I'm gutted as I love Mike's story telling knack and his accent and the whole channel. My partner can't stand him (I've fought for you Mike!) so I'm not allowed to watch That Chapter when Mr Misery Pants stays with me! He's currently crashed out in bed I'm getting my Mike and That Chapter fix on my phone in my living room 🙈
Have no idea how anyone can accurately predict how violent he might be in the future if he denies any clear memory of the crime… just seems he is higher risk because of that. How dare a psychiatrist be sure he will be harmless in the future??
@@AwfulDog1 Psychiatry can predict risks of violent outbursts due to anger issues. Doesn't mean the person can't be controllably and meticulously violent.
It made me especially sad for these men. So many of them were known to have close relationships with pets. Imagine the birdies, kitties, and dogs, not knowing what happened to their person. So incredibly sad, looking at those pictures with the animals. I hope their families can find peace.
This is such a sweet comment. I hope also that all the family pets are given special attention by their families afterward and mourn their person surrounded by love 💜
This is something that always crosses my mind during these kind of documentaries. How do you explain the disappearance of a loved one to small children or pets? I always worry about my cats, should anything happen to me, but I know and was promised that my family would take care of them in the same loving way that I do. I hope the pets were taken care of by the families of the victims.
@@thefinalgrind Huh? What a load of rubbish. Firstly, one can have compassion for both, the human and the animal, secondly they are both victims. Finally, having emotions over one doesn't exclude having emotion for or over the other. Is that too high for you???
I’ve heard this case before, but as usual Mike has created an excellent version. Mentioning the victims pets is a small but effective way to bring out the humanity of the victims, something that can get easily overlooked when the focus is on the perpetrator. Mike is a master storyteller.
Plus really reliable evidence the person has not gone missing willingly? Not rocket science, but may as well be to Toronto police!! Touch of racism? Nar course not😳
Seemed as if all his victims were animal lovers too. Not that the animals are the saddest part. I just haven’t heard so many animals affected by one case before. This is just sad on so many levels.😔
It really gets to me when animals are involved. I always think people who have animals are nicer, more caring people and of course the animal loses their person, who are their whole world.
@@donnashields1194 many people have animals and are cruel to them, hence we have animal welfare charities and animal shelters. I know someone who had a dog and he gave my elderly mother a black eye
@@beaulieuonnp593 Not only that, bestiality is alive and well. People should check those videos out - nauseating. I would never assume that people who have animals are "nicer, more caring people," lol.
@@beaulieuonnp593 What that got to do with the price of fish? No evidence any of these animals were ill treated in fact quite the reverse! Sadly none of them were white!! Think that’s the main thing you should take away from this! People all over the world ♥️ & care for animals! Not just American citizens????
That brief aside about the cannibal felt like watching an inflamed semi-truck zoom past you on the freeway while you're trying to change a tire. "Well that seems important, but one thing at a time, right?"
I used to live in the same building as him! After I found out I did a bunch of research and found out that TWO of his victims went missing while we lived there! It still gives me chills that we probably walked past him multiple times. For some reason my family doesn’t really care but apparently a lot of messed up stuff happened while we were there.
You’re one of the few UA-camrs who go on vacation and still take care of your fans. That says a lot about your dedication and it doesn’t go unnoticed. Thanks Mike. We all love you!
Absolute monster I think part of targeting them was because he knew they being in the closet would never tell anyone where they were going or who they were meeting. R.I.P to his many victims Thabkfly he was caught and is rotting in hell daily before he goes to hrll
Seriously. Life truly can be stranger than fiction. I wouldn't be surprised if a movie did a scene inspired by the real life bust and arrest of this guy.
I'm certain that he was a beautiful earthling. The really sad thing is that it took the death of a big character like that to set the wheels in motion to arrest that evil thing.
That started Bruce's downfall, thankfully. It is sad to say, but investigating about profiles which are nearly completely removed from the society, like drug users or emigrants with irregular situation, isn't a walk in the park. Even closeted men make sure to make no wave. Andrew, on the other hand, was a well integrated socialite who fully accepted himself as he was. Everybody noticed near instantly when something wrong happened and then were able to efficiently help. That's why I always roll eyes when uneducated idiots throw -phobe or -ist around. You know, People keep their secret very close by their heart, guessing what's on to follow a good lead is often the hardest part of a copper's job.
A lot of people don't even realize what Mike does with these videos? Well he has probably saved so many lives by showcasing so many red flags in relationship and around us. Well Thanks so much Mike.
@@gaybrahamlinkoln5714 if you ARE WISE HOWEVER, YOU SURE CAN AVOID BEING IN A LOT OF BAD SITUATIONS BY BEING AWARE OF SOME OF THE RED FLAGS THAT SPELL OUT "DANGER !!" MURDERS STILL HAPPEN, YES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOU.
Honestly, I think this would make for really good inspiration for a thriller/horror movie, starring a killer with two visages, from his perspective. Looking at him anybody would swear he's straight and devoted to his wife, the kids would also love sitting on his lap and ask for xmas gifts while he poses as Santa... But the other half of the flick, having a more dark photography and dizzy pace, would show him as a ruthless predator, preying on refugees, drug users and married men on the closet, all creepily dependent of him, both materially and affectively... I watched Apocalypse Now, recently, and this duality reminds me of this quote about the two parts cohabiting within the same man, with the one who kills and the one who loves...
It’s really hard to believe that the disappearances of that many men who were connected by geography, background, and sexuality *weren’t* linked earlier on.
@@amplelola23 FACTS. It's very sad that certain systemic discrimination in the police force and IMO the main stream media enables people like this man continue for so long. It's evident also with how many indigenous women disappeared and were murdered by a still unknown serial murderer in Canada.
@@chiefredwater1965 For the positive reputation Canada enjoys, they seem to have more than a little problem with corrupt and/or incompetent law enforcement.
i know right! cops are always so reluctant to announce there’s a possible serial killer, but in a case like this, how could they NOT suspect one? he had a very consistent preference of victim.
I’ve been watching for almost two years. I love true crime as much as the next person but your channel is the only one who I can listen to while sleeping, driving , showering, having a panic attack (seriously your voice is calming in such a friendly way!) anyway my guy today I am having anxiety and I am flipping through old videos just for comfort. I’m sure you already know what a difference you make but I love reminded people : you’ve made such a huge difference in so many lives. Thank you.
Chose most of his victims cleverly, immigrants, largely not out, brown, some homeless. And aside from that his age makes this really interesting, what the trigger was all of a sudden.
I still vividly remember when this was happening. I was 18 at the time and my friends and I frequented the Church and Wellesley area often; the downtown Toronto in general almost every weekend. I remember my mom kissing me goodbye and telling the boys and I to be careful. It was scary times, man. So glad they found this guy. Justice may have been served, but their lives cannot be replaced.
Mike always is very respectful of the victims, part of what I love about hearing him tell the sad events, you really feel like you knew them. Sorry for your loss so sad 😞
@Margaret Lumley Did you catch the phrase toward the end of the video, "He might put a head in your hedge"? He said it very quickly and I almost had to rewind to make sure of what I heard. He's hilaaaarious. My favorite in this video was, "And in each of those pots in the garden, the cadaver dogs gave a big ol' 'Woof-woof!'" Just brilliant!
@@margaretlumley1648 He just makes me happy. It's weird! I just cannot wait to hear about the next case of who got screwed over, maimed, or offed entirely by their spouse or their kid or the guy they met in the bar. Ha! 😂
I've watched ALOT of true crime before, but this was mental, the police actually busting his door in when he was just about to do the dirty deed, like something out of a movie.
I literally spit out my soda when he said, "There might not have even been much of a need for Project Houston or Project Prism if they'd just done Project Do Your Job!" 🤣🤣🤣
i remember seeing this story on the news back in 2018, it was really horrifying to imagine what the victims went through. it’s really scary to think what some people are capable of.
"There might not have even been much of a need for Project Houston or Project Prism if they had just done Project Do Your Job." Completely. Such a waste of time and innocent lives because they couldn't follow through on a single case/tip. Sigh. Great video as always!
@@speedingatheist uh no. Defund the police involves shoddy police work like this. The problem isn’t enough funding, it’s poor training, poor management, poor culture, poor ethic. The cops making $100k a year driving $60k cop cars are the dickheads who claim there “aren’t enough sources”.
Anyone else so happy our Irish lad just blew up like this?! I was here before 100,000 subs- when he was still just reading Reddit stories. Now look at him! So awesome 😎
He seems to have deliberately targeted middle eastern men who were immigrants... but furthermore, who had family and/or cultural links that would make people not question their sexuality or links to Bruce.
