On November 8th, 2010, just after 9.30pm; 25-year-old Jennifer Pan was in her bedroom. She had her TV on and was chatting on the phone while getting ready for bed.

She could hear movement downstairs and voices she didn’t recognise. There were people in the house.

She heard footsteps thudding so loudly up the stairs; she knew they could not be her parents. They could not be her younger brother Felix either; he was living half an hour away at University.

Jennifer hung up the phone and sat frozen in her room. She was too scared to turn the tv down, and she was too scared to open her door. She was too scared to move…

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CREDITS

 

NARRATION:

Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host

 

EPISODE:

Episode researched and written by Anna Priestland

 

MUSIC:

‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com

All other music and audio clean up performed by Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn 

 

OTHER:

Logo design by Paulina Szymanska

 

 

RESOURCES

 

BOOKS:

“A Daughter’s Deadly Deception – The Jennifer Pan Story” by Jeremy Grimaldi

 

AUDIO/VIDEO:

911 Call

Full Jennifer Pan Police Interviews

Excerpt of Daniel Wong Police Interview

 

ARTICLES:

Woman dead in Markham home invasion – National Post

Chris Selley: No sense living in fear of random attacks – National Post

Daughter charged in deadly Markham home invasion – National Post

UPDATED: Two arrested in Markham home invasion – National Post

Fourth suspect arrested in 2010 Markham home invasion – National Post

Police arrest fifth person in relation to home invasion that left 53-year-old dead – National Post

Straight A student to murderer: Tragedy of ‘golden’ daughter’s fall resonates with Asian immigrants – National Post

The intricate web of lies daughter of Vietnamese immigrants fed her parents– Daily Mail

Jennifer Pan’s Revenge: The inside story of a golden child, the killers she hired, and the parents she wanted dead– Toronto Life

Pressure, Rebellion Revealed in Daughter’s Plot to Kill Parents – NBC News

Canadian Criminal Procedures and practices at trial

Info on Juror issues: Jennifer Maclauchlan and Gemmariot for Jennifer Pan trial

Jennifer Pan, Co-Accused Sentenced to Life in Prison

The astonishing testimony of Jennifer Pan – The Star

Jennifer Pan found guilty of murdering her mother, attempting to murder her father – The Star

Jennifer Pan: Life with no parole for 25 years in murder of mother, attempted murder of father – The Star

Pan played ‘sickest games’ with boyfriend, trial told – Toronto Sun

Woman plotted to have her parents killed because they disapproved of her boyfriend, Crown tells trial – National Post

Christie Blatchford: Horrific home invasion was really a bitter daughter’s revenge on her parents, jury hears – National Post

Jennifer Pan spun web of lies before her mother’s home invasion killing, father tells murder trial – National Post

Young Ontario woman accused of plotting parents’ murder says she was planning her own death – National Post

Jennifer Pan previously planned to kill parent, but she had ‘no plan’ to do it the night it actually happened, Lawyer tells court – National Post

Woman accused of arranging to have parents murdered sobs as she describes hearing mother’s ‘last breath’ – National Post

Jennifer Pan found guilty in attack on parents that left her mother dead – National Post

Jennifer Pan, Toronto woman whose plot to kill parents left mother dead, gets life in prison – National Post