Midnight Massacre: The Donnelly Murders (2005) | Full Documentary

Midnight Massacre: The Donnelly Murders is a true story of violence, extraordinary love, hatred, revenge and murder, all set against a backdrop of settler life in the New World. Politics and religion clash violently.
The story spans two generations and the main characters are compelling – a determined immigrant and his handsome sons, a mysterious drifter with an
unwavering hatred for the family, a dogmatic Catholic priest, a child witness to horrible murders, and, finally, a friend’s betrayal. We will hear for the first time from actual descendants of those who were on trial for the murders as well as descendants of the murdered family.

February 3rd, 1880. Lucan, Ontario. On a brutally cold night, a horrific plot is about to be executed. Using darkness to conceal their movements, a secret society made up of locals converges on the Donnelly homestead. Many are disguised to conceal their identities. In a savage attack, all four family members at home are cruelly bludgeoned to death, their bodies left to be discovered amongst the smoldering remains of the farmhouse. The mob then continues to another farm where in cold blood they shoot and kill yet another member of the Donnelly family. In the ensuing investigation, two eyewitnesses to this massacre testify in two of the most sensational trials in Canadian history. Yet, no one is ever found guilty and there are no convictions made. Against overwhelming evidence, the people arrested for this mass murder walk free. How could this have happened? 125 years later, cold case detective Michael Boyd attempts to reconstruct the events and answer questions about what really occurred that fateful night and why no one was brought to justice. Using modern ballistic testing and scientific content analysis this case is examined deeper than ever before.

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