Jul 3, 2026 · 36 min · 14 segments
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…
Stephanie Mason WilliamsGuest
Jerry TudorGuestOn a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame.
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best, for a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross.
One week after Curly and Lizzie are killed, the community of South Wellington gathers.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true.
It's shame and reproach gladly bear.
Then he'll call me some day to my home far away, where his glory forever I'll share.
Entire village attends funeral.
Constable Ray James of the RCMP sang a solo at the funeral service for South Wellington murder victims Andrew and Lizzie Costenick.
Westwood Chapel of Flowers was packed with relatives and friends from the rural community six miles south of Nanaimo.
The 12 pallbearers were nearly all neighbours of the Costenicks, victims of a savage knife-carrying robber.
Hundreds of wreaths covered the two caskets and almost the entire population of the village turned out to pay a final tribute.
Constable James sang The Old Rugged Cross during a service conducted by Reverend John Snowden of St. Paul's Anglican Church.
One of the pallbearers was the Costenick's closest neighbour, Ralph Maughan.
Others included Andrew Costenick's fishing companion Joe Laskovich, store operator James Ruckledge, owner of the shop where the couple had dealt for 25 years, Alex Midden, who drove Mr. Costenick into Nanaimo for a card game shortly before the slayings.
Curly and Lizzie purchase two burial plots at Cedar Valley Cemetery in the spring of 1955.
On a hill far away stood an old rugged cross, the emblem of suffering and shame.
And I love that old cross where the dearest and best, for a world of lost sinners was slain.
So I'll cherish the old rugged cross.
One week after Curly and Lizzie are killed, the community of South Wellington gathers.
To the old rugged cross I will ever be true.
It's shame and reproach gladly bear.
Then he'll call me some day to my home far away, where his glory forever I'll share.
Entire village attends funeral.
Constable Ray James of the RCMP sang a solo at the funeral service for South Wellington murder victims Andrew and Lizzie Costenick.
Westwood Chapel of Flowers was packed with relatives and friends from the rural community six miles south of Nanaimo.
The 12 pallbearers were nearly all neighbours of the Costenicks, victims of a savage knife-carrying robber.
Hundreds of wreaths covered the two caskets and almost the entire population of the village turned out to pay a final tribute.
Constable James sang The Old Rugged Cross during a service conducted by Reverend John Snowden of St. Paul's Anglican Church.
One of the pallbearers was the Costenick's closest neighbour, Ralph Maughan.
Others included Andrew Costenick's fishing companion Joe Laskovich, store operator James Ruckledge, owner of the shop where the couple had dealt for 25 years, Alex Midden, who drove Mr. Costenick into Nanaimo for a card game shortly before the slayings.
Curly and Lizzie purchase two burial plots at Cedar Valley Cemetery in the spring of 1955.
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