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Fact is scarier than fiction. Casefile, a new true crime podcast. Each episode explores a new case. We cover the shocking, the terrifying, the strange, and the unsolved.

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Case 128: Joan Vollmer

10.18.2019

On Sunday, January 10 1993, 54-year-old pig farmer Ralph Vollmer and his 49-year-old wife Joan returned home from a week-long interstate trip... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Erin Munro Creative Director: Milly Raso ...

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10.18.2019 Case 128: Joan Vollmer On Sunday, January 10 1993, 54-year-old pig farmer Ralph Vollmer and his 49-year-old wife Joan returned home from a week-long interstate trip... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Erin Munro Creative Director: Milly Raso ...
10.12.2019 Case 127: Killer Petey Pedro Rodrigues Filho, or Pedrinho as he came to be called, was born on June 17 1954. He had a misshapen skull due to a deliberate kick his mother, Manuela, had received to her pregnant belly from her husband, Pedro ...
10.05.2019 Case 126: Johnny Altinger On the night of Friday, October 3 2008, a Canadian couple, Trevor and Marisa, were out walking their dog in the quiet, suburban district of Mill Woods in Edmonton’s south, when a young, dark-haired man suddenly staggered into their path ...
09.21.2019 Case 125: The Angels of Wynarka & Belanglo The Karoonda Highway is a 172-kilometre long roadway that connects the South Australian riverside township of Murray Bridge with Loxton further north... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Alyssa Fletcher, Elsha McGill and Milly ...
09.14.2019 Case 124: Hinterkaifeck At 9:00 am on Tuesday, April 4, a mechanic arrived for a scheduled appointment to repair a diesel engine. His knocks to the front door went unanswered and there was no smoke coming from the chimney... Episode narrated by the ...
09.07.2019 Case 123: Mark Kilroy 21-year-old University of Texas student Mark Kilroy was excited about Spring Break. 1989 had been a busy year for the pre-med student and he was looking forward to some downtime before taking his upcoming Medical College Admission Test... Episode narrated ...
08.24.2019 Case 122: Leeann Lapham Casefile would like to thank The Queensland Police Homicide Investigation Unit, The White Ribbon Foundation, and the family of Leeann Lapham for their assistance and support in creating this episode and highlighting the issues raised... Episode researched by Anonymous Host ...
08.17.2019 Case 121: The Freeway Phantom Inside the pocket of her coat was a piece of white notebook paper with a handwritten message that read: “This is tantamount to my insensitivity to people, especially women. I will admit the others when you catch me if you ...
08.10.2019 Case 120: Bill McGuire It was a dark green suitcase. Given its proximity to the bridge, the men assumed it must have blown off the luggage rack of a vehicle driving above and hauled it onboard... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode ...
07.27.2019 Case 119: Abigail Williams and Liberty German On Sunday, February 12, Abigail Williams and Liberty German spent the afternoon practicing their swing in preparation for the upcoming softball season... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by Erin Munro and Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode written ...
07.21.2019 Case 118: The Chicago Tylenol Murders Back at Northwest Community Hospital, Doctor Thomas Kim was getting ready to leave work for the day when a nurse informed him that the Janus family were being brought back in... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched ...
07.12.2019 Case 117: Hannah Foster At 11:00 pm on Friday, March 14 2003, a call was placed to the United Kingdom’s emergency services telephone number, 999. As per standard procedure, the operator answered by requesting which emergency service department the caller required – fire, police, ...
06.29.2019 Case 116: Chloe Ayling In 1987, London-based lawyer and part-time DJ, Phil Green, cemented a new career endeavour by founding his own modelling agency, aptly titled ‘Supermodel Agency’... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Researched and written by Eileen Ormsby This episode's sponsors: ...
06.22.2019 Case 115: Operation Cathedral Schoolgirls Allison and Mary had been best friends for years, spending most of their time together at school, soccer practice, and sleepovers... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Researched and written by Milly Raso (https://www.millylouiseraso.com/) Edited by Elsha McGill ...
06.15.2019 Case 114: Elisa Claps & Heather Barnett On September 12 1993, the Claps family were preparing for a relaxing Sunday ahead. It was a sunny day in their hometown of Potenza, a mountain city in the Basilicata Region of Southern Italy... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host ...
06.01.2019 Case 113: Brendan Bernard At around midday on Thursday, February 5 2015, two walkers were strolling along the eastern banks of the Maribyrnong River in Moonee Ponds, a suburb 6 kilometres out of Melbourne... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Researched and written ...
