On November 20, 1969, seven-year-old Evangeline Azarcon disappeared on her way home from Edith Cavell Elementary in Vancouver. Her abduction sparked the biggest search in BC’s history. Two years later another seven-year-old was abducted on her way to her Vancouver school. Was there a connection? This episode is based on original research and interviews from a chapter in my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders Preorder my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of ...
Aug 26, 2022•24 min•Ep. 30
It's almost 70 years since they were found buried in Vancouver's Stanley Park, but now the Babes in the Woods have their names back. They were Derek and David D'Alton aged 7 and 6 when they were beaten to death with a hatchet. This episode is based on a chapter in my upcoming book Cold Case BC: the stories behind the province's most sensational murders and missing persons cases For more information, please visit my website evelazarus.com...
Mar 10, 2022•34 min•Ep. 27
The Halloween Special is the last episode of Season 2. Join me and five storytellers as they tell you their favourite ghost stories: a haunted nightclub, a shooting, a former insane asylum, the Chinatown ghost, a cemetery and a haunted grand piano. Preorder my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck through Arsenal Pulp Press or our favourite bookstore - coming April 2025. For photos, sources and information about my books, blog or podcasts visit: evelazarus....
Oct 15, 2021•36 min•Ep. 26
In 1965, Rene Castellani, a 40-year-old radio personality murdered his wife Esther with arsenic-laced milkshakes so he could marry Lolly, CKNW’s 25-year-old receptionist. The Castellani's had an 11-year-old daughter called Jeannine, who became the collateral damage in one of the most sensational murder cases of the 20th century. This episode is based on original research and interviews from Murder by Milkshake: an astonishing true story of adultery, arsenic and a charismatic killer For photos, s...
Oct 01, 2021•42 min•Ep. 25
In 1965, Rene Castellani, a 40-year-old radio personality murdered his wife Esther with arsenic-laced milkshakes so he could marry Lolly, CKNW’s 25-year-old receptionist. The Castellani's had an 11-year-old daughter called Jeannine, who became the collateral damage in one of the most sensational murder cases of the 20th century. This episode is based on original research and interviews from Murder by Milkshake: an astonishing true story of adultery, arsenic and a charismatic killer For photos, s...
Sep 24, 2021•33 min•Ep. 24
Three weeks after Pat Lowther was reported missing, her body was discovered by a family out for a hike at Furry Creek, about 50 kilometres from her Vancouver home. She had been beaten to death with a hammer by a man who was jealous of her strong, often violent feminist poetry and her growing place in the Canadian literary scene. Photo: Pat Lowther and Fred Candelaria co-chairs of the League of Canadian Poets. Ian Lindsay, Vancouver Sun, September 5 1975. For photos, show credits, sources and inf...
Sep 10, 2021•46 min•Ep. 23
In the months leading up to her murder, Muriel Lindsay had been targeted and harassed. Her cat was stolen, she’d received bizarre anonymous letters, and someone had used her credit card to take out subscriptions and make a donation to the United Way in her name. Who was stalking Muriel and why was this 40-year-old postal worker found beaten to death in her West End apartment? Cold Case Canada is based on original research and interviews from a chapter in my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's m...
Aug 27, 2021•22 min•Ep. 22
On February 22, 1975 country and western singer Debbie Roe, 22 finished her shift at the OK Corral, stopped to get gas and something to eat. Her body was found the next day on an isolated stretch of highway in Langley, BC. Just two months earlier, the body of Barbara LaRocque, 22 had been found nearby. Barbara worked at the Syndicate, a club with the same owner as the OK Corral. In March 1975, the body of Gail (Sam) Rogers, 26 a dancer at Vancouver’s Penthouse Nightclub was found just off the Se...
Aug 13, 2021•27 min•Ep. 21
At the start of 1985, things looked good for Jimmy and Lily Ming. The couple had two small children, owned their own home and worked in the family’s thriving Robson Street restaurant. But by the end of January, Jimmy and Lily had been kidnapped from their Vancouver house, the restaurant was closed and the rest of the Ming family feared for their lives. This podcast is based on original research and interviews and a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders...
