Robert Pickton

ABOUT ROBERT PICKTON

Canadian serial killer who confessed to killing up to 49 women. He was convicted of six murders and sentenced to life in prison.

He was a pig farmer who, along with his brother, set up the non-profit charity Piggy Palace Good Times Society in 1996. He used the pig farm to host raves, dances, and exhibitions which drew up to 2,000 people.

He wrote an autobiography called Pickton: In His Own Words while in prison. The manuscript was passed through by former cellmates who handed it to a retired construction worker Michael Chilldres who typed it up.

He was born Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. His parents were Leonard and Louise Pickton. He had an older sister named Linda and a younger brother named David.

He was played by Ben Cotton in the 2016 film Unclaimed, which was based on the book On the Farm.