EPISODE · Jan 7, 2026 · 25 MIN
Four in a Cabin, Two on a Trail, and Zero Answers
from Champagne and Murder, Please · host Brittany
The Keddie Cabin Murders are often described as one of California’s most horrifying unsolved crimes — and for good reason. Four victims. Extreme violence. A crime scene that should have led straight to arrests. Instead, it led to decades of silence.Then there’s Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Göricke. Killed later the same year. Officially “unrelated.” Investigated separately. Filed away.In this episode, we unpack what happened inside Cabin 28, what police did in the crucial early hours, and why the investigation veered off course almost immediately. We also revisit the murders of Andrea and Bernd, and ask the uncomfortable question law enforcement seemed determined not to: what if these cases were never meant to be separated?This is a story about violence, oversight, and the cost of unanswered questions — for victims, families, and a town that never really recovered.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keddie_murdershttps://www.crimemagazine.com/cold-case-keddie-murdershttps://the-line-up.com/keddie-murders-cabin-28https://lassennews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Times04-17-18.pdfhttps://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/keddie-cabin-murdershttps://www.buzzfeed-unsolved.fandom.com/wiki/The_Disturbing_Murders_at_Keddie_Wikipedia: Murder of Andrea Scherpf and Bernd Görickehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Andrea_Scherpf_and_Bernd_G%C3%B6ricke WikipediaUCF Unsolved Case File – Andrea Scherpf & Bernd Görickehttps://www.ucfiles.com/Files/1983/andrea-scherpf-and-bernd-goricke/ Unsolved Case Files CanadaThe Trail Went Cold – Episode 311https://www.trailwentcold.com/2023/01/11/the-trail-went-cold-episode-311-bernd-goericke-andrea-scherpf/ Trail Went ColdPodcast on iHeart: Bernd Goericke & Andrea Scherpf Pt. Twohttps://www.iheart.com/podcast/53-the-path-went-chilly-80684064/episode/bernd-goericke-and-andrea-scherpf-pt-two--285270936/ iHeart📺 The Fifth Estate – “Someone Got Away with Murder” (archived timeline)https://archive.today/20120723055359/http://www.cbc.ca/fifth/2008-2009/someone_got_away_with_murder/timeline.html Trail Went Cold📰 Police seek new leads in 1983 murder of two German tourists near Chetwynd (Vancouver Sun archive)https://web.archive.org/web/20190610173730/https://vancouversun.com/news/Police+seek+leads+1983+murder+German+tourists+near+Chetwynd/8512101/story.htmlPodcast & Investigative CoverageArchived CBC Documentary & TimelineLocal News
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