S1 E7 The Christmas Day Murder of Lila Anderson

09/25/20 • 29 min

Lila Anderson, 38 was murdered on Christmas Day 1959. She had been beaten with a tire iron and her head smashed against a rock after she was taken from a bus stop. Her naked body was dumped in a ravine at Knight Street and 45th Avenue in South Vancouver less than two blocks from the Paul house. Did Vancouver have a serial killer?

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

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

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S1 E6: The Pauls, Vancouver’s First Triple Murder

On June 10, 1958, David Pauls, 52 was shot in the head with a .22-calibre revolver by the back door of the family home. The killer then went upstairs and clubbed 11-year-old Dorothy Pauls to death in her bed. When Helen Pauls, 45 returned from work a short time later the killer shot her twice in the head and then beat her dead body with a blunt instrument. It was Vancouver’s first triple homicide.

Cover art: The Pauls family, courtesy Vancouver Police Museum and Archives

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

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S1 E8: The Shaughnessy Murder of Marion Hamilton

In 1975, Marion Hamilton, 69 was found dead in the bedroom of her Shaughnessy mansion. At first her death looked like suicide, but it was soon apparent that Marion had been murdered. It’s a fascinating story of a once prominent Vancouver family, money, a rambling old run-down mansion, and the shocking identity of Marion’s murderer.

Cover art: the Hamilton's Nanton Street house. Eve Lazarus photo

This podcast is based on a story from my book At Home with History: the secrets of Greater Vancouver's heritage homes

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