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Hollow Man — The Crimes of Mark Twitchell (Part 2)

In October 2008, the friends and family of 38-year-old Johnny Altinger were worried. Although emails and social media messages had indicated Johnny had run away on the spur of the moment with an unknown woman he’d just met, things didn’t add up. The messages did not have the same feel as Johnny’s typical fare, and he wasn’t known for his spontaneity. Police had already spoken with the tenant at the Edmonton garage that Johnny was directed to on the night he disappeared. They’d seen some things that concerned them, but there was no sign of Johnny. Something seemed off with the 29-year-old filmmaker Mark Andrew Twitchell, the man they’d spoken to. Little did the police know that only a week before Johnny vanished, another man, Gilles Tetreault, had suffered a bizarre attack at Twitchell’s hands after being lured to the same garage. NOTE: This is part two of an updated, two-part expanded REDO of an earlier episode with which we thought we could have done better. We plan to update several more historical episodes to provide a better listener experience, more in line with the tone of our show. Sources: 2010 ABQB 693 (CanLII) | R. v. Twitchell | CanLII Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s First Statement To Police | Scribd Edmonton Sun | Twitchell Agreed Statement 1 | Scribd Edmonton Sun | Second Agreed Statement of Facts in Twitchell Case | Scribd Edmonton Sun | Garage and Evidence Photos Edmonton Sun | Video Evidence of Garage | YouTube A Transcript of Police Interview with Mark Twitchell From Oct. 20, 2008 | Scribd Alleged Diary from Mark Twitchell’s Computer | Scribd Twitchell DNA Report | Scribd Live Blog of Twitchell Trial | Scribd  Edmonton Journal | E-Mail Exchange Between Mark Twitchell & a Facebook Friend | Scribd Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s Notice of Appeal | Scribd Mark Twitchell case: Inside the mind of “The Dexter Killer” - CBS News Gilles Tetreault | Author | The One Who Got Away Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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08 May 2023

In October 2008, the friends and family of 38-year-old Johnny Altinger were worried. Although emails and social media messages had indicated Johnny had run away on the spur of the moment with an unknown woman he’d just met, things didn’t add up. The messages did not have the same feel as Johnny’s typical fare, and he wasn’t known for his spontaneity. Police had already spoken with the tenant at the Edmonton garage that Johnny was directed to on the night he disappeared. They’d seen some things that concerned them, but there was no sign of Johnny. Something seemed off with the 29-year-old filmmaker Mark Andrew Twitchell, the man they’d spoken to. Little did the police know that only a week before Johnny vanished, another man, Gilles Tetreault, had suffered a bizarre attack at Twitchell’s hands after being lured to the same garage.

NOTE: This is part two of an updated, two-part expanded REDO of an earlier episode with which we thought we could have done better. We plan to update several more historical episodes to provide a better listener experience, more in line with the tone of our show.

Sources:

2010 ABQB 693 (CanLII) | R. v. Twitchell | CanLII

Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s First Statement To Police | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Twitchell Agreed Statement 1 | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Second Agreed Statement of Facts in Twitchell Case | Scribd

Edmonton Sun | Garage and Evidence Photos

Edmonton Sun | Video Evidence of Garage | YouTube

A Transcript of Police Interview with Mark Twitchell From Oct. 20, 2008 | Scribd

Alleged Diary from Mark Twitchell’s Computer | Scribd

Twitchell DNA Report | Scribd

Live Blog of Twitchell Trial | Scribd 

Edmonton Journal | E-Mail Exchange Between Mark Twitchell & a Facebook Friend | Scribd

Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s Notice of Appeal | Scribd

Mark Twitchell case: Inside the mind of “The Dexter Killer” - CBS News

Gilles Tetreault | Author | The One Who Got Away

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In October 2008, the friends and family of 38-year-old Johnny Altinger were worried. Although emails and social media messages had indicated Johnny had run away on the spur of the moment with an unknown woman he’d just met, things didn’t add up. The messages did not have the same feel as Johnny’s typical fare, and he wasn’t known for his spontaneity. Police had already spoken with the tenant at the Edmonton garage that Johnny was directed to on the night he disappeared. They’d seen some things that concerned them, but there was no sign of Johnny. Something seemed off with the 29-year-old filmmaker Mark Andrew Twitchell, the man they’d spoken to. Little did the police know that only a week before Johnny vanished, another man, Gilles Tetreault, had suffered a bizarre attack at Twitchell’s hands after being lured to the same garage. NOTE: This is part two of an updated, two-part expanded REDO of an earlier episode with which we thought we could have done better. We plan to update several more historical episodes to provide a better listener experience, more in line with the tone of our show. Sources: 2010 ABQB 693 (CanLII) | R. v. Twitchell | CanLII Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s First Statement To Police | Scribd Edmonton Sun | Twitchell Agreed Statement 1 | Scribd Edmonton Sun | Second Agreed Statement of Facts in Twitchell Case | Scribd Edmonton Sun | Garage and Evidence Photos Edmonton Sun | Video Evidence of Garage | YouTube A Transcript of Police Interview with Mark Twitchell From Oct. 20, 2008 | Scribd Alleged Diary from Mark Twitchell’s Computer | Scribd Twitchell DNA Report | Scribd Live Blog of Twitchell Trial | Scribd  Edmonton Journal | E-Mail Exchange Between Mark Twitchell & a Facebook Friend | Scribd Edmonton Journal | Mark Twitchell’s Notice of Appeal | Scribd Mark Twitchell case: Inside the mind of “The Dexter Killer” - CBS News Gilles Tetreault | Author | The One Who Got Away Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices