Casefile True Crime
Casefile True Crime is a weekly podcast that delves into solved and unsolved true crime cases from around the world. Each episode presents a detailed, factual account of the crime, often including audio from court proceedings and interviews. The show is known for its respectful treatment of victims and its focus on the facts of each case. Hosted by an anonymous narrator, it has gained a large following for its thorough research and compelling storytelling.
Episodes
Case 355: Anna Lisa Raymundo
When 32-year-old Anna Lisa Raymundo was found murdered inside her Stamford, Connecticut home, investigators were left with a violent crime scene and a mysterious 911 call from an unidentified woman. Despite numerous leads, no clear motive or obvious suspects emerged. Months later, a seemingly unrelated attack changed the direction of the investigation completely.---Narration – Anonymous HostResear
Casefile Presents: Ada
In 2011, the body of a woman was discovered in a California vineyard.The scene was utterly surreal. Disturbing, yet eerily clean. It was unlike anything investigators had encountered before. The killer had seemingly gone to extraordinary lengths to make sure the victim couldn’t be identified. And yet, they had left her somewhere she was certain to be found.For more than a decade, she was known onl
Casefile Extra: Chad Shelton & Duane Johnson
*** Content Warning: Crimes against children, animal cruelty, suicide ***In September 1978, 11-month-old Chad Shelton is admitted to a Nebraska hospital with suspected food poisoning. Doctors are baffled when his symptoms take a terrifying turn, and two days later, he dies. Within hours, in another part of the city, a healthy 24-year-old man collapses with the very same symptoms.As the death count
Casefile Revisited: Mr Cruel
*** Content Warning: Child sexual abuse, child abduction, murder of a child ***In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Melbourne was gripped by fear when a masked assailant began breaking into suburban family homes and abducting young children. The attacks were particularly callous, earning the assailant the moniker of ‘Mr Cruel’.10-year-old Sharon Wills, 13-year-old Nicola Lynas and an unnamed 11-year
Casefile Extra: Elena Milagro Hoyos
When 20-year-old newlywed Elena Milagro Hoyos was diagnosed with tuberculosis in the spring of 1930, her family took her to the Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida, for treatment.There, they met a German-born scientist named Carl Tanzler, who promised that he – and he alone – could save Elena from certain death. The Hoyos family’s despair quickly turned to hope, but little did they know the distu
Case 354: The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings (Part 2/2)
[Part 2 of 2]*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, rape, femicide, child sexual abuse ***For more than a decade, the investigation into the Gilgo Beach serial killings was stalled by corruption and apathy. But in 2022, a new task force would identify a clue that Suffolk County police had held in their possession since the very beginning of the investigation. A clue that would lead directly to the
Case 354: The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings (Part 1/2)
[Part 1 of 2]*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, rape, femicide ***In the late 2000s, women started going missing after travelling to Long Island, New York. Initially, their disappearances were only noticed by their families, but when a fifth victim named Shannan Gilbert went missing on May 1 2010, the search for her would reveal a series of horrific crimes… ---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch
Case 353: Jaidyn Leskie
*** Content warnings: Crimes against children ***In July 1997, residents of Moe, Victoria were left reeling after their town was put on the map for all the wrong reasons. A 14-month-old boy named Jaidyn Leskie had gone missing under the most bizarre of circumstances, prompting a media circus. The boyfriend of Jaidyn’s mother, 28-year-old Greg Domaszewicz, immediately came under police suspici
Case 352: Gregory Smart
New Hampshire couple Pamela and Gregory Smart had only recently married when their lives took a shocking turn. Gregory was murdered in their home in what appeared to be a burglary gone wrong. As Pamela navigated life in the public eye as a newly grieving widow, an anonymous phone call to police unraveled a complex web of secrets that no one could predict.---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch &
Case 351: Neelma, Kunal & Sidhi Singh