05.25.2019 Case 112: Rachel Barber When the class finished for the day at around 5:35 pm, Rachel Barber left the Dance Factory with several other classmates and walked along Church Street towards her tram home on Bridge Road... Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host (https://twitter.com/casefilehost) ...
05.18.2019 Case 111: Shauna Howe At the time of Lucy’s call, Oil City police were in the midst of investigating an odd occurrence that had been reported earlier that night... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Eileen Ormsby, author of ...
05.03.2019 Case 110: Muriel McKay During the 1950s and ’60s, Australian reporter and journalist Rupert Murdoch became the senior executive of his own private news proprietor company... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by [Milly Raso](https://www.millylouiseraso.com/) This episode's sponsors [](https://simplisafe.com/casefile) [SimpliSafe](https://simplisafe.com/casefile) ...
04.20.2019 Case 109: Belanglo (Part 5) [Part 5 of 5] Accused serial killer, 51-year-old Ivan Milat sat motionless before the court dressed in a navy suit, white shirt and grey checkered tie... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode written ...
04.13.2019 Case 109: Belanglo (Part 4) [Part 4 of 5] Officers covering the inner perimeter of the premises radioed through to the command post advising they could hear movement inside the garage... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode written ...
04.06.2019 Case 109: Belanglo (Part 3) [Part 3 of 5] 23-year-old Paul Onions arrived in Australia from his hometown of Birmingham, England on December 22 1989\. He spent the first six weeks of his trip… Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by the [Anonymous ...
03.30.2019 Case 109: Belanglo (Part 2) [Part 2 of 5] On September 20 1992, New South Wales police officers gathered under the eucalyptus trees in the rugged depths of Belanglo State Forest... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode written ...
03.23.2019 Case 109: Belanglo (Part 1) [Part 1 of 5] The Hume Freeway is one of the busiest interstate routes in Australia, linking the countries two most populous cities, Sydney and Melbourne... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode written ...
03.02.2019 Case 108: The Kicevo Monster The Macedonian city of Kicevo is situated within the slopes of Bistra Mountain... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by [Mike Migas](http://mikemigas.com/) and Paulina Szymanska Episode written by Elsha McGill This episode's sponsors [ZipRecruiter](http://ziprecruiter.com/casefile) – Post your jobs ...
02.23.2019 Case 107: Lucie Blackman & Carita Ridgway In early 2000, 21-year-old Lucie Blackman and her long-time best friend Louise Phillips devised a plan to spend a few months living and working in Japan... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Catherine Seccombe Episode ...
02.09.2019 Case 106: Peter Nielsen (Part 2) [Part 2 of 2] The half-empty arrival lounge began to fill with people. Reporters and news crews quickly gathered around the information desk, pointing cameras, microphones, and voice recorders at airport staff, bombarding them with a flurry of questions... Episode ...
02.02.2019 Case 106: Peter Nielsen (Part 1) [Part 1 of 2] As night fell on July 1 2002, Owingen’s quiet streets were disrupted by a deep rumbling from above, prompting locals to assume an unforecast storm was fast approaching... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched ...
01.27.2019 Case 28: Lindsay Buziak \| Update This is an update on the Lindsay Buziak case in Case 28. For all credits and sources please visit [casefilepodcast.com/case-28-lindsay-buziak](https://casefilepodcast.com/case-28-lindsay-buziak/)
01.26.2019 Case 105: Louise Bell During recess and lunchtime at Hackham West Primary School in 1982, teachers patrolled the schoolyard to oversee the young children as they ran around and played together between lessons. Yet, there was often one student separated from the others, preferring ...
12.28.2018 Q&A with Anonymous Host Hi, everyone! Case 104: Mark & John was our last case this year. The next episode will be out on the 26th of January 2019; however, we have a surprise for you – a bonus Q&A episode with the host... ...
12.22.2018 Case 104: Mark and John First responders rushed into the alley after receiving reports of a stabbing. Towards the dead-end of the narrow passageway, they found a teenage boy... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Eileen Ormsby, author of [‘The ...
12.15.2018 Case 103: The Gonzales Family In mid-2004, Australian real estate group LJ Hooker posted a for sale sign on the front lawn of a vacant address in North Ryde, a cosmopolitan suburb in north-western Sydney... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written ...
12.01.2018 Case 102: Britt Lapthorne As her twenty-first birthday approached in 2008, Britt Kathryn May Lapthorne asked her parents for just one present – the biggest travel backpack she could carry... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by [Milly Raso](https://www.millylouiseraso.com/) and ...
