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The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman

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News of the mysterious deaths of billionaire Canadian pharma giant Barry Sherman and his philanthropist wife Honey in December 2017 reverberated around the world. Five years later, with no arrests and little news from the police, their deaths remain shrouded in mystery and conspiracy theories, with too many lingering questions. Not just who killed them, but what kind of life do you have to live that when you’re found dead, there are multiple theories, including some involving your own family? That’s the question journalist Kathleen Goldhar set out to discover, in The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman, as she explores who the Shermans really were and why too much money might have been what killed them in the end.

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No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman is a thrilling podcast. Journalist Kathleen Goldhar revisits the mysterious deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman. This tragic event caused a stir in 2017. How did one of the wealthiest couples in Canada meet such a horrific fate? This true crime series tries to answer that question.

As a big pharma executive, Barry Sherman forged an abundant life. That way, his wife Honey could focus on philanthropy and tropical getaways. They were one of Canada's wealthiest couples. On a doomed winter day, the podcast explains when the luxury stopped. December 13, 2017, was the last time anyone saw them alive. They met at Barry's office to discuss a few design changes to their new home. Honey was also about to leave for a Miami vacation, where Barry planned to meet her. They would never arrive on Florida's white, southern shore.

People started to get suspicious when the billionaire didn't show up to work the next day. Honey was also not responding to calls. One day later, real estate agents discovered a gruesome scene. They were showing the mansion to potential buyers as scheduled. That's when they stumbled upon the billionaires' lifeless bodies. Investigators also found scattered belongings in unusual places throughout the home. To this day, no one has solved the case.

The savvy host exposes the case's primary information in proper journalistic form. She does so all while maintaining due respect, as this is still a developing case. Kathleen investigates some of the eerie conspiracy theories surrounding the case. She strives to understand what happened to the Shermans. What kind of lives did they live? Why would someone want to murder them.

Barry was brilliant but seemed to have lacked empathy and displayed arrogance. Was it one of his children or a disgruntled business partner? Why have the police not arrested anyone yet?

The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman podcast has eight episodes. True crime enthusiasts might devour this podcast in a few listening sessions.

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Introducing The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
Feb 3 2023
Introducing The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
In the No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman, journalist Kathleen Goldhar looks into the lives and deaths of one of Canada's richest couples. Eight episodes, released weekly starting February 20.

