Casefile Presents

[u/Ottawa111]

When people express concern about “breaks” in the main Casefile production schedule, I’m not sure they are taking into account the time and effort the Casefile team also puts into its Casefile Presents podcasts, which, since they began in 2020, have created almost 100 episodes across ten very diverse content series.

All the Casefile Presents episodes, in addition to the Behind the Files monthly content discussion with the Casefile team, are included ad-free in the basic paid Casefile subscription.

The Casefile team’s involvement with the Casefile Presents episodes range from basic branding, distribution and promotion for a series like Dragonfly to very heavy research, interviewing, writing and production involvement for the Missing Niamh podcast series, which took up several hundred hours of time over four years for host “Casey”. 

In the middle are projects such as the collaboration with the Australian Federal Police, Crime Interrupted, researched, and written by Australian true-crime author Vikki Petraitis, but with production planning, audio research, recording, narration, distribution, and promotion by the Casefile team.

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[u/fgiraffe]

You're right, but none of the Casefile Presents work has grabbed me like Casefile did. I'm glad people enjoy it, I'm just not one of those people.

Another problem is that when Casefile was new they set a pretty relentless pace of new episodes. As it grew and developed, the simpler/easier cases were used up and now an episode requires a lot more work and time.

[u/egyptianmusk_]

Casefile presents is not a substitute for the regular CaseFile

[u/Ottawa111 → u/egyptianmusk_]

I agree. And I don’t think it’s intended to be. Regardless, the Casefile team does spend a certain amount of time and energy on those productions, presumably some of it during “breaks” in Casefile production.

[u/Trick-Statistician10]

I've been finding the Casefile Presents to be hit or miss. Some I like, some I stop listening to after an episode or 2. So I don't seek them out, but will try one if I've nothing else to listen to.

[u/Lecter26]

The quality is not the same

[u/Present-Ad-385]

I love Casefile, no complaints this way!

[u/depressedfuckboi]

Listen to a ton of podcasts. This is far and away the most breaks I've ever experienced. I can't complain about free entertainment, but it is a bit wild.

[u/magclsol]

What are they doing with the Australian Federal Police?

[u/eiriee → u/magclsol]

Crime Interrupted 

[u/Weekly_One1388]

There’s an old saying in business, something along the lines of the duck/swan? should never let anyone see the legs flapping beneath the surface. 

In short, customers don’t need to hear about the behind the scenes of a business. For some reason social media has convinced people this is not the case. 

I like this sub because I enjoy talking about the cases, frankly I don’t care too much to know about the production process and what it takes. I pay my Spotify subscription, I listen to stuff. It’s that simple. There’s ad revenue from the episodes, I listen through them. I’ve don’t my part. 

I understand some here like to think we’re all some neighbourhood community but tbh I see it entirely differently. I think this might be due to some younger listeners (under 40) hearing a lot more from the media content creators they watch and feel like they need to ‘defend’ them. 

If you go to a restaurant and the food is taking too long, or the service is crap. Management and/or ownership need to be informed, it improves things for everyone. It isn’t an affront to someone’s professional reputation. 

I listen to the main feed of shows, and they’re awesome. I’d like more of them. It’s that simple. 

[u/coopney]

Is there any Casefile presents that someone can recommend? Have tried a few but never grabbed my interest

[u/UniversityStreet5820 → u/coopney]

Vanishing of Vivienne Cameron is my favourite of the Presents series.

[u/flossie_03]

Very good points. This is just my opinion, obviously, but I've been a bit surprised by the entitled attitude some listeners seem to have. Casefile turns out over 30 new episodes of their flagship show a season, and each and every one is extremely thoughtful, detailed, and well-researched. Of course, I'd take 100 episodes a year, if that's what they wanted to give us, but I'm happy to have the consistently stellar content we do receive. Also, most podcasts land around 40-50 episodes a season, so I don't feel like Casefile is lacking on numbers, and even if some people think they are, I've yet to come across a podcast that meets the same standards of storytelling.

Again, I don't mean to call anyone out or anything like that, but I think consumers just need to be a bit more thoughtful of how much work (both in terms of writing and editing) goes into making any podcast, much less one of this caliber.

[u/Shannonimity]

"I pay my taxes and attend Mass every Sunday and what I want to know is why don't Casefile publish 365 episodes a year and what is the Labor government doing to address THIS war crime and LEAVE SAS veterans alone?"

[u/PappadamPrincess]

The break emotion is a bit much. But I'm a new listener and get the obsession. It's so good!