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Truth and Honour

The Death of Richard Oland and the Trial of Dennis Oland

by Greg Marquis

Narrator Costas Halavrezos

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Length 10 hours 13 minutes

Language English

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Truth and Honour explores the 2011 murder of Saint John businessman Richard Oland, of the prominent family that owns Moosehead Breweries, the ensuing police investigation and the arrest, trial, and conviction of the victim's son, Dennis Oland, for second degree murder.

Oland's trial would be the most publicized in New Brunswick history. What the trial judge called "a family tragedy of Shakespearian proportions," this reallife murder mystery included adultery, family dysfunction, largely circumstantial evidence, allegations of police incompetence, a high-powered legal defence, and a verdict that shocked the community.

Today, the Oland family maintains Dennis Oland's innocence. Author Greg Marquis, a professor of Canadian history at the University of New Brunswick Saint John, leads readers through the case, from the discovery of the crime to the conviction and sentencing of the defendant. Offering multiple perspectives, Truth and Honour explores this question: was Dennis Oland responsible for the death of his father?

This updated edition features a new chapter following Dennis's imprisonment and successful 2016 appeal, and raises questions about his anticipated retrial.

True Crime Nonfiction

Greg Marquis is a professor at the University of New Brunswick Saint John where he teaches courses in Canadian and criminal justice history. He is author of Policing Canada's Century: A History of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police (1993), In Armageddon's Shadow:Canada's Maritime Provinces and the Civil War (1998) and The Vigilant Eye: Policing Canadafrom 1867 to 9/11 (2016). He lives in Quispamsis, NB, with his wife, Donna.

Costas Halavrezos is best known as the former host (1987–2010) of CBC Radio’s Maritime Noon. Costas grew up in Saint John, New Brunswick, where his parents operated Nick’s Coffee Counter. Nick’s introduced him to people from all walks of life, an ideal training ground for public broadcasting and for selling spices, which is what he does every Saturday as “The Spiceman” at the Historic Farmers’ Market in Halifax.

Costas loves pickup basketball, playing bass with the BBQ Kings, cooking for friends, and tending his grapevines in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.