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The details of this case are extremely difficult to hear. Extreme child abuse and child murder are involved. This episode won't be for everybody. There is far more courtroom audio than narration. It is a one-off for this episode. It is not something that will be a regular feature in the future. The courtroom confession is detailed and horrific. Listener discretion is advised.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-20-stoni-blair-and-stephen-berry Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Living in Australia, I had heard of the Snowtown case. I knew it as the bodies in the barrels case. But that’s all I knew. I had no idea about the who, the what, the why, or the when.So I didn’t know it was the worst case of serial killing in Australia’s history, involving torture and dismemberment. None of the murder victims are children. However, child sexual abuse is prominent throughout.It is a deeply disturbing, depraved case. I didn’t know any of that when I started looking into Snowtown, but now you do, and you can make an informed decision if you want to listen or not.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-19-snowtown Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 28th of February 1997 Los Angeles police officers, Perello and Farrell were on routine patrol driving along Laurel Canyon Blvd, North Hollywood.As they were driving past the Bank of America they saw two large figures enter the bank. Both were dressed in black, both were wearing ski masks and both were carrying automatic rifles. What followed, was 44 minutes of mayhem…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-18-the-north-hollywood-shootout Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 17th of May 2008, two motorway patrol officers attended to a call that a pedestrian had been hit by a vehicle on the M6 motorway, near the city Stoke-on-Trent, in England.Expecting the worst, the two officers were surprised when they arrived to see two pedestrians standing calmly and uninjured on the shoulder of the motorway. It didn’t look like much was going on at all…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-17-the-eriksson-twins Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris and Cru Kahui were twins, aged just three months old when they died in hospital, both suffering from traumatic brain injury. Their death was the result o a severe impact, either from direct blows or being hit, thrown or slammed against a hard surface.Violent shaking was another possible cause, and couldn’t be ruled out. What was clear was that the twins' injuries weren’t accidental…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-16-chris-and-cru-kahui Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the early 80’s a series of attacks occurred in the twin city area of Minnesota, USA. The victims were all women. Police struggled in the initial part of the investigation. There was no physical evidence, and there were no witnesses.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-15-the-weepy-voiced-killer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 23rd of July 2008 young mother, Helen Munnings disappeared from the port city of Burnie, on the North West Coast of Tasmania, Australia.She was last seen by the father of her child Adam Taylor, who picked her up for a drive that afternoon. His actions later that night were described as “interesting”. Extensive searches have been conducted, but no trace of Helen has ever been found…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-14-helen-munnings Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the 1980's in Sydney Australia, Justice David Opas was shot dead outside his home and bombs were exploded at the homes of Justice Richard Gee and Justice Ray Watson. All three were Family Law Court judges.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-13-the-family-court-murders Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The crime scene was described as looking more like the set of a horror movie, than real life. It is one of the most horrific crimes ever committed.Not only did it shock the small town of Aberdeen in country NSW, where the crime occurred, it shocked the entire nation of Australia and parts of the world. What could possibly drive somebody to do this? A psychiatric illness? Or premeditated, pre-planned, pure evil?For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-12-katherine-knight Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

First came the seizures and sleep paralysis. Then came the hallucinations and violent behaviour.Anneliese Michel made endless visits to doctor’s and specialists only to be either referred to another doctor or placed on medication that wasn’t helping her. Her condition became so bad that at times she started to growl and speak in a horrific deep voice…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-11-anneliese-michel Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 7th of May 2005 was a typical run of the mill day for Shirley Withers. She worked the full day in her Melbourne fashion boutique and once the shop had closed, she bought a take-out meal and headed to the North Caufield mansion of her millionaire boyfriend Peter Shellard…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-10-peter-shellard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 4th of August 2002, best friends Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman disappeared from the small town of Sohom in England.One of England’s biggest ever manhunts followed. The media became critical of the lack of progress police were making on the case….but they did have a suspect.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-08-holly-wells-and-jessica-chapman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 4th of March 2008, Julian Buchwald and his girlfriend Carolynne Watson went for a romantic picnic lunch in country Victoria. They didn't return home.It wasn't long before a terrifying, threatening note was located. Was this really the work of a satanic cult? Or was there something even more sinister going on…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-07-julian-buchwald-and-carolynne-watson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"You won't believe it, but it was like, satan saying to me that it's the right thing to do."In the early hours of the 18th of November 2011 a fire was deliberately lit at the Quakers Hill Nursing Home. The nursing home housed 89 residents, a lot of whom were highly dependent patients who were immobile, suffering dementia and Alzheimer's disease.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-06-roger-dean Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On Tuesday the 2nd of November 1999 Donna Wheeler was found murdered in her home in Berala, Western Sydney. There were several suspects.Was it her ex-husband John who found her body and called the police? Was it her violent ex-boyfriend Keith who was recently arrested for assaulting Donna. Keith wasn't happy that Donna was spending a lot of time with his brother Colin since they separated…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-05-donna-wheeler Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 18th of April 1943, four boys discovered a skeleton buried in the hollow of a wych-elm tree in Hagley Woods, England.Police immediately got to work on identifying the remains and trying to determine the cause of death, however, the investigation hit a wall…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-04-who-put-bella-in-the-witch-elm Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 29th of January 1999, best friends Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman had a sleepover at Ashley’s house to celebrate her 16th birthday.Ashley’s parents Danny and Kathy Freeman were also home. It was a quiet uneventful evening, nothing seemed out of the ordinary until 6 am the next morning when a neighbour reported the Freeman house was on fire.For all credits and sources please visit http://casefilepodcast.com/case-03-lauria-bible-and-ashley-freeman Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the first of December 1948, a body of a man was located along the seawall of Somerton Beach, just near Adelaide in South Australia.At first, the police thought it was going to be a straightforward matter, but as the weeks and months went on, it became apparent that this case was anything but straightforward… To this day we don’t know who he is, we don’t know where he came from and we don’t know how he died.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-02-the-somerton-man Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On the 11th of January 1965, two fifteen-year-old schoolgirls Christine Sharrock and Marianne Schmidt were found murdered in the Wanda sand hills, just north of Cronulla Beach in Sydney's south.The crime remains one of the most horrific Australia has ever seen. Despite an exhaustive police investigation, the killer remains unknown…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-1-the-wanda-beach-murders Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.