The Welcome to Grusum, your horrific true crime podcast. I'm Connie along with my mermaid Meg. I just found money in my pocket. Sorry guys.

Mermaid Meg. Money mermaid Meg.

And she is going to tell us all about Russell Williams.

Okay, I'm gonna get into this right away

because it's a little bit of a long one,

but this one is nasty like it's just like a big

nasty trigger warning it's sex crimes it's murder it's rape it's abduction it's all kinds of just like terrible terrible

things so if you're feeling queasy today maybe maybe go back to another episode.

Or let's get into it. Okay? On October 1st, 2009,

a public safety concern was released by the Ontario Provincial Police.

The police were investigating two break-ins.

On September 17th and September 30th, 2009, in the early hours of the morning, an unknown male entered

Tweed residences. During both incidents, an unknown male struck a female victim, tied her up, and took photos of her.

The suspect fled the scene, and the police just wanted to remind everyone, lock your

windows, lock your doors.

Report any suspicious activity to the police immediately.

Some pretty crucial information was left out in this public service announcement,

which is understandable because, because like police don't always share all the details

when they're investigating on solve crimes. But these women had not just been hit and tied to

a chair and photograph. They had had their clothes taken off. They had been

photographed for several hours and these houses were close. They were like a mile away from each other

on the outskirts of town two weeks apart, but the houses were right next to each other.

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