Casefile podcasts

[Jatz]

Started the Yorkshire Ripper one this morning. Listened to 1/3 so far but do know who it was/what happened.

Bloody awful human. Can't imagine the fear those poor women went through before death.

 

[tombomb]

Thought the episodes this year have been a little flat, but just finished the first ep of Silk Road.

incredible.

Best episode since Daniel Morcombe/Jonestown IMO

 

[Jatz]

Finished the Yorkshire Ripper this morning.

Hard to believe how badly the police bungled that entire investigation. No wonder Sutcliffe felt like he'd never be caught. He killed 13 but attacked plenty more so it wasn't like he was particularly great at what he did.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Thought the episodes this year have been a little flat, but just finished the first ep of Silk Road.

incredible.

Best episode since Daniel Morcombe/Jonestown IMO

I'm waiting until all are released and will listen to them back to back.

 

[tombomb]

I'm waiting until all are released and will listen to them back to back.

Its really really good. As I said in my previous post, I feel like the last 4 or 5 episodes have been a little flat.

But Silk Road seems like a return to their very best.

 

[The Dice Man]

Its really really good. As I said in my previous post, I feel like the last 4 or 5 episodes have been a little flat.

But Silk Road seems like a return to their very best.

Im sure there was a thread a few years back here on The Silk Road but I cant find it. Excellent episode so far and I remember reading reports about the case a while back and Im sure Ulbricht's defence was that he had passed the site onto someone else. Im curious about the book they reference, American Kingpin, kind of like the modern day Godfather. Great episode so far.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

The Silk Road have been awesome

 

[The Dice Man]

Yeah it has been excellent. Ive read a little about Ulbricht and the Silk Road and it will be interesting to see how part 3 goes, because IIRC it has been said that there were multiple DPRs.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Just finished part 3 of Silk Road. Great ep. Good to have a break from the hard murder cases too.

 

[Bazzas Lovechild]

Yep. Bloody awesome story telling across the 3 eps.

 

[Killer Power]

Half way through Ep 3 of Silk Road. It really is a great story.

 

[Aussie_boy]

The Ulbricht case really fascinated me, pretty keen to listen to the podcasts and will no doubt go right through them in succession tomorrow. It's weird, the cases I've heard of I'll listen to yet I struggle to listen to one I have no background knowledge of.

 

[Jatz]

Listened to Graham Thorne yesterday. So sad. Can remember hearing about it as a kid in Sydney in the 1970s. Amazing that full names and addresses were published for lottery winners until then.

Listened to this one last week. Incredible that names and addresses were published. Surprised it took until this case for something to happen.

I don't think the guy even meant to kill Graham. He'd said he was going to call back later that night but the kid died before that next call. After that, he'd lost all leverage.

 

[Brock 'n' Roll]

Silk road was amazing.

 

[Aussie_boy]

Listened to Silk Road and it didn't disappoint.

 

[Jatz]

Listened to Part 1 of Silk Road this morning.

Very interesting. He was always going to end up in trouble for setting that up though.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

Interested in opinions on the sentence. Made an example of that's for sure.

 

[The Dice Man]

Interested in opinions on the sentence. Made an example of that's for sure.

The fact it was life WITHOUT parole is the worst part. He should have something to aim for.

 

[Hard Ball Get]

The fact it was life WITHOUT parole is the worst part. He should have something to aim for.

Yeah pretty harsh. He was more than willing to commit murder so I have no issue with life. Without parole, I thought was the harsh part.

 

[Killer Power]

Interested in opinions on the sentence. Made an example of that's for sure.

Seemed harsh. Although some of my feeling on that is undoubtedly influenced by the way he was presented in the series as an anti-establishment libertarian hero. If he had been put forward as a more of a ruthless scumbag then it may not have seemed excessive. Either way no chance of parole for a young guy not convicted of any murders seems harsh.

 

[Jatz]

Finished the 2nd part on my commute in this morning.

For someone so smart (you really had to be to set up Silk Road), he made some interesting errors in judgement.

 

[GreyBudgie]

Agree Silk Road was fantastic, really enjoying Casefile podcasts and have been listening to those recommended in this thread, so thanks to everyone who have recommended certain episodes.

 

[BILC]

Silk Road was incredible, they do a great job on the multi-episode cases.

 

[Bunk Moreland]

Interested in opinions on the sentence. Made an example of that's for sure.

Interesting they mentioned he was offered a plea deal of life with 10 years minimum before trial, but knocked it back.

After listening to it all I don’t have much sympathy for him. I can kind of understand his stance on drugs, but he went well beyond that. He had people killed (or thought he did), and was happy to set up weapons trafficking on Silk Road. Black market guns and weapons exist for one reason, to kill a lot of people quickly. And often innocent people - there’s no law enforcement or crime fighters using the black market.

I did think the sentence was OTT, but I don’t feel too sorry for him. I reckon he simply became a greedy ****er.

 

[The Dice Man]

Interesting they mentioned he was offered a plea deal of life with 10 years minimum before trial, but knocked it back.

After listening to it all I don’t have much sympathy for him. I can kind of understand his stance on drugs, but he went well beyond that. He had people killed (or thought he did), and was happy to set up weapons trafficking on Silk Road. Black market guns and weapons exist for one reason, to kill a lot of people quickly. And often innocent people - there’s no law enforcement or crime fighters using the black market.

I did think the sentence was OTT, but I don’t feel too sorry for him. I reckon he simply became a greedy ******.

Im not sure he was greedy in the traditional sense, i.e. for money. I think the power is what he was addicted too even if it was anonymous. He didn't live a lavish lifestyle at all and I suspect he truly believed what he was doing was some kind of legacy that he would be remembered for. He really did believe he was going to end the US's 'War on Drugs'.