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Beyond the Gates of Hell: The Untold Stories

by Neil D. MacLean

Canadian crime cases examined through a correctional insider’s experience

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Canadian crime cases examined through a correctional insider’s experience

Drawing on Neil D. MacLean’s twenty-five years in the Correctional Service of Canada, this true-crime collection investigates Canadian offenders and cases beyond their newspaper coverage. It ranges from the historical murder of Richmond Police Chief Alexander Main in Steveston, British Columbia, to the Penthouse murder, the Dungeon & Dragon Murders, and cases involving Donald Oag, Jay Handel, and Richard Wills. The book combines case-focused accounts with MacLean’s professional proximity to members of Canada’s criminal world, framing each story around the crimes and people involved. Its subject matter includes murder, sexual violence, and crimes against children; the publisher explicitly warns that the material is graphic and disturbing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Adult true-crime readers interested in Canadian cases
  • Readers interested in criminal-justice perspectives from a former correctional manager
  • Those seeking case-by-case accounts of murder investigations and offenders

Themes

Canadian true crimeMurder investigationsCorrections and criminal justiceViolent crimeHistorical crime cases

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Book overview

Beyond the Gates of Hell: The Untold Stories will provide an in-depth investigative look into a sinister group of Canada's criminal elite, most of whom Correctional Manager Neil MacLean crossed paths with in his twenty-five years within the Correctional Service of Canada.

 

Beyond the Gates of Hell: The Untold Stories steers the reader down one of the most twisted and troubling roads imaginable.

 

Author Neil MacLean probes deeper than any front page newspaper reporting, digging below the surface for these intimate and chilling stories.

 

Follow Neil MacLean on his journey to Steveston, British Columbia, as he walks through the once mud-covered streets, visiting the historic locations where a hopeful immigrant named Chief Alexander Main of the Richmond Police would be murdered. His story of life, hope and tragedy will transport you back to the turn of the century as you learn about his sad murder at the hands of the Canton Giant.

 

Other sensational stories include:

The killing of Joe Philliponi and the Penthouse murder

The Dungeon & Dragon Murders

The Ogre of Kent, Serial rapist Donald Oag

Jay Handel, heinous child killer

The bizarre courtroom antics of killer cop Richard Wills

... and many more true life Canadian crime stories.

 

Warning: The crimes chronicled in this narrative are graphic in nature and deeply disturbing. These stories may not be suitable for all readers.

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