In less than a week from today, Snowtown murderer James Vlassakis is expected to be released on parole. To understand why he's been given this opportunity, we go back to 1999 to understand his role in the serial killings.

In this episode, ABC senior reporter James Waklein joins Stephen Stockwell from Adelaide, to describe the day the Snowtown bank vault was opened, and what Vlassakis did after the bodies had been found.

If you have any questions you'd like James and Stocky to answer in future episodes, please email [email protected].

You can read more about the murders and how they’re felt in South Australia now in this article by James Wakelin and Rebecca Brice that was mentioned in this episode.

The Case Of is the follow-up to the hit podcast Mushroom Case Daily, and all episodes of that show will remain available in the back catalogue of The Case Of.