Case 156: Shergar
In 1980, an Irish racehorse named Shergar took the industry by storm, becoming a racing champion and national treasure. The Irish public adored Shergar and watching him achieve great success provided a much needed distraction from The Troubles. He became a symbol of hope and possibility in an otherwise bleak and trying time.
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Jessica Forsayeth - research
Elsha McGill - writing
Mike Migas - production, scoring
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - scoring
Milly Raso - creative direction
Comments (40)
I agree with Telma. I’ve been appreciating the non-traditional cases as well. It’s a nice change up from the usual homicide cases and as an American, it was interesting to get some history about the IRA and the conflict in Ireland. Great job again team Casefile!
I got the memo. 😄
This was an excellent episode. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. I love it when you cover non-traditional cases, like the shipwreck a few months ago. The first ever case I listened to was the Mark & John case, where no one died, but it was so convoluted I was absolutely riveted the entire time. Thank you for being so original, fantastically researched, and well written & performed.
Thank you Telma. Much appreciated.
Thank you, Case File. Always grateful XO
Thank you Georgina.
I want to listen to it but I don't think I can do animal stuff! Being said I love casefile and Casey does such an amazing job that I might give it a shot.
Thank you Jenny.
It states above that there were two episodes released in the same week. Where is the second episode? Thanks!
Hi Susan. Shergar was originally released as Case 153. However that was an error. We removed the episode a few days later, however by that time a number of patrons had already listened. We then released Anni Hindocha in it's place that same week. So that was the week two episodes were released. We mentioned at the time that Shergar would be released again, in it's correct spot, and this is the week for that. We understand this is disappointing for people who have already listened to the episode. We will be back with case 157 next week.
I really like this episode! Very intriguing and I loved learning the background of Ireland politics and the horse racing world!
Thank you Kelley.
This is an old one!
I listened to this first time round & I loved it. I’m from Ireland & would have an interest in flat racing so i would have known previously of the mystery surrounding Shegars disappearance. I think you guys did a great job cover the case.
Thank you Sandra.
3 weeks for new material, i think. Maybe 4 weeks. You never know with this one. I don't count whatever that other stuff is as actual quality material. What am I paying for. No thanks.
Hi William. Sorry to hear that. Send us a message and we can reimburse your pledges for you. Thank you.
I caught this episode the first time around and I loved it! Definitely enjoy when these types of cases get thrown into the mix!
No worries Casey and Team. Continue with the amazing work! The guys having a whinge re. repeat content should remember that they got two awesome cases a couple of weeks ago! Look forward to next week 🙂
Thank you Abhi, much appreciated.
Is this whole episode about a horse? Or is there a murder
I got shot down for asking this last time.
There’s a great song about the horse Shergar you can find on YouTube called Horse Outside by the Rubberbandits worth a watch
I really liked this episode and I enjoyed being put in that world, to understand the context of the crime. Also, tbh, I love when Casefile throws in a crime that isn’t violent murder lol
Thank you Maya, much appreciated.
Thanks Casey & Team, I was wondering if there was new content. It was a great 👍 episode, but since I just listened to it resently, no need to again at this time. 🙂
Case 157 will be released next week on Patreon.
Apologies for the confusion everyone. As Sarah posted above, we made an announcement at the time that this was going to happen. I know it's not ideal, however there were two episodes released in the one week for those that have already listened to Shergar. This episode is exactly the same as the one previously released, no need to relisten.
Yay! So stoked this is back up! Never had a chance to give it a re-listen ❤️
Waited all that time for the repeat, not cool
“As many of you are aware, Case 153: Shergar was recently released early on Patreon. However, due to some last minute changes in our schedule, we have decided to push Shergar back a few weeks and will be releasing Case 153: Anni Hindocha in its place. Shergar has been taken down for now but will be re-released in our upcoming block. We apologise for any inconvenience but there will now be two early release episodes this week.”
Guys they sent an Email, that this will be released later than expected! So this time has come now, another week to wait haha
I just looked back at their posts and they announced that they deleted the Shergar episode and would upload it at a different date. so that’s what this is. Hope this clears up confusion.
Repeat?
Give me the gnarly true crime I need Casefile I believe in y’all
Yeah I'm way confused right now.
Again?
This one has already been up right? Is a new unheard one coming soon?
The excitement of a new episode and then the heart break when you realise you’ve already listened 😭
I came to say this. Any idea if it’s different at all or just the exact same one already released?