The Slasher Killings: A Canadian Sex-Crime Panic, 1945-1946 Audible Audiobook – Unabridged

Patrick Brode (Author), Joel Allen (Narrator), University Press Audiobooks (Publisher)

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As the city of Windsor, Ontario, celebrated the end of World War II and the return of its troops with parades and public revelry, the industrial city in the south of Canada was shaken by a series of brutal stabbings. The failure of the police to catch the murderer, a "blood lusting maniac" as the local newspaper described him, the turbulence of the times, and the seemingly random nature of the killings plunged the city into a panic. In The Slasher Killings, Patrick Brode tells the dramatic story of the Windsor slasher, the social frenzy that his attacks created, and the surprising results that this hysteria generated.

By July and August of 1945, Windsor residents knew there was a serial killer living among them and that, despite numerous police roundups, no credible suspect had been found. The following summer the panic escalated when the stabbings began again and, this time, focused on "sex deviants" whom the public and police had decided were at the heart of the problem. Brode examines the vicious press campaign that arose out of the paranoia that vilified drifters, the unemployed, racial minorities, and, finally, sexual outsiders, only further fanning the flames of the growing panic. Brode reveals how the authorities used this hysteria to support their efforts to monitor and control the actions of gay men, a campaign that would be part of the process that led to Canada's 1948 "criminal sexual psychopath" law but would ultimately bring them no closer to the identity of the killer.

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7 hours and 15 minutes
Author

Patrick Brode
Narrator

Joel Allen
Audible release date

Dec 16 2016
Language

English
Publisher

University Press Audiobooks
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B071HK9DDN
Version

Unabridged
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Audiobook
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Listening Length	7 hours and 15 minutes
Author	Patrick Brode
Narrator	Joel Allen
Audible.ca Release Date	December 16 2016
Publisher	University Press Audiobooks
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B071HK9DDN
Best Sellers Rank	#144,958 in Audible Books & Originals (See Top 100 in Audible Books & Originals) #1,705 in True Crime (Audible Books & Originals) #1,830 in Serial Killer Accounts #2,578 in LGBTQ2S+

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John

Essential Title for the Fan of Windsor History

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on December 6, 2010

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Well written, well researched, blow by blow account of the "Slasher" scare the riveted the west end of Windsor in the mid '40s. The author even managed to dig up and publish some crime scene photos from the investigation. I think he overdid it though with the "homophobia" element of the story. Some older Windsorites I've talked to recall the Slasher, but weren't even aware of the homosexual element, yet the book reads like Windsor was on a witch-hunt for gays. The truth is in the middle somewhere, I'm sure. Pick it up! It'll be a long time before we come across another local true crime book of this caliber.

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Can't put this book down.

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on September 1, 2019

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I love this book.... living in Windsor brings local history alive.

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Lorraine St.Jean

The book is very good and well written

Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on February 16, 2015

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The book is very good and well written. I live in Windsor Ont. where this
happened, I was 7 or 8 yrs. old when this happened, I remember the talk
it was scary. excellently written.

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Canuck

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Reviewed in Canada 🇨🇦 on May 16, 2015

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Great true crime book to read, if you are from Windsor. So much real detail in here.

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Jason

Good Read for True Crime Aficionados

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 22, 2013

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Patrick Brode points out how the Canadian Slasher case reflected the historical trends of the times more so than how the case informed them. He does summarize those trends and incorporates them into the narrative well. His subject is interesting, well-researched, and he's a solid writer. Not much along the line of trying to understand the killers mind set, but a good read for "true crime" aficionados.

Sybil Davis

Great read!!!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on April 17, 2017

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I absolutely loved it! I am from the Windsor area and it was so interesting to learn about the history of my hometown.

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