*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
[Part 1 of 2]
When 17-year-old Shari Smith disappeared from the end of her family's driveway in Lexington, South Carolina, there were immediate concerns for her wellbeing. Shari had a rare medical condition that could turn fatal without her medication. 

But any concerns that Shari’s illness could have caused her disappearance were quickly quashed after the Smith family received an odd phone call, prompting the largest manhunt in South Carolina’s history. As the taunting calls continued, the question remained - where was Shari? And was she still alive?

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Elsha McGill  
Creative direction – Milly Raso
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Case 261: Shari Smith & Debra May Helmick (Part 1)

*** Content warning: Elder abuse ***
The Director of Nursing at the Alpine Manor Nursing Home in Grand Rapids, Michigan, was thrilled when Catherine Wood and Gwen Graham joined their team of nursing aides in the mid-1980s. They were hard-working, enthusiastic and well-liked. But soon after they started, some residents of Alpine Manor began telling the staff that their lives were in peril. When those same residents began to pass away, their deaths were put down to natural causes. Was it old age that killed these residents? Or was there a more sinister explanation?

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Jessica Forsayeth
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Case 260: The Alpine Manor Murders

*** Content warning: Child victim, child sexual abuse ***
When eight-year-old Jamie Lavis failed to return home on Monday, May 5 1997, his family quickly raised the alarm. Soon, it seemed as though all of Greater Manchester was searching for the missing boy – including a bus driver named Darren Vickers...

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Erin Munro
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Case 259: Jamie Lavis

On November 16 2009, a 911 call was placed to the Utah County Sheriff’s Department by 34-year-old Pamela Mortensen. According to Pamela, her father-in-law Kay Mortensen was brutally murdered in his own home...

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Case 258: Kay Mortensen

Follow and subscribe to Unfiltered on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.  

In 2021, I sat down and had a series of hour-long phone calls with the anonymous host of Casefile, or “Casey,” as he’s been dubbed by fans of the show. At the time, Casey was recovering from an unexplained medical issue. Our chats reminded me of the power of real and raw conversations, and it paved the way for ‘Unfiltered,’ the new Casefile Presents podcast where guests from all walks of life join me for a conversation about justice and transformation. 

In our first episode and his first-ever in-depth interview, Casey generously opens a window into parts of his own story that he’s never before shared publicly.

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Anonymous Host first interview (Unfiltered podcast)

After a routine check on suspicious activity turns to tragedy for Illinois Police Lieutenant Joe Gliniewicz, Fox Lake locals struggle to come to grips with the loss of their hero cop. A statewide manhunt ensues, but when the perpetrators aren’t immediately apprehended, the question is raised - could this have been a targeted attack?

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Elsha McGill 
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Case 257: Joe Gliniewicz

*** Content warning: Crimes against children, child abuse, domestic abuse, alcoholism ***
On April 27 1964, young mother Dora Fronczak was in her hospital bed feeding her one-day-old son, Paul, when a nurse entered the room and said she had to take Paul back to the nursery. Dora handed her baby over, and the nurse hurried out of the room. Still carrying baby Paul, the nurse fled the hospital through a rear entrance and disappeared into Chicago’s city streets. 

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Case 256: Jill Rosenthal

When 52-year-old German farmer Rudolf Rupp failed to return home from a night out drinking in the town of Neuburg an der Donau, several questions were raised. Had Rudolf accidentally driven into the nearby Donau River? Had he taken his own life? Or was he the victim of something more sinister?  

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Case 255: Rudolf Rupp

*** Content warning: child victim ***
On the afternoon of January 14, 2012, 15-year-old Winsie Hau was attacked with a knife by a 14-year-old boy. Winsie's father was also attacked, and while he survived his injuries, Winsie did not.  

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Holly Hoyd
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Case 254: Winsie Hau

*** Content warning: child victim, sexual assault ***
When Rajesh and Nupur Talwar went to wake their 13-year-old daughter Aarushi on the morning of Friday, May 16 2008, the couple were shocked to find her brutally murdered in her bed.

