The true story, told where it happened.
A case reads differently when you’re standing on the ground it happened on. CaseWalk turns real, documented true-crime cases into guided walks of the public places tied to them — the street, the square, the courthouse steps. You open a case, and podcast-quality narration begins on its own at each stop, told in the measured, factual register of a documentary rather than a true-crime spectacle.
Real, public places — streets, squares and landmarks — walked in the order the story unfolded.
Why we built it
History lands harder on your feet.
You can read a case, or you can walk it. We wanted the second kind: to stand where events actually took place and hear them explained, stop by stop, in the order they happened. So each case is drawn from public court records, contemporary news reporting and published histories, mapped to the real locations it touched, and told in chapters — where it began, what happened, the investigation, the trial, and the aftermath.
What makes it different
Real, documented cases
Every case is drawn from public court records, contemporary news and published histories — and human fact-checked before we call it verified.
Plays as you arrive
With location on, each stop's narration starts automatically when you reach it — even with your screen locked.
Told with restraint
Measured, factual narration in the register of a prestige documentary. Victims are people first — no gore, no glamour.
Under the hood
How a case comes together
A CaseWalk isn't improvised on the spot — it's a curated case, researched and checked before it reaches the catalog. Here's the short version.
Sources. We start from the record: public court documents, contemporary news reporting, and published histories — so the account is grounded in what was actually established, not rumour.
Chapters. The case is structured into chapters — where it began, what happened, the investigation, the trial, and the aftermath — so it unfolds in a clear, honest order.
Route. The chapters are mapped to the real, public locations tied to the case, then arranged into a walkable route so the story tracks the ground beneath you.
Narration. Each stop is narrated in a measured documentary voice — in English, Spanish, French, Dutch or German — mixed to sit easy in your ears at walking pace.
Fact-check. Cases are human fact-checked before they ship. Once verified, a case lands in the catalog — download it and the whole thing, narration, map and images, works fully offline.
What we believe
The place makes it real
Standing where something happened changes how you understand it. A name on a map becomes a corner, a doorway, a distance you can feel underfoot.
Respect over spectacle
These were real people and real events. We tell them factually and with restraint — victims first, no gore, no glamour, nothing lurid for effect.
The app should disappear
The point is the place, not the phone. Narration starts itself as you arrive and plays with the screen locked, so you can keep your eyes up.
Good to know
- Five languages
- Cases can be narrated in English, Spanish, French, Dutch or German.
- Works offline
- Download a case and the narration, map and images all work with no signal — handy abroad.
- Coming soon to iOS
- CaseWalk launches on iPhone soon. Add your email and we'll tell you the day it lands.
- Your first walk's free
- Walk one on the house, then unlock a single case with a credit — or go All-Access for every city.
Who's behind CaseWalk
CaseWalk is an independent project, built and run by Stephan Kop, a sole proprietor based in the Netherlands. It grew out of a simple conviction: that a documented case is best understood on foot, at the places it touched, told carefully and without sensationalism. Questions, a correction to a case, or a city you'd love to see covered? We'd genuinely like to hear it — reach us any time on the support page.
Open the case.
CaseWalk is coming soon to iPhone. Add your email and we’ll tell you the day it lands — your first walk is free.