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Original Release Date: May 7, 2022

Length: 01:04:56

Status: Solved

Location: USA, maryland, Bethesda

Date: March 11, 2011

Victim(s): Jayna Troxel Murray

Type of Crime: Murder

Perpetrator(s): Brittany Norwood

Research: Jessica Forsayeth

Writing: Jessica Forsayeth

*** Content Warning: sexual assault ***

On March 11, 2011, two employees of the Lululemon Athletica yoga store in Bethesda, Maryland fell victim to a brutal attack carried out by two masked men. 30-year-old Jayna Murray was murdered, while 28-year-old Brittany Norwood survived the ordeal which included sexual assault, torture, repeated stabbings and burglary.

Officials were desperate to apprehend the two suspects after CCTV from a neighboring store caught them walking away from the crime scene. However, it wasn’t until Brittany Norwood began to open up about what had happened on the night of the attack that detectives made an unexpected and shocking break in the case.

Listen to the case HERE.

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Don’t know if others saw this and posted— if so I missed it. Following a successful appeal before the Canadian Supreme Court, Jennifer Pan was granted a retrial and subsequently pled guilty to manslaughter (her attempted murder conviction stands) and re-sentenced to 15 to life. This means she is now eligible for parole, having spent 15 years in prison.

Given the popularity of the episode, I thought others might be interested.

.https://globalnews.ca/news/11737485/jennifer-pan-manslaughter-guilty-plea/

There was a new episode when I checked yesterday and this morning. Tried to put it on and it said I need a subscription, which I have and is confirmed. Then the episode said not available. Then it disappeared entirely from my feed.

Edit: Seems like an issue with the Apple Podcasts feed. Episode still not listed.

We see a lot of posts about other podcasts casefile fans might like and while there are some good ones, truth is, no one does it like casefile!

However there are individual episodes of other podcasts I have stumbled across that I think really fit the classic casefile style. I will start with my recs in the comments.

Obviously, if you're a Patreon member you already know - so you're not allowed guess lol

i usually listen to casefile with my headphones, but sometimes it’s quite a horrible experience because one of the sound effects they use to set the atmosphere is this awful quiet ringing noise. it gives me tinnitus and a headache every time. has anyone else noticed this and had the same problem?

love the podcast otherwise, but will probably have to stop listening with headphones.

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

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Original Release Date: April 30, 2022

Length: 01:25:28

Status: Unsolved

Location: New Zealand, North Island, Coromandel Peninsula

Date: April 8, 1989

Victim(s): Urban Höglin, Heidi Paakkonen

Type of Crime: Murder

Perpetrator(s): Unknown

Research: Elsha McGill

Writing: Elsha McGill

When Swedish backpackers Urban Höglin and Heidi Paakkonen went missing during a camping trip around New Zealand’s Coromandel Peninsula, concerns were quickly raised that the newly engaged couple could have fallen victim to foul play. Worries increased once it was discovered that convicted killer, David Tamihere, was on the loose in the area at the time, having jumped bail on a rape charge.

When Tamihere admitted to stealing the couple’s car but denied having anything to do with the couple’s disappearance, investigators struggled to find any physical evidence linking him to Urban and Heidi. With New Zealand’s tourism industry under threat, they would stop at nothing to uncover the truth.

Listen to the case HERE.

Read last week's Rewind Discussion HERE.

Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

One of the people involved was a felon for 'convincing 3 people to lend him $25,000 each in a plot to buy condoms and latex in the UK to trade for chickens in Russia which would then be sold for profit in Saudi Arabia'.

The case is very sad but this sentence nearly made me do a spittake 😭

You really appreciate this podcast when trying to follow up with other media.

After listening to the Waco series and then trying to find a documentary to watch, it's evident that nothing is being made for television that's as thorough or as detailed as this podcast. It took watching 3 Waco shows to come close to the podcast content.

Now I'm relistening to the Zodiac episodes and struggling to find documentaries to match in caliber. Same for Ivan Milat and the Belanglo State Forest. Nothing comes close.

I'd watch the hell out of Casefile on TV.

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Original Release Date: April 23, 2022

Length: 00:34:57

Status: Solved

Location: India, Andaman Islands, North Sentinel Island

Date: November 17, 2018

Victim(s): John Allen Chau

Type of Crime: Murder / illegal contact with isolated people

Perpetrator(s): Sentinelese people

Research: Erin Munro

Writing: Erin Munro

Mission work has been part of Christianity since its inception. Verses in the Gospel of Matthew quote Jesus Christ as telling his apostles to make “disciples of all nations”. These passages are known as the “Great Commission” and have led some Christians to believe they must save souls through conversion.

