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In late September 2019, a woman reported that she had discovered evidence of a brutal crime. A discarded memory card she’d found on a street in Downtown Anchorage, Alaska had video and image files depicting the torture and murder of an Alaska Native woman. The investigation that followed revealed the stories of three women – Kathleen Henry, Veronica Abouchuk and Cassandra Boskofsky – who had all fallen victim to a serial killer…

Team:

Anonymous Host - narration

Erin Munro  - research, writing

Milly Raso - creative direction

Mike Migas - production, music

Anthony Telfer - audio editing

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Mark Daniel Cross

I would never pause my Casefile subscription! I want to support you 12 months a year! Thank you so much for all your amazing work over the years!

Glardzzz

They are the best! 🙏🏾

Mark Daniel Cross

21:58 - "downtown Alaska"; I think the writer meant "downtown Anchorage".

Courtney Mackey

Love the way you guys approached the topic of Indigenous people and associated trauma, mental health conditions and substance abuse disorders with care, empathy and consideration. There are deeply rooted systemic problems in these cultures and societies and this is the result of that.

Lizzy Smira

Your content is always top quality. Take a well-deserved break!

AR

Casefile I was worried this one would be too difficult and brutal but instead you guys found a balance that made it so interesting and harrowing. I am shocked and outraged that the police apparently just...did no investigation whatsoever into the photos of Cassandra they found? She had only been reported missing a MONTH before the murder they were investigating, and police couldn't be bothered to just...go look at some photos of recently reported missing women and compare them? It's just... sometimes you hear details about investigations that just make you despair. In a case that's otherwise full of people being brave and determined and everyone doing the right thing at the right time, this is the kind of thing that just leaves you wondering how we manage to solve crimes at all. The police literally had this whole case handed to them not once but TWICE, by two different women, and managed to be completely less than useless the first time and still dropped the ball the second time. Sigh. Anyway, thanks for another amazing episode, gang. And thank you for all of the details and broader overview and attention you gave to the plight of indigenous women in the US. The statistics on MMIW are honestly shocking. Oh and as always, enjoy your break, everyone!

Brenda Wells

Enjoy the break-but-not-a-break, Casefile team!

Caolán

Immense devastation for Veronica Abouchuk and Kathleen Henry being murdered and for the disappointment and self-hatred that Alicia Youngblood felt to not be believed to drive her to suicide. So many women let down by the police and so much preventable violence.

Sidney Mannheim

My subscription, that is. We are patrons here to support you year round for the in-depth amazing work the team does.

Parrots Liz

Anyone who pauses their subscription isn’t really a patron AND doesn’t understand the meaning of the word

Suicide Sauce

Well guys it looks like we're gonna have to make our own fun, or "grill our own bibblies" as the Australians say. Get ready for a rip roaring cravvy cronker, an old fashioned fack and joddle the likes of which you've never before seen. As sure as the bottle swings on Grundle Sunday in the downtown Victoria CBT, we'll be sure to keep the Johnny warm for you, Anonymous Host. Also very sad that these ladies were murdered as usual

Bob Trenwith

I am Australian, and I have never heard of bibblies, cravvy, cronker, fack and joddle, or grundle. Either these are made up (I haven't listened yet, so perhaps that is the point), or it is that curious dialect of the aerial ping-pongers.

BGood

I listen to every episode of the show, so the breaks can be disappointing for me. I understand that it’s not a vacation, and the team spends that time preparing for the rest of the year. However, couldn’t you just increase your output to keep up with 52 episodes per year? If that’s too much work for the current team, then why not hire more writers or even a second narrator?

Zoe

Omg I can't stop thinking about that black bag that the police found and lost 😢

TheodoraTheExplorer

Impressed by Valerie's bravery, I hope wherever she is, she is well.

TheodoraTheExplorer

And take the break, Casefile team! Paid time off seems to be a pretty good thing from my vantage point as a Europe-based employee, so I would hope the artists I support on Patreon get to have it.

Melodie Roth

Enjoy your so called break that isn't really a break, we will miss you, but do what you need to in order to continue to create such amazing content.

Suicide Sauce

"couldn't you just increase your output?" No "Why not hire a second narrator?" GET OUT

Suicide Sauce

you never scraped a grundle mate? y'ain't a real ozzer til you scraped a grundie

Suicide Sauce

I think not having arms long enough to protect everyone is what makes people go crazy.

Brock

Do you want them to lessen the quality of their story telling too?

Brock

I’m a New Zealander but have lived in Australia for a decade. Never once have I heard any of these terms in either country.

Brock

Thank you Erin for writing it as “addiction disorder”. A simple yet powerful word makes an enormous difference.

Suicide Sauce

yeah? and which end of the nanny-gammy're you hiding up because we've never heard of you neither!

AR

see, you ruined the gag with "the likes of," that's cockney, not ozzie!

Suicide Sauce

Right, sorry, been reading a lot of Terry Pratchett (GNU), I'll be sure to pitch a clowtie next time

Alex Ryan

So glad those brave activists are targeting that Calhoun guy, the absolute cretin. The idea of how many men are possibly quietly complicit in consuming and enjoying this type of ‘content’ (nevermind helping create it) is horrifying. I also love how Valerie who was homeless managed to find and use an SD card to transfer those vile videos!!

Alex Ryan

To be fair to Casefile I think the point is, the quality of their episodes is the point here. They could churn out weekly episodes that aren’t nearly as good and then people would complain quality had dropped. Personally I trust the team and am happy to support their work. Also to be honest a break can be good for us too!!

BGood

My question is why not scale up while keeping the high quality writing and production?

Alan

What a case. We always hear that law enforcement don't care about the murders of women of sex workers, but they care even less about that of indigenous people. Till next time, Casey & team!

Kathleen

Because it costs money that may not be in their budget? Because it's how they've decided to run their podcast? Because they're happy with the way it is?

B-randy D

Imma need to know what all these Aussie terms mean… pronto!! Please and thank you Mr. Sauce.

B-randy D

Who pauses their subscription?!? This makes me want to up my contribution. My career allows for vacation that I still get paid for. Yeah the breaks are sometimes long but Casefile is worth it. So worth it!! Thanks for another great episode! Bummed I’m missing you in London this weekend, Casey!

Suicide Sauce

a "bibbly" is Ozzie slang for what most of you call a water fountain, but here there's always the danger of some weird animal falling into the trough and biting you when you go to have a suck, so Oz ones have a grill on top to keep em out. Back in the day there was no pre-installed grill so people had to make their own, and there'd often be a big Bibbly Grilling Fair where people would show off and sometimes trade or sell the designs they'd made, some of them very intricate. My grandad still has the bibble grill from his local Droppy Range (public park) that's a stunning hand-welded depiction of the Last Supper, fashioned so the water stream came right out of the Holy Grail. Makes a bloke do a snorkler (cry) just to look at it.

Alex May

Lol. *bubbler is was a drinking/water fountain is usually called here in NSW (Sydney specifically) the trough you speak of makes me feel like your referring to a cattle grid. Also, grundie Sunday is a reference to washing day undies... 🥴🤣