Casefile Revisited
The Frankston Serial Killer
*** Content Warning: serial killer, extreme violence, animal cruelty ***
In early 1993, Frankston resident Donna received a series of unnerving prank calls. Afraid of being home alone, she accompanied her boyfriend during his pizza delivery shift, only to return home to find her worst fears had come true.
Her pet cats had been killed, and written in blood on the lounge room wall were the words: ‘Donna, you’re dead.’ This marked the beginning of a five-month crime spree that terrorised locals and resulted in the murders of three young women – Elizabeth Stevens, Deborah Fream and Natalie Russell.
The perpetrator was dubbed ‘The Frankston Serial Killer’, but who was he, and when would he strike again?
CREDITS
EPISODE
Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Anonymous Host
Additional writing & editing – Erin Munro
MUSIC
‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro – www.dl-sounds.com
Audio production – Mike Migas
Scoring – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer
OTHER
Logo and website design – Paulina Szymanska
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ABOUT CASEFILE REVISITED
Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible.
The Frankston Serial Killer episode was originally released in June 2016.
RESOURCES
BOOKS
The Frankston serial killer – Vikki Petraitis
VIDEOS
Forensic investigators season 1, episode 1 – Paul Denyer
ARCHIVES
The following newspaper articles from ‘The Age’ as found on newspapers.com
– Wednesday, June 16, 1993
– Sunday, July 11, 1993
– Monday, July 12, 1993
– Wednesday, July 14, 1993
– Friday, July 16, 1993
– Sunday, July 18, 1993
– Sunday, August 1, 1993
– Monday, August 2, 1993
– Saturday, December 11, 1993