On June 6, 1976 a 28 year old daughter finds her parents and aunt along with her two sons murdered at her father's remote weekend cabin in the Swiss countryside. All five victims showing at least one bullet hole in the forehead, hence were shot at point blank range. Apparently none tried to escape or intervene. Thirteen shell casings were found at the scene of the crime and the murdered couple's car, that the murderer/s used to escape, was located the same day 30 km away. The couple's son (20) became the prime suspect. Yet neither a motive nor the murder weapon could be found.

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A gripping true crime podcast delving into Switzerland’s most talked-about and perplexing murder case. Five family members executed with chilling precision. Shot at point-blank range in the forehead. The crime bears a haunting resemblance to a Mafia contract killing, and its motive continues to elude the police, shrouded in mystery to this day.

The episode explains the 30 year staute of limitations for capital crimes in Switzerland and describes the pro and cons of the abolition bill currently under discussion in the Swiss parliament.

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• Rudolph Isler

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The last episode is a summary of the events and presents the most common of possible scenarios as well as a new personal account by the author. However, it remains up to the listener to figure out what really happened on that day in July 1982 and what led to the tragic and mysterious deaths of the two teenagers, who’s murderer may still live near the Crystal Caves.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Episode 4 focuses on the police investigation, their conclusions as to the nature and motive of the double murder and how the circumstances as well as additional testimonies by villagers lead them to four suspects. But as their continuous questioning lead to no confession and lacking convincing evidence, a murder weapon and even the site of the murders, they soon had to admit that they were facing a very complex case that soon proved to be clearly out of their league.

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