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327: Case 280: The Stockton Arsonist
*** Content warnings: Animal cruelty *** 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 disco
Case 279: Zebb Quinn
In early January 2000, residents of Asheville, North Carolina were told to be on the lookout for 18-year-old Zebb Quinn after he failed to return home after finishing his shift at Wal-Mart. A co-worker of Zebb’s, Robert Jason Owens, claimed that Zebb had
Case 278: Alma Tirtschke (Part 2)
*** Content warnings: Child victim, sexual assault ***[Part 2 of 2]Colin Ross maintained his innocence for the murder of Alma Tirtschke right up until his execution. Could he have been telling the truth?---Narration Anonymous HostResearch &
324: Case 278: Alma Tirtschke (Part 1)
*** Content warnings: Child victim, sexual assault ***[Part 1 of 2]When 12-year-old Alma Tirtschke failed to return home after running an errand for her family, they were immediately concerned. Alma was a dutiful child who did what she was told and re
Case 277: Linda Slaten
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, domestic violence ***Jeff and Tim Slaten woke on the morning of Friday, September 4 1981, to find their home teeming with police. Their mother, Linda, had been raped and murdered during the night. Neither brother h
Case 276: Claire Acocks & Margaret Penny
May 3 1991, was a typical Friday for 58-year-old Margaret Penny. In the afternoon, she visited the Old London Coiffure in the heart of Portland, Victoria, for her weekly hair appointment with 49-year-old Claire Acocks. But when the two women are found sta
Case 275: Michelle Hadley
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking ***When Angela Connell met Ian Diaz, the pair began a whirlwind romance that quickly led to marriage and a growing family. But their newfound happiness was soon disturbed by a cyberstalki
Case 274: Benjamin Amato
*** Content warning: Child victim ***On November 16 2001, two state troopers from the Pennsylvania State Police arrived to conduct a welfare check at the Poconos Mountains home of 52-year-old Benjamin Amato. Friends and neighbours had reported their con
Case 273: The Beast of Mława
*** Content warning: Child victims, serial rapist, stalking ***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 hom
Casefile Presents: The Easey Street Murders
47 years ago, on a warm summers night in Melbourne, Susan Bartlett and Suzanne Armstrong were stabbed to death in their home in Easey Street, Collingwood. Suzannes 16 month-old son was asleep in his cot at the time.The double homicide left the communi