What is the Casefile podcast?
Casefile appeared on the internet without fanfare in January. It was introduced as "Australia's first true crime podcast," although the show includes some cases from overseas. The show's host refers to himself as "anonymous" but tells the audience he isn't a journalist.
What are the best Casefile episodes to listen to?
If you’re looking for a first episode of Casefile to listen to, make it this one — many fans consider the Silk Road series to be the best of the best Casefile episodes, if not one of the best true crime series ever made.
How did Casefile get its start?
The series has been well received, and has won a number of awards since its debut. Casefile first aired on 9 January 2016 and was conceived by an anonymous Australian host who started producing the show in 2015 in his spare room. The host had just had surgery and was listening to a lot of podcasts and true-crime shows (e.g.
What are the best true crime podcasts in Australia?
Casefile is an Australian true crime podcast, so it’s no surprise that they do a particularly good job covering Australian cases.
Who is the producer of Silent Waves?
Who was the couple in the Morris Minor case?
When did the Caffey family house fire?
About this website
Is casefile True Crime good?
Many fans consider Casefile to be one of the best true crime podcasts out there. With extremely well-researched cases and gripping storytelling, it sets a gold standard for the genre.
What is casefile premium?
Casefile True Crime Casefile Presents Fact is scarier than fiction. Subscribe to Casefile Premium to receive ad-free episodes released one week early, along with access to bonus Q&A's, our exclusive show 'Behind the Files', and more. Listen on Apple Podcasts. Requires subscription and macOS 11.4 or higher. JUL 9, 2022.
Where can I listen to Casefile podcast?
casefilepodcast.comGo to casefilepodcast.com to listen to all episodes directly from our website. Look for 'podcast app' in your App Store or Play Store. Once installed, search for Casefile True Crime and click 'subscribe'.
Who narrates casefile?
The narrator of Casefile: True Crime Podcast has remained anonymous. Each story is extensive in contextualising every event and moment in the case, with the victim's side of the story at the front.
Who killed Bob podcast?
Who Killed Bob? focuses on murder, intrigue and injustice following the disappearance of Bob Chappell aboard the yacht 'Four Winds' in Tasmania in 2009. Despite there being no body, no murder weapon and no witnesses, Bob's long-time partner Sue Neill-Fraser was convicted of his murder and imprisoned for 23 years.
What happened to up and vanished?
While season 2 of Up and Vanished went on an unannounced hiatus late 2019, host Payne Lindsey has stated that he's continued to investigate the case and has been documenting the whole time. In 2021, Up and Vanished began a third season dedicated to the disappearance of Ashley Loring HeavyRunner.
Where is Southern fried true crime?
On October 26, 2014, three members of the well-known and well-liked Champion family were found brutally murdered in their Cadiz, Kentucky farmhouse. The murders came as a shock to the small town's residents.
When did morbid podcast start?
May 1, 2018Morbid: A True Crime Podcast is an American true crime anthology podcast hosted by Alaina Urquhart and Ashleigh "Ash" Kelley. Urquhart is an autopsy technician/author and Kelley is a hairdresser. Urquhart is Kelley's aunt, but the two often refer to each other as "sisters". The podcast premiered on May 1, 2018.
Casefile True Crime - Google Podcasts
Fact is scarier than fiction. Subscribe to Casefile Premium to receive ad-free episodes released one week early, along with access to bonus Q&A’s, our exclusive show ‘Behind the Files’, and more.
Production
Casefile first aired on 9 January 2016 and was conceived by an anonymous Australian host who started producing the show in 2015 in his spare room. The host had just had surgery and was listening to a lot of podcasts and true-crime shows (e.g.
Reception
Along with the recent rise in true crime podcasting, as seen in Serial or S-Town, the series has been reviewed positively by several sources:
Awards
Early in the show's history, updates to cases were occasionally aired as breakthroughs or other significant events occurred. However, as the podcast evolved, these began to be placed behind a voluntary subscription paywall.
Case 200: The Zodiac (Part 1)
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…
Case 199: Truro
During the summer of 1976 and 1977, seven young women mysteriously disappeared from the streets of Adelaide. Veronica Knight, Sylvia Pittman, Julie Mykyta, Connie Iordanides, Vicki Howell, Tania Kenny, and Deborah Lamb were all last seen near main roads or waiting at bus stops…
Case 198: Tami Reay
When Kmart employee Tami Reay failed to show up at work in Pierre, South Dakota on the morning of Wednesday, February 8 2006, her co-worker Brian Clark called the police to report her missing…
Case 197: The Austrian Ripper
In 1974, a young woman named Margaret Schafer disappeared from her hometown of Ewersbach, Germany. She was taken to deserted woodlands and strangled to death…
Case 196: Boy A
In March 1997, residents of the city of Kobe, Japan were horrified when dead and mutilated cats began appearing at random along sidewalks…
Case 195: The Costa Mesa Murders
On the evening of May 22 2010, Steve Herr drove over to his son Sam’s apartment in Costa Mesa, California…
Case 194: Lake Bodom
Saturday, June 4 1960 seemed like the beginning of an idyllic summer break for Finnish teenagers, Nils Gustafsson, Seppo Boisman, Maila Irmeli Björklund and Anja Tuulikki Mäki…
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Casefile Reading List?
