Podcasts by Cold Case Canada

S4 E44 Three Ghost Stories and a Murder from 2023-07-21T05:41:47

In this last episode of Season 4, I'm delighted to be joined by four local storytellers. We'll hear about the murder of iconic architect Francis Rattenbury, visit a haunted firehall, a spooky ho...

S4 E43 Where is Mike Smith? from 2023-07-07T05:06:41

Michael Smith, 17 is RCMP case #2014003272 and one of 233 missing kids on the Canada’s Missing website. Mike was last seen on December 30, 1967 when he left his North Vancouver home after a figh...

S4 E42 The Cloverdale Murder of Nancy Johnsen from 2023-06-23T06:19:06

On November 6, 1967, sometime before 6:00 pm, seven-year-old Nancy Johnsen went missing from her Cloverdale BC farmhouse. Nancy, one of ten children ranging in age from six months to 16 years, w...

S4 E41 The Alley Murders from 2023-06-08T17:38:16

Between April 1988 and August 1990, a serial killer murdered six sex trade workers and dumped their bodies in the laneways of Vancouver. Officially, the murders are unsolved and two were added t...

S4 E40 Taken: Casey Rose Bohun from 2023-05-26T03:41:34

Casey Rose Bohun, 3 disappeared from her North Delta, BC home on August 5, 1989. Dozens of volunteers searched for Casey but no trace of her was ever found. Police believe that she either wander...

S4 E39 The Night Club Murders from 2023-05-12T06:55:36

At the end of 1974, 22-year-old Barbara Larocque’s body was found in Langley, BC. She had been strangled with her own scarf. Two months later, Gail "Sam" Rogers, 26 went missing from her Kitsila...

S4 E38 A Town Divided: The Search for Brenda Byman from 2023-04-28T05:53:53

On May 7, 1961, 12-year-old Brenda Byman went for her first sleepover at her friend’s house in Wilmer, a tiny community outside of Invermere, BC. The next day she and four teens went for a hike ...

S4 E37 The Box Cutter Murder: Gladys Wakabayashi from 2023-04-14T17:07:44

On June 24, 1992 Jean Ann James, a 53-year-old former Canadian Pacific Airlines flight attendant, went to the Shaughnessy home of her husband’s wealthy younger lover, and slit her throat with a ...

S4 E36 Lindsey Nicholls: Vanished from Vancouver Island from 2023-03-31T04:49:31

On the day that 14-year-old Lindsey Nicholls disappeared, she was last seen walking down Royston Road, outside of Comox on Vancouver Island. It was August 2, 1993 - the Monday of the BC Day long...

S4 E35 Gloria Moody: The Highway of Tears from 2023-03-17T06:42:29

Gloria Levina Moody, who everybody knew as Lee, had been stripped, beaten, sexually assaulted, and left to bleed to death on a cattle trail about a kilometre off the Chilcotin Highway near Willi...

Introducing Season 4: Cold Case Canada Podcast from 2023-03-13T11:29:18

I’m Eve Lazarus, and I’m the host and producer of Cold Case Canada. This is from a Facebook live event that I did on March 10 to talk about the process behind writing my bestselling book Listen

S3 E34 Halloween Special 2022 from 2022-10-21T04:34:31

In the Halloween Special of 2022 we visit a Victoria golf course, two mansions in Burnaby, and travel to a haunted highway in BC’s interior. Keep the lights on while you listen!

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S3 E33 Kidnapped: The Philip Porter Story from 2022-10-14T05:40:23

On June 26, 1969, 16-year-old Philip Porter left his home in Townsite, Kimberley to run some errands for his mother. The son of the Cominco boss never came home. A ransom note demanding $100,000...

S3 E32 The Jack Family Missing from Prince George from 2022-10-14T05:35:36

Ronnie Jack, 26, Doreen Jack, 26, Russell 9, and Ryan 4 were last seen on August 2, 1989 at their home in Prince George. Earlier that night, Ronnie met a guy in the pub who offered him a job buc...

S3 E31 The Monica Jack Murder from 2022-09-30T05:47:25

In 1978, 12-year-old Monica Jack was riding her bike near her home on the Upper Nicola reserve at Quilchena when she was abducted, raped and murdered. And, even though Garry Handlen was a suspec...

S3 E30 Double Murder: Tanya Van Cuylenborg and Jay Cook from 2022-09-23T17:19:09

Saanich residents Tanya Van Cuylenborg, 18 and Jay Cook, 20 were murdered while on an overnight trip to Washington State in 1987. Episode includes interviews with Detective Jim Scharf of the Sno...

S3 E29 When Cops were Murderers from 2022-09-16T05:05:39

Len Hogue was one of three dirty VPD cops who supplemented their salaries initially through B&Es, escalated to bank robberies, and in 1965 pulled off the biggest heist in Vancouver’s history - $...

