Introducing Very Scary People: The Ken and Barbie Killers

Very Scary People

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History, Tv & Film, True Crime

4.6 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 October 2023

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Summary

In the late-80s and early 90s, the quaint suburbs of Toronto, Canada were blind-sided by an unprecedented flurry of violent crimes: a serial rapist on the loose and young girls vanishing… only to later discover their dead bodies, dismembered. As separate investigations developed, police across the region followed leads pointing to a young, blond-haired blue-eyed duo.

Over seven episodes, host Donnie Wahlberg traces the twisted path of Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka – a couple from Toronto that appeared loving and wholesome but had everybody fooled. We’ll explore how the boy and the girl next-door captivated Canada and became the killers known as “Ken and Barbie.”

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0:00.0	I'm Donnie Walberg, and this is very scary people season 2, the Ken and Barbie Killers.
0:08.3	In this season, we're traveling to a place known for its cold beers and warm welcomes,
0:13.8	Canada.
0:15.0	This was a place where you lived in peace and comfort and safety.
0:18.6	Until the spring of 1987.
0:21.6	Police have been tracking the movement of the serial rapist, the man has targeted young
0:25.6	women, walking alone at night.
0:28.2	The police couldn't find him, the investigation went on for years.
0:32.0	It couldn't seem to stop this, and other women he attacked was from behind, and said,
0:37.4	if you look at me, I'll slit your throat.
0:40.1	Until his 13th victim caught a glimpse.
0:43.0	She had enough time to look at him and to take his features in, blonde hair, blue eyes.
0:49.1	Several people had called in tips to the police saying, this is Paul Bernardo.
0:55.4	By then, Paul Bernardo was falling in love, the object of his affection, Carla Hamolka.
1:03.6	It seemed like they were the perfect couple, the Ken and Barbie, the dream marriage, but
1:08.0	their looks were deceiving.
1:09.8	In reality, they were not the people that anyone thought that they actually were.
1:14.6	Everyone was wrong.
1:15.6	The day the two were pronounced husband and wife.
1:18.8	That's the day they discover Lessy Mahapi's body.
1:21.6	Eight months later.
1:22.9	15-year-old Kristen French was apparently abducted in broad daylight.
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