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Morbidology
Morbidology
300 episodes
Morbidology is an award-winning weekly true crime podcast that goes beyond the headlines. Created and hosted by true crime author Emily G. Thompson, each episode weaves investigative research with occasional primary audio to reconstruct some of the world's most disturbing murders. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/morbidology--3527306/support.
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296: Matthew Cecchi
Bill Kasilo was in his van listening to the radio in the campsite at Oceanside Harbour, California, on the night of 14 November, 1998. It was a quiet night, but that stillness was shattered by a deafening scream. Bill…
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295: Brianna Kupfer
After the body of a young woman was found inside a furniture store in Los Angeles, California, detectives began in their investigation. On the counter beside the till, they came across an audio recording device. It had…
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294: The Mandan Massacre
Justin Brockheim pulled up outside the RJR Maintenance and Management in Mandan, North Dakota, just before 7:30AM on the 1st of April, 2012, to begin his shift. He stepped into the building, anticipating to see his…
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293: The Urdanivia Children
One October afternoon in 1959, an apartment building owner in Allentown, Pennsylvania, noticed the unsettling smell of gas seeping into the hallways. As he traced it to one unit, he had no idea the heartbreaking…
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292: Kendrick Lee
In October 2021, police were dispatched to a home in the suburbs of Houston, Texas. They had received a call from a teenage boy who reported he and his two younger brothers had been abandoned by their mother. The…
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291: Dorothy Mayfield
Just after midnight on September 13, 1990, a security company in Lexington, South Carolina, received an alarm alert from 5037 Sunset Boulevard. Attempts to contact the home’s occupants failed, prompting police to…
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290: Jason Foreman
It was a peaceful day on Shaeffer Street, where the quiet hum of daily life filled the air in this close-knit, working-class neighborhood of Peace Dale, Rhode Island. Families chatted on porches, children played…
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289: The Kologi Massacre
On New Year’s Eve 2017, the neighbourhood of Wall Street in Long Branch, New Jersey, was abuzz with the sound of fireworks as families gathered to ring in the New Year. But just about 15 minutes before midnight,…
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288: The Tiede Cabin Murders
In December 1990, families across Utah were busy preparing for Christmas, wrapping presents and decorating their homes. Among them was the Tiede family, who had retreated to their secluded cabin in Oakley to celebrate…
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287: Maire Rankin
As families across the world were gathering for Christmas morning in 2008, a concerned son-in-law in Newry, Northern Ireland, was trying to reach his elderly mother-in-law. She hadn’t been answering her phone, and…
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286: Katie Rackliff
When detectives discovered the body of a teenage girl killed in a disturbingly brutal manner in Farnborough, England, every instinct pointed them toward a male perpetrator. After the case went cold, there was a twist…
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Listen Now - Hollywood & Crime: The Cotton Club Murder
On June 10th, 1983, the decomposing body of a well-dressed man was found in a desolate canyon near Los Angeles. John Doe #94 would soon be identified as missing variety show producer Roy Radin. He'd last been seen…
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284: Masa Vukotic
After a teenage girl was found bleeding to death in a park in Melbourne, Australia, detectives launched an urgent search for a man seen fleeing the scene. The brutal attack shocked the community, but as investigators…
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283: Theodore Canatis
One night in 1977, police were asked to conduct a welfare check on a man in Midwest City, Oklahoma, who hadn’t been seen in a few days. When they gained access to his apartment, the officers stepped into the middle of…
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282: Isabel Celis
Sergio Celis went to wake his six-year-old daughter on the morning of the 20th of April, 2012. Isabel had a softball game that morning, but when Sergio entered her room, she was gone. Fear engulfed him as he glanced…
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281: The McElhill Family
Residents of Lemmy Crescent in Omagh, Northern Ireland, were awoken in the early morning one winter night in November 2007. Their peace was shattered by deafening screams coming from somewhere nearby. As they looked…
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280: Shauna Howe
In the fall of 1992, the town of Oil City, Pennsylvania, was alive with Halloween excitement, but the celebration quickly turned to dread. Instead of gathering for trick-or-treating, the community came together for a…
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Introducing: Mind of a Serial Killer
What makes a serial killer? Mind of a Serial Killer takes you deep into the twisted minds of history’s most notorious serial killers. Every Monday, hosts Vanessa Richardson and Dr. Tristin Engels, a Clinical and…
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279: Zoe Hastings
Kurt Arnim was on his usual morning walk in the suburbs of Dallas, Texas. It was about 8:30AM when he noticed a figure in the distance moving erratically. He ran in the direction of Kurt and exclaimed that there was a…
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Listen Now: Kill List
In the depths of the dark net, tech journalist Carl Miller makes a disturbing discovery: a secret Kill List targeting hundreds of innocent people on a murder for hire website. When the police decide not to investigate,…
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278: Noah Tomlin
Detectives in Hampton, Virginia, were searching for a missing two-year-old boy in July of 2019. Their suspicions turned to the little boy’s mother when they learned that she had ten children, but almost all of them had…
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277: Lise Fredette
After a 74-year-old woman failed to show up for her shift in Walmart in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, her daughter drove over to her home. She pulled up outside and saw that her car was in the driveway. But as she…
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Introducing: lovelustfear
Hosted by Jake Deptula from Strictly Stalking, lovelustfear exposes the darker side of dating and relationships. Each episode explores real stories from people who found themselves in situations ranging from awkward…
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276: Elizabeth Olten
Detectives were searching for a missing nine-year-old in St. Martin’s, Missouri, in October 2009. Their attention was drawn to what appeared to be some pre-dug graves in the forest close to where she vanished.…
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275: Lauren Bump
