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Murder by Milkshake Part 1

by Eve Lazarus on September 24, 2021
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In 1965, Rene Castellani, a 40-year-old radio personality decided to murder his wife Esther with arsenic-laced milkshakes so could marry Lolly, CKNW’s 25-year-old receptionist. The couple had an 11-year-old daughter called Jeannine, who became the collateral damage in one of the most sensational murder cases of the 20th century.

This podcast episode is based on my book Murder by Milkshake: an astonishing true story of adultery, arsenic and a charismatic killer

Audio clips from CKNW’s Owl Prowl, 1961.

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Pat Lowther: Murder of a Poet

by Eve Lazarus on September 10, 2021
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When Pat Lowther was murdered in her East Vancouver home, she had just signed a contract with a major publisher. The 40-year-old mother of four was carving out a new voice in the Canadian literary scene and being recognized for her strong, often violent, feminist poetry.

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The mustard-coloured house where Pat and Roy Lowther lived on East 46th Avenue near Mountain View Cemetery, is a three-storey, classic kit home with a welcoming front porch and stained glass on the front door.

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Murder in Mole Hill: Muriel Lindsay

by Eve Lazarus on August 27, 2021
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In the months leading up to her murder, Muriel Lindsay had been targeted and harassed. Her cat was stolen, she’d received bizarre anonymous letters, and someone had used her credit card to take out subscriptions and make a donation to the United Way in her name. Who was stalking Muriel and why was this 40-year-old postal worker found beaten to death in her West End apartment?

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Debbie Roe: From Langley to Nashville

by Eve Lazarus on August 13, 2021
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In 1974, Debbie and Vicky Roe were living their dream. The sister act—Debbie was 22 and Vicky, 17 – had just returned from Nashville where they’d cut a country-and-western album called Soft, Sweet and Country.

“We’d been singing together professionally for about four or five years,” Vicky told me.

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Jimmy and Lily Ming: On the Edge of Chinatown

by Eve Lazarus on July 30, 2021
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At the start of 1985, things looked good for Jimmy and Lily Ming. They 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 lived in fear of their lives.

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Sweet Sixteen: The Murder of Rhona Duncan

by Eve Lazarus on July 16, 2021
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Rhona Duncan, 16 was murdered in the early hours of July 17, 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.

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Brenda Young Murdered at the Good Earth

by Eve Lazarus on July 2, 2021
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On January 7, 1976 Brenda Young was found murdered at her store the Good Earth in the Lower Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. It was a brazen murder and it felt like a hit, but why would anyone target this much-loved 38-year-old mother of four?

Brenda was an attractive, petite woman with long black curly hair, rosy cheeks and always smiling.

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