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, 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.

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, and in part two I visit the site where the boys were found with the researcher who worked on a Babes in the Woods task force in the early 2000s. I talk with the VPD Inspector who moved the investigation forward in 2015, and we hear about the latest development from the coroner who is currently revisiting Vancouver’s most famous cold case.

The strongest lead in recent years has come from a former VPD officer named Ron Amiel. Ron, now 90, believes the boys were born in England between 1937 and 1939 and were killed because their mother wanted a new beginning by marrying an American soldier. A son born in 1941 and who died in 1974 was exhumed in 2015 so his DNA could be tested against that of the Babes in the woods.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this first series of Cold Case Canada half as much as I’ve enjoyed making it. All of the episodes are based on original research and interviews from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city’s most baffling unsolved murders.

If you’d like to join in the conversation about this and other murders, please check out my Facebook group page Cold Case Canada.

Show notes

Intro:       Mark Dunn

Music:      Don’t die on me by Myuu, The Dark Piano

PSA:   Vancouver Police Museum and Archives

Promo:      Blood, Sweat, and Fear: The Story of Inspector Vance

SOURCES:

Lazarus, Eve. Cold Case Vancouver: the city’s most baffling unsolved murders. Arsenal Pulp Press, 2015

BC Coroners Service Unidentified Human Remains Map 

The Vancouver Police Museum and Archives

Vital Statistics – death certificates