The Survival of Zach Miller

Jun 15

SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA

It was 2006, and ten year old Zachary Miller was enjoying the summer on his family’s farm near the tiny town of Whitewood, Saskatchewan. A man walked up the driveway with a teenage boy, wanting to buy eggs—and Zach's life would never be the same again.

Child Personal Safety Resources:

Canadian Centre for Child Protection is a national charity dedicated to the personal safety of all children, and provides resources and education.

The National Crime Prevention Council provides resources to parents on how to teach kids about strangers:

Canada: The Missing Children Society of Canada provides resources for what to do if your child goes missing:

United States: The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children provides resources for what to do if your child goes missing: https://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/isyourchildmissing.

#BlackLivesMatter donations and support:

Canada: How You Can Support Black People Today, Tomorrow & Forever by Refindery 29

United States: Places to Donate thanks to The Fall Line Podcast

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Credits:
Research & Writing: Haley Gray

Writing: Kristi Lee

Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams

Disclaimer voiced by the host of Beyond Bizarre True Crime

Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams

Music credits:
Kevin McLeod Incomptech - Floating Cities, Long Note Two, Lost Time

Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Five, Cylinder Two, I'm A Man Who Will Fight For Your Honour, Laserdisc

Kai Engel - Imminence, Nothing (Bonus Track)

S Cheremisinov - Fog

Scott Gratton - Had you been

Phillip Weigl - Subdivision of the Masses

Plus original tracks composed by We Talk of Dreams

Resources:

Direct interviews with Zach Miller

Academic: Natalie Cuffley, “Tattooing Sex Offender on His Forehead” (2003) 6 CR (6th) 134;

Court document: https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/2013/2013onsc589/2013onsc589.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAQInBldGVyIHdoaXRtb3JlIgAAAAAB&resultIndex=3

Court document: 2000 CarswellOnt 4080, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Whitmore v. Ontario (Attorney General), 2000 CarswellOnt 4080, [2000] O.J. No. 3998, 100 A.C.W.S. (3d) 693, 48 W.C.B. (2d) 49, 78 C.R.R. (2d) 258

Book: The Devil Among Us: How Canada Failed to Stop a Pedophile by Mike McIntyre

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/zach-miller-held-as-sex-slave-at-10-by-peter-whitmore-tells-his-story-1.3418304

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/whitmore-gets-life-sentence-in-child-sex-assault-abductions-1.674135

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/father-of-peter-whitmore-abduction-victim-speaks-out-1.3063538

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/families-welcome-safe-return-of-boys-1.574126

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatoon/zach-miller-peter-whitmore-1.5139958

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/whitmore-paid-n-l-boy-for-sexual-touching-court-told-1.693709

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/whitmore-charged-with-sex-assaults-abduction-1.574128

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/former-whitmore-lawyer-slams-police-for-poor-monitoring-of-sex-offenders-1.619815

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/whitmore-offered-plea-bargain-in-child-sex-assault-abductions-case-1.640044

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/whitmore-asks-to-be-chemically-castrated-report-1.641373

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/crown-will-seek-dangerous-offender-status-if-whitmore-convicted-1.572051