Killer Caught By His Own Sister | The Case of Thomas Svekla 

As a daughter from one of the murder victims, Melissa Munch - I appreciate you taking such a compassionate stance on this towards the victims, but as well as being so informative. Spreading awareness of the lives he’s taken is the greatest thing someone can do ❤️ -I also agree with some of the comments that adding photos of the women at the end is a wonderful tribute :)

"they had passed away from homicide" What an unusual sentence.

It's hard to think that this man probably wouldn't have been found out if he didn't make this mistake I feel sorry for his sister.

There's no way he took year long breaks. There are definitely more bodies. 100%. Also as a memorial to the victims, their photo's should be shown at the end. Just my opinion. They deserve that much.

I will never understand taking a life when yours is not in jeopardy. People who kill for the thrill of it are quite frightening. And to think they walk among us everyday…

I'm Canadian and yet I've never heard of this serial killer.

It would've been nice to have some photos of the people in this case put in. Very good telling of this story and done in an empathetic manner 👍

After discovering MrBallen and now discovering this! I'm so addicted to these types of videos!

Thomas’s sister is fortunate to be alive. His sister must have had her suspicions about him when determined to search those bags.

Small think but I respect that you said "men and women" when regarding sex workers, men also find themselves in this line of work and I've noticed some people tend to ignore them, so thanks for that small detail :)

Love the new logo. Very sad, regardless of what a person does for a living/profession it shouldn't mark them for murder. Another case I hadn't heard of, thanks

The murderer left a dislike.

I watch a lot of true crime, but it never ceases to amazing me how many murderers stay free or don’t get caught for eons in Canada. Wtf is going on up there??

Anything different to the same old usual recycled serial killer stories that are now beyond a brain bore...is great. So well done.

Also , I used to be a sex worker and the reality is the lack of legislation and the criminalization of sex work is what makes it so dangerous. Its not that the technology didn't exist to catch this guy , it's that most law enforcement do not give a single shit about sex workers , especially indigenous sex workers .

Much respect for treating the dead with dignity

No complaints about this upload, except the lack of real photos of people, places, and events.

This is so sad. I hope all the murdered women RIP. TY for another awesome video. I really enjoy your videos 😊

I really enjoy your videos. I think you should try to use less random clips/pics and more real photos if possible & not use photos from other crimes or criminals while explaining/narrating crime stories. 👍👍

I'm really happy you came up on my feed! Awesome job!

I'm from Deadmonton. I remember this dork. 'Berta rides again. And of course it took forever to find him. People are still dying. Your videos are often ok. Don't stop.

Why do I always get the feeling, that Canadian officials are utterly incompetent

Canada have some horrible detectives... I'm surprised he didn't beat the murder they charged him with

Great video. But I also wanted to say thank you for adding your own subtitles! Love that. Sometimes the automatic ones aren’t always right. Subscribed. Can’t wait to see more content from you

I watch a lot of true crime, and this is the first one that hit very close to home. I was born in Saskatchewan but used to travel to Edmonton as part of my schooling. Being short on money are used to stay at the Trailway motel on Gateway Boulevard until I found out the police had temporary shut it down with a search warrant and were excavating underneath the building for items involved in the murders of prostitutes. Needless to say, I never stayed there again. Out of curiosity, I started following the case but didn’t really hear much until the summer of 2007. I was in candle lake Saskatchewan and through friends met a couple who were both Edmonton police officers. I asked one of them, Rhonda, about the Edmonton serial killer. She said that they I had taken someone into custody that had brought a hockey bag with a body to his family’s property. She said they were still trying to connect him to all the other murders at that time. She did say that there have been no murders since he’s been in jail, but that probably would’ve only been a year as we know the murderer can go dormant for longer than that. This was the first time I’ve heard anyone cover this case, and you did and outstanding job! I had long since forgotten about the story and it’s so good to know that they most likely have the right guy. Thank you also for talking about the victims with such dignity. No one deserves what happened to them. Subscribed! You are in my top 3 next to TC and Coffeehouse Crime.

Found this channel today. Been binge watching. Keep up the good work

James, you have such a kind face and you tell these stories really well. Thank you so much .... I love your channel.

High risk lifestyle means high risk for being murdered,kidnapped, or assaulted, it’s not about catching diseases or stds.

