Case 106: Peter Nielsen (Part 2/2)
🕑 Added 2019-02-08 09:20:08 +0000 UTCAfter 46-year-old Vitaly Kaloyev loses his entire family in the Überlingen mid-air collision, he becomes consumed by grief. Unable to move on, he pours his energy into finding the air traffic controller he believes is responsible for the death of his wife and children. As Kaloyev discovers whether revenge really is the best medicine, the question emerges – is he a hero or a villain?
Team:
Anonymous Host - narration
Milly Raso - research, writing
Mike Migas - production, scoring
Andrew D.B. Joslyn - additional scoring
Comments
Juanita
I truly appreciate the indepth, and unbiased portrayal of this case. Every aspect was outstanding. It reminded me that life is a hell of a bumpy ride at times, and you never know which stone in the road will alter your path or how. Thank you for yet another thought provoking and excellently researched quality production.
Rikki Jensen
This was a fantastic episode. It held onto me for days. And I echo the sentiments from others regarding good vs bad. Things are never black and white, and humans are unbelievably complex. You all did an amazing job expressing that. My feelings were all over the place. Thank you for this thought provoking, well researched, and beautifully produced episode.
Jake Walker
Different from the usual cases, but completely amazing in its own right. The amount of research that's gone into this one is astounding. Seems as if the information provided wasn't as well distributed elsewhere though, a quick bit of my own looking into the crash shows a whole lot of blame on the Russian pilots.
Adam Murphy
Fuck brother this is top shelf!!!!! Milly you are dead set killing it too dude!!!!!!!
Casefile True Crime
Thank you all very much for your comments. It means a lot to us.
Blair Doherty
I've gotta say, the most shocking part of this story isn't the crash, nor the murder, not even Vitaly's sentence. It's the fact he was fully embraced by his home country's people and government as a hero, and went on to have a very successful life because of this. Insane. Thanks for the episode all, was a great change of pace.
Rachael Collier
The pearl necklace gets me! 😭
Carmel O'Dwyer
Well done on another super case! I must be living under a rock, as I had never heard of this before ! Brenda Wells mentioned about that the line between rich and wrong can be so blurred and this is very true. I doubt Vitaly cares about anything anymore. Excellent story, narration and writing. You guys trust your audience and keep personal feelings aside. Thank you :)
Maya George
I wouldn’t say I’m ‘into’ hearing about air crashes generally because well, I have my own fears around them. But this story and the way it was told had me on the metaphorical edge of my seat. This story is a perfect storm of tragedy and the way it was all woven together was fantastic. I love stories like these that show you the line between simple concepts like ‘good’ and ‘bad’ is not always obvious. Even though I want to sit here and say Vitaly was the worst, I find myself asking the question ‘was he??’ In part and at times, I don’t think he was. There’s so much in this case. Thankyou for bringing it to us ❤️
Brenda Wells
Wow. Mixed feelings on this one unlike most Casefile episodes. Such blurred lines between good and bad. I felt for Vitaly, but I don’t believe he went to Nielsen’s house to do anything other than murder him. Heartbreaking story; well told as usual.
Rumneet Ghumman
*Spoiler alert* I understand what Vitaly went through was utterly tragic and incomprehensible, but it really bugs me that he still isn't sorry for Peter Nielsen's death. I'm disgusted with his and his supporters' attitude. Him and his supporters should be ashamed of themselves. Sick. Anyway a BRILLIANT episode, please do more episodes like this :) x
Stephanie Low
My day is better when I wake up to see this :)
Matt Riggle
What a well told story. Very visual. and as always Mike did great with the music and Casey with the narration. Great job everyone.
Abhi Ram
Casey and Team! Love your work. I thought no early release this week 😉
Nicole Bell-Ferrel
Yay!!! I wasn’t expecting it released yet so this is an awesome surprise.
Karen S
Wonderful surprise this morning! Thank you, Team! ❤️
Amy Ray
Yay! I love waking up and see y’all released the new episode. 😁
Blair Doherty
Now playing!
Katarzyna Kudela
thank you so much!
Vender Strat
Everybody leave me alone. I'm listening to my stories.
Laura Carlson
Ahhhhh! Yay! I love your surprises! Thank you! 😄