Crime Stories | Season 2 | Episode 5 | The Wells Gray Gunman | Bill Courage | Richard Belzer 

I came here because it was in my local BC news he was up for parole. Happy to say he's been denied for five more years.

This is one of the most horrible stories I have heard about in all my life

Such a tragedy... very frustrating they couldn’t get the town right the Johnson family was from “Westbank” not Kelowna!! We have a community pool in their honour. We have never forgotten them.

[Apologies: SPOILERS ahead!] Dear God, TWO WEEKS? He kept those kids alive for two weeks, putting them through unimaginable hell. Damn! THIS is why I trust animals more than most people.

Please note that in Canada while the maximum sentence is 25 years without parole that doesn't mean a person automatically gets out of prison after 25 years, it means no parole before 25 years. It's up to the National Parole Board if an inmate is released and any inmate could be in prison until they die. We also have a " dangerous offenders " designation which can be used to basically guarantee that person will never be released.

I'm Australian and feel our prison sentencing is similar to Canada. In this case, there at least should be no parole. Shearing is still in prison but every few years has a parole hearing where family and friends must appear to argue against releasing him and dragging up painful memories and trauma at the same time.

In this case "life" should mean "life". That man should never get the hope of getting out some day.

The lengths these RCMP officers went to to solve this reprehensible mass murder is so admirable. I’m impressed! 👍🏻💖💕💗💓 Despite going down the wrong path initially, they renewed their efforts and got their man. He must have been laughing at them at first... but he sure didn’t see them them coming at him during the interview. Talk about a deer in the headlights... It would be funny if it wasn’t so tragic. 💔💔💔

I'm not afraid of bears so much anymore.

I have to say that was some unconventional creative investigating using that R.V. as a way to get information.

What happen to the Canada’s law, six innocent people were killed but the killer didn’t get death penalty, life in prison without parole? This is a monster.

Ive seen this episode several times. Its the one that sticks with me most out of all of them. There are a lot of true crime buffs out there, myself one of them. But after watching this one, I cant watch anymore for a while. Just sit in silence really.

I came across this weird big dude a few weeks prior to his killing spree. I was doing a bicycle tour through the mountains and he drove by me several times on that highway near the park. He did a u turn after passing me once again and drove ahead of me then cut me off with his car. He asked me weirdly “ where the nearest town was “ ? I made a wide turn away from his car and rode off just yelling back I didn’t know. Fortunately for me he didn’t come after me. Later that summer I remember the news of that horrible murder. I in passing thought of the weird dude I had encountered in that same area. I did not put things together until the next year when I saw that big ugly dude on the news. It was Him...I guess he was gonna rob me, maybe kill me and dispose of my body out there.

Absolutely sickening.A lovely family, three generations killed for a boat motor, some tools, and a truck ??? What's worse is he got only 25 years for 6 murders and two sexual assaults, the same as what he would have gotten for one murder.That's just wrong !!!! I would love to have a hand to hand fight with this coward. Scumbag !!!!!

So he pleads guilty, has 25 years to show remorse and comes back out rehabilitated. 4 years and 2 months per life, he could be out at 50 yrs old. Plenty of time to visit more camping grounds.

I wonder what would happen if this amount of effort would be put toward the huge amount of indigenous women murdered and missing in Canada.

I always felt vulnerable the times me and my husband took the kids camping. I knew that we were sitting ducks at any given moment. Not just from human threats, but bears, coyotes and other creatures. When one steps out of their home, the security and safety levels go down, depending on the wheres and whens.

What gets me is these vehicles were driven back in amongst thick vegetation and set alight. Are there not Park rangers who work at this Park to keep an eye out for fire? I mean they allow people to vacation in the Park so I imagine fire would be the first thing they would be watching for...for public safety But nobody saw the fire from these cars yet they say how hot they burned because there wasn’t much left of the bodies.....

the part I hate the most about Canadian and Australian crime shows is the sentencing. they have the lightest possible punishments

Monster😭😭😭😭 killed three generations

It's a damn shame... Canada doesn't have the death penalty....GODDAMN SHAME....!!!!!!

