In 1978, five friends vanished from a clear highway into the freezing Sierra Nevada mountains. They were last seen celebrating a basketball victory, yet their car was found abandoned in a snowstorm with fuel in the tank. Why would these men, including one who meticulously avoided rough roads, leave their warm vehicle for a grueling midnight trek through deep snow? Chilling clues discovered later in a remote cabin only deepen the horror of the mystery.

Did they flee an unseen force or were they led to their doom? Do not miss this episode!


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In the quiet Bleachery neighborhood of Waltham, three physically-imposing men, a personal trainer, a bodybuilder, and a professional MMA instructor, prepared for a night of football. They never saw the final score. What occurred at 12 Harding Avenue was described as the worst "bloodbath" in a veteran investigator’s career. Despite their immense strength, the victims were nearly decapitated, their bodies ritualistically sprinkled with marijuana while thousands in cash lay untouched. With no signs of forced entry, the trio had welcomed a monster into their home. The silence that followed was deafening.



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In the shadows of Las Vegas, a single mother vanishes, leaving her children to find her most prized jewelry abandoned in a silent house. Her boyfriend, a charming personal trainer, is actually John Addis, a former Alaska State Trooper turned expert conman. Using his elite forensic training to mask his trail, Addis becomes a "ghost" fugitive, eluding the FBI for over a decade across international borders. This is the chilling true story of a protector who became a predator, leaving a wake of stolen identities and unthinkable tragedy in his pursuit of ultimate control.



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As the world stood on the threshold of a new millennium, the Miyazawa family prepared for a quiet New Year's Eve in their Setagaya home. Their neighborhood had recently transformed into a ghost town due to a local park expansion, leaving them as one of only four families remaining in a once-vibrant community.

While the rest of Japan celebrated the prestigious holiday known as Omisoka, a series of unsettling events began to shadow the household. A mysterious car had been seen parked outside on multiple occasions, and a man in a skater's outfit was spotted lurking at a nearby station just days before. 

Despite the festive cheer in the air, the silence of their isolated street was heavy with a threat they did not see. On the night of December 30, the telephone lines were severed, and the house became a quiet trap. What followed in the dark hours of that winter night would stump investigators for decades and turn a season of fresh starts into an enduring nightmare.

The silence of the house on New Year's morning was like a heavy, frozen lake that appeared calm on the surface while hiding a dark and jagged reality beneath the ice.


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In the tiny, close-knit town of Skidmore, Missouri, everyone watches out for one another. With only 342 residents, secrets are rare and strangers are few. But on a quiet December afternoon, expectant mother Bobby Joe Stinnett, full of joyful anticipation for her first child, faces a nightmare inside the absolute safety of her own home. When her mother discovers a scene of unimaginable horror on the dining room floor, the community’s peaceful existence is suddenly shattered. A desperate, frantic race begins as investigators realize a precious life hangs in the balance, and a wicked monster is hiding in the shadows.



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A long-term investigation into the 1994 murder of Andy Gasper, an Air Force veteran found stabbed in his truck in Yorkshire, New York. Initial suspicion fell on Randall Knight, a man involved in a secret affair with Gasper’s wife, Cheryl, yet a lack of forensic evidence led to Knight’s acquittal in 1995. The case remained cold for fifteen years until a joint task force between local police and the FBI re-examined the evidence, focusing on the financial motive of a life insurance policy. Through strategic interrogations, federal agents...A chilling final


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In April 2018, 49-year-old David Tronnes hysterically called 911 to report finding his wife, 39-year-old Shanti Cooper-Tronnes, dead in the bathtub of the garage apartment they shared during the years-long, gut-wrenching renovation of their historic Orlando home.

David claimed it was a tragic accident, possibly related to her recent surgery. However, first responders quickly realized Shanti's body, found next to her bed, showed signs of extreme brutality, including being beaten, strangled, and suffering a fractured eye sockets and a broken nose. 

Detectives soon uncovered inconsistencies in David's story, a suspicious second life, and evidence of a violent struggle hidden by hastily changed sheets. Was Shanti's death a random act of violence, a slip and fall, or did her husband's passion project and secret life reveal a motive for murder?


