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  • THE CREIGHTON MINE DESK

    THE CREIGHTON MINE DESK

    I have used the same large pine desk for almost half my life now, and for reasons that I am about to share, consider it sacred. As a journalist working in Northern Ontario in the 1980s, I was given the marvelous opportunity to cover a story that was taking place in the bowels of the…

  • Part 1 – The Bonnie and I

    Part 1 – The Bonnie and I

    I have harbored a deep love of the sea and the ships that sail upon her for the best part of my life. My enlistment into the Royal Canadian Navy in the 1960’s was fuelled by this desire alone and the fresh memories of living aboard a yacht on the south coast of England before…

  • Part 2 – The Bonnie and I

    Part 2 – The Bonnie and I

    The Bonnie was originally designed for Britain’s Royal Navy to provide air support for the  convoys during WW2 but she was not completed in time and construction was halted. Canada  had utilized two previous carriers from the Royal Navy but in ‘1952 purchased the Majestic Class Light Aircraft Carrier and completed the build. On January 17th,…

THE BOOK

The Seventh Shot now available from Latitude 46 Publishing

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Digital copy available in KOBO EBOOK

INVESTIGATIONS

Ron West

Police artist sketch of Ron West as described by young Dale Ferguson
Police artist sketch of Ron West as described by young Dale Ferguson

In this first investigation Ann explores the crimes of Ron West, notorious murderer, potential serial killer and ex-cop. In May 1970, two suburban housewives are killed in their homes within a week of one another, leaving the inhabitants of the rural areas surrounding Toronto in fear. Ann’s full investigation into these and other suspected crimes of Ron West, his apprehension and trial is due to be published October 22nd, 2020 in her book, The Seventh Shot: On the Trail of Canada’s .22 Calibre Killer.

Thomasena Baker

Thomasena Baker

The second investigation brings the chilling story of young Thomasena Baker, abducted from her Beeton Ontario home in 1962. Follow the haunting tale of a little girl’s disappearance, the province-wide response that came together to find her and the unimaginable outcome. The story unfolds in intimate detail with newspaper articles, letters from friends and family and first-hand accounts of the days and years that followed the abduction as well as the eventual arrest and conviction of her murderer.

Duane Oswald David

On April 19th, 1994, OPP Detective Inspector Don MacNeil received a call regarding a triple homicide in Adjala (now Tosorontio Township, near Tottenham) about thirty miles north east of Toronto. “By the time I arrived on site from Collingwood,” he said, “the site had already been secured.”

PODCASTS

Story Hunter Podcasts

Click here to listen to Ann on Story Hunter Podcasts discussing her novel The Seventh Shot with podcast host Catherine Fogarty.

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The Stuph File

I recently spoke with Peter Anthony Holder on his popular podcast, The Stuph File and I must tell you that some of his questions surprised me.

Peter Anthony Holder is a 40 year broadcast veteran, including a 20 year run as host of a late night Montreal radio show and a former t.v. anchor/reporter.

Currently he’s the host of The Stuph File Program heard worldwide on many platforms, including iHeartRadio, Apple Podcast, Google Podcasts, Stitcher and more, plus several radio stations and shortwave radio. Among his writing credits is his book Great Conversations: My Interviews with Two Men on the Moon And a Galaxy of Stars.

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Murder Was the Case

Listen to Ann on hit Canadian crime podcast Murder was the Case

Criminologist Lee Mellor chats with Ann Burke about the grizzly murders of Ron West.


“Ann Burke takes us on a remarkably well-researched journey through a serial killer’s shadowy past, leaving us wondering how many other lives this long-overlooked Canadian monster has devoured…”

Dr. Lee Mellor, criminologist and author of Cold North Killers: Canadian Serial Murder

Part 1: The 7th Shot on Murder Was the Case

Listen to Part 1 7th Shot, Part 1: Good Cops, Bad Cop below

Part 2: The 7th Shot on Murder Was the Case

Listen to Part 2 7th Shot, Part 2: The Ghost in Murder Park (Dive Bar)