Three months after Betty vanished in Paris, road workers made a grim discovery: the decomposed body of a woman near a lay-by on a remote alpine pass in Switzerland, barely 100 kilometres from Crans-Montana. Aware of the French missing-person investigation, Swiss detectives asked Cyril to provide Betty's dental records. He complied—but only after secretly altering the charts. Soon afterwards, he returned to Canada, seemingly unaware that Swiss investigators would eventually uncover not only his forgery, but an even more damaging secret. During his time in Crans-Montana, Cyril had been carrying on a clandestine love affair.

While on sabbatical in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, renowned Canadian anthropology professor Cyril Belshaw and his wife Betty embarked on an impromptu trip to Paris. Two day later, Cyril reported his wife missing. Despite exhaustive efforts, she was nowhere to be found. With no leads and nothing more to be done, he returned alone to their holiday retreat in Switzerland. Months passed in desperate silence - until one day, Swiss police investigators arrived at his door with news that would shatter the tranquillity of his solitude. News that was as disturbing as it was unexpected.

RATING & REVIEW (highly appreciated)
FOLLOWING (to be informed about future episodes)
FEEDBACK & COMMENT (written or audio recording)
SWISS MURDRER MYSTERIES WEBSITE

Author & Host

• Rudolph Isler

Get in touch

• FACEBOOK
• INSTAGRAM
• LINKEDIN

Donations

• PayPal
• REVOLUT

Copyright

• Playground Media Productions Ltd.
• Interview Cyril Belshaw©RTS

On December 3, 1980, Canadian professor Cyril Belshaw, a world-renowned anthropologist from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, stood trial in the city of Aigle, Switzerland charged with the murder of his wife, Betty. Her body had been discovered 21 months earlier, along a remote Swiss mountain pass not far from where the couple spent a sabbatical. Odd: Just two months before her remains were found, Belshaw had reported her missing, claiming they had been visiting Paris at the time of her disappearance. Some things just did not add up.

RATING & REVIEW (highly appreciated)
FOLLOWING (to be informed about future episodes)
FEEDBACK & COMMENT (written or audio recording)
SWISS MURDRER MYSTERIES WEBSITE

Author & Host

• Rudolph Isler

Get in touch

• FACEBOOK
• INSTAGRAM
• LINKEDIN

Donations

• PayPal
• REVOLUT

Copyright

• Playground Media Productions Ltd.

A new theory suggests that an unknown individual may have been involved in the murders, proposing that they were carried out not by one person, but possibly two or even three. This theory is supported by testimony from two witnesses, whose statements were made public by the police only years later. Moreover, a recent discovery on the internet could potentially be a groundbreaking revelation.

RATING & REVIEW (highly appreciated)
FOLLOWING (to be informed about future episodes)
FEEDBACK & COMMENT (written or audio recording)
SWISS MURDRER MYSTERIES WEBSITE

Author & Host

• Rudolph Isler

Get in touch

• FACEBOOK
• INSTAGRAM
• LINKEDIN

Donations

• PayPal
• REVOLUT

Copyright

• Playground Media Productions Ltd.

In episode five we take a close look at Carl Doser, the man that officially owned the murder weapon but fooled the police when questioned about his Winchester 20 years ago. How and where he grew up as well as his social and family background. And we’ll focus on a private investigator that wrote a book about the murder and for the first time ever came up with a motive and theory.

RATING & REVIEW (highly appreciated)
FOLLOWING (to be informed about future episodes)
FEEDBACK & COMMENT (written or audio recording)
SWISS MURDRER MYSTERIES WEBSITE

Author & Host

• Rudolph Isler

Get in touch

• FACEBOOK
• INSTAGRAM
• LINKEDIN

Donations

• PayPal
• REVOLUT

Copyright

• Playground Media Productions Ltd.

The sensational discovery of the murder weapon, found hidden behind a kitchen unit in an apartment in the town of Olten almost 30 years after the crime, not only renewed the investigators' hope but also raised a multitude of new questions. Once the registered owner was identified, the police initiated an international manhunt, but the results were less than promising.

RATING & REVIEW (highly appreciated)
FOLLOWING (to be informed about future episodes)
FEEDBACK & COMMENT (written or audio recording)
SWISS MURDRER MYSTERIES WEBSITE

Author & Host

• Rudolph Isler

Get in touch

• FACEBOOK
• INSTAGRAM
• LINKEDIN

Donations

• PayPal
• REVOLUT

Copyright

• Playground Media Productions Ltd.

Taking a close look at the arrest of Robert, the murdered couple's son, and his girlfriend Anita, whom the police considered the prime suspects. But them having ironclad alibis soon Roberts estranged cousin 'Johnny' entered the scene, not least because a few weeks prior to the murder he was seen at a Basel gun store buying ammunition.

RATING & REVIEW (highly appreciated)
FOLLOWING (to be informed about future episodes)
FEEDBACK & COMMENT (written or audio recording)
SWISS MURDRER MYSTERIES WEBSITE

Author & Host

• Rudolph Isler

Get in touch

• FACEBOOK
• INSTAGRAM
• LINKEDIN

Donations

• PayPal
• REVOLUT

Copyright

• Playground Media Productions Ltd.

Episode 2 takes a closer look at the victims, especially at Eugen Siegrist, the owner of the cabin and most likely the main target of the assassination and we will look at the Friday, the day prior to the murder when some rather odd events occurred at Eugen's work place. We then try to establish a detailed account of the events as they could have enfolded on the fatal day in June.

RATING & REVIEW (highly appreciated)
FOLLOWING (to be informed about future episodes)
FEEDBACK & COMMENT (written or audio recording)
SWISS MURDRER MYSTERIES WEBSITE

Author & Host

• Rudolph Isler

Get in touch

• FACEBOOK
• INSTAGRAM
• LINKEDIN

Donations

• PayPal
• REVOLUT

Copyright

• Playground Media Productions Ltd.