On the afternoon of Friday, June 6 1980, the telephone rang at the southern California home of Jack Martin. A contractor by trade, Jack was at work, so the call was answered by his teenage daughter Bonnie. Not immediately recognising the female voice on the other end of the line, Bonnie asked:
When three friends disappeared or were murdered within a 30-day period in a California town, an investigation began that would ultimately unearth dark secrets and revelations no one was prepared for.
Written and reported by award-winning investigative crime reporter Olivia LaVoice. All 15 e...
2023-11-07 17:35:39 +0000 UTC View Post
In the spring of 2005, two 18-year-olds met in an online chat room and immediately hit it off. Jessi went by the username TalHotBlond, while her new friend Tommy called himself MarineSniper. It wasn’t long before the two had fallen in love and gotten engaged… But less than a year into their r...
2023-11-04 08:35:43 +0000 UTC View Post
This was Patreon Picks #27, released in March 2023. It is not new content, it is the same episode, but as Patreon picks episodes are now going to be released on the main feed months after their initial Patreon release, we had to repost it so that all episodes can keep the same numbering on th...
2023-11-04 08:33:29 +0000 UTC View Post
Dutch national Mark van Dongen met South African Berlinah Wallace in 2010 in Bristol, England. After 5 years together, Mark decided he wanted to end the relationship. He finally broke it off in August 2015 when he met someone new.
When Berlinah Wallace refused to accept Mark’s decision, s...
2023-10-28 06:58:24 +0000 UTC View Post
For Marea Yann, two things mattered most in life - family and community. When the 69-year-old was found violently bludgeoned to death in her Healesville home, the small Victorian town was left shaken. It seemed impossible that anyone would want to hurt this doting grandmother and dedicated volunt...
2023-10-21 08:43:58 +0000 UTC View Post
When 14-year-old Andrew Gosden mysteriously disappeared from his home in the UK suburb of Doncaster, evidence emerged to indicate that he’d left of his own free will. But Andrew was a gifted, intellectual teenager who came from a loving and supportive family - not your typical teenage runaway. ...
2023-10-14 07:54:29 +0000 UTC View Post
In October 2023 Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Elsha and Erin to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 256 - Jill Rosenthal
Case 257 - Joe Gliniewicz
Case 258 - Kay Mortensen 2023-10-08 12:02:50 +0000 UTC View Post
When Brian and Beverly Barry returned from a weekend away to discover their 19-year-old daughter Kim was gone, they initially assumed she was out with friends. Then news broke that a body had been found in some bushland south of their home in Wollongong, New South Wales, and it wasn’t long befo...
2023-10-07 09:26:52 +0000 UTC View Post
This was Patreon Picks #26, released in February 2023. It is not new content, it is the same episode, but as Patreon picks episodes are now going to be released on the main feed months after their initial Patreon release, we had to repost it so that all episodes can keep the same numbering on...
2023-10-07 09:24:14 +0000 UTC View Post
43-year-old Graham Backhouse lived a peaceful life with his wife and children on Widden Hill Farm in Horton, England. But in 1984, a campaign of harassment directed at Graham left him fearing for his safety.
When his wife Margaret Backhouse becomes the victim of a targeted attack, investiga...
2023-09-30 08:16:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patrons,
We're preparing to record the latest episode of Behind the Files where we will be discussing the following episodes:
256 - Jill Rosenthal
257 - Joe Gliniewicz
258 - Kay Mortensen
259 - Jamie Lavis
...
2023-09-24 23:59:57 +0000 UTC View Post
When nine-year-old Debra May Helmick was abducted from the front of her family’s trailer in Richland County, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns that her kidnapping could be linked to the recent murder of Lexington teenager, Shari Smith. Those fears were confirmed when Shari’s siste...
2023-09-22 20:20:09 +0000 UTC View Post
When 17-year-old Shari Smith disappeared from the end of her family's driveway in Lexington, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns for her wellbeing. Shari had a rare medical condition that could turn fatal without her medication.
But any concerns that Shari’s illness could have c...
2023-09-16 07:55:16 +0000 UTC View Post
The Director of Nursing at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan was thrilled when Catherine Wood and Gwen Graham joined their team of nursing aides in the mid 1980s. They were hard working, enthusiastic and well-liked. But soon after they started, some residents of Alpine Manor...
