![]() The case is told through the eyes of Mobeen Azhar, a journalist who is usually much better than this. But guess what? That’s exactly what Santa Claus The Serial Killer does. This is fine, so long as the show doesn’t actively go out of its way to present itself as an investigation rather than a retelling of existing information. The second thing is that, as well intentioned as it may be, Santa Claus The Serial Killer probably isn’t going to reveal much in the way of new information. It is thought that McArthur would have been caught much faster, but the missing men were primarily gay and brown-skinned, and many believe their cases were deprioritised by an institutionally racist and homophobic police force. ![]() He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to life imprisonment. Eventually, a 66-year-old gardener called Bruce McArthur was arrested. Between 20, eight men went missing from Church and Wellesley, Toronto’s gay district. The story that Santa Claus The Serial Killer tells is, in turns, heartbreaking and galling. The first is that this is a truly fascinating story. ![]() Now, you can discern two things from this glut of content. Or maybe you’re Swedish, and own a radio, and you heard the episode of Verkligheten i P3 about the murders (2021). Or maybe you read Justin Ling’s Missing from the Village: The Story of Serial Killer Bruce McArthur, the Search for Justice, and the System That Failed Toronto’s Queer Community (2020). Or the film Catching a Serial Killer: Bruce McArthur (2021). ![]() If that sounds familiar, it might be because you have watched CBC’s Murder in the Village (2017). The series concerns itself with the spate of young gay men who were murdered in Toronto between 20. So it is with Santa Claus The Serial Killer (BBC Three). ![]()
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