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Introducing The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
Feb 3 2023
Introducing The No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman
In the No Good, Terribly Kind, Wonderful Lives and Tragic Deaths of Barry and Honey Sherman, journalist Kathleen Goldhar looks into the lives and deaths of one of Canada's richest couples. Eight episodes, released weekly starting February 20.
Chapter One: Bitter Pill
Feb 20 2023
Chapter One: Bitter Pill
What does a Philadelphia junk artist have to do with the deaths of a wealthy Canadian pharma giant and his philanthropist wife? Maybe nothing, but it’s odd that their bodies were reportedly posed like a piece of junk sculpture that the Shermans displayed nearby. But this strange coincidence is just one of many in this most baffling of unsolved murder cases in Canadian history. Host Kathleen Goldhar goes on a byzantine journey to find out what kind of life do you have to live that your death spurns on multiple theories about who might have killed you, including some involving your closest family.For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Leo Sewell’s websiteMatthew Campbell’s The Unsolved Murder of an Unusual BillionaireSaul Rubinek’s IMDB
Chapter Two: The Smartest Man I Ever Met
Feb 20 2023
Chapter Two: The Smartest Man I Ever Met
The Shermans’ funeral is weird, the list of eulogists long, and it’s attended by Canadian boldface names. But ask anyone who knew Barry Sherman and they all say the same thing:he was the smartest person they'd ever met. Always finishing at the top of his class, Barry was smart enough to claw his way to the top of the infamously cutthroat generic drug industry and make billions of dollars. But he was also arrogant and unreasonable, driven and deceptive. Just the sort of man who dies under suspicious circumstances.For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Sherman funeral
Chapter Three: The Scorpion
Feb 27 2023
Chapter Three: The Scorpion
To get ahead in the generic drug industry you need to be focused, hard-nosed and fearless. Especially because half the battle is taking on one of the richest, most powerful industries in the world — Big Pharma. Barry Sherman was the perfect generic drug lord — more litigator than innovator — but did his ability to win in court, and slough off the losses, end up getting him killed?For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Katherine Eban’s Bottle of LiesJeffery Robinson’s Prescription GamesNancy Olivieri’s How John le Carré Changed my LifeJohn le Carré The Constant GardenerNancy and Barry on 60 MinutesShashank Upadhye’s website
Chapter Four: The Winters are Coming
Mar 6 2023
Chapter Four: The Winters are Coming
It is no secret that some family members wanted Barry Sherman dead. And no one had a bigger grudge against Barry than his first cousins, Kerry Winter and his brothers. The Winter cousins were close to Barry — especially Kerry. They were father/son close. And the Winter boys lived well off Barry's money. But that good blood turned bad after a 10-year court battle that pitted cousin against cousin, in a fight over a billion-dollar fortune of which the Winters claimed their cousin robbed them.For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Kerry Winter on The Fifth Estate
Chapter Five: Just Skate
Mar 13 2023
Chapter Five: Just Skate
If Honey Sherman showed up unannounced at her favourite hair salon and someone was in her chair — that person got moved pretty darn quickly. Honey wasn't the one who made the billions, but she certainly spent them. So much is known about her husband, but very little about Honey Sherman. A child of Holocaust survivors, family and community meant everything to Honey. And as for her friends? They aren’t talking.For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Rosemary Sexton’s website
Chapter Six: It's Complicated
Mar 20 2023
Chapter Six: It's Complicated
The lack of justice, or any resolution, has left a void in this story that has been filled by online sleuths, investigative reporters, nosey neighbours, and conspiracy theorists. From Covid to the Clintons. From family to the Mafia. With more than a dozen theories on the table, and little information from the police, is it any wonder this case remains constant fodder for the darkest corners of the internet?For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Websleuths SnopesCorrina Oates’ Sleuthing WebsleuthsAnn Brocklehurst
Chapter Seven: My Blood is Yours
Mar 27 2023
Chapter Seven: My Blood is Yours
After a notorious 2018 interview on CBC television, Kerry Winter became a familiar figure in the tale of the Shermans’ deaths. “The Cousin Did It” wasn’t just a snappy headline on the cover of The National Enquirer, it also became a favourite theory. Yet Kerry is not a suspect. And all these years later the humiliation, anger, and deep sadness Kerry feels towards his cousin Barry are still right on the surface. How did such a good thing go so bad, and why is Kerry so certain Barry killed Honey then killed himself? Was a man capable of “ripping off little orphans” also capable of killing his own wife? And himself?For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Kerry Winter on The Fifth Estate
Chapter Eight: Thin Lines
Apr 3 2023
Chapter Eight: Thin Lines
After our year-long investigation, in this final episode we revisit the murder/suicide theory. That misstep set the whole investigation off on the wrong foot, and might have derailed any chance of finding out who killed the Shermans. To the Sherman's children, it's one of the biggest police screw-ups in recent history – a botched job that muddled the truth and stained the family. But the theory hangs in the air because its adherents, especially Kerry Winter, aren’t budging. In the end, what is the Shermans’ legacy? And what was all that money really for?For transcripts of this series, please visit here.Itiel Dror’s Cognitive Bias in Forensic Pathology DecisionsDouglas Young’s website
Bonus: Connie Walker joins Kathleen Goldhar on Crime Story to discuss her new podcast
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Bonus: Connie Walker joins Kathleen Goldhar on Crime Story to discuss her new podcast
Fraud. Abduction. Murder. Every week, Crime Story host and investigative journalist Kathleen Goldhar goes deep into a tale of true crime with the storyteller who knows it best. In this special episode, Connie Walker joins Kathleen to discuss the new season of her Pulitzer Prize winning podcast Stolen: Trouble in Sweetwater that investigates a crisis of policing on America’s largest reservation. Connie investigates the disappearance of two women on the Navajo Nation, a place where people say you can get away with murder.The full episode and many more are available at: https://link.chtbl.com/K2QYT579