@@sagittaria9566 no dear. I am actually correct about neither country not being part the Middle East. A quick google search will help you. Bless your heart
If the police were watching him so closely, how’d he get this guy in his house and almost to the point of death?? This whole case is full of amazing police work… 🙄
@@shauncasey8295 lmao snowflake police can't handle criticism? Any other profession still does their job despite braindead conservatives constantly bombarding them with verbal abuse.
To be fair, it's way easier to solve the case when you already have all the info and answers. Much easier looking back saying "they should have done this and that". Could things have been done differently? Definitely. It's not as easy as the armchair UA-cam cops think
@@cvijet22 did you take personal offense to the question? 🙄 They were already watching him. So it’s not “what if” or “after the fact” They were literally watching him before and during the time the victim was in his house. Obviously they weren’t doing a very good job. I know common sense isn’t so common, but one could easily come to that conclusion considering the details.
The best thing about these uploads is when you’re pfening for more is…..coming back to re-watch them three months later❣️ thanks Mike, you just have a way of scratching that itch!
It was a crazy time. I lived in the village at the time in 2016-17 and I remember when he was arrested. The community long suspected there was a serial killer but the police really didn’t care. After he was arrested, I walked into the local convenience store and the cashier was in near tears with a few other men, talking about how “it’s finally over”. Rough time at Church and Wellesley.
Being an Ontario citizen this is not one of our more shining moments in history. It was a sad time finding out what this monster had done to these innocent men.
@@Meatball2022 Take a look at us here in Seattle Washington and California and Oregon, we have some of the most prolific serial killers, shoot we had Anne Rule. Who wrote about many of them.
Beats a man with a metal pipe but doesn't remember it. Psychiatrists: No risk to society. This is further proof that intelligence, wisdom and common sense are all different things.
Canada's northern wisdom right there. Seriously the amount of violent public health hazards that are reseased here is terrifying. No public sex offender registry either.
4:33 One of my friends survived this monster, (Mark Henderson) he had attacked him, Bludgeoned and left him for dead, but luckily he is a survivor. He actually let him into the apartment building and not his apartment when he was hit from behind while opening his apartment door. From my knowledge they had no other connection, he was a stranger to Mark. To this day he is still dealing with trauma from this horrific event but he is such a vibrant and kind human being who never let this event change him for the worse. He is an inspiration
So glad your friend survived & I hope he can overcome the trauma. It takes a very special person to not let something like that adversely affect their kindness & intrinsic nature.
If this is true, I wouldn’t post your friend’s name on UA-cam for millions of people to see. Especially, if he’s still dealing with the trauma from it. Could have told the story without mentioning his name.
People aren't mature enough at 18 to leave home and be expected to be devoted to their well-being; they aren't really even mature enough until their mid-late 20's.. We rush people into college or the military at young immatuere ages because they are more pliant, more malleable, easily manipulated... still quite easy to being persuaded into believint that accumulation of material wealth is the only true evidence of success... We're doing socialization, the stuff we ARE aware of and can change systems and relationshiops to accommodate, all wrong. There are several solutions, easily implemented solutions to pressing urgent issues that ultimately affect us all, like just how skrewed up the whol system of "education" is esp in the U.S. of A. TL;DR: stop sending immature even if legally recognized _adults_ to college
@@egregiousqueef7781 Plenty of them are mature enough at 18 to take on adult responsibilities, if they weren't, most of them would fail but most do just fine. By the way, the USA doesn't really consider anyone an adult until they're 21 as that's the drinking age. You must be a woman
Thank you Mike for covering this! No one tells a story quite like you and I was looking forward to seeing something from you about this case in particular. Thank you again dude, you're one of the best!
I knew Scanda. He was dating my super in my hometown when I was younger. They had their dog buffy. Hed always visit our unit with the dog as we had one as well. He was an absolutely lovely person. This isnt my first time hearing about this however it's the first time verifying that it was him in the picture. Wow...
I think Bruce might be a psychopath. Highly intelligent, highly organized and controlled, highly manipulative. The embodiment of "no fucks given". My heart breaks for all those men he killed.
@@MsSonali1980 We had almost the same case in France..but the killer was in military circle..he was caught by luck,with a young guy shackled in his van...
It's astounding and infuriating to me how our present culture turns these super-creeps into a form of anti-hero. It's disgusting. It's like we're collectively saying, "Hey, guys and gals become a serial killer, a serial rapist, a serial killer pedophile rapist and we'll give you your own show!! How's that for a deal?"
That makes zero sense. Excuse for what?? They don't want to 'solve' their marital problems. They want to separate, but decide to ride it out, usually until the kids leave the house.
Gotta love that psychologist who felt according to her assessment he was a very minimal risk to reaffend. Wonder where exactly she got her degree from?
@Zaetheus you are not a psychologist with a gender studies degree. You gotta study psychology for that. Just like you don't become a doctor by studying business administration
@@Rebster well some chiropractors or naturopaths call themselves "doctors" so really it just comes down to how you market yourself, and what they'll let you get away with. some so called psychologists are really just counsellors who did a weekend course. from the video, the person who cleared bruce had a PhD though
He was minimal risk based on everything an outsider can assess about him. He comes across as a perfectly logical harmless man, well outside the clinical offender profile of anyone frankly capable of this kind of thing. He found the only loophole a pot-bellied ageing man of his type could possibly manage to overpower younger stronger men, and that’s by striking when they willingly allow themselves to be tied up. Minimal risk doesn’t mean no risk, and unfortunately sociopaths like this can convince the very best of us.
The level of ineptitude shown in that police dept was astounding, had Andrew not written Bruce's name on the calender then guaranteed there'd of been more victims
Statistically, fewer cases than you'd think actually get solved. Makes me think that the police aren't as competent as they'd like the public to believe.
@@qty1315 What do you mean by all of a sudden? Racism is, to quote one honest caucasian on a radio call -in show, is the way of life of most europeans and people of european descent. Also, it's written on Canada's government job site that it is who you know and not what you know that gets you a job. Need I say more?
As a Torontonian I remember this case. Also extremely close to the heart as Dean was a close friend of mine. I am always brought to watch every documentary there is on this case. Dean was a good guy. Had his struggles in life. But like the rest of the victims he didn't deserve this ending. Ty for your uploads my friend. Always a pleasure.
Apparently there were rumours of a serial killer in the villages for years. If the police didn’t have issues with racism and homophobia and had a better relationship with that community maybe they could’ve caught this pos sooner.
Sounds just like my neighborhood in the good Ole USA. Lots of meth houses, lots of people dying(even though they are mostly older folks dying still suspicious), lots of human trafficking going on. I report things to police and nothing happens. Meth heads run around the neighborhood all night long. A lot of them are the neighbors on meth. Yet the police see nothing and do nothing. I guess if you ignore criminals they aren't there is the police's philosophy. I see the police protect criminals not innocent, hardworking, taxpaying citizens. I help pay their wages by paying taxes yet they protect criminals who make their living illegally and pay no taxes! Go figure, democracy at work.
I am friends with people who actually knew theae victims.. at least a few of them.. and the rumors were not of serial killer they were of honor killings because the victims were all closeted muslims. I actually also knew Bruce 18 years ago.
I'm generally a pretty stoic person, but the bone dry humor you put into your videos literally makes me spit out my water. I've learned not to watch and drink. Top marks! Never change. 😂😂
Honestly Mike can cover the worst of cases (very respectively for the victims) but I am howling with laughter about what he can say about the bastards who commit the crimes. Honestly I just dunno how he can turn a very sad event into a story ya can't wait to listen to. 🤣🤣
Canada didn't even have an extradition agreement with the US until Canada provided safe harbor for Charles Ng. Imagine giving Ng a place to evade any justice...
@@MaeveLaRenarde you can rehabilitate a shoplifter. You can’t rehabilitate a pedophile/sexual predator. The only cure for a sexual predator is about $0.30 and made of lead. Barring that, no parole is the least a responsible country can do.
@@MaeveLaRenarde I think you will find that a killer like this is beyond rehabilitation. More than likely he will never get out but what a slap in the face to the victims families that parole is even a possibility.
this was such a huge case in my city. i was in law school when this happened so a lot of my class was watching this unfold by the day and crazy involved with the court process. watching your videos always reminds me how crazy Ontario is! PS: absolutely obsessed with everything you release! thanks for always being my goto youtuber
@@LeatherCladVegan they encouraged us to follow an active case during the school year and this happened to be the one. It was insane watching it unfold
@Jordi C Please STOP with that annoying "I am so obsessed" nonsense. You are NOT "obsessed" with this channel, lady. My neighbor has obsessive disorder and she flicks the light switch on and off hundreds of times a day, and she washes her hands up to 15 times/hour when things are going badly for her. So far, no-one has managed a successful treatment for her. *She* has *obsession.* Just stop already with that phrase. You're being disrespectful.
