list so they could investigate local transvestites/ drag queens. We refused. Everyone was in the closet back then, and we didn't have a good relationship with police due to the Vice Squad.so we felt we had to protect our people and not "out" them to police. I'm glad the drag queens at Billies Place (Windsor Hotel) bar did cooperate -- but that was their own choice. Very sorry the professor Edith Wightman was attacked and died, a real tragedy.
Based on the title, I was expecting another victim of the Mummy's Curse.
For those of us who have hearing problems, the background music was horrible and inhibited hearing the narrator. There is no need for constant loud music and it should not be used in broadcasting. It just muddles up the story. This is probably the first and last Real Crime episode that I watch unless the background music is taken off.
I know the background music is too loud, but they had to do that to avoid DMCA copyright claims
Even for people without hearing problems, the background music is way too loud.
@ultimatewitcherfan6677:
If the only way to avoid DMCA claims is to add too loud and distracting "background" music, they should stop infringing the copy of the video creators. 🤷🏼♀️
Is it music? It sounds more like LOUD NOISES to make you feel uneasy. But either way it is gross.
This was a good documentary, but the dramatic music was an overplay in my opinion.
I was surprised: 17th minute and case solved
Music was not serious enough for death subject; it may be dramatic but really not serious enough
Apparently someone thinks it's a great idea to play a video, then play annoying music at the same time so the listener cannot focus on the story line !!!
It's immature as hell, but I laughed out loud when they said, "he's dubbed, "The Fat Bandit". Y'all seriously couldn't come up with anything else!? I laughed every time they said it. Shame on me, truly.
PLEASE CUT THE MUSIC DOWN, so we can hear the video! THANK YOU
Accepted into the Royal Society, wow, that is a huge credential! What a loss.
I remember when this happened. My husband graduated from McMaster that year. It was horrifying.
The background music is a bit quite loud and disturbing 😢
Terrible
I found the music not appropriate for seriousness of death
Give me a choice between living downtown or the suburbs I'd choose neither and stay on my little farm in the middle of nowhere everytime
Lol right? Suburbs where everyone is nosy. At least in the city noone cares
@@madeinussr7551 too many idiots behind the wheel in the city for me to deal with so I don't go unless I have to add if I'm in the city I'm making big money and it's still usually not worth the stress
I'd love to live on a farm. I still think I'd want to close my drapes & lock my doors at night. You're further from help if you need it, too so keep it locked & loaded and dogs are the best first alerts. 💓🐕💓
Also, if you can't own a dog wherever you live, you can buy "FIRST ALERT VISCIOUS DOG BARKING ALARMS" and after you've set up the virtual perimeter, the barking dog sound intensifies so as to give the impression that it's a real dog who's growing increasingly agitated by the threat. I think it's a great idea. Stay safe everyone.
@@isabellind1292 good idea. Doesn't hurt to be safe no matter what and where. Stay safe and Merry Christmas
@@madeinussr7551 Thank you!☺👍👍🎄☃MERRY CHRISTMAS☃🎄From Vancouver, BC.🍁🗻
My god, this music is very over powering
Tell the channel owner.
Someone always complains. Always.
@@bonniewallace9404 , the music sets the scene; otherwise it would be a boring video, kinda like the old silent movies.
@@bonniewallace9404That's not a complaint
@@bonniewallace94048=====D
This music is way too loud. 🙄
How sad that a supported son betrayed a loving family. How shortsighted not to see that his family was worth more than he could ever imagine.
You couldn't comment without giving out the mystery involved, geeez!!
@@paulinefriend9455 Is this your first rodeo that you couldn't figure out by now that if you don't want to know anything about any of the particulars of the video presented that the comment board is meant for and one in which every single person has every right to comment about w/o someone coming along like you've been victimized than you watch the video first, geeez!! This isn't complicated!
@@isabellind1292 You must love to display how sick you are!
I always wonder what kind of families people like this comment have.
