In July's 2023 Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Elsha and Holly to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 245: Sherri Papini
Case 246: Gregory Villemin
Case 247: Nina Puganova, Irina Trasyn & Anastasia Mikhailova
2023-07-02 16:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
Due to unforeseen circumstances, our team had to alter this month's release schedule slightly. The full-length episode that was originally slated for release today will be uploaded for you next week. To make up for this delay, you received next week's Patreon Premium (Linda Slaten) episode today.
We apologise for these last-minute changes.
2023-07-01 16:49:59 +0000 UTC View Post
It was early on Friday September 4 1981 when Jeff Slaten woke to a strange sound. It was the crackle of a police radio. Jeff quickly realised that several officers had gained access to his home and were quietly moving about. “What’s going on?” he asked. Jeff was told to get dressed and go outside. He did so, completely perplexed as to why the police were even there.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Milly Raso - research, writing, cre...
2023-07-01 09:06:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Ad-free, early release.
When Rajesh and Nupur Talwar went to wake their 13-year-old daughter Aarushi on the morning of Friday May 16 2008, the couple were shocked to find her brutally murdered in her bed. Police in their Delhi suburb of Noida were summoned and the Talwars wasted no time in naming their 45-year-old servant, Hemraj Banjade, as a suspect. But when a second body was found in their apartment, investigators began to wonder if the perpetrator was someone c...
2023-06-24 08:03:47 +0000 UTC View Post
Ad-free, early release.
When Melbourne women Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis and Nicole Patterson were found brutally murdered in the late 1990s, police didn’t immediately link the crimes. The killer left behind no incriminating evidence, indicating he was an experienced offender who knew how to beat the system. Little did investigators know, the story began almost 30 years earlier, when a 15-year-old boy knocked on his neighbour’s door and asked to borrow a kn...
2023-06-17 10:03:17 +0000 UTC View Post
This was Patreon Picks #23, released in October 2022. It is not new content, it is the same episode, but as Patreon picks episodes are now going to be released on the main feed months after their initial Patreon release, we had to repost it so that all episodes can keep the same numbering on the main feed and the Patreon feed.
As this is an exclusive Patreon perk, we ask that you do not share the RSS feed and refrain from discussing this case elsewhere until the general release...
2023-06-17 10:00:39 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreon, the team is getting ready to record another episode of Behind The Files. The cases that will be covered this episode are, Case 245 Sherri Papini, Case 246 Gregory Villemin and Case 247 Nina Puganova, Irinia Trasyn and Anastasia Mikhailova. Also, a reminder that we are now combining the regular Q&A with the Behind The Files episode, so if you have any general questions you can ask those as well. Submit your questions in the comments. Thank you.
2023-06-16 03:58:42 +0000 UTC View Post
On a hot summer’s day in 1989, a father and son travelling through Stockton, California, discover a VHS tape left by the side of a road. When they take it home and decide to watch it, they make a disturbing discovery. The tape contains footage of a house burning to the ground and was apparently filmed by the arsonist who lit the fire.
When investigators looking into the tape hit a series of dead ends, they enlist the help of popular television series Unsolved Mysteries, and t...
2023-06-10 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post
In June's 2023 Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Elsha, Holly and Erin to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 241: Harry and Nicola Fuller
Case 242: The Investor Murders
Case 243: Deidre Kennedy
Case 244: Engla Höglund & Pernilla Hellgren
2023-06-07 16:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreon. Casey has just started an Instagram page sharing a few pics from here and there taken over the years. If you are into that sort of thing you can give him a follow. It won’t be a Casefile/True Crime related page though. https://www.instagram.com/caseys.snaps/
2023-06-05 02:18:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Amy Boyer was a popular teen in her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire. Her life was busy between school, work and social commitments. Full of joy and love, Amy naturally drew in those around her - including a troubled young man named Liam Youens.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Milly Raso - research, writing, creative direction
Mike Migas - production, music
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music
2023-06-03 09:23:13 +0000 UTC View Post
When trainee nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans failed to return to work in Sydney after a holiday around Australia in 1974, fears arose that they could have fallen victim to the so-called Gold Coast Hitchhiker Murderer. But when a discovery is made in the rural town of Murphy’s Creek years later, an even more disturbing possibility emerges.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Elsha McGill - research, writing
Milly Raso - creativ...