@@lisahinton9682 you understand there's a massive difference been an obsession and obsessive compulsion disorder? Maybe take the time to comment on someone else's post who is actually attempting to be offensive and rude rather then informative and reflective? Have a wonderful day!
The abandoned animals gives this case an even sadder tone. A puppy who lost their master, birds who died because their father never came home, a cat left alone without food or water... Heartbreaking. If I ever get animals, I'll be sure to notify a friend whenever I go out. Don't want my sweeties to be left without someone in the event I get murdered or something.
@@jamesduncan6729 they’re not mutually exclusive. Most people who aren’t sociopaths are capable of empathy for both people and animals. At the same time. Plus, the comment indicated that the abandoned animals added a sadder dimension to an already sad story. To suggest that you’re somehow unable to care about people because you also care about animals is just brain dead.
@@jamesduncan6729 oh, and in answer to your question “who cares about animals?” The murder victims whose pets they were. The cat was described as “his beloved cat.” The puppy was loved and constantly photographed by its murdered owner. The birds would not have been left uncared for if their owner had been able to help it. They cared about the creatures who were dependent on them.
I just found this channel. Been watching true crime for over 30 years. I can honestly say that this channel has quickly become one of my favorites. Thank you and keep em coming please!
“There might not have been a need for Project Houston or Project Prism if they had just done Project Do Your Job” You got it!!! And with that, Matt became an honourary Ontarian. ETA:.Mike! Not Matt 😱
Glad that one victim had written down the name of the killer on his calendar. Always tell someone who you’re going to meet and if you can’t because you’re closeted, at least send yourself a text message or email, especially if it’s a first date/someone from online.
The fact that he preyed on vulnerable men is even more revolting! And he seemed to be "compensating" for his many years in the closet(like some of his victims). What a twisted mind! Thank you, Mike! As always, great work! Love from Brasil ❤️
Well I say those are coward serial killers. They know. They pick those types because they know it'll be awhile before they are found out. It takes a office or detective that cares; that looks as them as what they are..... people that have been missing and more than likely killed.
@@keeshakhan7136 Exactly my point! Some of those serial killers target prostitutes, for the exact same reason: not many people fight for them...Very sad.
Yeah, it's part of the serial killer bingo with: - dominant to the point of figurative castration mother - abused/molested as a child - animal torturer - still wetting bed well into the childhood
Imagine living in a country where a person who assaults another with a pipe and almost kills them, gets out with a warning and then this episode is just erased from the books because oh Canada so progressive. What a s-hole Canada became... its sad.
@@sjwarialaw8155 omg you understand! My family and I move to Canada 20yrs ago when I was 11 and I remember thinking how I now live in one of the "best countries" in the world. Sad how shit of a country this place has become and steadily going downhill every year smh
@@princessmoore9026 Nothing if you compare to France nowadays, i swear.. When you ask young people where they would like to live, very often, the answer is Canada, my son the first ...Have a nice day!:)
Back to my home country again. This time not far from my house! Cool fact, a buddy of mine has a picture of himself on Bruce MacArthurs lap when he was Santa at a local mall.
As for “Project do your job” the police reported that they have investigated themselves and have found they are innocent of doing their job. Well done again, Mike. The music is absolutely amazing & I look forward to the beautiful haunting of it every episode. Don’t change a thing. Love ya!
The Toronto PD were racist and homophobic and piss poor at doing their job yet OFCOURSE when the police investigate the police it's all good. Unfuckingbelievable.And beyond sad.
Bruce: I need to turn myself in, I'm scared I hurt someone, but I don't remember Officer: You don't remember? Bruce: Yea I blacked out, this isn't like me, I would never do something like this Office: But...you took the pipe with you on the date? Bruce: ...yes
"...It's a very unusual age for a serial killer to begin his serial killing, you know the average age is around 28. So the mystery is, you know, how much of an average serial killer is he?" No, sir, the mystery or question to ask is, did he actually only just start as late as he supposedly did **or** did he start earlier and no one knows yet? O_o
if a woodchuck,,,, seriously tho, he seems to have started taking those pills from dr. quack, it was mentioned and then the killing began - in the early 80s I recall a lot of prozac stories in the news, now it gets surpressed. Maybe the overlords find it a good culling tool.
@@RawOlympia - Or maybe the Prozac just happened to coincide with the time "the killing began" (if that's even verifiable or true). As in, it was just a coincidence. - Or maybe the idea that his murders began only after he started taking Prozac is just a misconception and not entirely accurate. The dude was a traveling salesman; for all we know, he could've been killing well before he ever started taking that medication. - Or maybe instead of Prozac being used as some kind of "culling tool", maybe it's just the nature of complex SSRI medications and other similar depression meds that deal with chemical balancing in the brain and that those extreme side effects are just an unfortunate, but relatively rare case for certain individuals. And BTW, there are plenty of more reliably effective and efficient ways of culling the population, if the "overlords" (as you call them) wanted to go about doing so. Them doing it by means of one type of depression med that some people _might maybe_ be prescribed and actually take, sounds like some really hacky made for TV sci-fi dystopian screenplay. So needlessly convoluted and nonsensical, lmao. Seriously, that particular conspiratorial notion of culling a population is so laughably riddled with holes that listing them would probably take hours to go through. *Here's just one: * We live in a hyper-capitalistic world centered around consumerism, for the most part. The world is effectively run by a relative few number of mega-corporations (and the mega-wealthy individuals/families tied to them respectively) who aspire for endless growth of capital and are constantly vying for more consumers and a larger customer base. How would killing off massive swathes of a population of consumers be good or acceptable for business, when even the tiniest fraction of profit-loss or lack of quarterly growth is unthinkable for them? The whole culling thing makes zero sense and is so divorced from cold, harsh reality. *_Some conspiracy theories are actually worth considering; this ain't one of them...._*
@@donnydogpiss4533 Thank you for your reasoned and prosaic or should I say prozaic, response? Of course, in the big conspiracy game, it is all death by a thousand cuts. You don't just lose the population in a war, or with crack, or AIDs, or Cheetos (the child kidney thing with the dust cheese and chems...and yes, it would be a mighty bold one on the courtroom stage, though less has been used to accomplish more, say, the Twinkie defense. What I could say to you perhaps, and this is from my under the rock life as a corporate legal proofreader/editor on Wall St. before escaping, who has dabbled somewhat in gov't/military waters, I have found this: that the civilians as it were are darn tootin' evangelical when it comes to their trust in greedy comapanies and their slimy political counterparts. To put 20 yrs into a nutshell: there are no nannies up top, just a lot of Epstein types, ok? And they love to unleash chaos knowingly, for either profit or enjoyment. I spent Christmas in the mid 90s working in the hexachloraphene (sic) case, where the company (J&J?) knew the chem was killing preemies and crossing the blood/brain barrier but continued to sell it to hospitals for decades. They knew it was lethal in the 1950s. Of course life itself is dangerous, you can slip on banana peels get bumped off by whizzing cabs. But the prozac thing is quite real, terrible things happen to people on it, their own label says it can make people suicidal. Sidenote: In the east village in the 90s a guy who walked around in smoking jackets and gold lame pants told everyone that prozac was made by the gov't to essentially park people, and he had been put on it, but he found the master key to unlock it, in that Biblical sense, where man meant it for bad but God meant it for good, remember that story? Just take a few hits of LSD with it, and you will be fine. Many meows.
Whoa. I had never heard of this one. Mike I really appreciate how you insert humor but never at the victim’s expense. Only at the psycho or the system. Thank you for all you do.
PS, don’t read the comments until after the story is finished! Spoiler alert in comments! Love ya Mike! Back to Canada we go!! Oh I remember this story now!!!
Haven't seen Mike in a few months. He's perfecting his own signature, his own craft. Very comfortable in front of the camera. I can't help but chuckle when he's "in the zone".
Thanks for watching! No Friday video this week as I’ll be abroad, back to normal though next week!
Love you mikey boi!!!
miiikee enjoy weekend xD
Have a good time 😀🙌🏻🥰
Enjoy your trip!!!
Safe travels Mikey!
My girlfriend and I always watch these together and we always say “Don’t give it a goo without me”. Love That Chapter!!
Way to brag here in the comments, girl-friend haver!!!
I'm gutted as I love Mike's story telling knack and his accent and the whole channel. My partner can't stand him (I've fought for you Mike!) so I'm not allowed to watch That Chapter when Mr Misery Pants stays with me! He's currently crashed out in bed I'm getting my Mike and That Chapter fix on my phone in my living room 🙈
@@jvang2293 I know, eh. What a bragger.
