Deborah Roberts

Canadian Far North, Attica Prison, which I forgot about that one.

Yeah, and now out at sea. You got me on a boat.

Yeah, and now out at sea. You got me on a boat.

It actually the weather turned out to be pretty good for this one. So you and I have been out on a lot of different shoots. And I always ask you when these stories are brought to me, what was it about it that intrigued you?

It actually the weather turned out to be pretty good for this one. So you and I have been out on a lot of different shoots. And I always ask you when these stories are brought to me, what was it about it that intrigued you?

Yeah. Bobbing around in a raft.

Yeah. Bobbing around in a raft.

And nobody had ever been charged in that case.

And nobody had ever been charged in that case.

To say the least. Yes. He was very generous with his money, but he used the money. He kind of ruled a little bit with an iron fist. So he was a guy who was obviously beloved in his family. He had worked very hard, but he could also be very tough.

To say the least. Yes. He was very generous with his money, but he used the money. He kind of ruled a little bit with an iron fist. So he was a guy who was obviously beloved in his family. He had worked very hard, but he could also be very tough.

Yeah, because you're not sure, is he just devoid of emotion or is that just part of his disability?

Yeah, because you're not sure, is he just devoid of emotion or is that just part of his disability?

Yeah. And that's what made you such a great producer on the story, just because you had been on it from the beginning. Then, of course, fast forward three years later, and then he's out on this boat and this whole, you know, bizarre, you know, rescue at sea. The boat has supposedly sank and His mother is nowhere to be found.

Yeah. And that's what made you such a great producer on the story, just because you had been on it from the beginning. Then, of course, fast forward three years later, and then he's out on this boat and this whole, you know, bizarre, you know, rescue at sea. The boat has supposedly sank and His mother is nowhere to be found.

He doesn't know what happened, but thinks, assumes that maybe she fell overboard. So we decide, you know, of course, to pick up the story there because that's where so many people remember the story. And to tell it, you know, let's go out on a boat to talk about this.

He doesn't know what happened, but thinks, assumes that maybe she fell overboard. So we decide, you know, of course, to pick up the story there because that's where so many people remember the story. And to tell it, you know, let's go out on a boat to talk about this.

Here it is. Like at the end of winter, you are trying to convince me to go out on a boat. First of all, out in the Atlantic.

Here it is. Like at the end of winter, you are trying to convince me to go out on a boat. First of all, out in the Atlantic.

I was. But of course, I needed to feel like it was safe. Tell us a little bit about how you go about doing something like that. Because one of the challenges was also this time of year, getting a boat, finding a boat that was similar to his to go out. Tell us about how you do that.