The Holiday Special: Bloody Christmas, A True Crime Radio Drama

Welcome, dear listeners, to another tale of murder, scandal and crime from Mississauga’s darker side.

In today’s case, the destinies of two strangers, born oceans apart, collide in a chance meeting.  They walk a shared, crooked path that reaches its violent climax on Christmas night.

In the bleak mid-winter, on a midnight clear, a shotgun blast breaks through the silence of the night.

From the case files of Heritage Mississauga, this is A Very Merry Mississauga Confidential.

Mississauga Confidential is a Heritage Bytes podcast produced by Heritage Mississauga.

“The Bloody Christmas Radioplay” performed by: Greg Carraro, Scott Foster, Bryan Ho, Justine Lyn, Nicole Mair, Ryan Parks, Becky Rusk, Matthew Wilkinson and Joe Zammit.

Written by Bryan Ho and Nicole Mair.

Research by Bryan Ho, Nicole Mair, Matthew Wilkinson and John Eigl.

An adaptation of this story by Jenny Walker first appeared in the Heritage News.

Video Production Team: Bryan Ho, Nicole Mair and Ryan Parks.

 

Mississauga Confidential is a Heritage Mississauga production.  Heritage Mississauga is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to researching, recording and celebrating the history of the city of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Your support helps create programming just like this.

 

For more information about Heritage Mississauga, and to become a member, please visit heritagemississauga.com and follow us on youtube, instagram and twitter.

 

And as always, thank you for listening.

 

Mississauga Confidential will return for season two in March 2022.

 

Music Credits:

“Bass Walker” Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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“Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy” by Myuu (www.thedarkpiano.com)

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“Silent Night (Dark Piano Version)” by Myuu (www.thedarkpiano.com)

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Sound Effects:

The following sound effects are licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

 

Canadian Horse Carriage (https://freesound.org/people/vero.marengere/sounds/450325/)

Creaking Floorboard (https://freesound.org/people/Benboncan/sounds/101381/)

Footsteps on Wood (https://freesound.org/people/Fewes/sounds/234263/)

Gun-shot Gun (https://freesound.org/people/Shades/sounds/37237/)

Horse-Drawn Carriage Approach and Stop (https://freesound.org/people/Sirderf/sounds/333680/)

Horse Whinny (https://freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/419231/)

Lantern Clatter (https://freesound.org/people/Fjordly/sounds/532876/)

Large Knife Drop (https://freesound.org/people/Project_Trident/sounds/140321/)

Shotgun Pumping (https://freesound.org/people/shaana/sounds/222131/)

Winter Winds (https://freesound.org/people/UrsaDaBear/sounds/400992/)

Winter Wind Gusts (https://freesound.org/people/TRP/sounds/577339/)

 

Additional sound effects are in the public domain and can be found at freesound.org.

 

Clips from “Suspense” (1940-1962) radio drama are in the public domain and can be found at archive.org.