S9 E3 What Wasn't in the Newspapers
From Island Crime by Laura Palmer
June 12, 2026 · 37 min · Season 9 · Episode 3
About this episode
The episode revisits the unsolved murder of Andrew and Lizzie Kosteniuk in 1959, uncovering new details from archives and family memories.
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 family memories. New details from Margaret Kostyniuk’s psychiatric records suggest escalating family conflict and a key suspect connected to secrets that never made the papers. This series includes original news reports from the time, presented as radio news stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Laura Palmer
Topics covered
- true crime
- unsolved murder
- family conflict
- historical archives
- psychiatric records
Keywords
- murder
- South Wellington
- Kosteniuk
- 1959
- true crime
- archives
- psychiatric records
Mentioned in this episode
Places: South Wellington
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