Four Minutes at the Door

For four minutes: Content note: this episode discusses witness testimony related to gender-based violence and a homicide trial. It does not include graphic detail. Listener discretion is advised. In this episode: — The four minutes outside Room 27, and what the surveillance video showsa motel manager stood outside a locked door — knocking, listening, pressing his face to the glass — while the only answer he got was "one minute, give me one minute." In this episode of Eight Minutes to Silence, host Fartumo Kusow walks through courtroom testimony from that night at the Bestway Motel: what the manager heard and didn't hear, the master key that stayed in his pocket, and the striking contrast between his account of the exchange at the door and what another witness swears she heard. It's a story about what a bystander actually has to work with in the moment that matters most — and how much can turn on four minutes. This episode continues the trial narrative thread of Season 3, telling the story of Sahra Bulle's murder trial in the words of the people who testified. — Two witnesses, two very different accounts of the same conversation — A tense cross-examination, and what it did and didn't resolve — What this moment asks of anyone standing where he stood Need support? Assaulted Women's Helpline (Ontario, 24/7, 200+ languages): 1-866-863-0511. Fem'aide (French-language support): 1-877-336-2433. Find a shelter near you: sheltersafe.ca Join us October 3, 2026 for the Walk to End Silence at Mackenzie Hall, Windsor — a peer-to-peer walk in memory of Sahra Bulle. sahrabullefoundation.ca/giving Break the Silence, Build a Future is a production of the Sahra Bulle Foundation, hosted by founder Fartumo Kusow. sahrabullefoundation.ca #SahraBulleFoundation #IAmSahraBulle #EndGBV #GenderBasedViolence #SilenceIsNotProtection #Windsor #ActNotJustRemember