@@rebeccamary6336 Dump him.
(Just kidding!)
I wish my husband was into true crime too.
"risk for violence is minimal", he just smacked the shit out of someone with an iron pipe!.
*cue extreme shaking of the head.*
Yes, what is wrong with a system that frees them after attempted murder, which is what it was. Life, he should never have been let out into society
Have no idea how anyone can accurately predict how violent he might be in the future if he denies any clear memory of the crime… just seems he is higher risk because of that. How dare a psychiatrist be sure he will be harmless in the future??
@@AwfulDog1 Psychiatry can predict risks of violent outbursts due to anger issues. Doesn't mean the person can't be controllably and meticulously violent.
Well, he was part of that "community", which may have played some role in the verdict. Risk of being cancelled etc.
Their cops sound pretty inept.
Imagine being the dude rescued and finding out there were 8 victims before you and how close you were to becoming #9!
I Thought The Exact Same Thing!!! 😱😱😱
Oh my..
I was thinking the same thing, like now's the time to call in that third wish.
I can't imagine.
or even the first dude that got hit with the pipe and then later learning he killed 8 men!
He must've felt like Debra Morgan in the hands of the IceTruckKiller 😅
It made me especially sad for these men. So many of them were known to have close relationships with pets. Imagine the birdies, kitties, and dogs, not knowing what happened to their person. So incredibly sad, looking at those pictures with the animals.
I hope their families can find peace.
This is such a sweet comment. I hope also that all the family pets are given special attention by their families afterward and mourn their person surrounded by love 💜
This is something that always crosses my mind during these kind of documentaries. How do you explain the disappearance of a loved one to small children or pets? I always worry about my cats, should anything happen to me, but I know and was promised that my family would take care of them in the same loving way that I do. I hope the pets were taken care of by the families of the victims.
I was bummed thinking the poor birds starved to death. Or rather dehydration.
It appears as if you may value animals higher than the lives of humans...... ya know, the dead ones.....
@@thefinalgrind Huh? What a load of rubbish. Firstly, one can have compassion for both, the human and the animal, secondly they are both victims. Finally, having emotions over one doesn't exclude having emotion for or over the other. Is that too high for you???
The fact that he was a traveling salesmen makes me think that a lot more deaths are connected to him than the ones we know about.
Exactly
God YES 😡😡😡🤬
Facts!!
yeah, i think you are right there. :( so many lives lost and so many ???? to the whole thing.
They can’t prove or rule out that, and no way that guy would admit and show the bodies
I’ve heard this case before, but as usual Mike has created an excellent version. Mentioning the victims pets is a small but effective way to bring out the humanity of the victims, something that can get easily overlooked when the focus is on the perpetrator. Mike is a master storyteller.
Yes...yes he is.
I felt so bad for the guy who loved his birds. Poor people and poor creatures both.
Brings out the humanity in the pets too poor things
Plus really reliable evidence the person has not gone missing willingly? Not rocket science, but may as well be to Toronto police!!
Touch of racism? Nar course not😳
Yeah. I appreciated that Mike mentioned the pets of these victims. It makes it all even more sad though. 😞
That guy has the audacity to call himself "silver fox" when he's walking around looking like an old wheelbarrow.
PLSSSS AN OLD WHEELBARROW
for real that did not go unnoticed by most I'm sure of it. A total nutbag.
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IM WHEEEZING 🤣🤣🤣
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I cannot imagine the horror the victims must've gone through.... may they rest in peace. Noone should ever have to leave life like that
Seemed as if all his victims were animal lovers too. Not that the animals are the saddest part. I just haven’t heard so many animals affected by one case before. This is just sad on so many levels.😔
It really gets to me when animals are involved. I always think people who have animals are nicer, more caring people and of course the animal loses their person, who are their whole world.
@@donnashields1194 many people have animals and are cruel to them, hence we have animal welfare charities and animal shelters. I know someone who had a dog and he gave my elderly mother a black eye
@@beaulieuonnp593 Not only that, bestiality is alive and well. People should check those videos out - nauseating. I would never assume that people who have animals are "nicer, more caring people," lol.
@@beaulieuonnp593 What that got to do with the price of fish? No evidence any of these animals were ill treated in fact quite the reverse! Sadly none of them were white!! Think that’s the main thing you should take away from this!
People all over the world ♥️ & care for animals! Not just American citizens????
This thread tells so much
That brief aside about the cannibal felt like watching an inflamed semi-truck zoom past you on the freeway while you're trying to change a tire. "Well that seems important, but one thing at a time, right?"
Perfect analogy!
Yeah, I was thinking that it could be its own video. Weird that those two insane cases intersected.
Hahahaha, a truer statement has never been made
@@abysmios A truck with explosive signs would be even better. 😐
This is great. 😂😂😂
“Blue balled by the boys in blue”. Made me chuckle. Nice one
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Bahahaha! 😂
Yep, Mike made me laugh 🔵🔵😄😄
I chuckled on, "he pulled out a pipe, not that pipe."
Shit I'm dead on that one.
I used to live in the same building as him! After I found out I did a bunch of research and found out that TWO of his victims went missing while we lived there! It still gives me chills that we probably walked past him multiple times. For some reason my family doesn’t really care but apparently a lot of messed up stuff happened while we were there.
You’re one of the few UA-camrs who go on vacation and still take care of your fans. That says a lot about your dedication and it doesn’t go unnoticed. Thanks Mike. We all love you!
Especially when you’re addicted fiends like us who expect our fix every Tuesday and Friday 😂
Yeah he doesn’t make money of these videos…. He does it just for you. What a guy
@@zacrusk5274 he doesn't?
@@zacrusk5274 he makes tons of money.
@@lepermessiah665 That was sarcasm…
“At one point, he pulled out a pipe-not what you’re thinking…”
OK, I’ve watched way too much true crime, because it was *exactly* what I was thinking!
😂😂😂 Me too
Me 3
So, we have all either watched too much true crime, or not enough porn/romance. LOL 🤣
@@kimberini6465 probably both!🤣
I'm sure others have watched way too much porn and were very surprised
What a monster. He targeted vulnerable people and those who were closeted. It was hard to look at him, knowing what he did. Hope he rots in prison.
Prison could be his fun time...
@@myunknownland9272 Doubtful. They'll tear him a new you know what, probably daily
Absolute monster I think part of targeting them was because he knew they being in the closet would never tell anyone where they were going or who they were meeting. R.I.P to his many victims Thabkfly he was caught and is rotting in hell daily before he goes to hrll
The way they described the scene when they finally caught him sounded like something straight out of a movie!
Seriously. Life truly can be stranger than fiction. I wouldn't be surprised if a movie did a scene inspired by the real life bust and arrest of this guy.
Andrew was a lovely man. Every year during the Cabbagetown Festival his yard sale raised money for all kinds of charities. He is missed.
So sad that a guy took his life just because...very sick and I feel so bad for their families.
I'm certain that he was a beautiful earthling. The really sad thing is that it took the death of a big character like that to set the wheels in motion to arrest that evil thing.
I’m so sorry honey. God Bless You
That started Bruce's downfall, thankfully. It is sad to say, but investigating about profiles which are nearly completely removed from the society, like drug users or emigrants with irregular situation, isn't a walk in the park. Even closeted men make sure to make no wave. Andrew, on the other hand, was a well integrated socialite who fully accepted himself as he was. Everybody noticed near instantly when something wrong happened and then were able to efficiently help.
That's why I always roll eyes when uneducated idiots throw -phobe or -ist around. You know, People keep their secret very close by their heart, guessing what's on to follow a good lead is often the hardest part of a copper's job.
Whenever I passed his missing-persons poster, I prayed for him.
Would totally listen to you if you had a podcast! Your UA-cam channel is my fave
I'm sure I'll get around to it one day!
Looking forward to it!
Agreed but I truly would miss his famous facial expressions and body language 😍🔥
It’s fine just how it is, thanks tho Darcie.
honestly I just listen to this anyway most of the time
"Lotta projects here. Very few results. Reminds me of college."
I WHEEZED
_What's with these homies dissin' my girl?_
_Why do they gotta front?_
Also “Project do your job” got me as well!
A lot of people don't even realize what Mike does with these videos?
Well he has probably saved so many lives by showcasing so many red flags in relationship and around us.
Well Thanks so much Mike.
Noticing red flags is disciminatory and thus immoral. All we can do is try our luck and hope for the best.
No he hasn't. True crime has been around a LONG time and people still get murdered. What a dumb thought.
@@tamarinds that's a dumb thought too.