*** Content warnings: Child victim, child sexual assault ***On April 22 2003, Queensland police arrived at a suburban home in Brisbane’s Bridgeman Downs to find a confronting scene. Three siblings, Neelma, Kunal and Sidhi Singh, had been killed while their parents were overseas, their bodies left in a spa bath with the taps running. Detectives quickly honed in on Neelma’s ex-boyfriend, Max Sica, b
Case 350: Alice Sebold & Tony Broadwater
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, racism ***After college student Alice Sebold was violently raped in 1981, a 21-year-old man named Tony Broadwater was promptly arrested and subsequently convicted of the crime. Alice later wrote a powerful memoir about her ordeal, called Lucky, which became a bestseller. But Alice’s book would reveal more than anyone could have realised…---Narration – Anonymou
Case 349: Michael Wallace & David Castor
In 2000, the Wallace family is shattered when patriarch Michael dies of apparent heart disease. Years later, his widow Stacey remarries David Castor. Tragedy strikes again when David is found dead in a pool of his own vomit, apparently the result of suicide. But as inconsistencies begin to surface and investigators take a closer look, attention turns to Stacey herself…---Narration – Anonymous Host
Case 348: Toyah Cordingley
*** Content warnings: Violence against women, femicide ***When 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley went missing while walking her dog, her loved ones quickly launched a search at Wangetti Beach near Cairns, where she was last seen. In the early morning hours of October 22 2018, Toyah’s father Troy Cordingley made a devastating discovery: his daughter had been murdered and buried in the sand, at a place w
Casefile Extra: Maria Cruz
When 35-year-old Maria Cruz failed to show up for work on April 14 2003, her colleagues immediately knew something was wrong. A visit to her Manhattan apartment revealed no signs of a struggle and no indication of where she might have gone.As investigators retraced her movements from the day before, they discovered she had attended a medical appointment. But when they tried to contact her doctor,
Casefile Revisited: Pamela Lawrence
When Mosman Park jewellery store owner Pamela Lawrence was late to return home from work on May 23 1994, her husband Peter went to check if everything was okay. There, he found Pamela clinging to life with serious head injuries, which she later succumbed to in the hospital.Despite a lack of physical evidence or any DNA tying him to the crime scene, accused thief Andrew Mallard was soon arrested fo
Casefile Extra: Greg Fleniken
When 55-year-old Greg Fleniken was found dead inside his hotel room in Beaumont, Texas, nothing about the scene appeared suspicious. There were no signs of forced entry, no obvious wounds, and no indication of a struggle. At first, it seemed Greg had died suddenly from natural causes.But an autopsy revealed something far more troubling. Greg had suffered catastrophic internal injuries, leading inv
Case 347: Zahra Baker
*** Content warnings: Child abuse, crimes against children, sexual assault ***When 10-year-old Zahra Baker was reported missing by her father and stepmum in Hickory, North Carolina, one Saturday afternoon in 2010, it sparked the largest missing persons investigation in the city's history. Police worked around the clock, hoping for a miracle, but people close to the family said they'd been expectin
Case 346: Megumi Yokota
*** Content warnings: Child abduction ***When 13-year-old Megumi Yokota failed to return home from her regular badminton practice on November 15 1977, her parents immediately raised the alarm.The police in Niigata, Japan, conducted one of the city’s largest ever investigations, but no trace of Megumi was ever found. Two decades later, the case took a shocking turn that would rock the entire nation
Case 345: The Barking Murders
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, drug use, suicide, homophobia ***Over a 16-month period between 2014 and 2015, four young men—Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor—each died under unusual circumstances in the East London suburb of Barking.While the police initially palmed the deaths off as isolated incidents, the families of the four men believed something suspici
Case 344: Amerithrax
In the tense weeks following the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, a new and invisible threat emerged across the United States. Letters laced with weaponised anthrax began arriving through the mail, infecting ordinary people and spreading fear nationwide.As the possibility of bioterrorism gripped the country, a massive federal investigation codenamed Amerithrax was launched to uncover who was b
Case 343: John Zera
