Nicholas Lea as Les Fosythe
Main Cast: Nicholas Lea : Les Forsythe Reece Dinsdale : Teddy Boulder David Warner : Bruce Northorp Lochlyn Munro : Darryll Kettles Paul Coeur : Clifford Olson Michael Hogan : Ray Joe Norman Shaw : Jack Crosbie Rainer Kahl : Luke Baker Shaun Johnston : Sgt. Sawyer Duncan Fraser : George Karwaski Michael St. John Smith : Inspector Linnehan Hrothgar Mathews : Fred Coombs Jack Ackroyd : OIC JFO officer Francis Damberger : Mosca Dax Belanger : Surrey Cop -oo0oo- Directed by : Anne Wheeler Produced by : Jaime Brown Michael Prupas Bernard Zuckerman   Book cover: Where Shadows Linger. The Untold Story of the RCMP's Olson Murders Investigation by: W. Leslie Holmes with Bruce Northorp

Les Forsythe
The Investigation

2002
 
Based on the book "Where Shadows Linger"
 

Nick was nominated for a 2004 Gemini award for his performance in this TV movie. Sadly he didn't win...
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Synopsis

Press Release: Les Holmes knew it would not be easy, but he was determined to bring closure to an event that had scarred so many. As this respected ex-Mountie dug into the records of Canada's most horrifying serial killer case to date, he found that shadows still lingered. The culmination of the author's research came when he interviewed an ex-RCMP member who had fingered Olson weeks before his arrest but whose discovery slipped between the cracks of jurisdiction. Five more teenagers died in the meantime.

RCMP Superintendent Bruce Northorp was the office in charge of the Olson hunt at the time of his arrest in 1981. He kept quiet both during and after the horrific affair out of respect for the mourning parents and because of suspicions about the media's hidden agendas. He knew that one day he would have to set the record straight, and in this book he finally speaks out. His full review of the case clearly shows that the RCMP investigation of the Olson affair was plagued by its own internal problems and personalities.

Under interrogation after he was arrested and charged with murder, Clifford Olson soon confessed to the abduction, sexual assault, and murder of eleven west coast youths. These crimes, committed near Vancouver, British Columbia, were the focus of a controversial police investigation that would involve a deal with the devil. Money for bodies, Olson demanded. To his shock and that of the media and the general public, both the RCMP and two levels of government agreed.

Serial killer Clifford Olson was the most hated man in Canada when he confessed his crimes. Much conjecture surrounds his arrest, and the agreement to pay him $100,000 to take authorities to the locations of his victims led to tension and mistrust within the RCMP. Now, through his exclusive access to Bruce Northorp, Les Holmes' story uncovers the inner thoughts of one of the RCMP's most respected officers and bares the skeletons in the force's closet.

**This book is currently schedule for release September 8, 2000.**

For further information on the book, and some insights as to why it was written, click on the link which will take you directly to the "Where Shadows Linger" page on the Heritage House Publishing Company's website.