The Prime Detective

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  • The Black Mirror murder

    The Black Mirror murder

    How a Montreal murder trial pulled a hit Netflix series into the courtroom.

    A 24-year-old artist, Romane Bonnier, was murdered in broad daylight near McGill University. Her killer, François Pelletier, didn’t just confess — he wrapped the crime in a bizarre pop-culture narrative, calling himself the “Chief antagonist of the Black Mirror Society” and naming his plan “Operation Wrath of Heaven.”

    And in one of the strangest twists in Canadian legal history, the jury asked to watch an actual episode of Black Mirror during deliberations.

    This episode unpacks how a toxic breakup turned into a premeditated killing, why prosecutors fought over Pelletier’s mental state, and how an episode of a sci-fi cult classic unexpectedly ended up in front of a jury deciding a real life-and-death verdict.

    Credits:
    This episode of “The Prime Detective” was produced and hosted by Grayson Thagard.

    Music for “The Prime Detective” is composed by Ben Wise: https://benwise.bandcamp.com/

    Website and publishing support thanks to David Moody, Producer: “Let’s Talk About Treks” The Podcast.

    Artwork for “The Prime Detective” is by Julie Hendrickson.

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  • Introducing “The Prime Detective”

    Introducing “The Prime Detective”

    There are weak spots in the fabric of our reality, places where Star Trek and other science fiction stories spill over into real life.

    The Prime Detective is a short-form true crime and culture podcast that investigates those cracks between fact and fiction. Host Grayson (@TVGuyGrayson on social media) uncovers the unexpected ways sci-fi has inspired, and sometimes interfered with, real-world crimes, strange cases, and cultural controversies.

    From headline-grabbing stories like the unsolved murder of JonBenet Ramsey and the Heaven’s Gate cult, to smaller slices of life like a woman whose license plate tribute to the starship Enterprise racked up thousands in fines, each episode runs ten minutes or less and uncovers surprising connections between sci-fi and true crime.

    Join us as we investigate the places where science fiction collides with reality… on The Prime Detective.

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