S3 E28 When Cops Were Robbers from 2022-09-09T04:45:15

In 1956, Len Hogue, David Harrison and Joe Percival joined the Vancouver Police Department and within a few years, became known as the “terrible three.” The cops were supplementing their salarie...

S3 E27 Tanya Busch: The Prison Guard’s Daughter from 2022-09-02T07:05:43

Tanya Busch disappeared on the way to her Vancouver school on June 2, 1972. She was the second 7-year-old abducted in just over two years. Was there a connection?

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S3 E26 Abducted: Evangeline Azarcon from 2022-08-26T06:02:56

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...

S3 E25 The Babes in the Woods Update from 2022-03-10T08:14:02

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...

S2 E24 Halloween Special 2021 from 2021-10-15T07:12:40

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 ...

S2 E23 Murder by Milkshake Part 2 from 2021-10-01T06:25:41

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...

S2 E22 Murder by Milkshake Part 1 from 2021-09-24T06:35:44

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...

S2 E21 Murder of a Poet: Pat Lowther from 2021-09-10T05:37:26

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 w...

S2 E21 Murder of a Poet: Pat Lowther from 2021-09-10T05:37:26

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 w...

S2 E20 Murder in Mole Hill: Muriel Lindsay from 2021-08-27T06:16:02

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 ...

S2 E20 Murder in Mole Hill: Muriel Lindsay from 2021-08-27T06:16:02

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 ...

S2 E19 Soft, Sweet and Country from 2021-08-13T05:54:50

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 stretc...

S2 E18 On the Edge of Chinatown: Jimmy and Lily Ming from 2021-07-30T06:46:23

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...

S2 E18 On the Edge of Chinatown: Jimmy and Lily Ming from 2021-07-30T06:46:23

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...

S2 E17 Sweet Sixteen: The Rhona Duncan Murder from 2021-07-16T06:52:02

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 i...

S2 E16 Murder at the Good Earth: Brenda Young from 2021-07-02T06:03:39

On January 7, 1976 Brenda Young was found murdered in her store the Good Earth in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. It was a brazen murder and it felt like a hit, but why would anyone ...

S2 E16 Murder at the Good Earth: Brenda Young from 2021-07-02T06:03:39

On January 7, 1976 Brenda Young was found murdered in her store the Good Earth in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. It was a brazen murder and it felt like a hit, but why would anyone ...

S2 E15 The Murder of Robert David Hopkins from 2021-06-18T04:16:17

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. H...

S2 E14 Danny Brent’s Murder: Vancouver’s First Gangland Hit from 2021-06-04T06:55:27

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 ha...

Trailer: Blood, Sweat, and Fear, the story of Inspector Vance from 2021-06-03T12:47:11

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 Bl...

S1 E13 The Babes in the Woods Part 2 from 2020-12-18T08:31:11

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 ...

S1 E12: The Babes in the Woods Part 1 from 2020-12-04T07:45

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: Katari...

S1 E11 Axe Murders in Mount Pleasant: The Kosbergs from 2020-11-20T07:26:55

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 ba...

S1 E11 Axe Murders in Mount Pleasant: The Kosbergs from 2020-11-20T07:26:55

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 ba...

S1 E10: The Renfrew Murders: Louise Wise and Geraldine Forster from 2020-11-06T07:33:51

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 Re...

S1 E10: The Renfrew Murders: Louise Wise and Geraldine Forster from 2020-11-06T07:33:51

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 Re...

S1 E9: Halloween Special - Three Ghost Stories and a Murder from 2020-10-23T05:31:06

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; ...

S1 E9: Halloween Special - Three Ghost Stories and a Murder from 2020-10-23T05:31:06

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; ...

S1 E8: The Shaughnessy Murder of Marion Hamilton from 2020-10-09T07:06:04

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 fasc...

S1 E7 The Christmas Day Murder of Lila Anderson from 2020-09-25T07:01:48

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...

S1 E6: The Pauls, Vancouver’s First Triple Murder from 2020-09-11T06:23:55

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 dea...

S1 E5: The Hastings-Sunrise Murder of Evelyn Roche from 2020-08-28T06:55:27

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...

S1 E4: Missing Without A Trace: Nick and Lisa Masee from 2020-08-14T06:47:33

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 reall...

S1 E3: How To Catch A Killer: the Vivien Morzuch Story from 2020-07-31T06:42:45

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 ...

S1 E2: Who Killed Roddy Moore? from 2020-07-17T06:21:27

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 podca...

S1 E1: The Murder of Jennie Eldon Conroy from 2020-07-03T17:09:08

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 i...

Cold Case Canada Trailer from 2020-06-29T20:22:09

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 c...