Cold Case Canada

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 photos, show credits, sources and information about my books, blog or podcasts visit: evelazarus.com

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

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 Woods were found.

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 crime scene photos, show credits, sources and information about my books, blog or podcasts visit: evelazarus.com

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

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