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Arghus

It's about time it got it's own thread, because we all love it.

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awec

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-57166662

I think the Somerton man was one of the early Casefile episodes, they're digging him up to try figure out who he was.

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PropJoe10 wrote: »

Canadian True Crime is pretty good, although the host is a little annoying. They Walk Among Us - excellent also.

Both are great, and some of the episodes of They Walk Among Us are cases I would have been vaguely familiar with as it's UK based.

I love Casefile though. Hard to beat it.

pc7

Husband was a right scumbag, abusing the sisters, suing the other mother for money. Hard know if he did it as how did he get back in time (also why kill himself). If he didn't pull the trigger I do believe he paid someone too. Poor kids

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glasso wrote: »

the big-baller patreons were back for another tease to stir up the plebs who had to wait until Saturday lol.

decent case - a real travesty of justice

not sure what you mean but old-fashioned tho

By old fashioned I was been sarky. Since the new year I've really enjoyed Casefile.

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DukeCaboom wrote: »

There's an excellent 2 hr case coming up this weekend. An old fashioned episode I suppose you'd call it

the big-baller patreons were back for another tease to stir up the plebs who had to wait until Saturday lol.

decent case - a real travesty of justice

not sure what you mean but old-fashioned tho

PropJoe10

Canadian True Crime is pretty good, although the host is a little annoying. They Walk Among Us - excellent also.

BettePorter

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Tried listening to her a few times but couldnt warm to it as i did to casefile

Yeah i felt the same initially ....but i suggest you give it another few tries. Her voice /tone has changed from in the beginning....just like the Casefile guys has since he began. His voice bothered me the first few cases and then u dont notice it anymore and grow to love it.

Some podcasts have great quality content but are ruined by bad presenters / voices / tone / speed.

carrollsno1

The Davestator wrote: »

Mens Rea has covered all of those. Not the same as Casefile, but the focus on Irish crime is great in my opinion.

Tried listening to her a few times but couldnt warm to it as i did to casefile

The Davestator

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Plenty of Irish cases out there that would be something different for them i.e. the Tipperary love triangle, the leinster missing persons rriangle, west cork, Joe O Reilly among many others.

Mens Rea has covered all of those. Not the same as Casefile, but the focus on Irish crime is great in my opinion.

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There's an excellent 2 hr case coming up this weekend. An old fashioned episode I suppose you'd call it

maebee

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Plenty of Irish cases out there that would be something different for them i.e. the Tipperary love triangle, the leinster missing persons rriangle, west cork, Joe O Reilly among many others.

They have a "Suggest a case" button and I suggested The Scissor Sisters case.

Kingp35

I think they might need to give in and do some of the bigger/more well known cases. I just think they've run out of unusual and interesting cases.

Another possibility is to pick non-murder cases, I'm sure there are plenty of unique cases out there.

carrollsno1

siblers wrote: »

Must be getting a small bit tedious for the crewe of the Podcast, must get to a point where it becomes quite mundane for them

Plenty of Irish cases out there that would be something different for them i.e. the Tipperary love triangle, the leinster missing persons rriangle, west cork, Joe O Reilly among many others.

siblers

Must be getting a small bit tedious for the crewe of the Podcast, must get to a point where it becomes quite mundane for them

pc7

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Anyone else srruggle to listen to last weeks epusode big time or was it just me? Tried seversl times to listen to it but theres just no major appeal to it somehow or another.

Yeah I just gave up cause I was zoning out.

redbuck

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Anyone else srruggle to listen to last weeks epusode big time or was it just me? Tried seversl times to listen to it but theres just no major appeal to it somehow or another.

I'm about 4 episodes behind I couldn't get in to the Caffey family episode and stopped about 15 minutes in.

carrollsno1

Anyone else srruggle to listen to last weeks epusode big time or was it just me? Tried seversl times to listen to it but theres just no major appeal to it somehow or another.

el_gaucho

Peter Nielsen is another great episode.

pc7

Tina Watson was a great tell too, the imagery was so vivid.

Suckler

maebee wrote: »

I barely knew what a podcast was until I stumbled upon this thread a few months ago. Thanks to the posters on this thread, I've just finished every episode of Casefile and have to say I enjoyed it. As others have said, it was WAY better in the earlier episodes. The ones I liked the most were:

North Hollywood shootout
Jaycee Lee Dugard
The Catholic Mafia
Amok
Jennifer Pan
Daniel Morcombe
Jonestown
The 2 Alcatraz episodes
Silk Road

I would rate an episode as very good when I immediately find the need to google after I've listened to it.