@@gaybrahamlinkoln5714 if you ARE WISE HOWEVER, YOU SURE CAN AVOID BEING IN A LOT OF BAD SITUATIONS BY BEING AWARE OF SOME OF THE RED FLAGS THAT SPELL OUT "DANGER !!" MURDERS STILL HAPPEN, YES, BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE YOU.
Red flag: he carries salt and pepper when he cruises for men
*Just when you think someone could not get any more morally bankrupt, you find out that they also worked as a shopping mall Santa.* 😭
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That Santa picture of him was nightmare fuel.
Honestly, I think this would make for really good inspiration for a thriller/horror movie, starring a killer with two visages, from his perspective. Looking at him anybody would swear he's straight and devoted to his wife, the kids would also love sitting on his lap and ask for xmas gifts while he poses as Santa... But the other half of the flick, having a more dark photography and dizzy pace, would show him as a ruthless predator, preying on refugees, drug users and married men on the closet, all creepily dependent of him, both materially and affectively...
I watched Apocalypse Now, recently, and this duality reminds me of this quote about the two parts cohabiting within the same man, with the one who kills and the one who loves...
You mean Satan claws
Be honest, did you ever feel comfortable around those shopping mall Santas? I have three kids, I don't shopping mall Santa them.
"lot of projects here, very few results... reminds me of college"
Hitting a little close to home there, Mike lol
That gave me an unexpected laugh. So much truth in that analogy.
It’s really hard to believe that the disappearances of that many men who were connected by geography, background, and sexuality *weren’t* linked earlier on.
The reasons you listed are the same reasons why these men were dismissed nd their cases not taken seriously
I really like Canada but their Police investigating has been known many times to be "Keystone Coppish"..............
@@amplelola23 FACTS. It's very sad that certain systemic discrimination in the police force and IMO the main stream media enables people like this man continue for so long. It's evident also with how many indigenous women disappeared and were murdered by a still unknown serial murderer in Canada.
@@chiefredwater1965 For the positive reputation Canada enjoys, they seem to have more than a little problem with corrupt and/or incompetent law enforcement.
i know right! cops are always so reluctant to announce there’s a possible serial killer, but in a case like this, how could they NOT suspect one? he had a very consistent preference of victim.
I’ve been watching for almost two years. I love true crime as much as the next person but your channel is the only one who I can listen to while sleeping, driving , showering, having a panic attack (seriously your voice is calming in such a friendly way!) anyway my guy today I am having anxiety and I am flipping through old videos just for comfort. I’m sure you already know what a difference you make but I love reminded people : you’ve made such a huge difference in so many lives. Thank you.
Oh please
Dale, someone out here hears you! Good job finding a nonanxious activity that will help bring your feet back down to the ground. Rooting for ya
RT
Same, it’s perfect to listen and drive and fall asleep to!
@@joezec72why even comment? Like why are you here? 😒
"Project Do Your Job" Mike
I couldn't agree more. Sad these Men we're let down by the system. May they rest in peace ❤️
That line gave me a laugh. Sadly very true though.
Chose most of his victims cleverly, immigrants, largely not out, brown, some homeless. And aside from that his age makes this really interesting, what the trigger was all of a sudden.
I wonder if there was a trigger. Maybe he’s been doing it for years in other locations before he was caught.
he strategically chose this demographic, I think
I don't get why anyone gives a fuk about the "triggers" it should only be pulling the trigger that matters
@@ragingzim no doubt
@@dannyjackson5883 to understand the killers mind it’s not so simple
I still vividly remember when this was happening. I was 18 at the time and my friends and I frequented the Church and Wellesley area often; the downtown Toronto in general almost every weekend. I remember my mom kissing me goodbye and telling the boys and I to be careful. It was scary times, man. So glad they found this guy. Justice may have been served, but their lives cannot be replaced.
"They didn't just say bankruptcy, they declared it." Love 'The Office' reference! 🤣🤣
I was hoping for a GIF.
I went to school with Andrew Kinsman, and I was an activist with him in the 1980s. You treated him and the other victims with respect. Thank you.
What a waste of so many lives just because the police didn’t think of linkage.
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Mike always is very respectful of the victims, part of what I love about hearing him tell the sad events, you really feel like you knew them. Sorry for your loss so sad 😞
Mike… you’re a great storyteller. You link all the facts together into a very interesting narrative. I’m a fan!
Me too!!!!
Gripping!
Marc, how are you mate?, did you buy the boat you wanted?
@@obviouslytwo4u - you have the wrong Marc, sir. I’m not looking for a boat.
I want to thank Mike for giving these poor men the dignity they deserve in this coverage.
'Blue balled by the boys in blue!' - so beautiful, these wonderful analyses of horror. We love you, Mike!
@Margaret Lumley
Did you catch the phrase toward the end of the video, "He might put a head in your hedge"? He said it very quickly and I almost had to rewind to make sure of what I heard. He's hilaaaarious. My favorite in this video was, "And in each of those pots in the garden, the cadaver dogs gave a big ol' 'Woof-woof!'" Just brilliant!
@@lisahinton9682 aha I missed the 'head in the hedge' comment! I will listen to it again! 💜
@@lisahinton9682 watched it again - yes, Mike is just a hoot, and so clever!
@@margaretlumley1648 He just makes me happy. It's weird! I just cannot wait to hear about the next case of who got screwed over, maimed, or offed entirely by their spouse or their kid or the guy they met in the bar. Ha! 😂
@@lisahinton9682 yes, me too! Mike's just the best 💗
I've watched ALOT of true crime before, but this was mental, the police actually busting his door in when he was just about to do the dirty deed, like something out of a movie.
He was literally caught red handed. Unbelievable
Hitchcock's ' Frenzy ' 😳 - 👍🍻
That was a *real* (pardon the expression 😬) *climax* to the story! Impeccable timing as in fiction! Just WOW. 😮
Not only was he about to do the dirty deed, but he was about to kill someone as well.
@@sheilalunn5298 🤣🤣🤣
“Project Do your Job”. Absolutely hilarious…this is why I love watching Mike! The off the cuff remarks but always in a respectful way.
I literally spit out my soda when he said, "There might not have even been much of a need for Project Houston or Project Prism if they'd just done Project Do Your Job!" 🤣🤣🤣
Lmao same 😆😆
i remember seeing this story on the news back in 2018, it was really horrifying to imagine what the victims went through. it’s really scary to think what some people are capable of.
“They didn’t just say bankruptcy…they declared it.” Thank you for the laugh 😂
😂 I have to go rewatch that scene from the office where Michael "declares" bankruptcy rather publicly
My husband did that on purpose so he wouldn't have to split anything in the divorce. Real nice guy. 😡
I just wanted you to know that you can't just say the word bankruptcy and expect anything to happen.
Immediately thought of that episode of The Office when Michael declared bankruptcy 😂😂😂
Really? No wonder this low bar host has so many subs. A world of fools.
As soon as Mike says “he seemed to have the best food for his plants” :
Oh shit..... 😳
Same
Same 🤣
"There might not have even been much of a need for Project Houston or Project Prism if they had just done Project Do Your Job." Completely. Such a waste of time and innocent lives because they couldn't follow through on a single case/tip. Sigh. Great video as always!
The same idiots complaining about limited investigation shout 'Defund the police' on other occasions.
@@speedingatheist uh no. Defund the police involves shoddy police work like this. The problem isn’t enough funding, it’s poor training, poor management, poor culture, poor ethic. The cops making $100k a year driving $60k cop cars are the dickheads who claim there “aren’t enough sources”.
@@McSnezzly Thank you for this. I didn't have the words to deal with the dumb.
I cannot put into words how much I love your channel, I’m so glad I found it! I love your sense of humor 🖤
Gotta love Mike:)
Anyone else so happy our Irish lad just blew up like this?! I was here before 100,000 subs- when he was still just reading Reddit stories. Now look at him! So awesome 😎
Our little boy is all growed up {sniff}.
Yes, our lil lad is surely growing on into them big ol shoes
Here since 600k , i remember having a few one night and commenting, youre gonna hit 1M soon mike! ( he had already hit 1 037 000 ) as i typed that out
He seems to have deliberately targeted middle eastern men who were immigrants... but furthermore, who had family and/or cultural links that would make people not question their sexuality or links to Bruce.
Yeah, literally every victim was middle eastern. He definitely had a fetish for that
@@Emot10ns at least one was from Turkey and one from Sri Lanka....they weren’t “literally” ALL middle eastern.
