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Case 182: Freda Burnell & Florence Little
On February 5 1921, eight-year-old Freda Burnell went missing in the small coal mining town of Abertillery, Wales…
Case 181: The Vampire of Nuremberg
During the early ’70s, cemeteries and mortuaries throughout Germany were targeted by a particularly disturbing grave robber…
Case 180: Bill Payne & Billie-Jean Hayworth
When Bill Payne met Billie-Jean Hayworth, his life changed for the better. He drank less, quit partying, and had eyes only for her. When Billie-Jean discovered she was pregnant, Bill was overjoyed…
Case 179: Christie Marceau
On the morning of September 6 2011, Auckland teenager Christie Marceau was woken by a troubling phone call. On the other line was an acquaintance…
Case 178: The Woman Without a Face
Between 1993 and 2009, over 40 crime scenes across Germany, Austria, and France were linked by DNA from one offender. It belonged to a woman of eastern European descent…
Case 176: Yingying Zhang
On June 9 2017, Yingying Zhang vanished on her way to an appointment in Urbana, Illinois. The Chinese visiting scholar missed…
Case 175: Gail & Rick Brink
When newlyweds Gail and Rick Brink failed to show up to their respective jobs on the morning of November 23 1987, the alarm was immediately raised…
Case 173: Rocio Wanninkhof & Sonia Carabantes
When 19-year-old Rocio Wanninkhof failed to return home after a night out with friends, her mother Alicia was immediately worried…
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…
Case 171: The Gladbeck Hostage Crisis
Unlike most Casefile episodes, which cover events that span years or even decades, the Gladbeck Hostage Crisis focuses on a 54-hour time period…
Case 170: The Caffey Family
On February 29 2008, intruders stormed the Caffey family home in Texas, attacking those sleeping within. After setting the house on fire…
Case 169: Corinna Mullen
On October 2 1987, a council employee in Central City, Kentucky reported finding an abandoned, blood-smeared Pontiac outside his workplace…
Case 167: Jai, Tyler & Bailey Farquharson
In Australia, Father’s Day falls on the first Sunday of September and is typically a time for families to gather together and celebrate…
Case 53: The Golden State Killer (Part 6)
This is the final installment in a Casefile series that was first released in 2017. It covers recent developments in the case and mentions…
Case 162: Lawrence Haggart
In the early hours of Saturday March 16 1996, John Haggart awoke to the acrid odour of something burning. Heavy curtains of smoke were…
Case 161: The Yosemite Sightseer Murders (Part 2)
After the decapitated body of 26-year-old naturalist Joie Armstrong is found in Yosemite’s Foresta region, investigators are quick to…
Case 161: The Yosemite Sightseer Murders (Part 1)
Carole Sund and her teenage daughter Juli were excited to take their family friend and Argentinian exchange student…
Case 159: James Craig Anderson
When 47-year-old Mississippi resident James Craig Anderson realised he’d locked his keys in his car in the early morning hours of Sunday…
Case 157: The Strip Search Scam
The evening of April 9, 2004, started as a regular, uneventful shift for employees at a McDonald’s restaurant in Mount Washington, Kentucky…
Case 154: Steven Stayner
When seven-year-old Steven Stayner fails to return home from school on December 4 1972, life changes irrevocably…
Case 153: Anni Hindocha
Newlyweds Anni Hindocha and Shrien Dewani were looking forward to celebrating their honeymoon in South Africa…
Case 151: Dan O’Connell & James Ellison
Residents of Hudson, Wisconsin are left rattled when funeral director Dan O’Connell and his trainee James Ellison are found shot…
Case 150: The Murchison Murders
After the Western Australian gold rush of the late 1800s, there was little work available in the isolated Murchison region…
Case 149: Anan Liu
On the morning of September 15 2007, an elderly couple were walking through Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station when they noticed…
Case 147: Julie Dart & Stephanie Slater
On July 10 1991, 18-year-old Julie Dart disappeared after a night out in Leeds. Two days later, her boyfriend Dominic Murray…
Case 145: Michael Dippolito
On the morning of August 5 2009, 26-year-old Dalia Dippolito was working out when she received a voicemail from a detective…
Case 144: The Muswell Hill Murderer (Part 3)
As Dennis Nilsen prepares to face trial and the true extent of his murder spree begins to emerge, so many questions…
Case 144: The Muswell Hill Murderer (Part 2)
By the time Dennis Nilsen moved out of his flat at 195 Melrose Avenue in Cricklewood, he had already taken the lives of twelve victims…
Case 144: The Muswell Hill Murderer (Part 1)
When speciality plumbers arrived to inspect the drains at a property in the north London suburb of Muswell Hill…
Case 143: Leigh Leigh
Teenagers in the New South Wales town of Stockton Beach were excited as they gathered at the North Stockton Surf Club to celebrate the sixteenth birthday…