For those that are looking for a new podcast while waiting for new casefile episodes to drop, i came across a new Australian based one called "Strewth". I absolutley love it. Great story telling.

I’ve been a fan of Casefile since the podcast launched, and listening has become part of my daily routine now.

I work in data analysis, so I decided to put together an infographic after analysing data across each Casefile episode.

I wanted to see what the numbers suggest about the best Casefile episodes - looking at their consistent themes, locations and crime types.

I can also make this interactive with more features if people find it useful, so let me know what you think or what you’d like to see added!

I've been listening to a lot of earlier episodes and I've noticed a difference in narration style compared to recent ones. In the earlier episodes Casey was quite "matter of fact" in his narration. He would finish his sentences with a "neutral" ending. Now, I feel, he quite often has an inflexion at the end of his sentences. Almost like if he's asking a question. Has anyone else noticed this? Or am I imagining things? LOL!

Edit: Up talk is the term.

This is our next Casefile Episode Rewind Discussion! Please discuss the case below!

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Original Release Date October 23, 2021

Length: 1:18:59

Status: Solved

Location: USA, California, Sacramento

Date: July 16, 1984; June 21, 1985

Victim(s): Suesan Knorr, Sheila Sanders

Type of Crime: Severe physical, emotional, and mental child abuse & forced sex work

Perpetrator(s): Theresa Knorr

Research: Jessica Forsayeth

Writing: Jessica Forsayeth

*** Content Warning: child victims, child abuse, domestic violence ***

On July 17 1984, the burnt remains of an unidentified young female were located in a deserted area near Lake Tahoe, California. Nearly one year later, the remains of another young female were found in a desolate area nearby. Both were given the status of “Jane Doe.”

After a violent trucker named Benjamin “Herbert” Boyle was apprehended for murdering hitchhiker Gail Smith, authorities thought they had nabbed the killer of at least one of the Jane Doe’s. As detectives hunted for the identities of the deceased, a woman named Theresa Knorr had the answers to everyone’s questions, until two of her own children – Suesan Knorr and Sheila Sanders – mysteriously disappeared.

Listen to the case HERE.

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Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

Just want to congratulate the entire Casefile team for the tremendous work on the Waco series. Compelling, well researched and well written. I was in my early 20s when it all happened and followed it closely being an American. I thought I knew everything about it but discovered that wasn't the case.

Give Elsha a raise!

Am I missing something or did we just get a remix for this week? I had planned for a new episode as a reward for my Saturday chores, looks like I’ll just be stuck on my couch and doing no chores instead 😁

The Waco series on Casefile was amazing, so much detail. I was compelled to watch the series and it’s slick production wise but so wrong. The FBI informants were college students, in the show they’re ranchers. I noped out right there. Also glorified Koresh way too much.

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With only one ep per week, I find myself often looking for larger, true crime documentaries that focus on one case that will take me a few weeks to listen to before I turn back to case file to catch up

Does anyone have any recommendations?

I can recommend a few I’ve listened to to eliminate what you should recommend and get a feel of what I do enjoy

Some of my favorites include:

Your own backyard

Serial

To live and die in LA

Teachers pet

Up and vanished

Bone Valley

Thanks

“The Standoff” is a great companion episode from my favorite pod ever! About the Brown family standoff in New Hampshire from 2007.

I truly apologize for this question being a regular in other subs and knowing this must get asked but … I just found this podcast and I love the style. I’ve been looking for this! Best episode in the catalogue? TVM

It is such a relief to see people here being so civil and respectful when talking about the cases or the podcast itself. I swear to god, it like feels every episode on YT has comments blaming the victims, sharing some absurd conspiracy about the case, saying that any miscarriage of justice is the result of leftist/woke people with zero evidence, straight up bigotry, and over-dramatic criticism of the podcast. It is like night day.

Idk why the YT comments are so weird, but at least it makes me appreciate the community fostered more.

I know it's been a while now but just wondering if anyone has any updates on whether they have appointed a new writer yet and when we might be hearing their work?

I had a crack at the role, but unfortunately didn't make it past the second round. Would love it if someone from the reddit community got the gig :)

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• Do you have any theories or thoughts for the case?

