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Episode 208: On Feb 4, 1880, just past midnight 5 members of the Donnelly family (A mother and father, two sons, and a niece) we brutally murdered by a mob in their homes just outside of Lucan, Ontario, in Biddolph township. A crime that happened 142 years ago this month, but it is one that had its roots in the distant past, and that has echoed into the future in Canada right up to today.\xa0The family and their story became legendary, and often shocks people into the realization of how dark, and unforgiving life in early Canada could be. Numerous books, songs, tv shows, plays, and films have been made about the murders. There is even a Craft Beer brand in Ontario called The Black Donnelly\u2019s Brewing Company, will illustrations of the family on their bottles. If you grew up in Ontario the massacre was actually part of the school curriculum. This is a case of victim blaming on a huge scale. Myths and legends sprung up about the family \u2014 perhaps somewhat to appease the guilty conscience of society. Even up to the early 1980\u2019s if you went to Lucan people would say \u2018we don\u2019t talk about the Donnellys\u2019\n\nSources:\n[The Vigilante Massacre | Maclean\u2019s | June 1, 1950]\n[Heaven and Hell on Earth: The Massacre of the\u201dBlack Donnellys\u201d]\n[Black Donnellys - Wikipedia]\n[History | Lucan Museum]\nSupport the show: https://www.patreon.com/darkpoutine\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices