Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador

Episode 25 / 5 July 2017 / 70 min / full

A Killer Caught In A Questionable Way

""Let's go to Gander, New Finland, Canada" - Newfoundland and Labrador, on the island part, on the northeastern shore of Gander Lake" about 0:04:49

The case: Murder of Karen and Krista Hart (August 2002). Read the case file.

The figures, as told in 2017

Population

11,600

Median age

41.1

History, in brief

• Settled in 1936; the town began as the site of Gander International Airport. about 0:07:42
• The airport was chosen for construction in 1935 because of its location near the northeast tip of populated North America. about 0:07:50
• In the Second World War it was used as a base, with as many as 10,000 American, British and Canadian soldiers residing there. about 0:08:09
• About 20,000 American and Canadian fighters and bombers stopped there en route to Europe during the war. about 0:08:18
• After the war it became a refuelling stop for transatlantic flights. about 0:08:50
• On September 11th, 2001, Operation Yellow Ribbon brought 38 civilian and four military flights bound for the US into Gander, with 6,600 passengers and crew. about 0:09:12
• The stranded passengers were stuck for up to six days, and local people volunteered to house and feed them. about 0:09:45
• Most of the streets in Gander are named after aviators such as Amelia Earhart, Charles Lindbergh and Chuck Yeager. about 0:11:47
• Gander is on the northeastern shore of Gander Lake; postal code A1V, area code 709. about 0:06:24
• The town covers 40 and a quarter square miles. about 0:06:46

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