I really appreciate how you talk about sex workers in a kind, respectful manner and like they are people who matter. ♥️ I’m half Canadian, my dad is from southern Alberta and so hello from a fellow (half) Canadian! 🇨🇦 I just visited my grandparents in the Lethbridge area for US Thanksgiving. I’d love to live there someday!

Awesome narration! Why am I just finding you now???? Glad I did!

It looks like he was loving the attention, smiling in every picture. Amazing video keep them coming! 💖Elaina

Hi, really enjoyed this video, thank you.!! I am now a subscriber... Cheers from Scotland x

Than-you for covering this. Most were street workers AND Indigenous...even lower priority to any other class. Sadly this was never reported or investigated with any priority. Even his arrest went mostly unreported. (I lived in Edmonton from the 90 to 2010's.)

Never, ever have I heard the sir name, Ghostkeeper until now. This is my first episode of Twisted Minds. It came up as a recommendation and glad I hit on it because this is a case I've never heard of before.

Glad i found your channel. Love your videos! Lots of Love from Sweden! 🇸🇪

I went from the video of the 14 year old and her sister, to this. Your voice was dramatically lower pitched in the last video! It took me by surprise right away

I'm guessing that he was convicted in 2008. I knew the last name, as it was from the same area where my grandparents homesteaded, and my parents would occasionally say the name when returning from a country wedding or funeral or other community event. So when this case was in the media, it caught my attention. I had moved away from Alberta, and returned for a couple of years, moving away again at the end of 2009. That's why I'm guessing the timeline for the conviction would have been 2008, as I wasn't keeping up on Alberta news after I moved away.

First video I’ve seen on this channel. Different. Thanks for your work :)

Thanks for a not so well covered case else where, again. And done well.

Love this! Keep it up!

Hello James 👋 Thank you again for another AWSOME show!!!!!

I really like your cover of the case. I'd really enjoy real life related images of the case when going over it. It really helps connect the viewer to the actual events and visualize locations and the actual people effected by the crimes. Still tho, great video. I haven't seen a cover of this criminal before, even tho I've heard of his nickname before just not seen a breakdown of this. He effected so many people...

Again top notch yet another case I've heard nothing about 👍😉

Glad for the shout out in the description to Mike of that Chapter. Also, the sister and/or wife might want to tell her story to the producers of Evil Lives Here (on Discovery+ Channel). Am subscribing to Twisted Minds now. It might draw more subscribers if you could find out what the shrinks have to say about these poisoned minds.

Thank you for covering this. There is not enough coverage on this monster.

Just came across this video n gotta admit, I’ve never heard of this case nor anythg about this “POS Boogieman”... U did a really good job telling this story all within 15 mins 👍🏼 Can’t wait to watch the rest of ur videos.

Wow. Canadian here too but I have never heard of this one. Thanks!

Great reporting! Subscribed!

I personally would like to ty for the way you described the victims and did not put them in a bad light 💞from a grieving mother

Haha haven’t seen this background since my yearbook pictures, glad to run across your channel!!

I smell huge success of this channel in upcoming days. . best wishes brother.

Subscribed! Great content, perfect presentation~ what else would I do? 👏👍

This is so crazy how recent this actually was... he said 80s & 90s but task force made in '03..

Just curious..is there a reason why we never get told of the details of the victim’s injuries? I feel that is an important part of explaining what happened and yet it’s always skipped over. For example: “The injuries to victims body were incredibly brutal” And then it just goes on like those injuries were nothin major to even mention. I watched channels like Deadbug says and I hadn’t realized how much more heart wrenching when you hear the real details. It just adds a whole nuther layer of depravity.

No matter what Rest In Peace beloved ones may your families and friends find healing and peace May the evil monsters who did this May all their crimes fall back on them tenfold or more

This is a really good channel. I hope you get a few million more subs, great quality. And you look like the kind of guy I'd buy a beer just to hear what's new.

could listen to ur voice all day! keep it up :)

James acts like it's so hard to find information on Svekla, but you just have to be willing to go beyond the first few hits on Google (is that expecting too much?). On Press Reader, there's a really long, detailed 2008 article from the Edmonton Journal called "Tom Svekla's Secret Life." It's an interesting report that paints a picture of his origins and provides some clues about his motives.

Why are there never pictures of these women, yes their names but they're still someone's daughter, aunt, mother, grandma. Sad

your story exemplifies the poor police investigation that happens around here. some of these obviously had names attached to some part of the operation. masseuse would have kept who on appointments. a hotel room had to be registered to someone. police service is piss poor, and different police forces not combining efforts at the time. things are a little better. but not by much.

