Sep 20, 2026 · 16 min · 9 segments
This week – I am introducing a new element to the podcast. I begin looking at a dark side of the country: Canada's Cold Cases This week – one of the oldest – The Murder of Janet Smith. The music I…
In January of 1923, the attractive 20 year old Scott found employment as the nanny to Frederick and Doreen Baker's newborn baby daughter, Rosemary, when her family moved to London.
So, in October of that year, he moved his family halfway around the world to the Pacific shores of British Columbia.
mitchell smith was rich oh yes he was and as such made sure that his family experienced only the best life he moved into the house of his brother richard in the affluent residential neighborhood of shaughnessy in central vancouver 3851 osler street Now, you'll remember me mentioning that Mitchell ran a pharmaceutical business.
Indeed, once he moved the family, Scotland Yard began investigating the business as a front for drug smuggling.
I'm only a few minutes into this story, and you must be thinking this can't be real.
But as the story goes, truth is often stranger than fiction, and it only gets stranger.
Well, 100 years ago, If you were in your 20s and not married, you were often labeled as a spinster.
She was living the life of luxury in one of British Columbia's wankiest neighborhoods.
In January of 1923, the attractive 20 year old Scott found employment as the nanny to Frederick and Doreen Baker's newborn baby daughter, Rosemary, when her family moved to London.
So, in October of that year, he moved his family halfway around the world to the Pacific shores of British Columbia.
mitchell smith was rich oh yes he was and as such made sure that his family experienced only the best life he moved into the house of his brother richard in the affluent residential neighborhood of shaughnessy in central vancouver 3851 osler street Now, you'll remember me mentioning that Mitchell ran a pharmaceutical business.
Indeed, once he moved the family, Scotland Yard began investigating the business as a front for drug smuggling.
I'm only a few minutes into this story, and you must be thinking this can't be real.
But as the story goes, truth is often stranger than fiction, and it only gets stranger.
Well, 100 years ago, If you were in your 20s and not married, you were often labeled as a spinster.
She was living the life of luxury in one of British Columbia's wankiest neighborhoods.
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