Eve Lazarus's Blog: Every Place has a Story, page 22
November 20, 2020
S1 E11: The Mount Pleasant Axe Murders
The Mount Pleasant Axe Murders podcast is based on a story from Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History
When police arrived at the house in Vancouver’s Mount Pleasant area on December 10, 1965, the first thing they saw was the bright red Santa Claus painted on the front window.
November 14, 2020
Our Missing Heritage: The Centennial Fountain
This story is from Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History.
In 2014, the fountain that sat outside the former Vancouver courthouse was removed after nearly half a century. It had been turned off the year before after a leak was found in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s storage area. And, while the new rather sterile looking plaza hasn’t been wholeheartedly embraced, either was the fountain when it was designed by Robert Savery, a landscape gardener employed by the provincial government in 1966.
November 6, 2020
S1 E10: The Renfrew Murders
Louise Wise turned 17 the week before she was murdered. A Grade 11 student at Windermere Secondary, Louise was the oldest of four children and lived on Lillooet Street in East Vancouver. Her father, Jack Wise, was a constable with the Vancouver Police Department.
A photo that ran in the newspapers shows a serious looking girl with brown hair pulled back off a face hidden behind large round dark-framed glasses.
October 31, 2020
The Missing Telephone Operators of BC
November 5 is the 60th Anniversary of Vancouver’s last manual telephone exchange. Angus McIntyre writes about its history and the changeover.
By Angus McIntyre
If you grew up in the City of Vancouver in the 1950s you may well remember your telephone number looked like this: KErrisdale 3457-M. Or ALma 0609-L.
October 23, 2020
S1 E9 Three Ghost Stories and a Murder
In this Halloween Special of Cold Case Canada, the stories range from the Hostess with the Ghostess in Chilliwack, to a particularly gruesome murder in James Bay with an odd twist.
Bill Allman, a very sane, “recovering” lawyer and promoter, talks about his experience with the Vogue Theatre ghost when he managed the venue back in the ‘90s.
October 16, 2020
Missing Heritage: Trader Vic’s
In the late 1980s when I worked at the Vancouver Stock Exchange we’d sometimes hangout at Trader Vic’s, the Polynesian-style bar and restaurant that sat in the parking lot of the Westin Bayshore.
It’s been gone since 1999—taken to Vancouver Island and left to rot.
I was reminded of Trader Vic’s again when I was reading Aaron Chapman’s Vancouver After Dark and looking at the photo of the building disappearing on a barge underneath the Lion’s Gate bridge.
October 9, 2020
S1 E8: The Shaughnessy Murder of Marion Hamilton
The story of Marion Hamilton’s murder first appeared in my book At Home With History back in 2007. It’s a fascinating story of a once prominent Vancouver family, money, a rambling old run-down mansion, murder and greed. In other words, it has all the elements for a great Halloween story.
October 2, 2020
An Interview with Vancouver Exposed Book Designer Jazmin Welch
I’m excited to tell you that Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History is now in bookstores. And, while the saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover,” I have to disagree. A great cover not only helps to sell the book, but it shows the reader what they can expect to find inside its pages.
Introducing Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History
I’m excited to tell you that Vancouver Exposed: Searching for the City’s Hidden History is now in bookstores. And, while the saying goes “don’t judge a book by its cover,” I have to disagree. A great cover not only helps to sell the book, but it shows the reader what they can expect to find inside its pages.
September 25, 2020
S1 E7: The Christmas Day Murder of Lila Anderson
Win two tickets to visit the fabulous Vancouver Police Museum and Archives and see many of the city’s most unbelievable and bizarre murders as well as the former autopsy suite, city analyst lab and morgue. Listen for the codeword in this episode and put it in an email to info@evelazarus.com.