PropJoe10 wrote: »

I would highly recommend two of my favourites, "Belanglo" and the Muswell Hill Murderer. Two absolutely fantastic jobs.

The "East Area Rapist" five part one was gripping and chilling at the same time.

carrollsno1

PropJoe10 wrote: »

That new one is rough - The Caffey Family. Pretty hard hitting stuff.

Grim enough but nothing like the previous ones all the same.

PropJoe10

That new one is rough - The Caffey Family. Pretty hard hitting stuff.

PropJoe10

maebee wrote: »

I barely knew what a podcast was until I stumbled upon this thread a few months ago. Thanks to the posters on this thread, I've just finished every episode of Casefile and have to say I enjoyed it. As others have said, it was WAY better in the earlier episodes. The ones I liked the most were:

North Hollywood shootout
Jaycee Lee Dugard
The Catholic Mafia
Amok
Jennifer Pan
Daniel Morcombe
Jonestown
The 2 Alcatraz episodes
Silk Road

I would rate an episode as very good when I immediately find the need to google after I've listened to it.

I would highly recommend two of my favourites, "Belanglo" and the Muswell Hill Murderer. Two absolutely fantastic jobs.

maebee

I barely knew what a podcast was until I stumbled upon this thread a few months ago. Thanks to the posters on this thread, I've just finished every episode of Casefile and have to say I enjoyed it. As others have said, it was WAY better in the earlier episodes. The ones I liked the most were:

North Hollywood shootout
Jaycee Lee Dugard
The Catholic Mafia
Amok
Jennifer Pan
Daniel Morcombe
Jonestown
The 2 Alcatraz episodes
Silk Road

I would rate an episode as very good when I immediately find the need to google after I've listened to it.

PropJoe10

I still greatly enjoy Casefile but the cases they're covering these days definitely aren't as interesting as that middle period. Still one of the best true crime podcasts out there though.

carrollsno1

I thought it was just myself finding it a bit more boring as of late, glad im not the only one. It was a pretty poor year as a whole last year and i went back through last years episodes for pig iron and i reckon i didnt listen to the half of them. I remember when i first started listening i often wondered how i slept at nighttime while listening to case after case playing catch up, at the time i was also lving in whats best described as a timber tent with no real security not far from where one of the early episodes was based on Tasmanias North West Corner. The German Exorcism one at the start was tough listen too.
I saw i hadnt listened to the Stony Blair case either during the week due to the warnings, im sorry now i did listen to it that was tough going.

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glasso wrote: »

a case of fatigue on the part of the listeners and the makers coupled with fact that a lot of the more interesting cases have been done.

I think that's it really. Casefile was the first true crime pod I listened to. My first case was Port Arthur, my heart was actually racing listening to it. I think 168 cases in I can't be shocked anymore.

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a case of fatigue on the part of the listeners and the makers coupled with fact that a lot of the more interesting cases have been done.

pc7

It is such a pity, I absolutely loved Casefile but it has dropped and as mentioned above still a rare good one interspersed.

Arghus

It's probably to be expected the longer a show like this runs and runs. There's only so many wildly interesting crime stories out there that haven't been covered elsewhere already - eventually the material is going to suffer a bit.

Though, I think the overall quality of the script writing has dropped a bit as time has gone on. I'm often left confused at who exactly is who in the stories and what exactly is the significance of each detail in the tale in the wider context, it can get murky. Now, maybe that's just me, but it felt like he cut to the chase with more precision and clarity back in the day.

It's still up there in terms of True Crime podcasts. The narrator isn't annoying, doesn't crack jokes about the crimes and the production quality is good and some episodes hit the mark - The Dennis Nielsen mini-series was excellent.

My main hate with true crime shows is when the host(s) are irritating, fond of their own voices and it all comes across as a right old laugh - I can not stand something like My Favourite Murder, but there's loads just like it - Casefile, at least, doesn't fall victim to this.

Though, as of late, I'd probably listen to They Walk Among Us instead of it. He's even drier and just the bare bones facts, with zero extraneous bullshít.