Robert William Pickton, also known as ‘The Pig Farmer Killer’, ‘The Butcher’, or ‘Pork Chop Rob’, is suspected of being one of the most prolific serial killers in Canadian history.
Pickton owned a pig farm with his brother David. It was extremely remote, and instead of a guard dog, a large boar patrolled the farm.
The brothers sold some of their property to make millions, and started a non-profit charity in 1996, called the Piggy Palace Good Times Society.
The charity had the vague aim to “organize, coordinate, manage and operate special events, functions, dances, shows, and exhibitions on behalf of service organizations, sports organizations, and other worthy groups.”
These “charity” events were raves that the brothers held in their farm’s slaughterhouse, that would attract crowds of up to 2,000 people.
One of the farmworkers started noticing that women who visited the farm tended to go missing, and eventually reported this to the police.
Hear how Pickton used the pig farm to dispose of bodies by searching ‘Pickton’ on the free LiSTNR app. Hear more about the case from podcasts like:
True Crime All The Time, ‘Robert Pickton‘
The Last Podcast On The Left, ‘Robert Pickton Part 1 – Pig Sense‘
Cult Liter, ‘The Pig Farm Killer‘
Morbid, ‘Willie Pickton Part 1‘
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