*** Content warnings: Child victims, sexual assault ***On February 28 1976, the suburban community of Hales Corners, Wisconsin, was rocked when the body of missing schoolboy, 14-year-old John Zera, was discovered in a local park. The teenager hadn’t been seen for over a week, having gone missing in the middle of the school day without so much as a word.Over the next few years, the investigation in
Case 342: Julia Wallace
When 52-year-old Julia Wallace was found brutally murdered in her Liverpool home in 1931, no one could have anticipated the complex and challenging investigation that would follow, centring on her husband, William, and a mysterious figure known only as R. M. Qualtrough.---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Milly RasoProduction & music – Mike MigasAudio editing – Anthony TelferS
Case 341: The Christchurch Civic Creche
*** Content warning: Child sexual abuse ***Late in 1991, a child said something strange to his mother: ‘I don’t like Peter’s black penis.’ Believing this was an indication that her son was being abused by Peter Ellis, a 33-year-old employee at the Christchurch Civic Creche her son attended, the concerned mother quickly filed a report. The case would soon snowball into one of New Zealand’s big
Case 340: Elisabeth Membrey
*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***When 22-year-old aspiring journalist Elisabeth Membrey failed to answer her phone on December 7 1994, her loved ones knew something was wrong. A visit to her Ringwood East unit confirmed their suspicions when blood stains were found on the carpet, but Elisabeth herself was nowhere to be seen. With Elisabeth’s disappearance declared to be a homicide,
Casefile Revisited: North Hollywood Shootout
*** Content warnings: Gun violence ***When Larry Phillips Junior and Emil Mătăsăreanu entered the North Hollywood branch of the Bank of America on February 28 1997, no one could have predicted the chaos that was about to ensue. What followed was 44 minutes of pure mayhem.Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fre
Casefile Extra: Ben McDaniel
On Friday, August 20 2010, officers from the Holmes County Sheriff's Department were called to Vortex Spring, a commercially operated dive park just outside the Florida town of Ponce de Leon. A 30-year-old scuba diver from Tennessee by the name of Ben McDaniel had failed to resurface after diving into the narrow cave network under the basin of the spring two nights earlier, and nobody had seen
Casefile Revisited: The Frankston Serial Killer
*** Content warnings: serial killer, extreme violence, animal cruelty ***In early 1993, Frankston resident Donna received a series of unnerving prank calls. Afraid of being home alone, she accompanied her boyfriend during his pizza delivery shift, only to return home to find her worst fears had come true. Her pet cats had been killed, and written in blood on the lounge room wall were the words: ‘D
Case 339: Waco (Part 3/3)
[Part 3 of 3]*** Content warning: Gun violence, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, child abuse ***The standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians held firm for more than a month, with David Koresh and his followers refusing to surrender. After attempting both negotiation tactics and more aggressive approaches for 51 days, the FBI implements a plan to force the Branch Davidians out, a plan tha
Case 339: Waco (Part 2/3)
[Part 2 of 3]*** Content warning: Gun violence, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, child abuse ***In 1992, a chance discovery by a UPS delivery driver would lead to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – commonly known as the ATF – launching an investigation into David Koresh’s activities at Mount Carmel in Waco, Texas. Upon discovering that Koresh’s Branch Davidians were stockpi
Case 339: Waco (Part 1/3)
[Part 1 of 3]*** Content warning: Gun violence, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, child abuse ***In 1981, a 20-year-old named Vernon Howell drove more than two hours from his hometown in east Texas to visit a church near Waco that was home to a group known as the Branch Davidians. Vernon would be welcomed into the church’s fold, setting off a course of events that would ultimately end in tragedy a
Case 338: The Folbigg Children (Part 2/2)
[Part 2 of 2]*** Content warning: child victims ***As police looked into the deaths of Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura Folbigg, they were introduced to Meadows Law – the theory that one infant death is a tragedy, two is suspicious, but three is murder. With suspicion mounting against Kathleen Folbigg, years of investigation eventually led to a legal outcome that no one could have ever seen coming.
