Case 107: Lucie Blackman & Carita Ridgway

DESCRIPTION
In early 2000, 21-year-old Lucie Blackman and her long-time best friend Louise Phillips devised a plan to spend a few months living and working in Japan...
CREDITS
Narration - Anonymous Host
Researched and writing - Catherine Seccombe
Editing - Elsha McGill
Production, scoring - Mike Migas
Additional scoring - Andrew Joslyn
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[@outlawJosieFox]

Oh em gee how awful of this Mike Hill to con the family after all that they were already going through. The depths some people will descend to constantly amazes me

[@trueblueaussie7997]

As always, well done casefile. Your narration and delivery is second to nun. 10 points to you an the crew for the impeccable research. Cheers cobba😎👍

[@CasefileTrueCrimePodcast]

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[@rogerpattube]

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[@karen81986]

Favourite podcast is casefile

[@CasefileTrueCrimePodcast]

Thanks Karen!

[@sarahsmeadows390]

Great video!

[@mikki3740]

Awful story. Great work. And may I say these police are the most "disinterested" police I have ever heard of. I lost count of how many times someone came to them with information to do their job, and they were simply "disinterested." What would interest them exactly? Why did it take so much intense and relentless persistence of past victims for them to get "interested" and go check this guy out??

[@NF-gl2px]

I agree with you and now I am going to be a Karen. Lol Disinterested most often means "not biased," whereas uninterested simply means "not interested." I am not an English teacher but I felt compelled to share, please take no offense :)

[@bencrane1136]

Consequences of Japan's low crime rate: inexperienced police with out of date opinions

[@rapitup45]

Another top job.🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@CasefileTrueCrimePodcast]

Thanks!

[@thrillho4209]

I'm always amazed by criminals who maintain such extensive evidence of their own crimes. So arrogant.

[@Animelover22111]

Rich bastard... I hope he has felt the same pain these families have felt...

[@RuminatingWizard]

I'm sure he hasn't. How could he?

[@Jolenesmart1980]

I remember this didn’t realise it was so long ago - literally 20 years ago wow

[@staceykersting705]

20 yrs is like last week now. I go about that long btwn checkin the mail.

[@rapitup45]

I love your thorough research into these cases and i also love the aussieness. The true crime market is saturated and because i am super patriotic i love love love supporting 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺. Would you consider doing a collab with Samantha M? I also love her true crime and it is great to get coverage for Aussie cases. I think she is Perth based. Lastly please please please please cover Stuart Pearce. He still has never been caught and there is sooo much focus on family annihilators at the moment and it is a scourge on the heart of all us Radeladians.......yes i know another one😆🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@outlawJosieFox]

I liked the comment even though I am British because Sam collaboration would be great. What's a Radeladian when it's at home?

[@voidscream5101]

Okay so this is the most infuriating case to me out of the 200+ episodes I have listened to. I am so upset. I know that every single one of these cases is fucking horrific, but this one really hit a nerve with me. Idk. Fuck the police. And be careful out there, ladies.

[@discopervert9871]

Casefile is my Calm.

[@angeljohnson4562]

Lucie looks just like Sarah Michelle Galler

[@erics5572]

lol what? No she doesn't other than that she's blonde and white and good looking sorta, nose eyes lips facial structure all completely different. In any case RIP Lucie Blackman. You didn't deserve to meet such a nasty creepy pos in Japan.

[@seanmacmillan782]

I hope they identified all the unconscious women. Reminds me of David Parker Ray. Hopefully the women can put this behind them. I love your research and your voice. Go Australia Go true crime

[@jennklein1917]

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[@quickchris10]

This guy talks so slow, playing at 1.5X speed.

[@donnablack6280]

My boomers parents: you must be strong independent female Me: just wanna get married, have nice things Parents: NO, you must work, travel, debt Me: ends up fkn dead in Japan Parents, spending many 1000s on investigating my death: "Her debt was easily manageable"

[@rogerpattube]

Harsh but fair. It's not just parents though, it's in the culture.

[@Jolenesmart1980]

@@rogerpattube in the culture not really plenty are allowed to stay home and have and raise kids it’s the different parents that choose what the kids should be doing

[@dfgiuy22]

I personally just want my daughters to be happy. Yes pull their own weight but jesus. Sounds like you've got some un-dealt with issues.

[@staceykersting705]

@@dfgiuy22 yeah, sure can't understand why anyone wd wanna get married...YIKES! What a great way to mess up your life. I say, get a good job, get that camper or boat or world travel. Do whatever u want. The worst thing u can do is get contractually obligated to some guy. Why wd someone even want to? I see absolutely no perks in it. That usually gets WAY messed up. skip the regret.

[@mazzmarymaria]

@@staceykersting705 this is why women are so miserable in the west. Whats wrong with being married, not working and having a bunch of kids? Why is that bad if thats what this woman wants to do? Why are u trying to shame her for doing what she wants? Sounds oppressive to me.

[@nicola4894]

B

[@CDM1971]

What kind of mess is that your child dies in a foreign country and you don't want an autopsy

[@rogerpattube]

Has da podcast narrator's *d* dentalization of the dental fricative *th* peaked? Watch dis space!

[@Jolenesmart1980]

What? Please explain

[@staceykersting705]

FricK doze frickin' fricatives!

[@staceykersting705]

@@Jolenesmart1980 mike's 'th' sounds like 'd's.

[@Virginnia]

Do you perhaps feel inadequate Roger? Is that why you criticise another? Mike's voice is iconic Australian; most find it soothing.

[@Jolenesmart1980]

@@staceykersting705 I think it’s more his accent than a thing , I notice he puts in A when it’s not needed iv said about it on the latest video lol

[@belladonna5904]

Wtf is wrong with Lucie's dad?! ... First he disrespects the gentleman who generously donated an office space for him, charging expensive food and doing the very things he was asked not to. Then, he accepts money from his daughter's killer and signs an agreement with him to diminish his responsibility in her death. I doubt he was thinking of anything but himself when he accepted that money. Poor excuse for a "father." I can see why her mom divorced him.

[@RuminatingWizard]

How do you know he didn't divorce her? Seriously, you just somehow magically know that she divorced him? How?

[@carolball5764]

@@RuminatingWizardIsn’t that enough to tell you about him? That fact that he doth protest too much tells me everything . Also, the other parents when offered , turned it down ..