Island Crime

Each season of Island Crime delves into an unsolved murder or missing person case on Vancouver Island. Host/Producer Laura Palmer updates the cases when she finds new evidence or fresh perspectives. Original journalism, leaving no stone unturned.

Season 9: 'The Dead File' The unsolved double stabbing of a husband & wife in their own home.

Season 8: 'My Best Friend Bree' -the unsolved murder of Bree Gamble (Lozano)

Season 7: 'Evaporated' explores the disappearance of Victoria's Ian Indridson.

Season 6: ‘Sweethearts’ examines the unsolved cases of three teenage girls who were murdered in Victoria, Canada between 1990 and 1991.

Season 5: ‘Whiskey Creek’ is the untold story of a Halloween night massacre.

Season 4: ‘Finding Amber’ follows the case of a Port Alberni woman who disappeared on July 8, 2022.

Season 3: ‘Missing Michael’ is the story of Michael Dunahee, a little boy from Victoria, BC, who vanished from a playground in 1991 at the age of 4.

Season 2: ‘Gone Boys’ follows the mystery of men who have gone missing in recent years on Vancouver Island.

Season 1: ‘Where is Lisa?’ digs into the disappearance of 21-year-old Lisa Marie Young.

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Episoder(110)

Update Summer of 2026

In this update, Laura takes a road trip around Vancouver Island from Bamfield and Pacheena Bay to Alert Bay, Port Hardy and beyond. Along the way, she reflects on the places, people and stories that m...

4 Sep 17min

S9 E9 The Investigation Continues

A newly released prison file offers the clearest picture yet of Joseph Phillips—and confirms he was intensively questioned by the RCMP about the murders of his in-laws. Meanwhile, Laura and Shauna rec...

7 Aug 1h

S9 E8 Open & Shut

After more than 67 years, a fresh tip comes in, which leaves Laura wondering whether police had another suspect on their radar back then. Also, throughout the series, Laura & Shauna have been pushing ...

10 Jul 35min

S9 E7 The Murder House

In this episode, Shauna steps inside the infamous murder house in South Wellington, where the unsolved 1959 murders of her great-great-grandparents Curly and Lizzie Kostyniuk, took place. The new owne...

3 Jul 36min

S9 E6 The Paper Trail

After months of searching, the police file on the 1959 murders of Curly and Lizzie Kostyniuk has finally arrived, but it's not what Shauna and I hoped for. Over 100 pages of heavily redacted administr...

26 Jun 41min

S9 E5 Bad Grandpa Part 2

Janet Piper is the great-granddaughter of the victims, Lizzie and Curly Kostyniuk. In this episode, she speaks publicly for the first time about the man she believes committed the murders, a man who w...

19 Jun 42min

S9 E4 Bad Grandpa

A double murder. A robbery motive that doesn't add up. And a family theory that's been passed down in whispers for decades.In this episode, host Laura Palmer digs into the suspect, Shauna's family cal...

19 Jun 40min

S9 E3 What Wasn't in the Newspapers

In 1959, South Wellington residents Andrew “Curly” Kosteniuk and his wife Lizzie are found stabbed to death, and the killer is never caught. Host Laura Palmer reexamines the case through archives and ...

12 Jun 36min