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On May 5 2004, the first of three suitcases containing dismembered human remains washed up on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia. Detectives had two difficult tasks ahead of them. First, they needed to identify who the remains belonged to. Secondly, they had to figure out who was responsible for the murder and why. ---Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostEpisode researched by Flossie ArendEpisode written by Flossie Arend, Elsha McGill, and Milly RasoFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-120-bill-mcguire Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Monday, February 13, 2017, was a bonus day off school for students in the small American town of Delphi, Indiana. Best friends Abigail Williams and Liberty German decided to spend the day hiking and taking photographs on the Monon High Bridge Trail, which forms part of Delphi’s Historic Trails. Later that evening, when they fail to meet Liberty’s father at their designated pick-up spot, it’s soon suspected that the two teenagers met with foul play. ---Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostEpisode researched by Erin Munro and Anonymous HostEpisode written by Elsha McGill, Erin Munro, and Milly RasoFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-119-abigail-williams-and-liberty-german Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After seven residents of Chicago passed away suddenly and unexpectedly in 1982, authorities discovered they shared a common link. In the hours before their deaths, each of the individuals had taken Tylenol branded paracetamol. ---Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostEpisode researched by Milly Raso and Anonymous HostEpisode written by Milly RasoFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-118-the-chicago-tylenol-murders Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At 11:00 PM on March 14 2003, an emergency services operator in the United Kingdom answered a phone call on the nation’s 999 helpline. The person on the other line was silent. As was protocol, the operator transferred the call through to the ‘Silent Solutions’ department, where the call was ultimately disconnected.--- Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostEpisode written by Elsha McGillEpisode researched by Erin MunroFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-117-hannah-foster Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

British glamour model Chloe Ayling was ecstatic to be hired for a photoshoot in Milan. But after failing to return to the United Kingdom on her scheduled flight, it appears that the golden opportunity was too good to be true.--- Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostResearched and written by Eileen OrmsbyFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-116-chloe-ayling Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the mid-1990s, police caught wind of an online paedophile ring known as The Orchid Club, in which members were using chat rooms to create and trade child exploitation material. Several American men were arrested, but detectives soon discovered The Orchid Club was just the tip of the iceberg. ---Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostResearched and written by Milly RasoEdited by Elsha McGillFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-115-operation-cathedral Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When teenager Elisa Claps mysteriously disappears after going to meet a friend in the Southern Italian town of Potenza, all possibilities are explored. Initial suspicions are cast on 21-year-old Danilo Restivo, but when reported sightings of Elisa begin to come in from across Italy and as far away as Albania, the investigative waters are muddied.---Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostWritten by Elsha McGillResearched by Mike Migas and Paulina Szymanska For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-114-elisa-claps-heather-barnett Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In February 2015, Victorian police were called to the eastern banks of the Maribyrnong River in Moonee Ponds after two passersby made a grim discovery. Floating downstream was a plastic grocery bag containing a human forearm.---Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostResearched and written by Rick BestEdited by Milly Raso and Elsha McGillFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-113-brendan-bernard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

15-year-old Rachel Barber was thrilled to make the move from a conventional high school to a special performing arts school in Melbourne’s inner-city suburb of Richmond. On the evening of March 1 1999, she waved goodbye to her classmates after making plans to meet them for breakfast the following morning. Little did they know, it was the last they’d ever see of her.---Episode narrated by the Anonymous HostResearched and written by Gemma Harris, Elsha McGill, and Milly RasoFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-112-rachel-barber Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Guest Shauna Howe, an 11-year-old girl who went missing after a church Halloween party. Topics include the economic decline of Oil City, the circumstances of Shauna's disappearance, the impact of Megan's Law and the investigation into a person of interest, the DNA match, the defense's explanation, the verdict and sentencing, and remembering Shauna Howe with a candlelight vigil and reinstatement of Halloween celebrations.