Cold Case Canada

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 ab...

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 Vancouv...

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 podcas...

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 scen...

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 k...

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...

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 T...

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:...

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....

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 sto...

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 tru...

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...

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 m...

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...

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 coron...