Certainly no abuse.
Probably has some of that unconditional stuff. Lighter rather than world ending judgment.... for everything.
Wonder what that life is like, where family is a good thing to be around rather then the thing that actually physically drives the only depression in your life.
Much less abuse.
Must be a nice thing.
My Step Dad , a noted McMaster Anthropologist had an office across the hall...
I remember this well , how terribly sad ..what a waste of a wonderful life
The background music just too much for my ears. Too loud crappy really
Also unnecessary
You might want to tone down the constant music while the people are talking because it is so loud I couldn't understand them. Please do better.
This nerve racking music...what the .....😢
I like how these programs get to the point and tell the story, without false diversions and unnecessary details. Well 👍🏻 done.
AND loud nauseating background music which is not necessary!
@@moonstar7775 You ARE correct. Sometimes the uploaders do it because they are trying to distort enough sound or audio-video sync in order to evade DMCA copyright strikes. You will see a lot of episodes of 'Snapped' uploaded like that.
And empathy ,devoid, distracting , unnecessary background music!!!
We can synchronise the video and audio for over 120 years, yet this stupid music is still being used!!
How rude of the producers!!
I agree. A lot of other true crime shows bore you to death with details and unnecessary diversions. And they also overpower the dialogue with the background music which this show does not. Very well done indeed!
So sad, a beautiful educated lady dies because of his demonic behaviour. It’s a very sad & very unfair world 🌍 bless her.
Burlakow describing his bank robberies as negotiations with investors is hilarious.
I saw the trial of those 2 boys who killed one's family. Unbelievable, the friend was the most narcissistic, sociopath since Diane Downs. At the end of his trial When the defendant was allowed to address the court he rambled on for hours. Didn't do him any good though, he's rotting in prison, where he belongs. He didn't fall far from the tree, because his family stood up for him, when they should have disowned him. They refused to face the fact that their son and brother was a monster.
Only 25 years in prison ! really? For 1st degree murder??
That apply only to a white criminal if he had been black he had got death sentence or at least life in prison.
Honestly, the music is unbearable.
Please please please STOP the useless and irritating background music( noise?) Or lower the volume. PLEASE😢
Micheal Ellis the last case Should have received a LIFE SENTENCE. He was a Menace to Society.😢
Ive always felt there should be much better security for professors and students in colleges n universities.
I went to a private college and a huge university and it felt as if anyone could walk around and cause harm to either.
In America, students and professors are secured by carrying our own security and protection. I bought my first gun while in college
@@BamaSquirrel really? yeah right.
I remember that the U of M required student/employee access cards to most buildings.
@@timothyrday1390 You can't "out-tech" evil. The girls that Bundy got at the U. of Florida had propped open the door to let themselves in late.
@@davidb2206 That is true to a certain extent, but with the proliferation of so much evil these days, it would seem prudent to revert back to a medieval castle mentality regarding our homes, businesses, and institutions.
I'm at 21 minutes and they have just made the comment that he didn't mean to kill her. Excuse me??? So he just meant to tie her up and have his sick way with her. As many times as he wanted probably? But.....what was his plan seeing as she could describe his appearance? Seriously....so sick of today's society trying to make you feel sorry for the bad guys!!!! So his actions would have been better then killing her??? Come on justice....do your job! 😮😮😮😮😮
Where have you been? During the BLM and Antifa riots many people in news were downplaying it and justifying it.
He taped her eyes and mouth not knowing that she couldn't breath through her nose. It was mentioned early in the video that she had a medical condition.
If he taped her early on perhaps his goal was to rape her and get away leaving her to be found alive .
@@packrat76do you know what antifa stands for?
It was just a comment, an opinion based on the detective's observations. Calm down.
If you have to put music in.. tone it down
Years back, I remember our Bio-Anthropology Professor talking to us about Dora's murder. Very shocking, indeed.
Such wrong choice of music it’s unbearable !
He should sentence life without parole for killing innocent women. He’s a monster.
