Search: “Babes in the Wood”

We found 9 results for your search.

Still Unsolved: Babes in the Woods, 70 Years Later

by Eve Lazarus on January 12, 2023

Seventy years ago this week, two tiny skeletons were found in Stanley Park and quickly became known as the Babes in the Woods. Last February, they were identified through genetic genealogy as Derek and David D’Alton aged 7 and 6 when they were murdered in 1947.

This is an excerpt from my new book Cold Case BC: The Stories Behind the Province’s Most Intriguing Murder and Missing Person Cases

By the second week of February 2022, I was able to confirm with two different sources that the VPD had the names of the Babes in the Woods.

View all 30 comments

Tags 1535 Arbutus Street, Babes in the Woods, David D'Alton, Derek D'Alton, Eileen D'Alton, Henry Hudson Elementary, Stanley Park

The Babes in the Woods have their names back

by Eve Lazarus on February 14, 2022

Since I write about history and cold cases, it’s not often I’ve get to break an actual news story. But thanks to a young woman named Ally who went searching for her Great Uncles—I can now tell you the names of the Babes in the Woods—the little boys whose skeletons were found in Stanley Park in 1953.

View all 47 comments

Tags Babes in the Woods, David D'Alton, Derek D'Alton, Eileen Bousquet, Henry Hudson Elementary, Vancouver Police Museum

The Babes in the Woods Part 2

by Eve Lazarus on December 18, 2020

The Babes in the Woods is the story of two tiny skeletons found in Stanley Park in 1953, and is based on a story in Cold Case Vancouver: The city’s most Baffling unsolved murders

This episode is sponsored by Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours.

View all 3 comments

Tags Babes in the Woods, Cold Case Vancouver, Stanley Park

The Babes in the Woods Part 1

by Eve Lazarus on December 4, 2020

The Babes in the Woods case is the story of two tiny skeletons found in Stanley Park. It is one of Vancouver’s oldest unsolved murder mysteries. This episode is based on a story in Cold Case Vancouver: The city’s most Baffling unsolved murders

This episode is sponsored by Forbidden Vancouver Walking Tours.

View all 16 comments

Tags Babes in the Woods, Stanley Park, Vancouver Police Museum and Archives

Meet Olivia McCarter

by Eve Lazarus on April 2, 2022

In February, we learned that the Babes in the Woods, the two little boys who were murdered in Stanley Park 75 years ago—were Derek D’Alton aged seven and his brother David, six. Genetic genealogy—the latest crime fighting tool was able to do what seven decades of police work could not—identify the little boys through familial DNA.

View all 11 comments

Tags Babes in the Woods, Olivia McCarter

Ten Things You Won’t See at the PNE This Year

by Eve Lazarus on August 21, 2021

The first PNE was in 1910, and, not surprising, a lot of things have changed since then. Some things will be missed and others not so much. Here are 10 things you won’t be seeing this year.

From Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History

1. A brill trolley bus

Unless it’s taken out of a transit museum, you won’t be taking a brill trolley bus to the fair.

View all 18 comments

Recognition

by Eve Lazarus on June 14, 2018

Awards & Recognition

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award 2023 (BC Book Prizes) – Finalist for Cold Case BC

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award 2021 (BC Book Prizes) – Finalist for Vancouver Exposed

City of Vancouver Book Award 2019 – Finalist for Murder by Milkshake

Arthur Ellis Awards, Best Non Fiction Crime Book, 2019 – Shortlisted for Murder by Milkshake

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award 2019 (BC Book Prizes) – Shortlisted for Murder by Milkshake

Arthur Ellis Awards, Best Non Fiction Crime Book, 2018 – Finalist for Blood, Sweat, and Fear

Bill Duthie Booksellers’ Choice Award 2016 (BC Book Prizes) – Finalist for Cold Case Vancouver

Heritage Award of Recognition for Sensational Vancouver, City of Vancouver, 2015

Literary Landmark #34, Stanley Park, Babes in the Woods, Cold Case Vancouver, 2015

Best Website Award, 2015, British Columbia Historical Federation

Heritage Award for Heritage Advocacy 2013 – District of North Vancouver

City of Vancouver Book Award 2008 – Finalist for At Home with History

Kenneth R.

Murder, Investigation, and a Dash of Forensics

by Eve Lazarus on April 8, 2017

The first time I went to the Vancouver Police Museum was in the late 1980s. It was a breakfast meeting for a tourist organization called Vancouver AM, and we ate in the autopsy room. I fell in love with the place then in all its macabre glory, and nearly three decades later I still love going there.

1 comment so far.

Tags Babes in the Woods, David Curnick, Jennie Conroy, Kosberg murders, the Pauls, Vancouver Police Museum, Viano Alto

Support

Click to read posts about:

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Support

Click to read posts about:

Subscribe to Our Newsletter