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Born

Canada

Website

https://www.theresaallore.com/

Twitter

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Genre

Crime, Memoir, Biography

Member Since

June 2016

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John Allore is the co-author of the Canadian true crime best seller Wish You Were Here and has worked in victim advocacy since 2002. His website, Who Killed Theresa, is one of the first crime blogs on the internet. It began as an investigation into the unsolved murder of his sister, Theresa Allore. The website is widely consulted by police agencies, public officials, academics and students for its volume of information. In 2017 John started the podcast, Who Killed Theresa, which focuses on unsolved murders, as well as other issues of criminal and social justice. John is currently the Acting Director of Budget & Management Services for the city of Durham, North Carolina.

Forthcoming: That Case Is Not Here, from Rowman and Littlefield.

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Farewell to John Allore

It is with great sadness that we share the news that John passed away on Thursday, March 30, 2023 after being struck by a car on his morning bike ride.

John devoted his life to the pursuit of solving the murder of his sister Theresa and to helping the families of missing and murdered women find out what happened to their loved ones and seek justice.

John was a devoted father to his three daughters a

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Average rating: 3.67 · 466 ratings · 77 reviews · 2 distinct works • Similar authors

	Wish You Were Here by John Allore (Goodreads Author), Patricia Pearson 3.65 avg rating — 419 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wish You Were Here: A Murdered Girl, a Brother's Quest and the Hunt for a Canadian Serial Killer by John Allore (Goodreads Author), Patricia Pearson 3.83 avg rating — 47 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

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The Game Makers: The Story of Parker Brothers, from Tiddledy Winks to Trivial Pursuit

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Murder Over Dorval (Ricochet Books Book 2)

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“That's Longueuil”
― John Allore

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“Life isn't fair. Justice is blind… and dysfunctional. And some cops aren't smart and dedicated like on television.”
― John Allore

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John’s Quotes

“Knowledge is not for knowing, knowledge is for cutting.”
― Michel Foucault

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“Nostalgia is history without guilt.”
― Svetlana Boym

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“back off from this poem
it is a greedy mirror
you are into this poem from the waist down
nobody can hear you can they ?
this poem has had you up to here.”
― Ishmael Reed, New and Collected Poems, 1964-2006

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