Capital Crime

Bigger than all of California, half of Nevada and a slice of Oregon combined, Canada's westernmost province British Columbia was mostly uninhabited and unexplored a century ago.

But thanks to an effective justice system and a good working relationship with bordering Washington state, most murder cases were solved and resolved with a trial, conviction and punishment. Chief Justice Matthew B. Begbie is still remembered as 'the hanging judge.'

There were exceptions, of course, and Capital Crimes covers both solved and unsolved true crimes.

• This Niagara was no lover's paradise
• Ernest Chenowith: Is he British Columbia's youngest murderer?
• High noon in downtown Vancouver: the shooting of the city police chief in broad daylight
• 'Who has lost a friend?' police asked of the body in the shop
• Who so hated Sam Campbell that they shot him nine times?

And nine more fascinating cases...

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