Jun 12, 2026 · 37 min · 10 segments
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…
Cheryl O'TooleGuest
Ty MannionGuest[gentle music] Slowly, piece by piece, I'm working with Shauna to trace her family's past, reading old postcards and letters, studying fading black and white photographs, getting to know the people behind those headlines, Shauna's great-great-grandparents, Curly and Lizzie.
[birds chirping] [dog barks] From all accounts, they were, like, well liked in the community.
They were social people.
I have some pictures of them, you know, socializing with friends, like, on their porch, and fishing, and kind of, I wanna say, like, well-to-do in a way.
Like, I was always told they had money.
They weren't rich, but they were doing okay compared to most.
The other generations were quite poor.
Andrew came from...
Um, yeah, it's just an old photo postcard, you know, black and white or...
And it's obviously a posed photo or maybe at a studio.
Shauna is holding a picture of a handsome young man who would've been her great-great-uncle, Andrew's brother.
It's an embroidered shirt with characteristic Ukrainian patterns on the collar and cuffs, a fur hat, and a cloth sash with tassels Shauna has translated the writing on the postcard.
"My dear little brother, I'm sending you my friendly photograph.
I wish you joy and fulfillment.
Your brother Mykola Kosteniuk."
A brother's wish for Curly, a postcard sent from his home country with enduring affection, now in the hands of Curly's great-great-granddaughter on a quest to find her ancestor's killer.
There aren't many people alive today who actually met Curly and Lizzie in life, but Ty Mannion is one of them.
[gentle music] Slowly, piece by piece, I'm working with Shauna to trace her family's past, reading old postcards and letters, studying fading black and white photographs, getting to know the people behind those headlines, Shauna's great-great-grandparents, Curly and Lizzie.
[birds chirping] [dog barks] From all accounts, they were, like, well liked in the community.
They were social people.
I have some pictures of them, you know, socializing with friends, like, on their porch, and fishing, and kind of, I wanna say, like, well-to-do in a way.
Like, I was always told they had money.
They weren't rich, but they were doing okay compared to most.
The other generations were quite poor.
Andrew came from...
Um, yeah, it's just an old photo postcard, you know, black and white or...
And it's obviously a posed photo or maybe at a studio.
Shauna is holding a picture of a handsome young man who would've been her great-great-uncle, Andrew's brother.
It's an embroidered shirt with characteristic Ukrainian patterns on the collar and cuffs, a fur hat, and a cloth sash with tassels Shauna has translated the writing on the postcard.
"My dear little brother, I'm sending you my friendly photograph.
I wish you joy and fulfillment.
Your brother Mykola Kosteniuk."
A brother's wish for Curly, a postcard sent from his home country with enduring affection, now in the hands of Curly's great-great-granddaughter on a quest to find her ancestor's killer.
There aren't many people alive today who actually met Curly and Lizzie in life, but Ty Mannion is one of them.
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