Weyla and Joshua Roy香蕉视频直播檚 cedar home is set on a quiet road in Metchosin. They have two dogs, a pet pig and live with their youngest daughter, 14. For the most part, it seems like an average home until you step inside.
Various pieces of art, letters and displays of oddities the couple has been collecting for years, hang on the home香蕉视频直播檚 burgundy walls. They call it their collection of 香蕉视频直播渕urderabilia香蕉视频直播� and have been building the private collection for many years with the goal of opening a museum.
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The couple has signed artwork, letters and documents from notorious serial killers such as Ted Bundy, Robert Pickton, Dennis Rader (the 香蕉视频直播淏TK香蕉视频直播� killer), and the 香蕉视频直播渦nabomber香蕉视频直播� Ted Kaczynski.
Some of the pieces were acquired from other collectors before the killers met their deaths in prison while others are correspondence between the couple and the individual.
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Their correspondence with Robert Pickton, for example, has been going on for eight years. Pickton knows Joshua is a carpenter and works in construction, so he has sent them plans for a big, new pig farm for when he is released from prison.
The letters feature Pickton香蕉视频直播檚 immaculate handwriting which has been ruled and underlined so everything is in a straight line.
Letters from Rader come with tests for them to pass in the form of homework and deciphering colour codes.
He also creates a seal to add to the letters and gives people he corresponds with a green, yellow or red dot.
The green dot means he will communicate with them while the red dot means they are no longer on speaking terms.
Other individuals have sent them artwork and they香蕉视频直播檝e commissioned a piece of art as well.
The couple also collects oddities and wet specimens, ranging from human bones to a preserved cow香蕉视频直播檚 eyeball or a 100-year-old fetus their daughter named 香蕉视频直播淏enjamin Button香蕉视频直播� since he came from a medical school where he taught many students.
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They香蕉视频直播檝e hosted pop-up museums in Vancouver that they said went over well, with many families coming in to examine the items they have and learn about them.
One was planned for Victoria this summer but with the pandemic, they decided to not go ahead with it. Joshua said they might look at opening a pop-up museum in October, depending on how the situation changes.
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They may continue to collect oddities, however, to house in their future museum.
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