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Hi! Where can I find your responses? Only questions are showing up here.
Are you using the app? It was playing up for me and only showing the questions. If you log on via a browser you can see them all :)
Even though I missed it, I really enjoyed reading all the questions and cool responses! Thanks Casey McCasefile =)
Thanks for the chat. It's been great. Happy weekend. Go the tigers!!
Thank you for joining in everyone. Great chatting to you all as always. Will speak to you at the next one. Have a great day/night.
I’ve had trouble this morning with the Patreon app not loading most of your replies, so I’ll log onto the browser to catch up. Have a great weekend!
It's been playing up for me too. FreeZing up and kicking me out.
Great AMA worth staying up for (even if my three year old will be up at 5am) good night Australia 🇦🇺
Good night Louisa. Thanks for joining us
Thanks for the AMA! Looking forward to more Casefile in all it's forms. :)
Thanks for joining us Laura
If you don't really watch any true crime shows or listen to crime podcasts, why did you decide to do a true crime podcast?
I had an interest in it previously. On and off. I've read a fair few books over the years and watched documentaries. Then when I was laid up after surgery I listened to serial and watched making a murderer. While listening to a lot of Hardcore History and Joe Rogan. Joe Rogan constantly harps on about starting you own podcast. And it all sort of clicked. I thought there was room for a in depth storytelling style of true crime podcast. As there wasn't anything out there like that - that I could find anyway. So I've always had an interest. It's just now that I do casefile I don't watch or listen to anything unless it's a case we are covering.
Got time for one or two more if anyone has one.
Have you had any mates or family that have recognised you when listening??
No. Not yet. Some of the people who do know have funny stories about people they know who listen to the show. But don't know the connection.
Morning. How long does it take to pull together an episode? In terms of research, script, narrative, post production etc?
Hi Amber. It can take anywhere from 1-2 weeks for the shorter episodes. Up to several months for something like EARONS.
Thanks as always for the work you do. The content you put out. And the time you put into your fans. We love you!
Thankyou Mikki. I Love you all too.
Hey Casey Mc. Why the decision to go anonymous? ? Was it intentional in ur set up plans for the podcast?
Hi Janine. Yeah I just think it works better to derive the story. It's not about a host figure. It's about the stories.
Last question from me. Completely unrelated to the show. Have you gone out to watch the IT movie yet??
I haven't. I plan too though. I remember watching the original when I was young. I don't even really remember what it's about.
If you could chose only one case out of all the unsolved cases out there, which one would it be and why?
As in what one would be solved? I would find that impossible to choose. I want them all to be solved. Couldn't pick one over the other.
Do you ever watch any Netflix crime shows? Confession Tapes? Making a murderer? The Keeper? Is it a hobby in your time off I guess is a better question.
I watched making a murderer. That was before I started casefile. Since I started casefile I haven't watched or listened to anything true crime - unless it relates to a case we were doing. Definitely Not a hobby of mine. I get enough crime through casefile.
Hi from the 🇬🇧 love the show - only today I got three of my work mates to check it out - I'm always surprised and pleased I'm not the only one interested in this stuff - one thing I love it's the time and cadence in which you speak - really easy to listen too (which is often a problem with a lot of podcasts)
Thank you very much Louisa. Good to hear. Always happy to hear when people get friends and family onto the show as well :)
Hi! I have news for you re East Area Rapist. I wrote before that my friend's parents think he was in their yard. Well my friend, K, got a letter from the Sacramento Sheriff's Dept - she and two friends had incident about 2am on 7/9/76 with a man who accosted them while they sat in a truck at dead end of her street in Carmichael. He came up to passenger window and hit it with his flashlight and tried to open the door. The girl driving managed to put it in reverse but K got a good look at him before he turned off his flashlight and walked in between two houses. Later they had to take K home but there were cop cars all over the street - one of the houses he walk by had been burglarized. They are pretty sure now he was the EAR. My friend may be one of the only people to ever see his face. They think he knew one of the girls in the truck lived in the street and that he had been in their back yard later that summer trying to see if it was her. She is completely freaked out as you can imagine!
Oh no. Yes I can imagine she would be freaked out. So scary. If that was a movie I wouldn't believe the story of the EAR. I'd think it was too far fetched. It's unbelievable how active he was and what he did. Can only hope they identify him one day.
You could go to a convention low key. If you have to talk just do a fake Yank accent or something. Lol
Hahaha
Was the Jonestown case demanding on your mentally? Especially listening to the tapes on the final day?
Yeah that was bad. Very troubling case.
I think the Luna case was my favorite episode. Do you have a guess why he was murdered, whether it was the missing money or drug trial he was prosecuting or something else?
To be honest. My memory is a bit vague with the finer details of that one. There have been so many since. But I remember just being totally bamboozled by it. thinking "What The F happened here" very troubling case that one.
I was so excited for the bonus episode this week. At first I thought it was going to be an unsolved case, which I'll admit I hate cold cases. So, that being said, do you tend to have a preference for solved or unsolved cases?
Yeah I actually prefer covering unsolved cases. But I know not everyone likes them. So that's why we try and keep a good balance.
Do you have a case that you haven't worked on at all yet that you really want to do?
