The Cracked Cold Case – Down by the Lake
Emily Thompson • 13th January 2022
Morbidology is a weekly true crime podcast created and hosted by Emily G. Thompson, author of "Unsolved Child Murders," "Cults Uncovered" and co-author of "Unsolved Murders: True Crime Cases Uncovered."
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