Case 338: The Folbigg Children (Part 1/2)
[Part 1 of 2]*** Content warning: child victims ***Married couple Craig and Kathleen Folbigg wanted nothing more than to be parents. Throughout the late 1980s and 1990s, Kathleen gave birth to four children—Caleb, Patrick, Sarah and Laura—but tragically, none of them survived past their second birthdays. While each death was initially attributed to natural causes, the question started to emerge –
Case 337: Test A.rtf (Part 4/4)
[Part 4 of 4]*** Content warning: child victims ***As police closed in on the elusive B.T.K, they received a floppy disk that contained some stunning information – including the name: Dennis...---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Milly RasoProduction & music – Mike MigasAudio editing – Anthony TelferSign up for Casefile Premium:Apple PremiumSpotify PremiumPatreonFor all credit
Case 337: Test A.rtf (Part 3/4)
[Part 3 of 4]*** Content warning: child victims ***B.T.K resumed his cat-and-mouse game with police, who raced to identify and capture the serial killer before he could strike again…---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Milly RasoProduction & music – Mike MigasAudio editing – Anthony TelferSign up for Casefile Premium:Apple PremiumSpotify PremiumPatreonFor all credits and sourc
Case 337: Test A.rtf (Part 2/4)
[Part 2 of 4]*** Content warning: child victims ***After claiming seven victims and terrorising Wichita for nearly three decades, the unidentified killer known as B.T.K. suddenly fell silent. Then, in 2004, a letter bearing his unmistakable signature arrived at a local newspaper…---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Milly RasoProduction & music – Mike MigasAudio editing – Antho
Case 337: Test A.rtf (Part 1/4)
[Part 1 of 4]*** Content warning: child victims ***The quiet suburban life of Wichita, Kansas, was shattered in 1974 when four members of the Otero family, Joe, Julie and their two youngest children, Josie and Joey, were found brutally murdered in their home. Nine months later, a letter was discovered inside a public library book that contained detailed, accurate, insider-knowledge about the
Casefile Extra: The Tunstall Family
*** Content warnings: Child victims***On September 15 2006, detectives began investigating the sexual assault of 24-year-old Tiffany Hall from East St. Louis, Illinois. The assault had caused Tiffany to miscarry her 7-month old foetus. A week later, police received a tip-off that would break the case wide open, revealing unimaginable horrors that devastated a family and an entire community.Casefil
Casefile Extra: Nicky Fleming
*** Content warnings: Crime against a child ***In 1998, the Easter holiday in Victoria, Australia, got off to a tragic beginning when 12-year-old Nicky Fleming was killed in a car accident while travelling to a family camping trip. But what initially looked like a single vehicle tragedy turned out to be a crime. And whoever had hit the Fleming family’s car had fled the scene…Casefile Extra feature
Casefile Revisited: The Eriksson Twins
*** Content warnings: Self-harm ***On May 17 2008, Swedish twin sisters Ursula and Sabina Eriksson boarded a bus from Liverpool to London. After a routine road stop, the bus driver noticed the twins were acting suspiciously and were clinging tightly to their bags. Concerned, the driver refused to let Ursula and Sabina back on board. Soon after, two patrol officers were called to an incident on the
Casefile Revisited: Lauria Bible & Ashley Freeman
*** Content warnings: Child victims ***Oklahoma teenager Ashley Freeman celebrated her sixteenth birthday by inviting her best friend, Lauria Bible, over for a sleepover. It was a pleasant yet uneventful evening, until the following morning of December 30 1999, when neighbours noticed that the Freemans’ house was engulfed in flames. Emergency services quickly arrived at the scene, where they found
Casefile Extra: Mirna Salihin
When school friends Jessica Wongso and Mirna Salihin caught up for coffee in Jakarta’s upscale Olivier Cafe in January 2016, it was supposed to be a friendly get together. Then, moments after taking a sip from her Vietnamese iced coffee, Mirna collapsed and died. What unravelled was one of Indonesia’s most controversial murder trials with the question on everyone's lips - did Jessica Wongso po
Casefile Extra: Tina Herrmann, Kody Maynard & Stephanie Sprang
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, child sexual assault, arson, animal cruelty ***When 32-year-old Tina Herrmann didn’t show up for work on Wednesday, November 10 2010, her manager immediately alerted the authorities. Soon they found that not only had Tina vanished, but so had her two children - 13-year-old Sarah Maynard and 11-year-old Kody Maynard - and her best friend, 41-year-old Stephanie
Casefile Revisited: The Somerton Man