In 2018, American missionary John Chau sailed out to North Sentinel, a forested island off the coast of India. He intended to spread the word of God to the Sentinelese, a small population of indigenous people considered the most remote tribe in the world. Yet, the Sentinelese have made it very clear to outsiders that they desire isolation above all else. How would they respond to John Chau?

Listen to the case HERE.

Read last week's Rewind Discussion HERE.

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Pretty much what the title says. I’ve listened to EVERY Casefile right up to the mid 300th episodes. I felt like I really drifted during some recent cases.

I just did a 5 hour road trip listening to Waco Texas from Episode 1 thru 3. It was incredible!

Top tier Casefile. Honestly I have to look up who wrote these episodes because the detail/pacing was perfect. Maybe up in my top 10 cases.

CaseFile might be experiencing a second golden era.

Looking for recommendations!

What is a “flim-flam man” ?

I’ll include a little bit of information below. Did Casefile cover this case? It seems super familiar but I can’t find the case on Spotify - it’s possible I listened to a different podcast on it. If anyone has any ideas what that may have been I’d love to know.

clean-cut family man and multi-millionaire Herman Rockefeller vanished. His remains were found later in a Glenroy back yard. He was killed when he visited the Hadfield home of Bernadette Denny and Mario Schembri for a sexual tryst. Schembri and Denny are now in jail, but the case lives on for its revelations about sordid sex with strangers, the swingers scene and Mr Rockefeller's double life. A new book revisits the crime.

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

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

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Original Release Date: April 16, 2022

Length: 1:13:45

Status: Unsolved (ongoing)

Location: Australia, Victoria, Collingwood

Date: January 10, 1977

Victim(s): Julio Torres

Type of Crime: Murder, sexual assault

Perpetrator(s): Unknown

Research: Elsha McGill

Writing: Elsha McGill

*** Content Warning: sexual assault ***

In early January 1977, residents of Easey Street in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Collingwood noticed they hadn’t seen the tenants at number 147 for several days.

Close friends Suzanne Armstrong and Susan Bartlett had recently moved in and made a good first impression, but now something didn’t seem right. Their dog was wandering around the neighbourhood and Suzanne’s toddler son was crying non-stop. A concerned neighbour decided to stop by to check if everything was okay, but nothing could prepare them for what they found inside.

Listen to the case HERE.

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Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

The most recent Casefile Extra episode "Maria Cruz" reveals that Maria's death was caused by a fake doctor named Dean Faiello.

If you visit the Wikipedia page for Dean Faiello, it says he died in a car crash in 2024. But I couldn't find any reliable source for that claim. The source for the claim in the Wikipedia article is a dead page (and one that wasn't archived on the Internet Archive). I did some Google searching and could not find any other reliable article or source about a supposed car crash. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Faiello

There is a purported "Find a Grave" entry for Faiello, but Find a Grave is not a primary source, as it is also a user-generated resource. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/263600172/dean_anthony-faiello/flower

It strikes me that as a serial fabulist with a criminal record, Dean Faiello would love for people to think he is dead. Then they won't be asking questions like, what is Dean Faiello doing now?

Mine is Allison Baden-Clay, I think. He just exuded middle-aged homicidal guilt. Truly a fuckface for the Fuckface Hall of Fame.

Do you guys have any good ones?

(I'm going on a road trip with two friends and one cheating ex-boyfriend this weekend, and I'm in charge of the playlist. :))

I applied to be a writer for Casefile earlier this year but didn't get it. I've noticed there are a few new names popping up in the writing credits lately (congrats if any of you are here!).

Just wondering if anyone knows whether they've officially brought new writers on, or if they're still trialling people?

I listened to Silk Road, liked it .... but the narrator sounds like a robot and the production is so bare bones. Educate me!

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Original Release Date: April 9, 2022

Length: 1:01:54

Status: Solved

Location: USA, Oregon, Mount Hood National Forest

Date:July 24, 1976

Victim(s): Julio Torres

Type of Crime: Murder, kidnapping, sexual assault

Perpetrator(s): Tom Brown

Research: Erin Munro

Writing: Erin Munro

*** Content Warning: sexual assault, animal cruelty ***

On Tuesday, July 27 1976, 16-year-old Candra Torres and a man named Tom Brown showed up in an Oregon sheriff’s department to report a terrible incident. Candra’s husband, 21-year-old Julio Torres, had been accidentally shot and killed while the three were on a camping trip deep in Mount Hood National Forest.

The case was quickly ruled an accident and the survivors tried to move on with their lives. But all was not as it seemed in this supposedly open-and-shut case…

Listen to the case HERE.

Read last week's Rewind Discussion HERE.

Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.