I recently finished listening to all the episodes just in time for the next release, and I’d love to read what the team read for even deeper dives into some of the cases! Has anyone made a master list of the books used for the cases? I think it would be a nice addition to the sidebar so that it would be in one place since they normally put it in the show notes.
Zodiac Killer
Did anyone else see an episode titled the zodiac killer part 1. Pop up on their feed over the weekend? I swear this showed up and I held off on listening to save it for my commute and now it’s nowhere to be found?
Help finding 2 non-murder related episodes
Howdy, in eagerly awaiting new episodes I was recalling that a few of my favorites were ones that didn't involve murder. I remember the North Hollywood Shootout one, I'm struggling to remember the other 2. One was about a counterfeiter that faked his own death or something along those lines.
Casefile is back!
Just wanted to announce for anyone who maybe hadn’t seen yet. What do we think of doing Zodiac?
Subscription trial issues
I tried the apple podcasts subscription last week and a couple of days ago it ended. now it won’t let me listen to any of the casefile episodes? I unfollowed and followed them again and now can’t see the subscriber episodes but it still won’t let me listen to any episodes. I get a pop up saying to resubscribe to access the content.
Who is the producer of Silent Waves?
When the acclaimed Silent Waves podcast was released on our Casefile Presents network in 2019, I knew that the show’s co-creator and producer Georgina Savage must have another story she needed to tell. That’s when Georgina told me about The Invisible Hand, an ambitious and somewhat dangerous pitch for a podcast.
Who was the couple in the Morris Minor case?
Case 172: Michael Gregsten & Valerie Storie. In August 1961, a couple by the name of Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie were sitting in their Morris Minor car in Dorney Reach, UK, when an intruder forced his way into the back seat brandishing a gun and took them for a drive all over the English countryside...
When did the Caffey family house fire?
On February 29 2008, intruders stormed the Caffey family home in Texas, attacking those sleeping within. After setting the house on fire, the intruders fled, unaware that one family member was still alive...
Why is Casefile so anonymous?
The Casefile host himself provides an air of mystery by remaining anonymous, a choice praised by many listeners because it allows the cases to speak for themselves without banter or editorializing.
What was the case 53?
2) Case 53: The East Area Rapist 1976. The East Area Rapist, the Original Night Stalker, the Golden State Killer — under many names this serial killer terrorized California, committing at least 13 murders, 50 rapes, and 120 burglaries across the state between 1973 and 1986. Many consider him to be the definition of evil, ...
Is Casefile a good podcast?
Many true crime fans consider Casefile to be the gold standard of true crime podcasts, and for good reason. With haunting production and extremely in-depth looks into everything from classic serial killers to Jonestown to the creation of the black market website the Silk Road, Casefile strikes a perfect balance, focusing more on the people involved than the grisly details, but the episodes are still gripping and often disturbing. The Casefile host himself provides an air of mystery by remaining anonymous, a choice praised by many listeners because it allows the cases to speak for themselves without banter or editorializing.
Who is the producer of Silent Waves?
When the acclaimed Silent Waves podcast was released on our Casefile Presents network in 2019, I knew that the show’s co-creator and producer Georgina Savage must have another story she needed to tell. That’s when Georgina told me about The Invisible Hand, an ambitious and somewhat dangerous pitch for a podcast.
Who was the couple in the Morris Minor case?
Case 172: Michael Gregsten & Valerie Storie. In August 1961, a couple by the name of Michael Gregsten and Valerie Storie were sitting in their Morris Minor car in Dorney Reach, UK, when an intruder forced his way into the back seat brandishing a gun and took them for a drive all over the English countryside...
When did the Caffey family house fire?
On February 29 2008, intruders stormed the Caffey family home in Texas, attacking those sleeping within. After setting the house on fire, the intruders fled, unaware that one family member was still alive...
Overview
Production
Casefile first aired on 9 January 2016 and was conceived by an anonymous Australian host who started producing the show in 2015 in his spare room. The host had just had surgery and was listening to a lot of podcasts and true-crime shows (e.g. The Joe Rogan Experience, Hardcore History, Serial, and Making A Murderer) at the time, and felt encouraged by Joe Rogan to make his own based on in-depth research and a storytelling style. According to one source, the host remai…
Reception
Along with the recent rise in true crime podcasting, as seen in Serial or S-Town, the series has been reviewed positively by several sources:
Rolling Stone (22 July 2016):
As Casefile points out in their tagline, fact is scarier than fiction. But what the podcast might really prove is that fact is even scarier when told in a thick Australian accent – especially when accom…
Awards
• Apple Podcasts (Best of 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
• CastAway 2017 Australian Podcast Awards
• Discover Pods award (Most Innovative Podcast 2017)
• Off the Charts 2017
Related podcasts
Early in the show's history, updates to cases were occasionally aired as breakthroughs or other significant events occurred. However, as the podcast evolved, these began to be placed behind a voluntary subscription paywall. In July 2019, it was announced that these updates would now be spun out into an "informal companion" series, From the Files, to be aired monthly in the show's off week. To replace it, a new patron only show called Behind the Files debuted the same month. It …
See also
• Criminal (podcast)
External links
• Official website
• YouTube channel
• The Creator of Casefile Interview
• From the Files website