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The Village

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  • Blood on the Dance Floor, E1: Why Haven't You Heard About This?

    June 18, 2025 · 29 min

    The untold story of the murder of a gay police officer in Northern Ireland in 1997.

  • Introducing: Blood on the Dancefloor

    June 17, 2025 · 4 min

    The untold story of the murder of a gay police officer in Northern Ireland in 1997. Belfast 1997. But not just any part of Belfast, gay Belfast. A place you've probably never heard of before. Cigarette smoke, aftershave and expectation…

  • S3 E5: Out With Them All

    July 5, 2022 · 43 min

    Faced with a deadly disease, surrounded by death, AIDS activist Roger Leclerc resorts to controversial tactics to confront discrimination and violence against gays and lesbians. For transcripts of this series, please visit…

  • S3 E4: A Murder is a Murder is a Murder

    June 28, 2022 · 27 min

    A married man is murdered while on a business trip in Montreal. The case highlights the challenges of investigating the murders. Delayed investigations and unsolved cases are a dear price to pay when a serial killer may be on the loose…

  • S3 E3: Chicken Little

    June 21, 2022 · 28 min

    Montreal, 1991 – Fearing a serial killer, activists decide to take matters into their own hands. For transcripts of this series, please visit: https://www.cbc.ca/radio/podcastnews/the-village-the-montreal-murders-transcr…

  • S3 E2: Sex Garage

    June 14, 2022 · 38 min

    Scores of police remove their badges and slip on rubber gloves before beating and arresting queer partygoers in downtown Montreal. The violence escalates in the coming days, and many more are beaten and jailed. A stronger front emerges…

  • S3 E1: La Vie en Rose

    June 7, 2022 · 45 min

    Joe Rose, a queer activist living with AIDS, is murdered in cold blood on a city bus. So public, so brutal – the city is shocked. The killing becomes a catalyst for ACT UP’s takeover of the 1989 Montreal AIDS conference. For transcripts of…

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About the show

Season 4: The untold story of the murder of Darren Bradshaw, a gay police officer in Northern Ireland in 1997 and how the LGBT community fought back against prejudice during the Troubles. From BBC. The Village investigates unresolved — and often underreported — cases of missing and murdered individuals in queer communities across Canada and beyond. Hear episodes early and ad-free on CBC True Crime Premium on Apple Podcasts. Season 1 | The cases of missing and murdered men in Toronto's gay community. Season 2 | The unexplained deaths of Alloura Wells and Cassandra Do, the communities that loved them, and the systems that failed them. Season 3 | For many men, being in – or out – of the closet during the AIDS epidemic was the difference between life and death. In Montreal, unsolved murders stack up. And in the absence of police protection, a community of activists are forced to take matters into their own hands. Season 4 | The untold story of the murder of a gay police officer in Northern Ireland in 1997.