In December 1948, the body of an unidentified male was found on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, South Australia. It initially appeared the man had simply passed away in his sleep, but as police looked into his death, they discovered a series of bizarre and unexplainable clues that presented more questions than answers. Was the Somerton Man an international spy? If so, what was he doing in Adelaide? An
Casefile Revisited: The Wanda Beach Murders
*** Content warnings: child victims, child sexual assault ***On January 11, 1965, 15-year-old Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt spent the day at Cronulla Beach with Marianne's four younger siblings. After lunch, the two teenagers went for a walk into the nearby sandhills at Wanda Beach, but never returned.The following day, their bodies were found in the sand dunes. The murders shocked t
Searching For Sarah MacDiarmid - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of. Today, we’re sharing another one of those shows — Searching for Sarah MacDiarmid.On 11 July 1990, 23-year-old Sarah MacDiarmid went missing from the Kananook railway statio
The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of. Today, we’re sharing another one of those shows — The Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron.Back in 2018, we covered this case as Case 80: Beth Barnard. But this ten-part series go
The Detective's Dilemma - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of.Today, we’re sharing another one of those shows, The Detective’s Dilemma, which is narrated by me.The Detective’s Dilemma was originally released as a Spotify exclusive
Matty - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of. Today, we’re sharing another one of those shows - Matty.Matty was originally released in 2022 as a Spotify exclusive, meaning you could only listen to it on that specific p
Case 336: Tyler Clementi
When 18-year-old Tyler Clementi began his freshman year at Rutgers University in 2010, he was eager to embrace his newfound independence. Before the semester began, Tyler applied for campus housing and was randomly assigned a roommate – another 18-year-old freshman named Dharun Ravi.But within weeks of moving in, their lives would become the focus of news headlines, sparking a national conversatio
Case 335: Linda Brown
*** Content warnings: Child sexual abuse, grooming, domestic violence ***In the early morning hours of Tuesday, March 19 1985, police were summoned to a shocking scene at an ordinary suburban home in Garden Grove, California. 23-year-old wife and mother Linda Brown had been shot twice and killed. The culprit was her 14-year-old stepdaughter, Cinnamon Brown, who was found barely conscious
Case 334: Nicole Meyer, Dassi Erlich & Elly Sapper
*** Content warnings: Child sexual abuse, sexual assault, self-harm ***When renowned teacher Malka Leifer joined the staff at Adass Israel School in the Melbourne suburb of Elsternwick, she was welcomed by the entire community. For the girls who attended the ultra-Orthodox Jewish school, Mrs Leifer’s warm, outgoing and friendly personality made her a breath of fresh air. But all was not
Case 333: Dianne Babcock
On the evening of Sunday, August 22 1982, a Cessna C150 disappeared during a flight to Vancouver, Canada. On board were 19-year-old pilot Jerry Ambrozuk and his 18-year-old passenger, Dianne Babcock. As fears of a crash prompted an urgent search, a close friend of the couple received a mysterious phone call…---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Milly RasoCreative direction – Milly
Case 332: Bruce Miller
In November 1999, Bruce Miller, a scrapyard owner in Michigan, was found murdered in what looked like a robbery gone wrong. After three months with no solid leads, investigators feared the case would go cold. But hundreds of miles away in Missouri, the suicide of former detective Jerry Cassaday led to the discovery of a mysterious briefcase – one that held a shocking secret.---Narration – Anonymou
Case 331: Girl Meat Hunter
In 2010, a user known as Girl Meat Hunter joined The Fetish Network, a website where people with extreme sexual fetishes could connect and interact. On their profile, Girl Meat Hunter described their interests as the “easy A.B.C” – Abduction, Bondage, and Cannibalism.What was only meant to be an online safe space for creative roleplay soon took a dark turn, as Girl Meat Hunter’s dea
Case 330: David Birkett
*** Content warnings: Animal cruelty ***After respected dermatologist Dr David Birkett was found bludgeoned to death in his Middlesbrough home, police struggled to uncover a motive or identify a suspect for what appeared to be a targeted attack.As the months passed by with no arrests, it began to look like the assailant had succeeded in his plan to pull off the perfect murder. But then t
Case 329: Roseanne Beckett
*** Content warnings: Domestic violence, child sexual abuse, sexual assault, animal cruelty***In mid-1989, in the small New South Wales Town of Taree, local residents and law enforcement alike began investigating a woman named Roseanne Catt.There were allegations that Roseanne was a violent and cruel woman, intent on killing her husband: it was reported that she had thrown a rock at his head,
Case 328: Kirsty Jones
