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In the autumn of 1998, 23-year-old Amy Lynn Bradley was told by her parents that they had been gifted a Caribbean cruise. Amy wasn’t excited by the news like they were, she had only just moved into her own apartment after graduating from her degree in Physical Education, and she was about to start a new job. _____ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

It was a school morning, and for once Shannon Matthews had something to look forward to. Her fourth-year class had their first swimming lesson that day, and she had been looking forward to it for ages... ____ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

Victoria Police Constables Steven Tynan and Damian Eyre’s night shift started on October 11, 1988, at 11:00 pm. Call sign ‘Prahran 311', it had been a shift of routine policing for the pair; a domestic dispute, noisy parties, a drunk in Fitzroy Street, a pub assault on Chapel Street, a smashed shop window, and two activated security alarms... ____ Researched and written by Milly Raso [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

Blacktown is a suburb located in Western Sydney, 37 kilometres away from Sydney’s Central Business District. In the mid-1980’s, drugs, crime and high levels of unemployment were rife in the streets of Blacktown. But it was one particular night that changed everything... ____ Researched and written by Victoria Dieffenbacher [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

Case 55: Simone Strobel

On December 7th, 2003, thirteen-year-old Daniel Morcombe told his brothers he was going to Sunshine Plaza to get a haircut and look for Christmas presents. Shortly after lunch he left his home on Woombye-Palmwoods Road and walked just over one kilometre to an unofficial bus stop located under the Kiel Mountain overpass... _____ Researched and written by Milly Raso [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

Case 53: Bonus 2 – Interview

Case 53: Bonus 1 – Interviews

[Part 5 of 5] When Part 4 began, it was August 1978. Sergeant Jim Bevins and Lieutenant Ray Root from the Sacramento Task Force held a special meeting with law enforcement agencies in Contra Costa County... ______ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories Download the map of the attacks here (http://casefilepodcast.com/EARONmap5) Download "The Homework" files here (http://casefilepodcast.com/EARONhomework) [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

[Part 4 of 5] Part 3 began with an emergency press conference in mid-1977. A composite sketch, as well as a physical and psychological profile of the East Area Rapist, was released. The public were warned to be vigilant. ______ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories Download the map of the attacks here (http://casefilepodcast.com/EARONmap4) Download "The Homework" files here (http://casefilepodcast.com/EARONhomework) [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

[Part 3 of 5] 1977 started off with a task force being created by the Sacramento Sherriff’s department to catch the East Area Rapist. The crime lab was able to determine that the rapist’s blood was Type A... ______ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories Download the map of the attacks here (http://casefilepodcast.com/EARONmap3) [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

[Part 2 of 5] On June 18th, 1976, the Sacramento Sherriff’s Department responded to a break in, and rape of a young woman. By the end of the year, there were ten attacks in total, all attributed to the one serial offender, who the media dubbed, “The East Area Rapist”... ________ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories Download the map of the attacks here (casefilepodcast.com/EARONmap2) [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

[Part 1 of 5] In 1976, Rancho Cordova was a fairly new, postwar suburb in East Sacramento. Beginning as a housing development in the 50’s by the 70’s it was predominantly a middle-class single story neighbourhood, surrounded by other similar suburbs... ________ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories Download the map of the attacks here (casefilepodcast.com/EARONmap1) [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

Two witnesses saw the male acting suspicious in the car park, hiding in the ditch. He didn’t seem right. What was he doing? But Mary didn’t see the male. Not until it was too late… ____ Researched and written by Victoria Dieffenbacher [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]

In the Coral Sea, off the coast of Northern Queensland, lies the Great Barrier Reef. Seen clearly from space, It is the largest living structure on earth. It is a World Heritage Site and known as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. ____ Researched and written by Anna at A.G.P Stories [For all credits and sources please visit casefilepodcast.com]