On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women

Stevie Cameron

Knopf Canada, Oct 25, 2011 - True Crime - 768 pages

Now that the publication bans are lifted, you need Stevie Cameron to get the whole story, which includes accounts of Pickton's notoriety that police never uncovered. You need On the Farm.

Covering the case of one of North America's most prolific serial killer gave Stevie Cameron access not only to the story as it unfolded over many years in two British Columbia courthouses, but also to information unknown to the police - and not in the transcripts of their interviews with Pickton - such as from Pickton's long-time best friend, Lisa Yelds, and from several women who survived terrifying encounters with him. You will now learn what was behind law enforcement's refusal to believe that a serial killer was at work.

Stevie Cameron first began following the story of missing women in 1998, when the odd newspaper piece appeared chronicling the disappearances of drug-addicted sex trade workers from Vancouver's notorious Downtown Eastside. It was February 2002 before Robert William Pickton was arrested, and 2008 before he was found guilty, on six counts of second-degree murder. These counts were appealed and in 2010, the Supreme Court of Canada rendered its conclusion. The guilty verdict was upheld, and finally this unprecedented tale of true crime can be told.


From the Hardcover edition.

What people are saying

Review: On the Farm

User Review  - Stephanie - Goodreads

This book takes you through the stories of the missing women and their families alongside Robert Picktons up bringing and family history to the full investigation and hearing that took place. Really unsettling how long this went on for. This story will be remembered in Canadian history forever

Review: On the Farm

User Review  - Krysten - Goodreads

I went into this expecting to read a book that was equally as disturbing as a lethal marriage about paul bernado and Karla holmolka. I was pleasantly surprised when I realized it was an in depth look ...

About the author

A woman of many talents, Stevie Cameron is a successful author, investigative journalist, commentator and humanitarian. Her investigative reports have been published by the Globe and Mail and Maclean's, among others, and her award-winning books have brought scandals to the public eye. They include the #1 national bestseller On the Take: Crime, Corruption and Greed in the Mulroney Years and The Last Amigo: Karlheinz Schreiber and the Anatomy of a Scandal, winner of the Crime Writers of Canada Arthur Ellis Award. Cameron's passions for writing, uncovering and dissecting stories of the day have earned her acclaim as one of Canada's foremost investigative journalists. She lives in Toronto.


From the Hardcover edition.

Bibliographic information

• Title: On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver's Missing Women
• Author: Stevie Cameron
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Knopf Canada, 2011
• ISBN: 0676975852, 9780676975857
• Length: 768 pages
• Subjects: History / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-); True Crime / Murder / Serial Killers