The Murder of Hanna Buxbaum

Jan 15

SOUTHWESTERN, ONTARIO

Millionaire nursing home operators Helmuth and Hanna Buxbaum were driving back from Toronto airport after picking up their nephew. Seeing a stranded motorist, they pulled over to see if they could help. But it wasn't a stranded motorist.

Podcast recommendation:
Chasing Cosby from the LA Times
Brew Crime

Further reading:
The Prodigal Husband: The Tragedy of Helmuth and Hanna Buxbaum Hardcover - by Michael Harris

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Credits:

Research: Haley Grey
Writing, narration, music arrangement: Kristi Lee
Audio editing, audio production: We Talk of Dreams
Disclaimer voiced by the host of Beyond Bizarre True Crime
Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams

Music:

We Talk of Dreams - original composer of "Canadian True Crime Theme song"

Music below is used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Kai Engel - Seeker, Fryeri, Imminence
Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder 5
S. Cherimisinov - Fog
Kevin McLeod / Incomptech - Plaint, Immersed, Long Note Two This House

Information sources:

Cout Document: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/1986/1986canlii2592/1986canlii2592.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAPaGVsbXV0aCBidXhiYXVtAAAAAAE&resultIndex=2

Book: The Prodigal Husband by Michael Harris

News articles and clippings:

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/incoming/he-was-a-pillar-of-society-who-put-a-contract-on-his-wife/article18149029/

https://lfpress.com/2012/12/21/buxbaum-financial-books-close-28-years-after-roadside-murder-of-hanna-buxbaum-near-komoka/wcm/e2e57654-1196-4941-0b82-67b735929cbf

https://www.chathamdailynews.ca/2014/07/04/after-30-years-a-son-comes-to-terms-with-his-fathers-murder-of-his-mother/wcm/f93cc8f5-f8dc-07c0-2274-0d089cff787c

Collection of articles by CanCrime.com: https://www.cancrime.com/tag/helmuth-buxbaum/

Collection of articles by Macleans: https://archive.macleans.ca/search?QueryTerm=helmuth+buxbaum

https://nationalpost.com/news/the-killer-i-knew/wcm/e727a153-92fc-481f-bdd7-0af73239784a

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/helmuth-buxbaum-convicted-in-1980s-murder-dies-in-jail-1.684121

https://www.newspapers.com/image/504083613/?terms=helmuth%2Bbuxbaum