Case 305: Marshall Street

Hard to listen to. It took me a while and I had to stop and start. I'm so sorry for the girls.

Tough but great episode. I had to listen in installments because of the heavy content.

Personally I don’t think Tony was just as much a victim as the women I don’t know what that defense lawyer was on

when is the case file bi-annual break? I need to start mentally preparing

This one really made me uncomfortable, I nearly stopped at one point. Those poor girls. I was also more sympathetic towards Josefina than the other women were.

The things we do for love.

I’m 30 minutes in & idk if I can finish this one. I hate descriptions about torture and sadism, last time I felt like this was gratuitous was with the girl in the box. 😔

This was one of the most difficult to listen to.

2 hour casefile? The good ole days are here again.

Only 5 women.... I have seen 12+ locked up here in Asia. Lost, forgotten, ignored , some dead.

Hey AR (KAREN) below,this is not a political platform. Get your facts straight. The amount of males being abused by women has increased exponentially in recent years. It's a tragedy when anyone is abused.

Philadelphia is the city, Pennsylvania is the state

Whew one of the survivors is a cousin to one of my coworkers from Allentown PA

Josephina did what she promised and got them out. Being there alone for the 1st days must have been awful. I cant imagine what any of those women went through 😥 some through drug withdrawal also. Such a tough listen. You see this sick stuff in movies but hard to believe lots of these are based on real life . Imagine attacking him and he died and you were left here 😥 Such a hard hard listen but so well told

1:40:07 - "State of Philadelphia"

2 hour episode? ! We’re in for it!

The Bear 🐻

That first psychiatrist who testified. What a clown.

Woke up and saw this dropped. This is a heavy case, gonna have to buckle up. And a 2 plus hour run time!

I think the timing of this case, whether or not it was intentional, is really important. Here in the U.S. we're seeing a profound regression in women's rights, to the extent that a popular right-wing meme right now is "your body, my choice," referring to women having no bodily autonomy and potentially being raped. And the president-elect just chose the very unqualified random dude Matt Gaetz, who was investigated for sex trafficking and statutory rape, to be the upcoming head of our Department of Justice, in a blatant repudiation and dismissal of the concerns about him as a predator. Trump also said at a rally shortly before the election that he would protect women "whether they like it or not." Trump himself has been accused by dozens of women of sexual harassment, assault, and misconduct, and his re-election has sent a resounding message that those accusations just don't matter and he will face no consequences for them. Podcasters and influencers who make misogny part of their brand have become wildly popular, while "tradwives" are a growing phenomenon among women who seem eager to throw away their own freedoms and let men dominate them. And that's all on top of the stunning reversal of Roe v Wade and the abortion bans that have led to the preventable deaths of women all over the country, because the state wants to dictate how and when they give birth. We are rapidly reaching a place culturally where men like Gary Heidnick are not outliers, but rather an extension of a society that wants women to essentially be babymakers and sexual objects with no real agency over their own bodies. Thank you, Casefile, for a harrowing but necessary reminder of what that actually looks like.

Not this other defense lawyer trying to claim that Tony being vaguely afraid of Gary made him just as much of a victim as the women who were held captive, raped, electrocuted and murdered 🙄

Not the defense lawyer arguing that wanting to procreate with someone who's vulnerable or intellectually disabled is a sign of insanity 😵‍💫 nothing like good old-fashioned eugenics on top of all the obsession with race in this case

This is such a difficult episode to get through, but I can't help but laugh at Terry Heidnick having a whole psychological criminal profile of his brother ready to go the moment reporters came knocking, complete with mention of head trauma 😭 this dude knew what was up 😶

Difficult listen, well narrated and researched but won't repeat it.

Thanks for all of your hard work in bringing the public these well researched, perfectly narrated episodes. The classiest true crime pod of all time. You’re a national treasure!

Oh goody. A new episode

What the actual fck. The depths of human depravity and cruelty never ceases to amaze me. I can't believe I've never heard of this case before. Completely traumatizing.

30 mins in and takes me back to cases like the Toybox, House of Horrors and Collen Stan. Unfortunately can't bring myself to listen to this one for 2 hours and will give it a skip.