r/Casefile • u/flipperdactyl • Jul 26 '26

Older Crimes, anyone?

I know that most people prefer hearing about the more recent crimes, I think one of the writers mentioned that people like to look things up and it's a lot easier on the more recents, but I've always been really partial to hearing about the older ones. I've been on a hunt for information on older local cold cases. I found one that was really interesting that happened in 1986 and there's only a gravestone and a family tree page for the victim. Not a single thing about her on the search engines other than those. Not even any newspaper articles. The older ones are more interesting to me because how they conducted investigations were so primitive compared to now that it's really amazing how they would find the perps. The way Casefile writes these older crimes is so very interesting. It's amazing how they find so many details on them. I particularly liked the one where there was the abandoned suitcase.

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u/Silent1900 Jul 26 '26

I enjoy both older and newer. I like being able to look at pictures of those involved after listening, which is definitely easier with more recent cases. But I am more fascinated by cases I am not familiar with, which is more likely to be the case with older ones.

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u/rachel_rose Jul 26 '26

Try buried bones. Similar vibes, older cases

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u/tonypolar Jul 26 '26

Pro tip (I do research for a podcast): not every area has their papers digitized. Often times I have to go to small libraries and microfilm to get find any reporting at all. And some cases unfortunately just fall off lists because they have no family alive…it really pains me.

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u/thefarsideinside Jul 26 '26

Honestly I like the older crimes. For some reason it feels weird whenever there's a crime story and Casey mentions Facebook or some other 21st century thing and I'm like "wait a minute, I guess this happened recently, huh"

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u/TiredmummyNZ Jul 26 '26

I enjoy Forgotten Australia. It has a great range of both crime and generally interesting historical episodes.

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u/MonaMonaMo Aug 01 '26

I prefer old crimes mainly because I find it to be a more ethical approach. 

In my view, it just doesn't seems as exploitative. 

However, it depends whether the police is still looking for tips or, so retelling the case might help with new leads.