Show Notes
In this Halloween special we're travelling up Indian Arm to visit the Wigwam Inn, one of Metro Vancouver's most storied old mansions. Built in 1910 by Alvo von Alvensleben as a hotel for the rich, it's been a brothel, an illegal casino, used to print counterfeit money, and now owned by the Royal Vancouver Yacht Club. Is it haunted? Of course. The ghost of Martha lives in room 209. With special guest Greg Mansfield, author of the Ghosts of Vancouver Image: Wigwam Inn, 1912, courtesy Vancouver Archives For photos, show credits, sources and information about my books, blog or podcast, please visit my website evelazarus.com
More from Cold Case Canada
On July 12, 1992, David Snow, 37 was arrested after the largest manhunt in the history of North Vancouver. His crimes spread from Ontario to British Columbia and included murders, kidnappings, robberies and sexual assaults. Last year, Snow was charged with the murder of Angelien Quesnelle from Aspley, Ontario—a case that’s been cold since 1991. For more information, visit my website: evelazarus.com or join us on the Facebook page Cold Case Canada.
Irene Pearson was murdered on November 15, 1979. Irene was a salesperson for Castlewood Homes and was showing a home in the Tyndall Park area of Winnipeg. During the showing she was lured to a vacant house across the street where she was hit over the head several times, and stabbed 31 times in the face and chest - one for every year of her life. Irene's body was found by two construction workers the next morning. In the early months of the investigation, Winnipeg Police had 180 people on their suspect list. For more information, please visit my website: evelazarus.com or join us on the Facebook page Cold Case Canada.
Twenty-year-old Melody Dobson was last seen on August 23, 1986. She was eight-and-a-half months pregnant, and at the time she went missing, she was walking home from her friend's house in South Vancouver, three blocks from her basement suite. She never made it home. For more information, please visit my website: evelazarus.com or join us on the Facebook page Cold Case Canada.
Dianna and Donna Ring were identical twins who grew up in North Vancouver. In 1960 the family moved to Mabel Lake in the Okanagan, the same year that 12-year-old Dianna was crowned Lynn Valley Day's May Queen. Three years later, the 15-year-olds were dead - murdered on their way home from school. Photo: Dianna (left) and Donna (right), Vancouver Sun, October 8, 1963 For more information, please visit my website: evelazarus.com or join us on the Facebook page Cold Case Canada.
It was a pleasure to sit down with Sgt Rob Jaberg of the Vancouver Police Department this week. We talked about his new position as supervisor and manager of the VPD’s first ever cold case team. For more information, please visit my website: evelazarus.com