Casefile Archives 9: The Frankston Serial Killer

About this episode

The episode recounts the chilling events surrounding the Frankston Serial Killer and the impact on the local community.

*** Content Warning: serial killer, extreme violence, animal cruelty *** In early 1993, Frankston resident Donna received a series of unnerving prank calls. Afraid of being home alone, she accompanied her boyfriend during his pizza delivery shift, only to return home to find her worst fears had come true.  Her pet cats had been killed, and written in blood on the lounge room wall were the words: ‘Donna, you’re dead.’ This marked the beginning of a five-month crime spree that terrorised locals and resulted in the murders of three young women – Elizabeth Stevens, Deborah Fream and Natalie Russell.  The perpetrator was dubbed ‘The Frankston Serial Killer’, but who was he, and when would he strike again? --- Casefile Archives is a series of special bonus releases revisiting the earliest years of the show. The re-run episodes have been completely edited, polished, re-recorded and freshly produced from start to finish to match our current production standards. They are not complete rewrites - our goal wasn’t to alter the cases or reshape the writing, but to preserve the original storytelling while giving the production the refinement it didn’t have when we started the…

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Host: Casefile Presents

Topics covered

• serial killer
• true crime
• murder
• crime spree
• violence

Keywords

• Frankston Serial Killer
• Donna
• Elizabeth Stevens
• Deborah Fream
• Natalie Russell
• crime spree
• murder

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