The Richard Oland Case : Murder in the Family - the fifth estate

As a kid I knew a few people who grew up with very wealthy parents. The one consistent thing about them all was their sense of alienation. Going to their houses as a kid I couldn't help but notice how little attention these parents showed their kids. Each person in the family seemed to just do their own thing. And their houses, although beautiful, always felt cold and unwelcoming. Like a museum. It was a massive difference to the way my working class family functioned. Seven of us living in a three bedroom house on a single income, I always felt I was a part of something. Everybody ate together at the dinner table. We'd all gather around the TV every Sunday night to watch the movie of the week. We weren't well off but none of us ever went without. Those rich kids had a lot of material things that my folks could never afford to give us but I wouldn't have traded places with them for anything.

If they have CCTV footage of Dennis at his fathers business surely it shows whether or not anyone else entered the building around that time.

No one is 'capable of such horrific acts' until the moment that they are.

If it was true that "to know Richard Oland was to dislike Richard Oland," there would have been numerous possible suspects.

"It doesn't happen in this community" 🤔🤔. Murder happens EVERYWHERE.

Sometimes "tough love" is just a smoke screen for "mean spiritedness" and the need to be "in control".

Seriously? I don't care how inept of a cop you are, but using the bathroom at the crime scene?! Common sense would dictate maybe... just maybe... that's not a wise thing to do. Idk if he killed his dad or not, but the gross mishandling of the crime scene/evidence should have gotten this case thrown out.

Sounds like the whole family had a problem with the old man.

I had well-to-do, controlling, unpleasable parents who consistently tried to bring their money to bear whenever, as a young adult, I made choices for myself that they disapproved of. I moved far away, broke off communication with them and took on a lifestyle that suited me but didn't necessarily make me rich, but I was free. Sure, it was hard work and it meant taking on a learning curve that most middle class kids go thru in their teens (rich kids are sheltered from such "awful things" as how to balance a checkbook or take a menial job or even how to just clean a bathroom), but I look back on my life and realize that, of all of the people in my birth family, I'm the most well-adjusted and happy. Rich kids need to stop murdering their overbearing parents and just hit the bricks and find any job that will gain them their first foothold to freedom.

"This just doesn't happen in this community," is my biggest pet peeve - as if somehow they should be immune to violent crime, smh

"He would be the last person to get murdered" Listening to all the details earlier; "Nope he would be the first"

I love that I'm able to watch programs that are outside of the U.S. CBC News, this program is very well done, shows both sides and as a criminal justice nut, (former Criminal Justice student, lover of all show, books and movies in this venue), I appreciate the time and effort all of you put forth to bring these well-crafted episodes to the public.

I've run out of dateline and 48 hours to watch thank you CBC for providing crime addicts good shows!

He may had a difficult father but has great friends

Dennis Oland has since been released. There was a second trial which ended in a mistrial. During the third trial in 2019, he was a acquitted.

imagine hurting the dog over and over then be surprised when it finally leashes back

Those of us who have trouble in face-to-face confrontations are in awe of that talking detective. Like a bulldog.

If someone says "to know him is to hate him", the police needed to take into account that this man had many enemies. And the list of suspects includes anyone that knew him, not only his son because he did not show the emotion they think he should have when he found out his overbearing father is deceased😒

It never ceases to amaze me how there can be a perfect crime scene, and then comes along PC Plod followed by a team of incompetent forensics and it's all destroyed. How can there be so many unprofessional experts in this field of work. Even i can figure out (as can most people with an interest in true crime) what should or shouldn't be done at a crime scene, and i have no training whatsoever in this kind of thing.......most of it comes down to common sense, and of course a certain degree of expertise on the part of forensics and police. But time and time again they stuff up and evidence is lost/destroyed and even stolen by the very people who are supposed to solve it. It's mind boggling. Thanks for a great upload, i can't get through the day without a good dose of true crime to solve.👍

"Tough love". What a joke. He couldn't LOVE his own son! Another bad father. The crap that sons endure for a parent.