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Case 253: Aarushi Talwar & Hemraj Banjade

*** Content warning: serial rapist and killer, sexual assault, stalking ***
When Melbourne women Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis and Nicole Patterson were found brutally murdered in the late 1990s, police didn’t immediately link the crimes. The killer left behind no incriminating evidence, indicating he was an experienced offender who knew how to beat the system. Little did investigators know, the story began almost 30 years earlier, when a 15-year-old boy knocked on his neighbour’s door and asked to borrow a knife.

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Narration – Anonymous Host
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Case 252: Margaret Maher, Mersina Halvagis & Nicole Patterson

*** Content warning: Child victim, animal cruelty ***
When single mother Nadja Medley met an older man named Mike Bullinger, she finally found happiness after a difficult few years. As well as being a fun, kind-hearted partner, Mike was a wonderful father figure to Nadja’s 14-year-old daughter Payton. In May 2017, the three of them moved from Ogden, Utah, to a farmhouse Mike had just bought in Caldwell, Idaho.

But when a woman by the name of Cheryl Baker arrived unannounced at the property one day, tragedy ensued. 

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Research & writing – Erin Munro
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Case 251: The Caldwell Farmhouse Murders

*** Content warning: Mental illness, stalking, gun violence ***
Amy Boyer was a popular teen in her hometown of Nashua, New Hampshire. Her life was busy between school, work and social commitments. Full of joy and love, Amy naturally drew in those around her – including a troubled young man named Liam Youens.

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Milly Raso
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Case 250: Amy Boyer

*** Content warning: Sexual assault ***
When trainee nurses Lorraine Wilson and Wendy Evans failed to return to work in Sydney after a holiday around Australia in 1974, fears arose that they could have fallen victim to the so-called Gold Coast Hitchhiker Murderer. But when a discovery is made in the rural town of Murphy’s Creek years later, an even more disturbing possibility emerges...

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Elsha McGill
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Case 249: Lorraine Wilson & Wendy Evans

*** Content warning: Gun violence ***
When 41-year-old Abraham Shakespeare won the 30 million dollar Florida Lottery prize, his underprivileged life changed overnight. Yet, he quickly realised his newfound wealth was a curse. Despite showing limitless charity, he became demoralised by the pressure and expectations thrust upon him by those seeking his money...

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Milly Raso
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Case 248: Abraham Shakespeare

In the summer of 1980, Theodosius Glukharev received a series of harrowing deliveries to his home in Kishinev, Soviet Moldova. The contents ultimately unravelled the murders of three women – Nina Puganova, Irina Trasyn & Anastasia Mikhailova...

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Holly Boyd
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Case 247: Nina Puganova, Irina Trasyn & Anastasia Mikhailova

[Part 2 of 2]
*** Content Warning: child victim ***

After grieving father Jean-Marie Villemin takes revenge for his son’s death into his own hands, the investigation into Grégory Villemin’s death takes a series of unexpected turns. 

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Research & writing – Elsha McGill
Creative direction – Milly Raso
Production and music – Mike Migas and Andrew Joslyn

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Case 246: Grégory Villemin (Part 2)

[Part 1 of 2]
*** Content Warning: child victim ***

The extended Villemin family lived in the Vosges region of north-eastern France. From 1981, several members of the family started to receive anonymous, threatening phone calls from a mysterious caller they eventually labelled The Crow. 

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Research & writing – Elsha McGill
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Case 246: Grégory Villemin (Part 1)

When married mother of two, Sherri Papini, goes missing near her home in Redding, California, the community is gripped by fear. Suspicion immediately falls on Sherri’s husband, Keith Papini, but an even darker theory emerges – what if Sherri was the victim of a human trafficking ring?

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Narration – Anonymous Host
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Case 245: Sherri Papini

*** Warning: This case involves a child victim ***
On April 5 2008, 10-year-old Engla Höglund went missing while cycling home from soccer practice near the small Swedish town of Stjärnsund. As news spread, a witness came forward who had captured Engla in a photograph just moments before she disappeared.

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Narration – Anonymous Host
Research & writing – Holly Boyd 
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