The Shell Lake murders is the name of a mass murder incident committed by Victor Ernest Hoffman (1946 – May 21, 2004) in Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, Canada, during the early morning of August 15, 1967. Nine people, all members of the Peterson family, were shot in the head by a man who was later called "Canada's worst random mass murderer."

Aug 15, 2017 · Fifty years ago, a mentally ill young man slipped into a Saskatchewan farmhouse and shot nine members of the same family in what's now known as Canada's worst random mass murder.

The Shell Lake murders is the name of a single mass murder incident committed by Victor Ernest Hoffman (b. 1946, d. May 21, 2004) in Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, during the early morning of August 15, 1967.

Jan 19, 2025 · The horrific news of the slaughter spread through Shell Lake, a town of fewer than 200 residents none accustomed to such horrific crimes. Petrified of the unthinkable, residents began locking their doors, something unheard of in this …

Aug 15, 2017 · It's been 50 years since Kathy Hill's mother, father and seven siblings were killed in their Saskatchewan farmhouse by a stranger driven by voices in his head. It's known as Canada's worst random...

Sep 11, 2023 · Episode 5 of this podcast series re-enacts the chilling confession Hoffman gave RCMP officers days after the mass murder near Shell Lake. The episode also reveals how neighbours of the Peterson family narrowly escaped death when Hoffman attempted to stop at their home first — more proof that this crime had been completely and horrifyingly random.

Apr 1, 2018 · In the quiet little cemetery of Little Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, you will find a headstone for the Peterson family. After more than fifty years, the horror and the fear that surrounded the tragic massacre is still a raw, open wound for the community of Saskatchewan.

Aug 29, 2023 · Within hours, she was in a car heading toward the home she had left just a few weeks earlier, armed with few details about a gruesome murder that annihilated her family, leaving only one survivor. Episode 3 explores Kathy’s journey back to Saskatchewan, the police hunt for the killer and the funeral for nine members of the Peterson family.

Jan 11, 2025 · On August 15, 1967, an innocent family of farmers residing in the small town of Shell Lake, Saskatchewan, were murdered in their own home. The family of 10 had one lone survivor, a 4-year-old girl.

Dec 2, 2019 · Episode 102 – On the morning of August 15, 1967, in what was one of the most heinous random crimes ever to have happened in Canada, 9 members of the Peterson family of Shell Lake Saskatchewan were found gunned down in their modest farmhouse. Jim and Evelyn Peterson and 7 of their 9 children lay dead with no rhyme or reason for the crime.