The Murder of Ronald Platt

Oct 15

In 1996, a body washed up in a fishing net off the south coast of Devon in the UK. Through intrepid detective work, English police would link it back to a diabolical Canadian criminal who left an unbelievable trail of destruction behind in Southwestern Ontario.

This is the story of the crimes of Albert Johnson Walker. If you recognize the name and think you know this case, stay tuned until the end. There has been an update from 2021...

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Credits:
Research and writing: Diedre Bradley and Kristi Lee
Audio editing and production: We Talk of Dreams
Disclaimer voiced by the host of True

Music credits:
Theme Song: We Talk of Dreams
Blue Dot Sessions - Uncertain Ground, Gathering Stasis, Cicle Ariel, Darkened Treeline, Dawn Line Approaching
Chris Zabriskie - Cylinder Two
Kai Engel - Behind Your Window, Cold War Echo, Mercy
Kevin McLeod / Incompetech - Mesmerize, Immersed

Main information sources:

COURT DOCUMENT:
https://www.canlii.org/en/on/onsc/doc/1998/1998canlii14906/1998canlii14906.html?searchUrlHash=AAAAAQAVYWxiZXJ0IGpvaG5zb24gd2Fsa2VyAAAAAAE&resultIndex=1

BOOKS:
A hand in the water: The many lies of Albert Walker by Bill Schiller (Excerpts from)
Dancing Devil - my twenty years with Albert Walker by Barbara G. Walker
Forensic Human Identification: An Introduction edited by Tim Thompson, Sue Black (out of print but excerpts found here

DOCUMENTARY:
Forensic Files / Medical Detectives: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TnDxTGeKZY

NEWS ARCHIVES:
https://www.pressreader.com/canada/national-post-latest-edition/20070724/281560876391378

https://www.alamy.com/witness-elaine-boyes-39-celebrates-outside-exeter-crown-court-today-monday-after-albert-walker-52-was-convicted-by-a-jury-of-murdering-her-51-year-old-boyfriend-electrical-engineer-ronald-platt-walker-a-canadian-interpol-fugitive-murdered-his-friend-whose-identity-he-used-in-a-complex-plot-to-protect-his-double-life-see-pa-story-courts-identity-image380469501.html

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/identity-swap-trial-is-told-of-daughter-s-suicide-theory-1167067.html

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/daughter-speaks-out-against-evil-father/article18219037/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sheena-walker-maintains-her-dad-asked-her-to-lie-1.166577

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/man-at-centre-of-bizarre-case-returning-to-canada/article1114896/

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1998/6/22/an-english-murder-mystery

https://archive.macleans.ca/article/1996/12/16/assumed-identities