S9 E5 Bad Grandpa Part 2

Island Crime by Laura Palmer

Jun 19, 202642:40True Crime

Janet Piper is the great-granddaughter of the victims, Lizzie and Curly Kostyniuk. In this episode, she speaks publicly for the first time about the man she believes committed the murders, a man who was her grandfather....

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