[1] Despite his upbringing, Ford started to shop lift comics and candy from the age of 8 onward as he found himself enjoying rule-breaking.
[2] Ford dragged his mother's corpse down to the basement and proceeded to repaint all of the walls and floors of his house in an effort to hide evidence.
[1] The police did not believe Ford's claims that his mother was on vacation as they noticed that there was no evidence that she packed any clothing while her credit cards remained unused.
[1] The Toronto journalist Paul Hunter wrote in 2013: "“A character like Wayne Ford wasn’t supposed to exist in sleepy Willowdale.
He operated a brothel out of the family bungalow, carried a sawed-off shotgun, shot a friend during a raucous house party, imported guns from Buffalo, dealt illegal drugs, robbed banks, agreed to do a contract killing and broke a man’s legs for cash.”[1] Ford said of his actions at this time: "I was a royal shithead in a lot of ways and I was Mr. Stupid Teenager times ten that went bananas into criminality, which is what I wanted.
[1] Ford engaged in gun-running, buying handguns in Buffalo for $15 American per gun, smuggled them across the border and sold them in Toronto for $60 Canadian each.
[1] On 9 June 1964, he was convicted of theft and possession of stolen goods after he robbed a number of cottages in the Orillia area.
[4] Upon being released from his cell, Ford seized a metal pipe and went to the 1-F range where he knew that the prison guards taken hostage were being held.
[8] Ford resolved to leave behind his life of criminality after his release, and still reports to his parole officer once every three months.