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Hello team, I am new to patreon so apologies if this has been asked a bunch. Case 341 made me curious how you all handle unreliable narrators, biased reporting/books, and debunked evidence/concepts? Do you find value in reading source material that is heavily biased or perhaps outdated? How do navigate balancing conflicting information to weave together a coherent story? Thanks for all your hard work, casefile has been an absolute favorite of mine for a long time and I'm glad to be able to support y'all a bit on this platform!

Maybe it’s an idea that you also give a brief description of the case in the post? Just like in the eventual episode. It happened multiple times that I had to google the case to be sure that I had the right one in mind. Also what made you go for such an old case with Julia Wallace? I think it’s a fascinating case. Final question. But what do you make of the Christchurch Civic Crèche situation? I do think that it started off well intentioned, but just spiraled out of control.

Question about case 342: I really enjoyed this case! I feel like a lot of William's behaviors, such as repeatedly checking the time, present him as potentially being neurodivergent. I think his calm demeanour in court could also be put down to this. I really feel like if this was a modern case, William may be recognized as being neurodivergent and that this would help prove his innocence. My reading of the case was that the RM Qualtrough call was made, to intentionally get William out of the house so the murder could be carried out. I wonder if any of you share my feelings on this, specifically Milly, maybe writing this case in a way to sort of highlight the behaviors of William as not being completely neurotypical.

Hi, Team! I went on a Google deep dive into the writer for the fabulous John Zera ep, and Brianne, welcome to Casefile! I'm wondering if you were able to talk to the lead investigator for this case because it seems to be sort of a hometown case for you? Did that change anything about how you would normally approach this kind of investigation, and did you feel like you were able to learn more detail than you might otherwise have? Also do you think the latest person of interest is actually guilty?

hey guys, 3-year-long supporter here, first time question-leaver. just wanted to say i really appreciate this year's slate of episodes so far. i don't know how the creative direction for the show works, exactly, but late last year i was feeling like the episodes were written in a way that felt a little "unfair" as a listener. basically i didn't appreciate that it seemed like several episodes in a row had some big twist when i tend to appreciate more straightforward storytelling. (i understand i'm just a single listener, i'm just giving my two cents.) some of your best cases recently have been Waco, Test A.rtf, Elisabeth Membrey, Julia Wallace, John Zera, and Amerithrax. Wallace's case (or at least the way you portrayed it) genuinely had me on the fence as to his guilt and became an immediate favorite for me. an episode i didn't personally care for is probably the Folbigg case, though i understand this stuff is hard to write about and not every episode will appeal to everyone. i guess my question, inasmuch as you're willing/able to answer it, is whether there was an intentional shift in how you have been choosing to handle these more recent episodes. are you trying to write about them differently than you previously would have? or is it just that these particular cases play out in a certain way that it just *makes more sense* to write them more straightforward? i could also just be reading too much into it, admittedly. thanks in advance! (and yeah, feel free to trim down this question when you read it in the episode lol) have a great day, and keep up the good work.

For 343: John Zera, my question is, what was the most shocking or outlandish aspect of the case for you? It went on an absolute roller coaster from one of the suspects being a feet tickeler to the mortician being eccentric to even the jealous ex hiding autospy reports, so I'd be curious to wonder what was your personal highlight in the bizzare case? Another quick follow-up question is, why wasn't the vast amount of evidence and diary entries by Daniel acker not enough to count for a charge? He wasn't insane and he had Intimate details of the case in them. Feels a little odd to get so close but not get that last bit of closure. Either way, this was a particularly sad get bizzare case, and guys did amazing!

I’m curious to know if the long summer break helped you all catch up with the writing and recording. I don’t want you all to get too overworked!

Is it difficult to cover very old cases like Julia Wallace because it’s hard for us to understand what life was like then? Like everything from the style of housing, to the public trams, the pre-NHS health system etc. it felt like an alien world.

In terms of the Christcurch Civic Creche, do you think it could be possible some cases were real but the panic and poor management (from parents and investigators) led to the more outlandish stories we now know? When I was a preteen, there was a coach and investigators were very careful how they approached us as his potential victims so they didn't harm the case they were sure of. As I listened, that same care was not taken and I'm left with a feeling there may have been actual victims concealed by the spectacle it became.

I enjoyed these episodes very much. I'm sure someone will ask about the aliases in TCCC.

Hi all. Loving this year's cases. General question - I know someone asked it about about 2 years ago but a lot has changed in that time so I will ask it again - do you use any AI in your research, writing, recording etc these days?

Does Erin happen to have a background in psychology / criminology / forensic behavioural science? She does the kind of analyses and deep dives I could see myself doing if I wrote for casefile. I love the framework she writes from. Always scratches my behavioural science itch!

Hello guys long time no speak! So I am from Liverpool, England and id never heard about the Julia Wallace case. I believe William is guilty and the phone call from R. M. Qualtrough was a red herring. No blood was found on his clothes but he could of murdered her in the nude? Do you guys think he was guilty? Would love to hear your thoughts

Hi team. General question. Would love to know whether you prefer writing/producing old cases such as Julia Wallace or more modern ones like William Tyrrell (as an example)? I am interested to know what other listeners prefer too. For me, I prefer newer ones because after the episode there's usually lots of pictures and articles to dive into

Hi Casefile! I have been enjoying your episodes this year, keep up the great work! This is a long question so I apologize. I wanted to ask you a question about a case from 2021. Case 176, Yingying Zhang. The case took place in Urbana IL of a foreign exchange student from China who was brutally murdered by a man named Brendt Allen Christensen. I grew up 45 minutes away from Urbana and was in high school when I heard about the murder happening. It was very scary because it's a smaller area and murders were pretty unheard of there. If I remember this is a case Erin wrote the case. I wanted to ask what drew you to the case and why did you decide to write about it? Casey, what did you think of the case. This case also reminded me of a case from my hometown of a woman named Diane Small. She was found cut into pieces under a creepy bride called air tight bride. It reminds me that anything can happen no matter where you are. Thank you for all you do and sorry again about it the long question!

this is more of a general question but will you ever re-record Snowtown? i’d love to hear it