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n the deep New England winter of 2025, a house fire erupted in a quiet Waterbury, Connecticut neighborhood, drawing swift police and fire response. Outside the burning colonial-style home, 57-year-old Kimberly Sullivan frantically worried about her pets and purse, barely mentioning her stepson was still inside. But when rescuers found 32-year-old John Sullivan, they realized the chaos was hiding a horror decades in the making. Found "limp, motionless" and smelling of profound human neglect, John was severely emaciated, weighing less than 70 pounds. Between breaths of oxygen, he revealed he intentionally set the fire with hand sanitizer and a lighter, his final resort to freedom after being locked in his bedroom for 20 years. Officers soon confirmed the chilling truth: heavy, rusting locks were fastened to the outside of his room, meant to keep someone in. This devastating escape uncovered a horrific secret.


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A decades-long investigation tears open one of Australia's darkest chapters: the murder of criminal lawyer Derrance Stevenson and its hidden connection to the "Family Murders", a series of brutal abductions, sexual assaults, and killings of young men in South Australia. David Szach, Stevenson's young lover, has spent 40 years in prison, insisting he's innocent. But as journalists dig deeper, the case splinters into something far more sinister. Police suspect a small network of influential men orchestrated the Family Murders, with accountant Bevan Von Einem convicted for one killing while shadows of complicity stretch toward others, including the victim himself. 

The investigation unearths allegations of blackmail, hidden criminal pasts, and filmed exploitation. Associates like Gino Gambardella emerge from the periphery. Relationships fracture under scrutiny. And the question haunting every thread: was Stevenson predator, victim, or both? What begins as a fight to exonerate one man becomes a reckoning with institutional silence, buried evidence, and the men who may have gotten away with murder.


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A mother of four, Suzanne Simpson vanished from her exclusive San Antonio suburb a year ago, presumed dead after a fight with her husband, Brad, who now stands accused of her murder. The couple, who seemed to live a privileged life, were apparently unhappy.

The case is chilling: Brad was arrested a month after Suzanne disappeared, indicted for murder despite her body never being found. Witnesses reported seeing the couple fighting, followed by screams echoing from a wooded area near their home. Key evidence—including a saw that tested positive for Suzanne's blood, and a young daughter's claim that her father hurt her mother—is tightening the noose around the accused.

The investigation reveals alleged attempts to conceal evidence involving concrete, a blue tarp, and requests for directions to a dump. With a trial set, the question remains: Can the devastating circumstantial details unlock the truth about Suzanne's final moments?


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A 911 call reporting an unresponsive child leads authorities to a Bella Vista home where 6-year-old Maurice Isaiah Torres lies lifeless. His parents offer flimsy excuses—he was "clumsy" and ran into door knobs—for the severe cuts and bruises covering his small body.

First responders immediately suspect foul play, noting multiple injuries and puncture wounds consistent with long-term abuse. When investigators search the home, they find blood spatter on the walls and dumbbells. But the most chilling secret involves the testimony of Isaiah’s sisters, who claim their father forced the boy to sleep naked in a cage or trash can to stop him from eating. This is the disturbing truth of a monster hidden in plain sight.

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A quiet blue-collar town prepares for Christmas, but the holiday turns tragic when 26-year-old Joanne Katrine and her 4-month-old son, Alex, vanish without a trace on December 15, 1994. The husband, initially suspected, reports finding a rarely used basement door open, the lock pried away from the frame. Compounding the mystery, a crucial phone line was secretly cut. Were they abducted or victims of foul play? With scarce clues, hours and days tick by without a word. As investigators clear the husband of suspicion, they race against time, calling on the FBI to find the answers before it is too late. 


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Hastings, England, 1997: On a beautiful, sunny Saturday, 13-year-old Billy-Jo was left alone in her garden for a mere 40 minutes. She was found savagely murdered, bludgeoned by an 18-inch iron tent peg in a shocking act of brutality. With no evidence of a break-in, the crime occurred in broad daylight, shattering the calm of Lower Park Road. Lines of inquiry revealed disturbing prior reports of prowlers and a girl who feared she was being stalked. 

Soon, the spotlight turned from the unseen attacker to a respected family man whose strangely circuitous alibi and hidden history of deceit were placed under intense scrutiny. Who committed the saddest and most brutal murder ever attended by police?. The truth remains elusive, locked within those fleeting 40 minutes. Do not miss this new chilling episode!


