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Published: Feb. 23, 2020, 4:25 p.m.

Meet Victor Malarek: one of the most courageous and accomplished investigative journalists in Canadian history. On his one-man crusade for human rights he has taken on judges, politicians, psychopathic criminals, corrupt cops, soldiers, and even the United Nations. Check out the trailer for the upcoming movie in which he is portrayed by Josh Hartnett: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqZusUyDWyc

But in the 1950s and early Sixties, he was a dejected, bed-wetting waif separated from his family in an abusive Montreal Boy's Home. In part 1, we look at his life and career and ask 'why did Victor rise out of hell to devote his life to seeking justice for others, when so many of his peers fell into substance abuse and organized crime?'

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