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Casefile True Crime
by Casefile Presents
Fact is scarier than fiction. Subscribe to Casefile Premium to receive ad-free episodes released one week early, along with access to bonus Q&A’s, our exclusive show ‘Behind the Files’, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Casefile Extra: Elena Milagro Hoyos
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. 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...
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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…
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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...
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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.…
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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...
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Casefile Extra: Maria Cruz
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. 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...
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Casefile Revisited: Pamela Lawrence
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. When Mosman Park jewellery store owner Pamela Lawrence was late to return home from work on May 23 1994, her husband...
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Casefile Extra: Greg Fleniken
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Casefile Revisited: North Hollywood Shootout
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. *** Content warnings: Gun violence *** When Larry Phillips Junior and Emil Mătăsăreanu entered the North Hollywood...
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Casefile Extra: Ben McDaniel
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. 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…
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Casefile Revisited: The Frankston Serial Killer
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. *** Content warnings: serial killer, extreme violence, animal cruelty *** In early 1993, Frankston resident Donna...
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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...
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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…
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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 Host Research & writing – Milly Raso Production & music – Mike Migas Audio...
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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 Host Research & writing – Milly Raso Production & music – Mike Migas Audio editing –...
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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…
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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...
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Casefile Extra: The Tunstall Family
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. *** 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...
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Casefile Extra: Nicky Fleming
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. *** 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…
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Casefile Revisited: The Eriksson Twins
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. *** Content warnings: Self-harm *** On May 17 2008, Swedish twin sisters Ursula and Sabina Eriksson boarded a bus from...
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Casefile Revisited: Lauria Bible & Ashley Freeman
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. *** Content warnings: Child victims *** Oklahoma teenager Ashley Freeman celebrated her sixteenth birthday by inviting...
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Casefile Extra: Mirna Salihin
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. 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.…
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Casefile Extra: Tina Herrmann, Kody Maynard & Stephanie Sprang
Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases. *** 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…
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Casefile Revisited: The Somerton Man
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. In December 1948, the body of an unidentified male was found on Somerton Beach in Adelaide, South Australia. It...
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Casefile Revisited: The Wanda Beach Murders
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible. *** Content warnings: child victims, child sexual assault *** On January 11, 1965, 15-year-old Christine Sharrock and...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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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...
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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…
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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...
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