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True Crime
Island Crime
by Laura Palmer
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S9 E9 The Investigation Continues
August 7, 2026 · 1 hr 0 minA 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 receive significant news in their battle…
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S9 E8 Open & Shut
July 10, 2026 · 35 minAfter 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 for the release of 'The Dead File.' In…
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S9 E7 The Murder House
July 3, 2026 · 36 minIn 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 owners learn about the house’s dark history…
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S9 E6 The Paper Trail
June 26, 2026 · 41 minAfter 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 administrative paperwork instead of the real…
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S9 E5 Bad Grandpa Part 2
June 19, 2026 · 43 minJanet 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 was her grandfather. A man who went to…
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S9 E4 Bad Grandpa
June 19, 2026 · 41 minA 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 calls "Bad Grandpa" Joseph Charles…
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S9 E3 What Wasn't in the Newspapers
June 12, 2026 · 37 minIn 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 family memories. New details from…
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S9 E2 What the Bodies Revealed
June 5, 2026 · 42 minIn June 1959, newspapers pile up outside the Kostyniuk home in South Wellington until neighbours find the house ransacked, the phone line cut, and the bodies of Andrew “Curly” and Elizabeth “Lizzie” Kostyniuk in the bedroom. Police back…
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S9 E1 They Should Have Felt Safe
May 29, 2026 · 39 minIn the summer of 1959, Andrew and Elizabeth Kostyniuk, known to everyone in South Wellington, BC, as Curly and Lizzie, were stabbed to death in their own home. The case was never solved, and for 67 years, their names faded into…
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S9 Trailer: The Dead File
May 15, 2026 · 3 minIsland Crime Season 9: The Dead File — In 1959, Curly and Lizzie Kostyniuk were stabbed to death in their rural home near Nanaimo, BC — a double murder that was never solved and virtually forgotten for over six decades. Now, host Laura…
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S8 E2 Rumbero
November 7, 2025 · 35 minBree Gamble was known for her passion, fearlessness, and vibrant energy—a woman who seemed to live life in full colour until her tragic murder in 2021. The daughter of acclaimed Colombian filmmaker Jorge Lozano, Bree carried her Latin…
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S8 E1 Peacocks
October 31, 2025 · 39 minHow does a woman described as exotic, vibrant, and passionate end up murdered—her body abandoned near an oceanside park? What secrets does the crime scene hold about who killed Bree Gamble, and why? This season of Island Crime opens at…
About the show
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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