Canadian law will have him out as soon as possible
Sadly yes
How does that help society or get justice other than costing taxpayers a huge bundle for years to come? No, the obvious answer is the one your ancestors knew: d.p.
Woman
All the hard work she did, to follow her dream, and her life just gets cut down too soon, in a second.
Yes the music is very overwhelming ,,
I wanted to listen I really did but the music was too loud and intrusive.
The background music is terrible.
You would think they would learn, I left the site with it's Loud music and marked it do not show
No reason for this music
First time watching this series.Will subscribe,episodes precise and well put together,
not repetative like some crime docos.
What's the deal with the "background" music? Renders the video unwatchable! 😩
What is hidden in life is revealed in death no matter how people try to cover up
Could not listen to it. No point on being angry, frustrated or disappointed. Just moved on.
Merry Christmas everyone!
🎄☃MERRY CHRISTMAS☃🎄 ☺👍👍
A Story and a disco,the music is too much,byeeeeee
Loved the format. I enjoyed the video, as always.
Over the top music as usual
According to Feng Shui your office desk should always face the entrance door, so you can see who is coming in. Then you would have mre time t react to a stranger coming in and even time to rush past him and get out,
I'd call that common sense 😊
@@dangerwolveshowl6690well most people lack it💀
I’m into complete security, a person who guards myself & my property & vehicle 🚗 with as much as I can do! You can’t trust anyone unfortunately & this is terribly sad.
People at my workplace used that as an excuse so the boss couldn't see their computer monitors when they were surfing the net rather than working.
I once worked in a radio station as a news editor. We could not access anything on our computers that wasn't do to with news......we were blocked from all social media. @@johng4093
Please cut out the music!
Very interesting episode. Love this show!
lol the music is fine to me. In the background like every other 90s or 2000s tv show.
Sebastián and that murderous son did everything possible to bring suspicion on themselves.
What a snob.. those 2 boys. To kill his own family for money.. glad they were caught
Why are they using the wrong name? The murdered British archaeologist was Edith Wightman….not “Dora Ferguson”
To protect their identity.
@annievenzon5459 😮 Snitch !!
@@annievenzon5459it's all on Google. For whoever wants to know. Can't hide anything these days
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wightman
Nice job. You let the cat out of the bag!
didnt work....@@annievenzon5459
The music ruins this, too loud and distracting. 😒
Music too loud
The real crime here is the background music and sound effects.
why always this music? get a headache from it...
O turn the music down
What’s up with loud music??
They deserve the worst punishment you can imagine...
What a waste of a wonderful life. Monsters are everywhere 😡
HAD THE COPS LISTENED TO SUSAN, IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE ALMOST LOST THIS KILLER TO DEPORTATION!
That's correct but you know that the cops in the US and it sounds like most places in Canada are mostly over reactive and/or negligent in the duties they took an oath to do. I don't trust any law enforcement agent or any other detectives, or lawyers. I also think that if the police wanted to, they would perform a murder or other serious crime that they won't get in trouble for by their department hiding or making stupid excuses for.
Great show
Awful, awful, awful, horrid, empathy devoid background racket!!!
I'm so sorry for the victim and her family!!! ❤
I have no issues with the music. Seems ok with headphones
I just want to say as I start watching this that I know that cities have more crime, like most big cities but that doesn’t automatically mean that everybody would want to live in the suburbs. We just want our representatives to do a better job but there’s a lot of things to like in being around everyone and everything …
These stories were very interesting and although they really happened its almost impossible to believe. Especially the guy with the head, I couldn't look. They were all awful and sad also.
Music way too loud.
Stopped watching after 4 min because of the very loud music in his video
Fancy agreeing to have someone leave a head in your garage?!!~~in a bucket!………😝😂😂
Just started this but if she was meant to go shopping at 11, why would she ask for the heat to be turned up at 10.30?
