Evelyn Dick (née MacLean, born October 13, 1920) was a Canadian socialite suspected of killing her husband and son although she never confessed to either crime.
[5] At the age of 24 MacLean married John Dick, a 39 year-old man from a Mennonite family who migrated to Canada to escape the Russian Revolution.
[1] Evelyn began a sexual relationship with a new boyfriend, Bill Bohozuk, days after her marriage and separated from John within three months.
[5] John's head and limbs had been sawn from his body and — as later evidence revealed — were disposed of in the furnace of Evelyn's home at 32 Carrick Avenue.
The event drew large crowds due to the grim nature of the crime and the revelation that Dick kept a black book with a record of all her sexual encounters.
Dick had given birth three times and invented a man named "Norman White" to conceal the identity of each baby's father.
"How Could You Mrs Dick" became the title of a 1982 CBC Radio special written by Douglas Rodger and narrated by Eddie Greenspan.
Hamilton author James King listed the Evelyn Dick story as partial inspiration for his 2000 novel Blue Moon.