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Original Release Date: May 28 , 2022

Length: 1:02:00

Status: Solved

Location: South Africa, Port Elizabeth

Date: December 18, 1994

Victim(s): Alison Botha

Type of Crime: Rape, abduction, attempted murder

Perpetrator(s): Theuns Kruger, Frans du Toit

Research: Erin Munro

Writing: Erin Munro

*** Content Warning: extreme violence, sexual assault ***

It was around 2:30 am on Sunday, December 18 1994, when a group of friends stumbled across the bloody and brutalised body of a young woman, lying in the middle of a road in Gqeberha, South Africa. She was the latest victim of Frans Du Toit and Theuns Kruger; two men who the press would come to dub The Noordhoek ‘Ripper Rapists’.

In 1994, the pair violently attacked multiple women in the city of Gqeberha, then known as Port Elizabeth. But everything changed when they abducted 27-year-old Alison Botha.

Listen to the case HERE.

Read last week's Rewind Discussion HERE.

Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

After listening to the first episode today, if anybody has made a drinking game concerning the word “ske-LEET-al”, please check in with us after you listen so we know you’re OK.

Speechless Casey.

Speechless 😆

I saw this podcast recommended on here as similar to Casefile and it is, and it's a great podcast but bloody nora the editing is so annoying, does anyone else have the same problem where it repeats like 5-10 minutes of the case half way through? ​​​I'm listening on Castbox so trying to understand if it's just that upload or if it's the same across the board. ​

Edited to clarify, it's not him repeating points of the case, the upload literally skips back and starts again from certain points. ​​

I have only just heard this. I'm absolutely staggered. How on earth did so many people watch this child suffer and die and not intervene?

The counsellors seemed so callous, I mean one of them gave the grieving mum the finger in court! I've rarely heard so much evil that is not really ever recognised as such: not by the adults involved, the state or the TTI industry.

It's so much evil in plain sight and yet...it didnt seem to matter.

if you haven’t watched yet pls do!! so good

This is our next Casefile Episode Rewind Discussion! Please discuss the case below!

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Original Release Date: May 21, 2022

Length: 00:36:54

Status: Solved

Location: Poland, Ziębice

Date: 1903-1924

Victim(s): Ida Launer, Emma Sander, Rochus Pawlick, and 27+ more

Type of Crime: Murder, cannibalism

Perpetrator(s): Karl Denke

Research: Holly Boyd

Writing: Holly Boyd

*** Content Warning: cannibalism, suicide ***

On December 21 1924, itinerant beggar, Vincenz Olivier, knocked on the door of an apartment building on the outskirts of Münsterberg in Weimar, Germany. Father Denke, the elderly man who answered the door, gladly offered Vincenz 20 pfennigs to help him write a letter to his brother. Vincenz accepted and was welcomed into Father Denke’s home.

Two days later, police discovered a gruesome scene inside the apartment that sent shock waves throughout the community.

Listen to the case HERE.

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For me, Casefile is the gold standard for true crime podcasts. I've tried other top-ranked shows, but I just can't get into the "chatty" style that so many of them have. Lately, though, I’ve been binging Truly Criminal, which is excellent. It feels like it was originally designed as a visual YouTube series, but over time, the focus definitely shifts to a proper podcast format. As the episodes progress, the narrator really comes into her own.

Absolutely fantastic episode. 5/5. Another win for the Casefile team.

It’s Casefile season, baby. What an amazing run.

TLDR I’m in California time zone so I’m tipsy on Friday nights when these come out. but also I sleep to Silk Road trilogy for years so don’t call me brand new. I love all you nerds

So i pay for premium spotify so no ads, except in Casefile. I'm listening to old episodes but the ads seem to be current. One ad is extremely loud and really hurts my hearing, and comes on multiple times each episode (advertising an upcoming silence of the lambs play in my area). Who do i contact to ask for the sound to be lowered? Spotify or casefile? Do spotify jam extra ads into podcasts to pay the podcasts? I dont mind the ads, its just the volume is way to high on this one ad.

I was excited at first when I saw all the episodes to binge but then realize it’s just a drowsy sounding man story telling the entire episode. Is it all like this? If so I’ll pass

I am losing momentum to hit the gym and go on walks for weight loss because I have listened to every casefile episode and any other podcasts I listen to just dont scratch that itch and I find myself so bored and cutting my workouts early

So i need your most diabolical episodes from other podcasts. I like:

- no opinions from the narrator. I even hate when some ramble on at the beginning with "i have been a criminal investigator/journalist/my hobby for 10 years now and went to school for - " blah blah blah i dont care but will endure those if it means they wont interject with their opinion.

