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The Torso Murder

non-fiction work by Brian Vallée

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 14, 2026
Entity authorityQ24191473 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Torso Murder: The Untold Story of Evelyn Dick is a non-fiction book written by Brian Vallée. It was published in 2001 by Key Porter. The book focuses on the Evelyn Dick murder trial and the subsequent disappearance of Dick. The 1946-1947 murder trials of Dick are among the most publicized events in criminal history in Canada.

Adaptations

On March 18, 2002 Torso: The Evelyn Dick Story a made-for-TV film aired on Canadian television. In 2002 Brian Vallée also assisted in the production of The Notorious Mrs.

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“The Torso Murder” enters the record as non-fiction work by Brian Vallée. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Torso, Murder and non-fiction can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2001, 1946, 1947, 2002—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 2001. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Torso, Murder and non-fiction.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q24191473. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2001, 1946, 1947 and 2002.

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This entry incorporates text from “The Torso Murder” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.