I remember when this crime happened. My second child was born just a couple of months later. I grew up camping every summer and was going to carry that on with my own kids, but this massacre terrified me. From that point on, I only chose campsites that were full of people whereas I used to go looking for the campsite away from everyone else. I can't decide how I feel about the death penalty. I know one of the reasons they abolished the death penalty was the fear of killing someone who was actually innocent, but in this case there was no such barrier. He had fully confessed; he knew details about the crime that had never been published - I'm certain 100% that he is guilty. But another part of me says that killing him would only lower us to his level. We have to be better than he was. Keeping him alive but in jail until the very last breath would be more punishment than giving him the relief of a quick medicated death. He deserves to suffer greatly. I can't imagine (and don't want to) what those little girls went through. After seeing their parents and grandparents killed in cold blood, they must have known that that would be their end as well. And then having that perverted monster sexually abuse them for weeks before killing them, is just beyond my capability to understand how even the most demented psychopath could do it.

They had 2 weeks to have saved those girls!!! Oh my God

TRAGIC SAD STORY!!!

The lengths these RCMP officers went to to solve this reprehensible mass murder is so admirable. I’m impressed! 👍🏻💖💕💗💓

Canada laws need to change. This monster should have received the death penalty.

This is what the death penalty is for. No excuse for him not getting it. RIP family❤💞

I love the old guy who has his hair dyed to look like a 20 year old.

No justice. God will have to take care of it, because that pitiful court system sure didn't. Gets chance of parole after 25 years. No justice.

This is when you wish we still had the death penalty in Canada. Or at least where life means life.

If he had been convicted here in the US life without parole means life. No measly 25 years nonsense. He was a younger man and could easily have lived through his sentence and been released. If it was a death penalty state he would have gotten it believe me. I see so many of these Canadian murderers get that 25 years "life sentence". Why do Canadians put up with this?

How someone can commit such heinous and gruesome crimes is beyond my cognition, the mentality needed to kill six people, who are just on holiday relaxing, not bothering anyone, is something that psychiatrists might be able to assign some technical label to, but in my opinion, EVIL, Is the only label needed. Thanks for sharing this interesting if saddening documentary, well presented and narrated. 😀👍🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

he was denied parole for another five years less than a year ago. its not to revel in his punishment, it's to not punish those family who were left behind were he released, and the officers who never gave up... If he get's out, officers next time may think, why bother?

Even more sad, that he doesn't know why he wasted the lives of those 6 innocent and worthy people. How many, who are the likes of Mr Shearing are out there, wearing a human skin, yet contemplating similar deeds. Keep your gun in hand loaded and Trust no one.

LOL, those composite drawings of the suspects were hilarious.....Fabio, and his friend ..... the Planet of the Apes king.

Life sentence ? Then LIFE in prison. I'm sick to death of these laws that let psychos murder people and give them eligibility to get out EVER !!

BC Canada- 1982- The family of Bob Johnson went on a camping trip to Wells Grey park and Jackie’s parents joined them and tragedy struck and Bob Johnson went missing and the family had not returned from the trip.The police -RCMP Royal Canadian Mounted Police - started investigating the missing family and after a month they found the burnt of family car and bones of the six Johnsons. Five gun shell cases were found by the police a distance away from the burnt vehicle. Witnesses gave police a tip about two men speaking French in their twenties who were in the area and were driving a truck with a camper van attached. Six months passed and following a tip the investigators found a burnt out camper van. The name of David Shearing a local who was frequenting the Wells Grey Park came up and police realised they were all along following false leads about two killers.

I'm waiting to hear the sentence "with no possibility of parole". I keep hearing "with no possibility of parole for at least twenty five years". And everytime it applies to a criminal so obviously dangerous that a twelve year old could make the right call 🙄.

I really don't know what's more shocking, the crimes perpetrated in these documentaries, or the incompetence and utter stupidity of Canadian cops and the Canadian judicial system ....

As soon as I heard the two girls were separated from their family in the trunk I knew why this crime happened but I didn't want to believe it. I hope he gets horrible treatment in gen pop prison for the rest of his miserable life.

Three generations wiped off the earth by this monster!

All those gun shots at the bear creek camp site, and no blood on the ground ? That doesn't seem possible.

shearing is so spooky looking.

What is wrong with Canadian Justice? 25 years? absolutely bloody ridiculous...

16:51 - We got this. The man we're looking for is... Yeti.

I remember this very well and how scary this was behind Clifford Olsen

im not intending to place blame on this poor family for what happened to them but when camping in the wilderness ppl should make sure to bring protection, if not a gun then at least bear spray or a tazer. theres a much higher probability of encountering a bear or cougar on your campsite than a deranged murderer, but the means of protection you bring can likely help on all ends

The court system is a fucking joke,, 25 years is an insult to the families...

This is a horrible crime no doubt but 16:52 Made me LOL hard! They were apparently murdered by Bigfoot 😂

So hes hit and run and killed a man and commited grand larceny but you couldnt take him into custody? What the actual hell?

