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Episode 207: After World War II, Canada\u2019s economy rose. Work was much easier to come by than during the depression. Even though he\u2019d been able to secure decent employment, family man and world war veteran with movie star good looks, Edwin Alonzo Boyd, was bored. He\u2019d had his share of trouble already and was feeling the itch again. In the fall of 1949, he robbed his first bank. This crime kicked off events that would lead to one of the most infamous Canadian criminal gangs of the era. Over just a few years, The Boyd Gang, named for their charismatic de facto leader, Edwin, robbed numerous banks broke out of one of Canada\u2019s toughest prisons, not once but twice. To some, they were folk heroes. However, public sentiment turned firmly against them after members of the gang, Steve Suchan and Lennie Jackson, murdered Toronto Police Department Sergeant of Detectives Edmund \u201cEddie\u201d Tong and severely wounded his partner Roy Perry.Sources:\n\nRegina v. Boyd, 1953 CanLII 88 (ON CA), \n\nEdwin Alonzo Boyd: Life and Crimes of Canada\u2019s Master Bank Robber by Nate Hendley\n\nFatal Intentions by Barbara Smith - Ebook | Scribd\n\nLine of Fire by Edward Butts - Ebook | Scribd\n\nJohn J. Robinette by George D. Finlayson - Ebook | Scribd\n\nThe Desperate Ones by Edward Butts - Ebook | Scribd\n\nNow You Know Canada\u2019s Heroes by Doug Lennox - Ebook | Scribd\n\nLost Rivers \u2014 Don Jail\n\nHistoricist: Titillating and Terrorizing Toronto - Torontoist \u2014 Archived\n\nGeocities \u2014 BOYD GANG\n\nToronto\u2019s Infamous \u2018Boyd Gang\u2019 - CBC Archives\n\nCBC Archives \u2014 Suchan and Jackson hanged back to back\n\nEdwin Alonzo Boyd | The Canadian Encyclopedia\n\nToronto Feature: The Boyd Gang | The Canadian Encyclopedia\n\nWHAT THE BOYD GANG FIASCO CAN TEACH US \u2014 Macleans Magazine \u2014 1952\n\nExecutedToday.com \xbb 1952: Lennie Jackson and Steve Suchan, of the Boyd Gang\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices