Although Netflix isn't shy about putting out true crime content, very little of what they share talks about Canadian serial killers, until recently, that is. This article contains graphic content that might not be suitable for some readers. If you've logged onto the streaming service lately, you may have seen advertisements for a show called Don't F*** With Cats: Hunting An Internet Killer, a docu-series about the infamous Canadian killer, Luka Magnotta, who you'll read more about in this article. While serial killers in Canada may not be as popular as they are in other countries, there's no denying that we've seen some seriously heinous crimes committed over the years, and the stories will absolutely shock you. Not every single one of these killers will have their 15 minutes of fame with a documentary on Netflix, but there are plenty of podcasts, books, and homemade documentaries out there that tell the stories of The Great White North's most notorious and evil serial killers. Robert Pickton View this post on Instagram Are you ready to cringe and want to swear off pork forever? Check out episode 7 now, link in our bio! #talesfromthemidnightsociety #podcast #murderpodcast #truecrime #truecrimepodcast #serialkiller #canadianserialkiller #canadianpodcast #areyouafraidofthedark #creepy #picktonpigfarm #robertwilliampickton #robertpickton #picktonpigfarmkiller A post shared by @ talesfromthemidnightsociety on Nov 12, 2019 at 6:04pm PST Robert Pickton was known in his hometown of Port Coquitlam as a multi-millionaire pig farm owner. According to Serial Killer Shop, in the '90s, he would host raves in an old slaughterhouse with hundreds of guests coming, including prostitutes and members of the Hell's Angels. In 2002, Pickton was arrested for murder and although he was only charged with six, an undercover agent got him to confess to 49. When he was arrested, a $70 million excavation project found the remains of dozens of women, and there was also evidence that he had ground up some of his victims to feed to his pigs. The former farm owner was convicted in 2007 and sentenced to life in prison. Luka Magnotta View this post on Instagram Don't F*** with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer on Netflix (2019): 5/5 stars ⭐️. Review by @flowerboy 🔪🐱 | IMDB: 8.3 (6.5K reviews) | RT: 85% 🍅 ⠀ This series is a chilling tale of an attention-thriving psychopath, Luka Magnotta, who graduated from killing kittens to humans to attract attention on the Internet. He made international news after he began mailing body parts to Canadian politicians 😲!⠀ ⠀ Warning: Vague Spoilers below ⚠️⠀ ⠀ This story seems straight out of a movie, and in some ways it is. Netflix begins by showing video clips of someone putting kittens into a plastic bag. Then we hear a vacuum. Who would do such a thing? Kill kittens? To no surprise, his videos attracted the attention of Internet sleuths and animal activists who wanted to bring the anonymous animal killer to justice. In many ways, they did. 💫⠀ ⠀ After the kitten video, the Internet sleuths manage to connect with Luka and ask him all about his strange and vain social media presence consisting of dozens of accounts and false rumors about his personal life. He denied everything, but days later, a generic Facebook account joins their sleuthing group to post a comment that suggests a human is next. 😱⠀ ⠀ At that point, the Internet sleuths attempt to notify the authorities of where Luka might be. Their Internet sleuthing is beyond impressive – they conclude he must be in Montreal. Shortly after, someone posted "1 Lunatic 1 Icepick" on a site called BestGore. Tens of thousands of views accumulate. The Internet sleuths report everything they can. Then a suitcase of body parts is found outside an apartment in Montreal. ☠️☠️☠️⠀ ⠀ Without giving more details of what comes next, the series presents the all-too dark side of vanity. When we become obsessed with ourselves, we may find ourselves doing stupid or possibly even illegal activities for attention. In the case of Luka Magnotta, he believed he was living the life of Patrick Bateman (#americanpsycho, 2000) or Michael Douglas (#basicinstinct, 1992). 