
The Main Suspect (6 of 8)
Explicit content warning
07/21/23 • 30 min
With the case being re-enacted as part of a television programme but not yielding new leads, the case went cold. That is until an altogether different investigation connected a new suspect to the Crystal Cave Murders in 1985. We take an in-depth look at the bizarre circumstances that gave the police new hope and we hear the account of the accused, who gave an interview for the first time after several years of silence and seclusion.
Click HERE to leave a rating or comment or here to FOLLOW
Author & Host
- Rudolph Isler
Get in touch
Donations
Copyright
With the case being re-enacted as part of a television programme but not yielding new leads, the case went cold. That is until an altogether different investigation connected a new suspect to the Crystal Cave Murders in 1985. We take an in-depth look at the bizarre circumstances that gave the police new hope and we hear the account of the accused, who gave an interview for the first time after several years of silence and seclusion.
Click HERE to leave a rating or comment or here to FOLLOW
Author & Host
- Rudolph Isler
Get in touch
Donations
Copyright
Previous Episode

The Case File XY (5 of 8)
In Episode 5 we learn how the police approached the Television Programme ‘Case File XY unsolved’ which aired a detailed 10 minute reenactment of the murder case. The intention was to find new witnesses and spread the inquires across all German speaking countries. We look at the results and focus on the puzzling inconsistencies between facts and the reenacted details shown in the television programme.
Click HERE to leave a rating or comment or here to FOLLOW
Author & Host
- Rudolph Isler
Get in touch
Donations
Copyright
Next Episode

The New Leads (7 of 8)
Episode 7 is about startling new testimonials that surfaced 37 years after the double murder. Observations that once again put a familiar suspect right back into the spotlight, even though the case had reached its 30-year statute of limitation for murder in 2012. And we follow up on private investigators that still wanted to solve the mystery about the double murders.
Click HERE to leave a rating or comment or here to FOLLOW
Author & Host
- Rudolph Isler
Get in touch
Donations
Copyright
Swiss Murder Mysteries - The Main Suspect (6 of 8)
Transcript
In the previous episodes, we concentrated on the 4 suspects that instantly came under suspicion and were repeatedly questioned by the police. The police that were convinced that 1 of the 4 was the murderer and subsequently focused their investigations primarily on them. But by doing that, they were later accused by the press and private investigators to have neglected to follow-up on alternative leads, having only half heartedly pursued testimonie
If you like this episode you’ll love
Episode Comments
Generate a badge
Get a badge for your website that links back to this episode
<a href="https://goodpods.com/podcasts/swiss-murder-mysteries-276699/the-main-suspect-6-of-8-33901731"> <img src="https://storage.googleapis.com/goodpods-images-bucket/badges/generic-badge-1.svg" alt="listen to the main suspect (6 of 8) on goodpods" style="width: 225px" /> </a>
Copy