True Crime
Is ‘Jennifer’s Body’ Based on This True Story?
Is Jennifer’s Body based on a true story? Quite possibly. You may be surprised to learn that this true crime case is eerily reminiscent of the events depicted in the film. Horror Comedy Jennifer’s Bod...
Five Standout Episodes of The Casefile True Crime Podcast
Though it never truly left, true crime storytelling is back in the forefront again. One of the ways that true crime addicts like myself like to feed our fascination is by listening to podcasts. There ...
Victims Spotlight: Remembering the Victims of David Berkowitz a.k.a ‘Son of Sam’
New York City, 1976. An unknown offender, later identified as David Berkowitz, approaches a parked car in the Pelham Bay neighborhood of the Bronx. The perpetrator produces a .44 Caliber “Bulldo...
Robert Durst and His Suspected Victims [Victim’s Spotlight]
Late real estate baron Robert Durst was under a veil of suspicion beginning with the 1982 disappearance of his first wife, Kathleen “Kathie” McCormack. The couple’s 9-year marriage w...
‘The Town that Dreaded Sundown’: The True Story Behind the Film
Is The Town That Dreaded Sundown based on a true story? Well, yes. But with some creative listen taken. Keep reading for the full rundown on the Texarkana Phantom and the feature film adaptation based...
Donald “Pee Wee” Gaskins: The Meanest Man in America
Born on March 13th 1933 in Florence County, South Carolina, Donald Henry Gaskins Jr had a number of nicknames. His nicknames include: The “Meanest Man in America”, “The Redneck Charles Manson”, “Junio...
Three Terrifying Real-Life Examples of Changelings
In folklore, primarily European, changelings are referred to as “…a mischievous or troublesome faerie child which has been left in the place of a human child, with the real human child sto...
The Phantom of Fisher Hall: Where is Ronald Tammen?
It’s been over 70 years since college sophomore Ronald Tammen Jr disappeared on a literal dark and stormy night in 1953. Tammen, by all accounts, was an average and popular student. He was an R....
The Case of the Vanishing Doctor: Nantucket’s Most Bizarre Missing Person’s Case
The strange case of Dr. Margaret Kilcoyne has all the makings of an Agatha Christie whodunit: A brilliant doctor seemingly on the brink of madness, a secluded home on Nantucket, and a disappearance th...