Jul 30, 2021•24 min•Ep. 20
Sixteen-year-old Rhona Duncan was murdered in the early hours of July 15, 1976 after walking home from a high school birthday party. She was in sight of her North Vancouver house, when she was intercepted, raped and strangled. Although 45 years has gone by, Rhona’s friends still get together to remember her and to try and solve her murder. Some believe they know who did it. This podcast is based on original research and interviews and a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baf...
Jul 16, 2021•26 min•Ep. 19
On January 7, 1976, Brenda Young, a 38-year-old mother of four, was found murdered in her store the Good Earth on Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver. After I wrote about Brenda in my book Cold Case Vancouver, a retired detective contacted me and said Brenda’s murder was a case of mistaken identity. He believed that a corrupt RCMP officer, then in jail, put out a contract on the female police informant who had put him there. She was about the same age as Brenda and ran a store right across the roa...
Jul 02, 2021•27 min•Ep. 18
In 1954, Bob Hopkins worked at the Vancouver News Herald. He was a friendly man who kept to himself and was liked by his colleagues. None of them knew that Bob was gay and lived a secret life. He had to. In the 1950s homosexuality was illegal and coming out would have meant losing his job, his place in the community, and possibly his family. This podcast is based on original research and interviews and a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders Preorder m...
Jun 18, 2021•23 min•Ep. 17
On September 15, 1954, Danny Brent’s body was found on the tenth green at UBC’s golf course. Stuffed inside his shirt was an early edition of the newspaper, soaked with his blood. There was a half-smoked cigarette inside his shirt where it had dropped from his mouth when he was shot—once in the back and twice in the head with .45-calibre bullets. This podcast is based on original research and interviews and a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city’s most baffling unsolved murders. For ...
Jun 04, 2021•27 min•Ep. 15
I'm Eve Lazarus, a reporter and author based in Vancouver, BC. This is a 12-episode podcast based on original research from my book Blood, Sweat, and Fear: the story of Inspector Vance . Inspector Vance was Canada’s first forensic investigator. He worked for the Vancouver Police Department and helped solved some of the most sensational murder cases of the twentieth century. For more information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit my website: evelazarus.com...
Jun 03, 2021•1 min•Ep. 16
The Babes in the Woods is the story of two tiny skeletons found in Stanley Park in 1953. The case is still unsolved, but the investigation continues. In part two I visit the site where the boys were found and talk with the VPD Inspector who ordered an exhumation in 2015 in an effort to identify the boys. We also hear about the latest development from the coroner who is currently revisiting Vancouver’s most famous cold case. Cover image: Kat Thorsen at the Stanley Park site where the Babes in the...
Dec 18, 2020•21 min•Ep. 14
The Babes in the Woods is the story of two tiny skeletons found in Stanley Park in 1953. It is one of Vancouver's oldest and most fascinating unsolved murder mysteries. Cover art: Katarina Thorsen This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders For crime scene photos, show credits, sources and information about my books, blog or podcasts visit: evelazarus.com...
Dec 04, 2020•33 min•Ep. 13
In December 1965, 17-year-old Tom Kosberg made milkshakes for his parents and four siblings, dosed them with sleeping pills, and then hacked up their bodies with a double-bladed axe. Only the baby survived. Tom was found not guilty by reason of insanity. So, why was he out in 10? This podcast is based on a story from my book Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City's Hidden History For crime scene photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please ...
Nov 20, 2020•32 min•Ep. 12
Windemere Secondary School student Louise Wise had just turned 17 when she was stabbed to death in her East Vancouver home in 1971. Two years later, Geraldine Forster, 19 was shot to death at Renfrew Street and Grandview Highway with a Mountie's .38 service revolver. For a while police thought there was a connection, but when Louise's case was reopened 25 years later, detectives found the murder knife that held the killer's DNA was missing from the evidence room. Cover art: the Wise's East Vanco...
