CANADA Canada - Unsolved murders of young people in London, Ont, 1960s-70s

[Snoopster]

yes I remember now thank you

I love your thinking about geographic locations.
If I recall correctly, many of the victims were found well south or SE of London.

 

[LadyL]

Probable reposts

Jan 18, 2020
W5's Avery Haines investigates a series of unsolved cold cases that may point to the existence of at least one unidentified serial killer who operated in London, Ont.

Jared Lindzon 19 Aug 2015

What turned one city in Canada into the 'serial killer capital' of the world?

London, Ontario once suffered the highest concentration of serial killers on Earth, and 16 of 29 murder cases were never concluded – but a new book looks to a former detective’s diary entries to offer new theories

www.theguardian.com

''Two hours west of Toronto, along Highway 401, lies the small city of London, Ontario.

Known as the Forest City, the town is the birthplace of Justin Bieber, Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams. And between 1959 and 1984, it was home to the largest known concentration of serial killers in the world.''
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''What made London such a hotbed for homicidal activity at the time remains unknown, though Arntfield presents a number of theories in his book.

London is commonly used as a test market for major brands that want to introduce new products to Canada. Factors including population size, average income and demographic makeup make it among the most “average” cities in Canada, and one marketers have historically depended on to determine whether a product will succeed countrywide.

American test markets – like Richmond, Virginia, Muncie, Indiana, and Rochester, New York – have all had alarmingly similar histories, with violent crime rates higher than the national average.

“It’s not that having the McRib first or being a test market city makes you a haven for serial killers. It’s that the underlying sociological factors that make those places preferred locales for marketers also seem to see disproportionate numbers of [sexually deviant and violent] offenders,” said Arntfield.''

“Studies have since shown that from ’56 onward, the US interstate changed the criminal landscape significantly,” said Arntfield, adding that the FBI has since developed a highway serial killings initiative to investigate the connection between major highways and serial murders.''

Over the course of 25 years, the town was shaken by 29 gruesome murders. Thirteen of those murders were attributed to three killers who were eventually caught and convicted: Gerald Thomas Archer, known as the London Chamber Maid Slayer, Christian McGee, known as the Mad Slasher, and Russell Johnson, known as the Balcony Killer.

Christian McGee murdered his victims in Strathroy, not London (I know it's close by). Did police suspect he had more victims in London? That's not addressed in the articles that I could find.

 

[Snoopster]

Over the course of 25 years, the town was shaken by 29 gruesome murders. Thirteen of those murders were attributed to three killers who were eventually caught and convicted: Gerald Thomas Archer, known as the London Chamber Maid Slayer, Christian McGee, known as the Mad Slasher, and Russell Johnson, known as the Balcony Killer.

Christian McGee murdered his victims in Strathroy, not London (I know it's close by). Did police suspect he had more victims in London? That's not addressed in the articles that I could find.

Yes, he was suspected of some possible murders in London. Just 'suspected' though.

But Christian McGee wasn't a super bright guy (I'm being generous here.) so I think any victims would have been identified long ago.

 

[GracefulD1an]

Looking over the posts on these murders I suspect there was more than one serial killer operating at the time in this part of Ontario who targeted children and teens. In fact, if I was to make a comparison to another infamous case in American history, it reminds me of the Atlanta Child Murders which I now suspect was done by more than one person.