Deborah Roberts
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Podcast Appearances
Good to have you here. Well, I just call you Jonathan anyway.
Good to have you here. Well, I just call you Jonathan anyway.
JB, exactly. Well, it's great to have you here because you and I have worked on a lot of stories together. Our reporting has taken us to a lot of crazy places.
JB, exactly. Well, it's great to have you here because you and I have worked on a lot of stories together. Our reporting has taken us to a lot of crazy places.
Canadian Far North, Attica Prison, which I forgot about that one.
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?
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.