@@sailorarwen6101 go back to geography class please
@@sagittaria9566 no dear. I am actually correct about neither country not being part the Middle East. A quick google search will help you. Bless your heart
@@sailorarwen6101 neither country not? Wow you need English class too, not surprised
If the police were watching him so closely, how’d he get this guy in his house and almost to the point of death?? This whole case is full of amazing police work… 🙄
Exactly my question.
Thanks to people like you who bad mouth police constantly, they don't want to do their jobs anymore. And i don't blame them.
@@shauncasey8295 lmao snowflake police can't handle criticism? Any other profession still does their job despite braindead conservatives constantly bombarding them with verbal abuse.
To be fair, it's way easier to solve the case when you already have all the info and answers. Much easier looking back saying "they should have done this and that". Could things have been done differently? Definitely. It's not as easy as the armchair UA-cam cops think
@@cvijet22 did you take personal offense to the question? 🙄 They were already watching him. So it’s not “what if” or “after the fact” They were literally watching him before and during the time the victim was in his house. Obviously they weren’t doing a very good job. I know common sense isn’t so common, but one could easily come to that conclusion considering the details.
The best thing about these uploads is when you’re pfening for more is…..coming back to re-watch them three months later❣️ thanks Mike, you just have a way of scratching that itch!
It was a crazy time. I lived in the village at the time in 2016-17 and I remember when he was arrested. The community long suspected there was a serial killer but the police really didn’t care. After he was arrested, I walked into the local convenience store and the cashier was in near tears with a few other men, talking about how “it’s finally over”. Rough time at Church and Wellesley.
He messaged me a few times. Mostly ignored because he's obviously not my type but maybe I'm like that for a reason. Huge bullet dodged
Gross
@@Gaetano.94 stop lying....show proof or you are full of kaka!
@@Gaetano.94 R/Thathappened
@@all0utmetal735
Yes you are gross.
Glad you have that insight.
Being an Ontario citizen this is not one of our more shining moments in history. It was a sad time finding out what this monster had done to these innocent men.
Toronto: we have a serial killer
Florida: hold my beer
Don’t worry, Canada is still 1000x better than the US. Save me
@@Meatball2022 Take a look at us here in Seattle Washington and California and Oregon, we have some of the most prolific serial killers, shoot we had Anne Rule. Who wrote about many of them.
Interrogater: "Has anything like this ever happened before?"....
Bruce: "Never officer, I usually pipe them".
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He knew he paid to have those records sealed, the slimy b***ard
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Your humor in these horrible cases is amazing. Cracked up at the “moving on”
Beats a man with a metal pipe but doesn't remember it.
Psychiatrists: No risk to society.
This is further proof that intelligence, wisdom and common sense are all different things.
Canada's northern wisdom right there. Seriously the amount of violent public health hazards that are reseased here is terrifying. No public sex offender registry either.
"I declare... BANKRUPTCY!"
- Michael Scott
I was thinking the same!!
4:33 One of my friends survived this monster, (Mark Henderson) he had attacked him, Bludgeoned and left him for dead, but luckily he is a survivor. He actually let him into the apartment building and not his apartment when he was hit from behind while opening his apartment door. From my knowledge they had no other connection, he was a stranger to Mark. To this day he is still dealing with trauma from this horrific event but he is such a vibrant and kind human being who never let this event change him for the worse. He is an inspiration
Rainy N I’m so happy your friend survived. He had the strength and will power to live. God Bless him I’ll keep Mark in my prayers. He is a survivor
Holy Christ!!! God bless that poor man and thank heaven he lived but the trauma must be unreal -
So glad your friend survived & I hope he can overcome the trauma. It takes a very special person to not let something like that adversely affect their kindness & intrinsic nature.
@Lloyd Nestle I am very glad to hear he survived, it is horrific to think someone like this was walking amongst us.
If this is true, I wouldn’t post your friend’s name on UA-cam for millions of people to see. Especially, if he’s still dealing with the trauma from it. Could have told the story without mentioning his name.
i will never understand the "possibility of parole" , especially when there's this many victims
Mike: "alot of projects here... very few results.. reminds me of college."
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Also guy being eligible for parole. And that won't ever happen. Like wars don't ever happen and government s never get overthrown.
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So was Mike telling us, if that was us in college, we should join LE?
Hey Mr. Mike. Be safe and have fun on your trip. That Chapter is something worth crowing about. You're awesome!
can you Imagine Mike and Sherlock Holmes....
@@danielueblacker9118 Elementary Mr. Mike.
Hello fellow Kenpo practitioner 🤙 1st Dan in Parker branch.
“A lot of projects, very few results. Reminds me of college.” Isn’t that true though, lol
that made me chuckle because it was true for me too
People aren't mature enough at 18 to leave home and be expected to be devoted to their well-being; they aren't really even mature enough until their mid-late 20's.. We rush people into college or the military at young immatuere ages because they are more pliant, more malleable, easily manipulated... still quite easy to being persuaded into believint that accumulation of material wealth is the only true evidence of success...
We're doing socialization, the stuff we ARE aware of and can change systems and relationshiops to accommodate, all wrong.
There are several solutions, easily implemented solutions to pressing urgent issues that ultimately affect us all, like just how skrewed up the whol system of "education" is esp in the U.S. of A.
TL;DR: stop sending immature even if legally recognized _adults_ to college
Man, the internet is full of crazy.
@@egregiousqueef7781 Plenty of them are mature enough at 18 to take on adult responsibilities, if they weren't, most of them would fail but most do just fine. By the way, the USA doesn't really consider anyone an adult until they're 21 as that's the drinking age. You must be a woman
Thank you Mike for covering this! No one tells a story quite like you and I was looking forward to seeing something from you about this case in particular. Thank you again dude, you're one of the best!
I knew Scanda. He was dating my super in my hometown when I was younger. They had their dog buffy. Hed always visit our unit with the dog as we had one as well. He was an absolutely lovely person.
This isnt my first time hearing about this however it's the first time verifying that it was him in the picture.
Wow...
Sorry for your loss
I'll be your shoulder to cry on if you need one.. promise it's not because you're a super hot girl or anything.
This guy would be great for Dexter’s table.
Bruce needs to be introduced to the Dark Passenger
Rip Dexter 🪦
And the Pedo cannibal dude too!
I don't see the attraction to the show Dexter. Sick society...
@@burly636 people love a good anti hero.
Just shows how the Psychiatrist who initially assessed him was bamboozled.
easy to do,really..
I think Bruce might be a psychopath. Highly intelligent, highly organized and controlled, highly manipulative. The embodiment of "no fucks given". My heart breaks for all those men he killed.
@@MsSonali1980 We had almost the same case in France..but the killer was in military circle..he was caught by luck,with a young guy shackled in his van...
@@marcellinechoisne5627 what's his name?
@@marcellinechoisne5627 is
Canada justice system always shocks me. The country looks so quiet and calm from outside.
Oh shit I’m from Toronto! This case was crazy, fucking insane serial killer
Me too. Horrible man. scary time for so many 🥺
It's astounding and infuriating to me how our present culture turns these super-creeps into a form of anti-hero. It's disgusting. It's like we're collectively saying, "Hey, guys and gals become a serial killer, a serial rapist, a serial killer pedophile rapist and we'll give you your own show!! How's that for a deal?"
I was hoping he would cover this one..
@@Bootmahoy88 what?
Me too and I never even heard of this serial killer - scary to think a serial killer was here
If I learned anything from my partents, staying together "for the children" is just a BS excuse to not want to solve your own marital problems.
I agree 100%
Exactly.
That makes zero sense. Excuse for what?? They don't want to 'solve' their marital problems. They want to separate, but decide to ride it out, usually until the kids leave the house.
@@crieverytim yes, and the kids grow up in a home with unhappy parents in a dysfunctional relationship.
Let's stay together for the children = Let's make the WHOLE family miserable with our marriage issues!
Gotta love that psychologist who felt according to her assessment he was a very minimal risk to reaffend. Wonder where exactly she got her degree from?
@Zaetheus you are not a psychologist with a gender studies degree. You gotta study psychology for that. Just like you don't become a doctor by studying business administration
@@Rebster well some chiropractors or naturopaths call themselves "doctors" so really it just comes down to how you market yourself, and what they'll let you get away with. some so called psychologists are really just counsellors who did a weekend course. from the video, the person who cleared bruce had a PhD though
@@hiatusinc yeah, it's pretty illegal though to use it without having studied it, and I assume a court would pay attention to that.
From a Canadian university for sure.....
He was minimal risk based on everything an outsider can assess about him. He comes across as a perfectly logical harmless man, well outside the clinical offender profile of anyone frankly capable of this kind of thing. He found the only loophole a pot-bellied ageing man of his type could possibly manage to overpower younger stronger men, and that’s by striking when they willingly allow themselves to be tied up. Minimal risk doesn’t mean no risk, and unfortunately sociopaths like this can convince the very best of us.
