Up and Vanished

Published on 15 Oct 2016. Oh no! We went there!

The Crime Writers discuss the controversial Netflix doc "Amanda Knox." Why are we still intrigued by the murder case? Does any of the evidence add up? Is the motive believable? Is Knox herself credible? As she says, "Either I am a psychopath in sheep's clothing or I am you."

Rebecca and Kevin welcome back Dr. Elizabeth Yardley to explain why the British have such a different (and more visceral) view of the case than Americans do. Could it be they were each seeing a different case in their papers and on their TV screens?

Bigger question: how bad are the writers going to get trolled on Twitter for their views?

Because it seems some people - not everyone, but some - feel really, really, REALLY strongly about this case and you better agree with them in 140 characters (or the 140 consecutive tweets with which they will flood your feed)!

In Crime of the Week...a SWAT team takes out an 81-year-old woman for growing a single marijuana plant. Good thing she wasn't stealing cable TV...she'd probably be dead.

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Published on 08 May 2017. Richard Nicolas was #accused and #convicted of killing his two-year-old daughter. Who is Richard Nicolas? Find out on this episode... plus Brooke's first visit to prison.

Episode 3 coming on May 15th

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Published on 19 Dec 2014. Rebecca and Kevin invite special guests and fellow crime writers Lara Bricker and Toby Ball to talk about the finale episode of Serial: What We Know. It gets pretty meaty, guys.

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By the way, at the end of the episode, Rebecca references this interview with Sarah Koenig on NPR.

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Who's Who in 'Crime Writers on Serial':

Rebecca Lavoie is a public radio digital director and radio producer and the co-author of three mass-market true crime books. If you’re flipping through the more obscure channels on your cable lineup late at night, you might see Rebecca talking about crime on one of those docu-journalism TV shows…you know, the kind with names like Deadly Women and Deadly Sins. 

Kevin Flynn is Rebecca's real-life partner in crime and her co-author. Kevin was a long time TV reporter before jumping into crime writing with his first book about serial killer Sheila LaBarre, You can also hear Kevin talking about that case on this episode of the excellent crime podcast Criminal. Among the books Kevin and Rebecca have written together is Our Little Secret, which they discuss in the episode about "Rumors."  

Special guest panelists:

Lara Bricker is a long-time reporter, freelance writer and the author of the true crime book Lie After Lie. She has also worked as a private detective and a criminal defense investigator. 

Toby Ball is  the author of Invisible Streets and other works of noir and crime fiction. He also works at the Crimes against Children Research Center at the University of New Hampshire.

Published on 25 Jun 2016. Part 2 of the Frankston serial killer. At the end of part 1 police had found out who owned the suspicious vehicle parked on Skye Road at the time of Natalie Russell's murder. Will it get them anywhere though? Subscribe on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/au/podcast/casefile-true-crime/id998568017?mt=2 A preview video of the upcoming episode is released each week. Check it out on any of our social media accounts; Twitter twitter.com/case_file Facebook www.facebook.com/casefile Youtube www.youtube.com/channel/UCAWUnhRuIasU0hPULIfvwHA or email us [email protected] MUSIC 1. 'Flatline intro' and 'Come play with me' intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com 2. All other music scoring performed by Mike Migas www.upperplanet.com and Andrew Joslyn www.andrewjoslynmusic.com Logo design by Wendel Topper www.wendeltopper.com/ Casefile is part of the Paragon Collective podcast network http://www.theparagoncollective.com RESOURCES (contains spoilers) 1. The Frankston serial killer, book by Vikki Petraitis. https://www.amazon.com.au/Frankston-Serial-Killer-Vikki-Petraitis-ebook/dp/B00QMOMN4O/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1466050482&sr=8-1&keywords=Frankston+serial+killer 2. Forensic investigators season 1, episode 1 – Paul Denyer http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0872045/ 3. The following newspaper articles from ‘The Age’ as found on newspapers.com Wednesday June 16 1993 Sunday July 11 1993 Monday July 12 1993 Wednesday July 14 1993 Friday July 16 1993 Sunday July 18 1993 Sunday August 1 1993 Monday August 2 1993 Saturday December 11 1993