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault ***23-year-old Welsh backpacker Kirsty Jones had her whole life ahead of her when she set out for a two-year trip across Asia, Australia and South America. Tragically, that trip was cut short just two months in when Kirsty was found strangled to death in her room at The Aree Guesthouse in Chiang Mai, Thailand.Thai police anticipated a quick arrest, bu
Case 327: Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano
*** Content warnings: Gun violence ***Early on the morning of Sunday, May 10 2009, corporate attorney Rodrigo Rosenberg Marzano left home to take a bike ride around his neighbourhood in Guatemala City. Within minutes, he’d been shot dead.Rodrigo’s friends and family were left reeling by the violent murder, but their shock would only increase when a video emerged one day later of Rodrigo
Case 326: Cooper Harris
*** Content warnings: Child victim ***When doting mother Leanna Harris arrived to pick up her 22-month-old son Cooper Harris from daycare in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 18 2014, she was shocked to find that Cooper wasn’t there. She soon discovered that her husband, Ross Harris, had made a fatal mistake, leaving Cooper to die in the backseat of his hot car after forgetting to drop him off o
Case 325: The Gilham Family
23-year-old Jeff Gilham showed up on his neighbours’ doorstep in the early morning hours of August 28 1993, with a shocking claim. His older brother Christopher Gilham had just killed their parents, Stephen and Helen, and set their bodies on fire. In return, Jeff had stabbed Christopher to death. The tragic news left residents of the Sydney suburb of Woronora in disbelief as they struggled to
Case 324: Khalil Rayyan
*** Content warnings: Terrorism, gun violence ***In late 2015, a young pizza delivery man named Khalil Abu Rayyan from Dearborn Heights, Michigan, met and fell in love with a woman he met online. Jannah Bride had approached Khalil via the social media platform Twitter, and the two soon became close.Over the course of several months, Khalil would start admitting disturbing things to Janna
Case 323: The GPO Girl
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, child abuse, child sexual abuse ***On Thursday, October 10 2013, passersby noticed a distraught-looking teenage girl, crying and shivering outside of Dublin’s General Post Office building. When police officers approached the girl, she either couldn’t, or wouldn’t, talk. The mystery teenager – soon dubbed the GPO girl – was taken into care, and expert
Case 322: William Tyrrell (Part 2/2)
[Part 2 of 2] *** Content Warning: child victims, child sexual assault, child abuse***As the search into the disappearance of three-year-old William Tyrrell reaches its third fruitless year, the investigation takes turn after turn until a coronial inquest is eventually called. The inquest aims to figure out what happened to William once and for all, but will it succeed or raise more ques
Case 322: William Tyrrell (Part 1/2)
[Part 1 of 2]*** Content Warning: child victims, child sexual assault ***It was a peaceful morning on Friday, September 12 2014, as three-year-old William Tyrrell played happily in the backyard of his grandmother’s home in the small New South Wales town of Kendall. One minute, William roared like a tiger, posing for a photo in his favourite Spider-Man costume. Moments later, he vani
Troubled Waters - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of.Today, we’re showcasing Troubled Waters – a powerful, deeply moving series that brings Louisa Ioannidis’s life and the unanswered questions surrounding her death into full f
The Frankston Murders - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of.Today, we’re showcasing The Frankston Murders. When Vikki Petraitis and I found out that Paul Denyer, the man convicted of the Frankston serial murders, had applied for paro
The Bakersfield Three - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of.Today, we’re showcasing The Bakersfield Three. The Bakersfield Three is our most successful limited-run series to date. The series reached number one on the overall podcast
Missing Niamh - Episode 1
With Casefile on a short break, we thought this would be a great time to shine a light on some of the shows that may have flown under the radar for many of you. These are shows we've put our hearts into and are really proud of.First up is Missing Niamh—a story that’s very close to me personally. I spent years researching the case and working directly with Niamh’s family to shape the series, which
Case 321: Vincent Viafore
When 46-year-old Vincent Viafore disappeared while kayaking on the Hudson River with his fiancée, 35-year-old Angelika Graswald, it was initially believed to be a tragic accident. However, Angelika’s story and behaviour soon raised troubling questions about what really happened.---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Milly RasoCreative direction – Milly RasoProduction & music – M