Nov 06, 2020•26 min•Ep. 11
A Halloween Special that travels to Chilliwack to cover the Hostess with the Ghostess; to North Vancouver for the Grain Elevators: a fire and a ghost story; to Victoria for Murder in James Bay; and to the Vogue Theatre's resident's ghost. Stories are from my books Vancouver Exposed ; At Home with History ; and Sensational Victoria . For photos, show credits, sources and information about my books, blog or podcast, please visit evelazarus.com Preorder my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy o...
Oct 23, 2020•21 min•Ep. 10
In 1975, Marion Hamilton, 69 was found dead in the bedroom of her Shaughnessy mansion. At first her death looked like suicide, but it was soon apparent that Marion had been murdered. It’s a fascinating story of a once prominent Vancouver family, money, a rambling old run-down mansion, and the shocking identity of Marion’s murderer. Cover art: the Hamilton's Nanton Street house. Eve Lazarus photo This podcast is based on a story from my book At Home with History: the secrets of Greater Vancouver'...
Oct 09, 2020•22 min•Ep. 9
Lila Anderson, 38 was murdered on Christmas Day 1959. She had been beaten with a tire iron and her head smashed against a rock after she was taken from a bus stop. Her naked body was dumped in a ravine at Knight Street and 45th Avenue in South Vancouver less than two blocks from the Paul house. Did Vancouver have a serial killer? This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders Preorder my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the...
Sep 25, 2020•30 min•Ep. 8
On June 10, 1958, David Pauls, 52 was shot in the head with a .22-calibre revolver by the back door of the family home. The killer then went upstairs and clubbed 11-year-old Dorothy Pauls to death in her bed. When Helen Pauls, 45 returned from work a short time later the killer shot her twice in the head and then beat her dead body with a blunt instrument. It was Vancouver’s first triple homicide. Cover art: The Pauls family, courtesy Vancouver Police Museum and Archives This podcast is based on...
Sep 11, 2020•32 min•Ep. 7
In 1958, Evelyn Roche was murdered on the way home from the bus just two blocks from her Vancouver home. It’s a case that really haunted me when I first read about it. The newspaper stories just said was that she was a 39-year-old widow who had recently remarried and had a boy and a girl. I wanted to know what happened to her children, how their lives had turned out. This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders Cover art: From the m...
Aug 28, 2020•20 min•Ep. 6
In August 1994, Nick and Lisa Masee disappeared from their North Vancouver house. Their case has long gone cold, ruled a missing persons with suspicious circumstances by the RCMP. Are they really just missing or murdered? This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com...
Aug 14, 2020•27 min•Ep. 5
In 2000, Vivien Morzuch was 15 when he was beaten to death and dumped in a ditch near Kamloops, BC. Former homicide detective Steve McCartney tells us how Vivien’s murderer was caught six years later through a Mr. Big operation. This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com...
Jul 31, 2020•33 min•Ep. 4
Seven-year-old Roddy Moore was killed on the way to his East Vancouver school in 1947. Why were his two step-fathers suspects? Interviews with Roddy's sisters Patty and Leona. This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders Cover art photo: Vancouver Sun, September 30, 2006 For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com Preorder my new book Beneath Dark W...
Jul 17, 2020•24 min•Ep. 3
Jennie Eldon Conroy was a 24-year-old shipyard war worker who was beaten to death in 1944, her body dumped at the West Vancouver cemetery. Seventy-five years after her murder, forensic samples including her hair and gravel from the crime scene ended up on my desk. What happened to her baby? This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders Cover art: Jennie and Eva Conroy early 1940s. Courtesy North Vancouver Museum and Archives For more...
Jul 04, 2020•35 min•Ep. 2
I'm Eve Lazarus, a reporter and author based in Vancouver, BC. For the past few years I've been investigating unsolved murders and missing persons cases. I'm convinced that many of these cases can still be solved. This true crime podcast is based on original research and interviews I've conducted with family members and friends, police detectives, criminologists, forensic psychologists and a coroner. For more information, please visit my website at evelazarus.com
Jun 30, 2020•2 min•Ep. 1
