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Case 355: Anna Lisa Raymundo
When 32-year-old Anna Lisa Raymundo was found murdered inside her Stamford, Connecticut home, investigators were left with a violent crime scene and a mysterious 911 call from an unidentified woman. Despite numerous leads, no clear motive o
Casefile Presents: Ada
In 2011, the body of a woman was discovered in a California vineyard. The scene was utterly surreal. Disturbing, yet eerily clean. It was unlike anything investigators had encountered before. The killer had seemingly gone to extraordinary l
Casefile Extra: Chad Shelton & Duane Johnson
*** Content Warning: Crimes against children, animal cruelty, suicide *** In September 1978, 11-month-old Chad Shelton is admitted to a Nebraska hospital with suspected food poisoning. Doctors are baffled when his symptoms take a terrifying
Casefile Revisited: Mr Cruel
*** Content Warning: Child sexual abuse, child abduction, murder of a child *** In the late 1980s and early 1990s, Melbourne was gripped by fear when a masked assailant began breaking into suburban family homes and abducting young children.
Casefile Extra: Elena Milagro Hoyos
When 20-year-old newlywed Elena Milagro Hoyos was diagnosed with tuberculosis in the spring of 1930, her family took her to the Marine Hospital in Key West, Florida, for treatment. There, they met a German-born scientist named Carl Tanzler,
Case 354: The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings (Part 2/2)
[Part 2 of 2] *** Content warnings: Sexual assault, rape, femicide, child sexual abuse *** For more than a decade, the investigation into the Gilgo Beach serial killings was stalled by corruption and apathy. But in 2022, a new task force wo
Case 354: The Gilgo Beach Serial Killings (Part 1/2)
[Part 1 of 2] *** Content warnings: Sexual assault, rape, femicide *** In the late 2000s, women started going missing after travelling to Long Island, New York. Initially, their disappearances were only noticed by their families, but when a
Case 353: Jaidyn Leskie
*** Content warnings: Crimes against children *** In July 1997, residents of Moe, Victoria were left reeling after their town was put on the map for all the wrong reasons. A 14-month-old boy named Jaidyn Leskie had gone missing under the mo
Case 352: Gregory Smart
New Hampshire couple Pamela and Gregory Smart had only recently married when their lives took a shocking turn. Gregory was murdered in their home in what appeared to be a burglary gone wrong. As Pamela navigated life in the public eye as a
Case 351: Neelma, Kunal & Sidhi Singh
*** Content warnings: Child victim, child sexual assault *** On April 22 2003, Queensland police arrived at a suburban home in Brisbane’s Bridgeman Downs to find a confronting scene. Three siblings, Neelma, Kunal and Sidhi Singh, had been k
Case 350: Alice Sebold & Tony Broadwater
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, racism *** After college student Alice Sebold was violently raped in 1981, a 21-year-old man named Tony Broadwater was promptly arrested and subsequently convicted of the crime. Alice later wrote a powe
Case 349: Michael Wallace & David Castor
In 2000, the Wallace family is shattered when patriarch Michael dies of apparent heart disease. Years later, his widow Stacey remarries David Castor. Tragedy strikes again when David is found dead in a pool of his own vomit, apparently the
Case 348: Toyah Cordingley
*** Content warnings: Violence against women, femicide *** When 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley went missing while walking her dog, her loved ones quickly launched a search at Wangetti Beach near Cairns, where she was last seen. In the early m
Casefile Extra: Maria Cruz
When 35-year-old Maria Cruz failed to show up for work on April 14 2003, her colleagues immediately knew something was wrong. A visit to her Manhattan apartment revealed no signs of a struggle and no indication of where she might have gone.
Casefile Revisited: Pamela Lawrence
When Mosman Park jewellery store owner Pamela Lawrence was late to return home from work on May 23 1994, her husband Peter went to check if everything was okay. There, he found Pamela clinging to life with serious head injuries, which she l
Casefile Extra: Greg Fleniken
When 55-year-old Greg Fleniken was found dead inside his hotel room in Beaumont, Texas, nothing about the scene appeared suspicious. There were no signs of forced entry, no obvious wounds, and no indication of a struggle. At first, it seeme
Case 347: Zahra Baker
*** Content warnings: Child abuse, crimes against children, sexual assault *** When 10-year-old Zahra Baker was reported missing by her father and stepmum in Hickory, North Carolina, one Saturday afternoon in 2010, it sparked the largest mi
Case 346: Megumi Yokota
*** Content warnings: Child abduction *** When 13-year-old Megumi Yokota failed to return home from her regular badminton practice on November 15 1977, her parents immediately raised the alarm. The police in Niigata, Japan, conducted one of
Case 345: The Barking Murders
*** Content warnings: Sexual assault, drug use, suicide, homophobia *** Over a 16-month period between 2014 and 2015, four young men—Anthony Walgate, Gabriel Kovari, Daniel Whitworth and Jack Taylor—each died under unusual circumstances in
Case 344: Amerithrax
In the tense weeks following the September 11 terror attacks in 2001, a new and invisible threat emerged across the United States. Letters laced with weaponised anthrax began arriving through the mail, infecting ordinary people and spreadin
Case 343: John Zera
*** Content warnings: Child victims, sexual assault *** On February 28 1976, the suburban community of Hales Corners, Wisconsin, was rocked when the body of missing schoolboy, 14-year-old John Zera, was discovered in a local park. The teena
Case 342: Julia Wallace
When 52-year-old Julia Wallace was found brutally murdered in her Liverpool home in 1931, no one could have anticipated the complex and challenging investigation that would follow, centring on her husband, William, and a mysterious figure k
Case 341: The Christchurch Civic Creche
*** Content warning: Child sexual abuse *** Late in 1991, a child said something strange to his mother: ‘I don’t like Peter’s black penis.’ Believing this was an indication that her son was being abused by Peter Ellis, a 33-year-old employe
Case 340: Elisabeth Membrey
*** Content warning: Sexual assault *** When 22-year-old aspiring journalist Elisabeth Membrey failed to answer her phone on December 7 1994, her loved ones knew something was wrong. A visit to her Ringwood East unit confirmed their suspici
Casefile Revisited: North Hollywood Shootout
*** Content warnings: Gun violence *** When Larry Phillips Junior and Emil Mătăsăreanu entered the North Hollywood branch of the Bank of America on February 28 1997, no one could have predicted the chaos that was about to ensue. What follow
Casefile Extra: Ben McDaniel
On Friday, August 20 2010, officers from the Holmes County Sheriff's Department were called to Vortex Spring, a commercially operated dive park just outside the Florida town of Ponce de Leon. A 30-year-old scuba diver from Tennessee by the
Casefile Revisited: The Frankston Serial Killer
*** Content warnings: 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 deliver
Case 339: Waco (Part 3/3)
[Part 3 of 3] *** Content warning: Gun violence, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, child abuse *** The standoff between the FBI and the Branch Davidians held firm for more than a month, with David Koresh and his followers refusing to surren
Case 339: Waco (Part 2/3)
[Part 2 of 3] *** Content warning: Gun violence, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, child abuse *** In 1992, a chance discovery by a UPS delivery driver would lead to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives – commonly known a
Case 339: Waco (Part 1/3)
[Part 1 of 3] *** Content warning: Gun violence, sexual abuse, child sexual abuse, child abuse *** In 1981, a 20-year-old named Vernon Howell drove more than two hours from his hometown in east Texas to visit a church near Waco that was hom