THANK GOD FOR THE WIFE!!!! tell'em what Dave said. Omgosh

Chance of parole after 25 years ?!

Police did a great job

wow, shocking...unbelievable, heartbreaking story. I am am not at all sure about this but it does seem ,from these shows that Canada and Australia have some of the most depraved criminals...who do not actually have to suffer much consequence, wonder if that makes them particularly horribly, brazen!! in what they do.....

Abperson who does something like that is totally evil and has no soul.

They were quite obviously killed by the Yeti. Am I the only one that can see the Yeti in the drawings given by the witnesses? It was the effing YETI !!

bring back the needle, 25 years is not enough, stop being such bleeding hearts

25 years and then parole possible? hahaha! Canada.... wow....

Doubt that they would let a psychopath like him wander around the crime-scenes without hand-cuffs on, especially when showing the police where a weapon has been stashed!

The sketch of the bearded suspect could be a bleeding sasquatch or cave man for all the public knew.

If the girls were killed elsewhere, two weeks later, how come there were six shell casings found at Bear Creek campsite...?! R.I.P Johnson and Bentley families 🌹🌹

I thought there were two killers?

This is Absolutely unbelievable the most upsetting documentary I've watched

He kept the 2 young girls alive for 2 weeks? My God what they must have endured! OK some of u disagree with the death penalty.so how does this sound we put this monster and Bernardo out in the exercise yard and release the other prisoners for their rec time? Oh and by the way all the guards suddenly get diaheria and need the loo at the same time. I could live with the results,noproblem.

He should of got 25 years each case

25 yrs whatss wrong with ur justice system i bet hes out of prison already shame on u canada

When he said they made 'a chilling discovery', I thought they might have found a refrigerator.............

How can a rifle fall into a monster like this in the first place ? That is why six people could not fight this monster.

What?..Canada has a shitty court system!!!

So sad

Creepy I went to the forestry Rec site Im pretty sure. A year before I watched this

How was that sentence even remotely appropriate 🤬

There's something "Off" about this story..How in the hell did "one " man with a 22..small caliber that I was shot with twice and it hardly fazed me. My point is I lived. Some 22 bullets can't even make it thru the skull (obviously these did) but how could one person kill 6 people without losing control of the situation? Didn't any try to run?Why didn't at least one get away? I almost think there was someone else involved.

Pourquoi on ne peut pas profiter l'histoire en français quand on ne comprends pas l'anglais et qu'on est fane

the investigator with the dyed hair looks like the uncle

A Canadian Documentary

This is horrible.

Not Bad Day HQ's fault, but I'm going to say I am very tired of the use of present tense for past events. It might be okay on an accasional basis to lend drama, but has become all too common, and just weak.

sure is scary when people you least expect are the monsters. :x

One of Canada's most shocking crimes and that is with every episode .Are there so many sick Canadians ?

25 years only???? that means 4 years for a human life??? man! you canadiaan people have to do something to change this piece of s... in your law system sorry for the expression

Ok why so little senté for killing 6 ppl

What the hell is the sentencing 25 years! Came on Canada you can do better

I see comments here where people bitch and whine about how cheaply these docs are made. I say don't watch!

I didn't know Eddie Monster grew up to become the lead investigator 😳

Peace officers? Now there’s a term that went out of style. Probably right around the time that the term police brutality came into style....and stayed.

Harvard Boswell went to Yale just to spite his parents. He attained a first-class honours degree in Pissing off the Parents.

No it will not bring them back but 25 years is not enough. Think he killed 6 people never mind what he did to those 2 girls. But it's one thing to say he can get out after 25 years I don't know about Canada but in the UK it would be very hard for him to actually get out. Just because he can doesn't mean he will

This crime just made me not wanna believe in god anymore.

23:01 Detroit is North of Windsor Ontario not South :-) Peace

My opinion exactly 43:04

Man, I hate kiddy fiddlers !!

Why didn’t he get charged with kidnapping and rape?!

The actor doesn't look like the real character , pretty far from resemblance.

South to Detroit from Windsor? Not so. You have to go North from Windsor to go to Detroit

Sort of interesting true crime. But the clumsy, old fashioned handling of the story turns me off. Old school police work.

Appreciate your uploads but can you omit the killers name out of the description . ? I know who the killer is before seeing the video .

DNR

Haha early 20s wtf ?? Brunette and blonde interesting.. I wonder which one had more fun?

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