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[WARNING – This episode deals with child sex abuse. It will not be suitable for all listeners.]In the early 1960s, Victorian Detective Denis Ryan was transferred from Melbourne to the regional town of Mildura where he soon ran into a familiar face – local priest, Father John Day. The two had encountered one another before during a less than savoury incident in St Kilda several years prior. ---For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-34-catholic-mafia Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In the early 1990s, South Lake Tahoe was considered a safe and sheltered place to live. All that changed on June 10 1991, when 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard was abducted in broad daylight while walking to her school bus stop.Almost two decades later, convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido visited the University of California’s Berkeley campus, where a staff member noticed something suspicious about the way he was behaving. What was Garrido trying to hide, and who were the two children he had with him?---Research for this episode by Victoria Dieffenbacher. Co-written by Victoria Dieffenbacher and the Anonymous Host.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-33-jaycee-lee-dugard Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

After migrating from England to Australia after World War II, the Holmes family were looking forward to embracing a safer and higher quality of life. They’d experienced trauma and hardship during the war years and were ready to start afresh. That dream was shattered on August 29, 1950, just weeks after their arrival, when 18-year-old Grace Holmes and her 11-year-old sister Kathleen went for a walk along the Canton Beach foreshore in Toukley and never returned home.NOTE: The interviews played in this episode are a re-enactment of actual transcripts. Detective Whalen is played by Sam McCool. William Birtle is played by Craig Forest.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-32-grace-kathleen-holmes Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Over a five-week period in 1986, four young women went missing from around Perth in Western Australia. 22-year-old Mary Neilson, 15-year-old Susannah Candy, 31-year-old Noelene Patterson and 21-year-old Denise Brown all disappeared without a trace, but police were sceptical that some were runaways and no links were drawn between the missing women.That was until November 10 1986, when a man standing outside a vacuum cleaner store was suddenly approached by a hysterical, barefoot young woman.Narration – Anonymous HostResearch – Victoria DieffenbacherWriting - Victoria Dieffenbacher & the Anonymous HostProduction and music – Mike MigasFor all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-31-killer-couple Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This episode of Casefile was released in 2016 when the case was still unresolved. Major developments have since occurred and as a result, we have elected to remove the episode, with a view to releasing an updated version in the future.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-30-claremont-serial-killer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 80-year-old retired publisher Joseph Clever lived with his wife Hilda at Burgate House, a secluded mansion on the edge of New Forest in Hampshire, England. On the evening of September 1 1986, they invited their son Tom and his wife Wendy over for dinner. The following morning, two maintenance workers arrived to find the property engulfed in smoke.  Investigators rushed to the scene soon realised that fire was the least of the problems. As they ventured further inside Burgate House, it was clear that something far more sinister had taken place.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-29-the-burgate-house-murders Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The eastern side of the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, is closed in by mountains. On the city’s west side, a mesa rises out of the Rio Grande Valley.In 2005, subdivisions and new housing were being built along the West Mesa. The construction pressed up against the vast desert that stretches beyond where you will find tumbleweeds, high tension wires and trash. It is a desolate isolated spot.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-27-west-mesa-bone-collector Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Vancouver Island. Known for its breathtaking scenery, astonishing postcard beauty and amazing wildlife. Heaven on earth.But on certain parts of the island, beneath the beauty, some will tell you there lies a dark underbelly. And in the early hours of the morning, June 30th, 2002, that underbelly came to the surface.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-26-lisa-marie-young Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

“If any bastard ever thought about going to the cops about us, they’ll be killed and so will their fucking families. And if we don’t get them, our mates will. It would be a shame if anything happened to your sweet little Prue, wouldn’t it”.Those words were allegedly said by one of the men convicted for the Russell Street Bombing that we covered the last episode.The person he said those words to? Paul Hetzel…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-25-prue-bird Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[Part 2 of 2]We left part one just after the government announced a 500 thousand dollar reward for any information to help solve the case. It was hoped this large reward would be enough to entice a male caller to make contact again.He had already called numerous times before, claiming to know who the bombers were…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-24-russell-street-bombing-part-2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.