About This Episode
What is this episode about?
The episode "Case 356: Lesley Howell & Trevor Buchanan" from Casefile covers the deaths of Lesley Howell and Trevor Buchanan, who were found dead in a garage in Northern Ireland in May 1991. At the time, their deaths were accepted as a tragic suicide pact, a conclusion that stood unchallenged for almost two decades. In 2009, an unexpected series of events exposed a murder plot that had remained hidden for eighteen years, overturning what had long been treated as settled fact.
The episode traces how the original explanation came to be accepted, and what ultimately brought the real circumstances surrounding Trevor Buchanan's death to light. It follows the case from the initial discovery through the long period in which the suicide pact theory went unquestioned, to the 2009 developments that reopened the matter entirely.
Hosts and release
Casefile is hosted anonymously, a format the Australian show has used since 2016 while covering solved and unsolved cases from Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States in a scripted, factual style. This episode runs 97 minutes, with narration by the anonymous host, research and writing by Milly Raso, production and music by Mike Migas, and audio editing by Anthony Telfer. Casefile is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube, and Amazon Music.