2023-05-27 07:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
When 41-year-old Abraham Shakespeare won the 30 million dollar Florida Lottery prize, his underprivileged life changed overnight. Yet, he quickly realised his newfound wealth was a curse. Despite showing limitless charity, he became demoralised by the pressure and expectations thrust upon him by those seeking his money. Then in April 2009, Abraham vanished. Had he voluntarily left to escape the stress, or had something more sinister occurred?
Team:
Anonymous Host&...
2023-05-20 08:07:22 +0000 UTC View Post
In the summer of 1980, Theodosius Glukharev received a series of harrowing deliveries to his home in Kishinev, Soviet Moldova. The contents ultimately unravelled the murders of three women – Nina Puganova, Irina Trasyn & Anastasia Mikhailova.
An extortion attempt by the killer helped narrow down the suspect pool, but still, investigators were no closer to catching the killer. Who was this individual who had been dubbed a “blood thirsty maniac?”
This was Patreon Picks...
2023-05-20 08:04:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Previously only available with a Wondery + subscription, Casefile Presents: In the Shadows is now available everywhere.
In Bakersfield, California in 1991 two boys stumbled upon a grisly discovery; the murdered body of a young woman. In The Shadows is the new podcast from Casefile Presents, which follows the ensuing thirty-two year ordeal to uncover those responsible for the crime and bring them to justice.
The mystery riveted the desert-town for years. Pol...
2023-05-18 22:28:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreon. The team is ready to record another episode of Behind the Files. This episode will cover Case 241: Harry and Nicola Fuller, Case 242: The Investor Murders, Case 243: Deidre Kennedy and Case 244: Engla Höglund & Pernilla Hellgren. If you have any questions, you can put them in the comments below!
2023-05-18 02:31:15 +0000 UTC View Post
When the Koneva family fled to England to escape the war-torn Balkans, their hopes for a peaceful new beginning were soon shattered. In May 1997, an unknown intruder entered their London home and claimed the life of 12-year-old Katerina Koneva. The subsequent investigation spanned multiple countries and unravelled a frightening and prolific figure known as “The Beast.”
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Milly Raso - research, writing, cr...
2023-05-13 09:10:22 +0000 UTC View Post
In episode 34 of Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Milly, Elsha, Jess and Erin to discuss the making of:
Case 237 - Rena & Danny Paquette
Case 238 - Renae Marsden
Case 239 - Peggy Carr
Case 240 - JasonInHell
2023-05-08 16:11:10 +0000 UTC View Post
After grieving father Jean-Marie Villemin takes revenge for his son’s death into his own hands, the investigation into Grégory Villemin’s death takes a series of unexpected turns.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Elsha McGill - research, writing
Milly Raso - creative direction
Mike Migas - production, music
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - music
The extended Villemin family lived in the Vosges region of north-eastern France. From 1981, several members of the family started to receive anonymous, threatening phone calls from a mysterious caller they eventually labelled The Crow.
Young couple Jean-Marie and Christine Villemin lived in the small village of Lépanges with their four year old son Grégory. They became The Crow’s main target. Then on October 16 1984, after several years of harassment, The Crow finally delivered on o...
2023-04-29 07:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post
When married mother of two, Sherri Papini, goes missing near her home in Redding, California, the community is gripped by fear. Suspicion immediately falls on Sherri’s husband, Keith Papini, but an even darker theory emerges - what if Sherri was the victim of a human trafficking ring?