2023-09-09 07:36:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This was Patreon Picks #25, released in December 2022. It is not new content, it is the same episode, but as Patreon picks episodes are now going to be released on the main feed months after their initial Patreon release, we had to repost it so that all episodes can keep the same numbering on...
2023-09-09 07:34:34 +0000 UTC View Post
In the late 1970s, young girls along the Andes mountain range in Ecuador began to disappear. By 1980, the number of missing girls had reached national crisis proportions. Police feared the girls had been abducted by international child traffickers and sold into domestic and sexual slavery. That w...
2023-09-02 08:57:38 +0000 UTC View Post
In September 2023 Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Elsha, Holly and Milly to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 252 - Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis & Nicole Patterson
Case 253 - Aarushi Talwar & He...
2023-09-01 16:41:27 +0000 UTC View Post
On November 16 2009, a 911 call was placed to the Utah County Sheriff’s Department by 34-year-old Pamela Mortensen. According to Pamela, her father-in-law Kay Mortensen was brutally murdered in his own home, and the perpetrators were two burglars who had also taken Pamela and her husband Roger ...
2023-08-26 07:58:12 +0000 UTC View Post
We are thrilled to announce Casefile Presents: Criminal Conversations with true crime mavens Vikki Petraitis and Emily Webb. Two of Australia’s most respected True Crime authorities, top-char...
2023-08-22 05:01:17 +0000 UTC View Post
After a routine check on suspicious activity turns to tragedy for Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz, Fox Lake locals struggle to come to grips with the loss of their hero cop.
A statewide manhunt ensues, but when the perpetrators aren’t immediately apprehended, the question ...
2023-08-19 10:44:05 +0000 UTC View Post
On April 27 1964, young mother Dora Fronczak was in her hospital bed feeding her one-day-old son, Paul, when a nurse entered the room and said she had to take Paul back to the nursery. Dora handed her baby over and the nurse hurried out of the room.
Still carrying baby Paul, the nurse...
2023-08-19 07:41:49 +0000 UTC View Post
In August 2023 Behind the Files and the Q&A, the Anonymous Host is joined by Elsha, Erin and Milly to answer your questions and discuss the making of:
Case 248 - Abraham Shakespeare
Case 249 - Lorraine Wilson & Wendy Evans
Case 2...
2023-08-12 12:56:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone. The team will be recording the next instalment of BTF and the general Q&A tomorrow. So not long left to get your questions in. Just a reminder the cases covered on this episode will be;
252: Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis & Nicole Patterson
253: Aarushi Talwa...
2023-08-07 23:15:32 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreon, this is a call out for questions for the next BTF and Q&A. This new episode will cover Cases;
252: Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis & Nicole Patterson
253: Aarushi Talwar & Hemraj Banjade
254: Winsie Hau
255: Rudolf Rupp
(The episode coveri...
2023-08-03 06:53:47 +0000 UTC View PostThere has been an incredible response listener wise so far to Dragonfly. Thanks to everyone who has listened. As with most podcasts we have released, the reviews we receive make up a tiny percentage of overall listeners. If you have listened to the series and liked it, could you please leave it a...
2023-07-26 00:13:37 +0000 UTC View PostHello all, the team is getting ready to record the next ep of Behind the Files and the general Q&A. The episodes that will be discussed on BTF are;
Case 248 Abraham Shakespeare
Case 249 Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans
Case 250 Amy Boyer
Case 251 The Caldwell Farmhouse ...
2023-07-18 04:18:58 +0000 UTC View PostHello Patreon supporters. This is a quick message to let you know that Case 255: Rudolph Rupp was our last episode before we take a month-long, mid-year break. We will be back with new episodes on August 19.
If you need something to listen to while we’re away, check out the Casefile Prese...
2023-07-10 05:05:26 +0000 UTC View Post
When 52-year-old German farmer Rudolf Rupp failed to return home from a night out drinking in the town of Neuburg an der Donau, several questions were raised. Had Rudolf accidentally driven into the nearby Donau River?
Had he taken his own life? Or was he the victim of something more ...
2023-07-08 08:31:33 +0000 UTC View Post
This was Patreon Picks #24, released in November 2022. It is not new content, it is the same episode, but as Patreon picks episodes are now going to be released on the main feed months after their initial Patreon release, we had to repost it so that all episodes can keep the same numbering on...
2023-07-08 08:29:19 +0000 UTC View Post