She Told Me To: The Blackman Family Tragedy

Published: Aug. 30, 2021, 7 a.m.

b'Episode 185:\\xa0RCMP officers arrived at the Blackman family residence on Spuraway Avenue in Coquitlam, B.C.\\u2019s Ranch Park subdivision in the early morning hours of January 18th, 1983. A neighbour had called 911after hearing screams and then witnessing what appeared to be a domestic argument next door that escalated into a shooting. Inside the eerily silent home as the cold winter rain fell, the responding officers found a horrific and bloody scene; six members of the Blackman family were dead.\\n\\nThe deceased were Richard Blackman, 50, his wife, Irene Blackman, 49, their daughter, Roberta Lynn Davies, 28, Roberta\\u2019s husband, John Iowerth Davies, 39, Karen Dale Rhodes, 25, another of the Blackman\\u2019s daughters, and the youngest of the Blackman children, 16-year-old son, Rick Blackman. Just outside the home, police had detained a young man, 22-year-old, Bruce Alfred Blackman, another of Irene and Richard\\u2019s sons. Bruce, who\\u2019d been picked up as police arrived, was acting bizarrely, telling the RCMP officers that he was the Antichrist and that the world was going to end on January 31.Sources:\\n\\nBlackman v. British Columbia (Review Board), 1995 CanLII 3437 (BC CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/1ddr0 >\\n\\nBlackman v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 1993 CanLII 2620 (BC CA), < https://canlii.ca/t/1dbks >\\n\\nBritish Columbia Review Board - Decision on Bruce Alfred Blackman\\n\\nhttps://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/0332_1983\\n\\nhttps://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/1122_1991\\n\\nViolence and Schizophrenia by Heidi J. Wehring and William T. Carpenter\\n\\nCorrelates of Future Violence in People Being Treated for Schizophrenia | American Journal of Psychiatry\\n\\nSchizophrenia: Warning Signs of Violence | HealthLink BC\\n\\nA Voice out of Nowhere eBook : Booth, Janice Holly: Amazon.ca: Kindle Store\\n\\nBruce Alfred Blackman | Amok Wiki | Fandom\\n\\nPolice layed six charges of first-degree murder Tuesday against\\u2026 - UPI Archives\\n\\nAuthor Janice Holly Booth \\u2014 Book: A Voice out of Nowhere\\n\\nLittle Known Details Behind Mass Murder Case Revealed in New Book, A Voice out of Nowhere\\n\\nSomeone I love has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. How can I help? | Here to Help\\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'