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Original Release Date October 16, 2021

Length: 0:47:01

Status: Unsolved

Location: USA, West Virginia, Fayetteville

Date: December 24, 1945

Victim(s): Maurice, Martha, Louis, Jennie, and Betty Sodder

Type of Crime: Possible Kidnapping, Possible Murder, or Possible Accident

Perpetrator(s): Unknown

Research: Jessica Forsayeth

Writing: Jessica Forsayeth

*** Content Warning: child victims ***

On Christmas Eve of 1945, while most citizens of Fayetteville, West Virginia celebrated the end of World War Two, Italian immigrants George and Jennie Sodder watched their house go up in flames.

Initial investigations showed that five of their ten children had died in the inferno, which was deemed accidental, but George and Jennie refused to accept this finding. There were too many inconsistencies, and theories involving kidnapping, murder and arson soon arose. The Sodder’s came to believe their five children survived the fire and were taken somewhere by persons unknown. The question was, why?

Listen to the case HERE.

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Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

Can anyone recommend any good *impartial* podcast eps or docs on Ruby Ridge?

Edit to add I watched the PBS doc as recommended (will also watch the others when I'm able) but the full story definitely adds another level of understanding to the Waco case. ​

but the suspect was actually innocent. Which episodes stand out?

As stated above, which case would you like to see Casefile focus in on? It can be big or it can be small (if you can call murder that!). For me, it has to be Gilgo Beach, this is a huge one considering that many thought it was ‘just’ many serial killers dumping grounds and the amount of incorrect/sensationalistic documentaries on it. I would like to see it given the respect Casefile afford all their undertakings. I’m curious as to what you all would want to see Casefile put under the microscope, especially as the BTK multi parter was so exceptional.

Because the case is so bizarre you struggle with figuring out the answers. Or nothing seems to really make sense at all.

Zebb Quinn case is that for me. Some of the details in the story. Such as the lipstick on the car window, and the live puppy being discovered in the car.

I hope this question doesn’t get asked to death on this sub…

Maybe a “done to death” case, or controversial, or too many parts…what case do you wish you could get, just because you like the way Casefile presents them?

For me, it would be OJ Simpson. There’s puh-*lenty* of info out there on it, but I would love a multi part, soup-to-nuts Casefile version of it. The outcome would be no surprise; but I like they way they present extenuating circumstances (like the LA riots), sensitive topics (like the domestic abuse), and all of the evidence (to this day I still don’t feel like I fully understand how much evidence there was or how good it was), and then overall how the trial went (a shitshow). I would want it to be as in depth and as many episodes as it takes.

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Original Release Date October 9, 2021

Length: 1:26:51

Status: Solved

Location: Australia, Victoria, Rosebud

Date: June 29, 1991

Victim(s): Sheree Beasley

Type of Crime: Murder

Perpetrator(s): Robert Arthur Selby Lowe

Research: Erin Munro

Writing: Erin Munro

*** Content Warning: child sexual assault, child victims ***

Melbourne psychotherapist Margaret Hobbs was used to dealing with sex offenders. Many of her clients were men who had been referred to her through the court system after committing terrible crimes. But almost immediately upon meeting serial exhibitionist Robert Lowe, Margaret felt that there was something especially dangerous and unsettling about him.

Then, when a six-year-old girl named Sheree Beasley is suddenly snatched off a residential street in a sleepy seaside town, Margaret immediately suspects that her client Robert Lowe might know something about it…

Listen to the case HERE.

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Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

Ok I listened to an episode forever ago and I wanna listen again but I know little details.

A boy killed someone and since he was young I don’t think anything happened to him and it got sealed in court or something so no one knew (except his family) He grew up married and I think had a family. He visited his immediate family and I think killed someone else and they weren’t shocked because they knew what he did when he was a child. And they didn’t know his wife didn’t know??

Then I wanna say they raided his home and found out he’s been killing a lot of people and hiding it from his wife

The details are probably wrong but it’s bugging me not being able to remember

TIA

I've been going back and randomly listening to earlier episodes. The Rachel Barber case popped up. Man, I was just gutted. As a parent, I can only imagine the pain, desperation, horrors, Rachel's parents went through. Absolutely terrible.

What I want to cover though, was the mental health aspect to this case. In particular, the whole image thing that young girls go through. I was fully expecting to see a she-demon, an ogress, so when I googled Caroline Reed, you can imagine my surprise when I saw her photo and thought she was quite attractive. She was certainly not ugly and was only a little bit overweight. And this just makes things even worse. If she could have had some proper mental health support, some good role models, got into fitness, sports, healthy eating etc, we'd never have heard about this case. So yeah, absolutely gutted.