Julie's Gone

Julie's Gone

Host: Casefile Presents

Julie Ann Garciacelay was not quite 20 when she vanished from her inner-city apartment in Melbourne 50 years ago.Three men who were with her that night in July 1975 told police the young American left to make a phone call and didn’t return. One would be linked to the infamous Easey Street murders 18 months later.Julie has never been seen since, nor has her body been found. Her disappearance is one of Australia’s oldest, most haunting ‘cold cases’. But investigative journalist Helen Thomas has unearthed new information about her vanishing - so far from home, almost lost in time… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy fo

Episodes

Episode 7: The Little Piano
01July 30, 2025 11:59amExplicit

Episode 7: The Little Piano

When Julie and her two sisters were little, their mother bought them a toy piano to share. Julie took to it with passion and became a gifted pianist. Now, her legacy lives on through the piano scholarship Ruth Garciacelay set up, in her dau…

Episode 6: It's in the File
02July 30, 2025 11:50amExplicit

Episode 6: It's in the File

Veteran detectives believe the crucial clue that can lead to an ancient ‘cold case’ like Julie Garciacelay’s being solved is usually found in the original file. It could well be true in this case, as Casefile Presents discovers… Hosted on A…

Episode 5: The Deadly Decade
03July 30, 2025 11:45amExplicit

Episode 5: The Deadly Decade

In the decade that followed Julie’s murder, 19 other women suffered violent deaths in Melbourne.Helen Thomas traces this brutal trail… Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 4: Go Higher
04July 30, 2025 11:40amExplicit

Episode 4: Go Higher

When Ruth Garciacelay realised her daughter really was missing, she flew to Australia from the US. A couple of years later, she returned to Melbourne and had an unnerving encounter with one of the men who’d been with Julie the night she dis…

Episode 3: The Boxer, the Crim & the Journo
05July 30, 2025 11:35amExplicit

Episode 3: The Boxer, the Crim & the Journo

One of the most unusual aspects about Julie Garciacleay’s case is that, right from the start, detectives were aware of exactly who was with her the night she vanished. Two of the three men were already ‘known’ to them, the third a reporter …

Episode 2: God's Witnesses
06July 30, 2025 11:33amExplicit

Episode 2: God's Witnesses

It’s always been assumed there were no witnesses from the time Julie Garciacelay went missing. But police failed to talk to neighbours about what they saw the night she disappeared. So they missed vital information early in their investigat…

Episode 1: That First Night in July
07July 30, 2025 11:14amExplicit

Episode 1: That First Night in July

Julie Ann Garciacelay came to Australia to be with her sister, Gail. She vanished before they could go home for Christmas, 50 years ago.The night the 19-year-old disappeared in July 1975, three men visited her at home. They have long been t…

Julie's Gone trailer
08June 20, 2025 4:32amExplicit

Julie's Gone trailer

Julie Ann Garciacelay was not quite 20 when she vanished from her inner-city apartment in Melbourne 50 years ago.Three men who were with her that night in July 1975 told police the young American left to make a phone call and didn’t return.…