Oh so many. Pretty much any big one you can think of actually. We will get to them all given enough time.
What podcasts do you listen to; true crime or not..?
Joe Rogan. Hardcore History. Jocko Podcast. A few rugby league podcasts. And NFL fantasy footballera.
Have you thought about coming to a pod and/or crime convention yourself?
Hi Megan. No not really. Would be too difficult with the whole anonymous thing.
The Morcombe episode was emotional for me too. I wonder if their foundation still takes donations.
I'm sure it is still going.
Hey again Casey - Jonestown has been my favorite episode so far. However as fascinating as it was - it was incredibly sad. How do you get away from all the dark themes of the podcast? Time with family? Lady friend? Fishing?
Good question- researching this stuff must be hard going...
I think you Casey McCasefile has become the #1 and now for certain, that you have said it makes you laugh.
Haha. Casey it is
amazing to hear your team get to meet with detectives!
Yeah not sure when the episode will be released. But it's one of many we are working on.
5pm for me. So I've switched from coffee to something... More fun ☺️
Oh yes!
11PM in the UK no coffee for me!!
Oh definitely not. A nice herbal tea then!
Dan Carling is the man 👍
He sure is.
Hello! Thanks so much for all your hard work! This is my favorite podcast and I look forward to it every week! How is the partnership with the new app working out?
Hi Miranda. Some people hate it. Some people love it. Some people are neither here nor there. The first week was a bit of a nightmare as many though you had to pay. Which I understand as that pop up ad is the first thing that comes up when you open the app. But once we exoplanets the process it seems like most people were cool with it.
Do you have a P.O. box. Or Aussie equivalent to a P.O. box for fan mail to be sent?
Hi Mikki. No nothig like that at the moment unfortunately.
What time Is it there? Good Morning Casefile!!
Good morning Ann. It's 8am here.
What "names" do you like your fans to call you. If you like any of them. It must be entertaining to read some of the threads
Casey McCasefile is a personal favourite. That cracked me up.
Was your family excited you could finally give up your day job?
The ones that know were. A lot still don't even know about the podcast :) I'm good at staying under the radar.
Good morning :) I'm too sleepy to think of a question, zzzzz. Lol
Get a coffee. I'm about to have my second already :)
Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening everyone.
Good morning for me. Hi Brett.
Great work. Can you tell me about your recent trip to the Podcast awards in LA?
Hi Monique. Anna and Mike went to podcast movement. Learnt a lot. There were some great talks. The highlight being Dan Carlin's talk. Anna then met with detectives regarding a couple of cases :) so it was very productive.
Hi! Another listener from Minneapolis, MN here. Thank you for all the great Patreon 2.0 perks. I've really been enjoying the look behind the scenes, the team AMA, and the mini episode! Any plans to watch rugby (I think my Aus podcast friends called it "footy"?) this weekend?
Hi Karen. Thankyou. Yes it's grand final weekend. (He super bowl of rugby league) My team got knocked out last weekend unfortunately :( the game to get into the grand final. Always makes it harder to watch - but I'll still be watching. That's on tomorrow night.
I can see a tv slot on the horizon - definitely
Ahhhh! My first Casefile "Hi". So thrilled. Lol!
:)
Woo hoo ! My first AMA! Love your work!
Hi Kishi
Hello from Melbourne, I have a question about the Daniel morcombe episode, did you get exclusive access to the confession tapes or was it just released publicly just prior to you doing the episode? One of my favourite episodes, really compelling.
Hi David. No exclusive. It was released publicly. The whole thing is available online.
I really enjoyed the mini episode. Thanks for that. :)
Glad you enjoyed it Laura.
Hey! How's Australia?
Hi Samantha. Heading into summer. So it's very nice at the moment.
Hello from the Bay Area!! I absolutely love your show! Question - do you think other crime podcasts glorify the killers? I like how you actually show them and evil people - not some celebrities
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Hello from Minneapolis, MN! I enjoy your show immensely and look forward to each post! Congrats on going full-time! Will you stay Anonymous?
Hi Christina. Thankyou very much. Yes I'll still be anonymous :)
Whoops, posted this in the wrong place: In the solved cases you have covered, are there any where you doubt the guilt of those convicted? It seems most of the solved cases involve people whose guilt is not controversial; is that intentional?
Hi Nick. Yeah I don't doubt any of the convictions. No hasn't been intentional. It's just the cases we've come across and decided to do. There was case 21 that we covered which didn't follow this path though.
Hello from Charlotte, NC. Love the show.
Hi Brendan.
My favourite time of the month! Hello from London Ontario Canada Congratulations on your full time endeavour. Just curious. Did I miss something ? Was there not an episode 55? I feel like I’ve gone crazy.
It was pulled due to an issue with the recorded testimony I believe.
When is the Netflix series happen? 😆
Flat out just getting regular episodes out let alone a TV series! Would be cool in the future though.
Ottawa here
Hello Angie
Hello from Chicago!
Hello Laura
Congrats on the move to full-time
Thank you Crystal
Hi from West Virginia! 🤗
Hello Halley
How has the transition to full time podcaster been?
Very busy! I have no idea how anything got done while I was at work. Trying to get ahead.
Hello from Florida!
Hello Diana how are you