Love you too Mike, May GOD Bless you and all your viewers....
The level of ineptitude shown in that police dept was astounding, had Andrew not written Bruce's name on the calender then guaranteed there'd of been more victims
Had Andrew also not been well known in the LGBTQ local circles the police wouldn't have been pressured enough to look even further, too
Statistically, fewer cases than you'd think actually get solved. Makes me think that the police aren't as competent as they'd like the public to believe.
That's par for the course in KKKanada, because it's who and not what you know that gets you a job, ANY job for that matter...smh
@@xulupopo9288 Why are you making this about race and nepotism all of a sudden?
@@qty1315 What do you mean by all of a sudden? Racism is, to quote one honest caucasian on a radio call -in show, is the way of life of most europeans and people of european descent. Also, it's written on Canada's government job site that it is who you know and not what you know that gets you a job. Need I say more?
As a Torontonian I remember this case. Also extremely close to the heart as Dean was a close friend of mine.
I am always brought to watch every documentary there is on this case.
Dean was a good guy. Had his struggles in life. But like the rest of the victims he didn't deserve this ending.
Ty for your uploads my friend. Always a pleasure.
Sorry about your friend.
He does excellent documentaries. I'm sorry for your loss.
Apparently there were rumours of a serial killer in the villages for years. If the police didn’t have issues with racism and homophobia and had a better relationship with that community maybe they could’ve caught this pos sooner.
Sounds just like my neighborhood in the good Ole USA. Lots of meth houses, lots of people dying(even though they are mostly older folks dying still suspicious), lots of human trafficking going on. I report things to police and nothing happens. Meth heads run around the neighborhood all night long. A lot of them are the neighbors on meth. Yet the police see nothing and do nothing. I guess if you ignore criminals they aren't there is the police's philosophy. I see the police protect criminals not innocent, hardworking, taxpaying citizens. I help pay their wages by paying taxes yet they protect criminals who make their living illegally and pay no taxes! Go figure, democracy at work.
I am friends with people who actually knew theae victims.. at least a few of them.. and the rumors were not of serial killer they were of honor killings because the victims were all closeted muslims. I actually also knew Bruce 18 years ago.
“So there might not have even been much of a need for project Houston or project prism if they had just done project DO YOUR JOB!!”
I'm generally a pretty stoic person, but the bone dry humor you put into your videos literally makes me spit out my water. I've learned not to watch and drink. Top marks! Never change. 😂😂
I almost choked on my food when he said "he pulled out a pipe, not what you think" proper cracked me up!
Honestly Mike can cover the worst of cases (very respectively for the victims) but I am howling with laughter about what he can say about the bastards who commit the crimes. Honestly I just dunno how he can turn a very sad event into a story ya can't wait to listen to. 🤣🤣
Yep
Agreed!
Odd.
Bruce had a type. Poor vulnerable guys😪 But the "blue balled by the boys in blue" made me laugh, silly Mike🤣
Me too!! I burst out laughing... stopped the video to laugh some more.... the neighbours might get me committed tomorrow.....🤪
Same here. I literally lol'ed and I'm at work on lunch break.
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Canada really needs to look at their sentencing guidelines. Parole should never be an option for a killer like this..
Our system is about rehabilitation not unlike lots of countries in northern Europe. That's a big difference between US and Canada.
@@MaeveLaRenarde unfortunately there is no chance evil people like these would improve. Rehab shouldn’t be for killers period
Canada didn't even have an extradition agreement with the US until Canada provided safe harbor for Charles Ng. Imagine giving Ng a place to evade any justice...
@@MaeveLaRenarde you can rehabilitate a shoplifter. You can’t rehabilitate a pedophile/sexual predator. The only cure for a sexual predator is about $0.30 and made of lead. Barring that, no parole is the least a responsible country can do.
@@MaeveLaRenarde I think you will find that a killer like this is beyond rehabilitation. More than likely he will never get out but what a slap in the face to the victims families that parole is even a possibility.
this was such a huge case in my city. i was in law school when this happened so a lot of my class was watching this unfold by the day and crazy involved with the court process. watching your videos always reminds me how crazy Ontario is!
PS: absolutely obsessed with everything you release! thanks for always being my goto youtuber
This was not a huge case in my city. Nobody had really heard of it. Everybody was busy with other things. I never went to law school, so...
@@LeatherCladVegan they encouraged us to follow an active case during the school year and this happened to be the one. It was insane watching it unfold
@Jordi C
Please STOP with that annoying "I am so obsessed" nonsense. You are NOT "obsessed" with this channel, lady.
My neighbor has obsessive disorder and she flicks the light switch on and off hundreds of times a day, and she washes her hands up to 15 times/hour when things are going badly for her. So far, no-one has managed a successful treatment for her. *She* has *obsession.*
Just stop already with that phrase. You're being disrespectful.
@@lisahinton9682 Y'all bitches better repec Lisa Hinton's neighbour.
@@lisahinton9682 you understand there's a massive difference been an obsession and obsessive compulsion disorder?
Maybe take the time to comment on someone else's post who is actually attempting to be offensive and rude rather then informative and reflective?
Have a wonderful day!
He literally got caught in the act and still denied everything? This is crazy! Also why is he so red?
Some people man, I tell ya. Hahaha
Psychopath
this guys a real jerk!
Alcoholic. Liquor probably.
Must be shame. Sure, I’ll go with shame. This this thing is WAY f**cked up.
The abandoned animals gives this case an even sadder tone. A puppy who lost their master, birds who died because their father never came home, a cat left alone without food or water... Heartbreaking. If I ever get animals, I'll be sure to notify a friend whenever I go out. Don't want my sweeties to be left without someone in the event I get murdered or something.
Yeah, hey, how bout the actual people that died? Who cares about the animals?
I think it’s sweet to be thinking of the animals too.
@@jamesduncan6729 they’re not mutually exclusive. Most people who aren’t sociopaths are capable of empathy for both people and animals. At the same time. Plus, the comment indicated that the abandoned animals added a sadder dimension to an already sad story. To suggest that you’re somehow unable to care about people because you also care about animals is just brain dead.
@@jamesduncan6729 oh, and in answer to your question “who cares about animals?” The murder victims whose pets they were. The cat was described as “his beloved cat.” The puppy was loved and constantly photographed by its murdered owner. The birds would not have been left uncared for if their owner had been able to help it. They cared about the creatures who were dependent on them.
Yes, I agree. As the victims’ beloved dependent pets, they too became victims.
I just found this channel. Been watching true crime for over 30 years. I can honestly say that this channel has quickly become one of my favorites. Thank you and keep em coming please!
Good on you, I was lucky to have him recommended a couple of years ago but still astini8at his ascent. Good man. 🙏
@@DaveSCameron I absolutely agree. And nice to “meet” a fellow crime buff. ☺️
@@lisahughes8779 *astonished . Heh heh, excuse me p8 typing, Best wishes*🙋
@@DaveSCameron lol you know what astonishes me? I knew what you meant! Hahahaha
check out Jim Can't Swim
The fact they caught him in the act makes this story 10x crazier
“There might not have been a need for Project Houston or Project Prism if they had just done Project Do Your Job” You got it!!!
And with that, Matt became an honourary Ontarian.
ETA:.Mike! Not Matt 😱
Who’s Matt
Lol matt?
Do you mean MIKE?? 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️are you by any chance a Toronto police man???
Project Do Your Job!!! Hahahahahaha......I know. Made me laugh out loud 🤣
His name Mike lol
Am so sorry for the loss these families have to endure.. 😢💔Rest in peace.... This is just sad all round.. They did not deserve
"Going around doing your garden, put a head in your Hedgerow or something."
Oh Mah Gawd, the gift of story telling Mike
Glad that one victim had written down the name of the killer on his calendar. Always tell someone who you’re going to meet and if you can’t because you’re closeted, at least send yourself a text message or email, especially if it’s a first date/someone from online.
Such bloody good advice 👏 ❤
The fact that he preyed on vulnerable men is even more revolting! And he seemed to be "compensating" for his many years in the closet(like some of his victims).
What a twisted mind!
Thank you, Mike! As always, great work!
Love from Brasil ❤️
Why are they more vulnerable?
@@kierenfarrell4574 Homeless, new immigrants who are at risk of deportation, people who are still in the closet, etc.
Well I say those are coward serial killers. They know. They pick those types because they know it'll be awhile before they are found out. It takes a office or detective that cares; that looks as them as what they are..... people that have been missing and more than likely killed.
@@liyre4189 Exactly! All them had some unstability issue. Such a coward!