11.24.2018 Case 101: Sian Kingi As the midweek workday was wrapping up on Wednesday, November 11 1987, staff were closing stores and filtering out of offices throughout Ipswich… Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Eileen Ormsby, author of [‘The Darkest ...
11.17.2018 Case 100: The Beaumont Children The Beaumont’s were the quintessential Aussie family. By 1966, 41-year-old Jim Beaumont had traded driving taxis for a new career in sales... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Elsha McGill Additional editing by [Milly Raso](https://millylouiseraso.com/) ...
11.10.2018 Case 99: Becky Watts Major violent crimes are rare in Bristol, providing residents with the peace of mind that their community is safe and protected... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by [Victoria Dieffenbacher](https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~013986bfff9e380bbd/) Additional editing by [Milly Raso](https://millylouiseraso.com/) and ...
10.27.2018 Case 98: The Pillow Pyro California is ranked as the US state most prone to wildfire, with over two million households at extreme risk at any time. The state has seen some of the most devastating fires in American history... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous ...
10.20.2018 Case 97: Rebecca Schaeffer In 1986, young actress Rebecca Schaeffer landed her dream job. Beating out thousands of Hollywood hopefuls, Rebecca was offered the second lead in a new Hollywood sitcom... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by [Eileen Ormsby](https://www.amazon.com.au/Darkest-Web-destroyed-inside-internets-ebook/dp/B077MDQQ32) ...
10.05.2018 Case 96: The Toy Box (Part 3) [Part 3 of 3] The final part of the Toy Box series… __ [Items and Artifacts in David Parker Ray Case](https://www.fbi.gov/contact-us/field-offices/albuquerque/items-david-parker-ray) __ Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by [Victoria Dieffenbacher](https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~013986bfff9e380bbd/) Additional editing by [Milly Raso](https://millylouiseraso.com/) ...
09.29.2018 Case 96: The Toy Box (Part 2) [Part 2 of 3] Part two of the three-part Toy Box series… Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by [Victoria Dieffenbacher](https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~013986bfff9e380bbd/) Additional editing by [Milly Raso](https://millylouiseraso.com/) and Elsha McGill This episode's sponsors: [Calm](http://calm.com/casefile) – Get 25% ...
09.22.2018 Case 96: The Toy Box (Part 1) [Part 1 of 3] It was 3:22 pm on March 22 1999, when Sierra County’s 9-1-1 Emergency Central Dispatch received a call from a local residential number... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by [Victoria Dieffenbacher](https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~013986bfff9e380bbd/) ...
09.08.2018 Case 95: The Vampire of Krakow Tales of vampires have been found in nearly every culture around the world, dating back centuries. In 17th and 18th century Poland, belief in such legends was rife... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched by Paulina Szymanska and ...
09.01.2018 Case 94: Millie & Trevor Horn, Janice Saunders Vivian drove to her sister Millie’s house on the leafy, suburban North Gate Drive in Silver Spring, Maryland... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Eileen Ormsby This episode's sponsors: [CBS One Dollar](https://www.cbs.com/casefile) – A new ...
08.25.2018 Case 93: Susan Snow and Bruce Nickell At 6:43 am, an emergency call came through to 9-1-1. Hayley Snow struggled to get the words out: “I think my mother fell while I was in the shower... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by ...
08.11.2018 Case 92: Dnepropetrovsk Maniacs In December 2008, veteran journalist Caitlin Moran was surfing the web when she came across a link on a chat board. The link was accompanied with the message: ‘See if you can keep your breakfast down after watching this! I ...
08.04.2018 Case 91: Carly Ryan This is a fable about trust, love, and independence. The story features three characters: a mother, her daughter, and the daughter’s suitor... ________ We would like to add a special thanks credit for Karina Natt and [The Carly Ryan Foundation](http://www.carlyryanfoundation.com/) ...
07.28.2018 Case 90: Hoddle Street He was always saying he wished a war would start in Australia. Well, he started his own war. The thing is, he fought a coward’s war, didn’t he? Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host Episode researched and written by Elsha ...
07.14.2018 Case 89: Ella Tundra On October 3 2014, Paige Rolland was working her regular shift at Asda supermarket, in Glenrothes, Scotland. She was in the breakfast aisle... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode researched and written by Eileen Ormsby, author of [‘The Darkest ...
07.07.2018 Case 88: Stephen Hilder Accidents are to be expected in skydiving. It is, after all, an extreme sport. Over 99% of people who jump out of an aeroplane will do it just once, attached to an instructor... Episode narrated by the [Anonymous Host](https://twitter.com/casefilehost) Episode ...

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