THE ART OF
STORYTELLING
Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Pamela Roth — a journalist, explorer, and animal lover with a beaming smile that seldom disappears. For the past ten years, I've been a journalist and spend my days writing articles for the Edmonton Sun as a crime reporter. When I'm not covering murder and mayhem in Alberta's capital city, I'm searching for the next big adventure.
There’s nothing that makes me feel more alive than stepping off a plane in a place I’ve never been before. There are so many incredible, unknown places the world has to offer, which is why I feel it’s important to share my travel tales with those who might not get a chance to experience exotic places themselves, and those looking for the next great getaway. I always get lost when reading about another traveller’s adventures. Now, get lost reading about mine.
Five killings in a single week. A pair of bodies found in a bullet-riddled SUV at a remote cemetery. A dying man’s desperate call to police for help. Another family torn apart by the sudden violent death of a loved one. In 2011, Edmonton became the murder capital of Canada when the lives of 48 people came to a sudden end. With no common pattern, single cause or factor to the slayings, it was a year Edmonton police dubbed an anomaly, but it wasn’t the first time the city of champions had garnished the title nobody wants to claim. Here is a collection of some of my most chilling crime stories in recent years.
I admit, photography was never my strength in journalism school, but in the early days of my career, working as a reporter and a photographer for a weekly newspaper, it grew on me immensely. I was blown away by the emotions one can capture in a single photograph and it's now become one of my favourite ways to document my travels and weekend adventures. Don't ever leave home without your camera.