How could the police NOT put these murders together earlier? It took so many yrs! How horrible. Thank goodness his sister did the right thing.

This was the man that my teacher in Sturgeon used to talk about. I lived down the road from one of the dumping places.. Creepy

Hey you ok ..I've just found your channel and may I say... Absolutely spot on with what I like to watch...Fair play James you have a few videos that I've not Heard of before...10/10👍👍

Hi James I love watching your show😊 I am new to your channel👍

First of all I just discovered ur page and absolutely love it been binge-watching it ur a great killer narrator a crazy have a guy that got away with so many murders for so long would do something so stupid and leave a dead rotting body in his sister's garage when he just don't all the rest

Wow, I had never even heard of this guy, and he murdered so MANY people....crazy. Definitely enjoy content that covers lesser known cases!!

It's very different here in Canada in comparison to the U.S. We get very limited coverage of crimes such as these. There are a few exceptions, of course. Everybody knows Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo (Paul Teale), Colonel Russell Williams etc. But, I'd never heard of Thomas Svekla and I live here. We know much more about U.S. Crime because of the coverage by the U.S. press. As, you can see James had trouble finding much news about Svekla, even saying at one point that the police "remained tightlipped" about this case, and that's an understatement, and is true of most Canadian Crime cases.

Constructive criticism here I feel like I don't know anything about this case and I realize that there was a ton of victims but like that other comment said photos of the victims and clues to how the connected the cases or other specific details of the crimes and crime scenes would be really good to help your channel grow I'm just saying from a guy that watches tons of true crime I feel like I didn't gain anything from this I know basically what I did when I read the title good work tho keep on improving and I'm sure you could be one of the great ones

Canada needs to bring back "the Long Drop".

Yo I love your Channel the personnaly that you reflect on the screen make it sound like you were a regular friend about just like Mike from thatchapter just love it I hope you get more subscriber

Just found this channel and will definitely be watching a lot more

Im an Albertan! Thanks for covering this case, not many people have because of the lack of information.

One thing about this whole story that really aggravates me is the fact that aside from the actual perpetrator of the crimes one of the things that inevitably lead to these sorts of deaths is the continued and needless prohibition of this sort of work. Pushing these girls into the underbelly of society through prostitution laws removes from them the ability to really and truly protect themselves. Also don't even get me started on the rampant sex trafficking that exists partly due to the underground nature of sex work.

About to binge watch all of these no cap

Not Bernette, but Bern a dette. Not Aines, but Inn es

Sex workers are considered 'high risk' bc they consistently approach a possible killer and stand or sit next to them... Unfortunately, comes with the job.

Exactly like Mike from That Chapter down to the Shirt only difference he show’s News clips & more. But well done 👏🏾

I have lived in Alberta for 60 years & have not heard of this case

Im Canadian and have never heard of this guy

Thanks James

Im just discovering this page now very interesting im liking it so far 2 vids down this my 3rd

I live in bc which boarders Alberta, I’m a crime JUNKIE, how have I not heard of this serial killer?!!

After watching a bunch of these videos in a row, Canada doesn’t seem as safe as I thought it was.

Anyone else think he's been a bit crude about the victims.

Dude!! I just reported it but this guy just wrote on this post his Gunna kill people. I reported it but keep and eye out for him. I didn't get the name was shocked think David something

You must be a fan of That Chapter. I see you've been influenced by his dark background and shirt giving you the floating head effect. You should try an all black shirt. Then your head will really look like it's floating!

Happened around my area, scary lol longtime ago but still been watching binging your channel and nothing came this close to home lol.

Here in Europe prostitution is legal -no street walkers -safer when it legal

Just subbed to you brother ❤️

This man tell the story like a man and dont try to be a clown like another real killer story tellers! Good work man

I want to know more about James!!!!

New subscriber from Bothell Washington

Man I thought that was Scotty Kilmer in the thumbnail. I was like, _Dang, someone finally had enough of him talking about electrolysis..._

He is just not Mike from That Chapter

Love this guy's vids

Why are they "lower class citizens"???

There is an indepth article about svekla and his early life , ive just read it

This case just sounds like zero effort on the behalf of law enforcement

A little more of research on this case would have been nice