Case 154: Steven Stayner

I consume a lot of true crime content, and this one wrecks me. Just totally wrecks me. 🤢

This all happened well before my time, but I did so much reading on it after listening. Thank you for the great work on this one! And despite what others on social media have said - I am very grateful the other Stayner case did not get mentioned in this story! You all always do an amazing job of focusing your eps. on the victims!

I’m so deeply touched by this episode, had tears in my eyes whenI heard about the statues. It’s just tragic, yet so beautiful. Thank you team!

I remember watching the miniseries mentioned in this episode, but was gobsmacked by the end of the tale when I listened to this

Awful that Cary being a serial killer wasn't mentioned.

I took my time listening then rewinding, all while exploring the area on Google maps. I dunno if that’s something others do here as well!

I knew this story long before hearing this and yet, unfailingly, casefile once again blew me away. For the first time in ages, I found myself tearing up at several parts.. outstanding work.

Sure hope Casefile covers the second chapter of this story.

Wow this did a number on me, great episode, one hell of a ride for the family's involved, love it when I can't stop thinking about an episode for days, great job guys

Jesus that was one hell of a story. Tragic. Well done Casefile

What a phenomenal episode. I found myself welling up frequently. You guys did an amazing job here, telling the story of Steven and Timmy. True definitions of a survivor! Great work Casefile!

I wasn’t sure if I would be that interested in this episode because I’ve heard several other podcasts cover it. However, I shouldn’t have doubted the Casefile team - this was an extremely well done episode. Great work as always. What a sad case.

The injustice throughout was appalling! Such a sad story and these 2 young men, tragically, had their lives cut short while the perpetrator lived until he was 76. Thank you team.

What an excellent job covering this episode! I remember when all of this was going on but there were a lot of details given that I was not aware of such as the perps release😡. This was a heartbreaking event back then and all these years later it's still one of the saddest stories ever😢

This was, while among the most heartbreaking stories, it was an episode that has been on my mind all day because I think it covers the best and the worst in us humans. As a parent, I tend to want to pass on stories about kids that go missing like this. But I hung in there and was impressed with how well the story was told. Since I knew nothing about this story, the twists and turns were really mind blowing. Will be looking forward to the Q&A on this one... thanks guys!

Wow, I continue to be amazed at the details provided in all of your episodes. I’ve heard this story on other podcasts and tv several times, but I was still interested to listen because I knew you guys would do an excellent job! This case is definitely one of the most heartbreaking and bizarre of them all. Thanks again for your amazing work!

Sad story. Good episode. Good work team.

I had never heard of this case before. I was so shocked, that the cops went very quickly to assuming the parents were involved. Gosh, it’s so desperately sad ☹️

Thank you team. Really interesting. We learn not to talk to strangers. But we see here that it is pretty easy to convince a young person to get in a car. And then they are lost.

What an absolutely heartbreaking story.

I really enjoyed listening to this one. It’s great when you think the episode must nearly be over and then realising you’re only half way. What a horrific experience for all involved!

Central Valley local. Always particularly terrifying when you can know of all the locations where these things are happening. It’s also interesting for one sibling to be the victim of a serious crime and one to be the perpetrator of a different serious crime. Especially considering the nature of both Cary and Steven’s “situations” are not terribly common...

I wonder if there will be an episode on Cary, as well. Awful stories, both of them. 😔

I’m kind of surprised this is only one episode! Probably one of the earliest true crime cases I remember being interested in.

This is going to be a real sad one!