S2 E22 Murder by Milkshake Part 1


In 1965, Rene Castellani, a 40-year-old radio personality murdered his wife Esther with arsenic-laced milkshakes so that he could marry Lolly, CKNW’s 25-year-old receptionist. The Castellani’s had an 11-year-old daughter called Jeannine who became the collateral damage in one of the most sensational murder cases of the 20th century. 


This podcast episode is based on my book Murder by Milkshake: an astonishing true story of adultery, arsenic and a charismatic killer


I’ve had a fascination with the Castellani murder case ever since I first saw the true-crime exhibit at the Vancouver Police Museum in the 1990s.

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Published on September 24, 2021 06:38
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