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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.

24-year-old Lindsay Buziak loved her job as a Vancouver Island real estate agent and was looking forward to carving an impressive career for herself. So in early 2008, she was eager to please when she received a phone call from a woman who had recently relocated to the area and wanted Lindsay’s help in finding a one million dollar property that was available immediately. On February 2, Lindsay organised to meet the woman and her husband at a house in the suburb of Saanich. She was a little sceptical as to why the couple had sought her help in particular and as a safety precaution, she asked her boyfriend Jason Zailo to wait in his car outside. It turned out that Lindsay was right to be concerned.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-28-lindsay-buziak 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.

[Part 1 of 2]Haros Avenue in Nunawading (Melbourne) presented a problem for the police surveillance team following the red Jaguar. It was a small dead-end street. No way to observe the house there bank robbery suspect was heading to, without being obvious…To avoid being detected the police had no choice but to let the suspect out of there sight. There was only one way in and out of Haros Avenue, so the suspect would have to come back past them eventually…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-24-russell-street-bombing-part-1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[Part 2 of 2]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?For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-23-the-frankston-serial-killer-part-2 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

[Part 1 of 2]Donna had recently received a few prank calls and she was getting nervous. She had a young baby and didn’t like the idea of being alone at night. Her boyfriend Les worked as a pizza delivery driver, and she decided to spend the night driving around in the car with him, rather than stay home alone.The first thing Donna saw when she returned home was her cat on the lounge room floor, dead. The words “Donna you’re dead”, were written in blood up on the wall. In the bathroom were Donna’s two kittens. Both also dead.For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-23-the-frankston-serial-killer-part-1 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It was Wednesday the 2nd of August 1989. 41-year-old Marguerite Edwards started the day like any other. Making sure her three daughters were up, and ready for school.Marguerite was happily married to Iain Edwards, a successful orthodontist with a surgery in Bondi. They lived in a two-storey house on Victoria Road, Woollahra in Sydney’s Eastern suburbs.After getting her daughters organised, Marguerite dropped them at Ascham school, in the nearby suburb of Edgecliffe. She then made her way to an aerobics class, before doing some shopping at Bondi. She returned to her Woollahra home sometime after midday.Later that afternoon, Marguerite's three daughters were waiting. School had finished, and they were wondering where mum was…For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com/case-22-marguerite-edwards Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.