Highway Of Tears: The Unsolved Serial Murders Of Aboriginal Women (Full Documentary) | Real Crime

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Published 2022-07-08
The Highway of Tears is a 725-kilometre corridor of Highway 16 between Prince George and Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, which has been the location of many missing and murdered Indigenous women beginning in 1970.

Filmmaker Matthew Smiley investigates the impact of generational poverty, residential schools, systemic violence, and high unemployment on the murder rates around the First Nation reserves.

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All Comments (21)
  • @watsonspuzzle
    A shuttle running a few times a day into the nearest major city would go a long way to keeping people safe. They shouldn't have to be out there hitchhiking.
  • @jent2265
    How incredibly sad and unjust! I am absolutely disgusted with how the system continues to fail ALL the victims and their families! There is no reason or excuse for all the injustice these woman have faced other than it's pure neglect on the systems part. Regardless of the lives these woman and girls were living doesn't make their lives less meaningful. The way their cases and families have been pushed aside is utterly heartbreaking to say the least. My thoughts and prayers go out to each and every person affected by this. This needs to end.! There are simple solutions to some of these problems, such as ( public transportation)- how absurd to deny these communities such access is just meaningless. They argue they LOSE MONEY for sending buses etc to these communities and yet these families are losing LOVED ONES at an alarming rate!! I truly don't understand nor can I comprehend any of this blatant ,utter disrespect/ disregard for ALL these woman's lives. Where is the justice, Let alone just compassion for any of them?! I lost faith in ALL government, law enforcement, etc years ago. This here just confirmed why! Sending Love and Prayers to all of those families and friends of those 1000+ woman who were taken way too soon. I hope they get justice in one way or another 💔🫂
  • @allilee2523
    You just know the police are not actively investigating the deaths and disappearances of these women.
  • @dinarusso3320
    Being a prostitute or drug addict doesn't make their death unimportant, but it definitely ups the chances of meeting a stranger on the road who can do whatever they want to you.
  • Hitchhiking is dangerous, add in the remoteness and it's a hunting ground for predators. This place attracts them from all over, a shuttle funded by the country, not relying on the immediate area for funding is necessary.
  • It's a OTR trucker/truckers, doing these murders, especially if there is no other way for these women to get around, other than hitchhiking.
  • @Mellow845
    Every Single Woman Is Important!!! Black,White,Yellow,... Do Your Job And Find These Murderering Heartless Barstards They Have No Right To Take Anyones Life!! 😡
  • I'm glad these families are getting together on this terrible ongoing tragedy. I hope they get results. And the killings stop. It's about time. Well made documentary. Touching and tragic as it is. Glad this channel showed up in my feed. Subscribed
  • I've been from Prince George to Prince Rupert by bus, seemed like an eternity!
  • Rest in peace for all those who lost their lives in highway of tears
  • @glennmoff
    I live in Australia & proud indigenous man. I want to go back to Canada again some day but as a cultural trip. Their is no justice in the system , nothing will change until another pretty blonde white haired woman disappears. 🖤💛❤ RIP to those taken too soon.
  • I learned while reducing the crime in my neighborhoods in Minnesota that anytime you could not get rid of the crime or the criminals, they had law enforcement doing collateral damage protection. Those Backwoods cornhole mentality townships still exist
  • Thank you for this very informative but very sad I shared on my personal page to spread awareness praying for the women and their families and that they are all accounted for and get the justice they deserve 🙏⚖️
  • @embo3520
    Importantly these issues are SOLVABLE! Indigenous people have already given a list of ways the government can solve these problems and reduce the amount of murdered & missing women & children! We have the responsibility to listen to Indigenous people and push for actual change!
  • @Jin420
    Such injustice....... My heart goes out to these families... 😔
  • @Monk-eee
    35:00 ok this is a huge NO for me.... If your Loved one dies and it is in any way shape or form that their body is "unrecognizable" you should still be allowed or given the opportunity to see them or not. Who the heck is given the right to take that away from a family member if they so choose to see the body.... Now I understand wanting to shield someone from seeing their loved one that way, and it could possibly be traumatic but it should still be up to them, it should be THEIR CHOICE... how do you feel about that issue??? Should someone tell you that you can not see your dead loved one because their body is "unrecognizable" ??
  • They’re vulnerable because they’re poor and desperate. Canadian government needs to step up to get these people education and jobs.