Casefile dives into the Folbigg case in May 2026 bonus episode

Casefile True Crime released a new Behind the Files bonus episode in May 2026, giving premium subscribers an inside look at the making of Case 338 — the podcast's coverage of the Kathleen Folbigg case, one of Australia's most debated and consequential criminal convictions.

A case that has haunted Australia for over three decades

Kathleen Folbigg was convicted in 2003 of killing her four children: Caleb, Patrick, Sarah, and Laura. She spent twenty years in prison before new scientific evidence from geneticists and medical researchers gradually began to undermine the basis for her conviction. In 2023, she was pardoned by the Governor of New South Wales following an independent inquiry that found there was reasonable doubt about her guilt. The case is now widely regarded as one of the most significant potential miscarriages of justice in Australian legal history.

It is this complex and emotionally harrowing case that Casefile chose to examine in Case 338 — and in the May 2026 Behind the Files episode, the team pulls back the curtain on what it takes to research and produce an episode of this magnitude. Kathleen Folbigg

Behind the microphone: The challenges of production

In the Behind the Files format, the anonymous host and Elsha typically speak candidly about the ethical and practical considerations behind each episode. With the Folbigg case, the team had to navigate particularly sensitive territory: the case involves four dead children, a mother who was regarded as a serial killer for two decades, and a public debate that cuts to the heart of whether the justice system failed — both the children and their mother.