Roger Aeschimann
Appears in 22 Episodes
The Trial - Day 1 & 2 (4 of 5)
Extradited to Switzerland, Belshaw was taken to Bois-Mermet Prison in Lausanne, where he remained in custody awaiting trial. His defence was entrusted to two of Switze...
Fight for Justice (3 of 5)
Confronted with the Swiss investigators' discovery, Belshaw admitted to forging his wife's dental records. His explanation, however, raised more questions than it answ...
The Alpine Corpse (2 of 5)
Three months after Betty vanished in Paris, road workers made a grim discovery: the decomposed body of a woman near a lay-by on a remote alpine pass in Switzerland, ba...
A Lady Vanishes (1 of 5)
While on sabbatical in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, renowned Canadian anthropology professor Cyril Belshaw and his wife Betty embarked on an impromptu trip to Paris. Tw...
The Belshaw Case - Trailer
On December 3, 1980, Canadian professor Cyril Belshaw, a world-renowned anthropologist from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, stood trial in the city of...
A new hot Lead (6/6)
A new theory suggests that an unknown individual may have been involved in the murders, proposing that they were carried out not by one person, but possibly two or eve...
The Fugitive (5/6)
In episode five we take a close look at Carl Doser, the man that officially owned the murder weapon but fooled the police when questioned about his Winchester 20 years...
Lead #9424 (4/6)
The sensational discovery of the murder weapon, found hidden behind a kitchen unit in an apartment in the town of Olten almost 30 years after the crime, not only renew...
Suspects and Motives (3/6)
Taking a close look at the arrest of Robert, the murdered couple's son, and his girlfriend Anita, whom the police considered the prime suspects. But them having ironcl...
A Day in June (2/6)
Episode 2 takes a closer look at the victims, especially at Eugen Siegrist, the owner of the cabin and most likely the main target of the assassination and we will loo...
Out in the Green (1/6)
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 f...
The Seewen Murder Mystery - Trailer
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 po...
Statute of Limitations (Bonus)
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 discussio...
The Conclusion (8 of 8)
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 ...
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 s...
The Main Suspect (6 of 8)
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 co...
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 i...
The Suspects (4 of 8)
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 testi...
The Discovery (3 of 8)
Episode 3 concentrates on the discovery of the two bodies in extremely impassable terrain near the Crystal Caves. We hear of the strange explanations by the hiker that...
The Search (2 of 8)
Episode 2 takes a close look at what happened during the days and weeks following the disappearance of the two girls, including the discovery of their abandoned bicycl...
