Case 221: Frank & Carol Hilley
Added 2022-08-27 08:25:06 +0000 UTCIn May 1975, 45-year-old Frank Hilley began experiencing severe nausea, vomiting and stomach cramps in his home in Anniston, Alabama. He died just over a week later. Soon after, his wife Marie Hilley began to receive threatening phone calls, messages and damage to her property. When her teenage daughter Carol Hilley began to show the same symptoms as her late father, Marie flew into a panic trying to get to the bottom of what was happening. However, everything was turned on its head when Marie was arrested for writing bad checks.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Jessica Forsayeth - research, writing
Milly Raso - creative direction
Mike Migas - production, music
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music
Comments
How have I never heard about this?! Wowza... quite the tangled web.
Cate Ness
2022-09-13 20:04:15 +0000 UTCThis case is whack!!! What brilliant storytelling too, I couldn't figure out where anything was going until it all finally clicked.
Ruka
2022-09-08 02:22:00 +0000 UTCGreat episode. It’s difficult to believe how John could be so gullible.
TN Melbourne
2022-09-07 04:20:55 +0000 UTCHere I am 6 minutes in thinking the same...
B-randy D
2022-09-06 15:12:24 +0000 UTCWhat a great episode.
Michelle Gray
2022-09-04 09:19:38 +0000 UTCHe said 'endured'
Mollie Linnett
2022-09-03 11:48:56 +0000 UTCOne of my fav recent episodes!
Megan Fields
2022-08-31 12:39:57 +0000 UTCI agree, he shouldn’t be laid to rest next to his murderer
Alien Princess
2022-08-31 12:07:35 +0000 UTCWhat a wild ride that was!
Ruth Tilleard
2022-08-31 06:54:06 +0000 UTCOMGGGG I forgot about her
Megan Brennan
2022-08-30 17:26:08 +0000 UTCThis case blew my tiny crime podcast mind 😬😂🤯
David J Osborne
2022-08-29 23:07:16 +0000 UTCHer being buried next to Frank is awful. That poor man can’t even escape her in death.
Megan
2022-08-29 21:33:15 +0000 UTCExcellent episode as usual, but I think Casey misspoke when he said that Marie and the neighbor "enjoyed" more nuisance phone calls 🤔
Kristin Røe
2022-08-29 16:08:47 +0000 UTCThe level of manipulation this woman was capable of is astounding. Imagine being such a sociopath that you poison literally anyone, including neighborhood kids?? John staying by her side and loving her is one of the greatest mysteries of all. Excellent storytelling CF team!
Amber
2022-08-29 08:54:47 +0000 UTCWOW this Marie woman is a piece of work!
Andrea Johnson
2022-08-28 22:29:28 +0000 UTCThese are my favorite types of Casefile mysteries. Just jaw-dropping stories where I never see that twist coming! Great episode.
Claire
2022-08-28 20:49:21 +0000 UTCAnd then when they switched into Frank and Carol I thought my podcast player had skipped to a new case. What a wild ride.
Ruth Akers
2022-08-27 23:18:33 +0000 UTCCame here to investigate this 😂
CSJ
2022-08-27 22:08:28 +0000 UTCSame
Kaitlin Tucker
2022-08-27 17:45:49 +0000 UTCHow on earth have I lived in Alabama my whole life and never heard of this story before?!?!
Mandy G
2022-08-27 17:37:40 +0000 UTCThis was just … I gasped out loud multiple times
Tegan
2022-08-27 13:39:21 +0000 UTCThanks!
Casefile True Crime
2022-08-27 13:31:49 +0000 UTCThought maybe you guys uploaded the wrong story until I was ~12 minutes in!
Brenda Wells
2022-08-27 09:26:16 +0000 UTC“When her teenage Carol Hilley” - just wanted to point out there’s a word missing in the episode description on iTunes podcast. This is not meant as a criticism!
Vincent
2022-08-27 09:16:02 +0000 UTCOr "antifree" as Stacey Castor would say
AR
2022-08-27 09:11:51 +0000 UTCI let out an actual shriek of excitement when I got a few minutes into the intro and it abruptly clicked what case this was. I actually had to stop and come exclaim about it. This case is a perfect fit for Casefile, one I have been wanting you guys to do forever, and the way you framed the intro already is great, can't wait to hear the rest!!
AR
2022-08-27 09:11:10 +0000 UTCMy first thought on reading the intro is anti-freeze.
Bob Trenwith
2022-08-27 08:32:19 +0000 UTC
