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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 177: 657 Boulevard
657 Boulevard in the affluent neighbourhood of Westfield, New Jersey immediately caught the attention of Derek and Maria Broaddus. The striking six bedroom, four bathroom Dutch Colonial style home…
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 174: Vicki Arnold & Julie-Anne Leahy
One cold winter night in 1991, best friends Vicki Arnold and Julie-Anne Leahy vanished from their town of Atherton, Queensland. The two women had left for a late-night fishing trip…
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 168: Guðmundur & Geirfinnur Einarsson
In January 1974, 18-year-old Guðmundur Einarsson went missing from Hafnarfjordur, Iceland following a night out with friends…
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 166: The Family
In 1979, young men began to go missing in and around Adelaide. It began with the disappearance of 17-year-old Alan Barnes, then 25-year-old Neil Muir…
Case 165: Nicholas Barclay
In October 1997, the family of Nicholas Barclay received good news. 13-year-old Nicholas had disappeared from his home state of Texas three years earlier…
Case 164: Cindy James
Threatening phone calls, break-ins, slashed pillows, arson attacks, and physical assaults. Cindy James of Vancouver, British Columbia was tormented…
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 163: Joanne Ratcliffe & Kirste Gordon
On August 25 1973, 12,000 South Australian National Football League spectators packed into Adelaide Oval, as the North Adelaide Roosters took on the Norwood Redlegs…
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 160: Beverly McGowan
In late July 1990, siblings Steve and Jane McGowan both received a letter in the mail from their sister, 34-year-old Beverly McGowan…
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 158: Russell Martin
31-year-old Russell ‘Stabba’ Martin was well known around the small town of Stawell in Victoria’s west. A staple of the local pubs…
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 156: Shergar
In Ireland in 1968, a period known as The Troubles began. Years of extreme protesting and violence culminated in low morale…
Case 155: Danniella Vian
It wasn’t unusual for 25-year-old Danniella Vian to lose her phone. So when her mother-in-law Julie received a phone call from…