👀⠀ ⠀ Read part 2: @glass 👈🏽⠀ ⠀ #truecrime #netflix #murdermystery #lukamagnotta #dontfuckwithcats #bingewatching A post shared by GLASS (@glass) on Dec 28, 2019 at 7:51pm PST Although he's been in jail for quite some time now, Luka Magnotta has attracted a lot of attention recently. The Scarborough native first took over the internet when he posted a disturbing video of him murdering two kittens, which prompted an online manhunt. Shortly after, Magnotta posted another video, this one of him brutally murdering and dismembering foreign exchange student Jun Lin. The killer then sent parts of Lin's body to different schools and political parties across Canada before fleeing the country. Magnotta was eventually discovered at an internet cafe in Berlin where he was taken into custody and eventually convicted with a life sentence. Clifford Olson Jr. View this post on Instagram Today's Listening: WEIRD: A PODCAST OF CURIOSITIES E01 - CLIFFORD OLSON I had never heard of this dude before checking out today's episode. Weird: A Podcast Of Curiosities (anyone know their IG?) tells us about Canada's Clifford Olson, who went on a terror spree in 1980 and 1981, being charged with the murder of 11 teenagers but admitting to 30 or 40 more killings. Olson also arranged his plea deal to be "cash for bodies" in which he would not divulge any information on the victims until his wife was paid a sum of $100,000! Have you heard of the case of Clifford Olson? What do you think of his cash for bodies plea bargain? Let us know in the comments below! A post shared by Murder Your Day (@murderyourday) on Oct 25, 2018 at 10:01am PDT The Vancouver Sun referred to Clifford Olson Jr. as "the beast of B.C.," and the title is well deserved. Between 1980-81, Olson killed 11 children and teenagers between the ages of 9 to 18. Olson was apprehended in August of 1981 and struck a plea deal that would put $10,000 into a trust for his wife and child for each body he helped law enforcement recover. There was a lot of public outcry about the payoff, but the serial killer was still sentenced to life in prison. According to Serial Killer Shop, Olson scored 38/40 on the psychopathic scale — the standard cutoff is 25 to 30. He died on September 30, 2011. Karla Homolka View this post on Instagram #karlahomolka #paulbernardo #schoolgirlkillers #karlaleannehomolka #leanneteale #emilybordelais #karlahomolkaandpaulbernardo #kenandbarbiekillers #karlycurls #buddythedog #tammilynnhomolka #lesliemahaffy #kristenfrench #rip #iloverottweilers #dealwiththedevil #killercouples #karlycurls Does anyone know ehat happened to buddy?? A post shared by Charlie Cherry (@karlahomolkaseyes) on Jul 12, 2019 at 11:44pm PDT The only female to make the list, Karla Homolka, was known along with her husband, Paul Bernardo as "The Barbie & Ken Killers." Between 1990-92, Homolka aided her husband in the rape and murder of three women, one of which was Homolka's younger sister. The couple was arrested in 1993 when Homolka made a plea deal and gave up information about her husband in exchange for a lighter sentence. She was charged with manslaughter for which she served 12 years and was released in 2005. According to Heavy, Homolka was rumoured to be romantically linked to Luka Magnotta, although there's no proof that the two ever actually met. Paul Bernardo View this post on Instagram In the early 1990s, Karla Homolka and Paul Bernardo committed multiple crimes against teen girls in Ontario, Canada. The sexual assault and murder of three teens made them one of the most notorious couples in Canadian history. Because of their middle-class lifestyles - Homolka was a veterinary technician and Bernardo was an accountant - and their classic good looks, the press dubbed them the "Ken and Barbie Killers" after law enforcement tied them to the crimes. However, long before Bernardo attacked teenage girls with the help of Homolka, he'd acted alone, committing a series of sexual assaults all over the city of Scarborough. When biological evidence found on one of the teenagers the couple attacked together matched semen collected from one of the victims of the “Scarborough Rapist,” investigators closed in on Bernardo and discovered the secrets he and his wife had been hiding. #paulbernardo #karlahomolka #serialkiller #serialkillerfacts #serialkillerfacts #serialrapist #scarboroughrapist #followme #thewastedyouth #goth #grunge #musiclover #horroraddict #truecrime #murder A post shared by Alicia (@deadxinside00) on Nov 26, 2019 at 10:08am PST Paul Bernardo, the husband of Homolka, became known as "the Scarborough Rapist," according to Darker in the Light. From 1987-89, Bernardo committed a number of rapes and attempted rapes and although he was eventually questioned by the police, they let him go without charges. When he and Homolka were arrested in 1993, Bernardo was convicted and given a life sentence, which he is currently serving at Millhaven Institution. There are stories everywhere. 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