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Stolen Lives True Crime

256: Re-release: Eve Askew

Stolen Lives True Crime

Stolen Lives True Crime

True Crime, Documentary, Society & Culture

4.1635 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2026

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

The cold case disappearance of 14-year-old Eve Askew

This is a re-release with sped up audio and gaps of silence removed. I found this painful in editing it out so I appreciate you all listening back then when I was very new and still learning! Hopefully this will get more ears on the episode.

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Research and script writing by Ali

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Transcript

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0:00.0

If you're into true crime, not just the headlines, but the human stories behind them.

0:04.4

Join us at Crimecom Birmingham, an intimate one-day event on April 25th,

0:09.1

featuring in-depth sessions with investigators, creators and the families impacted by crime.

0:14.2

With just 200 attendees, you'll also share breakfast and lunch with the speakers,

0:18.2

giving you the chance to spend time with the people shaping the world of true crime. Crimecom Birmingham is partnered by the True Crime Channel.

0:25.1

For 10% off, go to crimecon.com.com.com and use the code Birmingham at checkout.

0:30.4

Here on Stalin Lives, we discuss brutal and heartbreaking crimes against children.

0:35.8

Themes may include child murder, torture, and sexual domestic and child abuse.

0:41.1

I do try my best to remain respectful for the babies in these stories, and leave out unnecessary

0:45.9

details that honestly, none of us need to know to understand the frustration of why and how

0:50.7

this ever happened. However, if you find any of these themes triggering,

0:55.5

this podcast may not be for you. Listener, discretion is advised.

1:04.2

In Tasmania, Australia, around 125 people go missing each year.

1:12.4

Thankfully, nearly 99% of these missing persons will be located within 48 hours.

1:19.1

There is still over 130 people listed as long-term missing in Tasmania.

1:24.4

Eva Skew was one of these people.

1:32.7

November 16, 1991, 14-year-old Eve wrote a note saying she was running away. She was angry at her parents for grounding her for smoking,

1:38.2

and she left the home never to be seen again. Little is known about this case, which is sad

1:43.8

considering her family is now about to celebrate

1:46.3

the 30th year without their quiet and shy loved one. This week will be a short episode, but nonetheless

1:52.9

as important as the others we cover here on Stolen Lives. This is Eve's story.

2:08.5

In January 1989, Helen and Jim Askew relocated themselves in their four children from mainland Australia to Tasmania, settling in the tiny rural town of Fitzgerald in

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