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Hello all. I’m here. I made it. Sorry again for the confusion yesterday. Fire your questions in.
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Doh!
too late again....
Thank you for joining in everyone. Always a pleasure to talk to you all. See you at the next one!
I always prefer the solved cases, and I finally figured out on Silk Road why I prefer them. I love hearing what the authorities are doing at the same time as hearing what the criminal was doing or thinking. I loved that the agent in Chicago started an entire investigation after finding one pill. Thanks to the casefile team for excellent research and material.
Thank you Joan. A very interesting case for sure. Lots going on.
Silly question. Do you ever sport your own swag (or as you'd say, "merch")? ;-)
Haha no I don’t
I'm sorry if you've answered this in previous AMAs, but what happened with the episode you guys removed from the feed (can't remember the episode name/number, but I think it was about the foursome traveling in Australia)?
All I can say is we had to remove it for the time being. No idea when/if it will ever be back.
Want to point out that it is very controversial that the judge used the solicited attempted murders to give a greater punishment to Ulbricht. We have precedent in the USA that sentence enhancements generally must be based on facts proven to a jury (Blakely v. Washington and Apprendi v. New Jersey). Whether the Supreme Court will apply those precedents to an enhanced punishment that was still within the allowed range remains to be seen.
I still can't believe the sentence he received...
Oh so you’re right in the thick of it then!
Did you do anything fun for St Paddy's?
No unfortunately. It was a very quiet and uneventful one for me.
In Silk Road episode 2, you mentioned that the server folders were encrypted, but that the passcode "trytocrackthisnsa" somehow didn't make it to Tarbell (sp?) until the US Attorney mentioned it. But how did the Iceland authorities get the passcode for the server's encrypted files? I don't think this was explained
So this is why some believe the server was actually hacked by authorities. They don’t buy the story that they just stumbled across the passcode by looking at the servers history.
Do you ever feel at all uneasy about revealing information about unsolved cases? Particularly concerning highly dubious sounding ones like the Vancouver Island cases for example?
Not really no. We obviously have to be careful with what we say though.
Do you have any kids?
No I don’t.
Will EAR/ONS ever be caught?
Yes. Gotta be positive.
Are you guys planning on doing any more serial killer cases? Those are my favorite!!!
Hi Marie. Yes we do. Currently working on one now. But it won’t be out for a while.
Ahh did I miss it?
Can you cover a case from the former Soviet Union?
Yeah we don’t have any limits/criteria on the cases we’ll cover. We are open to anything. Got any in mind?
Love you lots!!! You are so cool for doing this, thanks :)
Thank you :)
Just popping in to say Hello because work... Thanks for covering the Mia Zapata case. I had never heard of it but it was a really interesting one and something different. Have a great day :)
Thank you Amity. You too, have a good one.
Favorite horror movie? Favorite sweets?
Sticky date pudding. I wouldn’t say favourite. But the one horror movie that managed to completely mess me up and keep me up for a month was the original Texas chainsaw massacre. That is a horribly disturbing movie. I was 12 or 13 when I watched it. So if I watched it now it might not be that bad. But not taking the risk!
What is the best way fans like us can support you and enable you to produce more episodes. BTW - I agree with everyone above. Yours is my favorite podcast ever!
Hi Jennifer. We are overwhelmed by the amount of support we receive currently. We will be right to produce more episodes for a while yet. Thank you :)
A lot of your scripts are delivered almost in a "who-dunnit" style where you leave the audience guessing at the outcome (if they don't know already). How much of this is by design and how much occurs organically through the storytelling?
Little bit of both. Depending on the case of course.
I never know what to ask in these. I'm currently nursing two sick cats and wondered if you had any pets. I mean, I'm not saying I would stop listening if you hate cats but... 🤔 PS obviously love the show ❤️
I don’t have any pets at all. I had a dog but she passed away many years ago. Hopefully your cats feel better soon.
What do you think is the future of investigative journalism?
No idea. We don’t consider ourselves journalists or investigators at all. Have never made the claim. Storytellers would be a more appropriate title I think.
Are you more intrigued by solved or unsolved cases ?
Probably unsolved if I had to choose. But both.
You are by far the best podcast on air, BY FAR ❤️
Thank you :)
Any jobs going?..lol my hobby is true crimes to do it is as a job would be amazing lol
Not at the moment. But who knows in the future!
What made you choose the janabi family as your latest podcast; how do you select what you cover?
One of our writers, Milly pitched that one. I’d never heard of it before then. It was definitely different and I wasn’t sure about it at first. But when I dived into it I thought it was a story that should be told.
Hello to my podcast crush, hehe. 😉 Have you ever been to the States, Casey? BTW - I’m a army veteran who served in Iraq and had never heard the story you covered this week. Absolutely horrifying.
Thabkyou for your service Jamee. Yeah it certainly is. Found it Hard to get my head around. Yep I’ve been a few times. Just short little stays of a few weeks. Loved it. I’ll be back.
How far in advance do you plan each case?..p.s best podcast I’ve ever listened to I tell everyone lol
Thank you Kully. That changes constantly. Sometimes we know what we are doing two months in advance. Sometimes it’s more like two weeks! It constantly varies as some cases take a lot longer then others.
Do you have any holidays booked this year?
Not really. I have a few quick trips here and there. But we are sticking to our three episodes on one episode off for the entire year - so that doesn’t leave a lot of time for holidays.
What are some of the other cases you would like to cover?
Pretty much all of the big ones I’d like to cover at some point. It’s just a matter of time.
Tea or coffee?
Coffee is my favourite. But I do like tea as well. Tea is good in the afternoons/evening.
What advice would you have for aspiring true crime podcasters and/or someone starting their own true crime podcast?
I would say just start! That’s what I did. Learnt as I went. Although I would say - do a lot of practise runs before you release your first episodes. Multiple recordings to make sure you get it all right. That’s something I would change if I could go back.
Any tattoos?
Hi Erica. None at all. Not against them. They are just too permanent for my liking and I change my mind too much!