Case 320: Veronica Abouchuk & Kathleen Henry
In late September 2019, a woman reported that she had discovered evidence of a brutal crime. A discarded memory card she’d found on a street in Downtown Anchorage, Alaska had video and image files depicting the torture and murder of an Alaska Native woman. The investigation that followed revealed the stories of three women – Kathleen Henry, Veronica Abouchuk and Cassandra Boskofsky – who had all f
Case 319: Theresa Feury
*** Content warnings: child abuse, sexual assault, child victims, stalking ***In Paterson, New Jersey, during the early 1980s, Marie Moore was seen as the neighbourhood’s ‘cool mum’. The 35-year-old allowed her 12-year-old daughter Tammy to have friends over as often as she liked, and would even take the pre-teen and her friends out on fun excursions. But the tide turned one day when Mar
Case 318: Tay Chow Lyang & Tony Tan Poh Chuan
On September 15 2003, Singaporean student Ram Tiwary awoke in his Sydney apartment to find his two flatmates, Tony Tan Poh Chuan and Tay Chow Lyang, had been brutally murdered. A suspicious car seen in the area leads police on a hunt for the killers, until another suspect emerges closer to home.---Narration – Anonymous HostResearch & writing – Elsha McGillCreative direction – Milly RasoProduct
Case 317: Thomas Perez
When 71-year-old Thomas Perez Senior failed to return home after a short walk to his mailbox in Fontana, California, his son Tom wasn’t overly concerned. He suspected his father had just gone to visit friends or family and would return home of his own accord. But when police arrived at the Perez home to complete a missing person’s report, they came to suspect something else entirely.---Narration –
Case 316: Gilbert Bogle & Margaret Chandler
When the bodies of Doctor Gilbert Bogle and Margaret Chandler were found along the banks of Sydney’s Lane Cove River on New Year’s Day 1963, scandal and suspicion erupted. The two were married – but not to each other – raising immediate questions of foul play. Yet as investigators peeled back the layers of this bizarre case, they found themselves tangled in a mystery far stranger than anyone had i
Case 315: Operation Cacam
*** Content warnings: child victims, child abuse, child sexual assault, child exploitation ***In 2013, a forum appeared on the dark web called Hurt2theCore. Run by an anonymous user known only as Lux, it was a digital cesspool dedicated to one of the most vile subgenres of illicit pornography. It quickly became Lux’s most notorious creation and drew the attention of global law enforcement.As inves
Case 314: Yarmila Falater
On a January night in 1997, Yarmila Falater was brutally stabbed and drowned in the family’s backyard pool. Her husband, Scott Falater, was caught red-handed, but claimed he had no memory of the crime. What followed was a high-profile trial that pitted science against suspicion, as experts debated whether Yarmila’s death was a tragic accident or deliberate murder. ---Narration – Anonymous Hos
Case 313: Keith Hibbins
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, homophobia***On Anzac Day of 1999, life partners Keith Hibbins and David Campbell were walking through the Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne when they were approached by two agitated young men, John Whiteside and Kristian Dieber. The young men claimed they were on the lookout for a pair of rapists who had just sexually assaulted a young woman nearby, but were
Case 312: Dustin Wehde
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault ***When first responders arrived at the Roberts family home in the small town of Early, Iowa, on December 13 2001, they found 20-year-old Dustin Wehde lying in a pool of his own blood. The homeowner, Tracey Roberts, claimed she’d shot Dustin in an act of self-defence after he and another unknown assailant broke in and threatened to kill her and her ch
Case 311: Russell Hill & Carol Clay
*** Content warnings: Gun violence, animal cruelty ***When 74-year-old Russell Hill and 73-year-old Carol Clay vanished while camping in Victoria’s rugged High Country, their disappearance brought many hidden secrets to light. People theorised that the pair had run away together, were the victims of a murder-suicide, or had accidentally been killed by hunters. But there was only one person out the
Case 310: Kalinka Bamberski
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, child victims ***After 14-year-old Kalinka Bamberski is found dead in her own bed in the German town of Lindau, her French father, André Bamberski, refuses to accept that she died of natural causes. The further he digs, he starts to suspect that foul play was involved and that the person responsible was none other than Kalinka’s stepfather, Doctor Di
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