Cold Case Canada

S2 E19 Soft, Sweet and Country

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 stretch of highway in Langley, BC. Just two months earlier, the body of Barbara LaRocque, 22 had been found nearby. Barbara worked at the Syndicate, a club with the same owner as the OK Corral. In March 1975, the body of Gail (Sam) Rogers, 26 a dancer at Vancouver’s Penthouse Nightclub was found just off the Sea to Sky Highway near Squamish. Is there a connection between these three unsolved murders?
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

S2 E18 On the Edge of Chinatown: Jimmy and Lily Ming

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 end of January, Jimmy and Lily had been kidnapped from their Vancouver house, the restaurant was closed and the rest of the Ming family feared for their lives.
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

S2 E17 Sweet Sixteen: The Rhona Duncan Murder

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 intercepted, raped and strangled. Although 45 years has gone by, Rhona’s friends still get together to remember her and to try and solve her murder. Some believe they know who did it.
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

S2 E16 Murder at the Good Earth: Brenda Young

On January 7, 1976, Brenda Young, a 38-year-old mother of four, was found murdered in her store the Good Earth on Lower Lonsdale in North Vancouver. After I wrote about Brenda in my book Cold Case Vancouver, a retired detective contacted me and said Brenda’s murder was a case of mistaken identity. He believed that a corrupt RCMP officer, then in jail, put out a contract on the female police informant who had put him there. She was about the same age as Brenda and ran a store right across the road from the Good Earth. 
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

S2 E15 The Murder of Robert David Hopkins

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. He had to. In the 1950s homosexuality was illegal and coming out would have meant losing his job, his place in the community, and possibly his family.
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
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S2 E14 Danny Brent’s Murder: Vancouver’s First Gangland Hit

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

Trailer: Blood, Sweat, and Fear, the story of Inspector Vance

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

S1 E13 The Babes in the Woods Part 2

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