@@keeshakhan7136 Exactly my point! Some of those serial killers target prostitutes, for the exact same reason: not many people fight for them...Very sad.
Such a horrifying case. I’m so glad he was finally caught. I feel so bad for the families of the missing men for all those years. Love you Mike.
They didn't just say "bankruptcy", they declared it.
These little comments sprinkled in are why you're the best! 😂
"I DECLARE BANKRUPTCY!" - Michael Scott
"Hey, I just wanted you to know that you can't just say the word "bankruptcy" and expect anything to happen." - Oscar Martinez
That's what she said
I’ve been having a marathon all day today catching up and you never disappoint Mike!
"His parents were highly relgious."
Un oh, where have I heard this one before?
Everywhere, unfortunately...
So many messed up serial killer stories start with that line
Yeah, it's part of the serial killer bingo with:
- dominant to the point of figurative castration mother
- abused/molested as a child
- animal torturer
- still wetting bed well into the childhood
@@nozoto oof. Yeah that's the full set.
@@nozoto
Yup. With the free space, that's bingo
This dude puts out quality content twice a week when some “active” popular channels post ONCE a month. Nice work brother!
Agree. I watch these daily and I need new content creators. He’s def the goat.
Fun fact: As I’ve read before, it was originally called “Project Houston” as in “Houston, we have a problem”.
Imagine living in a country where a person who assaults another with a pipe and almost kills them, gets out with a warning and then this episode is just erased from the books because oh Canada so progressive.
What a s-hole Canada became... its sad.
@@sjwarialaw8155 omg you understand! My family and I move to Canada 20yrs ago when I was 11 and I remember thinking how I now live in one of the "best countries" in the world. Sad how shit of a country this place has become and steadily going downhill every year smh
Shoot I thought you said Fat fuct
@@princessmoore9026 Nothing if you compare to France nowadays, i swear..
When you ask young people where they would like to live, very often, the answer is Canada, my son the first ...Have a nice day!:)
Now, that makes sense.
i love your dedication to account for the upmost accuracy
I think he gets a little shy when he says that he loves us. We love you too, you adorable goofball🥰
Back to my home country again. This time not far from my house! Cool fact, a buddy of mine has a picture of himself on Bruce MacArthurs lap when he was Santa at a local mall.
That's creepy as hell
@@ThatChapter I'd say lol
My buddy was almost a victim of his. Creepy as f@$k. I told him to write a book about it, but he's said no for now
@@ThatChapter truly, skin crawling creepy
Agincourt mall... two minutes from me... about 5 minutes from the hotel bar Karla met Paul...
As for “Project do your job” the police reported that they have investigated themselves and have found they are innocent of doing their job.
Well done again, Mike. The music is absolutely amazing & I look forward to the beautiful haunting of it every episode. Don’t change a thing. Love ya!
As soon as the white man gets killed .... Project 'do your job' begins.
@@shazi2k5 and why he went after non white victims he knew there would be a half assed attempt to look for them. If that.
The Toronto PD were racist and homophobic and piss poor at doing their job yet OFCOURSE when the police investigate the police it's all good. Unfuckingbelievable.And beyond sad.
I can't believe I missed this one...geeez, I'm a spaz!! Thank you Mike, for all the time and humor you put in to your videos!
Bruce: I need to turn myself in, I'm scared I hurt someone, but I don't remember
Officer: You don't remember?
Bruce: Yea I blacked out, this isn't like me, I would never do something like this
Office: But...you took the pipe with you on the date?
Bruce: ...yes
Bruce is like a Brutus. Like Roman brutus and William de Bruce from Scotland.
Doesn’t everyone arm themselves before a date?
@@mrjones2721 i do gotta get that viagra in meeee the pipe be strong after that
🤷♂️ understandable, have a good day
@@dakotathacker3821 you there. Do you want to call me for some weed?
So many times they let this man loose to kill again. Unconscionable.
"...It's a very unusual age for a serial killer to begin his serial killing, you know the average age is around 28. So the mystery is, you know, how much of an average serial killer is he?" No, sir, the mystery or question to ask is, did he actually only just start as late as he supposedly did **or** did he start earlier and no one knows yet? O_o
He was a traveling salesman. Just saying.
That’s what the guy was saying. Whether or not there had been previous victims we will never know about. It’s pretty likely.
if a woodchuck,,,, seriously tho, he seems to have started taking those pills from dr. quack, it was mentioned and then the killing began - in the early 80s I recall a lot of prozac stories in the news, now it gets surpressed. Maybe the overlords find it a good culling tool.
@@RawOlympia
- Or maybe the Prozac just happened to coincide with the time "the killing began" (if that's even verifiable or true). As in, it was just a coincidence.
- Or maybe the idea that his murders began only after he started taking Prozac is just a misconception and not entirely accurate. The dude was a traveling salesman; for all we know, he could've been killing well before he ever started taking that medication.
- Or maybe instead of Prozac being used as some kind of "culling tool", maybe it's just the nature of complex SSRI medications and other similar depression meds that deal with chemical balancing in the brain and that those extreme side effects are just an unfortunate, but relatively rare case for certain individuals.
And BTW, there are plenty of more reliably effective and efficient ways of culling the population, if the "overlords" (as you call them) wanted to go about doing so. Them doing it by means of one type of depression med that some people _might maybe_ be prescribed and actually take, sounds like some really hacky made for TV sci-fi dystopian screenplay. So needlessly convoluted and nonsensical, lmao.
Seriously, that particular conspiratorial notion of culling a population is so laughably riddled with holes that listing them would probably take hours to go through. *Here's just one: *
We live in a hyper-capitalistic world centered around consumerism, for the most part. The world is effectively run by a relative few number of mega-corporations (and the mega-wealthy individuals/families tied to them respectively) who aspire for endless growth of capital and are constantly vying for more consumers and a larger customer base. How would killing off massive swathes of a population of consumers be good or acceptable for business, when even the tiniest fraction of profit-loss or lack of quarterly growth is unthinkable for them? The whole culling thing makes zero sense and is so divorced from cold, harsh reality. *_Some conspiracy theories are actually worth considering; this ain't one of them...._*
@@donnydogpiss4533 Thank you for your reasoned and prosaic or should I say prozaic, response? Of course, in the big conspiracy game, it is all death by a thousand cuts. You don't just lose the population in a war, or with crack, or AIDs, or Cheetos (the child kidney thing with the dust cheese and chems...and yes, it would be a mighty bold one on the courtroom stage, though less has been used to accomplish more, say, the Twinkie defense. What I could say to you perhaps, and this is from my under the rock life as a corporate legal proofreader/editor on Wall St. before escaping, who has dabbled somewhat in gov't/military waters, I have found this: that the civilians as it were are darn tootin' evangelical when it comes to their trust in greedy comapanies and their slimy political counterparts. To put 20 yrs into a nutshell: there are no nannies up top, just a lot of Epstein types, ok? And they love to unleash chaos knowingly, for either profit or enjoyment. I spent Christmas in the mid 90s working in the hexachloraphene (sic) case, where the company (J&J?) knew the chem was killing preemies and crossing the blood/brain barrier but continued to sell it to hospitals for decades. They knew it was lethal in the 1950s. Of course life itself is dangerous, you can slip on banana peels get bumped off by whizzing cabs. But the prozac thing is quite real, terrible things happen to people on it, their own label says it can make people suicidal. Sidenote: In the east village in the 90s a guy who walked around in smoking jackets and gold lame pants told everyone that prozac was made by the gov't to essentially park people, and he had been put on it, but he found the master key to unlock it, in that Biblical sense, where man meant it for bad but God meant it for good, remember that story? Just take a few hits of LSD with it, and you will be fine. Many meows.
Mike, I'm far away from you. But want to tell you, you tell these stories so splendidly. You are so great.
Whoa. I had never heard of this one. Mike I really appreciate how you insert humor but never at the victim’s expense. Only at the psycho or the system. Thank you for all you do.
PS, don’t read the comments until after the story is finished! Spoiler alert in comments! Love ya Mike! Back to Canada we go!! Oh I remember this story now!!!
We know but we still do it 😂 Damn humans& their predictable behavior 🙌
Every video has spoiler’s in comments lol duh
Yeah, the comments on these shows especially spoil it all 😄
you know people died, right? this isn't a fucking TV show.
@@traumasystem4191 Dear Trauma, thank U 4 pointing out the obvious. 👌
"A lot of projects here. Not enough results. Reminds me of college." Too true.
Haven't seen Mike in a few months. He's perfecting his own signature, his own craft. Very comfortable in front of the camera. I can't help but chuckle when he's "in the zone".