On April 13, 1933 19-year-old Stewart Ashley went to work out at the YMCA in downtown Vancouver. He didn’t come home. A short time later, a ransom note arrived. It said: “Get $5,000 by April 20 or your son will die.” 

This podcast is based on original research from a story in my book Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance.

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The murder of Naokichi Watanabe in 1931 exposed an insurance scam, the murder of up to 20 people, a Japanese hitman, and was eventually linked to an assassination ring operating out of a house on East Cordova Street, Vancouver.

This podcast is based on original research from a story in my book Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance.

For show credits, sources, and information about my books, blog or podcast, please see evelazarus.com 

In 1914 Clara Millard went missing from her West End house where she lived with her husband Charles and Jack their 16-year-old Chinese house boy. Did Jack kill Clara?

This podcast is based on original research from a story in my book Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance.

For show credits, sources, and information about my books, blog or podcast, please see evelazarus.com