Cold Case Canada

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 visit: evelazarus.com

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 Vancouver House. Eve Lazarus photo 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

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

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's heritage homes For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com

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 Empress of Ireland Shipwreck through Arsenal Pulp Press or our favourite bookstore - coming April 2025. For photos, show credits, sources and information about my books, blog or podcasts visit: evelazarus.com

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 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

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 murder scene of Evelyn Roche, Vancouver Sun, April 5, 1958 For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com

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

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

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

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 photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com

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