Buffalo Narrows is located in northern Saskatchewan, around 275 miles north of Saskatoon, Canada. 32-year-old Thomas Pederson and his wife, Bernadette, resided in the settlement with their children, Grace, Robert, Fred, Connie, Richard, Rhoda and Cynthia. The Pederson family were Metis Nation, meaning that they were of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry. In 1969, Buffalo Narrows was predominantly a community of Indigenous people of the Cree Nation and the population was approximately 700.
The 30th of January 1969 was bitterly cold, with heavy snow blanketing Buffalo Narrows. 48-year-old Jean Baptiste Herman, from the village of La Loche, stayed at the Pederson home as a guest and two of the Pederson’s daughters, Cynthia and Connie, were absent, staying over with their grandmother that night.
Sometime after 03:40am, Corporal Jack Fraser was awakened by Reverend Andrew Darsche who seemed shaken. A man had called him minutes earlier and confessed to having murdered those in the Pederson home with an axe.
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Narration and Production - Kirsty Skye
Research and Writing - Dark Curiosities
Scoring - S. D. D. C.
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Sources:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/buffalo-narrows-50-years-pederson-
1.4997319
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/docproject/i-don-t-know-how-to-love-sisters-search-for-
answers-51-years-after-their-family-s-axe-murder-1.5476551
https://amok.fandom.com/wiki/Frederick_Moses_McCallum
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/marking-50-years-since-the-shell-
lake-murders-canada-s-worst-random-mass-killing-1.4244265
The Leader-Post, Jan 30 1969
The Bryan Times, Jan 31 1969
St. Petersburg Times, Jan 31 1969
The Leader-Post, Feb 3 1969
The Leader-Post, May 24 1969
The Leader-Post, Oct 15 1969
The Leader-Post, Oct 17 1969
The Leader-Post, Oct 18 1969
The Leader-Post, Oct 21 1969
The Leader-Post, Oct 22 1969
The Leader-Post, Jan 15 1970
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