S1 E2: Who Killed Roddy Moore?

07/17/20 • 24 min

Seven-year-old Roddy Moore was killed on the way to his East Vancouver school in 1947. Why were his two step-fathers suspects? Interviews with Roddy's sisters Patty and Leona.

This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders

Cover art photo: Vancouver Sun, September 30, 2006

For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com

Preorder my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck through Arsenal Pulp Press or your favourite bookstore - coming April 2025

Seven-year-old Roddy Moore was killed on the way to his East Vancouver school in 1947. Why were his two step-fathers suspects? Interviews with Roddy's sisters Patty and Leona.

This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders

Cover art photo: Vancouver Sun, September 30, 2006

For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com

Preorder my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck through Arsenal Pulp Press or your favourite bookstore - coming April 2025

Previous Episode

S1 E1: The Murder of Jennie Eldon Conroy

Jennie Eldon Conroy was a 24-year-old shipyard war worker who was beaten to death in 1944, her body dumped at the West Vancouver cemetery. Seventy-five years after her murder, forensic samples including her hair and gravel from the crime scene ended up on my desk. What happened to her baby?

This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders

Cover art: Jennie and Eva Conroy early 1940s. Courtesy North Vancouver Museum and Archives

For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com

Preorder my new book Beneath Dark Waters: The Legacy of the Empress of Ireland Shipwreck through Arsenal Pulp Press or our favourite bookstore - coming April 2025

Next Episode

S1 E3: How To Catch A Killer: the Vivien Morzuch Story

In 2000, Vivien Morzuch was 15 when he was beaten to death and dumped in a ditch near Kamloops, BC. Former homicide detective Steve McCartney tells us how Vivien’s murderer was caught six years later through a Mr. Big operation.

This podcast is based on a story from my book Cold Case Vancouver: the city's most baffling unsolved murders

For more photos, show credits, sources, and information about my true crime books, blog or podcast, please visit: evelazarus.com