Three weeks later, motorists passing down the Interstate 5 highway noticed something on the side of the road that would change the course of the investigation entirely.
Team:
On April 5 2008, 10-year-old Engla Höglund went missing while cycling home from soccer practice near the small Swedish town of Stjärnsund. As news spread, a witness came forward who had captured Engla in a photograph just moments before she disappeared.
The image not only revealed an instrumental clue but also led to the stunning discovery that whoever had taken Engla Höglund was also responsible for the unsolved murder of 31-year-old Pernilla Hellgren in the Swedish city of Falun ei...
2023-04-22 06:43:22 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreon. We are getting ready to record the next Behind the Files. For this episode the Casefile team will be discussing:
Case 237 - Rena & Danny Paquette
Case 238 - Renae Marsden
Case 239 - Peggy Carr
Case 240 - JasonInHell
If you have any questions about these cases or any other Casefile queries, put them in the comments below.
2023-04-21 11:03:22 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you missed it, we have been selected as a nominee in the 27th Annual Webby Awards, in the Crime & Justice Podcast category. The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
There is only a few hours left to vote and the results have been hidden, so we don't know where we stand currently. Every vote counts! If you haven't voted for us but would like to, you can do so here; 2023-04-21 02:40:04 +0000 UTC View Post
We are excited to have been selected as a nominee in the 27th Annual Webby Awards, in the Crime & Justice Podcast category. The Webby Awards is the leading international award honoring excellence on the Internet.
If you'd like to vote for us, you can do so here; Official listing.
But hur...
2023-04-18 01:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
In May 2021, residents of the affluent Athens suburb of Glyka Nera were left shaken by news of a violent home invasion. Three masked intruders had killed 19-year-old Caroline Crouch as she slept beside her 11-month-old daughter, before ransacking the house.
Caroline’s husband Babis Anagnostopoulos was the only witness, but he’d been bound and blindfolded during the attack. The desperate search for those responsible led investigators down a path no one saw coming.
Team:...
2023-04-15 08:18:44 +0000 UTC View PostWe are thrilled to announce that Casefile Presents: Crime interrupted is returning for a second season. The first series of Crime Interrupted, researched and written by Vikki Petraitis, delved into some of the biggest cases investigated by the Australian Federal Police, Australia’s national law enforcement agency.
Season 2 picks up where season 1 left off, featuring in-depth interviews with the officers who solved some of the AFP’s most challenging cases. Once agai...
2023-04-14 04:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
On April 14 1973, the Kennedy family awoke in their Ipswich, Queensland unit to discover the unthinkable. 16-month-old Deidre Kennedy was missing from her cot, having been abducted by an intruder overnight.
The hunt to find Baby Deidre’s killer rattled even the most seasoned of detectives. What unfolded would become one of the most frustrating cases in Queensland’s legal history, paving the way for changes to the state's double jeopardy laws.
Team:
Anony...
2023-04-08 07:25:27 +0000 UTC View Post
On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 7 1982, residents of the tiny Alaskan fishing village of Craig noticed smoke across the harbour. A fishing vessel was on fire.
It belonged to successful Washington fisherman Mark Coulthurst, who was travelling with his wife Irene, their two children, Kimberley and John, and four teenage deckhands: Dean Moon, Michael Stewart, Jerome Keown and Chris Heyman.
When the flames were extinguished and the boat was boarded, first responders...
2023-04-01 07:11:02 +0000 UTC View Post
During the winter of 1993, the Melbourne suburb of Frankston was terrorised by a vicious serial killer named Paul Denyer. Following his arrest, Denyer was sentenced to life in prison, which was later changed to a 30-year minimum sentence. Three decades later, Denyer has applied for parole.
Casefile previously covered Paul Denyer’s crimes back in 2016 (Case 23). Now, to coincide with Denyer’s bid for parole, Casefile Presents is launching a longform series about the case as a reminde...
2023-03-30 00:08:45 +0000 UTC View Post