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In the small, close-knit town of Raymond, Washington, David and Michelle Knotek appeared to live the epitome of a simple country life. Michelle was widely known as a Good Samaritan, often attracting and offering help to the vulnerable strays of society. Few realized that for those closest to her, including her daughters, the reality was far more hellish than holy.

Their quaint farmhouse, situated on five acres, became Michelle's personal fun house, a place where psychological torture and mind games were routine. Over time, several boarders who sought refuge there, like Kathy Loreno and Shane Watson, vanished abruptly. Michelle always had a seamless explanation, claiming they ran off to California or Alaska.

But the truth was much darker than the woman wanted to let on. And what investigators will uncover will be a terrible descent into hell.
What really happened inside that seemingly normal house?

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Today's episode examines two chilling homicide cases involving Arthur Gary Bishop and Christopher Porco. The first deals with Bishop, a seemingly quiet bookkeeper from Salt Lake City whose façade fell apart when investigators tied him to the murders of five boys across four years. His confession, delivered in an eerily flat voice to a seasoned detective, revealed the full extent of his actions.

The second follows the investigation and trial of Christopher Porco, accused of attacking his parents with an axe, killing his father Peter and leaving his mother Joan with severe injuries. Prosecutors relied on circumstantial evidence while Joan publicly defended him, a contradiction that shaped the entire courtroom fight. Together, these cases show the pressure surrounding homicide investigations, the emotional weight carried by each trial, and the long-term damage inflicted on the families.


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In the quiet, family-oriented "village" of Southfields, terror unfolded for 21-year-old nanny Sophie Lionnet. Trapped by her glamorous, delusional employers, she endured weeks of starvation and brutal, filmed interrogations. Neighbors smelled the smoke from a garden fire. When firefighters arrived, they discovered charred human remains. The harrowing recordings reveal a quiet girl being harangued and threatened until the very end. One of the most chilling episodes of our podcast.




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He killed without mercy, then spoke without remorse.
In this chilling episode of Casefile Confidential, we revisit the brutal crimes of Arthur Shawcross, the man who terrorized Rochester, New York, leaving a trail of mutilated victims along the Genesee River. Through his prison interviews, psychological evaluations, and the raw police interrogations that followed his arrest, a disturbing portrait emerges: part predator, part manipulator, and completely devoid of empathy. Step inside the interrogation room. Listen to the killer in his own words.


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April 20, 1999. What began as an ordinary school day at Columbine High turned into a calculated massacre that would scar an entire generation. Two students, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, walked into their school armed, prepared, and determined to die — but not before taking as many lives as possible. Behind their cold plan lay two broken minds: one consumed by psychopathy, the other by despair. This is the story of Columbine — the day innocence died, and America was forced to confront the darkness growing within its own children.


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The Bever family lived a life of quiet seclusion in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, isolated from the outside world by parents who sought to protect them. Yet, inside this large, silent house, an unthinkable plot was cultivated: two brothers shared a goal to achieve infamy by committing mass murder with the highest "kill count". Driven by dark inspiration, they gathered knives, ordered thousands of rounds of ammunition, and crafted full sets of body armor. The night they donned their gear, the carefully orchestrated plan for silent execution was instantly engulfed by chaos and screaming. A horror movie had begun in a quiet suburban home.



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Brescia, Northern Italy, 2005. The suburban calm of a peaceful dwelling was shattered when a relative arrived for a planned holiday visit and found the main entrance locked. Inside the lower apartment, the scene was unsettlingly pristine, described by one relative as being "like a dollhouse," though the two long-term occupants were nowhere to be found. 

Crucial details immediately contradicted the idea of a voluntary, spontaneous departure: the pair’s automobile and bicycles remained unused in the garage, groceries sat waiting in the refrigerator, and the one device connecting them to the outside world, a mobile phone long sought by investigators, was discovered switched off and lifeless inside a drawer in the home.

The mystery suddenly took a horrific turn weeks later: high above the area, amidst an unforgiving mountain scarp, search teams discovered approximately ten refuse sacks. Inside were the mutilated remains of the elderly couple, along with shears containing traces of their blood.

What unfathomable hatred could possibly fuel a crime so cold and meticulously planned? A chilling case that will keep you in suspense until the end...

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