O.P Schnabel Park is located in the northwest of San Antonio, Texas. It was New Year’s Eve of 2013, and a young family were walking back to their car after picnicking in the park. As they neared the parking lot,…
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274: Shaun & Delylah Tara
In Redding, California, detectives responded to a report of child abuse, leading them to an apartment on Main Street. Upon arrival, they were horrified to discover a young girl inside a locked vehicle, barely clinging…
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272: Brandon Chicklis
Packard Hill Road is a rural road close to Upper Naukeag lake and Ashburnham State Forest in Ashburnham, Massachusetts. Leanna Roy lived a quiet and peaceful life on this road, but that all changed one night in June…
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271: Tracey & Pierce Wilkinson
The tranquillity of Norton Road in Stourbridge was abruptly disrupted on the morning of March 30, 2017, by a loud crash. Residents peered out of their windows to find a Land Rover had collided with a stone wall. From…
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270: Laura Dickinson
Laura Dickinson’s friends were becoming concerned after they hadn’t seen her for a couple of days. She was a student at Eastern Michigan University, and people had started to notice a stench coming from her dorm room……
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269: Joe Clyde Daniels
It was around 6:30AM when the phone at the 911 dispatch centre in Dickson, Tennessee, buzzed. On the other end of the line was a man. He said that his autistic and non-verbal son had “escaped.” SPONSORS - Prolon:…
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Introducing: World of Secrets – The Apartheid Killer
Introducing a NEW investigation from the BBC’s World of Secrets podcast: The Apartheid Killer. All the victims were black and the youngest was just 12 years old. Some relatives are still searching for the graves. They…
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268: Vonne McGlynn
In Reynella, a suburb of Adelaide, South Australia, detectives were investigating the mysterious disappearance of an elderly woman. She hadn’t been seen for a couple of days, and alarm bells rang when there was an…
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267: The Huntsman Babies
Darren West had just been released after serving a nine year sentence in prison. On the 12th of April, 2014, he was clearing out the home he had previously lived in with his wife and children. In the garage, he came…
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266: Codi Bigsby
It was close to 9AM on the 31st of January, 2022, when the dispatch centre in Hampton, Virginia, received a phone call. It was a from a man who reported that he had awoken to find his four-year-old son missing from the…
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265: Riley Crossman
On the night of 8th of May, 2019, Riley Crossman was at her home in Berkley Springs, West Virginia. She was texting her boyfriend, but he drifted off to sleep. The next morning when he awoke, he saw that he had a text…
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264: Katie Kenyon
The strange text messages from Katie Kenyon began on the morning of the 22nd of April. She told her children she needed to go away for a while, and that their fathers would be taking care of them. When her family tried…
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263: Robert & Tayten Baker
On the morning of the 26th of August, 2020, Deborah Benson was at her home in Shiloh Road in Melrose, Florida. She was getting ready for the day ahead when her front door flung open, and her step-daughter rushed in.…
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262: Eurydice Dixon
At around 2:30AM on the 13th of June 2018, in Melbourne, Australia, a man made his way through Princes Park on his route home from work. As he neared the soccer field, something caught his eye—a white bundle lying on…
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261: Ashling Murphy
On the afternoon of January 12, 2022, two women were jogging along the Grand Canal in Tullamore, Ireland. Just ahead of them, they noticed a mountain bike leaning against the bushes along the towpath. As they…
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260: Stephen & Wendy Reid
tailor MStephen and Wendy Reid had moved back to Concord, New Hampshire, to enjoy their retirement. Over lockdown, they had discovered a love of hiking, relishing the numerous trails that were just stone’s throw away…
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259: Lynette Volschenk
Residents of the Seesig apartments in Bellville, Cape Town, South Africa, were settling down for the evening on the 21st of August, 2019. But amidst the tranquil ambiance, a woman residing on the ninth floor was jolted…
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258: Alfie Steele
The tranquil streets of Droitwich, nestled in the historic county of Worcester, England, were thrust into the spotlight on the 18th of February, 2021. That afternoon, a distressing phone call pierced the calm, as a…
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257: Paige Birgfeld
In 2007, in Grand Junction, Colorado, an eight-year-old girl grew increasingly frustrated with her mother one night. Her mother had assured her she'd be home early after numerous late nights at work. However, as…
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256: Brenda Powell
Michelle Gaffney was at work at the University of Mount Union in Ohio on the 3rd of March, 2020, when she received a message from a parent of a student. When Michelle called back, she could hear loud thumps in the…
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Listen Now: Happily Never After: Dan & Nancy
"Nancy Brophy fills her novels with romantic betrayals and murder. It’s a far cry from her quiet life in the suburbs, where she and her chef husband, Dan, are living out their golden years. But when Dan is shot dead,…
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255: Eli Hart
Police in Orono, Minnesota, received a report of a vehicle on the road with a smashed back windscreen and a missing tyre on the 20th of May, 2022. When officers responded to the scene and pulled the car over, they…
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254: Matthew Pyke
In today’s digital age, obsessions can spital into existence through the vast expanses of the internet. They can even blur the lines between virtual fantasy and reality. In September of 2008, detectives in Nottingham,…
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253: Thad Phillips & Christian Steiner
Thad Phillips was asleep on his couch in Baraboo, Wisconsin, on the night of July 29, 1995. In the haze of half-sleep, he suddenly became aware of somebody lifting him. He thought that it was his father taking him to…
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252: Crystal McDowell
Hurricane Harvey made landfall in Texas on August 25, 2017, unleashing widespread devastation along the Gulf Coast. In the days and weeks that followed, rescue missions were taking place, but amidst these, it became…
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251: Billy Payne & Billie Jean Hayworth
Brad Osborne went to pick up his friend and co-worker to carpool to work in Mountain City, Tennessee, on 31 January, 2012. He pulled up outside and waited for several moments but Billy Payne never appeared. Brad opened…
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