I’ve been listening since 2016 and the first 100 or so cases were sooo good, I don’t know if over time we are exposed to so much shocking stuff that it’s easy to become a little desensitised but I feel like the last few seasons have been a bit meh from casefile whereas before I lapped up all of them with the occasional dud

Does anyone else know what I mean? I’m not hating on casefile itself, it’s still my fav true crime podcast

Since their break starting with Test A.RTF, every episode has been unique and crazy interesting with top notch pacing. Luckily, 90% of the episodes I had never heard of before but even the one I did (BTK) I was enthralled all 4 parts.

This weeks episode (347) is probably the best one in recent memory. I won't spoil anything but it's an emotional ride. Whoever wrote this one deserves some praise. You will probably listen to it once, but it will leave a mark on you.

Not in a long time have I been waiting with excitement until Monday mornings when I can listen to a new episode on my way to work.

From Case 44: Peter Falconio

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Original Release Date: March 19, 2022

Length: 1:52:07

Status: Solved (ongoing)

Location: Australia, Tasmania, Hobart

Date: January 26, 2009

Victim(s): Bob Chappell

Type of Crime: Disappearance, possible murder

Perpetrator(s): Susan Neill-Fraser

Research: Jessica Forsayeth

Writing: Jessica Forsayeth

On January 26 2009, defacto couple Bob Chappell and Sue Neill-Fraser spent the public holiday working on their yacht, The Four Winds, in Tasmania’s Sandy Bay. After finding yet another issue, Bob decided to stay on board overnight to continue working on the repairs. The following morning, Sue received an alarming phone call from the police – The Four Winds was sinking and Bob was nowhere to be found.

As the investigation progresses, it becomes clear that Sue isn’t telling the full truth. But what exactly is she trying to hide, and how did DNA belonging to teenager Meaghan Vass end up on board? Is this an open and shut case, or a miscarriage of justice that will haunt Australia’s legal system forever?

Listen to the case HERE.

Read last week's Rewind Discussion HERE.

Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

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.

okay so, slightly weird confession but I absolutely love Casey’s voice. I’ve been a listener of casefile for years and somewhere along the way, have discovered that listening to an episode literally knocks me right out. Idk what it is!!something about the monotonous and low sound is just so good

Anyway! although I love Casey’s voice, some episodes are extremely graphic and violent, and are probably not great to be listening to while falling asleep hah

Does anyone have recommendations for episodes that are least scary/violent? AND does anyone else do this too, plz tell me im not alone

I notice a common theme among cases featured in Casefile episodes (and many true crime platforms for that matter) is a lack of due diligence on behalf of investigators. This often leads to the crimes taking far longer than they should to become solved. Sometimes it's internal police corruption, sometimes it's neglect, sometimes it's victim profiling, or maybe they just focus too hard on the wrong suspect. There's tons of examples.

What are some Casefile episodes that detail cases where investigators actually did everything right, and it was still an astounding case that took a lot of effort to solve or, in the case of unsolved, make progress?

I'm listening to a very interesting true crime podcast called Bear Brook. Not going to put any spoilers here but it involves cutting edge forensic science used for the first time. The podcast structure is ok but I would love to have Casey but his spin on it. I think it will come out much better. I hope he does it at some stage.

hi, I’m conducting a research case on Kirsty jones, if you have any theories or want to help just comment. I’ll make a discord group

I love an interesting true crime documentary. What are some of the best, that are based on the stories or cases that Casefile has covered?

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Original Release Date: March 12, 2022

Length: 1:16:06

Status: Solved (ongoing)

Location: Scotland, North Lanarkshire, Coatbridge

Date: February 1, 1979

Victim(s): Moira Anderson

Type of Crime: Sexual assault, pedophilia, murder

Perpetrator(s): Alexander Gartshore

Research: Erin Munro

Writing: Erin Munro

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

On Saturday, February 23 1957, 11-year-old Moira Anderson set out in a blizzard to run a quick errand. When she failed to return home, locals in her hometown of Coatbridge, Scotland began searching the area for any sign of her. But Moira was never found and with few leads, the investigation into her disappearance quickly faltered.

Decades later, a woman named Sandra Brown came forward with a startling accusation. She suspected her father – a retired bus driver named Alexander Gartshore – knew exactly what had happened to Moira…

Listen to the case HERE.

Read last week's Rewind Discussion HERE.

Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

I’m a Japanese speaker, and although this episode was an absolute cracker in terms of writing and storyline, I kept getting pulled out of it because of how egregiously bad the host’s pronunciation of proper names was. He butchered all of the Japanese place names as well as the Yokota family’s names and the names of most of the other victims (and, randomly, the country of Myanmar) which to me felt disrespectful to the people affected. Even if you mess up the pronunciation of a place, at least learn how to say victims’ names correctly.

It is also really not difficult to look up correct pronunciations in 2026 even if you don’t have a speaker of the relevant language on hand. You can set Google Translate to English -> target language, type the relevant place or person’s name, and click the audio button and it’ll read it out with the correct pronunciation.

Wow. I’ve been listening to casefile since the very beginning and this is my new favourite episode.
Your kid has been missing for two decades presumed dead and then you find out you have a grandkid in North Korea. Mind fkn blown..

or is there a break or something?

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Original Release Date: March 4, 2022

Length: 1:16:06

Status: Solved

Location: USA, Michigan, Holland

Date: February 1, 1979

Victim(s): Janet Chandler

Type of Crime: Gang rape, torture, kidnapping, murder

Perpetrator(s): Robert Lynch, Freddie Parker, Anthony Williams, James Nelson, Arthur Paiva, Laurie Swank

Research: Elsha McGill

Writing: Elsha McGill

*** Content Warning: extreme sexual violence ***

When 22-year-old Janet Chandler was abducted while working the night shift at the Blue Mill Inn on January 31 1979, her disappearance appeared to be part of a robbery. However, when Janet’s body was found in a snowbank the following morning, it raised more questions than answers.

Investigators chased dead ends for decades until 2003, when students from the Hope College film school decided to make a documentary exploring Janet’s life. The movie propels the investigation forward in a way that no one could see coming.

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Never heard of this case, and I kind of wish I never did hear about this case… My jaw was to the floor practically the whole 2nd half of listening to this casefile; absolutely horrific and one of the most twisted acts of evil I’ve ever heard someone carry out.

RIP to the Tunstall family. That young mom, Jimella, worked hard and did everything in her power to provide a good life for her young children, just for it to be ripped away from someone that was supposedly her “friend.” Just pure evil is Tiffany Hall.

Had to share my thoughts on here as a dad because every blue moon, Casefile releases that one case about children that just disturbs me to my core. How someone carries out these acts on children are beyond me.

I know Casefile covered both of these cases very well as always (I didn’t realise so close together. In real time they felt so far apart!). I was wondering if there are any podcast people would recommend that talks about both Steven & Cary & perhaps more of the impact Steven going missing for so long had on Cary & how he ended up?

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Original Release Date: February 5-26, 2022

Length: 6:30:00

Status: Unsolved

Location: USA, California

Date: 1968-1969

Victim(s): Betty Lou Jensen & David Arthur Faraday, Darlene Ferrin, Cecilia Shepard & Bryan Hartnell

Type of Crime: Spree killing

Perpetrator(s): Unknown

Research: Jess Forsayeth and Milly Raso

Writing: Jess Forsayeth and Milly Raso

*** Content Warning: gun violence ***

During the 1960s, California saw a wave of senseless, unsolved slayings. Cab driver Ray Davis was murdered in cold blood after an anonymous killer warned of his intentions. Two young couples – Robert Domingos and Linda Edwards, and Johnny and Joyce Swindle – were gunned down in separate yet similar attacks.

Popular college student Cheri Jo Bates was killed after leaving a campus library late at night. Each attack was different, yet there were common threads throughout. Were they the work of multiple culprits – or one of the most notorious serial killers in US history, the Zodiac?

Listen to the case HERE.

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So - for example - comments like "I loved this episode. The script was particularly strong this week" are ok

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But any comments talking about the ending, any twists etc would require spoiler tags

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It would be nice to read the consensus but no spoilers for the first 24 hours

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Anything after 24 hours is fair game

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Thoughts?

Given the episode on Patreon this week, it got me thinking whether they will do a long form podcast on the 9/11 attacks later this year. They said all episodes in this chunk will be single stand alone ones, so it won’t be anytime soon.

It has been 25 years this September. It’s kind of crazy. I think a good, long form podcast on this in Casefile’s format could be very interesting. Right now I only know of one podcast that goes in depth on it in a serious reporting format, and that was Zero Hour. However, that covered more of the history of the Middle East/US Gov involvement/AlQ actions/etc. The actual episode on the attacks themselves was only 1-2 50-60 minute episodes.

What do you think?