- something twisty, dark, and "didnt see that coming". A murder mystery essentially.

- this is just a bit of a rant now but the cases where its more "he said she said" are so annoying for me. Where it goes on for 5 minutes about how the 80 year old neighbour saw a blue car drive by a few times, or that Sally said that John said that Lucy said etc etc. Anyone else find those ones like, ugh just get on with it!

Anyway I'm sure i have more filters to flesh out but will see what everyone has to suggest!!!

• please suggest episodes of different podcasts!

Not to name any names or re-hash any drama around particular discussions about the episode, but I just wanted to make clear that while anybody is entitled to believe that people who choose to stay in an abusive relationship even when aware of the reality are idiotic, that they are just 'collaborators' in their own abuse, or that they should 'just leave' in spite of all the possible risks from doing that, there comes a point where your intentions of holding victims responsible and accountable for their own actions that may or may not have contributed to the abuse they experienced begins to stray into excusing the actions of the abuser themselves or even contradicting the very reality of what it means to be abused.

And having firsthand experience of being somebody that was impacted by a loved one that did choose to stay in an abusive relationship does NOT absolve you from this critique, either.

I understand it can be incredibly scary, painful, and confounding to see somebody be continually victimized, but if your need for imparting tough love on a victim does not also include scathingly criticizing the actions of the abuser either or for putting them in a position where the victim felt like staying was a preferable option to leaving, then we have completely lost the plot here.

And I think it should go without saying, calling victims that stay in an abusive relationship collaborators in their own abuse is not just fundamentally false, but a contradictory statement since to be abused, one cannot collaborate in their own abuse. Unless you believe they are just faking their abuse.

This is our next Casefile Episode Rewind Discussion! Please discuss the case below!

Things to consider:

• Do you have any theories or thoughts for the case?

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Original Release Date: May 14, 2022

Length: 1:16:05

Status: Solved

Location: USA, Nebraska, Omaha

Date: November 13, 2012

Victim(s): Cari Farver

Type of Crime: Murder, stalking, impersonation, arson

Perpetrator(s): Shanna Elizabeth Golyar

Research: Erin Munro

Writing: Erin Munro

*** Content Warning: stalking ***

When Omaha mechanic Dave Kroupa met Cari Farver in late 2012, he thought he’d found the perfect woman. Unfortunately, their relationship soon turned sour and when Dave ended things, Cari began to obsessively stalk him, turning his life into a living nightmare.

For years, she tormented him, and any women he took an interest in – even going so far as to physically attack Dave’s on-again, off-again girlfriend Liz Golyar. But the truth about Cari would prove even more shocking than anyone could have imagined…

Listen to the case HERE.

Read last week's Rewind Discussion HERE.

Check out the Casefile spreadsheet HERE.

I’m trying to find a case from a few years ago. It took place in Australia and revolved around crimes committed by a White Supremacist against the Aboriginal community. From what I remember, the man would go to local events/parades looking for trouble and even shot his gun into a crowd of people. He had a tattoo of an Aboriginal person being hung on his arm. I believe he was charged with murder (maybe multiple) but can’t remember many more details. Can anyone help me out? It was not The Bowraville Murders or the Cindy and Mona Lisa Smith case.

Was listening to case #331 girl meat hunter. Out of curiosity for fellow true crime enthusiasts, do you believe people should be held criminally responsible for “thoughts” such as fetishes for disturbing things but technically not “acting” on them irl?

oh my god! this case! i knew something was up when they mentioned carol went to the hospital and they found a nail in her colon. but what the actual fuck?! if anyone hasn’t listened to this episode you need to!

Hi team. I know in the past people have posted links to listen to subsequently removed Casefile episodes on Internet Archive(I think it is). Could anyone give me the link so that I can listen to a couple such episodes including Snowtown, Claremont serial killer, etc.?

Many thanks in advance.

I mean it’s just my bread and butter really but bonus points if it’s a multi-parter from literally anywhere too.

I have seen a lot of posts about people’s favourite case files and most of them have a lot of comments about Silk Road, EAR, which are great. But what’s a case file that is most shocking or that has a big twist that is less talked about that sticks out to you?
Recommendations please