Casefile True Crime

*** Content warnings: Violence against women, femicide ***
When 24-year-old Toyah Cordingley went missing while walking her dog, her loved ones quickly launched a search at Wangetti Beach near Cairns, where she was last seen. In the early morning hours of October 22 2018, Toyah’s father Troy Cordingley made a devastating discovery: his daughter had been murdered and buried in the sand, at a place where she’d always felt safe. The search for Toyah’s killer gripped Far North Queensland, but the answers to the crime lay much further away…

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Erin Munro
Production & music – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer

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Casefile Extra features bonus episodes exploring compelling cases, stories and topics beyond our regular weekly releases.

When 35-year-old Maria Cruz failed to show up for work on April 14 2003, her colleagues immediately knew something was wrong. A visit to her Manhattan apartment revealed no signs of a struggle and no indication of where she might have gone.

As investigators retraced her movements from the day before, they discovered she had attended a medical appointment. But when they tried to contact her doctor, nothing was as it seemed.

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Jessica Larsen
Production & music – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer

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Casefile Revisited features newly re-recorded versions of classic episodes, revisiting the stories with enhanced production, fresh narration, and updated research where possible.

When Mosman Park jewellery store owner Pamela Lawrence was late to return home from work on May 23 1994, her husband Peter went to check if everything was okay. There, he found Pamela clinging to life with serious head injuries, which she later succumbed to in the hospital.

Despite a lack of physical evidence or any DNA tying him to the crime scene, accused thief Andrew Mallard was soon arrested for Pamela’s murder. But was the hypothetical murder scenario that Mallard described a confession, or did the police have the wrong man?

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Anonymous Host
Additional writing & editing – Elsha McGill
Production & music – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer

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Pamela Lawrence episode was originally released in May 2016.
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When 55-year-old Greg Fleniken was found dead inside his hotel room in Beaumont, Texas, nothing about the scene appeared suspicious. There were no signs of forced entry, no obvious wounds, and no indication of a struggle. At first, it seemed Greg had died suddenly from natural causes.

But an autopsy revealed something far more troubling. Greg had suffered catastrophic internal injuries, leading investigators to treat his death as a homicide. The problem was that nothing inside Room 348 explained how those injuries had occurred.

With no clear suspect, no apparent motive, and a crime scene that made little sense, the case quickly reached a dead end. What had happened inside Room 348?

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Matthew Dawe
Production & music – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer

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*** Content warnings: Child abuse, crimes against children, sexual assault ***
When 10-year-old Zahra Baker was reported missing by her father and stepmum in Hickory, North Carolina, one Saturday afternoon in 2010, it sparked the largest missing persons investigation in the city's history. Police worked around the clock, hoping for a miracle, but people close to the family said they'd been expecting something like this to happen for a long time.

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Emily Shirley
Production & music – Mike Migas
Audio editing – Anthony Telfer

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