Lol, he's Burlakóv, which is a Slavic, probably Russian surname. And Lazarenko is also Slavic, seems Ukrainian to me.
A BURLAK is a profession, it's a barge hauler who pulls a barge upstream, like a beast of burden, towing it, pulling it while walking beside a barge on the river bank. There is a famous painting "Burlaks on Volga" by Ilia Repin, which shows the job in all its glory.
I like the music, its not too loud.... why so many complaints I wonder
It’s absolutely AWFUL that’s why !
Because it is horrible and constant.
As you get older your ability to screen out background noises diminishes.
Turn off the dam background noise😮!!!
Stopped viewing after a few minutes because of the idiotic background music volume.
Too bad the ridiculously loud background sound effects drove me away from watching it.
I don't know why the background music is so loud. It should be just feebly audible. Maybe the video maker is not intelligent enough😢
I would rather no music at all.
There may be a reason for all that background music, but it sucks
Oh my god....The background music is killing my ears.....😨😨😨
That poor victim. I cant begin to imagine those few seconds of terror she must of experienced when thinking her bf was behind her and then turning around and coming face to face with that piece of crap dressed in drag. Absolutely she def musta been horrified beyond belief. Not even being safe in your work office at lunch time anymore. Such a sad story that makes u realize in a blink of an eye, a complete lunatic, and for no reason at all (even tho there would be no reason to justify anything remotely like that), can just end someones life and destroy all her loved ones lives. Smh.. my deepest condolences to the victim's family and i hope that coward suffers unimaginably every day n hour non stop until he takes his last breath.
I’m pretty sure that the guy from Hungary, Mikhal Illis, first name should be pronounced Mick-Hale (not Mike all). It would add more believability to the transcript if the names were pronounced correctly.
His surname could be Hunt 😆
So just because they don't pronounce a name right then it ruins the story for you? Ok...
@@stevieg6418 Ok stevog6418..
The narrators just have good voices. They aren’t well-read people, necessarily. They mispronounce things all the time.
background music is too loud, not worth watching!!!
Before it became popular of course there would be a close, safe, community. Interesting remark about the straight men. Can the person who advised this preach on today's situations?
Can’t listen because of the loud music. Do better please.
Sorry, music is too loud - so the voice The music is too loud, so the voice
cannot be heard well.
Anyway thanks for uploading!
Dreadful musak….
Way too much noise in the background. I’m outta here.
The fast movements of camera work are ridiculous and the loud music ..... by bye!!!
They made a stupid decision letting that girl marry him in prison, and thinking she is going to have him talk, instead they have sex and she kisses him like a wife.
These sentences are ridiculously low
RIP Dora. Wrong place wrong time. 😢
I'd urge everyone to honour the spirit of Christmas.
Hell yeah! Stay home, watch true crime, and lock the doors in fear of your fellow man!
It’s a pagan demonic holiday, just as the rest. I’ll pass.
Unwatchable due to the totally insane ‘background music’
Do you know how to turn on the closed cap captioning?
1983- Hamilton Ontario - A prominent archaeologist, Dora Ferguson met with tragedy.
If your name is Klaus, it’s not a good idea to try Celtic music management. Stick to Oompa bands. 😂
Music is terrible
In America that kid and his friend Sebastian who killed his parents would never have been convicted on that undercover sting. That’s called entrapment, they may have been wanting to look cool in front of the criminals etc etc.
Some types of stings are legal in U.S.
Yeah little punks get away with a lot in Canada.
that is way there are so many sick psychopaths and sociopaths living freely there.
I think you’d better look up
The definition of entrapment.
It wasn't the only evidence against them though. They weren't convicted on that alone.
25 years for first degree murder?!!! WTF?!!
Makes me wonder who the tattooed carneys everywhere now really are?
Had to turn this off because of the music
didnt watch it background music louder than whats being told bad edit
10:46 - Nowadays this is more than normal, it's preferred. Nobody would dare to even look at this person in a slightly questioning manner.