FactualWEST 2020

The Oland Murder is fascinating 4 part series with all of the essential elements needed for any true crime saga: alleged police misconduct, financial scandal, gossip, infidelity, and murder.  In 2011, multi-millionaire Richard Oland of the Moosehead Brewing family in New Brunswick was found bludgeoned to death. His son, Dennis, quickly became the police’s prime suspect.  In 2015 he was convicted and sentenced to life in prison. Dennis always insisted he was innocent, and in October of 2016 a retrial was ordered.

In this case study we hear from the team that put the series together. From the moment Dennis Oland was released awaiting his retrial, the producers had intimate and exclusive access to the defense, the accused, his family, and investigators, documenting the road to retrial. In real time they follow unexplored leads and dig into new evidence in search for the truth. They capture every moment until the unpredictable conclusion at the trial’s end. Hear how over the course of several years they gained exclusive access, navigated the Canadian court systems, overcame a mountain of legal and privacy considerations, and ultimately were able to weave together this gripping true crime mystery.