George Garrett: Intrepid Reporter
February 23, 2019
If you listened to CKNW any time from the mid-1950s to the end of the ‘90s, you’ll remember George Garrett. His memoir, George Garrett Intrepid Reporter has just been published, and it’s a great ride through four decades of politics, disasters, consumer investigations and murders. I met George in the mid-1990s, when I was a… Continue reading George Garrett: Intrepid Reporter
The Maharajah of Alleebaba
January 26, 2019
Last week, Bob Shiell sent me a note telling me that he worked with Rene Castellani at CKNW in the early 1960s, and was a huge force in one of the station’s most visible promotions—the Maharajah of Alleebaba. From Murder by Milkshake: an astonishing true story of adultery, arsenic, and a charismatic killer I wrote… Continue reading The Maharajah of Alleebaba
The BowMac Sign: Guy in the Sky
January 5, 2019
On June 4, 1965, CKNW personality Rene Castellani climbed to the top of the scaffolding next to the BowMac Sign and promised not to come down until every last car on the lot was sold. It took nine days. The following story is an excerpt from Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing Story of… Continue reading The BowMac Sign: Guy in the Sky
The Sensational Murder of Esther Castellani
October 27, 2011
Murder by Milkshake: An Astonishing True Story of Adultery, Arsenic, and A Charismatic Killer Set in middle-class Kerrisdale, the green duplex at 2092 West 42nd Avenue is such an ordinary place it’s hard to imagine it was the stage for one of the most sensational murders in Vancouver’s history. Esther Castellani, 40, died in 1965… Continue reading The Sensational Murder of Esther Castellani